Townseek News

Discover some of the towns you can trade with in Explora! 💰 The Steam Capitalism and Economy Fest has just started and with it, we're launching our new Townseek – Economy Fest Demo to go alongside it! 🙌

Fly at your own pace, trade over 200 items between five different towns, upgrade and customise your airship, discover landmarks, find random events, and much more! If you missed the demo during Steam Next Fest last year, this is your best opportunity to get a taste of the world and the characters we've got to offer, in an almost finished and polished state now! ✨

If you're a returning player, this demo introduces many quality-of-life changes suggested over the previous demos, and introduces much more personality to Explora. You can now talk with town hosts to learn more about the world. Landmarks you discover might be a bit different due to random events. Your journal now tracks various stats and records of your voyages. There's new accessibility settings to help with motion sickness. And of course, we've improved the overall performance of the game by a lot, among numerous other changes!


Not only that, we expect this to be the last demo before the game releases. The demo will be available during the duration of the Economy Fest, so make sure to play it while it's available! ⏲️

Given that, we'd love it if you'd share your feedback with us on the Steam Forums! 🧭 Regardless if you're an invested trader, or a casual explorer, we would love to know your thoughts! We'd like to know about the quality of life tweaks or any other features you'd like to see, either when the game launches or in patches afterwards! 🫡

Additionally, if you don't follow us on socials yet, we highly recommend that you follow us at our studio's Twitter account! We'll continue sharing teasers and previews of the game, both through there, through news posts here, and of course, through our Discord Server! 🦈



Townseek's development has been a massive journey for us. It's hard to believe that we will be releasing the game in a few months' time. There are still a few more features and locations we want to make sure are in the game before we put it out, so we're quite not done yet. However, as soon as we're ready and settle on a release date, we'll make sure you know! 🫡

Now then! Get trading and fill your bag full of coins by trading among the many towns Explora has to offer! Cheers!

– Whales And Games 🐳

Hey there! 👋 Did you watch our new Townseek trailer during Wholesome Direct today? It was wonderful to have Townseek featured in our favourite cosy game showcase alongside so many amazing uplifting games, for the second time since we've started development! As we've premiered a new trailer during the direct, we wanted to break down some of the highlights of what we've shown today! 🌻

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First of all, we're happy to confirm our release window! Get ready to travel the picturesque world of Explora when Townseek comes to Steam in Early 2024! ⏰ We'll announce a specific date as we approach the end of the year. But first, we need to ensure every nook and cranny of the game is filled with delight and polished to perfection! We know that many of you have been eager to play it for a long time. We'll make sure to make the wait worth your while! 💪

After a long wait, we have finally unveiled some things that have been holding on for a while! ✨ We'd like to start by introducing you to the nomadic town of Vushkaar! Nested within the ice continents of Explora, these tough dwarves are quite adventurous and restless! Be on the lookout, for they might abandon the area and pop up in some unexpected places! Vushkaar is also the last town from our original jam release to be adapted into the full game, and we couldn't be prouder! ❄️

In addition to the new town, we've also been hard at work crafting an engaging narrative for Townseek! We're thrilled to finally introduce you to Sir Reginald Sharkingston, the first shark to take to the skies and explore the world! Put together the lost pages of his journal and discover his captivating adventure as you discover new towns and learn more about the world!

Where did he go? What did he learn? Did he leave any treasure behind? And how did the different towns of the world change him as a shark? We can't wait for you to find out! 🦈

Lastly, if you've played our previous demos, you know that we've got special companions joining us from other games! However, we've kept some of our most celebrated guests a surprise until now! We're proud to collaborate and bring Lil Gator from Lil Gator Game, The Lamb from Cult of the Lamb, and Claire from A Short Hike into the world of Townseek! If you're an indie game enthusiast like us, you might see even more familiar faces in the future!

