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Genre: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game

Dorfromantik

Dorfromantik is now available on Nintendo Switch!


now available for Nintendo Switch


As announced a few weeks ago at Gamescom, we are happy to announce that Dorfromantik will now be available for Nintendo Switch:



To celebrate the release onto Nintendo Switch, we added a brand new cherry blossom biome featuring unique architecture and scenery. The new features for the Switch version, such as full controller support or new settings for the custom mode, will of course also be available to all PC players as a free update. In this regard, we released the update to the public beta already for you to check out.


official Dorfromantik boardgame


We've been working with German board game publisher Pegasus for a while now to develop an analog Dorfromantik board game with the talented authors Lukas Zach and Michael Palm.

  • Dorfromantik board game
    Up to six players work together by placing hexagonal tiles to create a beautiful landscape. They try to fulfill the wishes of the inhabitants by fulfilling unique quests. Cleverly place tiles to build the longest rivers and train routes, as well as complete flags in their areas to earn points for all of it.

    Throughout the replayable campaign, the points earned can be used to unlock new tiles hidden in initially locked crates. They introduce the players to new, additional quests and allow them to keep pushing the high score higher and higher.




The game will be available as the German edition later this year (Q4 2022) and will come out in English next year (2023). If you are from North America, we recommend to check out Pegasus North America as soon as it is available for preorder.

We will also be at SPIEL '22, the world's largest public event for board games, where Pegasus already has a few copies of the Dorfromantik board game available.


No matter which platform you end up playing Dorfromantik on, we hope you enjoy your time playing.
Thank you for your support, as always! πŸ’™πŸ’›

BETA PATCH 1.1.1b


Feedback is essential for us to successfully add new features and improve Dorfromantik together with you. Of course, it helps us a lot if you are specifically trying to test features that we have listed up in the Beta Patch Notes for the current update.

πŸ§ͺ Beta: If you also want to test new features earlier and help with your feedback the development of Dorfromantik, then find out here how you can participate in the public beta.



Hey everyone!


Long time no see. We have been busy ever since Gamescom with a whole lot of things. Pre- and Post-Gamescom business, the board game announcement, Tokyo Game Show, taking some much needed time off to rest - The list is long.
But we're here and ready to give you some new things to test! We hope to be able to deploy this update to the live branch relatively soon, and then be able to resubmit for Steam Deck Validation as well.

:Dorf_Field: BETA PATCH 1.1.1b PATCH NOTES :Dorf_Train:

This version includes all new features and content we developed for the Nintendo Switch version of Dorfromantik.

    Challenges
  • All challenges can now also be completed in Quick Mode & Hard Mode
  • Added Landscaper level 6

    Sakura Biome
  • New biome with cherry blossom theme
  • New house visuals
  • New special building visuals (e.g. windmill, tower, granary)

    Steam Deck Support
  • This version should be the one to get Dorfromantik validated for Steam Deck
  • Implemented keyboard functionality when trying to enter custom mode seed

    Clarity
  • Now displaying game mode icons next to ingame score and game mode label in menu

    Bugfixes
  • When placing tiles quickly with gamepad, prevent preview for new tile to overlap previously placed tile
  • Fixed element group segment staying highlighted in tutorial after it has been previewed connected to a highlighted tutorial group once
  • Fixed tutorial getting stuck when entering menu while transitioning from one tutorial phase to the next
  • Prevent tile placement to stop working when switching game sessions after using a creative mode tool (destroy tile, generate matching tile etc.)

    Other
  • Removed exponential difficulty custom rule
  • Improved localization for many languages
  • Reduced radius of camera movement outside of world bounds
  • Don't show tile limit in custom mode if world border is more restricting than tile limit
  • Increased max volume

Creative Showcase - August Edition!


The Creative Showcase is back!



Some of you might remember we took a hiatus from this in the beginning of the year to rejiggle the Showcase, make it less convoluted and open it up to more people. Well, it kinda fell to the wayside with all the 1.0 preparations but it finally is time for us to bring back the Creative Showcase!


