v0.19.27 · 16 Oct

New

• Look closely under the terns: you can just make out the school of tuna swimming together under the water.

v0.19.26 · 16 Oct

New

• Tuna leap out of the water in the schools, one way or the other and in different sizes, and splash back in. You can hear the splash when you’re close.

v0.19.25 · 16 Oct

New

• Tuna schools: twice a day a school of tuna comes up out past the reef, and white terns circle and dive over it, so you can spot it from far off. Sail out to the birds. (Catching the tuna comes next.)

Changed

• Much more sea to sail: the dhoni can now go right out to the edge of the sea chart, not just the water close to the islands.

v0.19.24 · 16 Oct

Changed

• Bait schools are now huge, like on a Maldivian reef: a long band of over a thousand small fish swirling along the shore, with a baby blacktip reef shark or two cruising through while the fish make way. The sharks are shy and swim off when the dhoni or your net comes close.

v0.19.23 · 16 Oct

New

• Bait: in the morning, schools of small silver fish swim in the shallow reef water. Stop the dhoni beside one, hold NET, steer the ring onto them and let go to throw the net. The bait goes in the dhoni’s bait well (it holds 40) and dies at the end of the day.

v0.19.22 · 16 Oct

Changed

• Fish prices can now be set one by one in Forge.

v0.19.21 · 16 Oct

Changed

• Mas huni, garudhiya and mas riha are cooked with tuna (skipjack or yellowfin), as they are in real Maldivian kitchens. Tuna is caught from the dhoni in deep water.
• Those dishes sell for more now: mas huni 30, garudhiya 45, mas riha 50.

v0.19.20 · 16 Oct

Changed

• Every fish has its own price: small lagoon fish are cheap, deep-water fish and tuna are worth more, and the rare far-out fish the most. Alifulhu’s stall lists each kind you carry, and your basket shows what each is worth.

v0.19.19 · 16 Oct

Changed

• The music starts on a different, random song each time you open the game (unless you picked one song in Settings).

v0.19.18 · 16 Oct

Changed

• The fish slot shows the last fish you caught.

v0.19.17 · 16 Oct

New

• Fish basket: every fish you catch keeps its kind. Tap the fish slot to see what’s in your basket; the Fish log is the tab beside it.

v0.19.16 · 16 Oct

Changed

• Maniku no longer starts with a fishing rod. Talk to Keyolhu and he gives you his old one.

v0.19.15 · 16 Oct

Changed

• Android: the game no longer fills the screen by itself, so Chrome’s “To exit full screen” notice no longer pops up. Turn on Settings → Fill the screen to cover the strip beside the camera.

v0.19.14 · 16 Oct

New

• Trees, plants, the well and other pieces can have a hand-drawn outline of what blocks the way, so you walk round their real shape instead of a small square.

v0.19.13 · 16 Oct

New

• Things on the island can go in front of or behind one another: pick a tree or house in Forge and press Send back or Bring front (Ctrl+] and Ctrl+[).
• On Android, Settings has a Fill the screen switch. Turn it off to stop the screen filling the space beside the game.

Changed

• Banana trunks block the way.

v0.19.12 · 16 Oct

Fixed

• The game no longer gets stuck on the title screen when you had accepted Dhaththaa’s mas huni errand or Katheeb’s mas riha errand on a phone before the words were published from Forge.

v0.19.10 · 16 Oct

Fixed

• If loading stalls, the title screen now says which step it is on, and any error, under the bar. If drawing the ground fails on a phone, the game still starts.
• Forge on iPad: the island inside the editor no longer grows to the whole screen.

v0.19.8 · 16 Oct

Fixed

• Android: the title screen no longer gets stuck. The game goes full screen when you press Play, not on the first tap.

v0.19.7 · 16 Oct

Fixed

• Android: the game now fills the whole screen, including the strip beside the camera, after your first tap. Buttons stay clear of the camera.

v0.19.6 · 16 Oct

Changed

• Shadows follow one sun: trees, palms, banana plants, the well, the joali, the swing, both stalls and the kitchen each cast their own outline instead of a round patch. Shadows reaching the water are drawn lighter instead of being cut off, and nothing is cropped at the edge of an island.

v0.19.5 · 16 Oct

New

• Maniku has proper fishing poses: seen from behind when he casts out to sea, and from the front when he casts towards you. The line runs from the tip of his rod, the float arcs out when he throws, and the line goes slack while he waits and tight when a fish pulls. He always turns to face the water where his float lands.

v0.19.4 · 16 Oct

Fixed

• The game opens much faster: about half the download, the island ground is kept between updates, and the clouds are prepared once instead of again and again.
• Shop lists scroll with a finger on phones.

