Hello captains! We have a new playtest build with some big updates on the hook for ya.

• Save games! Not the most exciting feature but something that has taken a lot of effort to get in. You can now open the pause menu when not in the tutorial or combat to save the game. The game is also saved when entering and leaving a harbour.
  
• A new Rift has been spotted out at sea! This one is still in development but we would like your feedback on what we have made so far. We are quite excited to hear what you think.
  
• New starting ship: The glass cannon Tarpon
  
• Rumours now have their own page in the journal
  
• Streamlined creating your captain
  
• More things to take with you in the life boat when starting a new run
  
• You can now name your ship when starting a new run
  
• More narrative content
  
• More sound effects
  
• More crew traits
  
• More Auxiliary Equipment with a wider range of effects
  
• Traits and Auxiliary Equipment now impact challenge difficulty
  
• Crew responding to one of their crew mates dying or being marooned

• Captain no longer leaves because of low mood. Thanks for reporting it @Rasmus and @copakindred!

• Crew for hire gets shuffled if exiting the Inn, even though you have bought them drinks
  
• Occasionally monsters fly in the tutorial
  
• Log entries do not not get saved

• Probably a lot of fun bugs with save games we haven’t found yet. Do jump on our Discord and tell us if you find any :D

Looking forward to hear what you think!

- Skipper Alex

Howdy folks!

We want to sincerely apologize for the long silence. Over the past years, we’ve heard your frustrations loud and clear, and we fully understand the disappointment it caused. Western Rye is a project we care deeply about, and while we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes, we should have done a better job keeping you in the loop.

Today marks the first step in rebuilding that trust with the start of our new devlog series: Road to Early Access. Thank you for your patience, we’re excited to finally share our journey with you.

The version of SDL2 we shipped with on Windows had DPI scaling bug, causing the wrong resolution to be selected whenever the game was launched. This update brings SDL2 to the latest version 2.30.11 that should fix the issue.

Thanks to the person who reported this! ːloveyouː

Hello captains! We have a new playtest build with some big updates on the hook for ya.

• Save games! Not the most exciting feature but something that has taken a lot of effort to get in. You can now open the pause menu when not in the tutorial or combat to save the game. The game is also saved when entering and leaving a harbour.
  
• A new Rift has been spotted out at sea! This one is still in development but we would like your feedback on what we have made so far. We are quite excited to hear what you think.
  
• New starting ship: The glass cannon Tarpon
  
• Rumours now have their own page in the journal
  
• Streamlined creating your captain
  
• More things to take with you in the life boat when starting a new run
  
• You can now name your ship when starting a new run
  
• More narrative content
  
• More sound effects
  
• More crew traits
  
• More Auxiliary Equipment with a wider range of effects
  
• Traits and Auxiliary Equipment now impact challenge difficulty
  
• Crew responding to one of their crew mates dying or being marooned

• Captain no longer leaves because of low mood. Thanks for reporting it @Rasmus and @copakindred!

• Crew for hire gets shuffled if exiting the Inn, even though you have bought them drinks
  
• Occasionally monsters fly in the tutorial
  
• Log entries do not not get saved

• Probably a lot of fun bugs with save games we haven’t found yet. Do jump on our Discord and tell us if you find any :D

Looking forward to hear what you think!

- Skipper Alex

• Optimized the release logic and performance of Susanoo's moves in Advanced Transcendence difficulty;
  
• Fixed an issue where Susanoo's move might not defeat players correctly in Advanced Transcendence difficulty;
  
• Fixed an issue that caused skipping levels in multiplayer after releasing certain Tactics;
  
• Fixed an issue where the strategy [Skill Shadow Mark] might not trigger correctly;
  
• Fixed an issue with abnormal upgrade values for Toxin bubble-related Tactics.

[Feature Changes]

Neutral votes are no longer counted as "No" votes.
Voting results are now judged only as "Yes" or "No".

Citizen Vote Score Distribution Adjustments
During voting, scores are distributed according to the flow: Yes, No, and Neutral votes.
When the liar is correctly identified:

Yes: +1 point
Neutral / No: 0 points

When the liar is not identified:

Yes: -1 point
Neutral / No: 0 points

Hey everyone.

Experimental build available via:
Vectored Armada > Properties > Betas > Beta Participation > `experimental`

I'm working on a large number of overhauls and new things. Firstly the story, I've properly built out an Interactve intro that I'm sure a number of people will enjoy. Secondly I have been working on getting UI art for the game's various menus and buttons, as well as improving the general presentation of everything. (I also need to get a proper tutorial setup, that's next)

I started VA as a test to figure out port-based ship building, and to sell something to keep the lights on. Once I got everything workable, I set out to make some fun fights. Now VA is an okay game but is sorely underdeveloped in a wide variety of areas outside ship building. Fundamental things like a tutorial, good gameplay flow when making a ship and fleet for a fight, quality-of-life when making your ships and actually good AI brains when fighting stuff. Aswell as the UI visuals, presentation.

There are also rather plain issues with the way weapons are balanced, the clear lack of good AI ship behaviour, and a rather well requested feature - being able to either control a ship or command them in battle. Which I agree, would be a lot better than sitting there being annoyed at a ship for doing something dumb.

But one thing at a time. Getting the game to look good will help me have the motivation to get the game to feel good.

I have begun to get some art for UI and backgrounds, as well as build an interactive story system for telling the player a nice story along with the building and destruction.

First of all - and I know this isn't a priority for some people, but a good story goes a long way - a proper introduction. A chance to get a feel for the world, to care about it. But also non-critical for anyone that just wants to play the game.

Upon starting a new campaign, you are greeted by this intro.
Hop into the experimental build to see it for yourself.



Okay, cheers.
Luke

Hello! Patch 1.0.2 has been released on Steam! Thank you for your support and your feedback!

Here is a changelog for this patch:
1. Update for the boss skeleton Morgause's first boss encounter, making the fight with him fairer
2. Balance updates for enemies in Story mode
3. Champion encounter removed on easy Raid dungeon
3. Fixes for localization

Bug修复
修复横板战斗中某些特殊情况下无法拾取物品的问题
修复横板战斗中某些情况下子弹命中有偏差问题
修复特殊场景战斗结束时“按任意键”的描述错误
优化
增加主界面快捷栏导航

问题修复：

· 修复了在冒险建筑【殿前草坪】互动时勇者卡住的问题
· 修复了部分情况下，勇者在离开建筑时卡住的问题
· 修复了旧版本存档独挡后，部分王城建筑中的勇者无法正常离开的问题
· 修复了勇者由于某些情况意外丢失数据导致的全体勇者卡住的问题
· 修复了正在巡游的英雄在读档后卡在原地的问题（如果有卡在地图上的正在巡游的英雄，只需重新派遣巡游即可~）


已收到下述问题的反馈，正在尝试修复：
· 某些情况下温泉中勇者异常
· 某些情况下噗噗分裂成了两只（场上存在两只名字相同的噗噗，如果出现这种情况请多手动存档，有可能会导致存档坏掉）
· 旧版本存档读档后，【藏书间】的建筑科技显示异常
· 如果您在游玩过程中遇到有勇者或者英雄卡在建筑中无法正常完成互动的情况，请在游戏中的“反馈问题”界面上传存档，我们会在收到问题后尽快对相关问题进行修复~~