Card Survival: Tropical Island News

Hello everyone!

It's finally time to merge update 40 to the main branch so all the new things like boars, cage traps and the travois can now be available to everyone. :)





[h2]Polls:[/h2]

If any of you are have the time and are interested in telling us how you found out about Card Survival and what features you would like to see next, we have created a poll channel in our discord server.
Come take a look!
https://discord.com/channels/962835072115937340/1069610711887646771


[h2]Mods:[/h2]

On another note, in case you weren't aware. Card Survival has been getting some Mods lately!
If you're interested you can check them here:

https://www.nexusmods.com/cardsurvivaltropicalisland/mods/


[h2]Patch Notes:[/h2]

And now, here are all the fixes and additions since the last patch notes:

- Fixed a bug where in some cases having multiple cards helping you succeed a task made it actually less likely to succeed.
- Fixed an issue that allowed you to store cooking pots inside raft fish traps.
- Fixed a bug that was causing the night start to interfere with weather perks.
- Fixed a bug that was causing putting down macaques in cages to destroy the cage.
- Fixed an issue that was causing mouse raids to happen in some cases even if mice were extinct.
+ Added Boar Feed.
- Fixed a bug that was allowing you to store multiple travois inside each other.
- Increased the the Stove's fuel capacity.
- Increased the capacity of the Compost Bin.
- Boars now give the proper amount of meat after dying of hunger or thirst.
- Fixed an issue with trapping pits failing to catch boars with some types of baits.
- Fixed an issue that was making it very hard for boars to get pregnant.
- Drinking salt water from the sea now takes a minitick.
+ You can now give bones to dogs.
- Shark Meat is now accepted for recipes that require fish.
- Ginger now properly affects reptile meat saturation.
- Reservoirs now only show their irrigation button if they have fresh water in them.
- Fixed a bug that was causing some weather perks to cause conflicts between them.
- Uncooked Prepared Meals are now also affected by the cellar effect.
+ Permeable Skin perk now grants the mermaid nest blueprint.
- Boars now wait longer before they can get pregnant again.
- Boars now get pregnant less if they are in overcrowded spaces.
- Fixed a bug that was causing tied boars to not transfer their weight properly on death.
- New weather perks have no been made exclusive with each other.
+ Added 3 new weather perks.
- Fried Puffballs no longer make you throwup if you're a vegetarian.
- Made some tweaks to the pain inflicted by some wounds.
- Shark now is also more likely to attack you while driving if you're carrying cooked fish.
- Watering Trough now also gets unlocked with boars.
- Bone Broth no longer gives fish saturation.
+ Added new entries to the Survival Guide.
- Washing with Soap now removes mud protection properly.

That's all for now.
Have a nice day everyone!

Hello everyone!

I hope you are all well!

We wanted to let you know that to celebrate the Lunar New year we are going to be offering a discount on Card Survival for this weekend, starting on Friday and going all the way to Monday! 🙂



We have also submitted our build to Apple and it has already been approved for iOS! So the game is now live on the App Store for all of you interested!

That's all for now.
Happy New Year everyone!!

P.S.: We're still working hard on the performance improvements. We'll be releasing them for Update 41 which should come at some point around the end of February.

Hello everyone!

I hope the new year has found you well and if not, I hope things get better soon!

It's time for Update 40!





We had originally intended for it to be the Performance update but unfortunately we have ran into a bit of a delay. Rather than postponing the update further we have decided to release it now but without the performance changes. This way people can get to enjoy the new content we had prepared now while we push the performance for Update 41.
We apologise for the delay; we're working hard on it but it just can't go any faster. :'(

To make sure the update is stable we will first release it on a separate beta branch just like last time.
As soon as we see that there are no issues with the new content we will merge it with the main branch.
If you want to get to the update content now, follow these steps:

1) Go to your Steam Library and right click on Card Survival
2) Click on Properties
3) Go to BETAS
4) Select "updatebranch" in the dropdown list

The next time you hit play you will be playing in Update 40.

Let's go to the content list now. :)


[h2]Boar Breeding:[/h2]

Boars can finally be bred. To do so, you'll first have to catch them on trapping pits (just like you would do with goats) and then release a mating couple in an enclosure. Once a male and a female are present they will start breeding and eventually produce offspring.

The special thing about boars is that they will grow larger over time (as long as they are fed well) and will give an amount of meat and fat based on their size. That way you can have large boars that can serve as meat reserves when you decide to slaughter them.

