After three years of being patched up and blessed with small daily offerings, the God-Tree has been sated, and shall endure eternally with a smile on his face. Mission accomplished!
We would like to thanks all players who enjoyed the game and the experience it offered them.
The mystical adventure will draw to a close on November 30.
You still have one month to live as a Dwaal and to pace the pixelized paths in search of the abundant resources nature offers.
Three years have gone by since Kwaan was launched, and it's lost the success it had when the adventure started. There are fewer and fewer players, but the game's evolution relies on multiplayer gaming. As in every natural cycle, the repercussions are instantaneous: this lack of players leads to a lack of resources that allow us to continue providing regular fixes and updates. Keeping a game alive through a process that unearths ever more bugs is not a solution. After communing with the God-Tree, we learned he has had his fill of good vibes, and can retire in peace.
The Kwaan adventure is coming to a gracious close. We thank you all for joining us on this journey.
Don't forget: The pixel is eternal!
The forbidden bee
Can you hear her, buzzing sweetly ?
The honey lips, the sappy smile.
Not yet dead, hovering,
tenderly.
Oh, what I would give,
To share this drink once more,
With you, my love.
This song, to bring you back
- These hands like petals,
Welcoming your kiss.
The Fare to Get There
Hello dear little Dwaals....
Yes. It's been a while. Storms have come and gone, water, clouds and velvet sunsets over the sky. Thank you for taking care of this world. As you know, KWAAN is an experiment, something unique that worked beyond our dreams - and even though we know it is still under the radar - this tiny universe will continue to live on.
As some of you already know, this project was never meant to be our sole focus, and we have to spend more time on other stuff. We think the game is OK as it is, full of good content for new Dwaals. We will continue updating and fixing bugs, at a slower pace though. But because we have less development time available, we rely on you to tell us what we should focus on first. Please, use the comments here to tell us more about your thoughts - you know we've been super reactive so far, and we need a roadmap.
On another note, we will have an update for you in a couple of weeks, a quantum mystery that will get you to ask questions... We are also thinking of giving out the right to create private servers to play with your friends.
Let's make this thing happen, ok ?
We love you very much.
UPDATE #8 THE ADDONS
Hi guys,
This update add some new stuffs, you now have personal constructs in your bedroom that will follow you from server to server. This will allow you to store more items in your bedroom as you upgrade your storage for exemple!
We also did a lot of balancing such as object to buy from Oscaar or sell to Indy. The Chalice should also be much simpler to get now as there are new place to get it and an increased spawn rate at its original spot.
Lastly, along other bug fixes, we fixed the Unable To Connect bug that we've been experiencing lately. You might still see it from time to time as it comes from various situation but it should resolve itself if you try to connect again.
See you in game!
Bug Fixes
Hello,
Just a little message to say that there is a new patch live on the servers. We fixed many bugs like the return to lobby that didn't work.
Next update will bring some really cool new stuff, can't wait to show it to you guys.
Play on!
UPDATE #8 THE ECLIPSE
Hello dwaals,
In this patch we bring a new taaz : the eclipse! Where is the sun, what is happening? Solve the mystery and you might have an answer.
We also added a new crit to the game. You won’t be able to summon it thought, you will need to interact with one of the current crit to bring it alive. We’ll let you discover it when Kwaan deem it necessary for its daily ritual!
Sadly, one of our server had its Kwaan going too sad. He cried and cried until the whole server was flooded. We had to let it die and bring a new one to life.You can all meet him in the Solar server; let's all work towards keeping it alive!
Finally, we unlocked the kwaan height to allow it to grow taller. As usual, we fixed some bugs along the way and added more tooltip in the different menu.
Enjoy!
For those in grief, here is the last known picture of the kwaan alive. All our thoughts are with its family an friend!
PATCH #7 INTER-SERVER UPDATE
Hello everyone!
Today's update focus is to unify the all the dwaal playing on different servers. Two features will help to accomplish this:
- An option to return to the lobby without quitting the client
- A way to send message to all other server, we expect this to be pretty useful when a server is missing 1 or 2 dancers! However, this feature won’t be free, you will have to spend some of those hard to find Paash token in the totem! You can also expect to be refused an entrance if you don’t have any Paash to spend there. So what are you waiting? Find some right away!
We also started to add tooltip in the interface. This will allow us to give more information to the player and explain things that have been hard to understand so far. There are only a few for now, but with the feature in place we’ll add a lot of information to the interface!
I’m sure many of you will be happy to know that our favorite running-dwaal Oleg is back to full health! A while ago, he hurt himself while running too much and had to stay in place which made him quite sad. With the authorization of its doctor, he now started to run again and haven’t stopped so far. Give him a shout when you see him pass you by in town, he might have something interesting for you to trade!
Finally, we added a way to get to the flying boat. We’re still working on its final implementation but you can give it a look in case there is something interesting for you. As usual, there are a couple of bug fixes and optimization. Next updates will add some new cool feature and we can’t wait to bring it to you.
See you in game!
PATCH #6 VOLCANO
Patch note :
- A new zone to discover :)
- New items
- Fixes & optimization
News from the looking glass
Hey hey :)
Pfew, what a week ! We've been locking the servers right now to focus on fixing bugs and polishing stuff. We'll resume adding content and features next month !
We're opening a new server today, Gorganzaa, for the new players to play in. To all of you coming to life in this tiny world for the first time, welcome !
Don't hesitate to ask anything ! Our community is awesome !
More soon !
Kiss
PATCH #5 THE 4TH RITUAL
Hi all !
For all the Dwaals who love to dance, a new ritual step has been added !
This ritual unlock the Goddess mode, a special Kwaan' state during which you can collect special items and soon be able to unlock cool features. Be careful, It will only last for 1 hour (6 phases) !
And we also add some fixes and features :
- A fullscreen menu option
- Servers are now ordered by level in the lobby
- The path to Indie cave has been made easier
Don't forget to check out the Wiki :
http://kwaan.wikia.com/
It's growing fast, thanks to Arkellia !
