Hey friends!

I've just uploaded Patch 1.0.35.9, packed with fixes, UI improvements, new features, and QoL changes. After receiving tons of feedback post-1.0, I took my time to address as much as possible. Thanks for your patience—it’s been a long wait! There's still plenty more to add, but I hope this update makes a big difference in your experience.

Let's take a look!


I made extensive UI improvements, separating elements into distinct functions for better organization. This includes new window tabs and entirely separate windows, such as the Market, which now has its own dedicated window (K) for easier use and clarity. I also added more tooltips and missing data.

You can now navigate the UI with arrow keys:

UP/DOWN for vertical lists
LEFT/RIGHT for window tabs

Here is a peak at some of the windows with their updated UI:

You'll notice I've cleaned up the population/tracking entries in the HUD. That is the top-left panel with entities, groups, rooms (added this!), etc.

I cleaned up the settler overview window a bunch. Added in sorting.

Added entity overlay again, and moved uniforms into that.

Did a lot of work overhauling uniforms to get it working correctly and have more of a visual element to indicate how entities get items. Also, entities now start with default uniforms. i.e., Builders start with Hammers set in their uniform.

New merchant window with (hopefully!) an easier to use and read buy/sell experience.


I've replaced the time-based Saga progression with XP/Level unlocking. I felt the time unlocks for research wasn't terribly satisfying. It didn't feel like it was you and your actions moving the progression forward. Now, all your actions earn XP that goes towards your kingdom level. The kingdom level also determines the max level of your settlers.

Also did a bunch of UI clean up, organizing things into tabs and such.

Plus, you'll see a few more nodes in there. There's a new unlockable Global Stat that applies to your whole settlement. i.e., +25% Xp gained from jobs.


I've added a new Game Over screen! It lets you reload or quit the game, but also restart your settlement with a special event. I'm really excited about this feature—I plan to add many events to help revive a dead settlement.

Right now, restarting triggers a settler wave, but more options are coming soon! Restarting also advances time by one year, so you'll notice plants taking over. I’m also working on prop and block decay, so over time, you'll see erosion as the world changes.

Ok, there's a lot of other stuff in here, but I'll let you read the patch notes:


[x] Fixed a small memory leak.
[x] Fixed an issue where merchant AI would continue despite them being captured.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities weren’t being removed after dying.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities weren’t eating, drinking, or sleeping after changing faction.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities were holding on to inventory items, which would also cause them not to eat or drink because they couldn’t pick up more items.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities would dump all their items at a stockpile, and some items could spill out of the room.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities were not carrying their max inventory capacity when stockpiling rooms.
[x] Fixed an issue where plants weren’t regaining health.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities would move extra slow when walking and possessing a move speed debug.
[x] Fixed several issues with tooltip text not lining up correctly.
[x] Fixed an issue where merchant trade tooltips weren’t displaying for items.
[x] Fixed an issue with pathfinding when trying to build a multi-level ladder.
[x] Fixed several issues related to entities standing around idling.
[x] Fixed an issue where the invert scroll wheel setting wasn’t changing the camera scroll direction.
[x] Fixed an issue where water would fill blocks extremely slowly.
[x] Fixed an issue where simulations weren’t accurately processing at time scale speed.
[x] Fixed an issue where building a block of water on plants instantly killed them.
[x] Fixed an issue where sfx were playing rapidly. This was most apparent when entities picked up lots of items.
[x] Fixed issue where summons showed “New settler born!” notification.
[x] Fixed an issue where the starting storage room boundaries could be larger than the container positions.
[x] Fixed an issue where starting level wasn’t increasing skill level.
[x] Fixed an issue where the leader health was half full when first becoming leader.
[x] Fixed an issue where “unknown” blocks were appearing on the surface.
[x] Fixed an issue where rooms weren’t being displayed when searching.
[x] Fixed an issue where room jobs weren’t starting if another job existed at the workstation location. i.e., wood plank blueprint underneath the workbench.
[x] Fixed an issue where leadership statuses weren’t visible to the player.
[x] Fixed an issue where the nax hedge lantern wasn’t producing light or heat.
[x] Fixed an issue where one could get stuck in the loading screen rarely because of a rounding error.
[x] Fixed an issue where some steel weapons were worse than iron weapons.
[x] Fixed an issue where butchering certain animal remains would not drop hides.
[x] Fixed an issue where the loading screen would not align to the window after the resolution is changed.
[x] Fixed an issue where pathing wasn’t updated correctly and it would keep entities getting to certain locations.
[x] Fixed an issue with eat/drink not prioritizing over build jobs.
[x] Fixed an issue where VFX on the overworld were clamping to the bottom of the map.
[x] Fixed a couple issues where the capture mechanic wasn't working.
[x] Fixed an issue where using out-of-date mods would lock the game.
[x] Fixed a typo. Sheer is now Shear.
[x] Fixed an issue where boil used other props besides cauldrons.
[x] Fixed an issue where lists weren't updated. Notably on entity death.
[x] Fixed an issue where items weren't being equipped properly.
[x] Fixed an issue where uniform items weren't equipping by priority properly.
[x] Fixed an issue where Saga unlock FX wasn't playing.
[x] Fixed an issue where entity xp requirement to lvl wasn't scaling correctly.
[x] Fixed an issue where sleeping in a bed was increasing energy at the same rate as sleeping on the ground.
[x] Fixed an issue where cows wouldn’t produce milk.
[x] Fixed an issue where not all idle animations were playing.
[x] Fixed an issue where settler overview lists weren’t updating when professions changed.
[x] Fixed an issue where the seed input would take letters and numbers.
[x] Fixed an issue where room default stockpiles weren’t setting their preset item permissions.
[x] Fixed an issue where unclaimed items tooltip showed entries that were 0.
[x] Fixed an issue where the rooms and blueprints weren’t updating after a new room or blueprint was created/discovered.
[x] Fixed an issue where an entity would equip the wrong item from their inventory.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities weren’t being removed from control groups after dying.
[x] Fixed an issue where XP was awarded for killing a friendly entity.
[x] Fixed an issue where room props were displaying as missing when they aren’t.
[x] Fixed an issue where thatch roofing wasn’t appearing in the research window.
[x] Fixed an issue where death reason was showing the tooltip id.
[x] Fixed an issue where move orders would be ignored if the entity was in combat.
[x] Fixed an issue where hold position would be ignored if the entity was in combat. The entity will still enter combat if the target is directly adjacent to them.
[x] Fixed an issue where control groups and world markers could not be created with the hotkey “Ctrl+#”.
[x] Fixed an issue where dead entities were not showing up in entity family lists.
[x] Fixed a bug where Ancient last names didn’t have “The” between the first and last name.
[x] Fixed an issue where some items would be consumed for jobs instead of emptied. i.e., watering plants was using the item instead of producing an empty glass container.
[x] Fixed an issue where hostile entities would build wood platforms while out in the ocean.

