World Traveler (5/19/14)

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Windborne

Windborne will bring social sandbox creation games to the next level. You will be able to explore a vibrant world filled with secrets to unlock and treasures to find, craft personalized furnishings and innovative artifacts, and befriend intriguing Jin to help build a new civilization.

5/19/2014

Windborne - World Traveler

The free World Traveler update is coming today! We go on sale tomorrow to celebrate!

  • New features
    • See yourself for the first time and customize your appearance
    • Learn to make clothing and choose your fashion (Order of the Dragon members start with a special surprise)
    • Share your island with others and visit their islands
    • New creatures to discover
    • Tame pets who give you special abilities
    • Use the Research Table to learn new recipes from items
    • The sun has returned and the world is much more vibrant
    • Can you discover the secret of the mysterious lantern and the Nightshade furniture set?
    • Who is Malik the Cursed and what does he want?
  • More Detail
    • You can now customize your appearance!
      • Choose from 3 faces, 2 genders, 5 hair styles and 5 hair colors. More coming!
      • Learn to craft clothing. There are four sets in the game- can you find them all?
      • The first character you create will inherit your current inventory and recipe knowledge
    • Island menu
      • The island menu now lets you browse your islands
      • Press F10 to take a screenshot that represents your island for the gallery
      • The friend pane lets you join existing friends islands, or find new friends
      • The community gallery lets you see what others are working on
      • You can enable strangers to visit your island in the social menu (Z)
      • More improvements coming!
    • Recruit pets
      • You can use a bell to recruit a wooly, pincher, or flit
      • Learn the bell recipe by doing quests or researching one from a friend in the Research Table
      • Pets give you buffs while they are following you
      • Use the new pet (P) menu to call or dismiss your pets
    • Nightshade set
      • A new furniture set has been added to the game. You don't learn it through scrolls
      • Can you find all the pieces?
    • New lighting model
      • The world now has a sun, with better sunrises and sunsets
      • Overall lighting was brightened and the world is more saturated
      • Torches and lamps are much brighter now
      • Placing a lot of torches/lamps in an area will not make part of it overly dark
      • Particle effects have been updated (More coming!)
    • Misc
      • You can hide all of the UI, including your hands, with F9. Press F9 to get it back.
      • You can use the Home/End keys to play in third person
      • Your hands move out of sight after a few seconds as you move around the world
      • The sphere in your hands is now an appropriate size