Fixes

• Fixed issue where certain combinations of pocketed items would cause character loading to fail
• Fixed issue where having too many items would cause character loading to fail
• Fixed issue where Passage sometimes failed to initiate
• Fixed issue where Letter Opener description would display incorrectly in some scenarios

Changes

• Added button to the Trainmaster's Stash view which when used deposits all Excess items into the Stash (only available while inventory system transition grace period is active)
• Extended grace period by 30 days

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We have been hard at work redesigning the inventory, and we are excited to share with you the fruit of our labours! The new inventory system is based around volume, with inventories having limited volume capacity. This translates to an updated gameplay where backpacks and pockets serve a greater purpose, and the trading of items comes with a new layer of strategy. Reagents are now an item type; they can be placed in an inventory, and traded with. In fact, there might just be a secret society in Braided Shore looking to trade these exact objects any traveller would be wise to keep an eye out for these herbalists. Beyond the updates to inventory and trading, we also have a new item; the letter opener. Once found, this item will allow you to interact with many other items in the game, and its name gives some idea to what nefarious (or not so nefarious) purposes it can be used for. Alongside the letter opener, we also expand upon the Postmaster questline, with new people to meet, and secrets to discover. For details on the new inventory system and the changes that have been made, please reference the detailed lists below:

Reworked inventory system:

• The backpack, the Trainmaster's Stash, and pockets now have an unlimited amount of slots.
• All items can now be stacked limitlessly unless they are classified as unique in which case stack size is limited to 1.
• All items now have a volume, and inventories have a limited volume capacity.
• Bag equipment now grants additional volume capacity instead of more slots.
• Reagents are now actual items that can be placed in any inventory space.
• Some item exchanges now require the player to freely select an item - that may or may not be accepted - to offer from their backpack.
• Some inventory-related traits have had their behaviour modified to work with the new inventory system.
• Added a new dialog window to facilitate moving or discarding of items of custom stack sizes.
• A new "Excess" inventory has been added to the backpack view, which will hold items that are received but do not fit in the backpack. While there are items in this inventory the backpack view may not be closed until the excess items either have been discarded or have had space made for and moved into the backpack.
• Characters created before this update will have a month long grace period during which they may forgo the deletion of excess items, to allow for inventory management.

Other changes:

• Added the letter opener item in a chest next to the Kasa Postmaster.
• Added new items gained from using the letter opener.
• Added a final envelope along with a couple of events to the Post Master questline if the player has delivered a letter each day (players may need to redeliver the letters to activate the flags).
• Added the wine cellar room.
• Added character terrain interaction vfx, e.g. dust clouds, water ripples etc.
• New events for Secret Society of Herbalists questline have been activated in the West and Outmark regions. They work with using reagents in trade.

Reworked feature: Combat

• Combat has been entirely reworked with a new gameplay system, new visuals, new sound effects and new animations.
• The old system is entirely replaced, and all events featuring combat now use the new system.
• If you need some know-how in how the new system works, you can either visit our steam page for the initial reveal of the feature, or maybe find a certain Warden in Bat Saha that could teach you
• We have not translated the existing combat skills into the new system just yet, so there is only plain sword fighting for now. Feel free to unequip these skills in the meantime, while we redesign them. We apologize for the inconvenience.
• We have temporarily disabled every non-humanoid fightable creature. This includes Kettems, Maisu and Wolves. This is due to technical reasons, but expect them to return sooner rather than later. We are working on it!

• Completely new Combat UI.
• New Visual Effects.
• Additional sound effects.
• Additional animations.
• Added Duels.
• Added an interactive tutorial, given by the Duelist Warden in Bat Saha.
• Added around 10 new Combat events.
• Added a new music track that plays during Duels.
• Streamlined joining process.
• Easier to participate in multiplayer battles.
• Fainting in a multiplayer battle does not remove you from the battle. If your standing allies secure victory, they can help you back up and you won't lose a life petal.
• Added loot from combat encounters.
• Tied fainting and death functionality to combat.

• You will be able to see your allies' and enemies' stats while in combat
• Targeting is easier to do, and easier to visually follow
• Health has been reworked to synchronize better with other combat features
• The defense skill is longer in duration
• More feedback when making actions in combat

Other Changes

• Added new events relating to the sudden disappearance of the Kettems and Maisu.
• New room: "Stairwell" accessible via West Wind Shores.
• Added the Head Apprentice event to West Wind Shores stairwell along with a new ring...
• Added various new rings to the game.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused NPC's to sometimes say the wrong lines.
• Fixed a Resna exploit with the Recreated masterpiece brew
• Fixed broken link to the game page.
• Fixed a bug that caused traveling shopkeepers to sometimes wander away in the middle of trading.
• Various typo fixes for items/poems/skill cards.
• Fixed a bug that caused intro pages to appear after a delay after starting a new character.
• Fixed the order of trade interactions with the Kasa postmaster when delivering the Weekly missive.
• Fixed a bug that caused NPCs to not hand out rewards when they should.
• Fixed various bugs that caused fishing graphics and sound to not play properly.

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Fixes:

• Fixed a launch issue on Linux.

Changes

• New room: Clearing accessible via Myrt with the Tea Blender, Tea Ghost and Tea Grafter events.
• Rooms at capacity are no longer hidden in the room list.
• The "Refresh network info" button is now always available as long as refreshing is not in progress.
• When refreshing network info the previously selected region and room will remain selected.
• The room debug information string now accurately reflects the amount of players in that room.
• Lighting adjustments in Mountain's Secret and The Cistern.
• Updated the rewards for the Aveesh Wafkha event in Kasa. (The reward should still be obtainable if you have already completed the event)
• Made it easier to find Famous Kasa sausages.
• Rebalanced the stats of the Sodden boon.
• Added additional reactive dialogue to Geva Kha.
• Added new items.
• Added new effects.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused accounts to sometimes appear to have no characters available.
• Fixed trading preferences for Kasa Teahouse Host to avoid an infinite currency exploit.
• Fixed various visual bugs with the portal used for the skill Veiled Gate.
• Fixed a bug that caused shades to be rendered incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Shade event to not spawn in Kasa.
• Fixed ground blending in Char Smog Switch.
• Fixed a bug that caused background mountains to flicker.
• Fixed grass moving incorrectly in Lakatos String.
• Fixed spelling errors in NPC names.
• Fixed a bug that caused players to get stuck in combat with no enemies.
• Fixed issue where NPCs sometimes would not hand out rewards when they should.

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Changes

• Added the new questline "Old Friends".
• Various updates to Endeavours
• Added 12 new random events
• Added an apartment in Kasa
• New ambience added
• Added various new items

Fixes

• Fixed an exploit with the underbelly baker
• Made the spelling of the word "Colour" consistent during character creation
• Fixed a bug that caused characters to not fade correctly when far away
• Fixed a bug that caused character clothing to look transparent from one side
• Fixed an NPC fishing animation. They should hold the rod properly now
• Fix for emotes getting blurry against far away background

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Dear Traveller,

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Dear Traveller,

• You will be able to see your allies' and enemies' stats while in combat
• Targetting is easier to do, and easier to visually follow
• Health has been reworked to synchronize better with other combat features
• The defense skill is longer in duration
• More feedback when making actions in combat

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Changes

• Added the Fish Compendium Questline
• Added volume to items previously lacking it
• Various events related to kettem and maisu lore
• Disabled the Tunnel Ghost event
• Added background boats to levels with a sea background
• Add new Effect card and Clothing
• Update in the Underground Kitchen
• Updated the stats of the Studded leather shoulder piece
• Change with the Kasa Post Master
• Change with the Kitchen trader
• Restricted the trade and loot spawn of the "Porcelain buckle"
• Setting correct scaling on characters in Lobby
• Updated the char smith apprentices event
• Various new events
• Added several new ambiences
• There is something going on with the sewers...

Fixes

• Fixed an exploit where Resna Rosespring would accept high value items that were wrongly categorized in the game files.
• Fixed error in the name of the "Kasyran Guard Plate"
• Fixed shader bug on clothing when sitting
• Fixed jumpy sit idle
• Fix for where fishing rod is rotated the wrong way in animations
• Fixed issue of house backgrounds not fading fully in
• Fixed issue of birds getting stuck in the air
• Fixed visual issue with item descriptions in character creation
• Various typo fixes
• Audio bug fixes

Happy 2024 Traveller

• Updated the char smith apprentices event
• Added ambience to new room areas
• Fixed a bug where a player could recieve unlimited porcelain buckles after defeating the bug battling kids
• Updated the visuals of the "Bug catcher's net" and fixed the availability of the "Bear toad"
• Added the "Huddling Fishers" event + A Sleeping Warden to new rooms
• Fixing camera zoom in Outhouse, Bat Saha
• Added two new events to the rooms in Crossings
• Fixed wrong trade value being shown when the value should be 0
• Fixed wrong keybind showing while hovering the skillbook icon

Dear Traveller,

Note: As we look further ahead we are solidifying our localization plans. Part of this will include rolling out new server regions, the first of which will be an additional EU server in the coming weeks. This release introduces three new rooms, two new questlines, and a variety of other updates and bug fixes. In Crossings there are two new rooms: the top floor of the Teahouse and the top floor of the Smiths house on the eastern side of the town square. In The Jade Urn, there is one new room that can be found along the western edge of the level. A group of children playing a certain game have moved into the upper part of the Kasa Cistern. An opportunity for an enterprising Khelim to win a prize perhaps? The Kasa Cistern holds much more than just the refuse of the city above. Those dwelling in the sewers sometimes get their hands on artifacts that the shore above thought long lost to time.

Updates

• Added the Bug catching and Talzyre questlines
• Added new item icons
• Added ambience sounds to new rooms
• NPC ghosts now have proper ghost materials
• Endeavours unlocking will now be player bound (you can still do them together with other players if you interact at the same time)
• Sefra Shrines & Haunted Gravestones are now player bound. There is a one-time use with 30 minutes cooldown
• Random endeavours (i.e. lockboxes, tangled plants, mechanical parts etc.) will now start their despawn when any player engages with a 30 minute despawn timer
• Visual changes to gambling Sefra in Little Slip. New animation and materials
• Created a post profile for 4k monitors
• Changed Passage rules slightly
• Implemented new food props
• Added five new edible bugs

Fixes

• Fixed targeting issues when using skills/knots on NPCs and players
• Fixed issue of camera zooming out when entering rooms
• Fixed an error caused by a blacksmith sound
• Fixed a bug where the hud wouldnt show up properly if the hud was toggled while using a skill
• Fixed issues of player icons appearing on unknown maps and disappearing from the regular maps
• Fixed issues of writing in the journal/notes that would make hotkeys react to the player
• Fixed issue of teleporting to wrong entrance when transitioning to another level
• Fixed overall endeavour instability issues
• Fixed some Passage UI issues
• Fixed issue of map pin not saving if open when exiting the atlas
• Fixed issue where skills were not saving time equipped correctly; these skills should no longer lose a level on log out
• Typo fixes

Hello Traveller,

Let the game update. [/olist] You can switch the branch from the same menu at any time, using the drop down at the top of the Betas menu. Once you have tested the version, we would be delighted if you could fill out our survey regarding the combat system: Click here to get to the survey! Note: We will start off with 5 rooms with 8 preview seats each, making it 40 seats total. This may change this as we go: most likely is that we will increase this number, as we want to do stress tests. But depending on the results of these stress tests, it's not out of the question that we will decrease that number as well. Also note that these preview rooms are only available on the EU server. With that out of the way, here is an overview of how the new Combat system works!

The new combat system

The new system is currently in an Alpha state and contains both temporary and missing certain UI, UX, sound, animations and VFX. Please approach the system with this in mind. Below is a screenshot of a combat scenario.
Do note that the HUD is a draft and will change in both presentation and placement.

