Spirit Island News

Online multiplayer is now available, so you can play Spirit Island digital with your friends no matter where they are! Access the new mode from the Main Menu and learn more from the How to Play screen.

Multiplayer is fully cross-platform, so you can play with your friends on iOS and Android devices.



This update also adds fine-grained Spirit Phase undo. Growth and other actions in the Spirit Phase can be undone using the buttons directly on their interfaces. You may undo back to before the Spirit Phase (or to when new information was revealed) using the main undo button. As part of this feature, you can independently undo Spirit Phase actions when playing with multiple Spirits. Also, you may use Presence track abilities (e.g. Reclaim One) at any time during the Spirit Phase.



To help develop your strategy (and communicate with others in multiplayer), you can now add a marker to any land indicating your plans. Right click or use Spirit Foresight to set a planning marker on a land.



The Ward the Shores and Rituals of the Destroying Flame scenarios have been updated to use a new button on your Spirit summary panel. Use this button to play a Power card face-down as a Warding Pattern or to add a Flame Marker at the appropriate times.



[h2]What's Next?[/h2]
We'll be monitoring the status of online multiplayer and look forward to your feedback in order to prioritize improvements. If you have any problems or have a suggestion, use the Help & Feedback button in-game to send us a message.

We are looking forward to the possibility of adapting more Spirit Island content in the future. Stay tuned for news about Jagged Earth and other expansions.

This update for the Multiplayer Public Beta includes new features and bug fixes for problems reported by you, the players. Thanks for sending in your feedback, it's an essential part of getting multiplayer ready for everyone.

On August 22nd, online multiplayer will be fully launched on Steam, iOS, and Android. Mark your calendars and get ready!

If you'd like to join the public beta, visit our website to learn all the details.

The Powers Long Forgotten scenario is now playable in multiplayer, and works properly with fine-grained Spirit Phase undo. To activate Spirit benefits in multiplayer, click the scenario button in the bottom right and vote to Use a benefit. Once enough players agree, the benefit will be used. (Note: the Loop of Twisted Bronze benefit can be used by any player without voting).

The Invite button on the multiplayer setup screen now copies a link you can share with friends to invite them to the game. When they open the link and click to play, Steam will launch Spirit Island and they will automatically join your game.

Various other fixes and improvements are in this update, notably:

• When another player is forgetting a power card (due to gaining a major power), other players must wait for them to decide. Now, a message will be shown to you so it's clear what is happening.
  
• Fixed a problem interaction with Blazing Renewal and Heart of the Wildfire.
  
• Fixed some issues relating to event cost payments.
  
• The Ritual of Terror scenario now works properly again in online multiplayer.
  
• Improved the shrinking/growing behavior of island pieces when in crowded lands.
  
• Fixed a few issues relating to undo.
  

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This update for the Multiplayer Public Beta includes bug fixes for problems reported by you, the players. Thanks for sending in your feedback, it's an essential part of getting multiplayer ready for everyone.

If you'd like to join the public beta, visit our website to learn all the details.

We are continuing to work on various areas to streamline multiplayer gameplay by reducing voting and allowing simultaneous choices for different players, where possible. If you see a specific problem, please report it in-game when you see it and we can look into it. That will be more helpful to us than general requests for streamlining.

Keep track of our development progress on the public beta Trello board. Please note that several items are still in development and are not yet available:

• Powers Long Forgotten scenario is not yet playable in multiplayer
  
• In-game invites via URL/Discord
  
• While forgetting a Power card during the Spirit Phase, other players are temporarily blocked from taking actions.
  

This update fixes a problem where a "requesting undo file" popup could appear and interrupt the game during multiplayer.

This update for the Multiplayer Public Beta includes support for more scenarios, along with bug fixes for problems reported by you, the players. Thanks for sending in your feedback, it's an essential part of getting multiplayer ready for everyone.

If you'd like to join the public beta, visit our website to learn all the details.

Three scenarios from Branch & Claw are now playable in multiplayer:

Ward the Shores and Rituals of the Destroying Flame have been updated to use a new button on your Spirit summary panel. Use this button to play a Power card face-down as a Warding Pattern or to add a Flame Marker at the appropriate times.



Second Wave can be played from the end of game screen if all players in the game agree. As in single-player, it will proceed through additional end-game steps before allowing you to choose new Spirits and proceed to the next game.

We are continuing to work on various areas to streamline multiplayer gameplay by reducing voting and allowing simultaneous choices for different players, where possible. If you see a specific problem, please report it in-game when you see it and we can look into it. That will be more helpful to us than general requests for streamlining.

Keep track of our development progress on the public beta Trello board. Please note that several items are still in development and are not yet available:

• Powers Long Forgotten scenario is not yet playable in multiplayer
  
• In-game invites via URL/Discord
  
• While forgetting a Power card during the Spirit Phase, other players are temporarily blocked from taking actions.
  

Other notable improvements & fixes in this update:

• The Finish Using Powers button will only appear in multiplayer if you still have powers to use.
  
• Voting for the Full Resync option will now show an indicator for the other players to join you.
  
• When selecting a Spirit for some action, if there's a land associated with the decision, it will be highlighted.
  
• When selecting multiple Spirits and the order may not matter, a Choose For Me button is now available.
  
• Fixed some problems with the Branch & Claw toggle options in the New Game screen in multiplayer.
  
• While pieces are being moved during the Spirit Phase, other players are no longer blocked from taking actions.
  
• Fixed a problem where the game could get stuck in certain Spirit Phase situations with Keeper of the Forbidden Wilds and Heart of the Wildfire.
  
• Fixed an issue with Spirit summary panel information disappearing in some cases.
  
• Fixed various problems with undo getting players out of sync with one another.
  
• Fixed undo issues related to Events and Blight cards.
  
• Fixed some edge cases with Second Wave and Sweden.
  
• Fixed an issue with alternate loss conditions resulting in the game displaying a Sacrifice Victory in some cases.
  

This update for the Multiplayer Public Beta includes bug fixes for problems reported by you, the players. Thanks for sending in your feedback, it's an essential part of getting multiplayer ready for everyone.

If you'd like to join the public beta, visit our website to learn all the details.

We are continuing to work on various areas to streamline multiplayer gameplay by reducing voting and allowing simultaneous choices for different players, where possible. If you see a specific problem, please report it in-game when you see it and we can look into it. That will be more helpful to us than general requests for streamlining.

[h2]Development Roadmap[/h2]
Keep track of our development progress on the public beta Trello board. Please note that several items are still in development and are not yet available:

• Various scenarios are not yet playable in multiplayer
  
• In-game invites via URL/Discord
  

Notable fixes in this update:

• Fixed a problem where the game could get stuck in certain Spirit Phase situations with Ocean's Hungry Grasp.
  
• Fixed a crash with using undo and Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island.
  
• Fixed an issue where undo could result in an incorrect game state with Thunderspeaker while the island is being blighted.
  
• Fixed a disappearing animation when revealing a fear card using Spirits May Yet Dream.