Autumn sale is here, which means Steam Awards nominations are now open!
We want to ask for your support - you can nominate us in the Sit Back and Relax category! If you seek an escape after a long, tiresome day in your cozy settlement among peaceful ocean waves, please consider voting for Havendock 💙
Thank you for your support!
— Alex, Community Developer from Different Tales 🦆
I wanted to talk a little bit about modding. We recently experimented with allowing players to change where decks can be placed. We want to hear your thoughts on if it's something you are interested in.
On another note, I am currently working on boathouse, which lets you do free form building and decoration. You will also be able to use it to sail on expeditions.
To expand a little bit more on modding, there are a few mods players already made unofficially. We would like to see if there is something you want, and if we can offer more support to mod creators if of interest. https://www.nexusmods.com/havendock/
And here are some additional ideas that I think might be interesting to officially support in modding:
Create your own buildings, items (import your own designs or we can also provide a library of designs (e.g. 3d models, icons) based on your wants)
Create your own islands and buildable areas (share it with others and allow visiting)
Create your own item recipes (e.g. new/alternate ways to produce steel)
Create your own research or modify them. Add your own unlockables in the tech tree
Create your own settlers (Some ideas centered around this are creating your own dialogues, creating your own AI that allows for more interaction, creating new types of settlers that don't necessarily work or need to meet needs, or do work in a different way, create characters that are "online" and allow players to talk to each other, AI NPCs that you can actually chat with, they can reply and have moods and emotions)
Add your character customizations (e.g. clothing, accessories, hair, skin color, non-human)
Automation (this is vague and could mean anything, but has the possibility to add depth and new dimension of experiencing the game depending on how it's done)
Vertical building (e.g. multiple storeys)
So I would like to know if anything is of interest, or if you have any ideas or anything really. I would love to hear any thoughts at all!
Anyhow, if you would like to know a little bit more about boathouse, here's a small preview, and I will share more in another announcement.
— YYZ
The spookiest update is out!
Boo, Settlers!
Halloween’s tomorrow! To celebrate we’ve prepared a little update that will help you bring the spooky atmosphere to your settlement 🎃
What’s waiting for you:
🌱 Grow pumpkins on your farms 🥟 Prepare delicious pumpkin dumplings (pumplings if you will) for your settlers 👻 Evoke the Halloween spirit with new spooky decorations 🎃 Wear one of four new accessories and become a real pumpkinhead
The skeletons teased in the last WIP post unfortunately couldn’t make it to our Halloween party, but they will arrive as soon as they can in the future magical update 💀 There is Mr. Ghost, though!
Extra v0.69.0 update notes:
🐁 Mice are now shown on the cow island trader 🐦 Kewi nest for new save files will have a higher building priority
Have a spooky Halloween! 🦇
— Alex, Community Developer from Different Tales 🦆
I've released a minor update that fixes some issues: - Fixed build menu swapping to bird island if you stood on closest deck to it - Fixed vegetables model showing as turnip instead of lettuce - Fixed critical bug when closing the boat speed debug panel
Additional fixes from previous minor updates: - Fixed visual error with characters overlapping when displayed in equip UI window - Fixed encyclopedia showing secret entries of currently unobtainable items - Fixed error where build menu does not update if you flew to islands by kewi bird - Fixed an issue where mooncake island did not spawn - Fixed unable to talk to or ride mother kewi bird - Fixed unable to customize the mother kewi bird
Is it... a DAILY DEAL? 👀
Hey, Settlers!
Have you noticed anything on Steam's main page? 😏
It's a ✨surprise daily deal✨
You can get Havendock with a 20% discount today 💸 If you're thinking of something new to play this week and looking for fun, cozy games with a lot of unexpected stuff do discover, this is your chance!
— Alex, Community Developer from Different Tales 🦆
Programmer’s Sale is live and Havendock is part of it! It’s a delightful event organized to commemorate Ada Lovelace - a brilliant English mathematician from the 19th century and the pioneer of programming! She wrote what is considered to be the first computer program in history - an algorithm designed to be carried out by a machine 💽
To celebrate the life and achievements of Ada Lovelace and feel like a true digital genius yourself, check out the games present at this event! They’re not only fun to play, but also will help you discover and polish your tech talents!
Havendock will definitely make you feel like a real engineer 👷 You can design and construct intricate automation belts - optimize water production with pipes, make farming more efficient with Polly the parrot’s help, transport goods between islands thanks to adorable kewi birds, and more!
Here’s to all the bright brains out there 🧠
— Alex, Community Developer from Different Tales 🦆
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with the new update!
Hey, Settlers!
The Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner - it’s this Friday, on September 29th! To celebrate together we want to invite you to Havendock’s Moon Island, which just appeared on the main branch!