Starting Combat

To start a combat scenario, you first need to equip a weapon. You can find one in your inventory, alongside some sets of equipment so you can try out combat with differing stats. You also get access to the skills Weapon Proficiency and Armor Proficiency. Besides a weapon, you need to find one or more NPCs that can fight. Players or hostile NPCs can initiate a combat scenario. When an enemy is within range, a player can initiate combat by using the Battle Stance skill. This will activate a Tension meter at the bottom of the screen.
Starting combat and the Tension meter. The Tension meter is the same for all combatants, and its the grace time you get before combat starts. When its full, combat begins. If you run out of the red circle before the tension meter is full, you do not enter combat. When the meter is full, combatants will jump to their positions, and then combat begins.

In Combat

The Sequencer This is the Sequencer. It is a main part of the combat system. Every combatant has an icon representing them on the Sequencer, and they gradually move to the right as time goes on. Players are placed on the bottom of the Sequencer. Enemies are placed on top. Combatants also have different colors assigned at the start of combat. The larger icon on the bottom is your character, and the larger icon on the top is your current target. While in the Decision segment of the sequencer, the icons move to the right at a speed based on the characters Speed stat. The more speed you have, the faster your character moves on the Sequencer.

Decision Phase

The segment marked with "Decision" on the Sequencer is called the Decision Phase. This is where the participants choose what action they want to take when the time is right.
Combat Skill Bar It is here that the Combat Skills comes into play. During the Decision Phase the player will choose a Skill to use. There are 5 standard Combat Skills and for this preview version, 1 Knot Spell available. [olist]

Flee - Similar to how fleeing currently works, you can use this skill to flee the battle to a random point in the map, gaining a negative effect card. [/olist] When a Skill has been chosen, the participant will assume a stance which indicates the skill they have chosen.

Action Phase

The segment marked with "Action" on the Sequencer is called the Action Phase. When you cross over from the Decision Phase to the Action Phase, your chosen Skill becomes locked and you can no longer change it. Your character icon on the Sequencer will also start moving at a different speed, which this time is based on the speed of the skill you chose. When you reach the end of the Action Phase and the Sequencer, you will perform the Skill you chose during the Decision Phase. When performing a skill, the combatant will jump in from their root position towards their target. They will then use the skill, and jump back to their idle position again. The Sequencer will pause and let the combatant perform the attack fully before starting to move again.
Jumping in to attack While in the Action Phase you are vulnerable, and if you take a hit while in it you will not get to perform the Skill you chose. Instead you will be knocked back on the Sequencer. Note: You can still be hit while in the Decision Phase, but you will not suffer a knockback penalty.
Being hit in the Action phase will knock you back to the Decision phase. The Defend Skill is a way to deal with this knockback. If you get hit in the Action Phase while using the Defend skill, you will take less damage and start further ahead on the Sequencer next turn. This is only if you actually manage to block an attack though. If no attack is blocked you will go back to the start of the Sequencer as usual.
Successfully defending against an attack will let you start further ahead on the Sequencer.

Targeting

You can only attack one opponent at a time. This means that you, and your enemies, always have a target selected. This target is selected when you start the combat scenario, and you can change your target by clicking on the character you wish to target. There is currently no way to way to see which opponents are targeting you (though there will be in the full version).

Stats

• Force - Force is your attack power. The more you have, the more damage you deal.
• Ward - Ward is your defense. It acts as an extra health bar that needs to be depleted before you start taking actual damage.
• Speed - Speed determines your speed in the Decision phase.
• Burden - Burden affect your speed negatively.
• Energy - Your health. You will be defeated and lose a life petal if it reaches 0. When you are out of Ward, you will start taking direct damage to your Energy.

Ending Combat

Combat ends when one side of the fight is out of eligible combatants. This can happen either by them being defeated, or by them fleeing. For this Preview version, nothing of note happens when combat ends. NPCs fade out and despawn when defeated, and players are despawned and respawned somewhere else. In the full version, there is loot to be found, of course!

Multiplayer

You can fight against enemies with other players. If you see someone fighting, just walk up and enter your Battle Stance like normal, and you will be added into the combat as soon as the system allows for it. Remember that the maximum amount of players in one combat encounter is 4.

Specific notes to the Preview version of Combat

• Only one level is included in this preview version, West Wind Shores. In this level there are a bunch of Bandits that you can freely fight.
• You will not die in this version. Your Life Petals are endless.
• Your health in combat is separate from your overall Energy in the game. You will always start combat with full health. This will not be the case in the full version.
• A newly created character will have a Sword, some equipment and access to the Weapon and Armor Proficiency skills.
• You cannot enter combat unarmed, and enemies cannot engage combat with you if you are unarmed. We have some plans for unarmed combat in the future, but it is not implemented as of yet.

Upcoming features for Combat

Here is a list of some other things we are working on for the combat system which are not present in this preview version:

• Duels - Currently, every fight is life or death. There will still be peaceful NPCs to duel without fearing for your life.
• Loot - NPCs will be able to drop loot when defeated.
• More enemy types - The enemies you already know like Kettem, Wolves, and Maisu will of course remain, but we are also looking at increasing the amount of fightable creatures in the game.
• Combat Skills - In the full version of this combat system, a player can, prior to a battle, outfit themselves with Combat Skills that will appear in the Combat Skill bar when they enter combat. You will be able customize your loadout of skills freely, even replacing the default skills if you so wish. Enemies will also be able to use skills.
• UI - The UI in the preview version is a test version only. We are working on a readable and comprehensive UI for the system. This includes everything related to Targeting other characters, seeing who is targeting you, and seeing allies stats.
• Other weapons - In this version, much like the game in general, you can only fight using a sword. This will change. We are already hard at work animating multiple other weapons to use.
• Boss fights - Bigger enemies will require more allies to take down. We are working on allowing a larger number of participants in combat encounters of this type.
• Multiplayer changes - If a player falls in combat, they should not immediately respawn and lose a life petal if they have allies left standing. If they manage to secure victory, they could help the fallen allies back up. Or even during combat with the help of magic.
• Interactive tutorial - There will be an in-game, interactive tutorial to learn how to play the new system.

We are very excited for you to get your hands on this early version of our brand new combat system, and we thank you for being a part of testing it with us and for lending us your ear for this lengthy presentation. Best wishes, The Might and Delight team

Dear Traveller,

Fixes

• Fixed issue where some equipment would not register properly
• Fixed issue when leaving a room that would make your character get stuck in the void
• Fixing navmesh issue in West_03 (invisible box by the endeavor boat)
• Fixed issue of HUD icons being invisible when logging in

Changes

• Reduced random combat encounters

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Fixes

• Fixed issue where Passage behaved strangely when more than one player was playing with the same NPC
• Fixed animation stuttering when fishing
• Fixed animation stuttering when looting reagents
• Fixed an issue of not being able to click on NPCs that are behind each other
• Fixed issues of not being able to click on the ground at several places
• Fixed visuals errors during a Passage Game
• Fixed issue where no characters would appear in the character selection menu
• Fixed issue where dialog window was too long
• Fixed issue where server list would fail to load under certain circumstances
• Fixed a bug where equipping the Plain shirt item would dye the players clothes white.
• Fixed issue of adding double effects when logging in
• Fixed issue where dead effect would persist if you disconnect during the revive transition
• Fixed issue where closing the Passage window through keybinds would bypass the confirmation window
• Fixed issue where player could interact with loot as a ghost
• Fixed issue where player could incorrectly see glimmer effect on reagents
• Fixed a bug that caused zooming to be available with hotkeys when zooming was otherwise disabled
• Fixed a bug that caused zooming to always be available as a ghost
• Fixed issue where some events wouldnt despawn
• Fixes to ghost animation transitions
• Fixed poems that were not fading out properly
• Resurrection animation fixes
• Fixed portal interactions
• Various level and prop fixes
• Various typo fixes

Changes

• Added Dying and Returning feature
• Added several new events
• Added missing form icon to Passage
• Added curses carrying over when dying
• Adjustments to Passage AI
• Added a ghost dissolve sound effect
• Added various NPCs in and around with Kasa
• Improved smoothness of various animations
• Improved interactions, (Ex: player stops when interacting, player rotates towards objects when interacting)
• Added various new icons and items
• Added text interactions to Knalla tunnel
• Added a new event to Travellers Meadow
• Overall visual improvements when resurrecting
• Added reactivity to Adim with the shaggy coat and CUSTOM POEM fixes for Adim and Worm Lord
• Implemented new sails
• Updated Ghost Resurrection sound
• Added a new wake up scenario
• Added vocal expressions for characters in ghost form
• Added a one time popup for analytics opt in
• Updated end credits

Dear Traveller

Fixes

• Fixed issues of loot/reagents being inconsistent to click on
• Fixing a bug with point lights not affecting player
• Fixed dark sprite and prop fade issue of the the fishmongers house in Myr
• Fixed a bug that caused characters to become nauseous when they caught a fish using soil worms
• Fixed issue that caused some characters to not load
• Fix to some small footstep sounds

Changes

• Added setting to mute audio when the game window is not in focus
• Added additional functionality to fishing areas based on the weather and time of day.
• Adding unique fishes in conditional fishing areas
• Added three new fish/fishable creatures
• Improved water rendering performance on the low and very low settings
• Performance Improvements to the fishing effects shader
• Implemented some new achievements

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where map notes would close unexpectedly.
• Fixed an issue where you gained experience when you shouldn't.
• Fix to certain helmets that didnt show in the head slot when equipped
• Fixed an issue where the Call Umber Yu cooldown wasn't the same for all characters.
• Fixed an issue where the stickler trait couldn't apply bait to a fishing rod.
• Fixed an issue where characters could be created without allocating a talent point.
• Fixed so that the menu on the login screen will close when clicking Esc button
• Fixed so the settings menu will now show a prompt if there was any changes made on the login screen
• Fixed issue when scrolling through tutorial pages it will no longer affect zooming on the map
• Fixed glitching light in the underbelly
• Fixed an issue where random voices would play in the character creation.
• Fixed an issue where the trade tutorial image was being cut off.
• Fixed filter trading issues that lead to some players being unable to complete any trades
• Fixed ground blend material issues in The Burnings
• Fix to Floating knot on tent in Siram Fields
• Fixing clouds. Clouds are now back in all levels with a proper moving speed. Also clouds and background mountains no longer cull in levels with a big z-depth
• Fixed issues of duplicated NPCs at the same area
• Fixed an issue where the Pyre skill displayed the wrong VFX.
• Fixed stability issues when interacting with Endeavours
• Fixed title color of item description card.
• Fixed tag not appearing when hovering mouse close to it when having 1440p or 4k resolution
• Fixed text repeating when pressing enter while error popup was visible while creating a account
• Fix to the cloth simulation on all character forms with cape. Forms without cape no longer uses cloth sim.
• Fixed an issue where Poor Smith Ev would accept non metal items to make armour with.

Changes:

• Introduction of version one of a player journal, that allows players to write, edit, and save text-based journal entries within the game
• Added some item & skill Kickstarter rewards: Fan of the Hidden, Mark of the Hidden Winds, Lantern of Early Light, Ring of Cycles, Cotery Brew, Call Umber Yu
• You now get nauseous from eating soil worms.
• Added the description of Umber Yu droppings
• Lighthouse fire shows through ferry smoke
• Tweaked the duration, cooldown and effects of the "Call Umber Yu" skill
• Activated the Ghostly Skald in Burnings
• Altered the "Flowing Umber Lock" effects with playtest feedback
• Finished the effects of the "Call Umber Yu" skill
• Change to the witch and frog husband quest.
• Updated backgrounds in Kasa
• Removed random voices being played when editing character.
• Reduced the default amount of time required for tool tip to show up
• Changed the movement speed for the practical trait.
• Renamed help menu button to tutorials and made all tutorials viewable within that menu
• When exchanging items, the box showing the amount is now hidden if the item is unkown or the quantity wanted is 1
• Add a new, small batch of icons
• Added new footstep sounds to Kasa sewers
• Added audio to the Kasa sewers
• Removed "Blank journal pages" from general merchants and added a new paper trader to Bat Saha."
• Created and distributed Blank journal page items that can be used to add pages to the player journal.

