Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure News

By Pixienaut & [DiceXMachina] Konthecouch ♥
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Are you a little tired from all the farming?

Rest easy pal, 'cause now's the time to reap what you sow during the Farm Together contest!

[h2]🏆 Event Winners[/h2]

[h3]🥇 First Place[/h3]
By Pixienaut & [DiceXMachina] Konthecouch! Congratulations on winning $200 in Steam gift cards!
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[h3]🥈 Second Place[/h3]
By Gavin, Sanoru & DrLexi! Congratulations on winning $120 in Steam gift cards!
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[h3]🥉 Third Place[/h3]
By lololo, Pororo & hyho! Congratulations on winning $80 in Steam gift cards!
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[h3]🏵️ Fourth Place[/h3]
By Telomina & fen! Congratulations on winning $40 in Steam gift cards!
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[h3]💮 Fifth Place[/h3]
By Jenny & MysticVoice! Congratulations on winning $10 in Steam gift cards!
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[h2]💙 Make Sure To Join Our Wholesome Community[/h2]

Join our Discord server to never miss out on any other future events!


Thank you all for participating, the island is happier and prettier in your hands 🐸
Snowcastle Games

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Have you been having fun on multiplayer? Well, it’s time to elevate that to the power of frog 🐸

Frogboy wants to see which group of castaway friends will set up the most beautiful farm! 💚

Gather on multiplayer and start plotting the land! The top 3 groups of farmers will get:

• $200 Steam gift card - 1st place,
  
• $120 Steam gift card - 2nd place,
  
• $80 Steam gift card - 3rd place,
  
• And a plus of $10 x5 Steam gift cards - to be raffled among all participants!
  

[h2]Follow the rules, partner 🌾[/h2]

• Take an in-game screenshot showing your group’s farm and share it on the #farm-together channel over our Discord server, pinging all your team members. They must also be visible on the screenshot;
  
• A group must have at least two players (remember that to be able to play the game together, the players must be friends on Steam);
  
• React to your fellow castaways’ submissions with the "IkoneiHeart" emoji! The reactions will be taken into consideration in the judging process (but will not be the sole deciding factor), which will be carried out by the dev team. Reactions manipulation will be punished with disqualification;
  
• Deadline: March 21st, 1 PM EST.
  

[h2]Prizes 🌻[/h2]

1. First place: $200 Steam gift card
   
2. Second place: $120 Steam gift card
   
3. Third place: $80 Steam gift card
   
4. + Raffle with all contest participants: $10 x5 Steam gift cards
   

Note that each Steam gift card will be sent to only one of the team members, it’s the team’s responsibility to split it.

[h2]Good luck 🍀[/h2]

Make sure to join our Discord island along with your gaming friends!

And if you are in need of finding farming partners to be able to participate, invite other server members on the #looking-to-play channel.


It’s time to get your hands dirty!
Snowcastle Games

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed issue causing creatures and monsters to spawn at an increased rate, causing unintentional difficulty and lag spikes.
  

• Save files experiencing this issue will be fixed after the first Load & Save on the new patch version.
  

[h2]Hello, Dear Ikonei islanders![/h2]

We hope you have been enjoying your adventure on our island with your friends in multiplayer, and we have some more exciting news for you!

Patty Gurdy, our brave Captain Rustbristle, is in the Germany national finals for the Eurovision contest 🎶 Patty and Theo Nogueira, Audio Lead at Snowcastle Games, worked together to create the wonderful Hogbunny pirate theme "Piratehog Chant" that appears in-game at pirate camps.

Patty Gurdy is a very talented celtic folk pop singer and a hurdy gurdy player, who portrays Captain Rustbristle in our game. With her new song "Melodies of Hope", she conquered the hearts of the jury just like Capt. Rustbristle attempts to conquer Ikonei Island.

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The voting process for the finalists in Germany is on March 3rd. Make sure to mark the calendar and help Patty go to Eurovision! 🎵🌍

If you still haven't heard the "Piratehog Chant", you can listen to it on all major music streaming platforms and watch the music video on YouTube.

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A few days ago we announced multiplayer was coming and the main additions of the next update.

Guess what... IT'S HERE!!! NOOOOOW!

Also, the full list of patch notes is below. Check it out and make sure to spread the news to your gaming friends ♥

[h2]🔥 Patch Notes[/h2]

[h3]👥 Multiplayer[/h3]

• Multiplayer has arrived on Ikonei Island! 2-4 player co-op has been added!
  
