World Update: Players, Places and Local Chat update
Nearby players and creatures now move in and out of view cleanly, separate areas stay separate, and local chat is joining the world.
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Updates from Pixel Glitch Studios
This is the home for everything happening across Isles of Calamity as we build it. The game is a free-to-play online RPG in active development, and we write here whenever there's something worth sharing — no filler. You'll find a few kinds of post:
- Updates — new features, worlds, and content as they take shape.
- Dev blogs — the thinking behind bigger decisions, written by the team.
- Patch notes — the specific changes that went in, Alpha by Alpha.
- Events & announcements — playtests, milestones, and the news that matters most, like beta dates.
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Items Update: Backpacks, Banks and Trading update
Backpack organisation, worn equipment, ground drops, personal banks and safer player trading are all moving forward.
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Combat Update: The Wilds Fight Back update
Creatures can now spot nearby adventurers, give chase, choose their target and fight back with their own combat behaviour.
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Skilling Update: More Ways to Work the Isles update
Woodcutting, Fishing, Firemaking, Mining, Cooking and Blacksmithing are taking shape, with proper tools, resources, rewards and levelling.
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Dev Blog: The Doors Are Open dev-blog
Our Discord is live, the site now works properly in your pocket, and the gallery has grown. Come say hello — the isles are better with company.
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Dev Blog: Fair Names and Honest Hiscores dev-blog
Two quieter pieces of work: clear character-naming rules, and hiscores boards that only rank adventurers who've genuinely earned a place.
Read more ›Dev Blog: The Road Ahead, All in One Place dev-blog
We've published a full roadmap page — every system, all twenty-two skills, and the thirty quests planned for launch, each marked with where it actually stands.
Read more ›A Look at How Worlds Will Work update
A preview of the world system we're building for launch — how you'll pick a region, choose free or members, and hop between worlds once the isles open.
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