Fixes

• Fixed the bug where trades were unable to be completed if filters were used

Fixes

• Decreased memory consumption during gameplay
• Fixed issues of FPS decreasing overtime
• Fixed so that Haunted Gravestones will now have a cooldown when being used
• Fixed spam error messages when disbanding a group
• Fixed the infinite "Flute of the Charmer" bug
• Fixed an issue where fireplaces did not apply "Very Comfortable" buff correctly.
• Fixed issue where hairstyle 26 was not visible in-game.
• Fixed issue where stamina would erroneously drain under certain circumstances.
• Fixed issue where trade view could be cancelled by clicking inside of the player inventory.
• Fixed issue where some sound FX did not play
• Fixed issue where knowledge gain feedback would play when it shouldn't
• Fixed when transition buttons overlapped it would teleport you randomly between them
• Fixed bug where apple trees would sometimes provide pre-packaged, dried apples
• Fixed an issue where effects would be removed erroneously.
• Fixed issue of a resting player to not stand up when talking to NPCs
• Fixed the random at the end of the auto-dismissing message after being given an item
• Fixed buttons in character creation not working as intended
• Fixed issues of animals being difficult to click on
• Fixed so that interactables will now pop-up when walking with the keyboard/gamepad
• Fixed audio issues when placing items inside the trading window
• Fixed issue where the logo was cut off with the UI scale set to large.
• Fixed an issue where Smoke Cylinder would get canceled on any interaction.
• Fixed an Issue where Soul of the Road Warden and Tricks of the Messenger buffs did not stack.
• Fixed issue where a quest reward would become unobtainable if inventory was full at the time of receipt
• Fixed issue of spawning in the void after entering the Kasa portal
• Fixed issue of player not walking after certain level transitions
• Fixed issue where the fishing skill would sometimes be granted too soon
• Fixed issue an where a character would sometimes appear to catch a sword during the fishing animation
• Fixed the issue with the disappearing legs of the Enfolder form
• Various Typo fixes

Changes

• Made the Kasa Postmaster's envelopes require knowing Vellan in order to read.
• Updated the values of the envelopes from the Kasa Post Master quests
• Added new quests to Kasa + New event to Mist Keeper's Toe
• Added so that we can now merge groups together if you stand next to another group
• Added decorative details to boats.
• Improved overall loading times
• Increased the value of the "Sweet Sylla" squid

Fixes:

• Fixed navmesh on western docks stair case
• Fixed stability issues when joining/leaving groups
• Fixed spam error messages when disbanding a group
• Fixed issues of group travel not working as intended
• Fixed a bug where certain item swaps in and out of pockets would be unnecessarily blocked by the item not being bait
• Fixed issue where trade button would sometimes be disabled even when the player had offered items of equal or greater value (by removing trader leeway)
• Fixed Blowfish consumption effect
• Fixed the infinite Flute of the Charmer bug
• Various Typo fixes

Changes:

• Various performance improvements in Kasa
• Added so that you can now merge groups together if you stand next to another group
• Turned the Souvenir Hawker around
• Added a new trader to Kasa
• Small change to the description of Stone from Humble Bridge
• Added a new Endeavour and item to Kasa
• Updated the inventories of certain general merchants to include crafted tradegood items
• Added notice to backer item descriptions
• Created an alternative way to remove the Eye of the Taker curse

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Fixes:

• Fixed issue where description window would behave strangely when switching between items with identical names
• Fixed invalid poems.
• Fixed the coupon knot's value for the knot trader.
• Fixed a bug that allowed swapping non-bait items into the bait slot of a fishing rod.
• Fixed issue where items would disappear from pockets
• Fixed issue where NPC's used wrong dialogue
• Fixed stuttering camera issues when walking close to level borders (Most notable are the borders in Siram Fields)
• Fixed Unveil ability so that it will now consistently show hidden/ghosts characters when used
• Fixed the Alley Grocer spawning during the day
• Various Typo fixes
• Fix for getting stuck in the clouds when using unstuck in Kasa

Changes:

• Added a new Bonebound Blade and an additional way to get the "Bonebound Blade (Whale)"
• Stopped the "Edge of the docks" from talking to the player.
• Stopped the grieving mother from trying to sell things to the player
• Updated the Old Umber Lake Frog
• Updated the item descriptions for Bait fish.
• Polished the item description for the "Flute of the Charmer"
• Made Geva Kha's lecture repeatable.
• Removed Masterless key collector from Kasa
• Gave the Kasa fish seller rods and worms
• Turned the alley grocer around
• Added some of the new fish/fishable creatures to the loot and trading pool again
• Removed Geva Kha needing the player to sit to get the lecture as it proved too unreliable.
• Updated the rewards for the Kasa Elder event.
• Made the Droil lockbox endevour more difficult
• Removed the Kasa flower seller's desire to walk.
• Demoted soils worms to Poor quality items.
• Added ability to use certain small fish as bait.
• Higher quality bait can now be used to increase chances of fishing success.
• Added smoothing movement to the player camera
• Added support for endeavours to have quest stages, so that individual players can solve endeavours by themselves
• All trading NPC's now update their inventory in accordance with what has been traded
• Added two new waypoints in preparation for upcoming events.
• Reagent cost is now only displayed for knots and teas
• Implemented sand footstep sounds in every relevant level
• Updated a couple of berry bushes in Kasa
• Added various new Kasa events

Fixes

• Fixed to guise abilities so that they will now reset correctly when logging out
• Fixed to guise abilities so that they will no longer manipulate other players character screen
• Fixed sprites in wrong sizes
• Fix to masking when going into some buildings.
• Fixed the Myr fishmonger's trading inventory.
• Fixed the effect cards for the Vials of Lilith's Cinnabar and Cobalt brews
• Fixed a bug where part of the fishing casting interface would appear offscreen if the character was at the edge of the camera border
• Fixed when turning in Mitra's Daily Challenges, that it will now require to talk to them once for completing it instead of multiple times.
• Fixed Post Warden Vastilla's quest, she will now return the bracelet when you turn it in during the night.
• Fixed issue where speaking to a non-ghost NPC triggered "A Ghostly Chat" achievement
• Fixed a bug that caused water reflections to update on lower graphics settings
• Fixed issue where water was rendered incorrectly on 16:10 window resolutions
• Improved rendering performance of various areas.
• Various typo fixes.

Changes

• Removed second tea pavillion host from the Myrt Tea Auction Event.
• Added a new event with a new item that hints at the Kasa portal's location.
• Added Moonsoakers to Kasa at night.
• Added Nightlighters to Kasa at night.
• Redesigned the ambient soundscape in Kasa
• Made the audible area of certain 3D sounds more realistic
• Added a message when the player gives an animal a pet treat as part of an exchange interaction
• Added reaction flags to the Yehan Cog Quest and the Stolen Tea Sample Quest
• Added descriptions for reagents
• Added gossip poems hinting towards the Kasa portal.
• Minor Kasa decoration(?)
• Added new music to Kasa(??)
• Added squid to Kasa along with a new fishing spot(???)
• Implemented sand footstep sounds in Kasa
• Added a volume to each game item (future: volume affecting backpack and pocket storage size in a meaningful way)
• Adjusted item edible categories so that they fit within planned inventory and cooking filtering systems
• Adjusted existing assets and templates to reflect updates to edible category changes
• Made the Blowfish dangerous to eat(hah!)
• Added 20 new fish/fishable creatures along with new and updated fishing spots.
• Added edible fish icons
• Added reagent icons.

Changes

• When you obtain a fishing rod, you are now automatically granted the fishing skill. (You still need to memorise it from your skill book to add it to your available skills.)
• You must now have a fishing rod equipped in your main hand equipment slot in order to fish. There are now two fishing rods in the game, a makeshift fishing rod and a casting fishing rod.
• Another new item, soil worms, can be loaded into fishing rods as bait. Without bait, you will not catch fish, just trash.
• Fishing areas are now easier to find because of added visual and sound effects.
• Fishing areas are now stocked with specific fish that deplete as they are caught and then gradually respawn over time.
• The type of fish you can catch in fishing areas is now reflective of the types of water (river, ocean, lake) and part of the world where they occur. Outside of fishing areas, you will generally now mostly catch trash.
• Your fishing skill level still limits your ability to catch more valuable fish and also affects the frequency in which a fish will escape with your bait.
• A casting mini-game (only available when using the new casting fishing rod) gives you the opportunity to reach more distant fishing spots, potentially catching more valuable fish.
• Rainy weather now speeds up fishing, as does an increased fishing skill.
• New animations, sound effects, and visual effects enhance the overall experience of fishing.
• Added a new quest, The Omin Pebble, to Bat Saha.
• Added a new quest for the Fall Gem Searcher.
• Updated the new Poor Smith event and the new Gravedigger quest
• Added an NPC to Myrt (new quest progress)
• Added a new quest with new items that may appear in graveyards at night
• Small update to the Kasa Gardener quest
• Added a few NPCs and Text Interactions to Kasa.
• Assigned all the sprites in the game to new sprite atlases
• Clarified the skill acquisition state of knot pattern items when trading
• Added a new way to resolve the "Myrt Tea Auction" quest
• Polished some Kickstarter rewards
• Reduced calls on WaterController
• Added new Edible, Arm, Cloak, Instrument and neck icons
• Added more worms to Traders and Fishers. (35 to traders, 20 to fishers.)
• Implemented new UnityAnalytics for fishing
• Improved visual effects for fishing
• Adjustments to the fishing mini game
• Improved animations for fishing
• Updates and tweaks to fishing sound effects
• Disabled sitting fishing
• Better notifications for fishing skill
• Updates to what items can be obtained through fishing
• Replace all sprites in spritemanager
• Added New Kasa event "Nightlighters"
• Added New Kasa Event "Arguing Bakers"
• Added New Kasa event Driftwood collecting Youngsters
• Added New Kasa event Weapon Merchant
• Added New Kasa event Date trader
• Added new details to south 03 Kasa
• Added three gossiping Wardens to Kasa.
• Change to Min/Max range on 3D sounds.
• Added clarity to the Swift Mystic Questline if the player is already in possession of Furikum seeds.

Fixes

• Fixed that when exchanging quest items to an NPC it will no longer appear in the NPC's trading inventory
• The Borderless Fullscreen window mode no longer behaves like Exclusive Fullscreen
• Various typo fixes
• Rebalanced a few rings.
• Adjusted the stats of "Fan of the Hidden" to align with what was promised on Kickstarter.
• Deactivated the fade out script on boatsmall_03's Engine
• Fixed a bug that caused the stat icons on item cards to not display properly.
• Various Kasa background, terrain and environment fixes
• Fixed issue where consumable effects would not last for the specified duration
• Fixed issue where some NPCs in certain cases would gradually degrade server performance
• Fixed two grave waypoints
• Fixed some issues with icons
• Fixed issue where some items offered in a trade in some cases wouldn't be traded
• Fixed issue where stacked items in some cases wouldn't show the stack size number
• Fixed issue where received stacks of equipment wouldn't distribute over individual slots
• Fixed floating torches at graveyard sites
• Fixed issue of player getting stuck on vehicles
• Fixed so the Endeavour boats will now work as intended(again)
• Fixed so that you always see other players on vehicles
• Fixed issue of player getting desynced and warped away from vehicles when arriving at an end destination
• Fixed so that players can no longer extinguish an NPC's fireplace
• Fixed so that fireplaces will now consistently extinguish during rain
• Fixed so that fireplaces will now always fade away when their lifetime has passed
• Fixed fireplace audio loop issue, it will now always fade away when it gets destroyed
• Fixed so you can no longer interact with spawned Pyre fireplaces
• Fixed bugged "Stolen Tea Sample Pouch" spawn locations.
• Fixed Containers in Kasa(!!)
• Fixed more instances of NPCs gradually degrading server performance
• Fixed issue of loud torch sound when transitioning to night
• Fixed issue where Ardent Lantern would fail to follow its summoner

Dear Traveller,

Good day, Traveller.

