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Fellow Traveller sat down with the solo developer jakefriend to talk about the games development, the influence of Zelda, secret areas, and more.

Fellow Traveller (FT): Who is Jakefriend? Tell us about yourself!

FT: Tell us about Scrabdackle. Hows development going? Whats it about?

FT: Scrabdackle is described as a zeldalike adventure. To what extent did the top-down Zelda games influence your design?

FT: Even the Scrabdackle demo is full of secret areas. How many total secrets are there to discover in the game?

FT: Weve heard that when youre developing a game, people tend to get attached to certain items, NPCs, enemies, and so on. What has been your favorite to design for the game?

FT: Thank you for talking about Scrabdackle with us!

The Annual Fellow Traveller Publisher Sale starts today, with up to 90% off narrative games

Along with Scrabdackle, there are two new games joining the Fellow Traveller family; Wander Stars and Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo - read up on each of them below!

• Wander Stars: Follow the story of Ringo and Wolfe as they join forces to collect the pieces of the Wanderstar Map in this turn-based RPG with roguelite elements! Use words to create your own fighting techniques, befriend your rivals, and explore the universe in an adventure inspired by 90s anime.
• Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo: A 3D adventure where you play as Kulebra, a dead snake with a heart of gold that wakes up in Limbo. Use your wits and keen eye to gather clues from the residents and find items that will help uncover the mystery of Limbo and its curse that traps souls into repeating the same day on loop.

Today we can finally reveal that we have signed a publishing agreement with the indie publisher, Fellow Traveller.

The Ducklands region has been greatly expanded, with a bevy of content, features, and gameplay optimizations to boot! Journey further into the woods, plains, marshes, and gardens of the Ducklands, finding new weaponry and allies to help you venture across the Scrabdackle landscape.
New content this update:

• The Ducklands region has been heavily expanded
• A new spell to learn
• Many new lore entries and collectibles to uncover
• Several new enemies, NPCs, and soundtracks
• A scrying-based sidequest rewarding players familiar with their lore!
• A huge amount of new dialogue
• A golf minigame!

• This menu serves as a customizable difficulty manager that serves any players preference. Choose between 4 presets to determine how intense you want your experience to be, or open the advanced settings to customize every slider and toggle yourself!
• Challenge Mode presets do not restrict any content, and can be changed any time without judgement. No achievements will ever be restricted to certain challenge settings. Play the way that feels best for you!
• Your existing save file will be set to the way of the Poet, and new game files will prompt you to select a preset on first play.
• Somehow, you begin to suspect even this menu has its secrets

• This menu, accessible once youve found at least one sticker, can be opened up to browse your stickers and pop them on to your academy notebook for fun, bonus decoration.
• You can also see which stickers youre missing here, as their silhouette will be visible. All visible stickers are collectible in the current demo.
• Share your best covers using F12 to take an in-game screenshot!

• Significant optimization improvements
• Hundreds (not exaggerating) of bugs patches and and quality-of-life improvements have been implemented
• The magic casting system has been adjusted to be clearer and more satisfying
• Falling into water or a pit now deals light damage, and correspondingly, a ledge detection feature has been added to prevent accidental pitfalls. (Hazard damage can be disabled in the Challenge Menu).

The Blustergust Ridge region has been added to the demo! Travel to the windy canyons at the base of Mt. Blustergust to find a new part of Scrabdackle, filled with new challenges to beat and characters to meet. New content this update:

• A new region, with its own soundtrack and unique environment
• 4 new enemies
• 1 new miniboss
• Several new unique NPCs and landmarks
• 14 new lore entries
• Many new challenges, quests, and collectibles
• A new spell to learn
• 4,000 words of dialogue
• A new type of challenge/obstacle I'll let you discover for yourself...

• A new lighting system has been added to make caves dark and dim areas more atmospheric
• A few older music tracks have been updated with a fresh coat of aural paint
• A huge variety of bugfixes are in place!

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New content:

• 6th star added, found in the Rubble Ruins. If you found the skull island and felt underwhelmed before - head on back and have a fresh look!

Changes and fixes:

• Arena softlocking resolved (arena system entirely rewritten)
• New arena wall visual style
• Adjustments to a few enemies' knockback and hit recoil, like Trash Bandits, so that their charge attack can't be denied.

What's coming up next?

The "To-Do List" quest system and the S.E.E. hint system are now fully implemented! Open your minimap with Enter and swap from Free Roam Mode to the To-Do List (or TDL) with Tab to see a variety of quests and pieces of information you've learned about them. Quests will auto-complete when their resolution circumstances are met, but will continue to appear under the 'Resolved' view of the TDL. I'd recommend starting a new game to get the best experience of the system. Note that some hints won't always be hearable! You won't get hints for completed quests, of course, but you also might not be able to get some until you progress a quest far enough (try visiting a S.E.E. kiosk after defeating Waking Fossil!) or until you've already encountered the quest elsewhere. 21 quests, 75 entries, and 15 hints have been added to the game, or about 2,500 words all together! Enjoy!

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