FAR: Changing Tides — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Community Discord & PinKeep Demo Now Live! | 2026-01-23 | In case you missed our announcement before the holidays: PinKeep is a pinball deckbuilding roguelite where you use your flippers and a hand of cards to defend your kneblin keep against attacking knights. Part of our team has been fleshing out this project for over a year now, in parallel to Herdling. Now, we want player feedback: a free Demo is now available to play on Steam! 👉 Play the PinKeep Demo 👈We want to hear your thoughts and feedback on the Demo! Consider joining our brand new community Discord server to talk about PinKeep as well as our other games. 👉 Join Our Discord 👈Apart from PinKeep, our team is also working on new concepts |
| 🏰 Introducing PinKeep 🏰 A brand new game from Okomotive | 2025-12-11 | Okomotive is doing something new! 😱PinKeep is a pinball deckbuilding roguelite where you use your flippers and a deck of cards to defend your Kneblin keep against attacking Knights. Part of our team has been fleshing out this project for well over a year now, in parallel to Herdling. As of today, you can find the game on Steam and add it to your wishlist! 👉 Wishlist PinKeep on Steam 👈We’re gearing up to release a free Demo for the game shortly after the Winter holidays, so stay tuned for a playable version really soon! We realize that PinKeep is something quite different from what our fans and players have grown to expect from us. This cha |
| Far: Changing Tides Update | 2025-10-13 | We have today released an Update to address an issue. Please update your game before you continue playing.Patch NotesFixed a security vulnerability identified by Unity, affecting games built on Unity versions 2017.1 and later. |
| New game Herdling | 2024-08-22 | After working for more than two years in the dark, Okomotive is proud and happy to present their brand new IP and upcoming game «HERDLING». https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/33976734/f83796f984d94a394296f2ce93285e7acc0e8bec.png Herdling is a new adventure from Okomotive, creators of the atmospheric and acclaimed FAR games, and Panic, publishers of Firewatch. Head out on a grand alpine expedition with a herd of loveable beasts, as you ascend a mountain path, encounter eerie dangers and surprising obstacles, and forge your way to the mystery at the summit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUEcKBVzhQg Features: Guide, protect, and fall i |
| Nominate FAR: Changing Tides for the Sit Back and Relax Award! | 2022-11-25 | We would be honoured if you would consider nominated FAR: Changing Tides for the Sit Back and Relax Steam Award! https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1977672363925265314/CD41DC18DE0A549E26EFEC1B1B112DFAA0568DC3/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false If you haven't yet had the opportunity to "Sit Back and Relax" with FAR's meditative journey, Changing Tides is now also available with a 40% discount for Black Friday! |
| FAR: Changing Tides v1.2.0 – Patch Notes | 2022-05-11 | Hello folks! Just wanted to provide some brief notes for the changes made in the recent patch for FAR: Changing Tides. We’ve made a few control/interface changes based on player feedback. Please see below: FAR: Changing Tides v1.2.0 Interface/Experience • Implementation of arrow key control for the protagonist • Keyboard layout to be set to either QWERTY or AZERTY. • Default camera can now be adjusted • Minor revisions to credits, including the ability to press a key/button to bypass Gameplay • Increased the sensitivity when climbing ladders • Improved physics/collisions • Minor optimization of key systems Enjoy! |
| 20% Sale on FAR: Changing Tides Now Live! | 2022-04-14 | Yet to set sail and discover a changed world in FAR: Changing Tides? Pick up the game today on Steam at 20% off! All versions of the atmospheric story-driven puzzler from Frontier Foundry and Okomotive are currently 20% off on Steam - both the standard game and the Deluxe Edition. The original soundtrack, featuring the stunning and hauntingly beautiful score from composer Joel Schoch, is also available on Steam at a 20% discount. Take the helm of a unique ship as Toe, who must captain this vessel through the flooded landscape he once called home. Sail unknown waters, overcome puzzling obstacles, dive beneath the waves, and journey to find hop |
| The Sound of FAR - Behind the Scenes on FAR: Changing Tides' Soundscape | 2022-04-14 | Immerse yourself in this behind the scenes look at FAR: Changing Tides that dives deep into the unique sounds of the FAR Universe. Don Schmocker and Fabio Baumgartner of Okomotive, and composer Joel Schoch, discuss the inspirations behind the distinctive soundtrack and the challenges of creating an atmospheric soundscape beneath the waves. FAR: Changing Tides is available now on Steam - head to the Store page to also check out the game's official soundtrack, purchasable separately. |
| OUT NOW! - FAR: Changing Tides releases today! | 2022-03-01 | It's finally time to set sail on an epic new journey in the FAR universe as FAR: Changing Tides launches today! Embark on an emotional, vehicular adventure from the team that brought you FAR: Lone Sails, this time mastering the waves and a ship like no other to ensure your survival and unravel the mysteries of this flooded world. A LONE SAILS LEGACY Immerse yourself in an entrancing odyssey like no other. FAR: Changing Tides is the companion title to 2018’s multi-award-winning FAR: Lone Sails. Like the critically acclaimed first game, it encompasses ecstatic highs, mournful lows, and great mysteries to uncover. At the centre of this evocative |
| NextFest Demo Developer Commentary | 2022-02-27 | Another chance to watch our NextFest Demo developer commentary with Don and Phil from Okomotive. We play the demo and talk about some of the design choices and the environments you pass through. You still have time to play the demo until 6PM GMT on 28th February and you can pre-purchase the game before launch on March 1st to save 10% off the full game! Download the Demo from the Store Page here. |