Let’s get ready to party - here’s what’s new:
🔨 Two brand new recipes - craft lanterns in refineries and prepare mooncakes in cookhouses
🏮 Special questline - release lanterns to unlock rewards from the Moon Bunny
🥮 Moon Forge - every 10 mooncakes give you enchanted equipment
🌜 New powerful trait - Moonglow, which makes your settlers’ lives much easier as you level it up
👯 Very magical Moon Bunny costume with special perks for the lucky settler wearing it
🔥 Cozy Moon Pit where you can craft mooncake earrings or just warm up while you watch the night sky
🕺 Fancy feast for your settlers - no one should celebrate alone!
🐇 Bunny settler who comes with great benefits for your whole settlement
Just getting warm by the Moonpit 🤗 ...Wait, who's that back there?
They don't know I had to pay 20 Moon Dust for another party 😩
Mission to blend in failed successfully
Wait, I didn't know that bunnies can live underwater 🤨
Get cozy and enjoy the festival 🧡
— Alex, Community Developer from Different Tales 🦆
v0.67.19 - New Dragonboat, Flat Farms, QoL improvements
v0.67.19 has been released, containing QoL improvements, fixes as well as a new boat.
- Added new Dragonboat (Tip: You will need this to access the upcoming Moon Island)
- Flat farms now look better on islands
- You can now consume Frog Eggs to turn into a frog - Desalination plants now produce salt at 10% chance instead of 100% (to prevent salt overflow) - Added new world setting to adjust Boat Speed (temporary fix for boats moving too fast) - Pasta has been added as a consumable in the player's Consume window - Animal transform durations increased: 15 -> 30s - Reduced hitbox height of Fishing Village's tables and benches to match visual appearance - Added voices to Alf and some trader introduction dialogs (English only)
Quality of Life: - Potions can now extend an existing buff's duration even if you've hit the limit - Character window now shows characters' trait levels - Equipment window now shows character's trait levels
Fixes: - Fixed Giant Bird Nest being reset when entering cave or savefile is reloaded - Added ability to use debug to respawn in the cave - Translated the 'Debug' and 'Respawn' texts in the settings screen - Fixed Milk description saying it is not available in game - Fixed issue where the player trait in main menu displays Sailor, Zoologist and blank when upgrading from old savefile - Fixed a bug where ESC does not un-hide the UI when using the hide UI debug - Fixed a bug where using dynamite did not remove it from inventory - Fixed issue where bird island did not spawn 2 rabbits by default - Fixed issue of wrong character displayed when equipping fishermen - Fixed situtations where you get stuck on cow island if you went there by Kewi Bird - Fixed non-maxed research icon displaying as maxed when game is reloaded - Fixed issue of water disappearing when Water Reflections is disabled - Removed pentagram-looking symbol from Bone Altar
Additional regressions in v0.67.18 that were fixed in v0.67.19: - Fixed fishermen not playing animations
Play the Moon Island update on the experimental branch!
Hey, Settlers!
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming on September 29th - let’s celebrate it with a whole new island waiting for you on the experimental branch 🌝
Here’s what you can find there:
🥮 Complete quests for the celebrators on Moon Island to get exclusive rewards 🏮 Release sky lanterns 🐇 Make new friends and party with your settlers 🔨 Forge unique equipment at the firepit moonpit
This update is but a teaser of what you can expect - there’s more to come soon! The Moon Island will make it to the main branch a few days before the festival with some extra content. Let’s just say you’ll be able to craft some powerful stuff 🤫
How to access the experimental branch?
🌊 Go to your Steam library and right-click on Havendock 🎮 Choose Properties, and then, when the window opens, go to Betas 🧪 Select “experimental - Windows experimental builds” from the dropdown list 🪐 Let the game update and enjoy the experimental content
We'd love to hear your feedback about this one! If there's anything that can be improved, or if you encounter any issues with this new content, leave a comment here or share your thoughts on Discord, either on the Havendock server, or through DM @yyz291!
— Alex, Community Developer from Different Tales 🦆
I wanted to let you know what I've been working on and give you a preview of what is coming up next. I'm happy to share a sneak peek into the new Wizard Island! 🧙♂️
A new resource, Mana, can be generated with the right buildings ✨ There will be new things to build and manage on the Wizard Island!
There are different spells to learn, each with their own effects 🔮 You can choose to cast spells to boost yourself, your settlers, or your buildings. With enough structures, some spells can even be autocast passively!
You can choose your favourite spells to upgrade, granting you new ways to boost your settlement's productivity 🚀
Speaking of spells, you might even be able to make your settlers work without needing food or water! It may come at a cost though... 💀
Also just for fun, you will be able to build statues of yourself 👑 Depending on how well you treat your settlers, they'll either want to worship you or call you mean names.
After some more work is put into it, I will be releasing Wizard Island into the experimental branch. You can then try it out and share your feedback on Discord!
One last thing! Here's a little teaser of a new island, tentatively called Moon Island, which I'm aiming to release sometime this month to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival 🥮