Changed

• A small, quiet loading bar replaces the sailing boat.

v0.19.3 · 16 Oct

Fixed

• The stall screen on computers and tablets now shows the whole stall with the shopkeeper in full, Buy and Sell beside it; tablets held upright stack them.

Changed

• The island ground now follows the ground published from Forge’s new Terrain page.

v0.19.2 · 16 Oct

New

• The island ground can now be redrawn: sand, village sand, paths, swept yards, grass, wet sand, the lagoon and the deep sea each take a picture made in Forge. Until one is redrawn, the game paints that ground as before.

v0.19.1 · 16 Oct

Fixed

• The shop screen now fits a phone held upright with the game turned sideways; it no longer squashes.
• Alifulhu’s stall, Kalhusoru’s stall, the garden beds and the kitchen are four separate pieces on the island, each one movable in Forge.

v0.19.0 · 15 Oct

New

• Matheen’s art everywhere: the stalls, the fire, every plant stage, every item on the bar, the garden beds and the rufiyaa sign are all his drawings now.
• Maniku kneels to plant, pours from the water pot, pulls up a harvest and stirs the pot, with the right tool in his hand. Dhaththaa gives you her seed pouch and water pot the first time you visit the garden.
• Cooking takes a moment at the fire. Four dishes: mas huni, garudhiya, mas riha (tuna curry) and barabō riha (pumpkin curry). Katheeb’s errand now asks for mas riha.
• Two stalls: Alifulhu buys fish, crops and dishes and sells seeds; Kalhusoru sells the big water pot, lantern and sandals. Talk to either and you step up to his counter, with buying and selling below.
• The water pot shows full or empty with a little water bar.

Changed

• Mirus ripens in 3 watered days and barabō in 5, one for each drawn stage. Barabō sells for more.

v0.18.2 · 15 Oct

Fixed

• The bucket, lantern and sandals in the fihaara now have their own pixel art.

v0.18.1 · 15 Oct

New

• New errands, the day after you finish the first ones: Dhaththaa teaches Maniku to make mas huni, and Katheeb wants barabō riha for the elders.
• Finishing an errand now pays rufiyaa too.

v0.18.0 · 15 Oct

New

• The fihaara: a market stall in the village, open 7 am to 8 pm. Sell fish, coconuts, breadfruit, crops and cooked dishes for rufiyaa. Cooked dishes earn the most.
• Your rufiyaa shows under the clock.
• Things to buy: seeds, a big bucket (waters 12 plants), a lantern (brighter light at night) and rubber sandals (a little faster, always).

v0.17.0 · 15 Oct

New

• Dhaththaa’s kitchen: a cooking fire beside her garden. Step up to it and choose a dish:
  Mas huni: fish, coconut and mirus.
  Garudhiya: two fish.
  Barabō riha: pumpkin and coconut.
• Dishes give much longer bursts of energy than raw food.
• The item bar now only shows what you’re carrying, so there’s always room for new things. The number keys follow what’s on the bar.

v0.16.1 · 15 Oct

Behind the scenes

• The garden can now be placed and moved in Forge’s island editor. Your plants stay in their beds wherever it goes.

v0.16.0 · 15 Oct

New

• Dhaththaa’s garden: six beds near her house. Walk onto a bed and she leaves you a pouch of seeds. Plant them, fill your bucket at the valhu and water each bed once a day.
• Every watered day the plants grow a step. You only find out what you planted when it’s ripe: mirus (chillies) in 2 days or a barabō (pumpkin) in 3.
• Harvests give seeds back, so the garden keeps going. Eat a chilli for a quick burst of speed, or a pumpkin for a long one.

v0.15.1 · 15 Oct

New

• Villagers keep their own day. Keyolhu fishes from the beach in the morning and afternoon. Dhaththaa fetches water at the valhu first thing. Kambaa counts crabs on the shore. Katheeb holds court on the joali. In the evening some of them gather by the swing.
• They walk around walls and houses to get where they’re going.

