Hello!

Super exciting times - once this post has gone live, Wave 4 is already on-going and all supporters will be granted access immediately, and we will slowly start accepting people who have applied to join the Closed Beta.

How to gain access:

If you want to gain access to the game immediately, you can support us on Patreon or Buy Me a Coffee and then link your Patreon/BMAC account at WalkScape Portal to your account to start playing right away. More information on how to gain access to the beta is available at WalkScape's Help Page. You can also find information there how to apply to the beta access for free without supporting.

Wave 4 ends on 8th of June, 23:59 UTC+0

Wave 4 begins now, May 15th 12:00 UTC+0. Wave 4 closes on June 8th, 23:59 UTC+0.

Anyone supporting the game during or after the Wave 4 will always be given access to the game immediately!

In our previous previous development blog we announced changes that will come into effect after Wave 4. Just as a reminder:

• After Wave 4, new supporters will have changes to the pricing
• After Wave 4, all new supporters will always gain access to the game immediately
• There will be no changes to anyone who has already supported the game or supports the game during Wave 4

Here is a handy breakdown of the changes from our previous development blog:

0.3.0-beta+462 "Bogged Down" Update Changelogs

To celebrate opening the Wave 4, we're also shipping a new content update that adds hings that people have been waiting for a long time.

Added

• (Translations) Included new translations made by our community translators
• (Items) 15 new items
• (Locations) 4 new locations
• (Achievements) 1 new hard achievement
• (Activities) 6 new activities
• (Recipes) 6 new recipes
• (Factions) 1 new faction
• (Loot tables) 10 new loot tables
• (PFP Options) 2 new Profile Picture Options

Changed

• (Activity) 2 activities nerfed
• (Activity) 2 activity icons updated
• (Items) 2 items had attributes added
• (Loot tables) 1 loot tables changed
• (Location) 1 activity removed from a location

Fixed

• (Rewards progress) Removed merchant hat from Erdwiss lvl 5 Faction Reward
• (Services) Fixed Ruined Trinketry Bench red attribute text
• (Shops) Removed mistakenly added PFP option from NaC shop

There are also several minor additions and changes that are not listed in the changelogs.

During Wave 4

Our original plan was to release fixes to the steps graphs, 30K step achievement and to a few other issues. We're almost finished with the work, but there are still a couple things that are missing. We will be releasing another update as soon as possible that addresses these issues.

During Wave 4, we'll likely be quite busy with customer service, marketing and general community management. We do have plans to release a few new smaller game mechanics during the Wave 4 if possible, and ship out more content to the game. We'll also be fixing existing issues and improving issues found with iOS smart watch support.

Known issues

• The game crashes while using Apple Watch if the game is in the background. You can avoid this by not keeping the game in background, and instead just closing the game entirely.
• While using smart watches, the game often changes your step source device from a watch back to phone. This is a critical issue and can result in loss of steps, and we're working to fix it ASAP.
• Outlined sprites in the game look like melted plastic. This is a rendering issue on Flutter, you can solve it by going to game settings and toggling "render using shaders" off.
• Steps graphs are showing incorrect step counts. This is what we've been working to fix, and will be fixed ASAP.
• 30K step achievement is not registering steps. Related to the issue above, will be fixed ASAP.
• The minimap doesn't update properly or shows me being in the middle of the ocean. Restart the game or tap on the map, and it'll correct itself.

Until next time

That's all for today! I am very excited to see new players joining the game.

For all new players, if you're feeling lost - please join our very helpful official Discord Server. Our entire development team is also active there and answering questions, feedback and suggestions. Also, you can find help from:

• WalkScape Wiki, the most extensive resource to find help with the game and content. Includes guides.
• WalkScape Map, you can browse the full map of WalkScape from this tool and it links content straight to Wiki pages. Excellent resource for planning your walks.

And if you have issues with anything, contact us by sending e-mail to:

• contact@walkscape.app

We'll reply to you as soon as possible. We don't reply to emails during weekends.

Welcome everyone, enjoy the new update, and it's exciting times ahead! Stay hydrated, and keep walking ❤️