Gear up for new wintery biomes, enemy strongholds, boss fights, damascus steel weapons, and much more. The next Major Act 4 update, Frozen Lands, is here.

Let's explore the avalanche of new features new to Len's Island in this major update!

First off, your existing save files will work just fine! No need to start fresh, we have worked hard to make all saves backward compatible :)




The Len's Island map has expanded, with new biomes including cherry blossom islands, arctic fortresses, frozen mining islands, and an extension to the cave network. You'll discover an arctic town with new resources to trade, items to buy, and winter animals to hunt.

Get ready for more above-ground combat as the next round of dungeons are about to get a whole lot harder to enter. Each dungeon is situated on its own island that's heavily guarded by enemy strongholds with new armoured voidlings and cursed ballista towers patrolling the coastline. To keep these fights at an even playing field we're adding a powerful new damascus steel weapon/tool tier and a katana sword that can be purchased in the arctic town. Improvements have also been made to the enchanting table as we've added even more enchantments. You can now enchant your armour, weapons and tools, not just once but twice! The possibilities are endless as you can now create your ultimate custom build.



Farming enthusiasts can also enjoy a variety of new farmable resources and advanced machinery in the Frozen Lands update. Forage for cotton and bamboo in the new biomes and use their seeds to grow your own crops. Once harvested, these unique resources can be refined using the new loom machine and implemented in exciting crafting recipes that help you advance through the harsh environment.

There is a lot of new content in this update. Read the full changelog below to get all of the nitty-gritty details. If you don't want to have anything spoiled, then stop reading and go enjoy the update!

• Map has been expanded to include:
  - 4 Cherry Blossom Islands
  - 3 Frozen Mining Islands
  - 3 Frozen Stronghold Islands (Keystone dungeon islands)
  - 1 Large Frozen Island (Main town island)
  - Icebergs in the outer ring of the map
  
• 3 New Keystone Dungeons & New Major Boss Dungeon. The keystone dungeons are guarded by enemy strongholds, these are fortresses on the islands above the dungeons, heavily guarded by armored enemies and ballista towers.
  
• New town. There is now a 4th town with two vendors, upgrade levels, new resources to buy and sell, new sets of armor, and even a new weapon!
  
• New Katana weapon class. You can purchase the damascus katana at the new town, lowest base dmg of any weapon, highest crit dmg of any weapon. This weapon is a little different to others, hard to master, but effective!
  
• Damascus steel weapon/tool tier. You can now upgrade all weapons and basic tools to damascus steel. This tier raises damage and also allows for a second enchantment to be applied.
  
• Enchanting. We have totally reworked the enchanting system. All new enchantment table UI, new list of enchantments, you can now enchant armor and tools, and enchant damascus weapons twice! Enchanting now opens up the possibilities of customizing your character and playstyle greatly.
  
• New Armor sets. All have with unique abilities. Winter Fur Set, Kabuto Armor, and Oni Armor.
  
• New Resources. Cotton, Cloth, Bamboo, Tuna, Squid, Ink, Damascus Steel, and Tungsten, are all new in the game. Cooked fish have been reworked into different items, and the inventory UI updated into a new layout.
  
• New enemies. Guarding the stronghold islands are new armored variants of enemies, including armored voidings, armored voids, armored elite voids (voids on fire), armored lightning fish, armored trolls, and the new healer shaman voidlings. There are also new wolves on above islands, that can howl and alert wolves in the surrounding area. Oh, and there are now enemy ballista towers >:)
  
• New pet. The red panda pet can be tamed, found on cherry blossom islands.
  
• New machinie: The Loom has been added which turns cotton into cloth to be used for advanced crafting recipes.
  
• New plants to farm: Cotton and bamboo can now be farmed in all farm types. We have also allowed trees to be planted in the large pots.
  
• New fishing pools: You can now fish for tuna and squid, these fishing pools only appear in cold environments.
  
