Update 0.8: A New Castaway, Earthsplitter, the Treant Reborn — and Longer Nights

Thank you for the honest feedback

After launch, a player told us two things straight: the game looked like "low-resolution smooth polygons", and the animation was clunky — a castaway holding a spear but punching enemies with it. They were right. This update is our answer.

A new castaway, with real animation

• The castaway is now a fully rigged character with proper keyframed animation for idle, walking, running, hits and death.
• Every weapon moves the way it should: spears thrust, axes and blades chop, bare fists punch left and right.
• Weapons sit in the hand and follow every swing.

New skill: Earthsplitter

Punch Flurry is gone. Bare-handed, you now smash the ground with both fists and a glowing ember crack tears 8 m ahead , spitting sparks and dust and throwing up every enemy along it.

The Ancient Treant, reborn

The forest's guardian has a new, fully animated body and new attacks:

• Root Storm: green cracks spread under your feet, then thorned roots burst out of the earth.
• Thorn Volley: a ring of thorns flung out in every direction.
• Every blow sheds a storm of leaves.

Longer nights

Night now lasts twice as long as day : about 13 minutes of dark to 7 of daylight. Creatures still hit harder after dusk and the raids still come. Plan your trips, light your torches, and make the short days count.

A crisper look

• Faceted, sharp-edged shading on trees, rocks and props.
• The thick coloured haze that blurred the whole island by day now only gathers at dusk and night.
• A greener, clearer palette and a new colour grade, so characters stand out from the ground.
• A new game icon.

Fixes

• Fixed the castaway sliding around in a T-pose after attacking while starting and stopping.
• Fixed the wrong character models flashing on screen for a moment when a game starts.

Still Early Access

This is a small team working on every piece of the game. If something looks off, feels clunky, or breaks, tell us in the Discussions or leave a review. That feedback is exactly what shaped this update.

See you on the island. Keep the fire burning.