Developer posts and news about this game.
Devblog #9 – Feedback and Changes Hello adventurers and welcome to the ninth Devblog for Distant Isles! We've been receiving some really helpful feedback on the Playtest so far, and today I wanted to talk through some of the changes we're making in response. As always, we're real
Devblog #8 – Major Playtest Update and Naval Combat Hello adventurers and welcome to the eighth Devblog for Distant Isles! We recently released a major update for the Playtest on Itch, adding a whole lot of new content, quality of life upgrades, balancing and bug fixes. We’ve had
Devblog #7 – Combat Continued Hello adventurers and welcome to our seventh Devblog! The year is flying by and we’re continuing to work on the next big update for the Playtest that is currently available . As always, we’d love any feedback you have on the playtest. And keep an eye
Devblog #6 – Introduction to Combat Hello adventurers, welcome back to our sixth Devblog! I can’t believe we’re halfway through May now. We’re continuing to work on the next big update for the Playtest that is currently available . As always, we’d love any feedback you have on th
Devblog #5 – Your Party Hello adventurers, welcome back for our fifth Devblog! We’re halfway through April, and we’ve been busy focusing on our next content update for the free Playtest that is currently available . We’ve made a number of balancing changes in line with feedback,
Devblog #4 – Sailing and Ship Equipment Hello adventurers, welcome back for our fourth Devblog! It’s now halfway through March and 2026 is off to a cracking start. We gave you a bit of a taste of sailing last month, but we wanted to show it off in more depth now. Just a reminder
Devblog #3 – Sailing, Update on Playtest Hello again adventurers and Huzzah! Welcome back to another Distant Isles Devblog . Today I wanted to focus on two things – I wanted to introduce Sailing , which I’ve been hard at work implementing over the past few months. I also wanted t
Devblog #2 – Playtest, Resilience and Roadmap Hello adventurers, happy new year and I wish you all a happy and healthy 2026! This is the second monthly Dev Blog for Distant Isles, and I wanted to focus on two things – firstly, the free Playtest that is now available over on Itch.
Devblog #1 - Gameplay Intro to Worldform Hello pioneers and welcome to the first Devblog for Distant Isles (huzzah!). My name is Elliot, and I started Worldform in 2021 to create awesome and atmospheric games that take you to other worlds. I’m a hobbyist gamedev, looking to creat