10 Apr 2026Developer post

Small update 4/10/2026

- Fix bug reporter - Fix softlock at the end of the tutorial that was affecting some users (if you still experience this please let me know) - Controller bindings can now map one control element to more than one action, since there are unfortunately more actions in the game than

12 Dec 2025Developer post

Japanese and French subtitles now available

Japanese and French translations have now been released, you can change the display language in the Settings menu.

04 Nov 2025Developer post

Japanese and French versions coming soon!

The French and Japanese version are currently in the works and coming soon! If you already own the game and are interested to help us proof read the French or Japanese versions, please feel free to reach out to us on Discord for more details. Many thanks!

03 Oct 2025Developer post

Unity security patch

This update contains only a patch to address a security exploit that was discovered in Unity (the engine used to build the game). Information about the issue can be found here. There should be no functionality changes at all, but if you do encounter a problem please submit a bug

27 Sep 2024Developer post

Update 09/27 Fixes and Fighters

A few fixes and new things: - Magnus wing pitch tuning - Refuel plane day/night glow adjusted - Upgrade costs balance - Sensitivity slider for manual mode orbital and lookaround camera speed - Reverse input now requires short button hold instead of press to prevent accidental rev

15 Aug 2024Developer post

Small Hotfix

Just a couple of quick things to address from the last patch - fix Vapor Wings water recharge not working - fix overlapping ambient cars - fix air refuelling sometime not working under certain conditions

12 Aug 2024Developer post

Fixes, tuning, QOL and more plane parts update

- New wing part for both heavy and light plane - Gunship patrols planes now deploy a shootable swarm of slow flying kamikaze bomb drones once the player reaches sufficient fame. - Scavenger Ornament perk now includes bomb drones. Materials or ingredient spawn chance when breaking

- New wing part for both heavy and light plane
- Gunship patrols planes now deploy a shootable swarm of slow flying kamikaze bomb drones once the player reaches sufficient fame.
- Scavenger Ornament perk now includes bomb drones. Materials or ingredient spawn chance when breaking a camp, gun tower or drone bomb.
- Further tuning of the Vacuum Boost fuselage. Removed health recovery perk in exchange for significant bolstered boosting speed to make it moderately useful for fast travel. Along with a base engine power increase to make it a bit more competitive in combat.
- Manual mode cameras now accept mouse input for looking around (for those using HOTAS or keyboard)
- Camera return input added for manual mode orbital camera, the default binding for this is F on the keyboard, but there is no default gamepad binding because we are out of buttons on the gamepad, so unfortunately if you want to use it with the gamepad you will have to choose something to unbind (I generally get rid of reverse).
- Products panel added archive checkbox so you can choose to hide recipes you don't want to see (also view archived option will display all)
- Product panel add view button which will load the bottle screen again for that brew

- Made the refuel plane easier to spot from afar with a very small pillar of light.
- Fixed an airship boss edge case during the final battle that caused the retreat phase to get stuck.
- Fixed airship sometimes failing to reset tunnel gates after subsequent battles.
- Fixed Madam Minello finger painting taunt whist retreating.
- Fixed smog dome aerial flare occasionally spawning from incorrect pirate.
- The lower ropes on the plane boss now highlight orange when the minion hatch opens to better indicate the vulnerability of the lower engines.
- Reduce chances of over-bright square looking artifacts when flying through particles
- Fixed manual mode plane control was sometimes lost after boosting at high speed
- Fixed inventory duplication going in and out of the hangar with certain heavy plane configurations
- Fixed heavy plane taking damage when exiting hangar due to insufficient buoyancy
- Fixed plane sometimes unexpectedly capsizes when docking at shipyard
- Fixed saving issue that could cause game to freeze when changing settings
- Fixed post final battle save game sometimes spawns plane at old hangar location
- Fixed sometimes repair sound does not stop playing
- Fixed Gojko-Marin story mission encounter could relocate causing mismatch with mission map icon
- Fixed Tumble Frame fuselage would cause unexpected fatal crash when performed near to water or ground
- Fixed tutorial will no longer allow collection of wheat which would cause a softlock
- Fixed Tour plane throttle hud indicator was not showing
- Fixed sunset sky would appear a bit stuttery
- Fixed if Irena is in the plane and flying at night the sky would flash after the ghosts had passed
- Fixed pirate airship boss weakpoints would sometimes not register projectile hits.

