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Steam News 4 February 20233y ago

SC Newsletter / Development Update / 1.0.11 Preview

We're kicking off the year with lots of news! New character models are coming in preparation for Character Creation Sub biomes create variation within a master biome seed such as this red birch forest Development Update…

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addedWe're kicking off the year with lots of news!New character models are coming in preparation for Character Creation
addedMajor performance update Load time reduction New Sentius Random seed generation New Yagi camps Secondary biome forest spawn Deeper task list progression Location discovery update Character model update Character weapon update Music soundtrack update Time of day music events Night time lighting update Numerous bug fixesNew Sentius have been added to the spawner, while also fixing spawn bugs
changedMajor performance update Load time reduction New Sentius Random seed generation New Yagi camps Secondary biome forest spawn Deeper task list progression Location discovery update Character model update Character weapon update Music soundtrack update Time of day music events Night time lighting update Numerous bug fixesYagi camps spawn larger settlements, and higher-tier units can also be present
addedWe've published almost 200 entries to the Sentipedia !New features are coming to Sentipedia, such as a 3D render preview of every Sentius
addedWe've published almost 200 entries to the Sentipedia !All of the lovely renders for the new Sentius are done by our creature artist Bisloba 💖
changedPlayStation Backers!You can now wishlist Skyclimbers on PS4 and PS5 devices! Store link

We're kicking off the year with lots of news!

New character models are coming in preparation for Character Creation

Sub biomes create variation within a master biome seed such as this red birch forest

Development Update

The team has been working hard on Alpha version 1.0.11

This version will include:

Major performance update Load time reduction New Sentius Random seed generation New Yagi camps Secondary biome forest spawn Deeper task list progression Location discovery update Character model update Character weapon update Music soundtrack update Time of day music events Night time lighting update Numerous bug fixes

New Sentius have been added to the spawner, while also fixing spawn bugs

Yagi camps spawn larger settlements, and higher-tier units can also be present

Stay tuned for the upcoming Coastal Meadow Biome trailer, and 1.0.11 release notes on Steam!

Our animator Isadora was busy with cinematic animations for upcoming trailers, along with Toki the Drakonian Dog Sentius.

Toki run animation

Toki excited animation

We've published almost 200 entries to the Sentipedia!

  • Designer backer Sentius are making their way into the Sentipedia

  • As we near completion of the Foryoku Sentius, Rokkuhito is up next

  • New features are coming to Sentipedia, such as a 3D render preview of every Sentius

  • All of the lovely renders for the new Sentius are done by our creature artist Bisloba 💖

The Drakonian 1st Era takes influence from Vikings and Celtic culture.

Our concept artist Gael completed most of the 1st Era Drakonian character designs, preparing for Character Creation features very soon!

Villagers and specialists make up the AI within your village.

We also completed the 1st Era villagers and specialists designs for the upcoming City Building Patch!

Modeler Leo kept up with Gaels concepts, completing the Drakonian hair for character creation in the 1st Era, specialist villagers, buildings, and a new Sentius Tokinu!

Lastly Erik our Web Dev rolled out a cross platform version of the music player, and crucial EULA | Privacy Policy pages.

PlayStation Backers!

You can now wishlist Skyclimbers on PS4 and PS5 devices! Store link

Stay tuned for more information about the PlayStation and other console Alphas.

Earlier this month, we published a video/text tutorial for setting up Skyclimbers on the Steam Deck!

Make sure to leave your feedback in the forums on performance/gameplay on Deck!

Our recent cloud gaming blog post provides some perspective on the industry trends after the recent shutdown of our partner platform Google Stadia.

  • Skyclimbers will release on GeForce now once it enters Early Access

  • Once we are further into Xbox development, the possibility of X Cloud integration will be explored.

We're gearing up to release a new plush line with our partner Backerkit! 🐼

  • New plush products and more will be revealed in the campaign

  • This will help expand the SC audience while also funding new product lines

  • Backers from the SC Kickstarter will get special promotions and rewards!

⚠ | Steam Key Update |🗝️

  • All Steam key issues

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Steam News / 4 February 2023

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