Flotsam News

Hey Drifters,
Here's a Quality of Life update that brings the localization up to date and includes various improvements and fixes for it, supporting different fonts and languages. Some text, including content added in 0.8.3, remains untranslated but will be addressed in the next update. Both the tutorial and feature information are also currently untranslated, because they are being reworked and will see updates and improvements in the next release.

Enjoy!

[h2]What's next?[/h2]
As mentioned above, our next update will be a small Quality of Life patch improving the tutorial and feature information. After that we're looking at brining pollution back and starting up the narrative :)

[h2]Early Access 0.8.4 Localization[/h2]

[h3]Localization[/h3]

• Updated localization for French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portugese (br), Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
  
• Adjusted some fonts to increase readability.
  
• Tweaked baseline and spacing on some fonts.
  
• Fixed issue where text shown next to the hotkeys or controller buttons was missing in some languages.
  
• Fixed issue where subheaders and tab titles did not change to the required fonts in some languages.
  
• Fixed issue where panel titles and selection labels did not fall back to the required fonts in some languages.
  
• Fixed issue where save slot and load slot names were empty in some languages.
  
• Fixed issue where research node titles were too small in some languages.
  
• Fixed issue where text in landmarks and some other panels was extremely tiny in some languages due to an incorrectly set override.
  
• Fixed issue where text in the Fishfarm's Broodstock Panel and the Farm's Water Distribution Panel was missing in some languages.
  
• Fixed issue where Drifter Diets title was not properly set.
  
• Fixed issue where switching languages in the dropdown menu resulted in seeing square symbols in some languages.
  
• Standardized the size of malfunction and warning messages for buildables to prevent a twitchy panel.
  
• Fixed issue where building names were missing in the construction tooltip in some languages.
  
• Fixed an issue where loading a save in a non-English language would revert building names in the building panel back to English.
  
• Adjusted the construction tooltip to accommodate building descriptions in all languages.
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed issue where all drifters would go idle when loading a save with a building in limbo, similar to the fix in 0.8.3f2.
  

Hey drifters,

A sneaky annoying bug snuck in, where buildings remained in a limbo state and not finish properly after saving and loading. This fix will ensure that those buildings get finished and the bug no longer occurs :)


[h2]Early Access 0.8.3f2[/h2]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed issue where buildings would remain in a limbo state and not construct or deconstruct properly after saving and loading the game.
  

[h3]Misc[/h3]

• Improved Salad Spinner Animation.
  
• Small improvements to the UI.
  

Hey Drifters,

Just a quick patch fixing two annoying issues:

[h2]Early Access 0.8.3f1[/h2]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed issue where Botany would be disabled for all drifters after saving/loading.
  
• Fixed annoyance where the growth of plants would have the building sound effect.
  

[h3]Misc[/h3]

• Improved Fryer animation.
  

We’ve updated our introduction trailer for Flotsam!

The previous one was 4+ years old and was really starting to show its age. So, DIVE IN and take a looksie :)

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Hey Drifters,
Here's a small Quality of Life update that continues on 0.8: Farming and 0.8.2: The Chef. Crops will no longer be temporarily found in supermarkets. Instead, you can now find them at landmarks in rural regions. We've also added a Mill that mills wheat into flour, creating a more streamlined process for producing Yummy food.

Bon appetit!

[h2]What's next?[/h2]
There's still a much-needed update needed to the localization, as some languages have been lagging behind. They will get a welcome refresh soon! However, certain parts, such as the Survival Guide, may still be untranslated as we're planning to expand the tutorial and information sections of the game shortly after. So localization will be updated in chunks over the month of July :)

[h2]Early Access 0.8.3: QoL[/h2]
0.8.3 introduces several Quality of Life (QoL) improvements, farming additions, fixes, and miscellaneous changes.

[h3]Quality of Life[/h3]

• Buoy markers now retain drifter amount and radius settings. When placing a buoy marker, it will use the most recent settings.
  
• Multiple drifters can now be assigned to construct a building.
  
• The Town Tugger now displays an error if it is not connected to the Townheart's energy grid.
  
• Added a toggle in the Options Panel to force Keyboard and Mouse Input.
  
• Small performance increases when navigating the Map.
  
• The offscreen direction pointer for the town can now be clicked to pan the camera to the center of the town.
  
• Landmarks now toggled default to Boats when out of swimming range.
  

[h3]Farming Additions[/h3]

• The Rural Region now features Farmland landmarks containing crops.
  
• Drifter and supermarket landmarks have been significantly reduced in the Rural Region, as they are primarily intended for City regions.
  
• New Construction: Mill. The Mill slowly processes wheat into flour.
  
• Flour now replaces wheat as an ingredient in certain food recipes.
  
• Slight rebalances to the food pipeline for various recipes.
  
• Supermarkets no longer provide crops for salvage.
  
• New Decoration: Tulips. A small addition that complements the new Mill :)
  
• New Recipe: Potato Salad. An ordinary meal made with Potato and Seaweed.
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed issue where some buildings stayed selected because they had a possible energy connection when closing their panel.
  
• Fixed issue where you couldn't close the settings panel when switching input.
  

[h3]Misc[/h3]

• Slightly reduced the Watchtower vision range.
  
• Added Fryer animation.