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Somerholm 1.3.0 Update

11 Jan, 2025

This is update 1.3.0 and comes with a good few changes and additions to help fill out our simple world.

More Unique Story Islands
To kick things off for this update we have expanded upon all of the story islands by adding custom hand placed items and unique environments around where the story marker flags can be found. As a small measure we also added a few custom island names for islands with unique/funny seed numbers.

Music To My Ears
We also decided to expand upon the music player for this update to make it more versatile. The music player now opens up with the journal as well as on the pause menu, the music volume can be more directly controlled, and custom music can now be imported with a new folder in the game location.

Vending Machine Goodies
A new shop purchase has been added in the form of a reusable vending machine. This vending machine will be placed near the player spawn on an island similar to the campsite and is full of various items. Some items are for restocking player supplies (camera film, fish bait) while others are brand new (beer, cigarettes).

World Class Digging Champion
Similar to fishing we added a new piece of gear with limited use per island, the shovel! The shovel can be used on any ground near the player that is not water and has a possibility to dig up new smaller points of interest. Some of these items can even have direct use to the player by either adding money or allowing the player to jump high off of them. There might even be a piece of new hidden gear waiting to be dug up...

Points Of Interest Found
To better add variety we added 9 new points of interest making for a total of 30 now, a good amount of which have different iterations themselves. We have also made some changes with points of interest in limiting the amount that can spawn per island and having that number scale with the overall size of an island. A good amount of smaller fixes with detection radius and placement have also been made with some of the older points of interest.

Oddities Reworked
Not the largest addition by any means but still a noteworthy one in that all oddities and artifacts have also been simplified to now all be categorized as the same thing. All oddities now increase the stat for discovery and several new oddities have been added each with new effects.

The Small Things
Finally all of the little changes that always add up. To kick these things off we have updated the journal to have less words and instead pictures to display the various island stats for an easier quick glance at things. We replaced the movement lock system with a quick zoom in feature instead. Camera settings are now saved between islands, so whichever preset camera setting is selected will be saved and custom settings will be saved independently. We added an auto-pause feature if a controller becomes disconnected or window focus is lost and along with that have added a mute out of focus audio option. A mass variety of smaller fixes have also been added up: fixes with movement jitter, fixes with the camera height camera option, fixes with the resolution settings, and fixes with jumping and using a controller.

Well this time it's been even longer since the last update, but we've just been busy with life. We don't know how much more we will update the game in the future as aside from adding more variety of things to find the game is pretty feature complete. Maybe if a crazy demand to update it more comes through from Mr. Video Games we'll focus on it more, but for now we are focusing on our next game. Yet again though we thank everyone for the support, take care, see you next time and have a good 2025!

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Somerholm 1.2.0 Update

2 Jul, 2023

This is update 1.2.0 and we have been at work on some things, kinda, well sort of, definitely not busy playing Zelda.

Particle Effects Galore

To kick things off with this update we have added/extended a wide number of particle effects in the game, including but not limited to: a player trail (visible both in-game and on the map), extended walking effects, replaced wind effects, new breathing effects when it's cold out, semi-random whirlpools to the water, new water splashes, and last but not least a variety of uncommon insects.

Time And Weather Extension

More times of day have been added for further variation and time of day colors have been made more consistent. Wind effects have also been changed so that the player is "pushed around" by wind a bit more. To accompany weather, seasons, and times of day we also added a basic temperature system to monitor how hot/cold the player currently is. A bit of a sidestep to the normal weather mechanics, we have also added a gravity changing mechanics where some islands will have more or less gravity, while this is not the largest addition it should help to make certain islands feel different. To better monitor these changes and more we also added new UI components to show the weather/time of day/gravity level.

Vegetation Extension

We have also added several new smaller vegetation models with different levels of rarity, coming up to doubling the total amount of vegetation. We have also added new sound effects for some that were missing, recolored trees for autumn/winter seasons, and re-scaled all vegetation to be a bit more "normal" sized compared to the player. Different tree types now have different drops when interacted with and can randomly drop items when being approached from a distance.

Player Movement Changes

Some changes to the player have also been made, and while not as large of a change as the others, they are still worth note. The player has been made overall weightier and slightly slower. The player options under the gameplay section have also been removed as a couple of them were pretty pointless and the others were reworked into new gameplay mechanics. Player height is now a camera option to adjust camera height, and player jump height is now a "hold the jump button down" gimmick where the longer it is held the higher the player jumps.

Miscellaneous

Finally we have arrived to the miscellaneous section with, as always, a range of oddities. With this update we have added some basic fire mechanics, allowing the player to light found fire-pits, as well as allowing them to turn sticks into small fire-pits of their own. The new fire system also plays into the new temperature mechanic as when the player is near them they will warm up over time. The map has also received some love here with being made much cleaner and the larger map actually being larger and showing more to the player. The map clouds have been reworked as a part of the particle effects overhaul and new semi-permanent clouds will stay on the map even after the player have discovered that area.

We know it's been a few months since the last update, but we got caught up updating one of our other games (Slave RPG) and then caught up playing some hit new releases, so whoops. But of course we would like to thank everyone for the support as always, take care, and see you next time!

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Somerholm 1.1.0 Update

28 Mar, 2023

This is update 1.1.0 and we have added/changed some pretty large things since launch.

Several New Shop Items
To kick things off for our first major update, we have expanded the in-game shop with four new items to purchase. These items range from cosmetic additions for the dog, to new modes of travel, to upgrades for the fishing mini-game. We hope these new additions add some extra variety to exploring the isles.

Added Anomalies
Speaking of more variety, we have also added several anomalies that can be randomly found when exploring. These anomalies will spawn roughly around points of interest or animals and can have a variety of different effects when approached. In addition, these anomalies will become more persistent the further the story has progressed, just like some already existing secrets.

Expanded Fishing Mini-Game
We have also added to and changed some aspects about the fishing mini-game in this update. It still is pretty bare-bones in terms of how it is played, but there are now different types of fish that can be caught, and each type of fish has different requirements depending on the current season/weather. Along with the previously mentioned new shop upgrades with a larger tackle box for more bait, and an upgraded fishing pole for easier catching and quicker hook times.

Reworked Exploration
A pretty large change we are bringing into this update is to make exploring the islands a little more involved. The map has had a reworking, a few smaller aspects about its design have been changed, but it also now comes in two different sizes that can be switched between rather than magically zooming in/out. The compass also now only shows POI when they are relatively close, but after being discovered they will remain on the compass from further away.

The big offset to the compass being effectively nerfed is the addition of a new meter to the right hand side of the compass. If you have ever played Far Cry 2 before, you may remember hunting down blood diamonds with a meter that flashed the closer you got to them and stayed on if looking directly at them. This new meter works in a similar way, but only stays on when looking vaguely at a POI.

Miscellaneous
A new other noteworthy things to wrap this update up: we have added five new POI to find while exploring, added new physical markers to the main menu to display story progression, and have touched up on a few smaller corrupted/magical island variation components.

We would like to thank everyone for our launch a little over a month ago and hope you all have a great day!