Fixes:

• NPCs now stay still for the duration of any interaction(!!)
• Fixed a bug that caused the info card to not appear when inspecting tea.
• Fixed graphics on endeavours that sometimes are invisible
• Fixed a bug that made the Item Card display outside of the screen in trade when using UI Size: Large
• Fixed a bug that caused tooltips to flicker when hovering over equipped items.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Robbery screen to have missing sprites.
• Fixed some lamp posts weird behavior
• Various Typo Fixes

Changes:

• Implemented some new icons
• Added a new NPC that may appear at campfires.
• Changes to quest system backend as follow up to an earlier release note.
• Updated properties for every Ring to reflect their new descriptions
• Added a small use for the "Cobalt Urn" item.
• Added some new offhand equipment items
• Removed the pocket slots from "Shard of rosewood"
• Optimizing areas around Kasa(!??!)
• Re-added changes to Kasa waypoints(!!)
• Improved stability of ping display
• Made various changes to rendering which should increase performance.
• Added cats, dogs and a surprise creature to Kasa (!!)
• Removed character spawning waypoints from the water in Kasa(?)
• Updated properties for Belts to reflect their new descriptions.
• Added the descriptions for "Offhand High" equipment and updated the rewards for completing the Myrt Auction quest.

NOTE: As you'll see in the "Changes" section, we've now added a adjustable FPS cap, which will default to 60 with this update. If you want it to go higher, you'll need to change it in the settings.

Fixes:

• Fixed Vastila's bracelet not displaying its description and Vastilla now properly returns their bracelet
• Fixed that on rare occasions animals/omins would speak when walking by it
• Fix to some lamppost lighting
• Fixed Tricks of Nightfeathers achievement trigger
• Fixed so you can press the emote buttons when holding down left-shift
• Fixed so you can no longer pet the Shipping Administrator in the Western Verve (sadface)
• Fixed "Withered thread of recollection" not displaying its description.
• Fixed descriptions not displaying for certain trade goods.
• Fixed issue of endeavours not setting the correct name and description after it was solved
• Fixed issue of when hovering multiple endeavours the name and description could linger and stay on screen
• Fixed issue of endeavours that didn't fade away as they should
• Fixed an issue of music not playing while in-game
• Fixed issue where a certain Mysterious figure wouldn't accept any trade
• Fixed memory leak in the settings menu that occurred when a keybind is active
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to get logged out after cancelling the log out.
• Various Typo Fixes.
• Fixed issues of endeavours not updating their name and description when solved
• Fixed issue of multiple interaction buttons popping up when clicking on an NPC with connected endeavours
• Fixed issue of a collider blocking NPCs that have endeavours connected to them.
• Fixed issues of objects not fading away as they should
• Fixed floating fire, smoke and lantern in Location: Skalds Union Retreat: The Burnings
• Fixed floating fires and rugs
• Fixed issues of endeavours not updating their name and description when solved
• Fixed issue of multiple interaction buttons popping up when clicking on an NPC with connected endeavours
• Fixed issue of a collider blocking NPCs that have endeavours connected to them.
• Fixed issue where NPCs would slide instead of walk when moving

Changes:

• Improved settings save/load error recovery
• Added FPS cap setting for players to set their own custom FPS preferences.
• Updated properties for further trade good items to reflect their new descriptions.
• Visual improvements to the login and character selection scene.
• Updated properties for trade good items to reflect their new descriptions.
• Added gatekeeping guards to the inside of Kasa(!?!)
• Updated properties for edible items to reflect their new descriptions.
• Added a unique description for every "Backpack Equipment" item.
• Adjusted intensity of lanterns of certain quality levels
• Items that apply effects on pickup now have them retroactively applied for items already in inventory
• Added actual functionality to ping display
• Prevented Sefra shrines from granting unlimited effects after a single offering
• Updated Discord rich presence layout and contents
• Small updated lore for Elden Statue text.
• Updated properties for "Equipment Arm" items based on their new descriptions.
• Added a unique description for every "Sword Equipment" item.
• FPS counter now scales with UI size correctly

Fixes

• Fixed an issue of player trying to stand up when interacting with fireplaces/teas when resting
• Fixed audio loop bug when interacting & finishing endeavours
• Fix to reduce endeavour interaction distance to from 50 to 15 meters
• Fixed an issue when interacting with endeavours the image wouldn't disappear when leaving it
• Fixed an issue where player couldn't navigate towards a target when the interaction markers was up
• Fixed issues when interacting with endeavours the player would interrupt and walk/slide away
• Fixed an issue of endeavour icons when interacting with NPCs would sometime not appear
• Fixed where creating a new character the intro screen wouldn't appear for a while and showed the level instead.
• Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause a new character to not save.
• Fixed a bug that caused the knowledge meter in the Character Sheet display incorrect amounts of knowledge.
• Fixed rotation and movement bugs with the sheep in the 'Travelling on Land' start scenario.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when returning items to a players or traders inventory.
• Fixed missing icon for various types of headgear
• Fixed issue where using a skill so you will no longer try walk to the old mouse position if you left-click during cast time.
• Fixed null reference regarding prop fade when switching levels
• Fixed a bug that caused revealed ghost characters to not be interactable (for example, Sayida the Seafury).
• Fixed a bug that enabled the player to run while nauseous by clicking an NPC or interactable.
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to not be able to view items cards while trading.
• Fixed some water missing issues.
• Fix a Cross river near bridge movement bug
• Fixed ping display (including your ping in bug reports will help!)

Changes

• More tweaks to character customization interface
• Evolved new intro starting conditions
• Winds are more present during gameplay. Players will be given a hint at login.
• Added a unique description for every "Offhand Cane Equipment" item.
• Added a unique description for every "Neck Equipment" item.
• Added a unique description for every "Ring Equipment" item.
• Add edibles to starting scenarios
• Added a child to the "I can't remember, North" start who gives the player a small gift.
• Added a Peculiar Sheep to the west "Travel by land" start who gives the player a gift.
• Added a bartering opportunity to the Journey at Sea start event.
• Added a fisher to the "Journey at sea" start who gives the player a small gift.
• The Shepard in the Siram Fields starting event now gives the player a gift.
• Reduced distance of how far you could click outside unreachable ground, this changes how players walk up stairs which would make it quite hard to navigate.
• Adjusted weather frequencies.

One of the frustrations often expressed is new content when?. As our community knows, we have spent several months looking at the tech in use in the game, rebuilding systems etc to hopefully improve the general stability and performance of the game (we are aware some people still have an FPS drop). As we have been doing this we have continued to work on new content but we have not yet shown that new Content. To this end we feel its worth taking a look at exactly what is meant by Content and what we have been doing. The DLC Plan:
During our Kickstarter we released a Roadmap which included different Downloadable Content packs and the order they would be released in. With this map you now get some ideas of what areas of the game world we will release in each DLC pack. This takes us to what is meant by Content, as for a large number of players content = maps, and this is a very misleading way of looking at games. Often on our reviews we see people say there is nothing to do and yet we know there are players who have played for hundreds of hours. This is because content is often layered within each area, and until you dig past the first few layers you dont find the content that is hidden underneath. We realise that being unable to find that content is our fault, and that is why we needed to re-write some of the features to make it easier to reach the content. During development and Early Access the general process is you create some features, people use the features and the number of features in an area reflects a level of content. When people ask for more content, pushing out more areas with features that dont work just leads to more things not working. An easy example is our fire creation system. You can build fires anywhere, but we have some prebuilt fires you can just light yourself. If that is broken, having 20 zones with 20 broken fires makes little sense. So, it is important to make sure features work and are robust and useable before you use them at a large scale. With a quest creation system, if its broken and thus delivers broken quests, adding 20 new quests just leads to more broken quests and a higher level of frustration with our players that we dont want them to experience. Changeable clothing is a feature, 20 different cloaks are content. If clothing is broken having 20 different cloaks does not mean anything. This is why its important to us to get Features working correctly as and when we release content. This includes changing the way we explain features so the existing and new content we have already added around starting quests and exploring can be experienced the way we want. As we released new achievements, new storylines and quests are starting to be uncovered. Over the coming weeks the layers of content around the changing storyline will start to be unlocked. Some of it is already there, and some of you have found it. We have enjoyed seeing people piece together their theories and examining every piece of junk they find hoping it reveals some dark secret there is more to come...
Until then, Joe, COO

Good Wednesday to you, dear Traveller,

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused NPCs to be highlighted when they didn't have any available interactions.
• Fix so that the reagent teacher in Bat Saha now gives the player Keen Eye as intended.
• Fixed a bug that let players use unlearned skills by using the filters in the skill HUD.
• Fixed an issue of Stiff Trait that made the player unable to run.
• Fixed issues of trading stacks of items that would make items disappear. When selling stacks of 99x will now separate on new trading slots.
• Fixed a bug that caused NPCs to stop being highlighted by tab after hovering over them with the mouse pointer.
• Fix to boarding and disembarking trains and boats
• Fixed issue where Discord integration not working on OSX was interfering with game operation
• Fixed walking with WASD making combat UI not show up and not interrupting combat
• Fixed a bug that enabled you to write map notes that were too long for the text box.
• Fixed a bug that caused selection circles to remain under NPCs feet after highlighting them with tab.
• Fix to walking out of camera view with keyboard
• Fixed an issue of gambling not working
• Fix to pet animals
• Fixed version number text display in main menu
• Jumping from a train during level transitions no longer results in infinite loading screens
• Cursor size is now consistent across all platforms
• Custom text fields in character creation no longer retains input from a previous creation session
• Fix to missing water in some world areas.
• Fixed fading objects when going towards camera.
• Fixed rare occasion desync issue when leaving and entering Shelters/Fireplaces that made the hud icon get stuck.
• Fixed a bug that caused players to be teleported to a random level if they tried logging in while in an Outmark level.
• Fix for some chickens not drawing correctly(!)
• Fix for crossing rivers near bridges (based on water depth)
• Fix for You need assistance to solve this prompt after failing an endeavour.
• Fixed some achievement triggering issues for new achievement unlocks
• Fixed issues of houses not lowering the sound volume when entering them. Sound volume will now reduce when logging inside houses.
• Fix to cloud brightness at dawn/night
• Fix to butterfly shader
• Fixed a bug that caused the character model in the character sheet to disappear
• Reduced volume to 25% on NPCs umbrella rain sounds
• Fixed a crash that occurred when returning items to a player's or trader's inventory after filtering

