G’day!

Can you sense the cooler breeze on your face and notice the trees changing colours? Do you find yourself reaching for a blanket at night or an extra jumper in the early morning? Are the temperatures outside rather comfy, with the sun no longer scorching you in seconds? If you’re feeling that cooler change, it can only mean one thing: Autumn has arrived in Dinkum. And this season’s Autumn has brought along the Breezy Autumn Update!

When you stroll around your island, take a look around and see how more colourful this Autumn is. The trees have changed to shades of gold and orange, and if you’re paying attention during the night, you might see a new weather event. This rare event will happen more often during the Autumn and Winter seasons.

But don't just look up at the sky; take a moment to notice the Mushrooms sprouting from the ground. Different varieties of mushrooms will appear across the island during autumn mornings, but they will wilt at noon. You’ll want to gather these mushrooms nice and early, so you use them to cook up new food recipes or utilise them in crafting new items. Who knew these tiny fungi could be so versatile?

As the nights grow chilly, there are always some ways to stay warm.

But it’s not just the weather! With this update, I’ve added some new items and quality-of-life changes that will make gameplay a lot more breezy!

John now sells the handy Hand Trolley, capable of moving full containers! No need to empty containers before relocating them - convenience at its finest. In addition, building licence level 3 now gives access to the crafting recipe for the Advanced Crafting Tables. These fancy new tables can pull crafting resources from nearby chests, allowing players to craft up a storm.

Oh, and Franklyn now offers a new contraption that will make sorting items from your inventory and into containers much easier. You might need to give him a shiny disc to make him learn it, but I’ll leave that as a surprise for you to discover!

If you're looking to lighten your workload, consider investing in a Hand Trolley.

Another big change I’m excited about is the Wish Fountain. This new deed is available from the beginning of the game, so you can speak to Fletch if you want to build one on your island.

The Wish Fountain can be used to make “wishes” that change how your Dinkum island behaves. These wishes last forever, but you can only have one wish in effect at a time.

For example, you can wish for your island to be peaceful, which makes animals only attack you if you attack them. You could also wish to make your island more dangerous, but this will make animals drop twice as much loot. There are a few more wishes, but I’ll let you discover them for yourself.

What will you wish for?

This is just a taste of some of the new content that’s available to you with the new update. There is a new seasonal event that appears in Autumn if you have a Band Stand on your island. There is also a new stamina system, new fish, bugs, crops, clothing, and crafting recipes to discover.

Download the Breezy Autumn Update now and see what changes and additions you can find! And if you want to know the full list of them, check the changelog below. And as always, let me know your thoughts and comments below!

Have fun playing and speak to you soon!

James



New:

- Autumn is now much more colourful!
- There is a new seasonal event - Sky Fest. This event is held at the Band Stand in Autumn and includes new and items to collect and games to play.
- Added a new Deed - The “Wish Fountain”, this deed allows players to change the rules of the game in exchange for some Dinks.
- Added a Peaceful wish, made at Wish Fountain that prevents animals from attacking, unless they are attacked.
- Added 3 more wishes that change other aspects of the game.
- Different mushrooms will spawn around the island on autumn mornings but are only harvestable until noon.
- Reworked the stamina system to encourage cooking and eating better food.
- A new, rare weather event can happen on some nights, more common in Autumn and Winter.
- Added a new Fish Farming licence, used to craft Fish Ponds, which can be used to breed fish and collect fish roe.
- Guest houses can now be upgraded using a House Customization Kit.
- A certain wandering hunter can craft 3 new weapons.
- Sheila now sells a new item to help cook tea, soup, and jams quicker.
- Added craftable ladders to climb up to high places.
- Added over 25 new food items including new food recipes.
- Added new buffs that prevent your tools from taking durability damage.
- Added Advanced Crafting tables to Building License level 3 to allow crafting from storage boxes.
- Added a Hand Trolley that can relocate full chests and containers.
- Added a new crop.
- Added 2 new fish and a new bug.
- Added new craftable recipes.
- Added new furniture.
- Added new clothing.
- Added new pathing, fencing and lighting.
- Melvin now sells 3 new types of decorative internal walls for your house.
- Frankly can learn a new invention to help sort your items.
- Franklyn can learn how to craft a new vehicle.
- Alpha parts now provide a new type of fertiliser.
- Updated models of some older objects.
- John now sells a variety of vegetables.
- Increased build height from 12 to 15.
- Added 4 new colour variations for Vombats.
- Added some new secrets.

