Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure News

• Fixed issue with large save files causing long load times and potential crashes when saving.
  
  • Save files experiencing this issue will be fixed after the first Load & Save on the new patch version.
    
  • Depending on the size of the save file and computer hardware, the old file may take up to several minutes to load the first time.
    
• Fixed issue that could cause a crash when starting or loading a game, or at the end of the first cutscene.
  • Error message if any: (LowLevelFatalError [File:Unknown] [Line:258])
    

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How have you been liking your adventures on Ikonei Island so far? Everyone here at Snowcastle has been absolutely stoked by your feedback, and has been busy doing our best to implement away!

Truly, not even 20 hearts can express how grateful we are for having you on our island ♥

A HUGE thank you from all of us!
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In fact, you fuel us with so much motivation, that we can't stop jumping on your feedback like crazy frogs! Haha. You can be sure we are paying close attention to every single review, question, suggestion, report, and complaint. We promise to keep on making our wholesome adventure even better!

So let's take a quick look at what we've been crafting for you based on your feedback!

[h2]What Is Coming Up Based On Your Feedback 💙[/h2]

• Inventory freedom! You will have more inventory space and easier ways to deal with a full inventory;
  
• Lost in the beginning? We've got you! We will provide additional guidance in the tutorial sections of the game;
  
• No more donating the items at altars one at a time. Construction altar interactions will be more streamlined and simple!
  
• And multiplayer coming sooner than you think! Stay tuned ;)
  

Check out the amazing creations some fellow castaways from our Discord server put together! Credits: Panda666 & Saké ♥
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[h2]Make Sure To Join Our Wholesome Community 💙[/h2]

How about having a dev answer directly to your feedback and questions?

Join our Discord server and be that close to us! We would absolutely love to have you there to help us create the most exciting and beautiful experience for you.


See you on the island! 💙
Snowcastle Games

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Today we've got some awesome news to share with you: Ikonei Island has been nominated for the Best Family Game award at gamescom 2022!!!

This is huge for us and we want to share our excitement with you, our amazing supporters, and tell you all about it!

[h2]Gamescom? 🎮[/h2]

Gamescom is a trade fair for videogames held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It's the world's largest gaming event (measured by exhibition space and the number of visitors), with +370K visitors and 1153 exhibitors attending the show in 2019, and 13M digital attendees in 2021.

Not your average videogame fair!
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[h2]The Award 🏅[/h2]

The games submitted for the gamescom award are assessed by an independent and internationally staffed jury of around 30 experts from the gaming industry. Their ranking takes into consideration 7 fixed criteria: graphics, gameplay, sound, entertainment, technological progress, and sales prospects.
With the Best Family Game gamescom award, the jury honors 3 videogames that invite children and their parents to have fun. And we made it into one of these nominees!

Now we are crossing our fingers and waiting for the results 🤞

One of the chosen ones! Let's goooo
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[h2]Stay Tuned 👀[/h2]

We will let you know if we were chosen as the winner on our Discord server!
Join and make sure you got the announcements roles! We would love to have you closer to us over there ♥


Thank you all so much for your support. It's been a long journey and without you, we wouldn't have gotten so far!

See you on the island 💙
Snowcastle Games

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Hoist the sails and get ready to pick up some frogs: Ikonei Island is now available on Early Access on Steam!
And as a thank you gift for all your support, we are launching it at a 10% discount! Ikonei Island is (almost) fully in your hands, just one click away:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1550730/Ikonei_Island_An_Earthlock_Adventure/

Still not sure if this is the adventure you were looking for? Check out all we've prepared for you on the island:

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Explore. Gather resources. Craft tools and gear, build your base, and farm the land. Thwart pirates, fight monsters, and befriend magical creatures.
Embark on a wholesome adventure: Ikonei is yours to discover! Multiplayer coming soon!
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[h2]Latest Features 🆕[/h2]

• Portable Player Housing - Place your house wherever you want on the island! 🏡
  
• Optimization for Mouse/Keyboard 🖱️
  
• New Crushing Weapons and Combat Features - Get Crackin’ 💥
  
• Quality of Life Improvements ✨
  

Build your cozy home ♥
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Crush the monsters with mighty weapons!
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Shine some light on the corrupted monsters!
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[h2]Make Sure To Join Our Wholesome Community 💙[/h2]

We want to create the most exciting and beautiful experience for you. That's why we humbly ask for your feedback! Make sure to join our Discord server! We want to be able to join you during your adventure.


See you on the island today! 💚
Snowcastle Games

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In the rush to get everything ready for our Early Access launch on the 18th, we accidentally let some critters loose on our Discord server... Oopsie 😅

Now we need your help with finding them and giving our lil' frens some love ♥



So get ready to befriend 'em all and you may even get some keys to venture into our island on the 18th!
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[h2]How to get into the hunt 🐸[/h2]

1. Join our Discord server;
   
2. Go to the #announcements channel, (1) get the "Critter Fren" role, (2) your initial creature on the reactions, and (3) keep an eye on the channel! Beginning today until this Wednesday, this is where we will let you know when to start looking for the creatures (there's no fixed time!);
   
3. Saw the notification? Go! Start looking for animals/creatures emojis and frog emojis throughout the server:
   
   1. On channels names and descriptions;
      
   2. On old messages;
      
   3. And on users' statuses and usernames.
   (keep in mind that tweet notifications don't count)
4. Take screenshots of your findings and send them on the channel #📸・your-screenshots (note: do it as fast as you can, because they will be validated on a "first come, first served" basis!);
   
5. Use frogs to level up your pet friends! All of them start at level 0. Conversion table:
   
   
   
   

   
   

   Level

   
   

   Required frogs

   
   

   
   

   
   

   Lvl 1

   
   

   1 frog

   
   

   
   

   
   

   Lvl 2

   
   

   +2 frogs

   
   

   
   

   
   

   ...

   
   

   ...

   
   

   
   

   
   

   Lvl X

   
   

   +X*frogs

   
   
   (example: if you got 3 frogs, the maximum level you can reach with a critter is 2, because you use 1 frog to reach level 1 and the 2 other frogs to reach level 2)
6. And keep us posted about your progression! Fill out the following template and send it by midnight CST every day of the event on the #🆙・your-progression channel.
   
   
   [Animal/creature emoji with the highest level]: [level]
   Total creatures count: [number]
   Total frogs count: [number]

[h2]Rules 📜[/h2]

• Participants must follow all the steps described above;
  
• Screenshots sent before the start announcement will be disqualified, as well as the participant who sent them;
  
• In case there's a draw on the time a certain screenshot is sent, the server's Community Manager will resolve it by rolling a virtual die;
  
• Screenshots and progression messages sent after midnight CST won't be considered.

[h2]Prizes 🏆[/h2]
Judging will be carried out by the server's Community Manager, who will closely follow and register the participants' progression. They will be awarded in 2 categories:

• Highest level critter category:
  
  
  1. First place: 2 Ikonei Island keys
     
  2. Second place: 1 Ikonei Island key
     
  3. Third place: 1 Ikonei Island key
• Highest number of critters found category:
  
  
  1. First place: 2 Ikonei Island keys
     
  2. Second place: 1 Ikonei Island key
     
  3. Third place: 1 Ikonei Island key

[h2]Good luck ✨[/h2]
We hope you can have some fun regardless of winning or not ♥

And we'll see you on the island, on August 18th!
Snowcastle Games