Hello villagers!
I just want to give you a heads up that a MASSIVE update is about to drop.
I'm super excited, so in celebration:
Kainga's on a 30% discount starting today!
Update 1.1: Life of Spice
What's included?
The Life of Spice update has hundreds of fixes, quality of life improvements, balance changes and more, in addition to a plethora of new content. And actually, you can try it out right now, let's see how.
But first, here's just a few of the things that will be included:
Map Modifiers
New variations of every map will shake up your strategy and make the map's priorities change. Pictured above is the acidic water modifier on the Pebbles. You can no longer fish, and wells will be filled with acid. Be Careful!
"B-Sides" of Thinkers
Alternative sides of each Thinker can be unlocked with a new starting loadout, passive, bonus, and of course festivals. These Thinkers are intended for advanced players and can really shake things up!
Nomads
Introducing nomads was something I've always wanted to do, and here it is! These nomadic tribes will wander across your map on boats, balloons, walkers or other creatures and really make the world alive!
New Festivals
With the addition of the new Thinkers, new festivals had to come too! Each festival is changed dramatically and the results are powerful and specific. Enjoy!
New Challenges
3 of the festivals added are new challenges!, there is a blastpowder-based arena, a construction challenge to build a long line of archways, and alternative rescue challenge where you are the one with the cage and have to protect it!
New Quest Lines
To introduce these new challenges, dozens of new quests have been added, allowing for the unlock of each Thinker's B-Side and their new memory slots, which will remain independent.
Also included is the Polish Language thanks to one dedicated member of the community!
If you'd like to help with translations for your language, or you'd like to make changes to the translations there, let me know! I'm specifically looking for people who speak:
- Russian
- Chinese
- Portuguese
- Korean
- Japanese
When Can I Play It?
The new update will go public around this time next week. But! You can actually play it right now!
All you have to do is opt-in to the Kainga Beta, and you can try out what's new!
To join the Beta, just right-click on your game in your library, go to Properties, then Betas, and in the dropdown, select the beta branch
The reason why I'm telling you, is I'm hoping you can give me feedback, on what doesn't work as expected, what I missed, or what you think! Feel free to contact me on Discord or by email at any time!
I hope you enjoy it!
-KaingaDev