Fixed

• At night the reminder no longer sends you to Dhon Hiyala while she’s asleep.

v0.15.0 · 15 Oct

New

• Day and night: the island now has a clock and a calendar. Mornings are pink, evenings golden, and nights dark blue, with warm light spilling from every doorway and a lantern glow around Maniku.
• Villagers go to bed at half past nine and are back outside at six. Night passes faster than day.
• Your day count and the time are saved, so the island picks up where you left it.

v0.14.0 · 15 Oct

New

• Quests have their own log: tap the scroll button (or press Q) to see the main story, your errands and what you have finished. The reminder in the corner now shows when something changes, then fades away.
• A little dhoni sails across the lagoon to the island while the game loads, and palms sprout as it gets closer.
• New title screen buttons: one big Play, then picture tiles for the rest.

v0.13.6 · 15 Oct

Behind the scenes

• Art redrawn in Forge can replace the game’s own pieces: palms, trees, houses, walls, the well, bushes, villagers and more. Nothing changes until something is redrawn.

v0.13.5 · 15 Oct

Changed

• Running has a real bounce: Maniku lifts off the ground between strides and lands again, with his shadow staying on the sand.

v0.13.4 · 15 Oct

Changed

• Running looks more natural: Maniku’s legs now keep pace with the ground instead of spinning, and the footsteps match his strides.

v0.13.3 · 15 Oct

Changed

• On a phone held upright, conversations sit just under the clock, so they no longer cover it. The zoom buttons hide while you talk.

v0.13.2 · 14 Oct

Changed

• Faster loading: the island is drawn once and kept, so coming back starts in about a second. The first load shows how far along it is.
• On a phone held upright, conversations now show near the top of the screen, easier to read and away from your thumbs.

v0.13.1 · 14 Oct

Changed

• Footsteps on soft sand are now very quiet and muffled, walking or running, like real sand. Lanes and the shallows stay clearer.

v0.13.0 · 14 Oct

New

• New footsteps that change with the ground: a soft crunch on sand, duller on wet sand, firmer on the lanes, a swish on grass and splashes with bubbles in the shallows. Running sounds quicker and heavier, and steps sway left and right.
• The dhoni has its own sounds: water rushing along the hull that grows with speed, waves slapping the bow, the wooden hull creaking, the sail flapping when you turn, and gentle lapping when you stop. A thump and crunch when you land on the beach.

v0.12.4 · 14 Oct

Behind the scenes

• Forge can now read the game’s villagers, dialogue, missions, items, fish and music. No change to the game.

v0.12.3 · 14 Oct

Behind the scenes

• Palms, trees, bushes, houses and other pieces can now be sized in Forge; their shadows follow.

v0.12.2 · 14 Oct

Fixed

• Art placed from Forge’s library now always appears, even on a slow connection, and can be sized.

v0.12.1 · 14 Oct

Behind the scenes

• Forge’s island editor now works on phones (touch, pinch to zoom). No change to the game.

v0.12.0 · 14 Oct

Behind the scenes

• The islands’ shape is now a painted ground map (sea, sand, village ground, paths, lawns, lagoons) instead of a formula, so new islands and sandbanks can be painted in Forge. Beaches, waves and lagoon colours follow the map. The two islands look the same as before.

v0.11.0 · 14 Oct

Behind the scenes

• Both islands are now built from a layout that can be edited in Forge: houses, walls, trees, plants, the well, the swing and where the villagers stand. The game looks the same.

v0.10.1 · 14 Oct

Behind the scenes

• Groundwork for Forge, a private admin console for making and managing game assets. Nothing changes in the game itself.

v0.10.0 · 14 Oct

New

• Two more songs: Dhivehi Qaumy Zuvaanun and Reethi Hadhuvaru (8-bit). Five songs now play in a loop, and both are in the Song picker.

