Happy Eventide
The day everyone has been waiting for is finally here, and believe me when I say, no one is more excited than the team here at Airship. The team has poured their hearts into this patch, which marks a huge milestone for us as the first major patch release as Publisher & Developer! We know a lot is riding on the success of this release and to be sure we get things right, we need your help!
Today we will be soft launching Eventide (v0.2) on Steam without the usual fanfare, or even acknowledging the update (keep reading as to why!). This patch will include all of the new player systems, improved QoL, Awakening, performance improvements and new weapons. It will not include the actual Eventide event (keep reading). The goal with this approach is to help identify any large, show-stopping bugs which can only be found with a public scale test audience, and quickly develop fixes before we fully launch Eventide and announce its release to the world later in the week! We are calling on all of you, our most dedicated supporters in the community to help us make sure this v0.2 is rock solid and truly delivers what our players have been waiting for.
Please report any major bugs you encounter, so that the team can get to work immediately on fixing them. For this quick turn around hotfix we are mainly focused on bugs that stop or block progression or access to systems and not overall feedback. If you truly feel strongly about feedback please feel free to post it, but know that acting on feedback quickly depends on the feedback, and usually isn’t as quick of a turn around time as fixing a bug.
For the purposes of this pre-release event, we ask that all bug reports go here: https://wayfinderbugs.featureupvote.com/
We weren't kidding about wanting to build this game alongside all of you, so this is the best opportunity we can provide to have y'all put your game dev hats on today!
Before the end of the week we will release a hotfix to address any large bugs YOU have discovered through this effort, and release v0.2 to the world! Included in this will be enabling our Eventide Live Event! Featuring a unique new vendor with exclusive seasonal housing items and cosmetics, a limited time Lost Zone with a new mini-boss, a seasonal Hunt, an expansive quest chain, and most important of all: holiday cheer!
We are incredibly excited for all of you to finally get your hands on what we have been working on, and ready to prove this is a new beginning for Wayfinder. Thank you to everyone. Seeing the public shift the tides of the Steam Reviews into Mostly Positive in these last few days has truly put some strong winds in the sails of our Airship, and we have no intention of going anywhere until we realize those shared dreams. 2024 is going to be an exciting year and when we do launch v0.2 in the coming days be on the lookout for info on upcoming content drops… including a surprise that is currently under active dev as we speak thanks to YOUR feedback and prioritization.
See you in Evenor
-Wayfinder Team