Isles of Sea and Sky News

Greetings turtle riders!

We are very excited to announce that Cicada Games and Gamera Games will be collaborating on publishing Isles of Sea and Sky in China! We have officially updated the demo with Chinese localization. We will be adding more language options in the future! You can switch the language setting on the options screen.

In addition, Isles of Sea and Sky will be featured at the upcoming Weplay Expo in Shanghai. If you live in the area or are visiting, stop by our booth and check out the Frozen Spire, which is not available in the public demo!

We are very excited to work with a team that has a solid track record of publishing in China, including one of our favorite recent games, Shredder’s Revenge. We believe that our partnership with Gamera will bring Isles of Sea and Sky to many more players and ultimately provide a better experience for everyone.

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Note: Currently the game does not support Chinese input for file name entry. Please use English input when creating a new file.

各位玩家好，

我们非常高兴地宣布，Cicade Games和Gamera Games将联合发行《海天岛传说》！并且我们于今天正式更新了《海天岛传说》免费试玩版的中文支持，大家可以在设置中切换语言选项。

此次的试玩版中一共开放了两个主要岛屿以及众多分布在地图四处的可收集要素。即使是试玩版，地图中也充满了不少隐藏物品和区域等待你的探索。快来试着挑战一下100%完成度吧！

此外，《海天岛传说》还将参展即将在上海举办的Weplay Expo以及成都核聚变，如果你刚好有机会来到现场的话，你将有机会在线下体验到Demo里没有解锁的全新地图。

相信我们双方的合作能将游戏带给更多玩家，并且为玩家带来更好的游戏体验！如果你有任何问题，也欢迎加入玩家交流群：937099340 ，感谢大家的关注！

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游玩小贴士：目前游戏内不支持中文输入法，在创建并命名存档时请使用英文输入法。

IndieCade Festival 2023 is here!

Join us for a two-week celebration of independent games, now live on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/IndieCade2023

Schedule: https://www.indiecade.com/festival-2023/sessions/

What We’ve Been Up To

• We’re making spine tingling progress with Milestone 4, currently on a certain creepy green and purple chain of islands you may all be familiar with. Check out a couple of mysterious and spooky peeks in our latest Kickstarter update, IF YOU DARE 😈👻🎃!!
  
• INDIE GAMES RULE!!! We made an outrageously fun and over the top Tiktok in the style of the Bill Nye the Science Guy intro! All three of us (Craig, Dan, and Jason) put our heads and skills together to make this, and it was a pretty monumental task! Help us out by liking / sharing it on social media! (Please… we put too much effort into this for it to flop lol).
  https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8Msyhfs/
• Jason has started The Player Experience Blog on our website. Here’s a look at his most recent post with an interesting and in-depth look at a post-mortem of the new demo update.
  

The Leftfield Collection

• We are unbelievably stoked to share with you that Isles of Sea and Sky will be part of The Leftfield Collection at EGX London from October 12-15! If you’re going to EGX, come try our new show demo!
  

SXSW Australia

• We are also exploding with excitement to let you know that Isles of Sea and Sky will be a part of SXSW Australia from October 15-22! If you are going to SXSW Australia, you can also come try our show demo!
  

Thank You!
We value your feedback and suggestions, so please don't hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or comments. Follow us on TikTok and Twitter and join our rapidly growing community on Discord to join in on the conversation.

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Wishing you spooky sailing and stormy skies,
Cicada Games

NEW DEMO!!!

• In case you missed it: Recently we released a big new update to the public demo! (Version 5.2)
  
• We’ve been keeping up to date with player feedback on the demo and releasing lots of tweaks and improvements along the way! 
  
• Find all the patch notes in our Steam announcements to see what’s been updated!
  
• Try the new demo and let us know what you think!!!
  

Speaking of player feedback, here are some incredible responses that we received about the latest demo update:

“The previous demo made me excited for the full game. This new demo increased that excitement tenfold!” -Tonite

“Isles of Sea and Sky is a game I cannot sing enough praises about. It is an absolute masterclass of design on every level that I highly recommend to anyone.” -SapphireDrew

"After speedrunning the game for so long, Isles of Sea and Sky's latest demo reminded me of why I fell in love with this game to begin with. It truly refills the sense of mystery and wonder that keeps you exploring to learn more about the world." -Adventium_

 "When I first played..., I was reminded of my childhood. Playing this new Demo, the same feeling remained if it didn't get stronger… [it] added a new layer of mystery... that has me really excited for the full game!" -Pendragon

"I love when a game surprises me. There's so many mysteries and secrets in the game that a surprise awaits you every turn. The demo is a good reminder that this game is very special and I absolutely cannot wait for the release! " -dackid

 "Every demo update... continues to iterate, evolve, and improve the game, bringing me a sense of joy and wonder each time. The team's passion and dedication has been evident to me from the first moment I first washed up on the beach in-game. I can't wait to experience the masterpiece that will be the full game!" -CyberSe7en

“[Isles of Sea and Sky] manages to take everything I love about gaming and condenses it into one awesome package, it's not even out yet but I feel like I've gotten more from it than even the highest budget titles.” -MartianBlobfish

“I really liked how there were no instructions so that you learned by just butting your head against things. I didn't need any outside help but it still felt challenging. I think the cleverest the game made me feel was figuring out when things were connected that weren't on the same screen.” -archcorenth

Thank you for all the wonderful feedback!

What We’ve Been Up To

• Milestone 4 continues to progress by leaps and bounds. Check out a new teaser screenshot from Milestone 4 on Kickstarter.
  
• We continue to helplessly flail on social media. Here’s a little round up, help us out with likes, subscribes, follows, winks, uptweets, revotes, chain emails, swiping right, MySpace, etc:
  
• Check out this banger on Tiktok (How It Started vs. How It’s Going)
  
• Another fun Tiktok about a fire elemental bug.
  
• A sneak peek at a river puzzle on Twitter.
  
• A recent post on r/Games Indie Sunday.
  

The Leftfield Collection
We are unbelievably stoked to share with you that Isles of Sea and Sky will be a part of The Leftfield Collection at EGX from October 12-15! If you’re going to EGX, come try our new show demo!

Thank You!
We value your feedback and suggestions, so please don't hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or comments. Follow us on TikTok and Twitter and join our rapidly growing community on Discord to join in on the conversation.

Sign up for our mailing list!

Wishing you smooth sailing and clear skies,
Cicada Games