• Invite Friends Menu
  
• Players List Hud Element
  
• Join Settings Menu
  
• Players Settings Menu
  

[h3]🐸 Creatures[/h3]

• Creatures now populate the world and are no longer only found in cages
  
• Creatures in rainy regions will be cautious of players and will attempt to flee
  
• Creatures are now tamed by feeding them. Different creatures will have different feeding requirements
  

[h3]🏘️ Player Housing[/h3]

• Frog House added as a new player house
  
• Tweaks to lighting in player houses
  

[h3]💯 Quality Of Life Improvements[/h3]

• Dancing Pirate line of sight should be easier to see
  
• Added dynamic landscape tessellation to improve performance significantly, especially at vista points, but also all over the map
  
• Added graphics menu option to disable trails
  
• Selecting icons on the map has been improved. Icons that are behind other icons will be brought to the front
  
• Mouse cursor hidden and inactive when using Gamepad. The cursor is only visible in menus and gets hidden if using the gamepad. Moving the mouse brings it back again
  
• Tweaked graphics menu to instantly apply resolution/window mode changes and afterward open a pop-up for the user to confirm, or else auto-revert
  
• If a companion is following a leader, it will only be interested in food items being held by the leader
  
• Petting, feeding, washing, and generally interacting with companions may now directly impact the overall mood
  

[h3]👀 Visuals[/h3]

• Improved visuals of the transition between Night, Day, and Rainy zones
  
• Updated Scholar and Beastmaster statue size and texture
  
• Improved visuals on Character outfits in the inventory view
  
• VFX tweaks on monsters
  
• Added icons for placeable categories
  

[h3]💃 Animation[/h3]

• Added creature food reaction animations that were missing
  
• Added missing Teleport animation for Eva
  
• Updated Bibi food reaction animations
  
• Replaced outdated fall and land animations with new ones
  
• Added longer animations for disassembling player houses
  

[h3]👊 Combat[/h3]

• All monsters now have a sight perception, and will attack players on sight
  
• It should be easier to avoid enemy attacks now
  
• Reduced knockback caused by Hammer and Hatchet
  
• More monster variations were added to the island, both weaker and stronger versions
  

[h3]💎 Resource Gathering[/h3]

• New Amrified resource nodes added
  
• It should be easier to catch fish
  
• New Digging and Leaf Bush Node added
  

[h3]🧰 Tools[/h3]

• Watering Can can now be bought in Sariel’s Shop
  

[h3]🎶 Audio[/h3]

• Optimization of Music and Ambience Systems
  
• Improvements in the Weather sound system
  
• Improvements in the Audio Mix of the full game
  

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[h2]🐛 Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixes to the Audio Menu Settings system
  
• Fixes to Creature Sounds
  
• Fixes to areas where the player could get stuck or go out of bounds
  
• Fixes to issues that could cause wrong character icons to appear on the map
  
• Fixes to NPC Sounds
  
• Going through a door now always transitions the player into or out of the interiors
  
• Players can now pick up items if the first row in the inventory is full
  
• Items on the ground no longer spawn back in after being picked up by the player
  
• Selecting shop entries with the mouse now works properly
  
• Fixes to HUD elements for in-game objects persisting on the screen after fast traveling
  
• Creatures no longer randomly turn towards enemies while performing interaction abilities
  
• You can no longer swap to a character that is currently defeated
  
• Fixed issue which prevented Level 3 Longhorn’s being able to damage monsters or nodes
  
• Window mode and resolution sometimes should no longer revert to the wrong settings when the user clicks “No” on the “Apply New Settings” pop-up
  
• Fixes to trails on characters and creatures
  
• Fixes to landscape blending material
  
• Meadow Trunk blocker no longer uses the wrong VFX
  
• Placeables and held visuals now display correct render depth and decals
  
• Character shader should no longer be visible when walking behind Sariel
  
• “Add All Items” and “Pick Up Stack” are no longer the same button when interacting with Refining Stations
  
• Teleporting from a shrine now uses the same button as teleporting from the map
  
• Fixed issue where placing down a Shovel would turn it into a Hoe
  
• Fixed the issue causing the Longhorn to charge over Mining Nodes, missing them completely
  
• Fixed the area where players could skip a blocker and reach the Sunless Horn Shrine early
  
• Longhorn should no longer get stuck on the bridges in Fenland Point
  
• Fixed overlapping GUI text
  

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[h2]🏝️ Ikonei Island Is Fully In Your Hands! And One Click Away:[/h2]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1550730/Ikonei_Island_An_Earthlock_Adventure/?beta=0
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[h2]💙 Thank You For All Your Support[/h2]

We did it together, team! Yes, we consider you all part of the Snowcastle gang. Without your feedback and support, this wouldn't have been possible! We hope you all have lots of fun with multiplayer ♥

Make sure to join our Discord server to stay on top of the latest Ikonei Island news, share your feedback, hang out with our castaway community, and more!
(Mini spoiler: soon we will host a multiplayer contest there with Steam gift cards as prizes, so keep your eyes open!)


We'll see you and your friends on the island,
Snowcastle Games