Spirit Island News

This update includes various bug fixes, notably:

• Fixed a crash that could occur with the Sacred Sites Under Threat event card.
  
• Forgetting a power played face-down in Ward the Shores now works correctly.
  
• Twisted Bronze Spirit Benefit in Powers Long Forgotten now affects non-regular builds.
  
• Fixed various issues related to Ocean's Hungry Grasp's Presence being destroyed or absorbed.
  
• Branch & Claw scenarios are now being tracked properly for the Diversify achievement. Defeat them again to earn the achievement.
  

Branch & Claw brings the Island back to life with new Spirits, new ways to fight Invaders, new Adversaries & Scenarios, and more Powers! This adds a judicious spice of uncertainty for experienced players as well as creating both opportunities and hard choices for the Spirits!

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How can we Spirits drive the invaders back to their boats and off our island? We must grow, change, and find new paths - if we stay as we are, we shall die, and the Island with us. Bring forth the natural chaos, and let our new ways be of both Branch and Claw! We shall summon predators from the heart of the island, wilds from every patch of ground, illness from the twisting mists, and turn the hearts and minds of the invaders against one another. More Spirits answer the call, but the invaders redouble their efforts. Can you stop them in time?



[h2]New Feature: Spirit Foresight[/h2]
The Invaders spread at an appalling speed, but if you focus, you can anticipate the results of their current activity. This foresight is not certain; unexpected turns of events do happen, and fear-crazed humans are difficult to predict. However, it can be useful as an indicator of what will come to pass absent chance or further intervention on your part.

To access Spirit Foresight, click the new button on the right side of the screen. You can also tap the tab key to toggle Spirit Foresight on and off, or hold the tab key down to use it for a short while.



While Spirit Foresight is active, you can see an overall summary of what would happen in the next Ravage and Build steps, if they were to occur immediately. Hover over a land to view a popup of the land contents and a Ravage/Build preview for that land in particular. Click on a land to view a detailed display of all the pieces in the land, and interact with pieces for Push, Gather, Damage, movement, and other selections.



[h2]Other Fixes & Improvements[/h2]

• Official errata from the game designer has been incorporated. Notably, at game setup, an extra Blight is added to the Blight card.
  
• Fixed a problem where duplicate Fear cards could appear in one game.
  
• The end game screen now properly shows the Adversary and/or Scenario cards.
  
• Fixed a problem where Blight was not added to the land correctly in some situations.
  

[h2]Have a Question?[/h2]
We now have an official FAQ page for Spirit Island digital. If you have a question or feedback, check there first, as it may already be addressed.

Our menagerie of streamers bands together to defend their land from invaders in this settler-destruction game, Spirit Island. By taking up the powers of the island spirits and the help of the native Dahan, they show off the prowess of teamwork and fun.

This update features the launch of Steam Trading Cards, optimizations to improve performance and memory usage, and a few bug fixes. Plus, Spirit Island is now available on iPad and Android tablets. Try it out for free from the App Store and Google Play!

[h2]Steam Trading Cards[/h2]
Spirit Island now has 10 virtual trading cards - one for each Spirit in the core game and Promo Pack 1. You earn cards by playing the game on Steam, and can trade them in the Marketplace. Collect them all to discover the available badges, emoticons, and profile backgrounds! Or use Steam Points to get the goodies right away on the Steam Points Shop.



Learn more about how Steam Trading Cards work here. Visit the Spirit Island Steam Points Shop here.

[h2]Branch & Claw Preview[/h2]
We are still hard at work on development of the Branch & Claw expansion. On Tuesday, January 12th at 7 PM Eastern we will have our first sneak peek on Handelabra Live! Follow us on Twitch to be notified when we go live.

This update includes various bug fixes, notably:

• Fixed an issue where Gift of Strength (Vital Strength of the Earth innate power) would not always work properly.
  
• The Ritual of Terror wil no longer be incorrectly activated again when using Undo or resuming the game.
  
• Gaining enough elements from the second level of Serpent Wakes in Power can now unlock the third level.
  
• Flame's Fury now correctly interacts with powers that damage a fixed number of Invaders or a certain type of Invader.
  
• Ocean's Hungry Grasp can add Presence via a power to an ocean on a board without their Presence.
  
• Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares no longer incorrectly pushes pieces an extra time in some cases.
  
• Invaders priotize damaging already-damaged Dahan during Ravage.
  
• Elemental Boon now works properly with Serpent's Any element gain.
  
• Fixed an issue where Ravage order could not be controlled in Dahan Insurrection.