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A nicely-sized update

A lot of smaller fixes in this update. A big thanks to everyone across the Steam forum and Discord who helped report these. Without that info, none of these patches would exist.

There's also a couple of retroactive Steam achievements that will be unlocked if you completed certain tasks but didn't meet all requirements - previously, giving Gail all the fish without having a high or low relationship with her would not trigger the achievement. so if you launch the game and one of these achievements suddenly unlocks, that's why.

Can no longer fast travel on local map when holding ruler, eraser or pins
Crabb Island - map tools adjustment, pins were off by a few pixels
The Tot4C map wasn't always unlocking in the journal treasure tab - Retroactively fixed.
Achievement 'marital bliss' now unlocks no matter what when you give Gail all the fish.
Achievement 'marital bliss' will retroactively unlock for players who already gave her the fish but did not meet the original requirements to unlocking that achievement.
'Factors of' changed to 'multiples of'
Removed an invisible fish from the ship's hold.
Fixed typo in dialogue text word: 'pitiful'
Remy's Lott - map pins were not visible in one specific area.
Bat dungeon - moved a rogue bat off-screen
Accessiblity - Shattered Peak bell statues - added a visual indicator to show tone of each bell
Removed ability to move sheep with the mouse during Cecil's herding puzzle
Crabb Island journal map, moved a statue icon to be closer to it's in-game location
Swamp dungeon - fixed bug if the door code was entered a second time
Main menu - left a note detailing how to toggle fullscreen mode ("F11")
Detective Bumsted will now acknowledge (in her own way) that you've solved the case
Fixed controller issue where picking up the ruler would create an additional line if button was held
Fixed journal entry not being added when collecting Cecil's map
Fixed dialogue line at start of Act 3 to correctly acknowledge which parts of the key had been collected so far
Removed fishmaster's icon on the local map once entering Act 3
Fixed wind and water checkboxes not being unchecked at startup on main menu when they have been disabled
Fixed Forest grove on Crabb Island not fading out if wind effect was disabled
Fixed issue where La Moina's key wasn't being unlocked in journal treasure page if pieces were collected in a certain order, which also prevented the keysmith achievement from unlocking which will be fixed retroactively
Fixed mining on Phelmy Island causing softlock
Fixed Gail's diary appearing when parked at certain mysterious islands...
Local map, adjusted player's icon so that it's a few pixels more accurate
Can now drop bombs on Phelmy Island... if you really want to.

Hotfix - Pirate Perfectionist achievement

Hotfix - I miscounted the total number of treasures in game so it was possible that the 'Pirate Perfectionist' achievement wasn't unlocking for some players :/

The Bilkins' Folly demo now Available!

Hi all. Have you been thinking about getting Bilkins' Folly but weren't sure if it was the game for you? Wonder no longer, for the Bilkins' Folly demo is now available on Steam!

To celebrate this milestone, I'll be giving away a couple of game keys to anyone who can solve the Secret of Crab Claw Island!!!

To enter:

- Play the demo and complete the Secret of Crab Claw quest. Then, screenshot your Steam name when it's on screen (don't worry if you miss it the first time. You can make it reappear as many times as you like).

- Either reply to this announcement with a link to your screenshot (imgur might be best for this)... or jump on over to the BF Discord and post it there: https://discord.gg/bF8gJkCBjg


- Winners can pick a PC, PS4/5 or Switch key...

- One entry per user!

- The comp will draw in 1 week. I'll collect all the user names across Steam, Discord and X and add them to a hat, drawing at random.

Good luck! :)

A medium-sized update :)

Jake Grubb will now give a hint on his diaries in normal mode
Minecart puzzle - adjusted timer to be more forgiving
Remy's Lott - slight adjustment to distillery map icon
keysmith achievement would not always unlock
Remy's Lott - final Flo's Hunt token, made sensor for this more forgiving
Fixed a rare bug where the player would get stuck looking out to sea on the ship
increasing Drayton's sniffing ability could remove sniffing sensor
Fixed softlock in skull dungeon if entering the same wheel code twice.
Removed unneeded graphic in tutorial menu
Blum's puzzle could be inadvertedly solved by spamming the 'esc' key
Switch icons - should reflect reversed a/b now
Made Cecil's step puzzle more forgiving
Fixed bug where player could run outside of the bounds of a cutscene before it triggered after getting map off Cynthia
If player skipped that cutscene, it will now trigger on reloading Crabb Island if story has not progressed further
Fixed issue where after beating Big Catch tournament, bait was still being deducted
Added a warning on new game that it will delete progress

A small update

1.0.25

Fixed - Bron's position after cutscene
Fixed - Drayton could level up during inappropriate moments
Changed - Lost in translation map