Genre: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
Len's Island
Bug Fixing Patch 0.2.2
! Bugs and issues resolved in this patch:
Implemented fix for previously built structures that only allow you to build in straight lines.
Fixed not being able to place railings and other constructs correctly.
Fixed issues with the highlight effect on trees.
Fixed bug that allowed the player to equip not yet purchase clothing colours.
Fixed issue with Steam client initialization, Len’s Island now requires the Steam client to be running in order to play (can work offline or online).
Fixed some item description mistakes.
Fixed several audio zones not hooked up to volume controls.
Fishing Patch 0.2.1
! Bugs and issues resolved this patch:
Fixed foundations only building in straight lines.
Fixed the Feather Shield not showing hover tooltips.
Fixed some audio in caves not fading with volume controls.
Fixed a couple of ocean fishing zone placements making them very hard to land a hook into the zone.
~ Balancing and small changes this patch:
Ocean fishing zone spawn rate increased by 20%.
The Fishing Update
The new fishing update for Lens Island is now live on Steam for PC and Mac! This update is will be surfacing some big items into your gameplay including (of course) fishing, Steam cloud saving, a new status effect system, reworked caves, rebalanced enemies, new achievements, dropping backpack on death and so much more! See below as I dive into all the new details and additions in the Fishing Update.
Click below for the complete changelog and detailed blog post outlining all of the new content and changes.
Developer Blog #1
Our first Developer Blog post is live!
We have reworked the website and added a new blog section. This blog will be a way to consolidate all the information given through our various social and community channels and update everyone all in one place. We will still be posting and replying to Steam discussions, chatting on Discord, and making Dev Diaries on YouTube and all the usual stuff, we now just have a blog as a hardcopy version of everything we talk about, all in one place.
We will also be a lot better at keeping the Steam community updated with our progress from now on. Starting the blog and sharing it on Steam is one of the ways we can keep you all up to date with what's happening.
This blog talks about the recent Dev Diary #33, the Community Vote to Delay Controller Support, and sheds some light on the Update Roadmap ahead.
Mini Patch 0.7.1.1
Just a very quick patch to solve a couple of small bugs.
See below for the full patch details.
! Bugs and issues resolved this patch:
Added keybinding for screenshot mod into the settings menu.
Changed default keybinding for screenshot mode from T to G, as it was incorrectly set to T which overrides the blocking key.
Fixed issue with player looks direction being off by 45 degrees when first attacking.
Keymapping Update
Keymapping Update 0.1.7
Hey everyone, keymapping is now in the game! We have been rewriting all of the control systems within the game as part of a big change to allow for more flexibility and usability with our control schemes. You can now set custom keys and bindings for the controls within the game, with two separate maps, one for WASD controls and another for Mouse Controls.
We are currently working on controller support and will continue to work on it over the next few weeks. The goal isn’t to just shoehorn in controller support and make it good enough, we want the experience of playing Len’s Island on a controller just as good as any other control scheme. This means we are taking our time to rework many areas of the games such as UI/UX, input schemes and rewriting a lot of old code.
There are also lots of small tweaks and bug fixes included in this update, as well as some small performance improvements. We are aiming to have controller support out in the next 3-5 weeks. Alongside controller support, there will also be a big content update which we are naming “The Connections Update”, which will go live in around 3-5 weeks as well. We will share more details about this update on our socials over the next couple of weeks.
Oh and we changed the version numbers to now start with 0. instead of 1. as they really should not be starting with a 1 until the game is fully released to avoid any confusion.
~ Julian
See below for the full patch details.
+ New features and changes this patch:
New key-mapping features added for WASD and Mouse control modes.
Added ability to toggle between mouse aiming and WASD aiming when using the WASD control mode.
Edit Mode and Build Mode have been combined together as a single mode.
Several tweaks and improvements to the new building mode, as well as solved several issues with camera movement and level hiding.
! Bugs and issues resolved this patch:
Some walls not placing over hatches.
Voidboar hitboxes not registering sometimes.
Preplaced buildings not highlighting in edit mode until the scene has been reloaded.
Fixed area behind first cave bridge where you can get stuck.
