Game update27 Aug 2026Hotfix: Toning down convergence hauntingsThe 1.2 update introduced convergence hauntings that could really get out of hand and end up with minutes-long turn resolutions in later phases. This hotfix tames these to make them a little more sane. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback on this issue! The severity of it deserved far harsher terms than you folks used. · Limited the maximum number of convergence hauntings to twice the phase num…
I'm working on an update that will add some new content, but since that might be a couple of weeks away, I wanted to get this tiny patch out to fix a few bugs. As always, all applicable changes are also in the demo. Quality of Life Improvements · Improved event search in the museum and expedition setup to also search choice text, choice requirements, and discovered outcomes. · Added an icon to…
This update adds many quality of life improvements, some balance adjustments, and a few bug fixes. Thanks to everyone who submitted bug reports and suggestions! As always, all applicable changes are also in the demo. Balance Changes · Survey preparation inspiration and yield effects: 30% -> 50%. · Charcoal Rod: restored inspiration amount: 2 -> 1. · Stone Heart: blocked inspiration loss amount:…
This update improves the Steam Deck experience, adds support for click-dragging, adds some extra help for beginner Japanese learners, and comes with the usual bunch of quality of life improvements and bug fixes. As always, all applicable changes are also in the demo. Steam Deck Improvements The game now has an official Steam Deck control scheme. It is still cursor-based, but now all game featur…
This update adds new shard shapes, a central settler quests menu (after the main quest), various quality of life improvements, and a few bug fixes. Thanks to everyone for submitting your suggestions and bug reports! As usual, all applicable changes are also in the demo. New Shard Shapes Expeditions starting after this update will have their maps generated from a larger pool of shard shape templ…
This is a larger update, introducing 12 new survey encounters, with their own glyphs and relics, as well as skills to preview and reroll shard maps. There are several balance adjustments to maintain endgame challenge, many bug fixes, and numerous quality of life improvements based on player feedback. As usual, all applicable changes are also in the demo. New Survey Encounters 12 new survey enco…
This fixes savegames being lost when there's no disk space available to write them. With the fix, if there's no disk space available, the existing save is untouched. Also, saves are now backed up locally (not synced to Steam Cloud) to protect against other potential future issues that may cause the save file to be corrupted or deleted. I apologize to those affected by the bug. While I cannot re…
This update adjusts the balance of glyphs with Draw invocations to reduce endgame reliability, fixes several minor bugs, and adds numerous quality of life improvements, most notably removing the requirement to finish expeditions between era 4 debate speeches . As usual, all applicable changes are also in the demo. Glyph Balance Changes · Show: · Lost 15 Adventure -> 25 · Draw 2 · Starve: · Lose…
This fixes the MacOS version consistently crashing in various, seemingly unrelated situations. The fix is simply switching from Metal to Vulkan as the rendering API. It is still a mystery to me why these crashes suddenly started being reported by numerous users today, even though they are reproducible on all versions of the game since the demo release. In other news, I spent the whole day chasi…
This update adjusts the balance of several relics and one animal companion to avoid cases of extreme scaling, especially in later phases of the game. It also fixes numerous bugs, notably ones to do with endgame skills and settler quests, and includes minor quality of life improvements. As usual, all applicable changes are also in the demo. Balance Changes · Reduced the power of the Tanuki compa…
This update adds a new graphics compatibility mode for older hardware that supports a lot more systems, fixes numerous bugs reported by players, and adds the option to delete save slots, inexplicably the most requested feature. As usual, all applicable changes are also in the demo. Older Hardware Support I have received about a dozen reports of people having issues running the game on older har…
This update adds furigana to the kanji practice minigame, fixes several bugs, and adds a few quality of life features. Thanks for everyone for reporting bugs and sending in suggestions! As usual, all applicable changes are also in the demo. Furigana in the Kanji Practice Minigame The kanji practice minigame now includes furigana and vocabulary tooltips for all kanji words in sentences. By defau…
