Adam Snellgrove

We tried something similar a while back and I will leave this idea for my successor to maybe figure out a way to make the adding of new items more transparent. Though all the things added in Goodiepacks is from feedback I've collected on the Forums, Discord and Steam.

Hey there Ylanders! Some of you might have noticed some cool new stuff arriving in Ylands this Tuesday and you'd be absolutely right! The Goodie Pack #3 is out and it is full of cool new assets to play around with. First of we have the inclusion of a new culture in Ylands, the Inuits. These descendants of the Thule people inhabit the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska and are experts of living in the most dangerous and life-threatening environments. They have a rich and old culture and while we did our best to emulate it, we in no way claim to be absolute experts ? But we have added some Inuit clothes attire, that will be of great help to Arctic explorers planning on making their base in the land of ice ? There are also a few Inuit idols, that you can use to decorate your arctic home and give homage to the people of the Great White North. But there is more to aid your expedition, including the newly added expedition gear, knitted cap and research equipment. You can also use new Plastic pillar blocks and add a Metal door to the mix to complete the Expedition Research Station. Beware though, because new dangers will inhabit the snowy biomes too, including a number of new animals. We have the fearsome Wolverine and dangerous Snow Tiger to contend with, while you'll also be able to come upon the Reindeer (if it flies, please call Santa but also send us logs ?). These should make the colder biomes a bit more diverse ? In the Editor, you can also youse the mighty Jötunn straight from Norse mythology and in update 1.6 they will be making appearances in Exploration as well in new Random Encounters, so watch out ? And finally something more for the Eastern biome the beautiful Junk Ship, which we talked about at length last week. It is a cheap option to get your Exploring underway and to blend into the Eastern biomes well. But for even the earlier early game or for just short trips on a map we have also added the trusty kayak, which should fill the space between a raft and a small boat. There were also a slew of bug fixes, which should make life in Experimental Exploration a little bit easier ? So check out the changelog to find out more about these and as always if you find a bug, please let us know and if you have any feedback, please let us know since we are still actively gathering issues from the new Exploration and taking them on board to make the experience as good as possible ? And so until next time, stay classy Ylanders.

The designers are going to fix it on all ships ?

No, it's fine like this, thank you.

Thanks, looking into it.

Today ?

I have talked to the devs and programmers and they'll concentrate on the animal transportation part for update 1.7 and look into vehicle transportation.

This should hopefully be fixed in the next update.

We'd love to add these and hopefully, sometime in the future we'll get the chance ?

Afaik yes ? Is it not working?

Hey there Ylanders! Today I have two pieces of news to share with you. First, let's begin with some new cool content, that will be arriving in the next Goodie Pack: The Junk Ship! This has been quite exciting for us because we weren't sure we'll manage to finish the development on this beauty on time, but because of some really hard work by our team, it will appear in the next mini-update. This new ship will bring countless new possibilities to your builds and a missing Eastern feel to our growing navy ? The first Junk Ships appeared during the Han dynasty in the 2nd century and were an integral part of river and sea voyages throughout history up until today in and around China and her neighbours. The supposedly largest Junk Ship ever built was that of Admiral Zheng He. It had nine masts, was 130 metres long and 55 metres wide ? While our junk ships won't resemble those of the legendary Zheng He, they will be pretty easy to build and will be as fast as a small wooden ship, making it a great vessel to start your adventures on ? Also it is an absolute must when travelling to the Eastern Biome regions as it will fit right in ? And the second piece of news is a bit bittersweet because after nearly two years having fun with all of you and working on one of the most exciting projects I will be leaving Ylands in three weeks time. It really was a great honour and wonderful experience to start my gaming industry career with you all and I couldn't have asked for a more chill and classy group of individuals ? But as with every great story, there comes an end and it is time for me to sail off to my next adventure. We are already searching for someone fun to replace me and take care of you all and this is by no means a goodbye from me. I'll still be here for three weeks, so this is not my last Dev Diary and we'll have time to chat some more. And even after I leave, I will always take an interest what's happening on my favourite Exploration and Creative platform ? But in no sense is my leaving because of any dissatisfaction with the community or Ylands, quite the opposite I have really enjoyed every second of it chatting with you, seeing Ylands grow and improve while making silly videos and getting to know you all during our Streams ? Just a new adventure called and me being the adventuring type I had to heed that call. So again, thank you all for your kindness, creativity and classiness and I'll see you around. So until next time, stay classy Ylanders.

This is very close to the truth ? Thank you all so much for the outpouring of love and support, I really do appreciate it so much and all your messages warm my heart and remind me, why I loved this community to bits ? Thank you for always being classy and never change ?

Loads of people ? You can see them here in the hall of heroes ? https://youtu.be/I1n9LE4hbv0?t=4734

Ah, thank you so much ? And as Terry Pratchett wrote in Mort: “Goodbye,” Mort said, and was surprised to find a lump in his throat. “It’s such an unpleasant word, isn’t it?” QUITE SO. Death grinned because, as has so often been remarked, he didn’t have much option. But possibly he meant it, this time. I PREFER AU REVOIR, he said.

Thank you so much @jchob, it really does feel like yesterday that we all talked for the first time. I'm just glad that I could help and that I could be a part of such an amazing team creating such an amazing game with such an awesome community to always back it up. Thank you ?

? Thank you for the fish too ?

Could I wish for a better farewell? ? Thank you Miguel.

No, this is perfect, thank you so much ?

Thank you for the report. Is it still happening? We will look into it.

You should see the Locust map one group of players has going ? They completely redid their island and it is awesome ? Check out the stream we did about it:

There isn't a Steam Workshop but we do have our own "workshop" here: https://play.ylands.com/ or you can find these games also in-game ?

Yep, these are great suggestions ? I'll pass them on. On a few things the team is already working on (like having more containers for stuff in the inventory, transporting horses and the hunger system) but I'll let them know, that it is requested a lot ?

This will happen eventually, the team is overhauling the system but might take a couple of updates.

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Well we do have these merfolk. But if you mean proper mermaids with tails and such, then that will have to wait once we fix the swimming of creatures and animals.