Besides our special guests, we've got many companions unique to Explora who can accompany you in your travels! From floating jellyfish, racoon rascals, to airplane kiwis, there'll always be a companion alongside you as you travel the world. 🦝

Aside from these highlights, the trailer also included more shots of the game's exploration and trading! Since every trailer is someone's first time getting to know Townseek, we always like mixing it with clips old and new! From exploration, trading, to all of the different activities, there'll be something for you to enjoy in Explora! 🗺️

Speaking of collaborations, there's one more thing! Wholesome Direct has once again teamed up with The Yetee to release shirts themed to the event! And the shirt featuring many of the games that have appeared on the event also features Townseek's iconic airship! These shirts will be on sale until the 30th of June, so go ahead and grab them while they're available! We'll make sure to grab some extras ourselves! You can find them in this collection! 👕

We're currently knee-deep in development and making great progress! Even so, we'll continue to update you with more news and development updates they come up. For now, if you'd like to support us, you can do so by wishlisting Townseek! Your wishlists are a tremendous help, both analytically and on a personal level! 💖

Whales And Games, along with our publisher at Super Rare Originals, is humbled by the reception, kind words and enthusiasm that Townseek has received! If you'd like to continue sailing with us, consider joining our vibrant community at our Discord Server! Not only do we share more news and sneak peaks of the game's development, but also hang out, talk games, share artwork, and occasionally play games together! You're more than invited to join us!

Time to sign off! Thanks again for everything and to Wholesome Direct and Wholesome Games for once again having us in their showcase! We hope you've enjoyed the news we've put together, and that you look forward to the game arriving early next year! Cheers!

– Whales And Games 🐳

Hey there! 👋 It's been a month now since we hosted our Steam Next Fest Demo and received your amazing feedback! As we continue developing the game, we're thrilled to keep up this momentum! Townseek is featured as part of the The MIX Spring Showcase! We're featured as part of both the Steam event and the livestream that happened earlier today! 🎮

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We've revealed an exclusive look at the brand new town of Amperion during the stream, which we had never shown in any of the previous news posts or through social media! 👀 The town of Amperion sits to the north of the world close to the glaciers of Explora. It's an electrical town filled with all kinds of technology, sockets and screens, and home to sentient electricity! 📺



Alongside it, we've also shown the new town host, Watt Zapp! She'll give you a shocking greeting! And as you can expect, all of Amperion's unique items are modern and technologically advanced! ⚡

What led to the creation of these electrical beings, and what's with the huge crater that is nearby? Those are some of the mysteries of Explora that you'll have to discover once the game gets in your hands!



The showcase features several other amazing indies as well, such as Viewfinder, Paper Trail, Moonstone Island, and more along with Townseek! It's really humbling to be a part of a class of so many great games we've been looking forward to! Please consider checking them out and adding them to your wishlist as well! ✨

You can learn more about the The MIX and the event by checking the showcase page over at their website! You can also check the Steam event and sale over on this page!



If you're joining in from The MIX event page, and have enjoyed what you've seen, please consider adding us to your wishlist and following the game! 🦈 We have been hard at work in the game's development. And while there's still many months of work ahead, we're cooking an ocean's worth of content! 🙌



You can also join us over to discuss the event and the game over at our Discord Server! You can also give us a follow on Twitter for more sneak peaks and news of how the game is coming along! Alternatively, we'll continue posting news to the news section here on Steam! Feel free to follow wherever is most comfortable for you!

Well then, we hope that you continue keeping our game on your sights! We look forward to showing you more surprises in the future! Cheers!

– Whales And Games 🐳

[p] Hey Again! 👋 We're back for another stream session for Steam Next Fest! 🦈 [/p][p]This time around, we’ll be creating some assets for the game live (now-re-streamed) using Clip Studio Paint! This stream won't be possible without you around, so please make sure to join us with your questions and tell us what assets you'd like to see! We can end up making either a new cosmetic, a new critter, or something else entirely depending on how things go! Alternatively, you can pop in just to tell us how you felt about the demo!

And if you're yet to try out the demo, there's still time while Steam Next Fest is live! If you're unable to join us for the live, we'd still love to hear your thoughts on the demo and the best way to do so is either on our special Steam Next Fest Demo - F.A.Q and Feedback Thread or through our Twitter or on our Discord Server![/p][p]And if you're enjoying Townseek so far, please consider adding the game to your wishlist![/p][p] It helps us a lot! We'll see you along on the stream! 👍[/p][p]– Whales And Games 🐳[/p]

Some of my favourite games involve visiting a fantastical town, befriending the residents, discovering their stories, and trading with them. Too often those same games also have too-difficult turn-based murderfests in-between, though. Here comes Townseek to fix that. It's an adorable and "relaxing" exploration-trading game in which you pilot an airship, customise your balloon, and visit eg. some sort of bee kingdom, as per the screenshot above.

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