Hey everybody!

The first round of the Towns of Yore spring playtest is coming to an end!

We've got one last patch before the weekend and the end of this playtest, with some art-updates & fixes for some sneaky bugs and crashes, plus a potential solution for broken pre-patch savegames (see below):

🎮 Level & Art: 🎮

• Leaves fade out earlier when camera is inside foliage

• Landscape checkers fade out based on camera distance

• Updated sand-piles look

• Cacti fade into sand more smoothly

• Sky tree crystal impact effects are only active when happiness is delivered

⚙️Game stability: ⚙️

• Fixed eylanders refusing to go and eat when they are starving

• Fixed some old save games crashing the game when trying to load them

• Fixed dormers not having player collision

• Fixed Clearable trees and rocks not having player collision

• Fixed Magic Shards resseting to the old red color instead of the new green color when entering/exiting the island unlock view

• Added text explaining how the video tutorial rewatch menu works so it is clear what is happening when you haven’t discovered any and open the menu

• Added a counter that shows how many Eylanders can use a leisure station at the unlock menu

I hope the abovementioned change fixes the issues with pre-patch savegames, but in case we missed anything we now have a backup strategy as well, for that please see the bottom of this post.

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✨ This is the last weekend of this feedback-round, so make sure to get a game in if you haven't yet! ✨

To be clear; the closing of this playtest' feedback-round means that Sunday May 3rd is the last day on which you can submit a feedback form, for us to take into account during development the weeks after. You can still play during this time if you want to, but we won't be updating the build until we come back with a new playtest-round mid-June.
Your key also remains valid for all upcoming playtests. ⭐

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Pre-patch savegame backup solution:

If you have an old save (pre-patch) that still won't load on the new patch, you can now try loading those on a compatibility branch on steam. The build on this branch doesn't have the previous content updates and fixes, but it should let you access your older saves for now.

To access this branch steam needs you to enter a password. The password is:

FrogsInPonds

To select the compatibility branch simply follow the steps in the picture below✨