Hey Valley Villagers!

In today’s blog post, we’re bringing you a first look at the extensive future plans for Disney Dreamlight Valley.

Today, we are excited to announce the arrival of Disney Dreamlight Valley: A Rift in Time, a paid Expansion Pass coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley this December 5th.



To learn more, we invite you to join us for our first-ever showcase this November 1st at 1:00 PM ET (6:00 PM CET), streamed on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook Live! During the stream, we will dive into the Expansion Pass, showing off this all-new adventure across Eternity Isle where you’ll meet new friends, discover new biomes, and immerse yourself in new gameplay features. In addition, key members of the Disney Dreamlight Valley team will reminisce over their favorite moments from the past year, give you a glimpse at upcoming updates, and unveil much-anticipated multiplayer features.

We can’t wait to share more next week, but ahead of the stream, there are a few other key updates we would like to share today.

Early Access has been incredibly valuable for the entire Disney Dreamlight Valley team. Thanks to your enthusiasm and participation over the past year, we have had the chance to build the game we aspired to, while implementing your feedback to make the Valley experience even more magical. Reflecting on the journey we’ve been on with all of you, we’re so excited to share that on December 5th, Disney Dreamlight Valley will be leaving Early Access.

As we transition to launch, existing players will keep their access to the game, their Moonstones, and their save game.

As we look ahead to the official launch, with the learnings we've gained from Early Access, we’ve made the decision to remain a paid game for the foreseeable future. This means we will not make the transition to be a free-to-play game when we leave Early Access on December 5th.

This choice ensures that Disney Dreamlight Valley will be able to continue delivering on a premium game experience for all players. It's important to us that we maintain our promise to keep delivering free content updates that add new characters, realms, clothing, furniture, and more surprises to your Valley. Purchases requiring moonstones will remain optional, fair, and match the level of quality players have come to expect. Players will still be able to collect free Moonstones via Dream Snaps and Chests, or optionally choose to purchase them.

Moving forward, Founder’s Packs will continue to be available through December 4th. When we transition out of Early Access on December 5th, we’ll be unveiling all-new editions. New players can choose to purchase the core game (with bonus Moonstones) on its own, or opt for the Gold Edition, which includes exclusive cosmetic items, access to the A Rift In Time expansion, and even more bonus Moonstones. Take a look at the exact contents below:



As a thank you to our Early Access players, all unique cosmetic items included in the upcoming Gold Edition will be given free of charge to any player who purchases and claims a Founder’s Pack in-game on or before December 4th, no matter the tier. Not only that, but all Founders will also receive 2,500 Moonstones to celebrate this exciting moment!



As a final note, the Disney Dreamlight Valley: Cozy Edition, a special retail-exclusive edition, is now available for Nintendo Switch™ across North America. The Cozy Edition will be released globally for PlayStation 5®, PlayStation 4®, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch™ on November 10th. Find out more here: https://disneydreamlightvalley.com/cozy-edition

On behalf of the Disney Dreamlight Valley team, we want to thank all of our wonderful players around the world for their continued, unbridled passion. We’re excited to bring you even more magical experiences for years to come. We’ll see you on November 1st!

Survivors!

We are thrilled to announce that our Kickstarter campaign for Endzone 2 has come to a successful end! Thanks to your incredible support, we nearly doubled our initial goal of 30,000€, raising over 58,000€!



Thank you very much for your trust and your support!

We know you're excited to receive your rewards - and we're just as excited to deliver them to you. Currently we are in the process of setting up the PledgeManager, where you will be able to finalize your pledges, select add-ons and confirm your shipping details.

Please keep an eye on your inbox for an invitation to the PledgeManager, we aim to launch it in the upcoming weeks!

Once again, your overwhelming support and kind words are highly appreciated!

The Teams @
Gentlymad Studios & Assemble Entertainment

Our Halloween playtime starts today at 4 PM UTC!⚡

This weekend is your LAST chance to get MONSTROUSLY majestic skins! Get ready!!🔥👀

Hello Admirals, the first Ship Design Contest is over and we have our winners. Gabino, Hououtenki, EwaldvonKleist, Dyna, Student Wang, and The Black Baron's designs were chosen as the judges favourites. We had a grand total of 66 different people submit designs for our two categories, which meant well over a hundred ships were in the running for the six winner slots.

