Ahoy, Sky Sailors!
We’re delighted to announce that the Puzzles & Pyrologics update is now live!
At the heart of this update lies the new puzzle system, which lets you take your endless creativity to new heights. There’s a new resource, logic system, building pieces, upgrades, combat improvements, animations, and much more.
Several of these new features and improvements are based on your feedback, and we thank you all for making your voices heard!
As the Steam Summer Sale goes live later today, Aloft will be 20% off until July 10, so tell your friends and grow your own dream sky-village.
Watch the Launch Trailer and soar smoothly into the new update:
Get an overview of the new features below. Our team is already getting a head start on the next update, so keep on reading until the end to find out what's on the horizon!
🧩 Puzzles & Pyrologics 🔥
Using the new Emberstone resource, you can now build and power your own trapdoors, rotating walls, pressure plates, levers, timed triggers, and all sorts of clever contraptions. Mining Emberstone is a bit more involved than simply bashing it with a pickaxe. You’ll first need to break the exterior shell to uncover its red-hot core, then cool it with water to further mine and gather it.
This new resource can be used to power the Pyrologics system, which is how you design your own puzzles. Connect a resonator to a windmill to generate a field in which the new pieces can be placed, such as a pressure plate. The specific interactions and results you want can easily be tailored on the Pyrologic board (think of it like a circuit board).
Ready-made puzzles can now also be found out in the world. Solve these ancient riddles to earn various rewards. Perhaps they’ll even serve as inspiration for your own puzzles!
☁️ ️New Wonder Islands ☁️
Uncover lost secrets on new Wonder Islands filled with puzzles to solve. Unlike the one-off puzzles you’ll find scattered across the skies, these are larger hand-crafted islands containing interlocking challenges, a story to tell, and Pyrologic pieces to sketch.
⚔️ Combat Improvements ⚔️
Difficulty scaling is now based on the area of the map, rather than on how many islands you’ve cleansed, which should provide a smoother experience. We’ve also made improvements to balancing, visual feedback, and animations, both for enemies and for players (leap, block). And if you’d like a more peaceful experience, or a harsher challenge, check out our new difficulty settings, now found in the options menu. (Yes, peaceful mode is now truly peaceful!)
🛠️ Building Pieces & Decorations 🛠️
In addition to the Pyrologic building pieces, we’ve added Emberstone lamps to brighten up your contraptions! This update also brings a variety of other new building pieces and upgrades, such as the new vertical windmill, designed to catch wind from any direction! There’s also the much-requested custom stretchable rope and various equilateral triangle building pieces.
🤝 Player Contest Islands 🤝
The results of the Island Creator Contest we held on Discord were incredible, and we’re including some of the best ones in this update! These islands will appear seamlessly in the sky like any other. Explore them to uncover their unique stories and reap hidden rewards waiting to be discovered.
Check out the full Changelog for a more detailed list of changes.
🔭 What’s on the Horizon 🔭
Peek through the spyglass for a glimpse at what we’re working on:
New world generation, an improved system that will set the foundation for future updates
Sailing upgrades and wind lanes
Progression system revamp
Life trees tied to ecosystem restoration
New enemy and corruption tiers
New tools and weapons
New decoration options
Reward system and character customisation
We can’t wait to share more about these features soon!
Aloft will be 20% off as part of the Steam Summer Sale, going live later today and ending on July 10. Soar the skies with your friends this summer.
See you in the clouds! 🌥️
