Dawnfolk News

Patch Notes - Update 1.0.20

I’ve fixed a lot of minor bugs reported by the community! While I didn’t track every single one, here’s an approximate list of what’s been addressed.

If you’re still experiencing CRASHES, please reach out to me at [email protected]. These are often tricky to fix because they can be specific to your system, and I may not be able to reproduce them on my end. Your reports really help, and I want everyone to have the best possible experience with the game.

Thanks for your support!

Bug Fixes

Fixed achievement bug "green thumb".
Black monoliths no longer set population to 0 after completion.
Fixed issue where mouse control wouldn't work until restarting the game.
Enter key now works in the menu.
Fixed "Random Illuminate" not counting towards the achievement.
Fixed pause time in photo mode and events.
Fixed "Sick" status breaking when using the lighthouse upgrade.
Fixed mines next to forges losing their forge bonus when motivated.
Fixed an issue where the second monolith in Arks could arrive too soon.
"Bullied" effect now correctly triggers when elves destroy buildings.
Befriending orcs mini-games does correctly give a food bonus now.
Fixed game exiting the menu when deleting the last save in SAVE MODE.
Fixed adjacency bonus calculation issues.
Save sync issues fixed.
Fixed bug preventing descriptions from refreshing after dialogs and actions.
Fixed missing dialog issue in French.
Disabled mouse button functionality on Steam Deck.
Pause menu now opens correctly on external controllers.
No action possible in photo mode.
Photo mode is pause.
Fixed berry game not improving properly.
Achievements in "Badlands" now correctly unlock after killing all required enemies.
Fixed dialogue display bug in the Treasure Hunter quest.
Fixed an issue where dragons could spawn on the Tower of Light.
Fixed dwarf achievement not unlocking on hard difficulty.
Fixed enchanted forest elf flag issue when winning properly.
Fixed save sync issues between Steam Deck and PC.
Fixed story mode Tower of Light not opening from the main menu.
Mini-games now correctly subtract numbers upon perfect score.
Corrected French translation for sheep breeding.

Update notes for patch 1.0.19

Fixed issue where some steam users had a crash when starting the game on steam.
Added a "compatibility" launch option for players who have a black screen (but I still recommend reverting your GPU settings as shown here for the best experience).
Fixed random crashes happening during game (action/mini-game/event).
Fixed a long list of minor bugs reported by the community (still more to fix!)
Changes some things that should make the game Steam Deck verified!

Play Dawnfolk with your Mouse! (update 1.0.16)

Hey everyone,

Right after release, I received a lot of requests from the community to add mouse controls to the game.

So I did!

You can enable it in Options > Controls > Enable Mouse. If you refunded the game, you can still try it in the demo. I crunched hard to implement this as quickly as possible, so I didn’t have much time for thorough testing. Please let me know if you run into any weird issues!

Check out the video below to see everything you can do with the mouse and why it wasn’t included before release.

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Thanks again for all the feedback: this game keeps getting better thanks of you! I also want to heartily thank everyone leaving reviews. It’s such a delight to read them, and they give me the energy I need to keep working hard and making you happy.

Take care!

- Darenn

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