Poly Skies News

That's right, it's Steam Spring sale time and Poly Skies will be a lovely 20% off in it's duration, starting March 16th at 5pm GMT! But what else?

Update 1.14 will be released just before the sale starts. Some highlights will include:
- Crash fixes
- Auto-save feature
- Many quality of life improvements

Coming up:
- More buildings (about time huh?)
- More atmospherics (how lovely!)
- Places of power (how mysterious!)
- Other stuff (how vague!)

Thank you for everyone sending in bug reports and suggestions, all of which have been taken on-board. It's been amazing to see some of you enjoying the game on Twitch and YouTube.

Don't forget to join/use the Discord for bug reports, suggestions, updates or submit content!

Thank you,
Matt.

If you experience any bugs please report on the discussions board or my Discord. The demo version of the game has also been updated with all recent fixes.

FIXED:
- Fishery can now be placed on large island water
- Large island LOD1 having incorrect material

PERFORMANCE:
- Increased distance of island LOD switching

Thanks,
Matt, Red Phoenix Studios.

If you experience any bugs please report on the discussions board or my Discord. The demo version of the game has also been updated with all recent fixes.

FIXED:
- Being unable to progress in the quest system when asked to build a farm; now asks to build a plot.

Thanks,
Matt, Red Phoenix Studios.

Hi all, this major update contains farming plots, food resource separation, fixes for a few serious bugs and hopefully a small performance boost. Thank you for all that have played the game and especially to those who provided feedback via the Discussion boards or Discord. Changes below...



ADDED:
- The food resource has been split and new resources added:
*Wheat
*Corn
*Fish
*Strawberries
- New building "Plot" for growing crops (Tier 1)
- Wheat Mill and Watch Balloon now show radius of effect
- Villagers will now eat random food items (no priority)
- Villagers will now sometimes display their current thoughts
- Achievements "Strawberry Delight", "Golden Harvest", "Kernel King", "Master Angler"
- New large island variety

CHANGED:
- "Farm" renamed to "Wheat Mill", taking 1 villager, and is now Tier 2
- Wheat Mill now boosts up to 8 nearby plots by 2x
- Slightly reduced output of the Wheat Mill to balance new food resources
- Made the collision boxes of some buildings smaller
- Square path is now Tier 1
- Background mountain models

FIXED:
- Arborist no longer breaks if you manually chop down a tree (for real this time!)
- Arborist no longer moves existing trees when moving the building (also for real this time!)
- Mass building feature no longer used when moving buildings, causing incorrect building to be selected
- Various issues with Snatchers, including a case of a memory leak

PERFORMANCE:
- Added LODs to islands, decreasing load on the CPU

If you experience any bugs please report them on the discussions board or my Discord. The demo version of the game has also been updated with all recent changes.

Thanks,
Matt, Red Phoenix Studios.

This regular update contains new decor items, which can now stack to your hearts content! Try to resist building a tower of crates and barrels! Check the update notes below...



ADDED:
- Decor items:

• Barrel (Tier 4)
  
• Crate (Tier 4)
  
• Bench (T3, available in demo)
  
• Fence (T3, available in demo)

- Tooltip over the happiness percentage
- New quest triggered by villager happiness of below 50%
- Mass building now implemented by default

CHANGED:
- Fishery origin point, will now rotate as expected
- Decor items can now be placed on one another (use wisely!)
- Re-ordered buildings buttons based on when they are unlocked
- Building rotations no longer reset when multi-placing

FIXED:
- Villagers getting stuck trying to get to their workplace
- Arborist no longer breaks if you manually chop down a tree in it's radius

If you experience any bugs please report them on the discussions board or my Discord. The demo version of the game has also been updated with all recent changes.

Thank you,
Matthew, Red Phoenix Studios.