UBOAT News

Dear skippers,

After finishing update B129 a year ago, we promised to ourselves to not make such a gigantic update again, but here we are, working on even larger update 2022.1!

The update still needs various fixes and performance improvements to make you fully satisfied, but in the meantime, we prepared a video that will introduce to you some of the top new features and keep you updated on the current progress. We hope that you will enjoy it.

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Please note, that this video is not meant as a comprehensive list of changes. The full list of changes will be much longer and we will publish it along with the update.

Also, as always, we want to thank you for being with us, helping, sending suggestions and supporting!

Yours,
DWS

[h3]The Bundle Underwater Building with Builder Simulator is now available with a 10% discount! [/h3]



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We also encourage you to follow the premiere of our friends' game itself:
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Dear Skippers,

We wanted to share with you the progress that we made for update 2022.1. We plan this update as a major milestone towards the full release later this year, therefore it's growing to be one of the largest updates to UBOAT that we made thus far.


2022.1 will bring realistic seasons to the game, along with related effects like a dynamic snow cover and a vegetation changing colour.




Another addition are going to be climate zones. That means that you will no longer find potato fields on Sahara. This feature will hopefully make your assignments more memorable and immersive.




Work on the new ports is progressing very well, but please keep in mind that most ports will be shipped in update 2022.2. Our goal for 2022.1 was to create a few very good ports to prepare a technical groundwork and figure out optimal workflows in the process.

These new ports will be nothing like the old ones, bringing in some flashy features as well as historic layouts. The port on the screenshot below is Helgoland early in the war, before building a Nordsee III submarine pen in it.




We noticed that some veteran subsim players voiced that they need more challenge from the game. For this reason, we put work into ensuring just that, by improving combat AI as well as improving various simulation aspects.

We compensated many of these changes on the easier difficulty settings, so that mostly experienced players will be exposed to them.


It's still too early to give you an estimate when this update is going to land, but we are getting there. While it's mostly feature complete now, the exact time it will take depends on how well the further testing will go.

Please note, that the features mentioned in this dev log are not a complete list. Actually, it's just a tip of the iceberg, so please stay tuned for more news!


We would also like to use this opportunity to notify you about a release of Aircraft Carrier Survival. It's a game from another studio belonging just like us to PlayWay group.

The game has many parallels to UBOAT and you may potentially find it interesting. Please have a look.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1021100/Aircraft_Carrier_Survival/


Yours,
DWS

[h3]Dear Skippers,[/h3]

Our friends are taking their aircraft carrier out on the big water today. For this occasion, we have a special offer for you! During the launch you can buy our game together with Aircaft Carrier Survival as a set for a special price.

[h3]Hello![/h3]

[h3]We gladly inform that Uboat joins Simfest: Hobby Edition with 60% discount![/h3]



[h3]UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.[/h3]

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