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Blog #29

On 2 February, 2018 by Redbeet

Hello Rafters!

It’s time for a new blog post as two weeks has passed since we last spoke. In a dark and snow covered Sweden we’re hard at work with development and progress is for sure being made! We get a lot of questions regarding the games release date. Since it’s 2018 now, many of you are wondering when the oceans are yours to sail, and we understand your eagerness to play. You can trust that we want to get the game into your hands too. We can’t wait to see the amazing rafts you’ll cook up and what experiences you’ll have playing together with your friends in the new version. But as much as we would like to get the game out as soon as possible, we also want to make sure you’ll get a good game with as much fun and as little trouble as possible! We still have some check boxes to tick of before we can announce a release date, but we can assure you that we’re hard at work and headway is being made each and every day!

So, what’s been going on since last time?

 

Vacated Rafts

Surviving on the ocean isn’t always easy! Falling of your raft and losing it in heavy storms is always a possibility. This gets especially clear when you stumble upon empty rafts out on the ocean. The old rafts shows signs that people have previously lived on them, if only for a short period in time. While this tells the tale of a possibly tragic ending for it’s old owner, these old shacks usually contain something valuable for yourself to gather. You just have to make sure to reach it.

 

Bug fixing and balancing

In the last blog we talked about hunting down and fixing bugs. Like it or not, that’s a big part of game development. As features are added and the game gets more complex, bugs have a nasty tendency to pop up and ruin the experience. In an effort to shield you all from having to face these pesky little malfunctions, these past two weeks we’ve put in the time to locate and fix a bunch of them! In addition to this we’ve also done a bunch of in-house testing to adjust values and balance the game. All of this to create an enjoyable yet challenging experience! Due to this there’s not a whole lot of content to show you in the blog this time, which we hope you understand.

That was all for this week! We hope you’ll have a great weekend and that you tune in next time!

Good day from the Raft development quarters!

 

Written by Redbeet

33 comments

  • Comment by Mai Trần Hùng 2 February, 2018 at 15:54 - Reply

    2018 is the nice answer

    • Comment by i Love Rust :P 10 February, 2018 at 20:07 - Reply

      wow this is very good!
      I waiting for this 😀

  • Comment by Anonymous 2 February, 2018 at 15:58 - Reply

    could a deadline to get the game ready, and put a bow and arrow

  • Comment by Tudor 2 February, 2018 at 16:10 - Reply

    on which date the game will be launched and please do not cost over 15/20 euro

    • Comment by Anonymous 11 February, 2018 at 20:23 - Reply

      They literally said ‘we still have some check boxes to tick of before we can announce a release date’

  • Comment by СЕргей 2 February, 2018 at 17:08 - Reply

    Hello friends! Great blog! ; ) This is your old friend with facebook. I continue to translate your blog here. Constantly attracting the Russian-speaking audience. I would like a little of your attention and, if possible, gifts;) Thank you!
    seryoga.hitrov@gmail.com

    • Comment by Anonymous 11 February, 2018 at 20:23 - Reply

      Nice try

    • Comment by Adil 14 February, 2018 at 19:46 - Reply

      Hello brother my name is Adil 16 years old

  • Comment by Anonymous 2 February, 2018 at 17:38 - Reply

    i love this game

  • Comment by Flavio K. 2 February, 2018 at 18:29 - Reply

    Hey there, I‘ve been playing the demo (or whatever you wanna call it xD) for a while and i really love the game, I read the blogs and really like where this game is heading and can‘t wait to play it on steam once it releases 🙂 Please don‘t get stressed by people wanting to know when the game comes out or telling you how much it should cost. As I read your blogs I see that there is a lot of carefull thinking and love going into the game! So keep it up and i wish you great sucess!

    Sincerely
    Flavio K. from Switzerland

    I‘d love to do some beta-testing or bugfinding if you want people to, if not, no problem!:)

  • Comment by microman502 2 February, 2018 at 22:17 - Reply

    I’m sure one the game is out we will all find lots of bugs and report them to the raft devs. But i’m willing to pay alot for this game. I can’t wait for it to come out, just don’t be a half-baked survival games. Or don’t be edge of space. I want to see this start kinda small and grow a huge community over 4 years or something, like subnautica. You already got youtubers playing it once, So i’m sure when it’s realeased they’ll play it. Land-ho!

