We’re so happy to be part of Ukrainian Games Festival 2026, running on Steam from August 17–24.
It means a lot to have Gone Exploring included alongside so many great games created by Ukrainian developers and to be part of this community.A huge thank you to the organisers for putting the festival together, supporting Ukrainian devs, and giving our games a place to be discovered by more players.And, of course, thank you to everyone who has played Gone Exploring, shared it, left a review, sent feedback, or simply told someone else about the game. Your support has helped our little octopus travel much further than we expected. 💙💛You can explore the festival and discover many more Ukrainian games on Steam throughout the week.
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🐙 Gone Exploring is now available in Chinese!We’re really happy to welcome more players to the Blue Current Research Centre in their own language. And to everyone who already played Gone Exploring before the Chinese localisation was available - thank you so much for giving the game a chance anyway. 💙 We hope exploring the station feels a little more at home now - even if you’re doing it with eight arms. Thank you for playing, and welcome…A Small Quality-of-Life UpdateWe’ve made a few small improvements to Gone Exploring! Octo can now scurry The station is still meant to be explored slowly - but sometimes you already know exactly where you’re going. Double-click a destination to make Octo scurry there a little faster. Normal movement hasn’t gone anywhere, so you can still take your time poking around the station, carrying things you probably shouldn’t, and g…The BCRC Gift Shop is now open! Yes, the real one!Enjoyed your tour of the Blue Current Research Centre? You can now take a small souvenir back to the surface. The shop currently offers BCRC mugs, notebooks and T-shirts , along with Octo stickers and other designs inspired by the game. Looking for a specific item? Leave a comment and we’ll turn it into an Octo sticker ! No shark hats, sorry. Visit the BCRC Gift Shop Thank you for all your supp…