Hello friends! It’s Christmas and we think it’s a good time to make a summary of what we did in 2023. But first and foremost: Merry Christmas! Spend this lovely festive season in the company of your friends and family, eat nice food, play good games, and enjoy the Holidays! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40309583/afcdc65c9b5a1a0c5a863f9b87e241b07b9efba4.jpg[/img] Now, where shall we start? The beginning of the year was all focused on patches and fixes, such as new controller support, vehicle controls and other things that made the whole experience more refined. In February, we conducted a very important player survey (.... !) which helped shape our release strategy for 2023.. Now, not everything went exactly as planned: we had some pushbacks, but all of them were done because we wanted to increase the quality of our releases and provide the best experience possible. We are very grateful for all the feedback that you provided to us: which made Spirit of the Island the game it is today. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40309583/4849b2be3843e1fba1043ead49afa75c4ad43de9.png[/img] Let’s fast forward a bit: it’s June 1st, Summer is starting and with that, the beach season. A great time to visit a tropical resort, right? We thought so as well and launched Beach Resort: the first DLC for the Spirit of the Island for free! It added a whole new starting island with plenty of free space to build the resort of your dreams. The reception for the DLC was amazing, as everyone wanted a bigger island for a long time. We are very happy with the reception! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40309583/25956fbd15764498e2ad89c26ec8cc860880b518.jpg[/img] Let’s go to July, as then we had a very important announcement: Cross-Platform features for consoles and mobile game versions. Spirit of the Island is the very first game in the genre, that you can play together with your friends, no matter the platform: PC or Console and in the future, mobile. And just a bit later, in August, SOTI got a permanent price reduction on the PC. All in all, Summer was a very fruitful season for the game! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40309583/0eebcbc1f2d5aca20115b3760c5a7426bf1424f1.jpg[/img] And the fun didn’t stop in September too: we revealed our plans for the end of the year, console release date, and new storyline update release date. The first one in line was Adventureland, the second DLC for the Spirit of the Island. It was released in October and got great feedback from our community. Combined with the beach resort, the possibilities to expand and create your resort were never as big as they are now. And a few weeks later, on October 19th, we launched console versions of the game with the crossplay feature. Oh! We forgot to mention, that SOTI became fully compatible with Steam Deck as well, meaning that you can play on the go with your friends, who own a Switch or another Steam Deck — how cool is that? [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40309583/816e12094422e7ff12a24051db92dec08ff4bf46.png[/img] This year is not over yet though! There’s one more thing ahead of us to launch: The New Storyline update. It’s a major revamp of all quest and story systems, so it took us more time to develop and now we are in the process of testing. It’s taking some more time, but we think that it will be ready at the start of next year. Playtest is coming soon too! Huge thanks to EVERYONE in our community! We are truly blessed to have you with us. Merry Christmas!