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Dev Diary #261 The places you go

Ahoy, fellow Ylanders! Do you remember how we mentioned that we're experimenting with making sailing more fun and interesting? You do? Well, today we're not going to talk about that!

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changedYou do? Well, today we're not going to talk about that! :) Don't worry though, we will get to that soon enough (as well as to other stuff like improved AI and much more). Today, however, instead of talking about getting somewhere, we'll talk about the place your ships take you. The actual ylands.
changedEven though we made some improvements to ylands in the past - be it their size or their shapes - there's still too little difference between them. Also, some areas look just way too ... ugly. And unrealistic. We feel that exploring shouldn't be only about finding cool random encounters but also interesting terrain features . Bays, lakes. Shallow water. Jagged rocks begging for a bridge to be built over. And much more...
changedAnd so one of the things we're working on for the upcoming update 1.12 is the improved terrain generator . We're pretty sure that this will make the exploration much more fun and we can't wait for you to provide us with pictures from your travels.

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changedYou do? Well, today we're not going to talk about that! :) Don't worry though, we will get to that soon enough (as well as to other stuff like improved AI and much more). Today, however, instead of talking about getting somewhere, we'll talk about the place your ships take you. The actual ylands.
changedEven though we made some improvements to ylands in the past - be it their size or their shapes - there's still too little difference between them. Also, some areas look just way too ... ugly. And unrealistic. We feel that exploring shouldn't be only about finding cool random encounters but also interesting terrain features . Bays, lakes. Shallow water. Jagged rocks begging for a bridge to be built over. And much more...
changedAnd so one of the things we're working on for the upcoming update 1.12 is the improved terrain generator . We're pretty sure that this will make the exploration much more fun and we can't wait for you to provide us with pictures from your travels.

Ahoy, fellow Ylanders!

Do you remember how we mentioned that we're experimenting with making sailing more fun and interesting?

You do? Well, today we're not going to talk about that! :) Don't worry though, we will get to that soon enough (as well as to other stuff like improved AI and much more). Today, however, instead of talking about getting somewhere, we'll talk about the place your ships take you. The actual ylands.

Even though we made some improvements to ylands in the past - be it their size or their shapes - there's still too little difference between them. Also, some areas look just way too ... ugly. And unrealistic. We feel that exploring shouldn't be only about finding cool random encounters but also interesting terrain features. Bays, lakes. Shallow water. Jagged rocks begging for a bridge to be built over. And much more...

And so one of the things we're working on for the upcoming update 1.12 is the improved terrain generator. We're pretty sure that this will make the exploration much more fun and we can't wait for you to provide us with pictures from your travels.

Until the next week - stay classy, Ylanders!

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