Hey Adventurers, we are finally ready to bring you the Foundation Update!

Our goal with this update is to improve Stranded Sails in a big way by giving you a lot of the features and content you have been waiting for since release. Due to all of your feedback we were able to identify and address a lot of areas that needed improvement. Thank you all for your support, we hope that you enjoy all the new features and changes to the game!

New Features and Changes:

• New Decoration System!
  
• You can now enter and decorate your crew member’s shacks!
  
• Collect more than 60 unique decorations from 8 different styles!
  
• New Relationship System!
  
• Improve your relationship with each crew member by earning relationship points for decorating their shack!
  
• Reach relationship milestones to benefit from up to 24 unique and powerful perks from your crew!
  
• Discover each crew member’s style preferences to make each shack as cozy as possible and unlock an alternative ending to your quest!
  
• New Item Type: Gifts!
  
• Discover 12 new and different gifts while adventuring!
  
• Give your crew members gifts they love to unlock new decorations and complete your collection!
  
• New Crew Reactions!
  
• Your crew will react to your gifts and decorations with a total of 30 new and unique animations for each character!
  
• New Activities On The Cursed Islands!
  
• Explore the islands to find 6 new rewarding activities like “Monkey Chase” or “Watchful Seagulls”!
  
• Complete these island activities to acquire shiny plunder, the essential component for creating decorations!
  
• New Collectibles and Outfits!
  
• Explore the Cursed Islands to find new hidden collectibles!
  
• Complete a collectible set to unlock one of 3 new wearable outfits!
  
• Underwater areas have become more detailed!
  
• New vegetation has been added to underwater areas around all islands!

UI Changes:

• The handbook is now accessible in-game rather than from the pause menu. With this change as well as the addition of relationships and decorations, the inventory has been consolidated into a single element and is now part of the new “multi-menu”.
  
• Dev-Notes: For controller, these changes resulted in the removal of the predefined tool shortcuts on the d-pad.
  
• The map now has a specific shortcut! Use it to quickly open and close it without having to navigate through the equipment selection.
  
• You can now mark any combination of tools, seeds and food items as favorite while viewing the equipment selection to quickly equip them in-game.
  
• In many UI screens, most input hints are now displayed at the appropriate elements.
  
• Added interaction indicator for seeds and updated interaction indicator while using the boat.
  
• Added new handbook entries detailing new features as well as some existing ones.
  
• Changed tooltips to be displayed by default to make important information in the recipe library and decoration collection more visible.
  
• Added tooltips to the food selection.
  
• Changed the intro to be skippable without having completed the game first. Added a note to inform you about what you are missing out on.
  
• Added a “feedback” button to the main and pause menu. Use it to report issues or give us feedback on the game!
  
• Input used to open newly unlocked handbook and relationship entries changed to “hold” instead of “press”.
  
• Added and updated “NEW” indicators in multi-menu UI screens including handbook and inventory.
  
• Adjusted map marker visuals and behaviour for various objects.
  
• The save slot that was last saved is now clearly marked.
  
• Updated and fixed various quest objective texts.
  
• Various minor UI changes.
  Dev-Notes: All of these changes to UI and inputs unfortunately mean that you will have to redefine your custom key bindings.

Other Changes:

• The so-called “world reset” (which causes non-unique containers, trees and fishing spots to respawn) now also happens when starting a stew for the crew.
  
• Dev-Notes: The world reset was previously only happening when going to sleep which becomes a lot less necessary after unlocking the stew. Not sleeping caused resource containers to never respawn, resulting in material economy issues, sometimes preventing you from being able to craft items relevant for progression.
  
• Your boat no longer moves to the camp when fast travelling (except while you are sitting inside of it). You can now recall it at any time by using the newly added jetty in the north of the camp!
  
• Increased clickable area of interaction indicator to alleviate problems related to a targeted interactable not aligning properly with the cursor.
  
• Rebalanced fishing spots to make each tier progressively harder and increased the pull force provided by the upgraded fishing rod to make it more impactful.
  
• You can now manually cancel a fishing encounter instead of having to wait for the fish to escape.
  
• Rebalanced container spawns on central island to make finding components required for Fiola’s and Sven’s shacks more reliable.
  
• Changed component crate visuals to make them distinguishable from non-interactable crates used as environment props.
  
• Reduced corn growth speed, ingredient and seed drop rate when harvested. Corn seeds can now be found in chests on the central island.
  
• Dev-Notes: Although it is intended to be a readily available ingredient, corn felt too abundant and meaningless in the early stages of the game.
  
• Changed thorn bushes on islands other than the central island to regrow whenever a world reset happens. Changed visuals of non-regrowing thorn bushes and trees to look different than regrowing ones.
  