Thanks again for supporting the game, we will continue to try and make improvements.

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06 Jun 2024Developer post

Small fixes patch

Fixes for a few things in the recent updates: - Fix excessive upward drift using boost targets in autopilot mode - Fix unexpected upward deflection during boost targets with some heavy plane configurations in manual mode - Fix Slat pontoons would sometimes never slow down on wate

31 May 2024Developer post

First person view, no pirates mode, new parts, fixes etc.

New Features:: - First person view added with two versions for cockpit visuals on or off. Please note that the airplane art was created for visuals and style first so some of the biplanes have very poor visibility, it has also not been possible to create high resolution and funct

New Features::
- First person view added with two versions for cockpit visuals on or off. Please note that the airplane art was created for visuals and style first so some of the biplanes have very poor visibility, it has also not been possible to create high resolution and functional cockpit instruments. The new cockpit views are hotkeyed to f4 (with visuals) and f5 (without) or in manual mode with the camera cycle button.
- Manual mode locked/orbital camera option has been removed, and now both can be accessed through the camera cycle sequence along with the first person views, the order is Orbital, 3rd person locked, bomb camera (heavy only), first person with visuals, first person without visuals.

- Pirate activity option, the number of pirate encounters can be chosen when starting a new game, the options are Normal which is what we currently have, Low (half the encounters) and None (no encounters). This option can be changed for a game in progress from the pause menu, however it will only take effect after saving and restarting, so make sure to dock after making the change.
- The final battle will only trigger when Pirate Activity is set to Normal, so if you have it set to None or Low and fill up the fame bar it will not happen, however if you change the setting to Normal it will then trigger after restarting. Likewise if you trigger the final battle and then change the setting to Low or None then after restarting the final battle will not take place.
- If Pirate Activity is set to None or Low then the Gojko-Marin story mission will not trigger.

- New light pontoon with fishing net trait
- New heavy pontoon with explosive damage reduction trait

Tuning:
- Canopy wings add fuel consumption bonus and increase maximum rest recovery.
- Pirate gunships minimum speed increased, rate of turn decreased
- Highlights added to certain objects to highlight what needs to be shot for certain gameplay situations

Fixes:
- Fix home indicator not working for second HQ
- fix ingredient turrets frequently not firing at all or being very inaccurate
- fix plane inventory contents doubled after resetting modifications in the hangar
- fix missing reflection for heavy pontoons
- fix black screen in floating market caused by resting for a long time
- fix missile misfire speech keeps playing incorrectly
- added some missing speech lines for pirates and copilot
- fixed speed/altitude UI overlap for widescreen users
- fix propeller collection bonus not applying to Swept Seed
- fix incorrect button focus if pause menu is opened whilst pitch down is pressed
- fix input binding for salvage minigame did not work
- fix HOTAS inputs for salvage minigame were missing

Thanks for continuing to play the game and giving us valuable feedback on where to make improvements.

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10 May 2024Developer post

Hotfix for reverse not working

Thanks to the user who pointed this out quickly, sorry this did not get picked up in testing. This patch just contains two changes: - Fix reverse not working - Fix for manual mode rudder overly responsive after transitioning back from very high speed mode to normal flight

09 May 2024Developer post

Manual mode very high speed handling and a few other fixes and tuning

Not a big change this time, mostly addressing some issues from the last patch to do with the manual mode handling. - Manual mode very high speed (500ish kts+) uses a different dynamics to make the boost targets ability much more playable - Some people did not like manual mode sta

01 May 2024Developer post

New parts, manual controls improvement, other fixes and balance

- Fixed product panel would stop working with too many entries - Fixed ingredient rounds incorrectly drain water charge - Ingredient rounds increase damage and decrease windup time - Alcohol rounds decrease damage - Vaccuum boost increase height threshold for automatic boosting -

13 Apr 2024Developer post

Fixes and improvements

- Fix bad dice rolls in board game - Fix Dijana spoiled ingredient trait sometimes applies when she is not in the plane - Fix brewery dispose button could be pressed multiple times causing refund exploit with Dijana trait - Fix forwards/reverse hud icon incorrect colour when exit