Changes

• Added 44 new achievements
• You can now see your selected character in the Character Select screen.
• The illumination range of offhand lanterns and lights is now affected by their item quality
• Added alternate debug menu binding (Left Ctrl + Left Alt), and ability to go backwards in menus (hold Shift + any debug menu binding)
• Change to make fishing area effect less subtle
• Created a new NPC system that will enhance performance.
• Players can no longer stand in the middle of a boat ride by spam clicking.
• Trade Good Currencies now shows their description when right clicking in the inventory.
• Tab now only highlights interactable NPCs in range.
• The Unstuck Me button works correctly when the player is in a vehicle
• Players should be able to move after being thrown to a safe spot
• Players may need to log out and log back in before they will be able to board a vehicle again after being thrown to a safe spot.
• Players will now leave their group if they are too far away from their closest group member for too long
• Change to critter particles
• Changed frequency of weather changes
• Changed server time to winter time.
• Critters adjustments
• Don't Show Tutorial button in the tutorial popup will now work as intended. You can now press Don't Show Tutorial in the tutorial popup without entering the tutorial.
• Added a fisher to the "Journey at sea" start who gives the player a small gift.
• Added a unique description for every "Ring Equipment" item.
• Added a unique description for every "Belt Equipment" item.
• Added a unique description for every "Head Equipment" item.
• Implemented a new trading interface. More slots for the player, filtering, and a text showing the players' total trade value.
• When raining the wet effect will apply as it should. Umbrellas will protect you from the rain when leaving and entering shelters. Umbrellas will still continue to shelter you from rain when switching levels. When wearing an umbrella, the umbrella rain sounds will now work as intended and no longer deactivate itself when going in and out from shelters . You will now be sheltered from the rain inside trains. When entering shelters and leaving during rain, the wet effect will now apply and remove as it should.
• Updated the layout and text of the character creator to make the experience smoother and clearer.
• Added a randomise page button (die roll) on every screen of the character creator to allow for quick yet novel character creation.
• Improved NPC performance in Western Harvest Route.
• During all starting scenarios, players will receive knowledge for the conversation interactions that are a part of those scenarios.
• The laughing child audio in the Travel By Land / West starting scenario will now play less frequently.
• A missing walk-by poem in the Journey By Sea / North starting scenario should now display correctly.
• Reduced the volume of the boat horn that announces upcoming departures

Dear Traveller,

A Bundle of Book of Travels art

Good afternoon Traveller, And a happy Friday to you! This is going to be a quickie, because we just wanted to put out a map of Braided Shore for you to do whatever you want with. Save it, use it as a wallpaper, a screensaver or print it or do absolutely nothing - choice is yours!
In a little while we'll all go home for the weekend but you can rest assured that we're working on very cool stuff for Book of Travels. In the meantime, stay magical and may your tea never grow cold. Best wishes, Oliver & the team at Might and Delight

Changes

• Minor engine upgrade to Unity version 2021.3.10 (previously 2021.3.3)
• Minor Text Changes on some Poems and new messaging around boarding vehicles
• New Server system first trial using smaller "Headless Build" creation
• Added Rich Presence for Steam and Discord
• Improved performance of level prop visual fading
• New Vehicle UX for boarding and resting whilst travelling
• Players can now look at their map and inventory without accidentally triggering jumping off of the train
• Vehicle smoke now varies based on whether a train is stopped, accelerating, decelerating, or moving at full speed
• Station masters and boat hands on train platforms and docks now announce upcoming vehicle departures
• Newly added boats horns announce when a boat will depart soon
• Players now rest while riding trains and boats
• There are consequences for players who choose to ride boats in storms and jump off of trains
• The vehicle departure progress bar has been removed
• There are updates to how vehicles are implemented overall, that should result in a reduced number of disappearing and stuck trains
• Updated several map names.
• Added a unique description for every "Trade Good" item (around 800)
• Added a unique description for every "Shoe Equipment" item
• Proofread and polished in-game dialogue.
• Change to the way roads are handled this will not yet be apparent to players but will allow more accurate road usage in the future.
• Keys in the Control Settings will now change based on your keyboard layout.
• The NPC Resna will now value Knot of Thankful Wishes to same price even when traded.

Fixes

• Fixed stuttering in Main Menu camera movement
• Fix for initiating combat
• Fixed issue where an NPC would give the player unlimited item duplicates
• Improved usability of screenshot section of the feedback menu
• Fixed a bug that caused map notes to not appear when pressing the note button in the map screen
• Fix to arrow marker so it no longer rises up when navigating with keyboard. Arrow marker will now disappear when clicking underneath the player's feet
• Fixed several places where you could walk through objects
• Players in Mist Keeper's Toe can now see themselves on the world map
• Fixes to occlusion culling in various areas
• Objects will now fade faster when camera is too close and when a player is behind objects
• Fix to reduce memory consumption over time
• Tricks of the Messenger will now be more accurate when walking on roads
• You can now zoom in and out with the camera again
• You can no longer offer items when there are no items in the offering window.
• Inventory will now be saved after making an offering.
• Fix to floating item icon at offering shrine when leaving.
• Fix to blurry clothing.
• Items added to the trade window will now always have the same value as the UI tells us.
• Fix for UI becoming stuck in front of some shrines.
• Various Text changes.
• Various performance tweaks.

Dear Traveller,

A new team

The Pillars of Creation

Long Term Pricing

In Summary

General Fixes:

• Fixed issue where "You are already logged in" message was shown erroneously
• Fixed a bug that caused keyboard movement to not work when the mouse hovers over an unwalkable area
• Fixed water not being placed correctly in Obo's Blade Pass
• Fixed flickering on certain UI elements
• Fixed a bug made it possible to use the scroll wheel to move the merchant inventory
• Fixed a bug that caused buttons to flicker when hovering over them.

• Dockhand NPC will not give you repeated knowledge by talking to them anymore
• You can now start running when at above 5% stamina instead of 30%
• You can no longer interact while an NPC is in a defeated state.
• A Robbery event will no longer remember old values.
• A Robbery event will now value your items correctly when putting them in and outside the inventory boxes.
• Trade Modifiers that increase/decrease values will now be more precise.
• Reduced inventory slots on Ornate Fig Beads from 3 to 0
• Implemented some new effect cards
• Added tooltips to items in Character creation.
• Ghosts will now disappear correctly when disabling Reveal Ghosts effects (ex. Sighted)

This version contains all previous Beta updates as below. Additionally we have the following known issues in this version:

• WASD Movement still tracks mouse cursor position. If you are unable to walk please ensure your mouse is in the center of the screen.
• Player may become stuck on boats: You should be able to press the Right Alt Key (Alt GR) and select unstuck should you encounter this issue.

• Added WASD movement.
• Changed how the "Tab functionality" works. Previously it showed all the nametags of interactable NPCs, now it does so in a range around the player while also highlighting pickups and other interactable objects in the world.
• Added foundations for future controller support.
• Added functionality for Key-binding in the settings menu.

• Voice Volume slider
• UI Size dropdown. Choose between Small, Default, Large.
• Reset Interface Positions. Resets all user moved UI to their default positions after closing the menu.
• Always Notify Effect Cards. Toggle to always show effect card notifications.
• Small Emotes. Toggle to show smaller-sized emotes.
• Always Show Party Names. Toggle to always show your party members' nameplates.
• Show Selection Circles. Toggle to show selections circles around the character you have currently selected.
• Show Area of Effect Range. Toggle to show the AoE circle for skills.
• Show Combat Circle. Toggle to show the circle around a combat encounter.
• Show Walk Arrow. Toggle to show the walking arrow when you use click to walk.
• Disable Unity Analytics. Toggle to enable/disable Unity Analytics.
• Show Effect Cooldown. Toggle to show the effect duration when hovering over an effect card.
• Tool Tip Speed. Slider to choose the speed at which tool tips appear when hovering over UI elements.
• Emote Opacity. Slider to choose the opacity of emotes.
• Changes to Resolution settings

• Changed anti-aliasing method for OSX clients
• Updated Steamworks .NET to 20.1.0

• Fixed a bug that caused combat to not initiate properly.
• Fixed a bug that caused NPC nametags to not appear when pressing Tab until they had been interacted with at least once.
• Temporarily removed dockhand worker to stop slide backwards and other movement issues
• Tea effects will now stack properly
• Poems will not appear when in menus anymore
• Calm Trait will now increase energy replenish to 1.25% instead of 1% when eating edibles.
• Glutton Trait will now decrease energy replenish to 0.75% instead of 0% when eating edibles.
• Self-Sacrifice Trait will now decrease energy replenish to 0.75% instead of 0% when eating edibles.
• You now cannot cancel a trade anymore after a trade has been confirmed.
• Wasteful trait will now have a chance to discard 2 - 3 items instead of only 2.
• NPC Interaction adjustments so the speech bubble will now appear on the first click
• Gave every wearable "Body" item a unique description.
• Fix for if your inventory is full when receiving a quest item the quest will break
• Change to item UI for value layout so value appears at the top
• Fix for Kasa Incident quest during Night time encounters.
• Added four more poems for the train headed west from Crossings.
• Wrote 4 poems for every different departure of ferries and trains.
• Added a more descriptions to arm and glove items. (Around 5000 words)
• Edible items without a unique description have now received one.
• Endeavour tutorial text change
• Added around 7000 new words worth of item descriptions for Edible items (Bread, cakes, etc) and fixed a couple of text errors.
• Fix for boat leaving the player in the water in West_09
• Fix for Endeavour requirements flash when loading Endeavour
• Character customization should now work in game
• Fix for Large Dried Fish wrong item type
• Fixed a bug that caused the debug menu to always display the current weekday as Monday
• Temporary time adjustments
• Improvements to water reflections

Dear Traveller,

Dear Traveller,

We want to thank you for your patience. As you are aware we had some significant issues that we needed to take time to solve that we estimated would take 3 months. We are now 3 months and 1 week after that and finally have some news for you as well as a new Beta Test Environment for you to use. If you followed our Tech Blogs you would have seen that we were doing things but as it was all short comments aimed at internal users it may not have made a lot of sense. In essence, what we have done is change some of the core tech the game uses as well as streamlined some of our production pipelines. That main change with this is an update of the Unity Engine from a 2019 version to the newer 2021.3.3f1 version. If you look this up you will see that yes there are newer versions, however we needed one that offers Long Term Support as well as not jumping too far ahead from the 2019 version. Updating the engine comes with several benefits. You should initially notice that the game *feels* a bit smoother but mostly it allows us to add some new technologies in that we can use in the near future to give you better gameplay, from things like a new Input System (affecting mouse movement and potential controller support) to new cinematic cameras and live real time events. Now this stage is complete we need to present you with an updated Road Map which will be coming in the near future that will explain what we will fix and change as well as provide some detail on new content that we know you are all excited to hear about and play. As well as the engine update we have started to make other performance improvements by re-writing portions of code and changing some visual effects to give a higher frame rate. The area you will see the biggest change here is with water. We use a very detailed reflection system which lead to water being always on, which is very costly. We have now managed to improve this system so only a small amount of water around your character is rendered leading to a significant frame rate improvement. Overall one thing we need to avoid is making things worse. The problem with game development, especially in small teams, is being able to test all of the content to make sure its bug free and smooth before it gets released. This is one of the benefits of early access but also one of its greatest curses. One thing that greatly aids in this is a Beta environment, and that is what we want to share with you today. Please understand a version released on the Beta environment will be more unstable than one released on retail. It will also be a lot more restricted. However it allows us to have people play test updated versions without impacting the majority of players. We have now prepared an updated version of the game and propped it on the Beta Environment for you to try out if you wish to take part in testing new features. Also it is important to realize that we have only addressed underlying core tech issues and general performance. Many of you wait for specific issues to be fixed regarding quests etc and these are not delivered as part of this update but will be addressed soon. Be aware of the following:

• The Beta Environment is more unstable than retail.
• The Beta Environment will be turned off and restart at random with no notice.
• Characters created on the Beta environment will be wiped periodically do not use this for long term game play.
• Only 7 seats exist per region therefore only a total of 28 people can play on Beta at any one time.
• On Beta you will occasionally see content that is not fully known by other players. Please avoid Spoilers.