Important Scheduling Message


We are sorry for the delay in this months Showcase, and would like to apologize in advance for the likely delay in next month's Showcase. The latter will be due right after Gamescom and we might not be able to get it done in time!


Changes to the Showcase



There are three main changes to how we are handling the Showcase going forward:
  • The Showcase will run MONTHLY instead of being on this weird 2-3 week rhythm.
  • No more voting! It did cause a bunch of unnecessary overhead and at the end wasn't even utilized much.
  • We are no longer restricting the Showcase to a Theme, and are opening it up to FAN ART (Including Memes!) as well! We will still provide Themes every month for those who would like an idea to work off of, though.


What we want to achieve with this new angle for the Showcase is to celebrate the communities', YOUR, creativity. We don't need to vote on who's the most creative or anything, it's all a celebration of your awesome stuff!

We are also changing how you submit pieces for the Creative Showcase. From now on, any and all submissions have to be made via this form which will allow us to catalogue all submissions internally with all necessary info pertaining to them.


Theme Suggestion



Not sure what to create for the Showcase? Try to limit the size of your build to a radius of 8 Tiles! We'd also love to see some #IRLromantik!


August Showcase



This Showcase features a mix of submissions and great screenshots found on Steam!


Dorfromantik Artwork by Byo


Dorfromantea by Sheroine (IG)



Final Stop: Arctic Circle by Wade


Winter Grain Belt by TDN_Mike


Nordic Windmill by Levy


Wetlands Village by Polite Whale


Village Scene by Mondflieder


Pretzelromantik by Alleeelex


Riverside Urban by Blackfore$t


Town huddled in a Forest by Arenpov




Thank you to everyone who submitted something for this month's Showcase!
We hope you enjoy this new, more casual format as much as we do!

Stay safe! πŸ’™πŸ’›

Dorfromantik goes Gamescom!


We're happy to announce that we will be bringing Dorfromantik to Gamescom 2022 as part of the Indie Arena Booth!
If you are planning on visiting Gamescom, come visit us on the IAB in Hall 10.2, Booth F020g - E-021g.

If you are Press or a Content Creator and would like to set up an appointment to talk Dorfromantik or Toukana Interactive, you can use both the IAB's Matchmaking, as well as contact us directly. :)

BETA PATCH - 1.1b


Feedback is essential for us to successfully add new features and improve Dorfromantik together with you. Of course, it helps us a lot if you are specifically trying to test features that we have listed up in the Beta Patch Notes for the current update.

πŸ§ͺ Beta: If you also want to test new features earlier and help with your feedback the development of Dorfromantik, then find out here how you can participate in the public beta.


Hey there everyone!


We just wanted to say Thank You! to everybody who has provided feedback since release, and apologize Comms went a bit more silent.
Truth be told we have been, and still are, busy as bees! We're not quite ready to talk about what lies in the future for Dorfromantik, and Toukana as a studio but rest assured, we'll have more to talk about soonβ„’! Implementing proper, full controller support has also been a bit more of a fight than we would have liked. As it turns out, not quite as straight-forward as mapping controls to some additional buttons.

We are very interested in feedback for all sorts of controllers. From the good old 360 Pads, to Dual Sense, Pro controllers and, if you're a masochist, your Community Toukan would love some reports about playability with Rockband/Guitar Hero instrument controllers!