[x] Improved rendering performance.
[x] Added toggle to show/hide inventory entries at zero.
[x] Added toggle to add/remove world item count to item total count in inventory window.
[x] Added toggle to add/remove carried item count to item total count in inventory window.
[x] Added toggle to add/remove equipped item count to item total count in inventory window.
[x] Added set faction “-f” option to the set command to change selected entity faction.
[x] Added separate hotkey to lock current tooltip (left-ctrl). This allows you to lock the tooltip without having to click the block (though you can still do it through this method).
[x] Cleaned up tooltips: Moved extra entity info to entity overlay window, added tooltip for hovering over statuses on several other UI elements.
[x] Added entity overlay window.
[x] Added more info to indicate plant is not getting enough light on tooltip.
[x] Polished room production screen.
[x] Polished notifications and tracking top bar.
[x] Added rooms to tracking bar.
[x] Saga research is now unlocked with kingdom points instead of time.
[x] Entity starting level is now determined by kingdom level.
[x] All profession skills are now increased on level up instead of randomly.
[x] Settlers now start out with basic tools.
[x] Entities now start with three default uniforms (individual, race, and profession) with default items preset.
[x] Added some more entity names.
[x] Added animal profession to help organize animals better.
[x] Re-added visual to grid to indicate when block has obstruction above it.
[x] New room names are now suffixed with A, B, C→AB, AC, AD instead of 0, 1, 2, 3…
[x] Added Global Buffs which are unlocked in the research window. These affect all entities of the settlement.
[x] Added several new research nodes to unlock.
[x] Integrating citizens is now unlocked in the town hall. This is intended to be an ability unique to humans.
[x] Integrating citizens now requires writing instead of hauling.
[x] Separated market into its own window.
[x] Entities can now earn XP from skills outside their core skillset (skills associated to the profession). However, the amount of XP earned is much lower.
[x] Added item discovery requirements to some of the research nodes.
[x] Performance improvements.
[x] Added notif to indicate entity caught in cage.
[x] Re-enabled item decay.
[x] Entities without a default generated or given name will show up as ???.
[x] Only additionally show entity name in label (when holding Shift) if the search text has min one letter. Otherwise, show the level and profession icon.
[x] Thirst and hunger will now be removed at 50% instead of 80% after eating/drinking.
[x] Neutral and hostile entities no longer start with the metabolism status. They should get it if captured!
[x] Added extra tooltip info for items to indicate why uniform item cannot be equipped.
[x] Improved room performance when many rooms are designated.
[x] Added common props to room tooltip.
[x] Added action text to show XP earned from killing an entity.
[x] Added looted inventory to entity died notification for neutral and hostile entities.
[x] Tuned some entities to have children less often.
[x] Children will now not enter combat unless told to attack a target.
[x] Animals now start with combat skills off by default.
[x] When forcing entities to attack a target and if no combat skills are enabled, all combat skills will be enabled.
[x] Reduced sight range from 128 to 32 so entities don’t get into combat across the map.
[x] Tuned combat threat sighting to be more accurate and reliable.
[x] Room permission lists are now ordered alphabetically.
[x] Tuned animal migration into settlement to be more common.
[x] Improved performance for when hostile entities are on screen trying to reach player.


