Hey there Voyagers! Stephiroth here, and it's the best time of the week - Dev Blog time!
Let's talk about what's been going on in the world of Nera and what's coming up next.
Firstly, we want to remind everyone of some big things still going on with Nera right now!
🌊Explore the Deep Update
Our latest major update, Explore the Deep, was released just a few weeks ago now. This update includes a huge overhaul to underwater content and mechanics, new underwater tools, resources to gather and enemies to fight, as well as a lot of new content to discover on land too!
🙏Leave a Review!
If you've been playing the new update and haven't had a chance to leave us a Steam Review yet, we would deeply appreciate it! They're a huge help in spreading the word to new players and we LOVE player feedback. We read every single review and so many of the updates to Voyagers come directly from your feedback and reports!
Game is on Sale 🤩
The game is still on sale until July 23 for 34% off!
🎁Twitch Drops Still Active
Our Twitch Campaign will still be live until Wednesday, July 22nd at 4:30pm PDT. Make sure to tune in to anyone streaming the Voyagers of Nera category to earn rewards!
📢Big Announcements
We have a few big announcements that we wanted to make sure you didn't miss!
📣We've partnered with Fireshine Games as our new publisher!
If you missed the news a few weeks ago, we announced that we are partnering with Fireshine Games to publish Voyagers of Nera!
Who is Fireshine?
If you're not familiar with Fireshine, they're a fantastic team based in the UK with a portfolio full of survival crafting games we genuinely love. They publish titles like Core Keeper, Dawn of Defiance, and Len's Island, among a whole bunch of others. They know and love survival crafting games and we can’t wait to work together!
What does this mean for Voyagers?
Partnering with Fireshine means a lot for us as a small team - they have already been immensely helpful with getting the Explore the Deep update out the door. And the future is bright! Their help allows us to do things that players have wanted since our launch but that were too difficult as a small team, like bringing the game to XBox and Playstation!
We are so excited for this partnership, and for all of the amazing things we can deliver to our future Voyagers. 🤩
For more detailed info, reference our previously posted blog.
😍Makeship Plush Campaign
We're excited to say our plush campaign succeeded! Thank you to all who pledged and helped get the word out - we're so excited to bring these lil cuties home!
It's now entering the prototype phase, where Makeship will begin creating an example version of the Plush. Once approved, it will go into full production and it should be available within the next few months.
If you missed your chance to pledge, don't worry! After the plush is made, there will be a few-week period where you can purchase it directly.
What's Coming Up Next?
We want to share a little bit more about what is coming up in the next few weeks, as well as a refreshed roadmap for the rest of this year!
📝Explore the Deep Feedback + Patches
We have been keeping an eye on all of the feedback and bug reports coming in from the latest patch. We have already shipped a few patches to fix issues, but we have at least one more upcoming that'll resolve the following issues and address some feedback:
Shrinking the radius of the Undiscovered Artifact indicator to make it easier to locate the Ruins
Fixing issue where Twitch Diver's Knife errantly listed incorrect damage
Fixing issue where clients would not properly receive credit for restoring the Broken Monolith, nor get its Lore Entry
We'll continue to keep an eye on the feedback for this patch and incorporate changes for future updates - so keep the feedback coming!
✨Updated Roadmap
We are working hard towards our 1.0, and we're excited to share this updated roadmap which includes a new patch coming in December!
We're very excited to add several new features players have been asking for, like a Free-Fly camera for building, Arachnophobia mode, console launch, and more!
This roadmap only lists the biggest features - there are a ton of surprises coming through the year as well, and we can't wait to hear what you think!
We'll also start sharing some more info about these features in upcoming dev blogs.
If you've made it this far, thank you for your support! None of this would be possible without our passionate and dedicated community, whether you're a new player or you've been with us since our early alpha days!
Sincerely,
TH Stephiroth and the TH Dev Team