• Improved telescope controls when using controller.
  
• Changes to various wave zones to prevent waves clipping through world geometry in certain areas.
  
• Adjusted wind intensity and ambient audio volume on north-east island.
  
• Various sound effects have been added and adjusted.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a bug that could cause the player to get stuck when hopping on a ship rigging, rope or ladder.
  
• Fixed a bug that would enable the player to interact with the canoe while in the rowboat and vice versa, causing them to get stuck when interacting.
  
• Fixed a bug that would lead to enemies falling through the floor during combat encounters.
  
• Fixed a bug that would not let the player close the inventory while in a boat and using a controller.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause new button bindings to not work properly.
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause the map or telescope to be used after interacting with a portal stone.
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause NPCs to sometimes be in their shacks at night even when needed for a quest.
  
• Dev-Notes: Your crew members should enter their shacks to sleep at night, except when talking to them is your current quest objective. They will now sometimes be inside during the day as well, but now you can visit and talk to them!

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Fixed a bug that could cause enemies to stay stuck in their dying animation, preventing them from properly vanishing and letting the player progress further.

Fixed a bug that could cause ingredients in the stew menu wheel to get lost when closing the menu and quitting the game or loading another save file before another autosave happened.

Fixed a bug that would cause quest events to not properly trigger when starting a new game with the “Skip Intro” option enabled.

Fixed a bug that would prevent the player from eating food during combat.

Fixed a bug that would enable the player to open the map via shortcut while the equipment menu was open.

Fixed a bug that would cause the camera to get stuck when leaving the telescope view while placing a map marker.

Fixed a bug that would enable the player to switch tools after opening and closing the map while on a rope or ladder.

Fixed a bug that would enable the player to open the pause menu and the portal stone map at the same time.

Fixed a bug that would cause an inventory slot to be selected even when there were no items available in the current category.

Fixed a bug that would display the recipe discovery icons outside of the cooking menu.

Fixed a bug that would cause the telescope map marker to stay visible when teleporting back to camp while being in a boat.

Fixed a bug that would cause the “Continue” button to still be displayed in the main menu even after the last save file was deleted.

Fixed various bugs with camera movement and the interaction indicator when instant dialogues where triggered immediately after another dialogue.

Fixed a bug that caused the player to “surf” across the ground instead of walk after using the axe.

Fixed an issue that made it possible to trigger Fritz’s instant dialogue while sitting in the boat when finding him on the lonely sandbars.

Updated and fixed various quest positions for player and NPCs .

Removed an inaccessible portal stone placeholder near the camp.

Dev-Notes: If you have already discovered this one in your save game, its map marker will not disappear as a result of this change.

Fixed several localization issues.

Fixed various collision issues on all islands.

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Ahoi Sailor,
today we want to share with you what we changed and implemented, with the awesome feedback and help of our community, during the last 7 months since we released Stranded Sails.


Here is our quick recap!


Community Feedback:


Our solution comes with the Foundation Update. We implemented a new shack decoration system!


Community Feedback: Gifting System


This changed with the Foundation Update!


Lack of open world content, our world was a little bit empty at the beginning.
New items, activities and secrets came together with the Foundation Update.


No improvement of character.


A new perk system based on your relationship were implement with the Foundation Update.


Backtracking, to much walking or to long ways which cost a lot of energy.


Since the Exploration Update you can “Fast travel with Portal Stones” and slow/normal walking doesn´t cost energy anymore!


Our Community had the feeling, starting the game took to long!


With the Exploration Update we shortened the dialogues and on the second step we made the Intro skippable with the Foundation Update.


With the updates, we try to make positive changes for you and for us!
So please, if you want to support us, then leave us your honest review on steam.

Follow this link and share your review with the Steam community.


Want to talk with us directly? Then join the Stranded Sails Discord channel!

Follow us on good ol’ Facebook
Followus on Twitter
And follow us on Instagram for pretty parrot pictures!

Now have fun with the Foundation Update!
Enjoy the new features and leave no stone unturned. :) We are excited to read your feedback!

Cheers,
Your team at rokaplay and Lemonbomb Entertainment

It’s time to set the sails to the Cursed Islands again, adventurers!

The beta version of the new Foundation Update is out now and is ready for you to get your hands on all the new features:

• Explore the Cursed Islands and find new activities and items!
  
• Channel your inner designer and decorate the shacks of your crew!
  
• Improve your relationship with the crew
  
• Share sweet presents with your crew that you find during your adventure
  
• Unlock many useful new perks!
  
• Find new outfits for your player character!

