Dev log
What is changing in Fjord, version by version
A post for every big update, written by the people building it.
· v0.29.0
Activities from the start menu
Version 0.29.0 puts Activities in the start menu, so a race or the tutorial is one click from launch. Free sailing now resumes your last place, and the activities list scrolls.
· v0.28.4
SailSim is now Fjord – Sailing Simulator
The project started on 4 November as SailSim, a 27-foot sloop on San Francisco Bay. It has lived in the Saguenay for most of its life since, so in version 0.28.4 it takes the fjord's name.
· v0.28.3
The tutorial now speaks Québec French
Every tutorial step is read aloud in English or French. The first French voice had an English accent; versions 0.28.2 and 0.28.3 replace it with a native Québec French voice.
· v0.28.1
The trailer, rendered from a recipe
Our 107-second trailer is not an edit we keep by hand: every shot is a recipe the game renders again after each update. Version 0.28.1 adds seven new shots.
· v0.27.0
Races, checkpoints and a tutorial that waits for you
An Activities menu, four timed races in the fjord's east arm, the Parcours du Boeu’ at Tadoussac and a 25-step tutorial that only moves on when you have really done the thing.