Havendock News

Hey everyone,

I am proud to announce that Havendock has officially launched in Version 1.0 today!

It's been a crazy two years. I first started Havendock as a passion project, to capture my love for the ocean, and colony sim games.

I remember the first time I shared my game. It was just myself and a few friends playing it. But today, I am humbled to learn over 130,000 of you play it.

Through this process, I learnt so much from all of you - not just the ideas, bug reports, but also the jokes and kind messages that light up my day.

Being a solo developer is... hard. I questioned many things alone the way, but it's always heartening to have such a warm and supportive community to remind me why I make games.

You didn’t just play the game, you helped shape it. Your insights helped guide the direction of development. Havendock is better because of you, and I’m extremely grateful for that.

[h3]🚀 So what’s in 1.0?[/h3]



Astronomy Island is now available, letting you take your settlement to an entirely new, high-tech level to unlock new buildings, storylines, research & upgrades.

Unlock new research...



Build new types of research facilities to unlock end game upgrades.



Build slugs, flying robots that deliver items on the new island.



Find the mysterious new NPC...can you solve all their requests to recover their memories?



And finally...explore the world to rebuild the underwater wreckage and take off!



That's not all. The final 1.0 update also brings a big moment to your adventure: a choice. Two paths. Two endings. Two possible futures for your floating world.



The new island comes with quests and mission logs that reveal the final story behind Havendock, such as how hamburger farms came into existence. The journal feature also has several new entries.



It’s meant to be a satisfying closure to your journey so far…
…but is it really the end?

[h3]🌊 What’s Next?[/h3]
Havendock 1.0 is a milestone, not a finale. I’ve already been working on what’s coming next, and I’m excited to share our new roadmap with you:

☀️ Summer – Cosmetic boats, customizable drones, and more automation tools

🍕 Autumn – Pizza. Vampires. Pizza Vampires? Vampire Pizza? Both? Both.

✨ Winter – A brand new island full of magic and mystery

❓ And maybe… something extra



I just wanted you to know: I’m not done. I want Havendock to keep growing in fun, weird, and cozy ways, and I hope you’ll stick around to be part of that.

From the bottom of my heart: thank you for playing, for caring, and for being part of this journey with me. I hope Havendock has brought you a bit of joy and calm in this wild world.

See you in the dock 💙

— YYZ

Full v1.0.0 changelog:

• Astronomy Island released
  
• Add new storyline and quests on Astro Island
  
• Add 8 astronomy island researches
  
• Add new high-tech items
  
• Add new high-tech buildings
  
• Add brand new game ending
  
• Add new journal entries
  
• Air Engine costs greatly reduced
  
• Add 10 Hydrogen as repeatable reward for building Air Engine
  
• Astro Island final quest mana essence requirement changed to 20 Refined Oil
  
• Experimental Multiplayer is now only available in experimental branch
  
• Replace 'Early Access' text with 'Full Version'
  
• Add official language translations
  
• ESC now closes logbook and sub-menus directly
  
• Remove Cartographer from injured scientist dialogs
  
• Remove Cartographer from map's encyclopedia text
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2020710/Havendock/

And as always, if you have feedback for me, feel free to share them here or on Discord. I am active there so if you simply wanna have a chat, I'm here!~

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[h2]Hey, Settlers![/h2]

Havendock is launching into 1.0 in just 5 days 🎉
Here’s a little update with everything you might want to know ahead of release.

[h3]🕒 Release Time[/h3]
The full version of Havendock sets sail on April 22, 2025 at:
6 a.m. PST (US West)
9 a.m. EST (US East)
1 p.m. UTC
3 p.m. CEST (Europe)
9 p.m. CST (China)
11 p.m. AEST (Australia)

[h3]💵 Pricing[/h3]
The base price will stay at 19.99 USD / 19.50 EUR / 68 CNY (or the equivalent in your local currency), and to celebrate the launch, we’ll be offering a 25% launch discount for the first two weeks.