BETA PATCH 1.1 PATCH NOTES



    Controller Support
  • Added Gamepad controls for all ingame actions
  • All Menus now fully controllable via Gamepad
  • Creative Mode tools accessible on Gamepad via new radial menu
  • Adaptive UI behaviour displaying buttons and UI elements depending on used input device
  • Added tooltips displaying gamepad button hotkeys
  • Added separate tutorial texts for Gamepad input

    Performance
  • Up to 40% improvement in memory usage
  • Added "Mesh Quality" dropdown to boost rendering performance
  • Improved Undo performance
  • Reduced game size by 15%
  • Various other performance improvements throughout the game

    Usability
  • Offscreen Quest Markers now display offscreen quest counts & their current completion state
  • Offscreen Quest markers automatically appear when previewing a tile affecting an offscreen quest

    Clarity
  • Scale Quest bubbles when zooming out to preserve their readability
  • Improved visuals of preplaced tiles when Post Processing is switched off

    Custom Mode
  • Added new custom rule: World Border. Play with world border to restrict playing area by given radius Note: Undo doesn't currently work correctly when tiles are skipped due to not having any available tile slots.
  • Added new custom rule: Exponential Difficulty. Change difficulty increase to be exponential instead of linear and decide the exponential difficulty increase factor

    Localization
  • Updated Spanish translation
  • Updated Arabic translation
  • Added Estonian translation
  • Added Czech translation

    Bugfixes
  • Fixed bug that caused Undo on Game Over screen to stop working
  • Decoration is no longer displayed on tile stack or preview tiles when turned off in settings


Stay safe! πŸ’™πŸ’›

Creative Showcase - July Edition


The Creative Showcase is back!



Some of you might remember we took a hiatus from this in the beginning of the year to rejiggle the Showcase, make it less convoluted and open it up to more people. Well, it kinda fell to the wayside with all the 1.0 preparations but it finally is time for us to bring back the Creative Showcase!


Changes to the Showcase



There are three main changes to how we are handling the Showcase going forward:
  • The Showcase will run MONTHLY instead of being on this weird 2-3 week rhythm.
  • No more voting! It did cause a bunch of unnecessary overhead and at the end wasn't even utilized much.
  • We are no longer restricting the Showcase to a Theme, and are opening it up to FAN ART (Including Memes!) as well! We will still provide Themes every month for those who would like an idea to work off of, though.


What we want to achieve with this new angle for the Showcase is to celebrate the communities', YOUR, creativity. We don't need to vote on who's the most creative or anything, it's all a celebration of your awesome stuff!

We are also changing how you submit pieces for the Creative Showcase. From now on, any and all submissions have to be made via this form which will allow us to catalogue all submissions internally with all necessary info pertaining to them.


Theme Suggestion



Not sure what to create for the Showcase? It is hot, so anything that promises some cooling off will do! We'd also love to see some #IRLromantik!


July Showcase


For this month, we will stay with submissions by our community. We are, however, also always looking at the great screenshots and artwork uploaded to Steam's Community Hub for Dorfromantik. πŸ˜‰

To start off, here is an example of #IRLromantik by our community Toukan, Dom


The Apple Delta and Estuary Area by Sheroine (IG)


Welcome to the Apple Delta and Estuary Area, where it starts from Altitude Lake, running along Orchid River, where it reaches a lake shaped like an apple at a delta, then finally meets the sea at an estuary. You will find a few settlements inland, and a vast wilderness to explore. Be it Antler Woods or the Lost Ruins in the forest, Winter's Village or the Enchanter's Hamlet, they sure would offer you an experience you won't forget. Seafarers fear not, travel to the outer islands for the Tropical Archipelago for a surprise. Or search for the Isle of Time. Or find the Frosted Fish with a cranky old man named Ivan who lives away from the rest of town. Surely you'll find wonder, one islet at a time.
Come and explore, adventure awaits!



Island Railway by Wade


Stokespond River Delta by aKiss4Luck (Twitch)


A showcase submission by OldCuppa (Twitter)


Yippie-ya-yeah-Pacman Reviver by Covergirl1469


Estonia by Ed Keppler


A mostly accurate map of Estonia.

Winter Wonderland by TDN_Mike
(As if he'd known our plans for this months suggestion!)


River Scene by TDN_Mike


Ukraine by TDN_Mike




Thank you to everyone who submitted something for this month's Showcase!
We hope you enjoy this new, more casual format as much as we do!

Stay safe! πŸ’™πŸ’›

Creative Showcase - June Edition


The Creative Showcase is back!



