Hi everyone!! Welcome to the 💗 Island Skies September dev log! 💗
It’s the Fluffnest Community Management Team again with another digest of what our devs have been working on! We are SO excited to bring you these monthly updates, and we’ve got some cool stuff to share this time around– so let’s get right into it! 😎⬇️
Let’s take a look at what the Island Skies devs have been up to…
📢 Disclaimer 📢 The features and fixes mentioned below are currently only available in the developer’s build.
This means they are still being tested and are not yet live for you to play with. We’ll keep you updated on when you can expect these changes in the game! ✨
🤩 Highlights:
➤ Energy: A new stamina system has been implemented and early testing for this is underway. Players will soon be able to see in-game activities affect their stamina in various ways, as well as new status-affecting items.
➤ New transportation system: Mysterious humming doors with mana symbols will appear all around Island Skies. While their origin is unknown, they are a cause for curiosity amongst the Island Skies residents! The real question is, where will you end up if you cross these portals?
➤ Created a NPC to NPC dialogue system that allows Pals to talk with each other 💬 *Not fully configured yet
➤ Implemented new weather effects: rain showers, ripples, puddles, and rainbows 🌈
➤ A new lantern tool can be equipped to navigate the Island Skies during nighttime 🎇
✅ Implemented:
➤ Configured routines for the Pals so they don’t stand in one spot every day🧍♂
➤ Added new clickable UI elements and additional mouse controls 🐭
➤ Polished tree chopping: fixed visual effects and added tree shaking (are they scared?) 🌳
➤ Added a “focus mode” to farming for a smoother and more precise experience 🥕
➤ Replaced remaining gray-box objects in the mushroom biome with in-progress 3D models 🍄
➤ Integrated both walking and running animations for pets 🏃♂️(and had loads of fun chasing them around…)
🩹 Fixed:
➤ Character eye blinking during sleeping (👁️…) and in general has been fixed
➤ The quest tracking UI issue in the player’s journal has been fixed 📖
➤ Navigation issues in the town center biome have been fixed 🗺️
➤ Multiple issues with Buttons’ first quest have been fixed 🥹
➤ Broken mailbox notifications have been fixed 📬
➤ Empty interaction prompts have been fixed 🛠️
🤔 What’s Next:
➤ Improve on the player interaction mechanics ✨
➤ Refine the seasons and weather effects 🌧️
➤ Adjust Pal behaviors 🐸
➤ Add more dialogue between Pals 🗣️
➤ Polish transportation door setup 🚪
➤ Fix bugs and other QoL improvements 🐞
🥕 Honorable Mention:
➤ While working on the walks/runs animations for the pets, we realized Carl’s a bit of a bully… Our devs appropriately called this capture “This…is… SPARTA!!!” 😤
Now it’s time to celebrate YOU and your incredible contributions that keep our community so vibrant and welcoming!
Fanart Feature 😍
Thank you so much to all of you who participated in our activities on the Discord server this month! We also have a monthly fanart feature and if your art is selected you might win a $25 gift card for our store! Here’s a look at our most recent monthly fanart features:
💖 Thank you @yueri_ @drawnstrange @grazero1
📅 September Fanart Theme Announcement: ✨Fantasy Island✨ Imagine the Pals in a fantasy setting. Maybe they're knights, wizards, or mythical creatures!
👋 See you next time!!!
Closing out this dev log, we have to shout out a massive thank you to ALL of you for being absolutely fantastic! 🙌✨ Your support means everything to us!! We're so lucky to have such a great community driving us forward each day. 🌈
We'd love to know what you think about this month's updates!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ Hop into our Alpha Discord server to share your feedback and ideas. If you have a concern or need help with an order, please email us at info@fluffnest.com 💖
Fluff and Love,
The Fluffnest Team