• Boats will periodically teleport you when they reach docks this might lead you to landing in water and having to walk to land.
• Some water has rapid wave effects (most notably in Siram Fields)
• The game client might hang during logout. You should be able to close it with Alt+F4

Dear Traveller,

• For the next 3 months well focus on more large scope tech issues.These wont be specific bugs or glitches that are typically visible to the player, but more world encompassing system issues that need to be addressed in order for the game as a whole to be more fertile ground for us to start eradicating the comparatively smaller problems that actually are evident to the player.
• During this time we may appear to be quiet or seem inactive. This is just because we will be very busy. Since the nature of these larger scale issues dont always make them suitable for traditional patch notes, you wont necessarily see a typical flow of those during this period. You will, however, notice the game getting updated in the Steam client, and if an update doesn't come with the traditional patch notes now you know why.
• After this period well resume with the releasing of additional content. By this point we plan to have the games foundation solid enough to allow us to start growing it again. We have lots of cool things that were dying to get into your hands. The city of Kasa, for instance, is very close to being finished and we know youre excited for the deeper character customisation tools that weve talked about in the past. But this doesnt mean that well be done with fixes, just that we can start doing both fixes and fun new content.

Dear Traveller, Today, April 5th 1pm CEST, we're rolling out a new update to Book of Travels and it contains a few changes and a plethora of fixes. Read on to find out exactly what is being adressed.

Additions & Tweaks

• You now get a better default server region assigned per default, based on your local time zone.
• Implemented gameplay effects for some of the traits: - Observant players will now see collectibles glimmer more often. - Eager players will now run slightly faster. - Restrained players will now have a chance of retaining a small amount of reagents when brewing tea of their wind affinity. - Learned players will now retain a small amount of level progress on honed skills when unlearning them. - Focused players will now brew tea quicker. - Tough players will now have more stamina.
• Added popups to the settings menu when you apply settings, and when you try to close the settings menu without applying the settings.
• Added text to Whats the plan? under Why early access? in the main menu.

Bug Fixes

• Solved various issues around NPCs catching up with their pathing client side (NPC server desync).
• Fixed various causes of the players saved position not being used when logging in.
• Fixed a bug that created clones of NPCs in the login lobby when logging out.

• Several issues around traveling with boats solved (boats sometimes disappearing when stopping or changing level, issues with syncing position of remote players when traveling).
• Solved a case of the player not getting correctly attached to a vehicle (causing the screen to stutter as the vehicle moves, and caused movement issues for the player after disembarking).
• Solved getting stuck on a boat if disembarking by walking to an interactable object.
• Graphical vehicle details (effects, turning components etc.) should now update as long as it is running (and not stop a little moment before stopping sometimes).
• Solved that the train locomotive was sometimes visually turned in the wrong direction.

• The red combat circle now moves with the combat participants (as intended).

• Players should no longer be locked after gathering reagents or petting animals.
• Solved that you had to sit down before logging out to be able to log out.
• Fixed a bug that enabled players to pick up reagents from far away when they were unable to move.
• Fixed animal ports walk & running speed in water.

• Fixed text load errors regarding signs. You should see less [CUSTOM POEM] on signs now.
• Fixed a bug that caused skill cards to not show the correct amount of levels the skill can achieve.
• Text boxes should no longer disappear if enough time has passed. They now only disappear when closed or when walking away.
• Fixed issues with text boxes not scaling properly to the text if the text contained prose (centered and italic text).
• Fixed a bug that caused the settings menu to take a long time to open.
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to be blurred for a moment after transitioning between levels.
• Fixed an issue where the endeavour progress markers where not correctly closed and resetted.
• Fixed a bug that caused the endeavour UI to pop in on spawn.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Emote and Skill parts of the HUD to disappear when opening a menu with a hotkey on the frame as clicking to walk.
• Fixed a bug that caused the reagent UI to not display properly after logging out and in again.
• Fixed a small visual bug that caused the starting equipment to be marked as newly obtained when dragging them to the inventory.
• Pressing Tab no longer shows the name tags of invisible NPCs (such as ghosts).
• You should no longer be able flip pages with the arrow keys while picking your start scenario in character creation.
• Fixed a bug that caused scrolling tutorials to also zoom the map.
• Fixed a bug that caused the 'Ghost Smoke' effect to remove the ability to use emotes.

• Fixed interacting with endeavours sometimes does not start the progress.
• Fixed an issue where endeavour progress was not correctly added.
• Solved an issue with social endeavours where the progress icons were not displayed.
• Solved an issue with social endeavours where the player would slide away.
• Solved an issue with social endeavours where the first interaction did not count towards the progress.
• The Patterfoot dog should now properly give out its exchange item instead of only showing it off.
• Solved a case of NPCs sometimes teleporting instead of walking/running.
• Solved a case of NPCs sliding.
• Solved a case of NPCs animating walk/run while standing still.
• Solved a case of animals bobbing their heads up and down (when supposed to graze).

• Fixed Veiled Gate portal not teleporting the player.
• Skills are now properly set as unavailable when another skill is being cast. This fixed an exploit that could be used to cast skills with less reagents, less casting time and bypassing skill restrictions.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Guise skills to not color skin-tight clothes properly (such as The Mosswalker's pants).
• "Fixed bugs regarding the Dyslectic trait: - Dyslectic characters can no longer read the Vellan language without the required skill. - Dyslectic now affects readable signs. - Dyslectic no longer affects tooltips for non-readable items."
• Creating a fireplace should now cancel logging out.

• Fixed a bug that caused mouseover sounds to play even when moving another UI element.
• Fixed an issue where the endeavour interaction sound would not stop after cancelling or succeeding with the interaction.

• Fixed a place in the Underbelly where you could fall through the terrain.
• Made a non-interactable fireplace in Little Slip interactable.

• Light should now properly affect transformed players at night.
• Fixed a bug that caused graphics settings to not be properly loaded.
• Fixed double text sign in Bat Saha.
• Changed the dialogue of the Masterless key Collector to avoid confusion.

Dear Traveller, Tomorrow, on Tuesday March 8th at 1pm CET, we're rolling out a new patch to Book of Travels. Below you can read up on what it contains.

Bug Fixes

• Combat rule change: The attack counter now counts up even when defending. This solves the previously broken dynamic where a large number of weak NPCs could overpower a strong player, and that a player could defeat any single enemy by spamming attacks.
• Solved more cases of faulty positioning in combat (mostly attacking when too far away from the opponent).
• Visual tweak: Characters now rotate faster towards each other when putting their hands on their swords before combat.
• Solved various triggers for the player exiting the hand on sword animation while still in the hand on sword action.

• Several issues with remote player movement solved (Server desync of other players moving around in the world).

• Fixed a bug that caused the top half of a players emotes to disappear.
• A merchant's inventory will no longer be sorted after moving items to and from the receive box. The player can sort manually through the filter buttons.
• A merchant's inventory will stay on the same page when moving items to and from the receive box.
• Fixed a bug in the trade screen where trading an item you have duplicates of would always trade away the first instance of that item in your inventory. Trading should now always take the correct items from your inventory.
• Fixed various trade bugs that caused duplicate items to behave strangely in the trader's inventory. (Ex. clicking one item would remove all items with the same name from the trader's inventory, and other bugs.)
• Fixed a bug that caused stacked items in trade to appear invisible after shift-clicking them.
• Fixed issues in trade where Shift or Ctrl-clicking stacks of items would trigger the "Cancel Trade" prompt.
• Fixed a bug that caused the item Willow Nut item to not have a description and disappear from the players inventory after logging out.
• Eating from your inventory should now decrease the amount of a stacked item visually.
• Fixed a bug that caused life petals to not show when regained by an endeavour.
• For the skill Flaring Crescent, the spawned weapon now has a proper item icon in the inventory screen.
• Fixed correct display of weekday in the debug menu.

• Teapots no longer disappear when entering a level by boat.
• Fixed cases where NPCs interactions and dialogues did not switch properly from night to day.

• The skill 'Flaring Crescent' is no longer available when the users inventory is full, since this would remove the currently equipped main hand item from the users inventory.
• Improved server synchronization for the passive skill 'Tricks of the Messenger'.
• Fixed some incorrect skill restrictions, like 'Hide in Water' requiring you to be on a road.

• Fixed a but that caused the weather audio to keep playing after logging out.

Dear Traveller, In just under two hours, at 1pm CET / 4am PT, we're rolling out a new update of bug fixes to Book of Travels. As always, anyone still online playing at this point will be disconnected as the update files are being applied.

Bug Fixes

• Solved various cases of movement and positioning issues in combat.
• Fleeing in combat now shows the player running (as intended).
• Solved a case of gliding instead of running when charging at the start of a combat scenario.
• Solved that there was a brief pause between running to charge and attacking in combat.
• The red combat ring sometimes sliding over the screen after having started multiple combat scenarios at different positions in the same scene solved.

• Sometimes being stuck for 15-20 seconds after a level transition solved.
• The loading view fading out before the camera has been placed solved.
• Sometimes sliding slightly animation-wise when starting to walk or run solved.

• Fixed a visual bug that caused your inventory to not be loaded into the UI after using the Trainmasters Chest.
• Fixed an issue that caused interacting with drinking fountains to not work.
• Reduced the time the player is locked while interacting with drinking fountains.
• The "Hide hud" buttons are now properly greyed out if they are not interactable.
• The Atlas HUD button is now properly greyed out when not interactable.

• Fixed a bug that caused offhand items to turn invisible while being affected by the Knot of Mimarob skill.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Fold skill to not work on unconnected (but still valid) positions.

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Dear Traveller, We hope you're doing well! Tomorrow, Tuesday February 8th, at 3pm CET / 6am PT, we're excited to be rolling out an update containing both new content (which we'll talk more about tomorrow) and a host of bug fixes to Book of Travels. Below you can read up on what those fixes do, specifically. Note that the servers are expected to be down for maintenance between 1pm and 3pm CET, so that we can apply the changes and do some "dusting".

General Changes

• Character level achievements now trigger retroactively when logging in (for non-deleted characters in the same region).

Bug Fixes

• Your ward will now get used if you get attacked while casting a knot spell. You will no longer be instantly defeated if hit while casting a spell.
• Fixed a bug that caused NPCs to occasionally joining a combat situation when they shouldn't (like chickens).
• Several cases of incorrect timings and double-triggered animations in combat solved.
• Characters sometimes not drawing their sword at the end of the combat initiative counter solved.
• Players no longer incorrectly exits the Hand on Sword state when entering it from walking or running.
• NPCs can no longer initiate combat with a player who is currently being robbed, or currently engaged in combat with another event (this solves several corner cases of getting stuck in combat).
• Fixed a case when attacking robbers would trigger a robbery during the combat.

• Boats no longer have an occasional delay between counting down and starting to move.
• Solved that vehicles boarding buttons sometimes showed up too late after stopping.
• Player is no longer locked for a brief moment when disembarking from a vehicle.

• Sometimes starting to teleport instead of walking after a level change or re-log solved.
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to continue their walk when starting to cast a skill.
• Fixed a bug that caused your character to sometimes slide towards a teapot when sitting down and clicking on it.
• Fixed a bug that caused your character to slide after logging in with an active animal port.
• Fixed player sliding when stopping while in animal form.
• Running can no longer be entered when in water by right-clicking interactables.
• When right-clicking to run, but circumstances does not allow you to (in water, not enough stamina), your character will now start to run if the circumstances change to allow it.

• Stacking items in Trainmasters Chest should now work properly and not lead to items disappearing.
• Items should now properly save in both the Trainmasters Chest and the inventory after using the chest.
• Fixed a visual bug that caused your inventory to not be loaded into the UI after double-clicking items in the Trainmasters Chest.
• "Fixed a bug that caused the 'Take All' button to not give the player the items.
• Fixed a bug that caused spam clicking the 'Take all' button to duplicate items."
• Fixed an issue that showed trade buttons for NPCs that don't have a valid trade anymore.
• Fixed a bug that caused the compass button to indoor areas to keep the rotation of the last seen compass. It will now always point down.
• Fixed certain instances of flickering text boxes.
• Tea description sometimes not working on player created teapots is now fixed.
• Fixed a bug that caused certain headpiece items to not have an item icon.