All the vouchers have been sent so if you haven't gotten yours, be sure to ping the contest email you submitted your design to at rtw3contest@gmail.com


If you missed the stream and the winning designs we have it archived below.


Given the massive number of submissions the contest received, we are definitely doing another one. While it's still far too early to set any exact dates, keep an eye out for announcements in the new year for another ship design contest. If you missed the contest or still haven't picked up Rule the Waves 3, it is currently having a sale on Steam with 25% off.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2008100/Rule_the_Waves_3/

We also have news on a Rule the Waves 3 update in the works. The Admirals Update has an improved interface and sequence for battle generation.

The player will get a more detailed assessment of enemy forces and a possibility of rearranging his own force before deciding to accept or decline battle. There will also be a role for admirals as area commanders. Before battle, the commanding admiral will do a command check to determine the extent to which the force can be modified. On a very good roll, he may even be able to add a ship. Note that the enemy gets a vote too. There is a corresponding check to see if the enemy can add a ship to his force.

Also included in this update are numerous bugfixes and UI improvements.

The update is currently in public beta and can be opted into either via steam or the forums. The forum post also includes a detailed log of all features currently in the beta.

This update will be fully released late November.

During our anniversary celebration, we're having our first-ever community Grand Prix!
What makes this community Grand Prix different than the others you may ask, well let us tell you.

As the name suggest, this is a Grand Prix for the community but more importantly by the community as it will feature your tracks!

Just like before the Grand Prix will consist of three tracks: practice, qualification and a race track.
So you, our community, can build, submit, play and vote on three tracks in our Discord server to determine which tracks will be featured in the Grand Prix.

Here is what else you need to know:

• The theme for this Grand Prix is sprint races, which means all submitted tracks must be in *sprint format and be created for the Race game mode.
  
• No JSON edited tracks, 100% legit only
  
• The average track time should be under three minutes
  
• The building period is from October 29 - November 4
  
• The voting period is from November 5 - November 11
  
• The Grand Prix will be held from November 24 - November 26

There will also be challenges and amazing rewards but we are keeping those a secret for now ;)

Keep an eye open in our Discord for more updates and good luck!


*Sprint format means that it is a track with a starting line and a separate finish line

Today marks the 0th anniversary of the release of Cosmo's Delivery and Logistics! For those of you who played the demo, a summary of all the new content:

• Multiple planets to explore
  
• More dastardly cheaters to face!
  
• Improved player deck-building mechanics
  
• A grand finale at New Reno Station, featuring an all-cheater 6-player tournament table

• Added options for motion blur.
  
• Added options for in game guide icons (little circles that display over items of interest). They can now be turned off for a more immersive experience.
  
• Added a prompt to locked doors if the required key is not in you're inventory.
  
• Added an extra couple of batteries towards the end of the teaser.

The new Icarus build continues to go smoothly with relatively few issues reported, although there are some. I've posted an opt-in patch to the unstable branch to address some of these. The main purpose of this patch is to add preliminary experimental support for localization. Since that involved small changes to almost every system in the game, I decided to make it opt-in until sufficient players have had a chance to try it.

It is save compatible with Icarus, so if you want to check it out it adds (Google Translated) German and French as well as several QoL improvements.

Right now, I'm continuing to monitor Icarus for issues while beginning planning work for the next content update.

Until next week!
- Kevin

Get ready to kink up your week with a spicy lineup of events and exclusive deals that’ll leave you craving for more!

Events
Double the fun with not one, but two special events that will be waiting for you:
Otowa Wishing Fountain period: October 29th, 05:00 ~ November 3rd, 05:00 EDT
King’s Secret Order period: October 29th, 05:00 ~ November 5th, 05:00 EDT

Deals
Looking for a power boost for your harem? Keep an eye out for these spicy deals and prepare for great battles:
Eimi Fukada's Costume Pack: October 27th, 05:00 ~ November 5th, 05:00 EDT
Diva Mikami’s Hero Pack: October 28th, 05:00 ~ November 1st, 05:00 EDT


The King of Kinks team