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Faraway IslandsNewsPre-release Update
Major update

Pre-release Update

Faraway Islands · published 20 Jul 2020, 19:13 UTC

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Hello everyone,


It has been over a year since last update and I think the game is finally ready for another.
I've fixed all bugs that I run into and everything, all quests included, should be fine. But I know there is always something to fix.

These are main additions in this update:

  • All quests are now unlocked.
  • Crafting recipe list added to inventory
  • Ingame map, unlocked after first quest
  • Sounds - ambient, gameplay, UI
  • Gamepad support
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud


And obviously a lot of bugfixes

This update is titled as "pre-release" because this is the last bigger update I intend to release. I know the game could be so much better but I've been on this one project so long it is very hard to get something done and at this point I'm just glad it can be played from start to end without any major game or save breaking problems.

The plan for now is to fix bugs you might run into and do some tweaks, but no major changes and hit a full release in a few months.

I'm really glad for what I was able to create knowing I obviously took too much for my first game.

That's all for this announcement and thank you for playing my game.

Have a lovely day.

- Peter

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