This patch fixes a major bug with the scrollbar in survey outcomes getting stuck, and includes several balance adjustments and minor fixes. · Fixed the scrollbar in survey outcomes getting stuck. · Fixed the foray goals UI not updating until an action is taken when retrying a foray. · Fixed the Sea Bream companion ability not clearing one of its slots on use. · Balance: adjusted the Crane compa…
This is a small update to fix minor issues reported on release day. Changes apply to both the demo and the full version. · Added support for entirely skipping the tutorial expedition when starting a new save slot. · Increased the tier of the Thousand glyph to Rare. · Renamed the Beasts glyph to Beast for consistency. · Fixed Steam Achievements not triggering on Mac. · Fixed the map changing sli…
Worlds Upon The Wind is available now! The settlers are eagerly awaiting your guidance to restore the shattered world. The game is priced at $9.99 , and for the next week it will remain on a 10% launch discount . Many thanks to everyone who played the demo and gave feedback! Countless improvements made it into the game thanks to your suggestions. The demo will remain available forever, but when…
Some final polish and accessibility options before the release tomorrow. New Content · Added Pearl and Silver glyphs. · Added about 50 new random NPC lines. Quality of Life Improvements · Added several experimental accessibility settings: · The ability to zoom key UI elements on hover, either always or when Shift is held. · Tooltip font size. · Paragraph font size. · Polished the kanji practice…
This small update adds more survey encounters, a streamer mode to exclude ContentID-registered music. and numerous quality of like improvements. New Content · Added 10 new survey encounters, including several new glyphs and one new relic. · Added about 50 new Haven NPC lines. Balance Changes · Increased the cost of making a card innate. · Increased the slot count for choices in the Empty Villag…
This small update fixes several quality of life issues and adds invocations to some of the starter deck cards, mainly to help newcomers realize that the game's complexity continues to escalate. Balance Changes · Added invocations to 6 of the starter deck cards. Newcomers didn't realize that the complexity escalates. Quality of Life Improvements · Made the targeter snap the valid areas when sele…
This update brings many of the improvements that will be included in the upcoming 1.0 release. While there's no one main feature, there's a significant amount of new content, almost double the amount of music, and a lot of quality of life improvements. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback - a lot of the improvements and bug fixes came from player suggestions! New Content · Added 19 new events.…
This update focuses on the new Regional Surveys feature, adds a significant amount of new content, and includes numerous quality of life improvements and bug fixes. Regional Surveys After every 3 forays, you will now send out a survey team to scout a chosen area of the map. During these surveys, you must solve various encounters by slotting glyphs into available choices. For this you receive va…
This update is mainly focused on improving endgame balance, but a few small new features did manage to sneak in. Glyph Balance I did another full balance pass on all glyphs. Many existing glyphs are a little weaker now, and ones with Satisfy and Inspire have been hit the hardest. The early game difficulty is mostly unaffected, but lategame should be significantly more challenging. The intent he…
Another small update with bug fixes: · Fixed a rare bug with the Delicious Mushroom relic that could put the game into a stuck state. · Fixed a case of ambient audio disappearing. Thanks to the anonymous folks who have reported these!
This is a small update to address several issues reported by players: · Added the option to run the game using a Vulkan renderer, which can fix visual artifacts on older AMD graphics cards. · Fixed Discard-blocking relics interfering if you have multiple of them. · Fixed settlement landmark buttons being covered by the settlement tooltip. · Fixed inconsistent event text in the Soggy Mill event.…
This first update for the demo includes a bunch of new content, but more importantly fixes an engine bug that caused slow initial game loads, occasional crashes on game start, and rare cases where developments would stop working. Thanks to everyone who gave feedback through the ingame bug reports, the Steam Community Hub, and on Discord! New Glyphs There are about 80 new glyphs, most of them in…
After a year of alphas and beta, the demo is now available to everyone! The demo is pretty extensive, including about half of the game's content, plus your savegames will carry over intact to the full version. If you try out the demo and have feedback, I'll be happy to chat with you about it on the Discord server !
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