Some of you might remember we took a hiatus from this in the beginning of the year to rejiggle the Showcase, make it less convoluted and open it up to more people. Well, it kinda fell to the wayside with all the 1.0 preparations but it finally is time for us to bring back the Creative Showcase!


Changes to the Showcase



There are three main changes to how we are handling the Showcase going forward:
  • The Showcase will run MONTHLY instead of being on this weird 2-3 week rhythm.
  • No more voting! It did cause a bunch of unnecessary overhead and at the end wasn't even utilized much.
  • We are no longer restricting the Showcase to a Theme, and are opening it up to FAN ART (Including Memes!) as well! We will still provide Themes every month for those who would like an idea to work off of, though.


What we want to achieve with this new angle for the Showcase is to celebrate the communities', YOUR, creativity. We don't need to vote on who's the most creative or anything, it's all a celebration of your awesome stuff!

We are also changing how you submit pieces for the Creative Showcase. From now on, any and all submissions have to be made via this form which will allow us to catalogue all submissions internally with all necessary info pertaining to them.


Theme Suggestion



Not sure what to create for the Showcase? Why not create a rural Estuary or Delta with some coastline and an island or two!


June Showcase


NOTE: For this one, we reached out to some folks and gathered a bunch of good looking stuff off Steam and Reddit. Should you be featured here and not want to be, please let us know.

Father And Son Boardgame Adaptation by Milchboy Tony (and son)



A DND Campaign Map by petrick


A Lake Village by Mirage


A Forest Village by Jack_mn


Dorfromantik Painting by Verstahlte Isabell (Twitter)


Dorfromantik Tile Diorama by Verstahlte Isabell (Twitter)


Windmill Border by Ultraviolence


Poland by Varaux (Reddit)


France by Varaux (Reddit)


Finland by Varaux (Reddit)

PATCH 1.0.7 - Bugfixes



πŸ§ͺ Beta: If you also want to test new features earlier and help with your feedback the development of Dorfromantik, then find out here how you can participate in the public beta.

🌻 Community Feedback: We highlight items that we have implemented based on community feedback or suggestions. We look forward to your feedback in our Steam Community Hub or on our Discord server.


    Bugfixes
  • Added Monthly Mode seeds for the next few months
  • 🌻 Fixed bug which caused loading to fail in very rare random occasions
  • 🌻 Added safety precautions for partially corrupted save data, related to spawning of water train stations
  • 🌻 Fixed typos in French, German, Italian, Russian



πŸ’™πŸ’›

BETA PATCH 1.0.7b - Bugfixes



πŸ§ͺ Beta: If you also want to test new features earlier and help with your feedback the development of Dorfromantik, then find out here how you can participate in the public beta.

🌻 Community Feedback: We highlight items that we have implemented based on community feedback or suggestions. We look forward to your feedback in our Steam Community Hub or on our Discord server.


    Bugfixes
  • Added Monthly Mode seeds for the next few months
  • 🌻 Fixed bug which caused loading to fail in very rare random occasions
  • 🌻 Added safety precautions for partially corrupted save data, related to spawning of water train stations
  • 🌻 Fixed typos in French, German, Italian, Russian



πŸ’™πŸ’›

New official QQ group for the Asian community!


Hey everybody,

we have a new QQ group available for Dorfromantik players. Feel free to join the QQ group: 1007937317

What is QQ group?


QQ is a free instant messaging service mainly used in Asia. It is a place like Steam Hub or Discord where players can chat about Dorfromantik.

Why a QQ group?


We offer an official Discord server and the Steam Community Hub forums here. However, many players (such as players from our Chinese community) cannot access these platforms and therefore have been wishing for a long time to have a place on their platforms where they can talk about Dorfromantik with other players.

We are happy that Dorfromantik is played all over the world and would like to support the possibility for other players who cannot use Discord or the Steam Hub to communicate with eachother.


πŸ’›Wish you all the best!
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