• The Elder statues are interactable again.
• Solved that some narrative events (like the night market in Charwood Forest) were empty / lingered with their props like tents, and some audio etc / had their NPCs standing in the same corner when the event was not supposed to be active.
• Invisible NPCs are interactable again.

• Added proper collision to a rocks in West Wind Shores.
• Moved spawn points of some out of reach reagents.

• Fixed bug where skill objects could spawn outside of valid terrain.
• Fixed projectile path looking strange when using certain skills without a valid target.
• Guiding Spark now recognizes House of Ari as shelter.

• The launcher now works on OSX.
• Fixed a bug that caused smoke to appear pink on OSX.
• Fixed various instances of ground color bleeding.

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• Life is dependent on your life petals in accordance with original design.
• Characters can die, and seeing someone else die will ignite a special quest regarding mourning and closure.
• Your items will be stored by your grave, collectible only by you.
• Ghost forms can travel the world interacting with other ghosts.
• There is a path to be discovered to get resurrected. A way to gain passage back to the land of the living.

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Dear Traveller, Today we've brought you yet another small but much needed patch of changes and fixes. It contains some of the most frequently requested fixes to boats and endeavours. Thank you for your valuable feedback, it really does make Book of Travels a better experience for everyone. Keep it coming! Now to the list:

General Changes

• The Guise skills now last for longer (10 minutes -> 30 minutes).
• Added a black border to the loading screen for alternate aspect ratios.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the interaction with an endeavour was delayed. - NOTE: Due to this fix, players might see other players teleporting to endeavours to interact with them. This is a known issue, but needed for the current solution.
• Boats should now start as soon as the "Time to Depart" counter is done.
• Boats should now visually move when they start from standing still.
• There should no longer be a black screen lingering for several seconds in some cases when changing level with a vehicle.

Dear Traveller, In a little more than an hour, at 2pm CET (5am PT), we're pushing out a new patch of fixes to Book of Travels. Most of you probably know this now, but anyone who is still online playing by then will get disconnected as the update is being applied.

General Changes

• If the player is given an item as part of an interaction, a prompt will now tell them if their inventory is full and therefore could not receive the item.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed various issues with Achievements not triggering correctly.
• Events that spawn on specific days now spawn according to local time instead of according to the UTC time zone.
• A case of some day time dependent events appearing or not appearing at the right time of day solved (i.e., some night events not appearing at night and so on).
• The Carpet Seller in Bat Saha no longer sells the skill Knot of the Infamous.
• Knot of the Infamous now has the correct name and description.
• Occasionally getting stuck when changing levels on a train solved (this fix also solved some overshooting when stopping for trains).
• Fixed a bug that caused the HUD to disappear when spamming the HUD buttons.
• Fixed a bug that caused swapping places of items to duplicate the favorite icon on both items.
• Fixed a bug that caused the favorite icon to be displayed on pocketed items that were not favorited.
• Toggling the hood now matches the animation.
• Conjure Flowers now works on the correct terrain type.

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Achievements to mark your accomplishments

• Survived Character Creation!
• Journey Started
• Reached Safety
• Bat Saha
• Dandelions
• Learn Vellan
• The Dandelion
• First Trade
• Gather Your Party
• Party of Heroes
• A Bag of Riches
• Robbers Delight
• And other, hidden achievements!

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Dear Traveller, Today, at 14:00 CET (06:00 PT), we're updating Book of Travels with a host of various changes and fixes. As usual, anyone that's online playing at that time will be disconnected as the patch is rolling out - so try to plan your playtime accordingly.

General Changes

• Players can now cancel casting knots and brewing teas by walking.
• When using a skill that requires you to target a character, hovering over a targetable character will now highlight them. Untargetable characters will not be highlighted even if they have interactions while in this state.
• Level transition buttons now align properly to passages and portals in the world.
• Implemented new animations for musicians.
• Various new text descriptions for skill items, skill effects and reagents added.
• Removed direction text for indoor gates.
• Polished the look of the Flower Kettem texture.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed various bugs that caused the player to teleport on click instead of walking.
• Prompt messages no longer get queued up if the same prompt is already set to display in the queue.
• Fixed a bug that caused skills to not be able to target other characters.
• The cave wall in the Jade Urn no longer fades from inside the cave.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Careful trait to trigger a prompt when close to a non-hostile NPC that the player could duel with.
• Fixed the "New Foundry Special" item name that was mentioning it to be a bread, instead of a beverage.
• Added missing icon for Fake Pearl Studs.
• Fixed a bug that caused the name sign of a hovered character to flicker.
• Fixed a bug that caused notes on the map to be placed in a horizontal line when logging out and back in. They should now always stay in the position they were placed in.
• NPCs gambling animation should no longer sporadically twitch.
• Fixed a bug that caused Kelim's Gate to be available outside of Nomad's rests.
• Fixed a bug that caused the "out of breath" audio to play when running out of stamina while in animal form.
• An equipped Offhand item should now properly toggle off when using the Deep Rest skill.
• Fixed a bug that caused items to move around in the inventory after swapping the places of two equipped rings.
• Fixed a bug that caused having the Cheap knotted cord message in your inventory to break certain UI elements (such as tooltips, or using skills).
• Fixed a bug that caused the Party tutorial to show up for all party members if at least one member had not yet seen the tutorial.
• Map notes are now properly removed from the database when their text contents are removed.
• The Learn button on skill cards is no longer interactable if you already have the skill in your skillbook.
• Fixed various culling issues with background clouds.
• Players should no longer clip through the train when sitting down while travelling.
• Fixed a bug that caused hostile NPC name tags to not show up when pressing Tab.
• Fixed a bug that caused textboxes to not properly pre-scale to their largest size in an interaction. This created instances of the text box being different sizes in one dialogue, and making the next button jump around to different places.

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Dear Traveller, Twelve hours from now, on November 16 at 9:30 AM CET (12:30 AM PT), we're rolling out a new patch. It is mostly made up of fixes for fishing, but it contains a couple of other things as well. Here it is:

• Fixed an issue that could result in a faulty intro and create further problems regarding placing the character onto the starting level.
• Fixed a possible issue that prevented certain events from spawning.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent showing speech bubbles.
• Fixed various bugs regarding fishing: - Fishing animations and lock time are now faster overall. - Fixed issues with the fish prop being visible during an animation transition. - You should now always finish fishing when the fishing timer is full. - Off-hand items should disappear properly while fishing. - Clicking to walk away while fishing should no longer put the character in a gliding state. - The Fishing skill card will no longer show as "inactive" when you have a full inventory, but will still prevent you from fishing and give a warning prompt.
• The daytime issue should now be solved, and server time should be set according to the regions time.
• Fixed a case of items disappearing from both the inventory and pockets. Please report if you are still losing items.

Dear Traveller, Yesterday we rolled out a new patch with various bug fixes. Why wasn't this communicated beforehand? Well, lets pretend that it wasn't due to miscommunications within our team and blame omin shenanigans instead! Regardless, below you'll find the list of patch items.

Bug Fixes

• Solved corner case of sometimes being invisible after a level change, post fainting.
• Fixed kids running into each other in Bat Saha.
• Fixed faulty values on the rain emission on gazebo.
• Fixed interaction button for endeavours not showing up when clicking from afar and walking closer.
• Fixed error caused by reaction.
• Fixed a bug that caused you to be able to place an item with a pocket inside a pocket by swapping equipment.
• Fixed a text display issue where the number '40' would get cut off and display as '4' for item amounts.
• Offhand Item no longer reappears while using Meld skill.
• Combat no longer spawns double loot. Sorry!
• Meld animation now plays correctly.
• Fixed map object not being lit correctly in player's hands.
• Using a portal in a tea house no longer spams errors.
• Vosnan now reacts to player sitting down by starting a game of passage.
• Fixed gather mouse icon not changing when moving the mouse from a reagent to a NPC directly.
• Solved hover character/no walk zone conflict on cursor icon.
• Fixed some endeavours not being interactable.
• Fixed reagents spawned by endeavours not being interactable from time to time.
• Fixed an issue where lanterns during night would be audible over the whole level and thus overtake the audio. Their sound volume is now correctly set in relation with the players position again.
• Fixed various cases where a static exchange would not find the needed item in your pocket.
• Inconsistencies in acceleration and deceleration of vehicles is now solved.
• Prevent cursor from flickering on interactables.

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Dear Traveller, We have a small update for you today, with just a few fixes. This one will roll out on 4pm CET (8am PT), so in less than half an hour from now.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed night-day cycle not being synced with the 24 hour clock of the region chosen.
• Fixed so that Shelter is moved to the side when used.
• Fixed ghosts visible for other players.

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Dear Traveller, Today, November 1st at 5pm CET (9am PT), we'll be rolling out a new update with fixes for Book of Travels. As always, be aware that anyone still online playing at that time will be disconnected as the update is applied.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the black screen when logging in with new character.
• Fixed the gambling Sefra for OSX so it's not a black orb.
• In Kuro Orchard, the game of passage is no longer missing with Farmer Ravda.
• Fixed so that you can see players standing still when entering a level.
• The south exit in Western Verve has been corrected.
• The exit zone has been changed in Little Slip.
• Fixed endeavours that are inert and not interactable.
• Structure in The Two Wanderers has gotten collider applied.
• The large boat "Seagull" in Myr can no longer be entered or interacted with.
• Fixed spawning in the wrong location when leaving The Char Cape passage to the west in a group.
• The tea auction in Myr has had its behaviour changed.
• Fixed not being able to assemble a fire under a wind shelter.
• Fixed instances where starting a fire would make the screen flash for a frame.
• Fixed instances where Hide in Water skill wouldn't make the character hide in the water.
• Fixed so that fire beneficial message is prompted before the fire is active.
• Fixed teapots with no interaction ring on it.

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Dear Traveller, Time for another patch with changes and fixes. This one is coming out today, October 26th at 4pm CEST (7am PT). Like always, when this patch starts rolling out, anyone still online playing will be disconnected. Please try to plan your play time accordingly. Now, on to what the patch actually contains.

General Changes

• Added icons for equipment items.

Bug Fixes

• Added correct linebreak codes to loading screen texts.
• Skill cost only takes primary wind affinity into account.
• The information prompt should no longer start opaque.
• Fixed a bug that caused edibles eaten from the pickup spot to duplicate in the player's inventory.
• Fixed character lighting not working in outmarks during day time.
• Fixed a bug where group stats effects would not apply when rejoining a group.
• Fixed event props not appearing when travelling into a new level.
• Fixed an issue that prevented repairing boats.
• Dead NPCs are not displaying walk by poems anymore.

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Dear Traveller, Later today, October 25th at around 4pm CEST (7am PT), we're going to roll out the latest update to Book of Travels. Please be aware that anyone still online playing when that happens, will be disconnected from the servers. Prepare your gameplay time accordingly.

Bug fixes

• Made it so that the highlight circle does not travel further down than 0.1 units if there's no terrain. Makes it look better.
• Merchants along the road should now move better.
• Flowers should now be spawning in higher quantities.
• Getting soft locked should no longer cause the player to teleport instead of walking.
• Inspect interactions should no longer immediately close after clicking on them.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused effect cards to not be placed correctly in the HUD.
• Tweaked the navmesh at train platform edge again.
• Train no longer soft locks when travelling between areas.
• Updated light source script and prefabs, should now work properly.
• Pyre no longer plays double audio on extinguish.
• Train should no longer get stuck travelling between areas.
• Guiding Spark: Shelter knot now also finds Nomad's Rests.
• Added failsafe for corner case nullref when NPC moves away from object.
• Fireplace and Pyre no longer block movement.
• Hanging trees now fade entirely.

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Book of Travels stream.

General Changes

• Added additional means to acquire several skills.

