Fugl News

Fugl Soundtrack Released

We have just released the official soundtrack for Fugl, made by the amazing Martin Kvale and Joar Renolen. The soundtrack is available both as mp3 and as high-quality wav files.

Get it here https://store.steampowered.com/app/2559240/Fugl_Soundtrack/!

Nuts and Bolts

This update focuses on the technical foundations, the nuts and bolts that holds the experience together. Some of the larger improvements are listed below.

Major updates

New animation based help system
New fluid based wind system
Fixes manual morphing mechanic

Detailed Fixes

HiDPI support
Improved rendering of the menu
Fixes PlayStation controller glyphs
Fixes fold posture in avatar editor
Controller updates could cause wrong help texts to appear
Devices with no windowed mode do not overwrite preferences
Fixed missing windows icon
Fixed small avatars falling too slowly
Fixed missing windows icon

Feedback
Fugl is still early access, so features are still missing and bugs hide in the corners. Please be patient with us.

Please let us know what you think by leaving a comment here, tweeting @melodive or emailing [email protected]

Also join us on the Fugl Discord server: https://discord.gg/8Cb4Uya.

Mac Update

Just a small update. Something had gone wrong with the signing of the mac build, so that it stopped working. This has now been fixed.

Feedback

Fugl is still early access, so features are still missing and bugs hide in the corners. Please be patient with us.

Please let us know what you think by leaving a comment here, tweeting @melodive or emailing [email protected]

Also join us on the Fugl Discord server: https://discord.gg/8Cb4Uya.

A New Sound

This update focuses mostly on the audio side, though the release features a number of other improvements.

Audio - Reworks and Polish

Better 3D audio attenuation, hear more from far away
Every avatar sound is now in stereo, many of them new
Avatar and creatures emit footstep sounds based on material
Creatures emit sound when walking, jumping, flapping, landing and taking off
Lots of new creature sounds, almost every creature now have unique calls
Every biome now have unique ambiences for above and under water
Reworked wind sounds, added more 3d feel to it
Added whooshes when passing terrain at close range
Volume has been tweeked for all music
Better reverb for biomes and caves
Added particles to avatar chirping
Headphones are recommended for the full experience

Game

Morphing is now more consistent and manual morphing works as expected
Fixed an issue with wrong help text displayed in some cases
Some levels have been regenerated

Graphics

Specular highlight in water is now pixelated
Creatures fade into view
Avatar now clips correctly with water
Clouds white out effect now works correctly
Added Launcher app to reset prefs and choose graphics pipeline

A New Look

We realize it has been a bit quiet, but we are now ready to publish the first major overhaul of Fugl.

New and more performant graphics engine
Localisation in 16 languages (English, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian, Turkish, Russian, Korean, Japanese and Chinese)
Audio polish
Black screen fix
Controller fixes
Level selection screen
Loading screen
Much more legible menu
New creature discovery effect
Reworked levels

PS. While we still only officially support AMD & Nvidia cards, we have verified the build works on some recent Intel graphics cards. If you have already bought the game and have an Intel card, then we are keen to hear if the game works for you.

Feedback

Fugl is still early access, so features are still missing and bugs hide in the corners. Please be patient with us.

Please let us know what you think by leaving a comment here, tweeting @melodive or emailing [email protected]

Also join us on the Fugl Discord server: https://discord.gg/8Cb4Uya.