Your access to the update is only a few clicks away. Just follow the steps in the picture below, download the foundation update and you are good to go. :)




BEWARE: You have to start a completely new game to play the foundation update beta!
Old save files are not compatible with the beta. So you have to start a fresh adventure to enjoy the new content. But you can now skip the intro altogether and start directly with your new adventure!

Remember: this is the beta of the foundation update! Everything is still work in progress and is subject to change! And this is your chance to help us with your feedback.
Please note that the beta is currently available in German and English.

You can access our bug tracker form conveniently with the press of a button in-game! Just hit the button as shown below and you will be directed to our bug tracker.
Or just klick this link!

Every report helps us. Even more so if you add screenshots or video captures of the situation where a bug appeared in addition to a detailed description!





Steam reviews are very important for us devs.
The difference between being rated positive or mixed can make or break the success of any game.
With the updates, we try to make positive changes for you and for us!
So please, if you want to support us, then leave us your honest review on steam.

Follow this link and share your review with the Steam community.


Want to talk with us directly? Then join the Stranded Sails Discord channel!

Follow us on good ol’ Facebook

Follow us on Twitter

And follow us on Instagram for pretty parrot pictures!


Now have fun with the Foundation Update!
Enjoy the new features and leave no stone unturned. :) We are excited to read your feedback!

Cheers

Your team at rokaplay and Lemonbomb Entertainment

Hello everyone! It’s been a while since we posted our last news here.
But we have some great news to share with you today!


We are happy to say that we are finally able to bring you the (now called) Foundation Update to Stranded Sails on June 17th in a beta version. This will be your chance to get in touch with the new content for Stranded Sails and give us your final feedback on all the new things we added.

And everyone will be able to play the beta version of the update - no strings attached! :)


Improve your relationship with your crew to unlock useful perks that will help you on your adventure!




New decoration system!
You can now enter your crew members shacks and decorate their insides, which will improve your relationship with each of them!




Small gifts keep the friendship alive
You can now find gifts during your adventure! Gifting those to your crew members will unlock new decorative pieces for your collection, which will in turn allow you to decorate their shacks even more creatively!




Find new activities!
Explore to find one of six new activities in different areas on the islands. Engaging with these activities will reward you with Shiny Plunder, a valuable resource you need to be able to decorate your crew members shacks!




Last but not least: new outfits!
Unlock unique outfits by completing sets of new collectibles scattered throughout the world!

We hope you are excited to get your hands on the new update and revisit the Cursed Islands! Your feedback on the update will be appreciated. :)
More details on how to download the update will come on june 17th!
Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!
Join our discord channel and share your excitement with us:
discord.gg/rokaplay


Follow us on Twitter:
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Follow us on Facebook:
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Follow us on Instagram
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Cheers!
Your team at rokaplay and Lemonbomb Entertainment

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Hi there!

Last week we introduced a new feature with the help of which you'll soon be able to improve our relationship to your crew members, and we also showed you what kind of bonuses and upgrades you may unlock that way!

Today we'll give you a little sneak peek at how you can delight you crew members with little gifts come the next update.
(As always, everything on display here is work in progress and subject to change during the course of development!)


Basically, it's just as simple as you imagine: You may give gifts to your crew members by interacting with them and selecting the Gift option from the dialogue menu. You can choose from many different gifts you may find by exploring and other activities in the game!



But they won't be happy about any odd gift! You can tell from their reaction whether they like your gift or not. Each and every character has their own preferences, and it's up to you to find out what sort of gifts they really like.




It's not just nice giving gifts to your crew members, it also pays off!
As a reward for your generosity you will receive new decorations and furniture you may use for your shacks.
There are even unique gifts you may give away. Those will really delight your crew members even more and they will give you something very special in return, too. But let's not spoil the fun ;)

And that's all we have to share with you in the way of little gifts this week!

What sort of gifts would you be looking for as outcasts on a cursed island?
Feel free to let us know in the comments!

Or join our Discord channel and share your wishes with us directly:

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Hey everyone! We’re back with sneak peek into the features of the next update for Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands! This time: improving your relationship with the crew members!
(Please remember, everything shown here is work in progress and still subject to change!)


Relationships are a new gameplay feature in Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands. You can improve your relationship with the crew members by helping them to settle on the Cursed Islands and decorate their houses with decoration and furniture of their favourite styles!

It’s crucial to find out what kind of gifts everyone likes to unlock new decoration pieces and which decoration style they’d love to have in their houses to successfully improve the relationship with your crew members!