I have a lot of exciting content in the works! With much of the UI overhaul done based on feedback, I can now focus on adding long-awaited features and content.

I'm diving into story development, including lore-based items, characters, random events, and new character traits. I also plan to expand kingdom interactions to make the world feel more alive. The next update will bring a lot of this to life! :)

Thanks for your patience—I hope you enjoy the update!

-Sleipnir

Hey Oddities!

I've uploaded 1.0.32.0 which focuses on bugs, performance, and various issues. I have also been trying to clean up UI based on feedback. This has mostly been around the tooltips, but I also added in the entity info screen which you can open by hitting T. Moved some of extra entity stuff from their tooltip into there to cleanup the tooltip.

With that stuff out of the way, I'd like to also clean up the production, room, and blueprint UI. I know that needs a lot of work. I've gotten some really great feedback on that. As well, I am going to start adding in some more content. I want to add back in events and some more overworld stuff. Looking forward to that!

There are a few other things in there. Here are the patch notes:

Bug Fixes

[x] Fixed a small memory leak.
[x] Fixed an issue where merchant AI would continue despite them being captured.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities weren’t being removed after dying.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities weren’t eating, drinking, or sleeping after changing faction.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities were holding on to inventory items, which would also cause them not to eat or drink because they couldn’t pick up more items.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities would dump all their items at a stockpile, and some items could spill out of the room.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities were not carrying their max inventory capacity when stockpiling rooms.
[x] Fixed an issue where plants weren’t regaining health.
[x] Fixed an issue where entities would move extra slow when walking and possessing a move speed debug.
[x] Fixed several issues with tooltip text not lining up correctly.
[x] Fixed an issue where merchant trade tooltips weren’t displaying for items.
[x] Fixed an issue with pathfinding when trying to build a multi-level ladder.
[x] Fixed several issues related to entities standing around idling.
[x] Fixed incorrect skill requirements for turning stone and logs into void shards. Now require Voidwork instead of Woodwork/Stonework.
[x] Fixed an issue where loading screens weren’t fading in and out properly.

Tuning/Content/Polish/Misc

[x] Improved rendering performance.
[x] Added toggle to show/hide inventory entries at zero.
[x] Added toggle to add/remove world item count to item total count in inventory window.
[x] Added toggle to add/remove carried item count to item total count in inventory window.
[x] Added toggle to add/remove equipped item count to item total count in inventory window.
[x] Added set faction “-f” option to the set command to change selected entity faction.
[x] Added separate hotkey to lock current tooltip (left-ctrl). This allows you to lock the tooltip without having to click the block (though you can still do it through this method).
[x] Cleaned up tooltips: Moved extra entity info to entity overlay window, added tooltip for hovering over statuses on several other UI elements.
[x] Added entity overlay window.
[x] Added Steam Cloud Save support.
[x] Added Steam Workshop support.
[x] Tuned natural, surface, food producing plants to be much rarer.
[x] Fixed incorrect inline icons for the iron sewing needle and tongs.
[x] Added some more steps to the tutorial.

Thank you for reading this far. Hope everyone is well.

All the best,

Waylon

Hey everyone,

I don't have a new patch or anything but I wanted to post a quick update so folks don't think I'm awol or anything. Every now and then I see the odd post saying I've abandoned the game or something similar. I have not.

That said, I definitely won't be able to match the amount of work that was going into the game pre 1.0. I was working every day this last year, and it was not healthy. It really burnt me out and I don't want to feel that way again. As well, I'm dealing with a bunch of family and life challenges at the moment, so I don't have the same bandwidth to completely focus my efforts on the game. Hope you can understand.

