Hello Ylanders! Do you ever wonder what happens to the bugs which we at the QA department find in the game and submit into our system? Today we'll take a look at their journey! If something in the game doesn't work or doesn't match the way it was designed, we'll mark it as a bug. This can be a whole range of things - from a badly rotated block to the game crashing completely. Let's say, for example, we're entering the incorrect block. We assign it the...

Ahoy Ylanders! As you might have gathered from the previous programming dev diary, changes always carry the risk of introducing bugs – and this goes double for last minute changes. Programmers are conditioned to avoid risks where possible; after all, it’s our job to make sure that this huge machine of a game works as expected. But in some situations – such as when a winter festival is to be held for the first time and the game lacks throwable snowballs –...

Ahoy Ylanders! Patrik from marketing here! 2023 was a wild one for Ylands. Just consider the craziest thing, instead of the awaited 1.12 version we released the biggest update in Ylands history: the 2.0. Even though this was the bomb, there were so many other important numbers throughout last year. Let's see some marketing and game data! Marketing data You sent 101 691 messages and spoke for 76 243 minutes on the Ylands Discord server. What...

Ahoy Adventurers! In this week's dev diary, us in the QA department have been asked to talk about game dev experience from our point of view. We've been scratching our heads how to convey the Tester Experience TM and after some thought and pondering, we've decided to focus on the life cycle of an update and put forth the following description of events. As you read this account of ours, try to immerse yourself in the spirit of good-natured humor...

Ahoy Ylanders! Welcome to Dev Diary number 300! The Ylands team is a cheerful bunch and we love any opportunity to celebrate and we wanted to invite you to celebrate the release of 300 Dev Diaries with us! First of all, let us thank you because without you, Ylanders, there would be no need for Dev Diaries. Thank you for being here and for being awesome! When Ylands was still a baby, Aleš and the team released sneak peeks every now and then...

A ho ho hoy Ylanders! A cup of hot chocolate next to you, a fluffy blanket around your shoulders, a soothing crackling fireplace in front of you and then... *SPLAT* a snowball hits you in the face! Well, not you, but your Ylands character! Welcome to YLANDS WINTER FEST! We hope that you are ready to spend this winter in the world of Ylands, exploring the lands and searching for 6 new Christmas themed animals and 10 different kinds of collectible toys...

Ahoy Ylanders! In this dev diary, we will take a deeper dive into our programming and patch/update release workflows and we'll get a bit more technical, as our programming department shares the ins and outs of the job! Since we just released the Winter Fest patch and Update 2.2 is on its way, it is a good time to peek behind the scenes at what it even takes for a new release of Ylands to get to you, our dear player! Each new release contains a multitude...

Ahoy Ylanders! We are bringing you important updates from our design team this week! For a while, the issue about discovering new recipes was weighing on us heavily, as the current situation was not optimal. But finally, after many iterations and changes, we bring your the final result! We are introducing the TECH TREE! What does it mean? Recipes should no longer be learned by picking up ingredients, but will have to be discovered in the tech tree. This...

Ahoy Ylanders! This winter we have a few gifts for you. As you can read in the last Dev Diary, the next update is going to be quite big, so we made sure to take our time with that one, but don't worry we ain't gonna leave you hangin'! What do we have in store for you? Let's see! Thanks, Ruth1ess! Maybe not a Christmas update but you can look forward to Ylands Winter Fest! Or as we in C.A.G. like to call it P...P...P...P...P...PARTEYYYYYY! Fun Activities and...

Ahoy Ylanders! Ales, the Ylands Project Lead here. Today I would like to talk with you about the current state of the game, our plans for it and react to some of the feedback we've seen based on our Dev Diaries. Let's start with the current status of the game. We've managed to improve the game a lot in the last couple of years, moving from around 40% average rating on Steam to around 80% (82% when writing this). Improving the game this much was...

Ahoy Ylanders! ... BOO! ... did we scare you off? Hopefully not, since we are just about to invite you to our Halloween Discord stream where you can win glowing T-Shirts, new scary pumpkin scarecrow costume, meet us and other Ylanders and enjoy crazy-classy-funky-spooky time! When: 31. 10. 2023 at 3 PM CET Where: Ylands Discord Server - Join the event! 👉 https://discord.gg/ylands?event=1164158412033106040 What: Chatting about Ylands and...

⭐ Highlights ⭐ Crafting - Some statues gave you more stones than their cost after deconstruction. Not anymore. Handbook - Chilly Woes event fixed! You will no longer feel cold after finishing this event. Now, we let you craft and drink tea, which actually warms you up, instead of a soup which won't, since it seems to be a gazpacho. Handbook - The detection of the handbook opening works properly now. It helps us to keep improving your handbook...

