Spirit Of The Island News

Hey everyone,

We have a new Update live.
Many of those were actually reported or suggested by players.
Thank you again for the amazing feedback so far.

News and QoL Improvements

• Tourists will have an icon in mini map now, when they want to buy something.
  
• Added button to cancel or accept quest from town board. All quests will appear again at some point.
  
• Items in inventory now has a bar for spoilage or resistance.
  
• You can delete items from your inventory pressing "Delete".
  

CHANGES and QoL Improvements

• Changed the worth value of all meals and drinks, based on required items and a new bonus value (which makes the crafted item a fair value).
  
• Respawn changed from 29 days (everything destroyed) to 20 days.
  
• Respawn changed from 20 days (everything harvested/collected) to 15 days.
  
• Changed crafting x10 items to +10 items.
  
• Tourists no longer have collision with the player.
  
• Animals no longer have collision with the player.
  
• Game options improved how you change settings (not locked anymore to left or right in settings).
  
• Items dropped from a storage will now drop on player position.
  
• Boats costs increased.
  
• Improved area to collect water from lakes.
  
• Improved items respawn (both in time and multiplayer performance).
  
• Improved texts for special item quests.
  
• Improved texts for Skills (social mostly).
  

Fixes

• Fixed water pump not working for both players in multiplayer.
  
• Fixed wrong cave sound when you go deeper inside.
  
• Fixed description for Juices on Skill window.
  
• Fixed problem with all terrains during Winter (some places had dark/black texture when winter starts or game was loaded).
  
• Fixed exploit where players could get unlimited XP when talking to a few NPCs for the first time.
  
• Fixed exploit where players could get infinite iron from Fences in town.
  
• Fixed problems with Social skills (discounts, better prices, etc).
  
• Fixed bug where players could buy items for a given price and then sell for another (exploit).
  
• Fixed trade buy/sell item not updating the text.
  
• Fixed Alina map not disappearing after you finish the quest. For saved games, it will remove the item for you on start.
  

Hello!

One of our players - CK - has sent us an amazing video of their farm! With their permission, we are sharing it with everyone here:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

We liked it so much that we decided to have a little contest with everyone! Please share your farm screenshots or videos with us here, in Steam Community!

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1592110/screenshots/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1592110/videos/

During the next week, the one that gets the most likes will get some bonuses for their game! It will include:

• Digital wallpapers and posters
  
• Digital soundtrack
  
• 2× Special animal enemy
  
• Printable digital coloring book & printable map
  

The contest will run for a week and it starts... now!

Do your best!

Hi friends!

A member of our community - 苏安安Susanne - has translated the Ealy Access roadmap into Chinese - huge thanks to her for that!



We'd like to use this chance to say big thanks to our Chinese part of the community for being so active and lively in the discussion and feedback process - it was a very nice surprise for us to see so many of you loving and enjoying Spirit of the Island!

Hello, friends!

We have a new patch today.
Thank you very much again for all feedback.

We are having a great time answering and talking to everyone in our Discord channel and Forums.
Keep it coming!

NEWS

• (QoL) New save game option: go to Pause Menu to save. You can only save if you are in exterior areas. But the game will also save when you sleep. Saving in exterior games will load the player in the same position as multiplayer.
  
• (QoL) New buttons: slider option to sell or buy more items at the Trader.
  
• (QoL) New buttons: crafting x10 per click available.
  
• (QoL) New Animal detail bar that shows the progress of: evolving, item or milk creation.
  
• (QoL) New information about seeds: in the description you can now see how many days to harvest and the quantity.
  

CHANGES

• (QoL) Added description for all chests, before you build. Now you will know how many storage space you have.
  
• (QoL) First level requires now 50% less XP than before.
  
• (QoL) Copper Ingot requires now 2 Copper Ore instead of 3.
  
• (QoL) The rocks that has an "orange-ish" or "brown-ish" colors will drop more copper ore.
  
• (QoL) Almost all work stations (workbench, stove, electronic table, etc) will give you more XP (double, some 3x) when crafting items.
  
• Improved overall performance (islands are now better handled while loading).
  
• Power Generator does not require a battery anymore;
  
• Solar Panels require more batteries now.
  

FIXES

• (Multiplayer) Fixed animal food and water sync.
  
• (Multiplayer) Fixed Shop menu not in sync when you close it.
  
• Fixed wrong descriptions to use hammer, after first patch.
  
• Fixed sprinklers not dropping items if broken.
  
• Fixed coffee not restoring hungry (but it is very low anyway).
  
• Fixed wheat not restoring hungry.
  
• Fixed pathfinding for all islands where creatures could attack players while in the Docks/Pier.
  
• Fixed wrong tutorial message about bed on second floor;
  
• Fixed animals not saving their names when they grow;
  
• Fixed Social skill level 1 — now the discount for items will be bigger;
  
• Fixed batteries requiring incorrect Skill level;
  

NOTES & TIPS

• Creatures spawn back if you move out from an island and go back.
  
• Nature objects will spawn back between 25-29 days in-game (like trees, rocks, bushes, etc). Inside your property, they do not respawn.
  

We are aware of more bugs in multiplayer (Alina's quest, some times Animals not growing, water pump sometimes no working, etc) and we will have a new patch soon for those too. We are also working in the new content for our roadmap. Stay tuned!

Hey everyone!

New patch is live!
There are a few major bugs that we fixed, but more fixes and content are coming.
Thank you again for the amazing support, especially in our Discord channel.

• Fixed major bug where Ocean Day event might crash for some users;
  
• Fixed major bug where you could not complete a few quests because of the item stacking incorrectly;
  
• Fixed Advanced Fridge Skill level requirement;
  
• Fixed wrong description for hammers after first patch;
  
• Fixed stamina error with the water can;
  
• Fixed error with character step with carrying a bucket;
  
• Fixed some items showing up at the shop when there were none.