Bug Fixes

• Characters disappearing from character select screen potentially fixed, will monitor further.
• Fixed an instance of items disappearing from pockets.
• Added the missing Kuro Orchard watermill sounds.
• Fixed various issues with tool tops not appearing correctly for traits.
• Fixed Endeavours too close to the edge on some docks, causing loot to spawn on water.
• Fixed a bug that caused players spawning together to not from a group.
• Fixed a bug that caused tool tips to add unnecessary line breaks.
• Player should no longer randomly teleport after travelling with a vehicle.
• Fixed setting for Customer NPC to not collide as often.
• Fixed faulty cooldowns on skill cards.
• Fixed missing text on some item descriptions header.
• Fixed Endeavours linked to NPC sometimes being unavailable.
• Shaders needs to be double sided and can't use depth information if they want to be reflected. The more you now!
• Fixed a bug that caused the amount of skill uses left to be displayed incorrectly.
• Fixed issue where player would not sped off vehicle properly on other clients.
• Brew of Hidden Cries now highlights NPCs as it should.
• Fixed pickup sound spamming after picking up loot from Endeavours.
• Tossing an equipped bag will now destroy the item properly.

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Colours of the wind

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The Goodward and The Reachant

The Gleaner and The Enfolder

The Crested and The Ribboned

The Larker and The Veiled

The Mirther and The Dimmed

The Moss Walker and The Weatherer

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Bigger, deeper and more mysterious...

Explore, meet and collaborate

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A game with hidden depths

Gambling & deck building

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Growing together in Early Access

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The Unholy Trio

Blessings in disguise

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How many people will there be in my game?

Can we play with friends?

Finding one another when already on the road

Communication

Finding each other beyond the game

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Pit your wits against bandits and beings

Preparation, tension and targets

Fight, flight or flee?

Oops, I changed my mind - get me out of here!

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Lose yourself in a new identity

Creating meaning together

Evolving the language for you and for Braided Shore

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• 7pm CEST (Central European Summer Time)
• 5pm UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
• 1pm EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
• 10 am PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)

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Words about the date reveal trailer

A close look at first gameplay

An appreciation of detailed character creation

An interview with our Creative Director

Regular and expert angles on these Steam posts

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Rare encounters

The personal pattern of your journey

Shifting events in a living world

Shaping chapters

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Urban Eating

Foraging in the Forest

Drinks and drinking

The role playing dimension

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What are Reagents?

Tune in to the presence of Reagents

Find signs of Reagents in the wild

Look for logic in towns and villages

Rare Reagents may mean high stakes

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Tuesdays are the new Fridays

Our new CM Oliver

Shifted release window

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Where set design and gameplay come together

Creating curiosity in different spaces

Levels that feel like a painted world

Balancing design with open play

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Backpack slots accommodate accessories and musical instruments created in our 2019 Kickstarter.

Fill your pack with many things

Skill cards

Poor & good items

Great & exceptional items

Pack smart... and look out for Reagents too

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Sometimes you find things that you love and get lucky enough to find a job that makes the most of both passions! That's what happened to Magnus... Find out how he became a Sound Designer and where he gets his inspiration, and please do say hi in the comments section!

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Travel the land on track

Boat across The Verve

Draisine

Magical means

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Magdra, a travelling merchant

A History Professor Myrak of Rivenleaf

Mijha, a grain farmer from Myr

Ezra of The Broken Lantern Gang

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Geography and climate

Key historic periods

Language

Sefra and spirits

If youve ever thought that a career in programming means dull days in front of a computer without travel and mobility, read through our new programmers career journey, and think again! Were happy to introduce you to our new team member, Charlotte Auger - here she tells us how her experiences shape her work. Let Charlotte know if you have any questions in the comments section below!

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Pre-production sketches

Production sketches

Sketches to come back to

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With two of our most ambitious titles to date releasing soon, we thought that this was the perfect time to ensure that they'll be cross checked to perfection with the help of Quality Assurance Officer Fleur. We hope you like their Q&A and are brimming with questions yourself to ask them in the comments section!

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Beware the chaos of a Kettem

Never mess with a Maisu

The torment of Mares

Be watchful as you wander

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Different moods for different journeys

Instruments from the East recorded live

Celebrating music in our games

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Circularity and uncertainty from literary magic realists

Light and darkness from Tove Jansson

Peace and solitude from Studio Ghibli

Ambiguity from Earthsea

Open world gaming from Baldurs Gate

Character design and a diorama aesthetic from Czech animators

A light and dark aesthetic from many fine art masters

Those unexpected human things

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The Wheel of Personality, Jung and Chinese Theatre

The Mirther and The Dimmed

The Moss Walker and The Weatherer

Choose a Form role on Discord!

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A hive of activity in a serene land

Trade, commerce and culture

Design sketches from Kasa

Contrasting environments

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Wilds, waterways... and a bustling trade city

Starting with Chapter Zero

With Shelter 3 due for release in Q1 and Book of Travels in Q2 next year, the time has truly come to hire a professional to help share them with the world. Luckily, we came across Anna Westerling, a PR pro with a passion for culture, events and roleplay. Read about her dabbles with vampires and larping right here, and ask her a question in the comments!

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Weve used the term TMORPG ever since Book of Travels was announced back in September 2019, and if youve ever wondered why, were here to explain... Those letters stand for Tiny Multiplayer Online and represent one of the most important aspects of the game. Essentially, it means that players per server are limited and meetings between players will be uncommon.
If youve seen our Kickstarter campaign video the abbreviation may sound familiar, and weve been really pleased to notice that for some, its one of the games biggest attractions. While its not exactly a genre, we think it works pretty well to describe a game where the amount of online players is capped. The result is that meeting other players is not commonplace and therefore, something a bit special.

It all began with Meadow

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The game design challenge

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Narrative Designer Dennis Gustafsson has previously published nine comic books and worked on 35 games. Book of Travels brings him from Malmo to Stockholm, usually by motorbike, but soon as a permanent relocation. We hope you like his Q&A. Be sure to ask any questions in the comments, Dennis will be popping in to answer them!

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Best Wishes, Helen & the Dev Team

Game Designer Beto was brought onto team to help balance the play experience in Book of Travels. Currently he's working on resources distribution across Early Access levels alongside colleague Andreas Wangler. We're super excited to have Beto with us all the way from Brazil! Here's his Q&A - we hope you like it, and ifs you want to ask him any questions, pop them in the comments section!

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Our first gameplay video drops in November

Fortnightly game updates

You probably know by now that Book of Travels isnt a game that fits neatly into any kind of genre, well the same can be said of the writing in the game. Together, the different modes of ingame text comprise the contours of the story world: the backstory, NPC dialogue, item descriptions and UI text all play their part in bringing Braided Shore to life. Of course we can say this about all game worlds, but Book of Travels is a bit different: its a non-linear, exploratory, immersive experience where questing isnt centre stage. So in this case, the main role of text isn't to drive forward stories or point players through the next beat of an epic plot. This means we can have a bit more fun and allow it to enhance the experience in different ways.

NPCs as story book characters

Getting the tone right

Seeding lore

Glimmers of story

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Hello!

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Hello!

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HUD

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The four types of skills and the four winds

Knots

Teas

Abilities

Passives

Winds

How to acquire skills

Using skills

Hello!

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Hello!

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Physical Endeavours

Mystical Endeavours

Mechanical Endeavours

Social Endeavours

Current status - your input!

Hello! Today we are really excited to share this, our newtrailer! We hope you like it. Much like an elephant, development is coming along slowly but surely. Currently the team areworking on elephant behaviours, level design and bringing some animal NPCs to life.
Elephant Development But the truth is that we should have been further along than this by now, and today we're writing to let you know that we've had to revise our schedule - release is now set for a realistic early 2021. We're sorry - we know that some of you have been waiting so patiently! But we're a small team and along with updating Meadow, we just don't have the resources to move much faster than this. This means that we won't be working on any new updates forMeadowuntil Shelter 3 is released. Pulling resources away from Meadow means that we can fullycommit to our deadline for Shelter 3, however we do have plans for some funMeadow updates when that time comes - we think it will be worth the wait! Meadow in the Meantime Meadow has been an unexpectedhigh point in our journey andwe want to say a huge thank you for making Meadow what it is today - it's been four years of animal joy, and we've never stopped being surprised, touched and deeply grateful for all that you have produced and shared. Thank you. Our recent Kickstarter means that there's been a few new faces in Meadowrecently, and we'll continue to do more Play-with-the-devs events (one soon-to-be-announcedfor April). We also want you to know that the emotes you've been using so effectivelywill be gaining a sibling in our upcoming fairytale RPG, Book of Travels. Again, to all Meadow players, a huge thank you for helping us test and develop this communication system and showing us how magical it can be. That's all for now - thank you for all your comments here on Steam! (We've been a little absent lately but we'll be around more often to say hello in the future.) Best Wishes, Helen and the team at Might & Delight

Hello! We hope you are well! Here in the studio we've been laying tracks for our final destination, full release of Book of Travels. We are super excited to be resuming this adventure with you - for everyone who supported us in any way whatsoever in last year's Kickstarter, thank you so much! We are now in a great place to really move things forward! That means we're at the exciting stage of finalising what goes into the beta! Key play dates are...

• Beta testing in May and June
• Early access in October

Hello! As I write we are nearing the end of our Kickstarter campaign for Book of Travels, and if you've been thinking of getting involved and backing us but haven't done it yet, now is the time! We write to you now to update you on two very important topics! Rewardsand... a cat!
Free games now included+ map book We want to make sure you don't miss out on our last little bit of Kickstarter adventure...It's been a crazy campaign and we've flown a little bit by the seat of our pants, which included adding someextra free thingsto the rewards bundles. Every pledge Traveller and above now gets Meadow + an illustrated Map Book, and every pledge Settler and above gets (Meadow and) Tiny Echo + an illustrated Map Book. (If you already have these games you are free to give the key to a friend!) Flik the cat goes to Braided Shore Did you know we have one member of the team who is not quite human? She isFlik, our visiting cat. To celebrate the end of the campaign, and to honour the calm and chaos she brings to the studio we're going to add her into the game as arare event, try to spot her on your travels! Here is Flik in real life! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiWLH8VONK0 Thank you so much for checking out the campaign in these final hours! We will be much more present here on Steam in the coming weeks, and we'll be opening a new thread where you can add your game ideas! If you havent clicked your way to the campaign yet there may still be time! Here's the link onceagain. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bookoftravels/book-of-travels-a-serene-online-rpg?ref=creator_nav Best Wishes, Helen and the team at Might & Delight

Hello Everyone! If you didn't catch us on Kickstarter already, we just want let you know that the campaign is going really well and we'd love you to check it out! We've had a lot of great feedback and today we are even on the front page of www.kickstarter.com! We've grown to a 3.5 thousand community and unlocked stretch goals for draisine travel and in-game Go, and we're on the cusp of unlocking a play-music-together feature! We revealed new stretch goals today (which include a whole new range of pets!). They're all the result of the conversations we're having with people on Discord and in Kickstarter and beyond... If you haven't already joined us, please do! Best Wishes, Helen and the team at Might & Delight DISCORD here! https://discord.gg/JFHnbae

Hello! Our Kickstarter for Book of Travels is now LIVE! Were celebrating our adventure by creating a dedicated meadow that sits just to the at the foothills of the mountains of Braided Shore. Its called Travellers Meadow and at the moment its empty, but well be adding a wildflower for every backer, so in the next few days we hope it will be filled with our collected energy. And when you play Book of Travels, it can be your special place to take some time to rest, or arrange to meet with other players. Were very happy to have your attention here on Steam, but of you want to check out the campaign here we are! https://tinyurl.com/y39kkj68

Hello! For those people interested in our Kickstarter campaign, we have to let you know that we are now postponing by one week... our new date is Thursday 24th October, that's next week only! We can't wait. Stay tuned and get the newsletter update here if you aren't already a Traveller :) www.mightanddelight.com/rpg