Release Version 1.5 NEW FEATURES + FRACTURES - Brand new Status Effect "Fracture". When jumping off high cliffs, if your animal tumbles upon landing there will be a chance of fracturing a bone. Your animals movement speed will be reduced and they'll take self-inflicted damage upon attacking until healed. + CAMERA REVAMP 3.0 - Reworked the gameplay camera and targeting camera AGAIN with a focus…
Release Version 1.4.9.1 GAMEPLAY CHANGES + JUMP REVAMP - Completely changed the jump code and improved animations to feel more fluid. + FALL DISTANCE - Increased the distance required for a fall to cause your animal to Tumble. + SNEAK SPEED - Increased the speed of sneaking SIGNIFICANTLY on most animals. (mostly predators) + JUMP STAMINA PENALTY - There is now a small penalty on your stamina fo…
Release Version 1.4.9 NEW FEATURES + ADVANCED EYE CUSTOMIZATIONS - Personalize your animals eyes with ultra-detailed customization tools. Choose from different iris styles, change eye color, pupil size, iris size, and overall brightness fo unique looks. + HETEROCHROMIA - Animals can now have two different colored eyes. + REALISTIC EYE MOVEMENT - Animals will now appear more alive than ever with…
Release Version 1.4.8 NEW FEATURES + RANKS - You can now give your pack members various ranks to set the Hierarchy of the pack. These are mostly superficial for now but I hope to tie them into the AI later to determine eating order etc. + DEBUG - In the Main Menu -> Settings you'll see a new button in the bottom right called Debug. Clicking it will directly open the locations of the save files…
Release Version 1.4.7 GAMEPLAY CHANGES: + ACTION WHEELS - Improved the usability of both new action wheels making it easier to select with the mouse, control via scroll wheel, and selection with a basic click. + NIGHTTIME VISIBILITY - Increased the brightness of the moon to add more visibility to nighttime gameplay. + TARGET CHANGING - When Targeted, you can now only swap to similar type target…
Release Version 1.4.6 NEW FEATURES: + COMMAND WHEEL - Use the new command wheel to order your packmates around and change their behavior. Make them sit / stand / lay down / stay close to you and more giving far more control over the pack. GAMEPLAY CHANGES: + SWIMMING REVAMP - Changed the way swimming works, sped up all animals swim speed and increased inertia effect when entering water. + FOV O…
Release Version 1.4.5 NEW FEATURES: + MATE INTERACTION WHEEL - When targeting your family members you'll see a new option for "Interact", this will call your mate to you and reveal several interactions. *Work-in-progress most interactions don't work yet* + DEVELOPER NOTE - Apologies the Interaction Wheel is mostly useless for now, one of the critical bugs listed below was severe enough I had to…
Release Version 1.4.4 NEW ANIMAL: + EAGLE - Welcome the eagle to the roster! Our second bird in the line-up wields a dangerously sharp beak and talons that make it a formidable foe to any animal! Includes both Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle subspecies. NEW FEATURES: + RE-REVAMPED FLIGHT MECHANICS -Redid the flight AGAIN and really think I nailed the controls for flying. With default movement givin…
Release Version 1.4.3 NEW FEATURES: + NEW SKILLCHECK EVENT - Birds can now grab fish out of the water by successfully completing a timing skillcheck event. + RESPAWN OPTION - Added a respawn option in case your animal gets stuck somewhere, it will force your animal to respawn at either your current den or original spawn point. GAMEPLAY CHANGES: + FLIGHT MECHANICS REVAMP - Flying now has a "spri…
Release Version 1.4.2 NEW FEATURES: + AMBIENT ANIMALS - Added ambient Seagulls by the shore as the first Ambient Animals in the game. Ambient Animals will not be interactive and exist simply to provide more atmosphere and intruige to the game. GAMEPLAY CHANGES: + LOCKED CAMERA RENAMED - The previous "Locked Camera" option has been renamed as "Assistive Camera" and had its description rewritten…
Release Version 1.4.1 NEW FEATURES: + INSTINCT - Introducing the first iteration of the Instinct mechanic. Your animal's heart will begin to beat at opportune moments, allowing you to activate abilities that will help chase down prey, escape from predators, dodge attacks (dodge not implemented yet) and more. + INVERT Y-AXIS OPTION - Added an option for those whole like inverted Y-axis (up and d…
Release Version 1.4.0 CRITICAL: + DATA WIPE - All data will be wiped upon update. NEW ANIMAL: + MOOSE - Welcome the moose to the roster of playable animals! The moose is the largest species of deer and while being a herbivore it's impressive size and strengths makes it capable of standing on equal footing with even the most dangerous predators. NEW FEATURES: + MASSIVE WORLD EXPANSION - The worl…
Release Version 1.3.2 NEW FEATURES: + SLEEP REVAMP - Redid the sleeping mechanic to now do a dreamy look out over your den and let you have full control in modifying the time/season of the game in realtime. + FULL CONTROLLER SUPPORT - Everything menu / feature of the game is now usable with controller. I'll continue to improve upon this as we go, redesigning more menus to be more functional for…
Release Version 1.3.1 NEW FEATURES: + VOCALIZATION WHEEL - Vocalizations have been moved to a popup wheel, use 'R' on keyboard or LB on controller + CONTROLLER REWORK - Complete overhaul of the controllers input mapping, be sure to check out the setting menu to look through new keybinds for controller. + DYNAMIC INPUT LISTINGS - Buttons listed for actions will now swap depending on if you are u…