| NextFest Demo Developer Commentary! | 2022-02-26 | Another chance to watch our NextFest Demo developer commentary with Don and Phil from Okomotive. We play the demo and talk about some of the design choices and the environments you pass through. You still have time to play the demo until 6PM GMT on 28th February and you can pre-purchase the game before launch on March 1st to save 10% off the full game! Download the Demo from the Store Page here. |
| Steam NextFest Developer Commentary | 2022-02-24 | Another chance to watch our NextFest Demo developer commentary with Don and Phil from Okomotive. We play the demo and talk about some of the design choices and the environments you pass through. You still have time to play the demo until 6PM GMT on 28th February and you can pre-purchase the game before launch on March 1st to save 10% off the full game! Download the Demo from the Store Page here. |
| NextFest Demo Playthrough! | 2022-02-21 | A sneak peek of the FAR: Changing Tides demo which you can download NOW as part of NextFest! |
| FAR: Changing Tides Demo - Developer Playthrough! #NextFest | 2022-02-19 | We've put together a special "Developer Commentary" video to celebrate the launch of our FAR: Changing Tides demo as part of Steam #NextFest! Watch along as Steve (Frontier Community Manager) chats with Don Schmocker (Creative Lead) and Phil Stern (Game Design Lead) from Okomotive about the demo and development of the game. Get a small taste of the journey to come and then head here to download the demo for yourself! |
| FAR: Changing Tides sets sail on 1st March 2022! | 2022-01-11 | The winds are picking up for FAR: Changing Tides as we prepare to launch on the 1st of March 2022! So make sure that you angle your sail and pre-order now! Expanding on the setting of FAR: Lone Sails, FAR: Changing Tides swaps sun-scorched, dusty plains for stormy skies and high seas. Face new challenges and new mechanics with an exciting new experience for both fans of this beloved series and newcomers alike. Experience the thrill of captaining a distinctive, seafaring vessel. Together you'll brave high seas, navigate storms and delve into new depths to explore and uncover what happened to this world, in search of a new beginning. Pre-order |
| Developer Deep Dive VI - Art Direction | 2021-11-25 | It's time for our final Deep Dive, a series of questions that we ask the developers at Okomotive, the creators of FAR: Lone Sails, and FAR: Changing Tides to give you a look into their minds, and thought processes behind the creation of the games. Our last Deep Dive focussed on game direction, you can catch up here. For our sixth installment, we're asking Don Schmocker questions about the art direction of the FAR titles. What is the biggest influence on your art style in video games? I’m usually more influenced by media other than games, I find a lot of inspiration in places I see in photography or visit, but I would say that the Bioshock ser |
| Developer Deep Dive V - Game Design | 2021-10-21 | It's time for another Deep Dive, where we ask the developers from Okomotive some in-depth questions about their roles and their work on FAR: Lone Sails, and their upcoming title FAR: Changing Tides. Our last Deep Dive focussed on animation and modelling, you can catch up here. For our fifth installment, we're asking Level designer Philipp Stern questions about Game Design Let us know in the comments if you have any other questions for Philipp! What got you into Game Design? I was a kid with a vivid imagination. I would create stories and whole worlds while playing with my LEGO or reenact them in person. I remember one time I wanted to go rock |
| Developer Deep Dive IV - Animation & Modelling | 2021-09-23 | Last month, we gave you a look into the audio and music with Joel Schoch, the musician and composer of FAR: Lone Sails, and FAR: Changing Tides. If you missed it you can check it out here. This time, we have Animation Artist, Martina Hugentobler to talk us through the animation and modelling of the characters and animals in the FAR Universe. Let us know in the comments if you have any other questions for Martina! What got you into Modeling characters and animals? I have loved games and making art for as long as I can remember. In my game design studies, I specialised in game art and have been doing that ever since. There's something magical a |
| Developer Deep Dive III - The sound of Changing Tides | 2021-08-19 | We're back with another exclusive insight into developer Okomotive and the FAR universe! This is our third Deep Dive into the inner workings of development of the game. You can catch up here on Deep Dive 1 and Deep Dive 2. This time we're joined by Joel Schoch, musician, and composer for the FAR games, to discuss the music and sounds of FAR: Changing Tides and how they came to be. The soundtrack was a huge part of the emotional storytelling in FAR: Lone Sails, why was this so important to you? For me, the soundtrack in FAR: Lone Sails as well as in FAR: Changing Tides aims to strengthen the emotional bond between the character and their vehic |
| Developer Deep Dive II - From Lone Sails to Changing Tides | 2021-07-15 | We're back with another insight into the FAR Universe and its developer Okomotive! This is the second Deep Dive into the life and workings of developer, Okomotive, and their new upcoming title FAR: Changing Tides. Joining us again is Creative Lead and Co-Founder, Don Schmoker at Okomotive to bring you a closer look into the differences, challenges, and revelations in creating both FAR: Lone Sails and FAR: Changing Tides. Let us know in the comments if you would like to ask any other questions in our next Developer Deep Dive where we'll be focusing on the music of the game! First off, what were your fondest memories of FAR: Lone Sails? We were |