Hello,
Don’t forget to playtest Palettopia now through 8/31/26! In this playtest you’ll get to try our puzzle mode, check out the Arctic and Arid biomes and play with the new Marine District.
We’ve already added a few improvements since opening the playtest including:
Arctic Lake Material Overhaul: Completely revamped the Arctic Lake rendering with subtle ice effects, refined smoothness/roughness parameters, and normal-mapped paper textures.
Marine Ocean Shoreline Fixes: Resolved edge issues causing the brush to stick while painting Marine across the ocean shorelines for cleaner, smoother water-to-land transitions.
Puzzle Complete Screen: Added Camera Button so user can explore their map before moving on to a new map.
You can read the patch notes summary for full details.
What Else to Expect in the Playtest:
🧩 Puzzle Your Way to Paradise: Strategically place districts and manage limited paint resources to fulfill unique island needs. Play at your own pace as you harmonize with the terrain to boost your score and solve the island’s unique puzzle.
⚖️ Scalable Challenge: Tailor your puzzle by adjusting map sizes and difficulty or randomly generate an island for a mystery challenge.
🏜️ Two New Biomes: Explore two of our four biomes. Uncover a frozen land with soaring peaks and swirling snowflakes in the Arctic Biome or adventure into a sandy desert with vivid mesas and dreamy oases in the Arid Biome.
⛵ The Marine District: A brand new district is here! Connect your districts across rivers, lakes and even oceans. The Marine District is a water exclusive district to help bridge the gaps across far flung districts.
This playtest is just a small slice of what we have planned for Palettopia, but we absolutely cannot wait to see what kind of puzzles you solve and utopias you build!
The playtest will be open from 8/20/26 to 8/31/26 11:59PM Eastern Time. As a reminder, this is a playtest and will just grant temporary access to the game for us to gather feedback. You can look forward to a demo coming soon.
If you haven't already, please Wishlist the game, and come join our official Discord community! We’d love for you to share your island screenshots, give us feedback on the beta, and follow along on our journey to launch.
Have feedback or a bug you want to share? Please do so here!
Happy painting!
– The Oh Wow Games Team