Len's Island update for 17 March 2023

The new Currents and Controllers Update for Lens Island is now live on Steam for PC!

*We're having some shader issues on Mac and will push a Mac build in the next few days, sorry for the delay.

We’ve introduced new procedurally generated ocean currents, included the first iteration of controller support, and the first iteration of our combat rework. Find out more about these features below!

Click below for the complete changelog and detailed blog post outlining all of the new content and changes.

+ New additions and small changes this patch:

• Procedurally generated ocean currents new generate throughout the ocean in all worlds.
• Added basic controller support, with full player controls, virtual cursor support and various other tweaked across the game to make controller play more fun and engaging.
• New optimization system improving frame rates around player buildings and farms by 10-20%. *Were still working on further optimizations and specifically optimization the town significantly
• All swords, hammers, spears and claymores significantly rebalanced with new attacks, animations and updated critical hit system. *Glaives, battle axes, and all other weapon types currently still under development and may have small issues.
• Animated sails for all boats.
• Altered game file bundles to allow for smaller update sizes in the future
• Lowered volume and radius of crop sparkle sounds.
• Altered workbench upgrade costs.
• Doubled damage point and health values across the game.
• Reordered some resource pages in the backpack for easier navigation.
• All weapons midway through rebalance.

! Bugs and issues resolved in this patch:

• Issues with first town plot showing its fence and letterbox before being unlocked.
• Rare issues with town plots and town upgrade system causing errors.
• Not being able to place curtains sometimes.
• Map tile loading errors.
• Various Steam achievements not triggering correctly. In particular, the Something Fishy, and Fish Collector achievements.
• Changing framerate not properly disabling V-Sync.
• Can't build things if their cost contains a resource that is on the hotbar and the amount on the hotbar is not enough.
• Can’t delete ceilings after entering edit mode immediately after placing.
• Flat roofs sometimes block each other. Building a donut of flat roofs can obstruct the center one from placing.
• Upgraded water towers not properly updating with extended water reach.