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There are four different relationship milestones you can reach with each of your crew members, from “Thankful” to “Happy”. And every unlocked milestone will also grant you new perks and bonuses that will help you a lot while exploring, farming and gathering!
And as different the needs of your crew members are, as different are the bonuses they grant, too! So, it definitely pays off to improve your relationship with everyone. :)

And maybe… when you took care of every crew member, something special could happen!




Along with the new relationship feature comes a new user interface that shows you details about your relationship with a crew member, the milestones you have reached, their favourite items you already discovered and more!


For example, here you can see the different milestones you can unlock with Fiola plus every bonus they grant. We already unlocked the Milestone “Thankful” and the perk “Energizing Stew”! You can also see what kind of perks await you at the higher milestones and these perks are unique to Fiola. Fritz, Cecille and the other crew members will help you all in their own ways once you improve your relationship with them!

The new UI will also keep track of the favourite items you gifted them, their favourite styles for their home decoration and the decoration styles you unlocked. Best friends know each other and the UI will help you with that!





With the new relationship gameplay we have added a whole new layer to Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands and we hope you’re as excited about it as we are. Improving your friendship with the members of your crew will unlock all-new perks that will help you considerably on your journey, and every little helps! New activities await you with the next update. But this is a story for another time.


Are you excited about the news?
Do you want to share feedback? Just want to say hi?

Then join our Discord channel: discord.gg/rokaplay

Hi everyone!

We have some great news to share and you can help making it even better.



We're proud we can offer Stranded Sails on such a variety of platforms. Many players dived straight into their adventure on the Cursed Islands using their PC, consoles and mobile devices, and each of them enjoyed an individual gameplay experience.
Therefore, we're delighted to be nominated for Best Mobile Game as it proves that we accomplished something very special here.
We'll never be able to fully express our gratitude for all the love and critical feedback we received for Stranded Sails. It strengthens our motivation even more to provide you with an even better experience with the next update!



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Thanks a lot in advance for supporting us at the German Games Awards!

Stay safe and game on.

Your team at rokaplay and Lemonbomb

Hello everyone!
I’m back with a short status update on our (remote) work.


I’m happy to share the news that

• work on the decoration elements is close to completion...
  
• … as well as the new NPC animations!
  
• the concept of 8 new [REDACTED] is done
  
• we made progress on the rewards you will get for improving your relationship with crew members.
  
• the NPCs will no longer stay only in their fixed places.

It’s week number two since we changed to remote work in our teams.
And this time, Robert sends a message from his home office:



“Hey all, I hope you’re doing well.
I still have to adapt to Home Office work, especially since I’m used to working in the office together with my colleagues everyday. But I will get used to the new situation!
I currently work at home from my kitchen with a great view of my garden. Two squirrels call my garden their home at the moment and it’s fun to see them running around! I call them Chip and Chap (Chip’n Dale for those of you who get it!).
Working under such new circumstances can be stressful at times but a big cup of tea always calms me down! But I have to go back to work now -- my daughter needs attention!

I hope you enjoy Stranded Sails and the news about the upcoming update!
I send you my best wishes. Stay safe!”

- Robert (roka_robert)

As always, join our Discord to get in touch with us: discord.gg/rokaplay
And follow us on social media:
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Cheers!
roka_can

Hey everyone, roka_can here!

As you surely know, the current situation with the Corona pandemic is very serious and it’s up to everyone to take precautions to #flattenthecurve and stop the virus from spreading too fast. That’s why we at rokaplay and Lemonbomb decided to work remotely.
We are happy to say that we are able to work nearly uninterruptedly this way so work on the next update for Stranded Sails continues and we try our best to keep you updated about on our progress!

It’s quite a time right now (in Germany). Things developed fast and so the decision to work from home came about pretty fast too. Working from home as a social media and community manager is something I’m already used to. But right now, being able to work from home - or anywhere else - is not ‘just a benefit’ of our jobs but something that allows us to let the show go on!
And until I can return to my rokaplay office, my private desk will be my office:


But don’t think I work alone while we are separated: we are doing daily video calls and stay in touch through every means that are available to us: Skype, Discord, social media channels, smoke signs, morse code - you name it.
And I want to invite all of you to join our discussion on our Discord channel: discord.gg/rokaplay
This is the reality we are living in right now. In any case, we are trying to do our work and live our everyday lives as good as possible under the current circumstances. Maybe this is a good chance to share more from us while we stay at home and keep the distance. :)

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Recently many of you asked when the exploration update will hit the console versions of Stranded Sails. We are happy to share the news that it’s only a matter of days right now!
The update has already been submitted. It has to be green lit for each and every console. We will spread the news as soon as the update is live.
So please bear with us for this final stretch of waiting!

Maybe a new time-lapse will kill a little bit of time. Enjoy!



Until then, stay safe and game on!

roka_can