01 Apr 2024Developer post

Fixes and improvements

- Fixed ship boss minions not exiting retreat mode - Fixed abrupt smog dome transition. - Fix Self Repair engine stops working after refuelling at shipyard - Fix pirate encounter speech would not play whilst player was using boost - Fix restarting save game from floating market i

25 Mar 2024Developer post

Bugfixes and improvements

- cave mission given more time and more visuals identifiers for slightly easier navigation. - fireworks mission given 30 more seconds and speculative fix for stuck dialogue. - fiberhop brews balanced - boss plane: weakpoints are now correctly impervious to damage when not exposed

- cave mission given more time and more visuals identifiers for slightly easier navigation.
- fireworks mission given 30 more seconds and speculative fix for stuck dialogue.
- fiberhop brews balanced
- boss plane: weakpoints are now correctly impervious to damage when not exposed.
- airship boss: can now properly be defeated unassisted in final battle sequence
- final boss: fixed bombs or alcohol rounds having lacklustre effect on engines. Fixed brief moments of side wall invulnerability.
- final sequence given more time and doubled boss decay rate
- speculative fix for the salvage crates self destructing on start.
- fix pressure washer visual and sound fx don't stop if plane crashes whilst holding ability
- fix alcohol rounds do not drain water charge and will fire when water charge is empty
- fix mouse pointer appears during flight in controller mode after moving mouse or other actions
- fix controller open map input button does not also close map
- fix Darkmoon Shrine does not appear as discovered
- fix keyboard pitch/roll/yaw inputs have much greater input lag than the same inputs on controller

Changes:
- Recipe book filter by Distilled/Fermented option
- Recipe book sort by name/quality/ingredient option
- Recipe book remembers its selection until the brewery is exited
- Water Missiles are now a proper secondary weapon, meaning that they must be toggled to using the secondary weapon cycle before they can be used. They no longer autofire, instead once the lock is achieved they will maintain the lock for a few seconds during which the player can choose to fire one or both missiles, or not at all. For people who prefer the previous implementation they can choose this by turning on Settings/Controls/Autofire Missiles. Note that this setting change will only take effect after the plane gets reset by going in an out of the hangar.

Thanks for continuing to play the game and providing feedback, we do take everyone's comments and bug reports on board when deciding what to do next even if we can't always respond to everybody.

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19 Mar 2024Developer post

Bugfix and tuning patch

- Additional fixes to prevent black screen in salvage minigame - Prevent collection of two crates at once in salvage minigame - Fix ingredient spawners that have been harvested incorrectly displaying the unharvested visual model which then would not yield any fruit when shot - Fi

- Additional fixes to prevent black screen in salvage minigame
- Prevent collection of two crates at once in salvage minigame
- Fix ingredient spawners that have been harvested incorrectly displaying the unharvested visual model which then would not yield any fruit when shot
- Fix brew bottle not correct when creating brew from purchase panel, note that some bottles created prior to this patch may still not come out correct, but all bottles from this patch on should be fine
- Fix incorrect date on the loan UI panel
- Fix wrecks that have been fully salvaged will no longer be highlighted when the highlighter ornament is equipped
- Fix tutorial could be softlocked if the final ring of the ring section was entered at the very side of the ring
- Board game dice values reset properly between games
- Fix initial drop in speed when boosting

There are a couple of reported bugs that we have been unable to repro so additional diagnostics have been added, if you encounter either of these please submit a bug and the logs will help us to find out what is happening:
- Pirate encounters sometimes do not terminate properly (e.g. you defeat the boss, but the smog dome remains)
- Sometimes after making a successful delivery the bar owner may become angry with you and then you have to make amends.

Tuning:
- Reduced cost of hangar repair and refuel by 20%
- Additional trait for Vacuum boost, which will now self repair above 400kts
- Additional trai for Recovery Package, pilots are immune to incapacitation in a crash
- The player will now start the game with all 1* recipes in the recipe book, since these are easy to guess and not very valuable it means that recipes awarded through the crates and bottles are more likely to be something that will benefit the player

Options:
- Manual mode orbital camera time options added
- Mouse X and Y axis can now be bound

Thanks for supporting us as we continue to try and improve the game, please keep your bug reports and suggestions coming in, even if we can't respond right away we do actually look at them all.
Hopefully the next patch will include some kind of recipe shop.