v0.9.9 · 14 Oct

Changed

• Music now always starts with Dhathuru, then plays Envaguvee, then Sunken Heart City, and loops. No more random start.

v0.9.8 · 14 Oct

New

• Two new songs: 8-bit Dhivehi instrumentals of Dhathuru and Envaguvee.
• Music now moves on to the next song when one ends, starting from a random one.
• Song picker in Settings: play all songs, or pick one to repeat, plus a Next button.

v0.9.7 · 14 Oct

New

• Sharing the odi.argo.tools link now shows a preview card with the Odi logo over the title-screen island.

v0.9.6 · 14 Oct

Changed

• Walking covers much more ground (about 80% faster than before) and his steps now match how far he moves, so his legs no longer race. Running stays the same.
• On phones, a light push on the stick already walks at a good pace.

v0.9.4 · 14 Oct

Fixed

• On Android held sideways, the music, zoom and RUN buttons were pushed off the right edge of the screen.

v0.9.3 · 14 Oct

Fixed

• Fish log and other menu pages still couldn’t scroll on iPhone. The game no longer blocks swipes inside menus.

v0.9.2 · 14 Oct

New

• Tap the fish slot in your hotbar to open the Fish log (or press L).
• Picking an item shows its name, how many you have and what it’s for.
• Drink a coconut or eat a breadfruit for an energy boost: you walk and run faster for a while.
• Throw stones! Skim them across the sea for up to four skips, or bonk a baraveli into its shell (counts for Kambaa’s errand). Stones that land on sand can be picked up again.

Fixed

• Fish log and What’s new pages couldn’t be scrolled on phones.

v0.9.1 · 14 Oct

New

• Four more conversations each for Dhon Hiyala, Katheeb, Keyolhu, Dhaththaa and Kambaa, about fishing, the undhoali, sailing, garudhiya and the baraveli, some with reply choices.

v0.9 · 14 Oct · Fish of the Maldives

New

• 38 real Maldivian fish from Matheen’s art to catch, from anemonefish and butterflyfish in the lagoon to trevallies, tuna and wahoo in deep water, and rare sailfish, swordfish and blue marlin far out at sea.
• Each fish has its own difficulty: small reef fish are easy, big game fish fight hard.
• Fish log in the menu: every fish you’ve caught, how many, and where to find the ones you haven’t.
• Your catches go into one Fish slot on the hotbar.

v0.8.1 · 14 Oct

New

• An undhoali, the thatched Maldivian swing bed, from Matheen’s art, in the village.

v0.8 · 14 Oct · Fishing

New

• Fishing! A fishing rod is in your first hotbar slot. Pick it, face the water from the beach (or stop the dhoni out at sea), cast with a power bar, wait for a bite, hook it, then keep the fish inside the green bar until the catch meter fills.
• Four fish to catch: reef fish and red snapper near the shore; trevally and tuna out in deep water from the dhoni. Bigger fish fight harder.
• Hotbar now has 10 slots and you can tap or click a slot to hold that item.

v0.7.5 · 14 Oct

New

• New hand-pixelled baraveli (hermit crabs): a coiled turban shell, stalked eyes, antennae, a big purple-red claw and jointed legs that step as they scuttle. They face the way they walk and tuck into their shells when startled.

v0.7.4 · 14 Oct

New

• Effects volume slider in Settings.
• Footsteps, punches and splashes are louder so you can hear them on a phone speaker.

Fixed

• Music volume slider did nothing on iPhone; it now works.

v0.7.3 · 14 Oct

New

• Errands from the villagers: Dhaththaa, Keyolhu, Kambaa and Katheeb each ask for help once you’ve done Dhon Hiyala’s first mission. Look for the yellow “!” over their heads. They use your inventory: coconuts, breadfruit, sticks, stones, and Kambaa’s crab count.
• The sea glistens: sparkles twinkle across the water with slow ripples of light drifting over the deep lagoon.
• The dhoni’s sail is rolled up on the beach and unfurls when you set sail; it rolls up again when you land.

