Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition News

Hey Spiritfarers,

I'm happy to announce that we've secured a release date for the Autumn Update of Spiritfarer! And it's coming very soon! Jackie & Daria will be joining the game Monday, December 13th! ːstella_happyː

Go watch the Jackie & Daria Update Trailer now: [previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Sadly, you'll have to wait a tad longer before digging into the Jackie & Daria Update yourself, but, worry not, I'll be there to guide you through it with Patch Notes, and I'll even bring back more news to share!

Hope you enjoyed the trailer, thanks for reading and have a wonderful day!

Cheers,

Med @ Thunder Lotus



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[h3]Changes:[/h3]

• Minor changes to Gustav's monologues.
• Changed Start Game text to Continue/New Game according to if any saves exist or not
  
• Modified Francis' acetate quest to be unique
  
• Modified Buck's Mood graph so it scales properly during the building quest
  
• Modified Beverly's food related quest to be skippable (Laksa)
  
• Modified Spiritfared achievement requirements from 10 spirits >>>> 11 spirits
  
• Modified the layers for items spawning in Floating Crate event to avoid overlaps
  
• Modified the priorities of some of Beverly's conversations
  
• Modified two typos from Gwen and Atul's dialogs
  
• Modified Astrid & Giovanni's priorities so they come to welcome new spirits
  
• Modified Safe Travel mode to enable events if it's disabled while the boat is on an event.
  
• Modified Lily's flowers to only grow after meeting Hades
  
• Modified Build Mode to only show available customization on building with decorations
  
• Modified Delete Save Button from F12 >>>> F4
  
• Disabled Stargazing mode when at the Everdoor

[h3]Added:[/h3]

• Added transition animation to Beverly between hug and talk animations

[h3]Bug fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed the text bubble appearing before the fade-in when the build mode activates
  
• Fixed loss of functionality in Controls menu
  
• Fixed Gwen's Kitchen quest validation dialogue not triggering
  
• Fixed the navigation of the Music Mini-Game button in the rebinding menu
  
• Fixed the duplicate Stella at the end of a hug with any spirits
  
• Fixed the issue where you can't apply resolution changes when width or height has an identical component as the current resolution
  
• Fixed the second player's recipe UI appearing over map
  
• Fixed sheep upgrade getting removed when going in and out of enclosure to feed it
  
• Fixed chicks going into different chicken coops before maturing into full grown chickens
  
• Fixed the player falling out of building when hugging next to a wall with another building under it
  
• Fixed some expressions not playing ever again after the first time
  
• Fixed an issue where an acetate would not drop from a chest during a quest
  
• Fixed the ''Safe Travel mode'' keyboard button not working in Azerty and Dvorak mode
  
• Fixed an issue where Cow Stall and Sheep Corral improvements were available before finding the blueprints in the world
  
• Fixed an issue where the Everdoor atmosphere didn't trigger when Stella came to the Everdoor a second time right after finishing The Last Voyage
  
• Fixed an issue where the controller would vibrate even when left unused
  
• Fixed an issue where Beverly would not recognize her favorite food as her favorite
  
• Fixed an issue where Gwen's quest "Set Sail, Captain!" didn't continue forwards after clearing the trash on the boat.
  
• Fixed the music minigame's UI changing to keyboard inputs whenever the mouse is moved during gameplay, while playing with a controller
  
• Fixed an issue where the map’s projector would fail to open properly.

And a slew of very minor bug fixes.

Hey Spiritfarers,

Hope your Summer has been enjoyable so far! Sad it's almost over! I could do without the occasional sunburns, but weather here has been pretty good! Anyways, time for a news update!

The Beverly Update has finally arrived! You can go watch the launch trailer here : [previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]



While exploring Oxbury, Stella is accosted by a kind stranger. Turns out, it's her old neighbor Beverly! She’s been feeling rather lonely on this island, so she couldn’t be happier to have finally found someone to talk to about the past!

You can start reminiscing about the past by recruiting her in Oxbury!





The Beverly Update has finally arrived and it is live today!

Lots of changes are coming to the game, from new features, to quality of life updates and even some narrative tweaks. There's a lot to unpack!

Here's a list some of the changes:

New Features:

• New Save system: You can now have three separate save files.
  
• Buck's Looter's Literary reviews: Special magazines that contains a series of quests with treasure maps.
  
• Radio in the Lounge: Hang out by the bar and take a listen to any of the songs from the soundtrack you've heard before!
  
• New spicy foods have been added!

Quality of life changes:

• Destination queue: select up to three points to explore in a single travel!
  
• New "Safe Travel" mode for travelling, which automatically skips events during your next travel.
  
• You can now disable (or re-enable) Alex's bus station music. 😅
  
• Sitting on any chair at night now enables the Stargazing mode, which hides the buildings and shows the starry night sky.

And lots more! Click here to read the full list of changes!



Have a wonderful rest of your Summer, hope you enjoy the Beverly Update and thank you so much for reading! Many hugs! ːstella_heartsː

Cheers,

Med @ Thunder Lotus



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Hey y'all!

I'm happy to announce that a Spiritfarer documentary is releasing next week!

Monday, July 19th at 12pm ET, TheEscapist will be hosting a Premiere of their Documentary on Spiritfarer directly on their Youtube Channel, and you're all invited! The team and I will be present in chat all throughout the show to talk with you all, so please come join us, it'll be a lot of fun!

Click here to add it to your calendar!



For those that don't know, TheEscapist is an American Videogame Website and Magazine with many popular series, one of which is a favorite of ours: Zero Punctuation, hosted by Yahtzee Croshaw, where he dissects newly released games using a sprinkle of dark humor, insults and satire, all while talking really fast (hence the name). It's great, honestly!

Last year, Yahtzee actually released an episode on Spiritfarer and, to our great surprise, he actually liked our game! (He later even named it his Game of the Year!)

Being a rare occurrence, it caught the eye of Nick Calandra, Editor in Chief at TheEscapist, who reached out to make a Gameumentary on Spiritfarer! 

The documentary is made from his interviews with the team, where we reminisced on the stories that led to Spiritfarer's development, as well as the impact it had on our lives before and after launch. We're so grateful for the opportunity and we're looking forward to sharing it with you all!

Come watch it with us Monday, July 19th, 12PM ET!
We hope you'll enjoy it!

Cheers,

Med & the Thunder Lotus Team

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I'm sad to report that the Independent Games Festival has delivered only two out of three in 2021. The nominations for this year's IGF Awards were announced yesterday, but they have left me little to gripe about.

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