Welcome back Rafters!
In our previous blog post, we talked about the new locations quite a lot and even introduced one of them. We also mentioned that we would share more about the other one when we have more content for it. Well, now we do! Have a look:
BALBOA ISLAND
Home for the wild bears, this island will easily be the biggest island we have created so far. Apart from being a lot bigger, this one will have a unique environment and look. We have been working on birch trees, pine trees, rocks, new sorts of vegetation and much more to bring this concept to life. And to keep a memory from this place, you will be able to plant birch and pine trees on your raft!
Besides having this particular look, Balboa Island will also guide the player further in the story. This will not be as easy as one might think however. We have planted some puzzles and obstacles on this island and the bears who inhabit Balboa are looking forward to your arrival!
We are also extra excited about the story clues on this isla… Wait… What is this building over here? Looks abandoned. Can this be a sign that you are not the only one out there? Those dolls on the ceiling… They look handmade! But, who made them?
BEARS and BEES
Balboa inhabits bears and bees. That means new resources! While we are still working on the resources the bear will drop, the bees will provide honey which you can later on use making fuel. But more on that later.
Don’t be fooled by this cute lady.. She will make things much tougher out there at Balboa for you.
RUDDER and ENGINE
Soon your wishes will be granted!
We could not resist anymore and we are finally implementing a way to turn your raft. Furthermore, there are new engines to help push the raft in the direction it is turned!
PIPE SYSTEM and FUEL
These new locomotive features are very exciting, but it would be too easy to just give them away. Engines will require fuel to operate which you will be able to make with another machine we haven’t introduced yet; The Biorefiner. This machine will turn food and honey into fuel which you can later store in fuel tanks.
Fuel tanks will help you store biofuel.
But how are you going to connect these fuel tanks to the engines? We are introducing a pipe system to bring all of this together. You will be able to build pipes to connect the fuel tanks to the engines near, far, wherever they are!
FIXES and CHANGES
Besides working on the new features, we are also working on the existing issues and looking into making improvements. Since the last blog post, we have worked on these:
- One specific big island resulted in not being able to get the achievement “Large Landmass Ahoy!”. This problem will be fixed with the next update.
- We have been getting mails about some specific spots that the players got stuck. We have located these areas and fixed it accordingly.
- The place on the island with the abandoned ship where you could not get the underwater resources have been reworked.
- We have made some changes to the existing animals. Next update on, they will come in different sizes!
Yet again, please be aware that these changes are not online just yet and they will be in game with the next update.
Thank you for reading and keep on rafting!
//Raft HQ
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