[h3]🚀 The 1.0 Update & Beyond[/h3]
With the 1.0 update, you’ll reach a meaningful moment at the end of your journey, and from there, you’ll face two very different paths to shape your destiny.
But this isn’t the end, not even close! There's more on the horizon for Havendock, and we’ll be sharing what’s next on release day.

[h3]🎨 New Key Art[/h3]
And finally, to mark this milestone, we’ve put together brand new key art that reflects how far Havendock has come throughout Early Access. And if you look closely… it may even hint at what’s still to come 👀

Thank you for all the support, ideas, feedback, and love you’ve shown over the past two years! We're all very excited to share this next chapter with you, and hope Havendock continues to be a cozy, creative place you enjoy returning to 💙

See you on launch day 🌊

— Alex, Project Lead @ Pretty Soon 🦆

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Improvements and fixes:
Fix sleeping bar and some tooltips mentioning Rocks instead of House
Fix being unable to enter cave after first entry
Fix 'not enough ingredients' text spam when you stop drinking from the fountain
Fix character panel text overflow and center aligned overdrive text
Fix settler priority overview panel description overlapping title of panel
Fix unable to toggle inventory via shortcut key while in the cave
Improve talk to settler dialogs

Localization:
Fix settler panel overflowing texts on certain languages
Fix Recherche text overflow in Guidebook panel
Fix farm seed UI hover tooltip research texts not translated
Fix Hope not being translated for tooltip on Hope Bar in Civilization Panel
Fix settler overdire text not translating Yes/No text
Fix Research notification tooltip not translated
Fix "Lv" text not translated
Fix settler priority overview panel copy button text overflow on some languages
Fix Research Panel help button tooltip not translated
Fix pier button text overflow on certain languages

Hey all,

This is the final content update before 1.0 goes live on Apr 22 2025! (Refer to previous announcement on 1.0)

[h2]New Journal Entries[/h2]



Havendock's storyline expands in the 1.0 update. This update makes the final preparations necessary to wrap it up. Since Early Access, the journal unlocks pieces of lore unlock as you explore the world. In this update, 11 new journal entries have been added - but the final 5 will only be revealed from a new island in the 1.0 update.

[h2]New Ranch research[/h2]



Ranch now unlocks by a research. When it was unlocked from the beginning, it caused confusion as you could never use the eggs from ranching until much later when the incubator is unlocked. Thus, they are now put as a research behind the incubator.



[h2]New epic ending[/h2]

Only on the experimental branch: When you reach the final stage of the game, you'll now be faced with two choices that shape your destiny. Each one leads to a different ending. A new ending and a new resource have been added to mark the final closure of your journey.

I would show an exciting picture here but it would be spoiler content.

This will be available on the default branch in 1.0.

[h2]Changelog[/h2]
Content:

Hey all,

I'm super excited to finally share that Havendock will be launching into Version 1.0 on April 22, 2025!

It’s a poetic date as it is nearly identical to April 20, 2023, the date Havendock first set sail in Early Access.

When I go to bed every night after a whole day of programming, I find myself reflecting on the past-sometimes more than I’d like to admit. I ask myself so many times if I should have done certain things differently. I could never have predicted the challenges and lessons along the way, but what I also did not predict, was how awesome you guys are.

The occasional encouragement from you all kept me going. I try to respond when I can, but even if I don't, I do read them. I know I might not have been able to please everyone in every way, but I've done my best and will continue to do so. I'm incredibly grateful to those of you who have stuck with me through it all.

I came here to make games. Havendock may be my first, but it isn’t my last. No matter what comes next, Havendock will always hold a special place in my heart.

But enough rambling - I’m thrilled to share a brand new trailer we’ve put together, and I hope you enjoy the final version of the game when it launches!

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

As the trailer says, 1.0 isn't the end. Ideas that couldn't fit into 1.0 will be released as updates after 1.0 is stable. Thank you for being part of this epic journey with me.

— YYZ

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2020710/Havendock/

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