As for the game dev stuff, I'm currently focused on testing some improvements to jobs, pathing, and performance. These are complicated systems, so I'm trying to take my time with them. I want to fix the issues people have mentioned quickly, but I also don't want to rush them out only to create other problems. These are also mostly late-game issues, so it takes a considerable amount of time to setup the right conditions. Additionally, I have some UI improvements and functionality ready to go out with these changes. Doing my best to get these things done soon.

Anyway, that's really all I've got.

Thanks

Hey folks!


Wiki[oddrealm.wiki.gg]

Special thanks to Kingfisher for creating a new official Odd Realm Wiki, and to those that have been working on it. It has tons of helpful information about the game along with a bunch of great guides.


Cloud saves should now be working for the game. You can enable/disable them from the properties menu for the game in the steam client.


Workshop

The workshop page is now live, but you will need to use the beta build of the game to download the items for now. When you subscribe to mods from the workshop, the game client will download them, and then show you a pop up to choose the mods you want enabled when you start the game.

Modding Git Project[github.com]

You can use the github project to make mods, and it comes with an uploader executable that lets you upload your mods to the steamworks workshop.


A lot of my focus went into modding, cloud saves, and various tertiary thing this week, but I did manage to work a bit on some of the client things. One big thing that has been changed is that plants that produce food are much rarer on the surface. A lot of folks mentioned how easy the game was because food was everywhere. So, I've tuned those way down. Please give me your feedback on that if it is too hard.

Bug Fixes

- [x] Fixed incorrect skill requirements for turning stone and logs into void shards. Now require Voidwork instead of Woodwork/Stonework.
- [x] Fixed an issue where loading screens weren’t fading in and out properly.

Tuning/Content/Polish/Misc

- [x] Added Steam Cloud Save support.
- [x] Added Steam Workshop support.
- [x] Tuned natural, surface, food producing plants to be much rarer.
- [x] Fixed incorrect inline icons for the iron sewing needle and tongs.
- [x] Added some more steps to the tutorial.

I'm hoping to jump onto a lot of the issues, requests, content, and QoL things that need attention. Thank you to everyone that has been providing feedback. It helps a lot!

As always, feel free to join our discord if you'd like to talk to me or the other active community members on our discord:

Discord[discord.gg]

All the best,
Waylon

Hey friends!

1.0.30.0 is up. I focused some more on idle settler issues and various annoying bugs. The snow not melting was a big one and should be all good now.

Settlers should again bring items to jobs even though the settler doesn't do the job as their profession. You can disable this functionality by disabling hauling for an entity. They default with this enabled. And, I also fixed a bug related to this which kept entities from doing their jobs if they didn't have hauling enabled. So, hopefully, that all works as expected now.

I'm getting lots of great feedback from the community. I'll continue to respond to that as best I can as well as expand upon the tutorial a lot more. Thanks for being patient and learning the game the annoying hard way for now.

# 1.0.30.0 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

- [x] Fixed an issue where settlers wouldn’t do their jobs if carry was disabled when it’s not the core skill used. i.e., Farmer not planting crops when farming is enabled, and carry disabled.
- [x] Fixed an issue where entities would drop inventory into random rooms.
- [x] Fixed an issue where NPCs were levelling up.
- [x] Fixed an issue where sometimes entities would not move items from open spaces to containers after players disabled open spaces as a permitted storage location.
- [x] Fixed an issue where snow wasn’t melting after winter.
- [x] Fixed an issue where trapdoors didn’t drop entities all the way to the ground below.
- [x] Fixed an issue where settlers could ignore close items to stockpile.

Tuning/Content/Polish/Misc

- [x] Unclaimed items are now factored into requirements on tooltips. If items requirements are not met because of unclaimed items, the amount of unclaimed items will be shown beside the requirement count.
- [x] Tuned some of the pathfinding to promote the use of ladders and stairs over climbing walls.
- [x] Added faction icon to the entity name if it’s not a player controlled entity.
- [x] Changed Carry skill name to Haul.

Thanks everyone!

Waylon

1.0.29.0 is up! It fixes some pretty annoying idle bugs and a buuunch of annoying behaviours that bog down job efficiency.

# 1.0.29.0 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

- [x] Fixed an issue where entities wouldn't start a job.
- [x] Fixed an issue where entities would collect resource from across the map instead of using ones nearby.
- [x] Fixed an issue where entities would stop doing a job if a high priority job was created which they could carry items to. This would result in haulers stopping in the middle of a stock room job to bring items to a high priority auto-job. i.e., bringing brick to a high priority brick job they can't build.
- [x] Fixed an issue where unclaimed items were set to claimed on game re-load.