Ahoy Ylanders! Today we want to show you something artistic. Yes, there will be pictures, new pictures and assets that you can look forward to, but that's not all. Today you will find out what were the thoughts of our artists Filip and Kuba while they prepared the new assets. Let's get into it! Chalk formations in Arid by Filip "We are always looking for some references. As you can see, the chalk formations on Earth offer some really bizarre constitutions but once...

Ahoy Ylanders! Today we will keep it short and offer you a sneak peek from your favorite section: "You want it, we got it for you!" - this time, featuring new item containers! It has been a few weeks now, since we talked about our community suggestion list in the Dev Diary #285. That is exactly how these containers came into existence. You suggested them! The Suitcase holds clothes and into the Folder you can hide sheets of paper. So, feel free to start...

Ahoy Ylanders, recently you asked us a question on our Discord server, whether we have hidden any easter eggs into the Ylands. Hmm, did we hide something cool into the massive procedurally generated open world game where you can interact with basically everything? To offer you a simple answer let us quote Billie Eilish: "Duh". Towards the more elaborate answer, let's look at some of those easter eggs. Only 10 though, you wouldn't like us to rob...

Ahoy Ylanders! adventurous music, howling wind, waves splashing, boat parts screeching and your footsteps on the deck. Only rarely these sounds will draw your attention, but without them? You would hardly ever feel like you are truly on board. Are you curious about how this extremely important, immersive and beautiful part of our beloved game is made? Meet Jan, our senior sound designer! Can you introduce yourself to our players? I've studied...

Ahoy Ylanders, Let's talk about your problems! More specifically how we deal with any issues or ideas you report to us. You usually contact us with three main things. QUESTIONS Questions are quite self-explanatory (pun intended). When you ask us about something, we answer. Obviously, we are not omniscient, sometimes we have to consult within the team what the correct answer is. I might be the Community Manager, but I don't know all the...

Ahoy Ylanders, 🏝️ we opted for more personal behind the scenes today. While we are at work, we are building Ylands together, whether that means programming, drawing jackals or designing new features, we will get back to these behind the scenes some other time. What we wanted to share with you today is what we fancy doing outside of working hours! TOP FIVE YLANDS DEVS HOBBIES 1 Videogames Booom, breathtaking, right? You will find literally...

Ahoy Ylanders, 🏝️ Have we already mentioned how we like getting your feedback? Well, just in case, we love it! What we really revel in though, is implementing your suggestions! Here are the most impactful and/or recent of those that are already in the game. Returning the first-person camera Inventory sort button Ghost pirates ARRGHHH! I for inventory - TAB for latest tab Bigger stack size for resources Clay found in Tropical region (yea, it's...

Ahoy Ylanders! Here and there we notice that some of new adventurers are not quite sure what Ylands is about. TLDR; Ylands is an adventure game. Whether it's sailing the high seas, exploring diverse ylands and vast underwater world or fighting in dangerous caves, building exquisite ship-bases, experiencing the story, creating wonders in sandbox creative mode and scripting in editor it is all there. Of course, you can always resort to slowly...

Thank you so much for the feedback. I personally love the wallpaper/ very thin blocks idea, so cool. :3

Ahoy Ylanders! As you probably already know, we love implementing stuff you've suggested. You venture out there to the world of Ylands, exploring it and its laws and giving us hints and suggestions how to improve the world. That's the real adventure for us. Ultimately, we want to bring to this world one of the most community driven game of them all. Here is small part of the list of your suggestions, tips and ideas we haven't implemented yet. Of course...

Ahoy Ylanders! Last Friday was quite unique. For the very first time we, Ylands devs, were casually meeting up with our adventurers Stiegi and YoHasLEGO. They have been at the core of our community for quite some time, whether it's on discord, in the blueprint shop or on the C.A.G. server, you probably met them too! So how did it happen that we actually met up? There is a story, of course... This is not actually exactly how the story goes - it was much...

⭐ Highlights ⭐ Keep your data safe - you can use Google/Apple to store your progress even as a Guest Retain items after death adjustments - players will keep only important containers if they die Tutorial fixes - crafting, respawning and inaccurate images have been fixed Elmwood's Outpost and Crimson Shores fixes - cutscenes work after player reconnects FIXES [YLD-46821] Fixed: Players should no longer get stuck during the crafting tutorial if the...

Ahoy Ylanders, My name is Patrik, and I am a marketing specialist for Ylands since March. I am chilling with Nikki and Anna in our new office, and you might remember me from our spring stream with Anna. As of today, I've spent almost 50 hours in Ylands Adventure mode, and I wanted to share with you the 5 things I wish I knew before I started playing. 1. Do NOT venture to more advanced Regions unprepared The first 10 hour of my gameplay? Well...