Beacon Patrol: First Horizons News

Hey everyone,

We're so happy to finally bring you the cute companions you deserve at sea!
Your seagull friend will be at your side while you map these uncharted waters.

In a future update we plan to bring tips and comments to our little fellas, but for now they just cheer you on and celebrate when you complete missions or score points.

You can unlock new seagull buddies by reaching new ranks in-game.

Furthermore we have finally added the possibility to have a look at your finished map once you have finished a game.

• Game Over Screen now allows you to move the camera and look at your finished map
  
• Added animated seagull companions in-game
  
• Seagulls can be unlocked by reaching new ranks (sailor, captain, navigator, cartographer)
  
• Minor bug fixes
  

Happy sailing to you and your seagull friends!

Hey everyone,

While version 0.8.5 brings a lot of changes under the hood, bug fixes for controller support is the only bigger change visible for now.

• Updated Input System
  
• Corrected swapped button glyphs for Switch Pro Controllers
  
• Added animation to Player Setup screen
  
• Fixed input issues with UI in some edge cases
  
• Undoing the exploration of a tile now correctly hides that tiles score again
  

Hope you enjoy the quality of life changes.

Happy sailing!

Hey everyone,

Version 0.7.30 brings a cleaner UI and proper support for all modern controllers with correct icons 🎮

• Updated User Interface for easier readability
  
• Fixed Controller Input Issues regarding the "How to Play" popup and settings menu
  
• Extended controller input icons for controllers:
  
  • Steamdeck
    
  • Xbox One Controllers
    
  • Dualshock (Playstation 4 Controllers)
    
  • DualSense (Playstation 5 Controllers)
    
  • Switch Pro Controllers
    

These updates should make gameplay using controllers much smoother.

Happy sailing!

Hey everyone,

Version 0.7.24 brings full controller support, new ship colors, detailed placement indicators and much more ⛵️

• Full Controller Support (leave us some feedback! We know there is some room for improvement)
  
• More Ship Colours
• Select your Background, Ship Color and Flag Icon before playing
  
• Placement Indicators finally showing why tiles may not be placed in invalid locations (wrong edges, unreachable by boat)
  
• Score for each Tile is always shown by default (can be disabled in settings)
  
• German Localisation (The first of many languages to come)
  
• Tutorial can be reset or disabled in Settings
  
• Many, many bug fixes to general UI behaviour regarding hand tiles and 3d previews of tiles
  

This version of First Horizons is much smoother to play than before.
We have been hard at work and hope you enjoy the improvements!

Happy sailing!

Hey everyone,

Version 0.6.20 brings some first scoring UI improvements.



- Tiles display their score when you explore them
- Hover over a tile to see its score (if any)
- Hover over the total score on the top left to see all tile scores

On a side note, the menus are now controllable with keyboard and controller.
This is not exciting yet, but full controller support is in the works!