  • Comment by Whistler 3 February, 2018 at 12:00 - Reply

    You guys take the time you need to iron the bugs out and balance things right. Looking forward to the next blog, and Thank You for keeping us up to date \o/

  • Comment by Gianni96 GM 3 February, 2018 at 14:15 - Reply

    A very good job! Very interesting and unique ideas. 😀 Good luck!

  • Comment by Boyard21 3 February, 2018 at 15:20 - Reply

    Could we please get a Trello roadmap for the game’s development? I’m quite interested in what is to come, and – as mentioned earlier – eager to help with the translations to Czech Language.

  • Comment by Savage_weaponry_gaming 4 February, 2018 at 08:50 - Reply

    Ladders I would love to see be added that would really give players the possibility to reach new heights maby it costs more rope then normal stairs but it really needs to be added also I think more types of fish or a machanic where you HOOK THE SHARK my love and support to my favorite indie game I would love to be one of the first you tubers to test closed alpha too? savage_weaponry_gaming
    No sponsor required

  • Comment by nhhehfrha 4 February, 2018 at 15:37 - Reply

    nhhehfrha

  • Comment by Peter Holdsworth 4 February, 2018 at 22:32 - Reply

    Great work guys in a relatively short time frame you must be hard at it, i know game development can be a long process which is lost on a lot of people, your regular blogs and updates show your dedication to the project, was there a kickstarter for the project or are you just going through Early access on steam all the best for 2018 and i look forward to streaming your product and playing it with friends on its release.

  • Comment by LP_Gonschi 5 February, 2018 at 10:33 - Reply

    Take the time you need for release! I hope, i can Let’s Play the Steam Version. 🙂

  • Comment by Mroczniak 6 February, 2018 at 13:28 - Reply

    wow and what is in the picture 2 some surprising milk: D

  • Comment by damon 6 February, 2018 at 22:22 - Reply

    have been following this game since itch.io loved it so much cant wait for the full game 😉

  • Comment by miahol 7 February, 2018 at 20:01 - Reply

    PLERE

  • Comment by Tom Williams 9 February, 2018 at 06:13 - Reply

    I must play this!! when can I begin testing and help throw some ideas out for content additions??

    • Comment by Anonymous 11 February, 2018 at 20:25 - Reply

      If you would have read the blog. “We still have some check boxes to tick of before we can announce a release date”

  • Comment by Geoffrey 9 February, 2018 at 17:27 - Reply

    Can i give it a try?

  • Comment by microman502 10 February, 2018 at 04:12 - Reply

    Please add sun exposure, you would start to get hurt if you are in the sun without being under something for over 1-2 days.

  • Comment by Anonymous 11 February, 2018 at 11:27 - Reply

    i would love to play and help with testing

  • Comment by Yordavid Peralta Amézquita 12 February, 2018 at 01:53 - Reply

    Hello! i’m going to upload your game to my channel, the game looks very amazing and i will tell to my friends about the game, the game is gonna be incredible.

    I’m from Latinoamerica and I will try to make the game known in the Spanish-speaking community.

    If I get good results I’ll let you know, I hope I can help you make the game known, thanks for reading my message, regards.

    -Yorvid14.

  • Comment by Wheredigo 12 February, 2018 at 06:59 - Reply

    So i did the quick play through of the basic game you have available on the site. So far it’s looking really good. I’d love to be part of alpha testing as well as i think i could contribute to the building of the game. That being said, i don’t know if there is a more updated version somewhere i couldn’t find, but to be to the point of having everything you can build at this point only took about 20-ish minutes from start to what seems to be the finish at this point. Best of regards, and again if you need testers/ingame suggestions and such please reach out

  • Comment by Anonymous 14 February, 2018 at 17:43 - Reply

    Hchgduwgdtd

  • Comment by Halvor 04 15 February, 2018 at 16:00 - Reply

    Is it gonna be available for Mac users too?

  • Comment by Jordan 18 February, 2018 at 20:31 - Reply

    I can’t wait till this game comes out on Steam, played the beta a few months ago and it was awesome.

  • Comment by wren 17 July, 2018 at 20:09 - Reply

    can I play.

  • Comment by wren 17 July, 2018 at 20:12 - Reply

    I just love raft

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