Release Version 1.3.0 NEW FEATURES: + CRITTERS - Critters are smaller non-playable animals that populate the world. The introduction of critters adds the Duck, Rat, Turtle, and Frog to the list of animal you'll find in the world! + RAGDOLLS 2.0 - A massive overhaul of the "ragdolls" or physics based animal movements after death and pouncing. Much of the constant glitching has been removed, bodi…
Release Version 1.2.9 NEW FEATURES: + LOOKOUT POINTS - Removed the proximity based cinematics and replaced them with interactable lookout points that will officially discover zones and play cinematics. + CINEMATICS 2.0 - Remade the cinematics to be MUCH smoother and heavily minimized any jerky motion, added sweeping orchestral music and a zone title screen. + DISOVERABLE MAP LOCATIONS - Undisco…
Release Version 1.2.8.2 NEW FEATURES: + FOX FURS - Added 9 additional alternate fox textures representing the subspecies American Fox, European Fox, Sierra Nevada Fox, and the Canadian Marbled Fox. GAMEPLAY CHANGES: + MAIN MENU - Added additional vignetting to top and bottom of the main menu to make text more readable. BUG FIXES + CRITICAL - The bug that was locking people out of the game shoul…
PATCH NOTES: Release Version 1.2.8 CRITICAL + DATA WIPE: This update will require a clean wipe of all data including levels, animals, and all progress. NEW FEATURES: + MENU 2.0 - Completely reworked the main menu. You can now create/manage/erase multiple games from the main menu as well as customizing new biomes' season and time of day before beginning. + FEEDBACK - Added links to the steam pag…
Release Version 1.2.7 CRITICAL: + DATA WIPE - Apologies but to correct data from previous builds getting corrupted I have to wipe game data again. NEW FEATURES: + MAP 2.0 - Completely revamped the map system for the game! Should be a lot easier to navigate and it's much more usable for controller users. + DYNAMIC TAILS - Tailed animals are looking much more realistic with their tails responding…
Release Version 1.2.6 NEW FEATURES: + PICKUP BABIES - Targeting babies will now give you the option to pick them up. + SCENT STONES ADDED - Activating Dens will now be done by rubbing your scent on a Scent Stone. + REWORKED BONFIRES - Bonfires are now decoupled from your den's activation. Gather nearby twigs and add them to the fire to light and extend burn time. New audio and effects added as…
NEW FEATURES: + FEED YOUR MATES - Holding food in your mouth and targeting a mate will now allow a new action "Feed" which will feed whatever you're holding to your mate if they are hungry. + MORE FOOD - Added a couple of new fruits and vegetables to the game. + NEW GRAPHICS OPTIONS - Added a bunch of post-processing specific options to the settings that will let you find the right balance betw…
Release Version 1.2.4 ANIMALS: + NEW ANIMAL: FOX - Welcome the newest addition to The Wilds, the Red Fox! A canine that's as cute as it is sly, the fox relies on it's agility to nimbly escape predators and catch it's own prey. + REDESIGNED - Reintroducing the Brown Bear with a redesigned model, customizations, and a new baby model. NEW FEATURES: + SKILL CHECKS - Fast paced timing based events n…
Release Version 1.2.3 NEW FEATURES: + THE REDWOODS - A newly redesigned portion of the map feature massive redwood trees and dense vegetation + FRAMES - Reworked many aspects of the game to get us all way more FPS GAMEPLAY CHANGES: + TARGETING - Signficantly improved the smoothing when switching between targeting mode and normal camera BUG FIXES + SETTINGS: Resolution not being set / stored cor…
NEW FEATURES: + DETECTION MODE - When your animal is not focused on anything it can now enter detection mode by pressing the Q key, you will sniff the air for scent particles from any nearby interactable. + EXHAUSTION - Running your animal out of stamina will now have movement penalties, all animals including NPC's will be subject to this constraint. Screen will darken to highlight when this ef…
Release Version 1.2.1 CRITICAL + DATA WIPE: This update will require a clean wipe of all data including levels, animals, and all progress. NEW FEATURES: + PACK MANAGEMENT: Pack management has been completely revamped with the new pack panel. This will be the hub where packmates, quests, relationships and more are all manageable. + PERSONALITIES: Each animal has various personality traits which…
Release Version 1.2.0 NEW FEATURES: + STATUS EFFECTS: By far the biggest highlight of the update is Status Effects. These will be pretty all encompassing effects based on what your animal's current state is. Effects like "Poisoned", "Hungry", "Dehydrated", "Well Rested", and many more. These effects can mean both POSTIVE or NEGATIVE effects on your animal. + FISH: Added some fish to the waters…
Release Version 1.1.6 NEW FEATURES: + ABILITIES: Abilities are finally working and tied into the game. Level various abilities through in-game actions to improve your animals combat, survivability, and various other enhancements. GAMEPLAY CHANGES: + CAMERA: More changes in responsiveness, movement, and zoom. + WORLD DESIGN: Expanded the basin area and added more pathed areas. BUG FIXES + CARRYI…
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