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15 Mar 2024Developer post

Bugfix and recipe/contract balancing

- Fix compact fuselage hydro boost bonus not working - Fix Irena void visuals sometimes not disappearing correctly - Prevent docking when Irena void effect is active - Fix plane stuck detector getting stuck and not resetting the plane - Fix torpedo could be targeted by copter or

- Fix compact fuselage hydro boost bonus not working
- Fix Irena void visuals sometimes not disappearing correctly
- Prevent docking when Irena void effect is active
- Fix plane stuck detector getting stuck and not resetting the plane
- Fix torpedo could be targeted by copter or auto turrets
- Fix controller navigation issues in the hangar, unable to create new light plane or sell plane
- Fix tumble frame VFX stuck on plane if it crashed
- Fix for unpausing landmark dialogue
- Fix for lower screen UI visuals cut off for widescreen users
- Fix floating bottles in bar
- Camera fixes and softlock prevention in final battle
- Fix bad looking propeller blur
- Pilot traits not working when starting a non-tutorial game
- Fix Pelican and Pipe not offering you a contract on day 1 if you quit the conversation and restarted it
- Fix bar sales panel incorrectly reported fame from sales (modifiers were excluded)
- Contract frequency for bars increased across the board, particularly for The Thirsty Sailor and The Pelican and Pipe

Balance:
- Dijana bad ingredient trait chance reduced from 10% to 5%
- Fame from bar sales reduced by 50%
- Compact frame boost modifier reduced to +1% per cargo unit
- Easy mode repair cost reduced by 75%
- Easy mode fuel cost reduced by 50%
- Recipe and contract generation limits what it will award according to fame level in Easy and Normal mode. It works with these ranges:
0 - 10000 only recipes and contracts using group 0 ingredients are awarded (no upgrades needed)
10000-20000 only recipes and contracts with group 0 or group 1 ingredients are awarded (upgrade level 1 required)
20000-30000 group 2 (upgrade level 2)
> 30000 no restrictions.
Hard mode continues to use the existing RNG system without group restrictions.

- Contract quality requirements increase as fame increases for Normal and Hard mode. For normal mode > 50k fame contracts will start to require 1*, > 75k it will be 2*. Hard mode is 30k-50k 1*, 50k-75k 2*, 75-100k 3*.

We hope that these balance changes will make the early game a bit less starved for income as there will be more contracts and the contracts will not require any upgrade purchases. We know that recipe discovery is is still a major issue and we are working to add more ways to acquire recipes as well as a bit of an overhaul of brewing in general, but that is a bit of a larger job.

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12 Mar 2024Developer post

Bugfix and tuning patch

Fix ingredients not spawning in post end game Fix paints not purchasable under some conditions Fix restarting save game from floating market now works Fix bar conversation softlock with empty dialogue box Fix bar conversation sometimes not displaying player options as menu but pl

09 Mar 2024Developer post

Bugfix and tuning patch

- Fix Ena-Franci softlock after boardgame, also a fix for savegames that ran into this problem and could not restart the mission, if you go back the The Opal Retreat with Ena and Franci it should fix the data and allow you to continue - Fix Pluck'n Plunder controller inputs not w

07 Mar 2024Developer post

Bugfix and FPS Limiter

- FPS Limiter added to settings menu, this will limit the target FPS of the game for those who find their hardware runs too hot but prefer to have more options than VSync. - Additional VSync "half" option. Please note that FPS Limiter and VSync are not compatible so only one shou

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Updates & announcements

Small update 4/10/2026

Japanese and French subtitles now available

Japanese and French versions coming soon!

Unity security patch

Update 09/27 Fixes and Fighters

Small Hotfix

Fixes, tuning, QOL and more plane parts update

Small fixes patch

First person view, no pirates mode, new parts, fixes etc.

Hotfix for reverse not working

Manual mode very high speed handling and a few other fixes and tuning

New parts, manual controls improvement, other fixes and balance

Fixes and improvements

Fixes and improvements

Bugfixes and improvements

Bugfix and tuning patch

Bugfix and recipe/contract balancing

Bugfix and tuning patch

Bugfix and tuning patch

Bugfix and FPS Limiter