Bat’s audio not changing with the settings volume controls.
Sometimes needing to click multiple times to build an item.
~ What we are working on now:
Adding new decoration and building items. (2-4 weeks)
Full controller support. (3-5 weeks)
Connections Update (Overhauling the water/power system and updating all interactable items through the game, as well as adding new farming and production items. (3-5 weeks)
Expanding the dungeons. (4-8 weeks)
Patch 1.0.6.1
Quick Patch 1.0.6.1
Hey everyone, just a super quick patch to address some small/rare but annoying bugs that slipped through the Pagoda update. Thank you to everyone for the ongoing bug reports, they have been very helpful with getting on top of issues as soon as possible!
We added a fix for anyone experiencing the issue with the exit of the mine shaft being stuck as broken when it should be repaired. All you need to do is load into the cave then it will be fixed when you come back to the island.
~ Julian
See below for the full patch details.
+ New features and changes this patch:
Made the game’s resolution run at the native screen size by default and allowed for more aspect ratios.
! Bugs and issues resolved this patch:
Building materials not fully dithering and create holes for lights to shine through.
Level hider UI not allowing selection of roof or above level sometimes.
Mineshaft elevator exit on the above island being incorrectly broken for some people and cannot be repaired.
Bug when dying as you are using a warp stone.
Reduced refined battle-axes dig damage to 20% from incorrectly being 100%.
Critical Cutlass displaying the wrong world item when on a weapon rack.
Revised Pagoda Update!
Pagoda Update 1.0.6
Howdy! This is the first of three large updates which will go out over the next couple of weeks. This update includes the new Pagoda building style to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. There are also some new decorations and we have now added unique styles for all of the windmills, water towers and fences. This update also includes some major optimizations and many bug fixes.
We were off to a bumpy start with this update, however, we have now fixed all of the issues that were causing save data to be lost. For anyone that loaded and saved their game during the short timeframe the original patch was live, if you lost any data that will unfortunately still be gone. For everyone else, there's shouldn't be any issues. We really apologise for the hassle, if you get any issues with bits of your world not saving please send us a bug report asap.
Memory usage per frame was reduced by around 95% and we solved the memory leak issue. Keymapping support will be in very soon, within a week from now. We have also been working on controller support and that will be out in an update within the next 3-4 weeks.
We have been moving into a new office and expanding the team over the past month, so things have been very very busy. We will be completely settled in over the next couple of weeks and we are ready to hit the ground running this year with many exceptionally large updates. There will also be a Dev Diary going up on our YouTube Channel in the next couple of days to go over the details of this update.
~ Julian
See below for the full patch details.
+ New features this patch:
New Pagoda building style.
New lantern and combat dummy deco items.
Pagoda windmill, water tower and fence styles.
Stone windmill, water tower and fence styles.
Ornate windmill, water and fence styles.
! Bugs and issues resolved this patch:
Fixed issues with corrupt saving and loading of saved data.
”Day in Paradise” Steam achievement not working correctly.
Crops sometimes disappearing between scene changes.
Major improvements with memory usage through gameplay.
Issues with refinery being able to light with no fuel and not working properly.
Building list in the town not showing the bottom row of decor items.
Major building fading optimizations, improving performance while any buildings are on screen.
Problems with the Save and Quit button sometimes not saving correctly.
NPC names being mismatched sometimes.
Several areas around the island in which you can get stuck on geometry.
Removing a farm while hovering over a crop keeps the hover effect stuck on.
Removed ability to duplicate items in a refinery.
Building fading happening at different speeds for player built/NPC housing.
Issues with build fading causing building pieces to turn black.
Fisherman now includes dialogue to suggest where the last weapon in the set is.
~ More changes coming very soon:
Full keymapping support (within a week from now)
Full controller support (3-4 weeks from now)
Overhaul of the power/water system and several new mechanical items to build (3-5 weeks from now)
Rollback Patch 1.0.6
We have found some major issues with the last 1.0.6 update we just released and are rolling it back to the previous 1.0.5.7 version of the game. The issues will be fixed and an updated patch will be released in the next 12-24 hours.
We're so sorry about the delay! We are working on the fix and will keep you all updated.