Tuning/Content/Polish/Misc

- [x] Invert scroll wheel now only inverts the list scroll direction.
- [x] Settlers will try and prioritize resources based on closest to job OR entity. Used to be just to entity. This should now cause settlers to use resources if they are close to the job itself.
- [x] Added individual item counts to tracking entry which also shows what items are unclaimed.

Thanks everyone!

Waylon

Edit: I've uploaded 1.0.28.2 which fixes a serious auto-job bug for rooms. Should be working again. Sorry about that.

Hey everyone,

I've just uploaded some more fixes and small changes to help address issues folks have raised. The biggest issue being that players could not integrate captured entities into their settlement, but some other fixes for quite annoying bugs in there too. Plus some tuning to bandit raids to make them less intense.

As always, thanks for providing bug reports and feedback!

# 1.0.28.1 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

- [x] Fixed an issue where the Integrate Citizen job wasn’t changing entity faction.
- [x] Fixed an issue where chairs weren’t being recognized for the Relax With Drink job at the Tavern.
- [x] Fixed an issue where the “Remove” tooltip showed left mouse click instead of right mouse click.
- [x] Fixed an issue where control group permissions weren’t showing up or being saved.
- [x] Fixed an issue where control group entity selections weren’t being saved.
- [x] Fixed an issue where only one entity would sleep at a time.
- [x] Fixed an issue where seeds were still being eaten by entities.

Tuning/Content/Polish/Misc

- [x] Added notification for captured entities that become citizens.
- [x] Added option to rename entity from their tootlip attributes.
- [x] Tuned bandit raids to happen a bit later, and at lower frequency.
- [x] Added scroll wheel toggle to game settings.
- [x] Added more tutorial tips.
- [x] Added 4th HUD scale.
- [x] For displays with DPI higher than 200, the UI scale defaults to 2 instead of 1.
- [x] Pregnancy duration for humans has been reduced by one day.
- [x] Humans now become adults at 16 instead of 18.
- [x] Changed wording of path not found notification.

All the best,

Waylon

Hey everyone!

Happy to see so many new faces in the community. I'm working away furiously on the issues that were brought to my attention this weekend. In this patch I address a particularly nasty game freeze that happened after killing bandits. You shouldn't encounter that issue any more. As well, there are a few more serious bugs I'm working on for the next patch coming very, very soon.

And, of course, I've heard loud and clear that a tutorial needs to be added. That is one of my top priorities and I've added the first section to this patch. It's definitely not the final tutorial (maybe like 10%), but it's what I was able to get accomplished in between the chaos that was this weekend. Thank you so much for patiently waiting on that!



Here are the patch notes:

Bug Fixes

[x] Fixed an issue where killing entities would freeze the game.

Tuning/Content/Polish/Misc

[x] Added a toggle to disable/enable/reset the tutorial in settings.
[x] Added the first section of the tutorial.
[x] Tuned down the xp gained from killing entities in combat.



Thanks to all of you providing feedback, thoughts, and bug reports. It is extremely helpful. Also, big shout out to the long-time players that have been helping answer questions in the forums. I have been inundated with messages, so it's incredible to have some help there. Thank you!

I should have another patch out pretty quick with more tutorial updates and bug fixes. Stay tuned for those!

All the best!

Waylon

Well, my friends, we finally did it. I've just hit the big green button and 1.0.26.0 should be live on all platforms.

I started making this little game at the beginning of 2017. I didn't know what I was getting into at the time, but I knew I wanted to make a colony sim set in a strange, little fantasy world. It has been a monumental challenge, and it's because of your constant patience and encouragement that I was able to get to 1.0. Especially over the last several months where players have helped me find bugs in the beta or simply kept me company. So, for that, truly, a genuine thank you to all of you.

And if you are a new player, thank you for playing my game. It means a great deal to me.

Now, this isn't the end. We are just getting cooking! If you've read my previous posts, you know that there's a lot planned for upcoming versions of the game.


A subterranean people that dwell underground, living off crystals they grow in torchlit gardens.

Expand your kingdom, trade with allies, send out armies.

More fleshed out backstories for entities in the world, along with enriched events that take place.

I'm going to continue adding things for players to find, build, and explore! Especially mechanisms for players to alter their settlement.

This will be a big one to focus on immediately. I really want to get modders up and running as soon as I can.

Going to do my best to get the game updated so it can support other languages. This will likely be a big task! So, here's hoping it can be done sooner rather than later.


I'm sure the next week will be busy fixing issues players come across, but I hope to get trucking on these new things very soon. :)

Thanks again to all of the players that have been a part of this journey or are now discovering the game for the first time. I really appreciate you all!

Waylon