Improvements and Changes:

- The wandering hunter will now only visit after 3:00 pm on Saturdays, unless certain wishes are in effect.
- Aggressive animals will no longer spawn right in front of the mine entrance.
- Dresses now have physics and should sit nicer on the character.
- Dresses can now be placed in the pants slot and worn like skirts.
- Bug and Fish books now require the museum to be 50% completed.
- Food items cooked at cooking tables are now worth the value of their ingredients.
- Improved performance of lights and lamps.
- Improved performance of some placeable objects.
- Tooltips should stay on screen.
- Corrected Defense and Hunting buff amounts.
- Villagers and animals can now walk under pergolas. (Pergolas placed before this fix will need to be picked up and placed again).
- Crops that sprout out to other squares are more likely to do so multiple times.
- Crop seeds now show how many days they require as well as the season.
- You can now place items on top of fish tanks.
- Machine Manual now shows compatibility with windmills and solar panels.
- Using a tape measure on an object that has an effect at range such as tanks, silos, and windmills will display its range.
- Villagers are more likely to give better rewards if you are good friends with them.
- Flying Vehicles can now get higher.
- NPCs won’t ask for clothing in the first month of gameplay, and won’t ask for furniture in the first two months of gameplay.
- Keyboard players can now walk by holding shift.
- You can now pick up and place the old broken fences found in the first layer of the mines.
- Mowers can now raise and lower the blade, similar to how tractor attachments work.
- Increased the size of the gacha machine’s loot table.
- Dropped Dinks now have their own cute lil’ bag with a Dink sign.
- Added a prevention method for falling through the world when terraforming on a tile a player is standing on.
- Pet Diggos now react to whistling.
- Minor balance changes.

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug that would cause NPCs to be in their shop but not working that day.
- Fixed an issue with silo and windmill distance.
- Fixed a bug that prevented star particles from showing on drops for guests.
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes rotate a character incorrectly after using a ranged weapon.
- Fixed a bug that would “lock” a tile for visitors, preventing players from watering or harvesting.
- Fixed a bug where NPCs wouldn’t open gates, but still walk through them.
- Fixed a problem that caused bug tipster to give tips for Autumn in winter and vice versa.
- Fixed a bug where NPCs would sometimes request bugs not in the current time period.
- Fixed Alpha Roo jump attack doing no damage.
- Fixed phasing through collider on 3 size bridge.
- Fixed a bug that would cause carried items not to disappear for guests when destroyed.
- Fixed a bug that would cause errors when a visitor accepted a bulletin board request.
- Fixed a problem that caused speech bubbles to appear under the ground.
- Fixed a bug that caused the airport airship interior to be covered in blackness.
- Hot Air Balloon can no longer be purchased without the correct vehicle licence.
- Fixed a bug that left colliders on gate previews.
- Fixed the Greenhouse in progress building site to be the correct size.
- Fixed an issue with NPC relationship degrading when it shouldn’t.
- Fixed a bug that caused NPCs to sometimes sit on an invisible chair and be stuck in their doorway.
- Fixed a bug that prevented guests from selling items on John’s scales if the host was not close enough.
- Fixed a potential memory leak.

G’day!

I was just thinking to myself - isn’t it fantastic that every day is an opportunity to celebrate our incredible planet? We often take it for granted, but let’s not forget that if we don’t take care of it, one day we might lose it all for eternity. Personally, I find great joy in the simple pleasures: the melodious chirping of birds, the gentle caress of sunlight on my face, and the invigorating freshness of clean air.

And guess what? Today marks the beginning of something special – The Earth Appreciation Festival! It's time to ramp up our gratitude for Mother Earth. To kick things off, I've spoken with James and organised a 20% discount on the game. So, grab the discount while it lasts because this festivity ends on April 29th.

Let’s make every day Earth Day!


All The best,

Irwin


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G’day there,

I hope you are having a great day today, because I’ll tell you what, mine has been pretty fun. And that is the reason why I wanted to contact you! I have to tell you what I discovered earlier today.

This morning during my routine walk around the Island I went to our weather station to check what kind of weather I can expect over the next few days. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the station showed that some strange, never-seen-before anomalies will occur in the not-so-distant future. I think we should all keep our eyes on the sky from now on. I wonder what that might be… I am really curious now, Ha Ha Ha!

This upcoming weather looks odd. I don’t think the umbrella will help here.

After checking the weather station, I had a nice chat with John. He told me that soon his shop will stock more varieties of veggies. I hope he won’t get angry at me for telling you that. He also mentioned that he saw some mushrooms all over the Dinkum island? Imagine what we could do with them if that’s true! Hmmm… I am getting hungry when I’m just thinking of all the possibilities.

I’ve heard that mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants… that’s a little bit scary, Ha Ha Ha.

Oh and one last thing, I got a telegram this afternoon and I think I should show it to you too. Here it is.

Hello Dinkum Islander STOP new items STOP new vehicle STOP new food recipes STOP new weapons STOP and more STOP being delivered real soon STOP

Unfortunately, that’s all I’ve received but it looks like that with the new Autumn season coming soon we can expect some changes in Dinkum. And it seems that we don’t need to wait that long to discover them!