Boars are omnivorous and can be fed both meat and vegetables and come with their own Boar Feeder blueprint to make the process easier. Their tusks can now also be carved into decorations by dragging a sharp knife onto them.





[h2]Cage Traps:[/h2]

A new advanced trap is now available. Unlocked by having a high trap skill, this trap will allow you to catch live medium size animals like Partridges and Macaques.

Macaques trapped within these cages will remain inside and will gradually get tamed if you keep them fed and hydrated for long enough. This new feature will effectively make getting Macaque friends a more reliable process, provided you are willing to invest the time on improving your trapping skill.


[h2]Travois:[/h2]

Many people have asked for this and we finally had the time to implement it. :)
The travois is a useful tool that will allow you to carry heavy objects more easily, making it ideal for transporting logs or large animals.


[h2]Additional Things:[/h2]

We have added new craftable leather gloves so you no longer need to rely on hand wrappings to protect your hands when you are planning on chopping trees or crafting things with your hands.

A new recipe, Fried Puffballs, has been added to the list. It's a simple and nutritious vegetarian dish that should become available to players relatively early.

Macaques friends can now climb Palm Trees and bring you their coconuts.


[h2]Minor Changes and Bug Fixes since the last Notes:[/h2]

- Fixed some issues with some food items giving the wrong saturation types.
- Added more items to filters.
- Partridge Feeders now accept more food.
- Dog Friend is no longer accepted in inventories.
- Dog Friend no longer has any weight.
- Liquids now work with the new digestive system.
- Tweaked Blueprint research costs.
- Fixed a bug that was breaking the enemy summoning process in some cases.
- The wooden bed blueprint now accepts all kinds of needles.
+ The cellar's cooling effect is now more noticeable.
- Fixed a bug that was preventing the stitched hide floor from unlocking in some environments.
- Fixed a bug that was stopping you from cooking egg fried rice on fire pits.
- Fixed some sound issues and added missing sounds.
- Fixed a bug that was causing goat kids to duplicate.
- Candles now need a full piece of fat.
- Waterskin now only require one portion of fat.
- Digging Mud with your hands now makes you a bit wet.
+ You can now repair glasses with hide glue.
- Fixed some issues that were causing some blueprints to only accept bone needles.
- Flowers can no longer be added to copper jars.
- Fixed a bug that was allowing you to craft multiple Westons.
- Fixed a bug that was stopping you from using copper or wooden needles when making bellows.
- Lowered and added saturation caps to many stats.
+ Added additional Art.
- Fixed a bug that was destroying sack contents when sacks were used to build scarecrows.
- Fixed an issue that was allowing you to build multiple wells.
- Fixed an issue where reptile saturation was not being affected by hunger and perks.
- Reduced minimum time between spiritual events.



That's all for now.
See you on discord, the forums or the next announcement!

Hello everyone and Merry Christmas to you all!

We're happy to announce that Card Survival: Tropical Island is now officially out in Chinese!
As of now, the Chinese branch has been merged with the Main one and the game should now feature an option to switch languages and be able detect your language automatically (if it's Chinese). We will be adding more languages to the options as we get to them. 🙂
The android version of the game will now also feature Chinese!





The localisation process has been a great experience. We have learned a lot about translating the game into other languages and gotten to meet many great people. We would like to take this opportunity to thank IC, uucky, E_Lizard, FengQ and changtao for all their help moderating the localisation process and for all their help in getting Card Survival to reach Chinese speakers. You guys have gone above and beyond!
Thank you and all of the translation volunteers for helping make Card Survival a reality in China and other Chinese-speaking regions! ❤️

And to all our Chinese players out there, thank you for giving Card Survival a chance! We know our graphics and interface are not the best and we still have a lot to improve, but thanks to your support this is something we will be able to keep doing!
Remember you can leave any feedback or suggestions to help us improve the game right here on the steam forums!

On other more general news, we're still working hard on the performance update trying to get it ready for the end of the year. This has kept us quite busy so we're a bit delayed with some of our other things like localisation in other languages or our iOS release. That said, we believe we should be able to do all these things in January.

That's all for now people!
Have a nice week!


P.S.: We hadn't originally planned it but we added a new special perk as a Xmas gift!

Hello everyone!


We wanted to let you know that Card Survival is finally out for Mac!
So the game should already be available for all Mac users. :)
Next is going to be our iOS release, which should come soon.



On other news, we have merged the update branch to the main one, so all of the new game content from the last update should now be available in the official version, both the PC and Android ones.
We have also used this opportunity to update the Chinese branch with all the new content too. :)

That's all for now.
Have a good week everyone!