• Shield blocking rework. We have added blocking back into the game! You now hit the shield ability key to block, you can move and aim while blocking, and if you click while blocking then you will perform the shield dash ability. Blocking is a lot more essential in areas of the game now, such as dodging ballista bolts and lightning fish.
  
• New status effects and weather. Frozen islands will give the freezing, or frostbite effects. This will damage you over time and you will need to wear armor with cold resistance, eat warming food, or build a heat source to not get hurt. We also remade the status effect UI system, so important effects now display on the top left panel. All armor & enchantment effects display on your player window in the inventory.
  
• New Vendors: Baked goods vendor at the new town, and a pear vendor added to the 2nd town.
  
• Food items all rebalanced and fishing significantly boosted to be a more consistent food source.
  
• Underground caves expanded to fill new map size. The caves now have 3 new island entrances linking to the Frozen Mining islands. The cave network is now larger with more areas to mine rare resources.
  
• Further camera tweaks. The camera angles and controls have been tweaked and updated. You can now tilt up and down by holding right-click and dragging up/down. During build/edit mode this tilt control becomes more prominent and makes it easier to look from top-down or from the side and freely orbit around to build easier.
  
• Performance: We changed our lighting system which has seen a big change in performance. In general, frames should be more stable and not be affected so heavily by lots of lights and around towns. We also overhauled the chunk loading system in the game, which made the chunks loads 50-70% faster across the game, reducing the stutter when loading new areas of the map. The performance gains will be even more noticeable on lower-end machines.

• Reworked scythe abilities
  
• Decoration Item Costs: Lowered costs for decoration items across the game to make them easier to place.
  
• Farming Item Costs: We rebalanced a lot of the build costs for farming machines to reduce the amount of metal and complex materials needed.
  
• Skill tree costs rebalanced.
  
• Lowered glass cost for potions from 10 to 3 (Potions are soon going to be completely reworked into a new and improved system soon)
  
• Changed rug placement to ignore all collisions so they can be far easier placed and also now allow overlapping for unique designs. Made all the rugs cheaper so it's more viable to place large amounts of them to completely cover the flooring with carpet designs.
  
• Enchantment table build cost altered, change workbench unlock level for the table from level 4 to level 3.

• Fixed cursor not working correctly for gamepad controls
  
• We fixed hundreds of various bugs over the past months as part of this update, too many to list.

As always, there will probably be stuff we missed and small issues here and there for the first few days. If you experience any problems, please be patient and report a bug so we can fix it! We are also a ver small team of 4 developers, we will work our hardest over the next couple of weeks to make sure everything is silky smooth.

- Julian

- Cleaner tech tree
- Improved vehicle selector
- Lens flares

- Cleaner tech tree
- Improved vehicle selector
- Lens flares

Welcome Knights, Robber Knights, and Princesses,

Over the last two years, we have been conducting tests, checking, asking questions, and observing how you like to play and what type of game would please you. At the same time, we have learned a lot about game development.

Those of you who have been following us from the beginning, and there are quite a lot of you (many of your nicknames I remember from the demo times before the EA premiere), know that we have basically presented at least three different games during this period.

Yes, that was quite an original Early Access – it's rare to have an opportunity to join a process that usually happens behind closed company doors. For that, I am really grateful, for your patience and continuous support. You have helped shape this vision.


They were sort of a little "trap." Yeah, sorry. I wanted to provoke a discussion among you and see how you react to certain ideas, what you really care about. Let's talk about what's coming and what we have put together from the two years of working with you.

I have made a lot of choices for the upcoming update, a lot of decisions to give you the ultimate medieval experience of being a Robber Knight or an Honorable Knight. The choice is yours.

Just so we are on the same page: Raubritters were never "Robin Hoods" chasing merchants around woods. Well, maybe they were chasing merchants around woods, but they didn't live there. They had their castles and were often the biggest lords in the neighborhood. For example, a knight called Piotr Szafraniec, who held one of the best titles in medieval Poland as the chamberlain of Krakow, was known to be one of the most brutal Robber Knights. He even took over entire castles and demanded ransom for them!