Ok, that’s it from my end. I hope you will have a fantastic day and speak to you soon,

Fletch - Head of Island Exploration


Hello there, James here! Just wanted to say that the Breezy Autumn update is not that far away from being released. I can’t wait to show you what I’ve been working on. I hope you’ll all like it. Speak to you really soon.

This hotfix will hopefully address the issues that has been preventing players from saving and showing some text correctly during gameplay.

This bug was caused by an error on my end due to an implementation of a localisation tool.

I am sorry to anyone who has experienced problems saving over the past 2 days. I hope that this update lets you return to your regular Dinkum-ing.

Thanks,

James

G’day everyone,

I am absolutely thrilled to unveil the brand-new Dinkum artwork. Bonza! I thought that it was time to give Dinkum’s artwork a bit of a refresh, a new coat of paint you might even say. We spoke to the very talented Natalia if she could make Dinkum’s art sparkle. And this is what she came up with. Personally, I love it! What about you?

Dinkum is also part of the Steam Winter Sale, and as of right now it has a wintery-cool 30% discount – the first time ever too. If you haven't joined the Dinkum community, now's your golden opportunity. Join the crew and spend the holidays having a great time on your, or your friend’s, Dinkum island.

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Thank you everyone for playing Dinkum this year! I hope you’ve all enjoyed the updates, and I can’t wait to share the progress of the next update with you all in the new year!


Have a good one,

James

G’day mate,

I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but a special feeling is in the air. People are more relaxed, the animals are more cheerful, and even John is sharing a funny joke or two, ha ha ha! The Holidays are coming to Dinkum Island, meaning the Festive season is upon us!

Everything’s ready for a Festive dinner. Benny, stay away from the presents!

Our old friend Nick who paid us a visit last year is back again. He says that he loves the beach a lot, as it’s really cold where he’s originally from. You’ll find him relaxing on the beach if it’s a sunny morning, so look for him. You never know what interesting things he might have with him this time. Also, there’s been some strange things falling out of the sky recently. If you want more details, please check the bulletin board. I wonder what they can be…

Our old good mate Nick is back in Dinkum too!

There have also been reports of some strange white Jackaroo’s running around. It’s almost as if they are lost. Maybe you could catch them and take them to an Animal Drop Off Point?

That’s it from me for today, but before I leave, I just want to wish you a happy holiday break, no matter where you are. Thank you so much for spending time with me and everyone else on the Dinkum Island this year. I hope we will spend even more time as the holiday season is upon us.

Have a happy and relaxing Holidays!

Take good care of yourself and Happy Holidays! And if you want to know all the Festive event-related additions, check the changelog below.

Fletch - Head of Island Exploration



Changelog

- Coconuts can now be placed in Billy Cans.
- Prawns can now be cooked.
- Added some new furniture.
- The Festive Visitor can craft some new items to decorate your island.
- The mysterious Present bags you can find on your bulletin board in December contain some new items.
- Fixed a bug that caused fallen satellites to “stick” to vehicles.
- Fixed a bug that would let satellites be pushed around preventing completion of investigation quests.
- The beach ball now floats in water.
- Other minor bug fixes and animation fixes.

Read more details about last year's Festive update right HERE.

PS. For all those who are busy during the Holiday season, don’t worry. You can access this seasonal event whenever you want. Just set your system clock to December and launch Dinkum.

Hi there. I just wanted to let you know that I am aware that some players have been having issues with saving and loading their games.

Since releasing Dinkum I have paid as much care as possible to keeping player’s saves throughout the entire Early Access period. This always has been and continues to be very important to me.

For the Summer Sun Update we made a lot of changes to the internal of Dinkum, including writing a new save system. The old system was very bloated - it had far too many separate files and often caused problems with Steam Cloud syncs. The new system is much smaller, taking the file amount down from around 60 files to just 3.

The Summer Sun update was tested publicly for over three weeks, this was in part due to my concerns with the new save system. Over those 3 weeks, a lot of bugs were reported, but no issues were found relating to players using the new save system.

However, since the public release, some rare cases of save file corruption have been reported. For anyone that has experienced this I would like to sincerely apologize. I know how much some player’s islands mean to them and I can not express my regret enough.

I have been working tirelessly on improving the new save system and I’ve included these changes in this hotfix. I am hopeful that these changes will mitigate any further problems.

Once again, I apologize if your save was affected by these changes.

I hope this hotfix prevents these kinds of problems in future.

Thank you everyone for your understanding and patience,

James

Patch notes:

• Fixed a problem that prevented some games from saving and loading correctly
  
• Fixed a problem that prevented save slots from appearing correctly
  
• Decreased save and load time
  
• Increased probability of rain for some seasons
  
• Fixed the Festive Roo Plush changing to regular Roo Plush when picked up
  
• Festive Roo Plush will no longer appear in shops and is no longer orderable