Eastshade — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Unity Security Patch | 2025-10-04 | Patching a vulnerability Unity announced in the runtime. |
| Eastshade Studios presents our new game Songs of Glimmerwick! | 2022-01-19 | Hi everyone! It's been 3 years since the initial release of Eastshade. Time has flown! We've been toiling away on something entirely new. We present Songs of Glimmerwick! A story-driven witch academy RPG where magic is cast through music. Check it out! And please wishlist it if you dig it! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1706510/Songs_of_Glimmerwick/ The game looks different from anything we've done (perhaps different than any game I've ever seen period?), which is hugely exciting! Despite its different appearances, I think people will feel our distinct life force in the game, particularly in our commitment to building a sense of place, ex |
| Version 1.26b | 2020-08-22 | Version 1.26b is live! -added support for arrow keys as alternate to WASD for movement input -improved LOD resolution for purple trees |
| Eastshade is Coming to PS4 and Xbox One! | 2019-09-24 | Eastshade will be available for PS4 and Xbox One on October 21! While we've been busy squashing bugs and delivering updates, we've also been toiling away on bringing the world of Eastshade to consoles. It has proven to be a behemoth task, but we're finally closing in on the finish line. In under a month you can play this open-world travel simulator paint-em-up on consoles! Accompanying this announcement we bring you a new extended trailer. |
| Version 1.25 | 2019-07-30 | Version 1.25 is live! -fixed regression in vegetation in the Restless Reach (its supposed to be white not green) -firepits remove themselves once the player is far enough away -fixed bug where Park Ranger Viktar doesn't give you a tent schematic (players who have already experienced this bug should now have a tent schematic as well) |
| World World Environment Day Sale - 20% OFF! | 2019-06-03 | In honor of World Environment day, Eastshade will be 20% off until June 7th, and we will be donating 10% of our net proceeds to the protection of important and threatened habitats. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32042775/c8437026964236241d89ea37756c61a7fbd200a0.png |
| Version 1.24 | 2019-05-26 | Version 1.24 is live! -I *think* I fixed the falling through the floor bug. Fingers crossed. If anyone runs into it again, please let me know! -fixed regression where player could not go through the tunnel in Nava. -fixed hot spring quest bug where Zahra can think you still haven't accepted the quest if you *didn't* choose to accept Melek's offer *and* you had once turned down the quest. -fixed regression in Lyndow navigation mesh which caused Npcs to not walk to their tasks |
| Version 1.22 | 2019-05-06 | Version 1.22 is live! -optimized/simplified glass shader, improving performance substantially, especially in cities. -added ability to export paintings to jpg -fixed teahouse tales last line repeating/stuttering -fixed teahouse tales silent voice bug -fixed bug where if you initially turn down Zahra and then get bribed by Melek Zahra thinks you haven't started the quest -possibly fixed the rare bug where the player can fall through certain floors spontaneously -fixed cursor lock after going back to main menu at the end of the game |
| Version 1.18 | 2019-04-23 | Version 1.18 is live! -fixed foliage disappearing after returning from a dream -fixed a regression in 1.17 which freezes physics, causing bugs with the boats, canvases, and many other places. -fixed regression in 1.16 that locks fps at 1 when you press the 'L' key |
| Version 1.15 | 2019-04-14 | Version 1.15 is live! (has been for about two weeks actually!) -fixed Vasu's song -fixed floating crates off coast of Lyndow -fixed flickering windows in Tarnished Teapot -fixed Pipa (owl outside the Tarnish Teapot) not being interactive in rare instances, making it unable to finish the Toxic Tuber quest. -tea effect puck no longer shows up in paintings |
| Version 1.13a | 2019-03-24 | 1.13a is live! the beta branch has been merged back to the main branch made it possible to set graphics settings from a text file in the save dir (C:\Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\Eastshade Studios\Eastshade\GraphicsSettings.txt), with new settings such as SceneLoadingDistance and RenderResolutionScaler fixed issues with Elixir of Life quest Zahra's testing never updating to the next stage updated input system fixed regression tent sleep point not enabling for "Dormant in the Ice" quest |
| Eastshade 1.10 Beta Branch | 2019-03-04 | Howdy all! We have been working on an update that: A. Greatly reduces the lag when entering new areas B. Fixes the crash that can occur during sleeping or entering a new area These issues have required some foundational refactoring to fix, and we've had to replace some graphics related systems. So given the size of this change, I am first pushing the update to a beta branch. We'd be extremely appreciative if you try it out and let us know how it goes! You can leave us your feedback either through the forums, bug reporter, contact@eastshade.com, or our discord. To play the beta build, you have to right click on the game in your steam library a |
| Version 1.08a | 2019-02-21 | 1.08a is live! -made it impossible to escape gazebo, so now you can't escape Nika when she's trying to show you the eclipse (preventing resulting bugs) -got rid of monkey civilian on top of bear civilian in Nava -removed autosave when entering new zones, fixing the issue with save corruption -made sleepy music go through the Music channel, so it responds to volume options now -made quest log autoscroll for controllers -fixed "The Elixir of Life" bug where it registers picking up the wrong hotspring (if you're stuck trying to get the howling caverns hot spring but says you already have it, try collecting the Westspring bluff hot spring, even i |
| Version 1.07 | 2019-02-18 | 1.07 is live! Unlocked console (tilde '~') for free use of one command "WarpToLyndow" in case your save is bugged from falling through the world. You can use all console commands if you do "EnableCheats" but achievements won't work for that save. Fixed 'Keeper of the Forest' achievement. It is retroactively compatible if you've already beaten the game with it satisfied, just load your save and you will get the achievement. "Locked Box" now completes if you give the box to Samira. Should be retroactively compatible if you've already completed the quest. Just load your save. locked ability to load from Machra area, because doing so breaks many |
| Official Public Discord and Patch Release 1.06 | 2019-02-16 | Hi everyone! If you are a Discord user, feel free to join Eastshade's very own public discord, where you can discuss the game, help one another out if you get stuck, report bugs, and see game and patch announcements. And also we've pushed some new fixes: 1.06 made all harvestables regrow after 3 days can now walk through large bushes instead of on top of them many fixes to the French localization- font-related errors, text overflow errors, and translations errors removed save lock from Sanja's quest, fixing the infinite save lock if players wish to leave the quest unfinished fixed issue where some world state data was persisting between loads |
| Post Launch Update | 2019-02-14 | Hey everyone! The launch has been hectic, and we're a little overwhelmed, but we are elated to see so many people enjoying the game! It warms our hearts to read about people's wonderful experiences getting immersed in the land of Eastshade :). We're grateful for everyone reporting bugs, and we're working very hard to continue to improve the game! We understand that performance can be spotty at times with certain hardware, and indeed, scene loading causes a hitch on pretty much all hardware. We care deeply about performance (you wouldn't believe how much work goes into getting it as optimized as it currently is!) and improving this is very hig |
| Eastshade is out now! | 2019-02-13 | The wait is over! The open-world adventure game where you play as a traveling artist, is finally available for Windows, with Mac/Linux in the works. |
| Eastshade Gets a Release Date and a New Trailer! | 2019-01-08 | Howdy all! After five years of toiling away on this weird world, we're excited to bring you the news that Eastshade will be released for PC on February 13th, 2019. To celebrate, we've also released a new trailer! Check it out here on steam, or on youtube if you prefer. |