DAY 01
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Dhon Hiyala
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Odi v0.10.1
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Controls
- Walk
- Arrow keys or WASD · on a phone, drag anywhere
- Run
- Hold Shift · push the stick all the way, or tap RUN
- Zoom
- Scroll, + and − keys, pinch, or the wooden buttons
- Music
- M key or the note button
- Punch
- J or Space · on a phone, the red HIT button
- Talk
- E or Enter near someone · on a phone, the green TALK button
- Sail
- E next to the dhoni to board; steer with the arrows, Shift for full sail; E near a beach to land
- Pick up
- Walk over sticks, stones, coconuts and breadfruit
- Items
- Along the bottom; 1 to 0 or click picks a slot. Held coconut or breadfruit: J to eat for an energy boost. Held stone: J to throw (skim it on the sea). Click the fish slot, or press L, for your Fish log
- Fish
- Pick the rod, face the water (or stop the dhoni) and press J. Press again to cast; press when the ! appears; then hold Space or J to keep the fish in the green bar
- Menu
- Esc
- Walk
- Touch and drag anywhere on the screen
- Run
- Push the stick all the way, or tap RUN
- Punch
- Tap the red HIT button
- Talk
- Walk up to someone and tap TALK
- Zoom
- Pinch, or the + and − buttons
- Music
- The note button, top right
- Sail
- Tap SAIL next to the dhoni; steer with the stick; tap LAND near a beach
- Pick up
- Walk over sticks, stones, coconuts and breadfruit
- Items
- Tap a slot to hold it. Hold a coconut or breadfruit and tap EAT for an energy boost; hold a stone and tap THROW to skim it. Tap the fish slot for your Fish log
- Fish
- Tap the rod, face the water and tap FISH, then CAST. Tap HOOK! when the ! appears, then hold anywhere to keep the fish in the green bar
- Turn
- The Rotate button plays sideways
- Menu
- The ☰ button, top left
Fish log
What’s new
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.
Credits
Odi is made by Matheen, an Argo game.
Named after the odi, the Maldivian trading ship.
Music: Sunken Heart City by Cody O’Quinn; 8-bit instrumentals of Dhathuru (Dhivehinge Raagu) and Envaguvee (Zero Degree Atoll) via Dhivehitunes; 8-bit instrumentals of Dhivehi Qaumy Zuvaanun (Ahmed Shamil) and Reethi Hadhuvaru (Zero Degree Atoll).