Emberwake — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emberwake’s Biggest Update Yet | 2026-07-22 | A New Chapter for EmberwakeHello, Guardians!I’ve been hard at work on Emberwake, improving the game and adding new ways to play. This update brings a full campaign, direct control over your villagers, new dangers, better saving, game-speed controls, and many improvements throughout the game.Here’s what’s new.Follow the Story Through a New CampaignEmberwake now has an eight-mission campaign following the survivors from their first campfire to their final chance of escape.Each mission has its own story, goals, starting conditions, and challenges. You’ll begin by gathering supplies and protecting a small camp. As the journey continues, you’ll bu |
| Update Notes for Patch 2 | 2025-08-21 | Add: UI descriptions for all buildings and their upgrades Change: Changed hours when Radius Indicator Lightposts from Campfire are turned on/off to 06am/18pm Change: Changed Safe Sanity Radius size to grow a small value more than the position of the Lightposts from Campfire Fix: Rank number on leaderboard not displaying correctly if it is bigger then three numerals. Fix: Recruitable villagers will no longer be influenced by sanity and will no longer use food resource until they leave the game scene or are recruited. Fix: Localization errors fixed for Serbian language Fix: World events will properly be placed in their world position on game lo |
| Emberwake - A Milestone Reached & Future Plans | 2025-02-27 | Greetings, survivors! It has been a few months since Emberwake launched on Steam on November 10th, 2024. As a solo developer, I embarked on this journey with no dedicated marketing, just a passion for creating a challenging and immersive experience. Despite this, I am incredibly proud to share that Emberwake has sold over 550 units on Steam! For a game developed in just one month, this milestone means the world to me, and I want to thank each and every one of you who supported the game, played it, and even shared it with friends. The game has been featured on a few smaller YouTube channels, which has been fantastic to see, and the feedback fr |
| Update Notes for Patch 1 | 2024-11-15 | Added: Current game version on the Main Menu scene. Fixed: Completed World Events not saving. Fixed: Eastern watchtower not buildable on new game if tutorial has been finished and disabled. Fixed: Selection outline not displaying as it should. Fixed: Leaderboard not displaying 11th entry as it should. Fixed: Various small bug fixes |
| Emberwake Update – Survival Rebalanced and New Features Added! | 2024-10-22 | 🔥 Emberwake Update – Your Feedback, My Fixes! 🔥 Hey Emberwake survivors! I’ve been listening carefully to all the feedback you shared after playing the demo, and I’m excited to show you how your voice has shaped the game! It’s been quite the journey rebalancing and refining Emberwake to make survival more enjoyable, while still keeping things challenging. Let’s dive into the changes: ⚔️ Survival Just Got Smarter Starting with one lonely villager? I heard you loud and clear—it was tough! Now, you’ll kick off your adventure with two villagers by your side, and the pace of the game has been fine-tuned. I’ve tweaked the resource gathering speed |