So no matter what path you choose, this will be an adventure about being a knight, alone or with your friends. I take full responsibility for the fun and adventure you will have with the next update. We finally had enough time and skill to create what we really wanted. If you don’t like it – you know who to blame 😉 haha.


Complete raise in quality on every level: graphics, animations, sound, map, and characters.

1. More action – you will get a sword in your hand within the first minute of the game.
2. Tons of quests and dialogues.
3. From zero to a powerful local Lord.
4. You are a Knight, so no running around with a hatchet – that's for peasants.
5. No micromanagement unless you want to unlock powerful bonuses, and even then, only in a limited amount. After all, we are a first-person RPG, not a city management game.
6. Capture or buy new villages. Manage them yourself or give them into fiefdom.
7. Your decisions and actions will determine how aggressive the game will be (even in dialogues). For example, if you choose to be a feudal lord who is a raubritter, the language will get very dirty. But if you stay at the court of an honorable knight, they will use language appropriate even for children.
8. Deeper and more varied skill trees.
9. The return of building your personal knight's manor with all possible furniture (optional, of course).
10. And the cherry on top is the new co-op mode. Let's leave it as a surprise 😉 but you will definitely be happy.

Here are some screens to give you an idea of what's coming. See you at the end of June when we will release gameplay videos. For now, we are 100% on schedule. So, July 22nd is safe. If anything changes along the way, I will inform you.

Have a great week,
Your Raubritter Sartorian 😉

Hamish before after



Sir Robert the second - our main hero



new type of shield



Something to wear also outside of battle



ridiculousy nice game meat



AND FINALLY IN GAME AFTER TWO years of torment - BASINET

Saddle up and settle in! We’re excited to announce that starting today, May 27th, “Cowboy Life Simulator” is joining the ranks in Steam’s Open World Survival Crafting Fest 2024! The event runs until June 3rd, giving you an entire week to immerse yourself in this Wild West sim like you haven’t before.



Why should you check out “Cowboy Life Simulator”?

Expand your very own ranch, tend to your cattle, and grow your crops. Gather essential resources from the untamed wilderness, craft items to aid your survival, grow into your local community, and uncover the mysteries of the wild land around you. Whether you’re all about building up your ranch or venturing into the unknown, you’ll find plenty to keep you hooked for hours.



Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Expansive Ranching: Start from humble beginnings and transform your homestead into a sprawling ranch.
  
• Resource Gathering: Venture out to collect wood, plants, and other crucial resources.
  
• Crafting System: Create tools, equipment, and items to enhance your cowboy-rancher lifestyle.
  
• Exploration: Roam freely across diverse, open-world landscapes filled with hidden treasures and dangers.
  
• The Wild West Experience: Live the life of a cowboy with immersive graphics and detailed environments.

Get your free copy of the demo now!

Changelog

Game

• (Clothing) Loading character cards leads to displaced clothing in some cases.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1877020/Jujutsu_Kaisen_Cursed_Clash/

Hey all! This build provides new puzzles, and fixes some freezing issues and large save issues. Thanks so much for playing, and reach out to us at support@playknotwords.com if you have any issues!

- Fixed some textures and geometry in episode 1
- Fixed unreachable pickups in E1M3
- Fixed issue in the menu levels list

Greetings, Sky Sailors!

The Steam Open World Survival Crafting Fest has begun, so to celebrate, we want to share a small update on what’s brewing over here.

First of all, we’re excited to show you this early work-in-progress sketch of the game’s new key art. It still has a ways to go, with details, polish (oh, and colours!), but we think it passes the vibe check. We’d love to hear what you think!


While we have you here, why not take a peek at an upcoming trailer we’re working on. The finished trailer focuses on introducing new players to Aloft, by revisiting the main gameplay loop with all our updated visuals, mechanics, and a few surprises.



Our next demo update is coming along nicely, too. We don’t have a date to share just yet, but keep your eyes peeled for big news in June!

We’re also celebrating the festival with new emojis on our Discord server, so join us in the clouds to chat with other Sky Sailors and share your feedback on the game!