Fixed

• Sound effects stopping after a while. The sound engine now checks itself every couple of seconds and restarts on your next tap if the phone has frozen it.
• RUN button on phones not responding while you held the stick; it now works with a second finger and shows RUN ON.

v0.7.2 · 14 Oct

New

• Inventory is always on screen as a hotbar at the bottom centre, like Stardew Valley. No bag button any more. On a computer, 1 to 8 picks a slot.

v0.7.1 · 14 Oct

New

• Dialogue choices: in some conversations you pick what Maniku says, and people answer differently.
• Two new conversations each for Katheeb, Keyolhu, Dhaththaa, Kambaa and Dhon Hiyala.
• Villagers stroll around their spot and turn to face you when you come close.

Fixed

• Odi logo on the phone title screen sat too high; it is now lower, nearer the middle of the sky.

v0.7 · 14 Oct · Villagers

New

• Four more villagers to talk to: Katheeb (the village chief) by his joali, Keyolhu the fisherman near the beach, Dhaththaa by her house and Kambaa on the south side. Each has four conversations, with three moods.
• Inventory bar for your items.
• The dhoni now looks like pixel art, with chunky pixels and a dark outline.

Fixed

• Sound effects stopping on iPhone (after the app went to the background, or with the silent switch on).

v0.6 · 14 Oct · Sailing

New

• A sailing dhoni: board it on the beach facing the wooded island and sail across the lagoon.
• The wooded island across the lagoon, with palms, breadfruit trees and a secret.
• Two new missions: Tracks across the lagoon and Round the island (a two-minute sailing race).
• Inventory bar: pick up sticks, stones, coconuts and breadfruit.
• Hit palms and breadfruit trees and now and then a coconut or breadfruit drops.
• Baraveli (hermit crabs) scuttle along the beaches and hide in their shells.
• Sounds for footsteps on sand and in the shallows, punches, hits and splashes.

Fixed

• Palm tree shadows were streaky and broken; they are now solid. No more shadows painted on the sea.

v0.5.4 · 14 Oct

Fixed

• Odi logo on the title screen sat too high on iPhones, behind the Rotate and music buttons.

v0.5.3 · 14 Oct

Fixed

• Buttons and text hidden under the iPhone’s status bar and Dynamic Island (especially in Rotate mode). Everything now stays clear of the notch, Dynamic Island and home bar.

v0.5.2 · 14 Oct

Fixed

• Green strip at the bottom of the screen in the installed iPhone app, upright and sideways. The whole game, title and menus now size themselves from the real screen.

New

• Screen size readout at the bottom of Settings, to help track down display problems.

v0.5.1 · 14 Oct

Fixed

• Green strip down one side when playing sideways (Rotate) in the installed iPhone app.

New

• Version number on the title screen and in the menu.
• What’s new now lists bug fixes too.

v0.5 · 14 Oct · Missions

New

• Three missions from Dhon Hiyala, each in a different part of the island: Coconuts for tonight, Check the tide flags, The lost sea glass.
• Mission tracker, markers, floating text and sound effects. Progress is saved.
• What’s new page in the menu.

Fixed

• Green strip on the right of the title screen in some desktop browsers.
• Rotate button showing on tablets.

v0.4 · 14 Oct · Talking

New

• Conversations go both ways: Maniku answers back with 12 expressions.
• Dhon Hiyala: new look, three moods, seven conversations, moved to the open square by the valhu.
• Soft blip sound as words appear (switch off in Settings).

Fixed

• Bits of Maniku’s hair cut off in his portraits.
• Portraits cropped at the top of the head.
• Dialogue box too wide on phones held sideways.

v0.3 · 14 Oct · The island

New

• White coral sand with grass only under trees.
• Waves wash up the beach; cloud shadows drift over the island.
• Houses, walls, breadfruit trees and coconut palms from Matheen’s art; the village is now an island with a beach.

Fixed

• Square patches in the sand.
• Blocky, oversized cloud shadows.
• Grass growing where it shouldn’t.

v0.2 · 14 Oct · Phones

New

• Big, centred menus on phones; Rotate button; installable app with its own icon.

Fixed

• Play and menu buttons not responding to taps on phones.
• Maniku vanishing when punching on phones.
• Music not starting on the first tap.
• Old versions of the game sticking around after an update.

v0.1 · 14 Oct · First version

New

• Walk, run, punch and talk around the village. Title screen, music and menus.