Dinkum News

G'day

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Dinkum’s Early Access release. And truth be told, never, ever in my wildest dreams have I thought that my little game could find a place in so many people’s homes and monitor screens. The love that I received from you all, the words of encouragement, the ideas, suggestions, fan art, and little in-jokes is something that I truly appreciate beyond words. And seeing so many of you making your Dinkum Island your own still gives me the same buzz it did one year ago.

Just to give you a quick little update, I am still working hard on the next update. I really hope you’ll like what I’ve got planned. I’ve heard that Fletch is really keen to show some of the upcoming content real soon, so keep an eye out. And in case you missed it, there is a free Mini Anniversary Update that I put up a few weeks ago which you can download right now.

Again, thank you so much for taking a chance with my game. I hope that it brightens your day even a slight bit when you play it and brings a smile to your face.

Chat soon again,

James

G’day mates,

Since Dinkum's release, I’ve been keeping my eye on all of the islands the community has created. I'll tell you what, you all have some amazing island development skills! So, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of them with you too. And I'll tell you what, there is no better day to show you incredible creations than today, ha ha ha!

To start this new community spotlight series we have the incredibly talented ElemetrixBuilds aka Benny. I'll tell you what, their island has inspired me and I hope it inspires you too! So let’s have a closer look at the beautiful ‘Palm Paradiso’ created by Benny.

Palm Paradiso Map.

Benny created this amazing island which is absolutely PACKED with different locations. There’s the Town Center, the Stadium, Flower Fields, a Maze, huge farming fields, a romantic Wedding Venue, restaurants, and much much more. I'll tell you what, it's a tourist's paradise! I can't show you everything in this post, but here are some great snapshots.

Welcome to Palm Paradiso!



The Stadium.

The atmosphere here must be insane during a match. I should buy some tickets.

Maze.

An amazing place to get lost in.

Wombat stall.

I'll tell you what, Benny has a talent for picking names for his furry friends.

Flower fields.

A bloody beautiful spectacle and this smell is divine.

Cargo Liner.

Look how huge this Cargo Liner is. It’s bloody massive!

Varossa Balley Vineyard.

Thank you so much Benny for sharing your piece of paradise with all of us. Benny is an amazing builder and a great member of the Dinkum community. I'll tell you what, it was an absolute pleasure to visit your island.

I'll tell you what, I'm a bit tired and hungry after this trip, so I am going to eat some bush limes. I've been hankering for them all day.

Before I leave, I also wanted to share this incredible fan art by our reddit user M_Snail. Isn’t that beautiful?


And if you want to join our amazing Dinkum Discord community, click right HERE.


Hooroo!

Fletch - Head of Island Exploration

G’day,

As you may already have noticed by looking at the Steam front page, the Steam Summer Sale has begun. Even though at this very moment we don’t have summer in Australia (it’s actually a bit chilly down here), it doesn’t mean we can’t join and celebrate this fantastic Steam event! So grab that sunscreen and put on a hat because Dinkum is part of the Steam Summer Sale.

From today, until July 13, 10 am PDT | 7 pm CEST / July 14, 3 am AEST you can get Dinkum with a warm 20% discount!

Join the 14-day-long event, have fun, and be part of our amazing community that we have here.


Have a good one and speak soon,

James



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I hope you are all having fun with the Mini Anniversary Update. I’ve got some small fixes in this hotfix for you.

• Additional items can be placed inside the Food Modeller
  
• Fixed a bug that caused health and stamina buffs to stack incorrectly
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the Deep Mine doors to lock some players in the elevator
  
• Fixed a bug that caused planted seaweed to grow into river reeds
  
• Fixed an animation problem with item changers such as grain mill and billy cans
  
• Raffle Wheel can no longer be placed inside the house
  
• Halved the time it takes for Coffee to brew
  
• Increased the duration of swim speed buff
  

Hey there everyone, long time no post.

As you know I’ve been hard at work on the Summer Sun update. Things are taking a bit longer than expected, so I’ve taken a little bit of time off to work on a smaller update. In this update John is running a little event in his shop to celebrate Dinkum’s anniversary! That’s right, next month marks Dinkum’s first year since entering Early Access.

When I put Dinkum up on Steam I expected it to be in Early Access for at least a year (now it looks like it might actually be a bit longer). I never expected so many people to play and enjoy my game, so I decided I wanted the updates to contain a lot more content than I was originally planning.

So, while you wait for the next major update please enjoy the new items available in this “Anniversary Event” update.


If you visit John on your island you’ll find his little green prize box on his counter. The items in here can be used to decorate your island and celebrate one year of Dinkum. To get the items you’re going to have to earn some Prize Tickets (John needs to make some Dinks off this event after all). Prize tickets can be earned by selling John any fish. You’ll receive one ticket per fish, so get your rod ready.


Oh, and there are a few more things to discover in this mini update. If you give Franklyn some shiny discs he might come up with a new way to get around the island with your mates. There is a new item to discover at the Tuckerbox, it’s a pretty groovy contraption and I think you’ll like it. I’ve also snuck in some other new craftable items in this update and a few new furniture items.

I hope you have fun discovering all the new things in this mini update and hopefully it’s enough stuff to play with until the Summer Sun update is ready to go.

Until next time,

Thanks for playing Dinkum!

James


Here are the patch notes:

New:

• John’s Goods is running an event!
  
• Earn Prize Tickets and exchange them for new special items and prizes
  
• Franklyn can craft a new vehicle (he might need to learn it from a shiny disc)
  
• The Tuckerbox sells a new machine to help display your food
  
• Added some new crafting recipes to learn
  
• Seaweed now drops it can be brewed or placed
  

Changes:

• John will pay less for relics
  
• Lowered Camera Tripod price
  
• Spinifex will now grow back in the tropical biome
  
• Improved performance of flower beds and water beds
  
• Improved performance of placeable lights
  
• Improved performance of chests
  
• Improved performance of changers such as furnaces, mills, campfires, etc
  
• Improved performance in large farms
  
• Improved performance related to terraforming
  
• Added LOD to certain placeable objects.
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused visitors using gliders to experience lag when opening and closing them
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the compactor to dig down twice when visitors used them
  
• Fixed a bug that didn’t update the telepads icon position when it was moved
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the mailbox to softlock when deleting mail
  
• Animals and NPCs can’t walk through Lilly Pilly plants anymore
  
• Fixed a bug that caused problems when auto stacking into your travel bag
  
• Fixed a bug that caused some chests to desync when using quick move
  
• Jetskis now only require Vehicle Licence Level 1, instead of level 2
  
• Cloth can no longer be placed into the spinning wheel
  
• Fixed a bug that caused character to show an incorrect animation when their vehicle was destroyed
  
• Fixed a bug that shows the wrong tool when dropped
  
• Tape Measure no longer requires Deep Mining Licence
  
• Buying farm animals now counts towards the spend money daily task