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Hello Terrabeast townies!
 We hope everyone has had a wonderful summer so far, and that youâre staying cool (in the northern hemisphere at least).
 Our family has had the chance to spend a lot of time in the wilderness of Canada this summer. It has been an excellent change of scenery to inspire our work.
OddFauna has officially been upgraded from Unreal Engine 4 to UE5. I've been waiting for the right time to make the change, and now is as good as any. Upgrading to UE5 will allow me to continue to take advantage of Epic's awesome new features and is important to my long-term plans for OddFauna.
 In the next update to OddFauna Alpha, Iâm excited to introduce a new gameplay element: the Pollen System. As you traverse the world, youâll be able to collect pollen. Youâll find pollen clustered in all kinds of interesting formations across the Terrabeast. Weâve been comparing pollen collection to collecting coins in Mario or rupees in Zelda. However, instead of it being a currency to buy items, pollen is a currency to grow the plants around you faster!
Iâve also been working on a really exciting development: Controller Support! Translating mouse and keyboard controls over to a control can be really tricky. Itâs not a simple one-to-one conversion. The goal is to do the first pass of making the game feel great on gamepads and to get OddFauna ready to play on Steam Deck!
 Along the same lines, the camera is being improved with several new features; auto rotation, auto-framing, camera shake and more.
Looking forward to sharing more in the near future! In the meantime, connect with us on the OddFauna Discord, Instagram, and TikTok.
 Thanks so much, Cliff
Hi OddFauna friends,
Happy Friday! Just a short update today :) We hope that everyone that pledged for Alpha and Beta Access has been able to start playing Alpha version 0.3!
But wait: what's that? You say you haven't updated to 0.3 yet?? Well now's the time! If you pledged for Beta access, you should have received an email from Backerkit prompting you to login and receive your Steam Key. If you didn't receive that email, no sweat. You can simply login to Backerkit here: https://oddfauna.backerkit.com/ and find your Steam Key under Digital Downloads.
Also: We sent out an email yesterday to Alpha and Beta backers inviting you to submit your feedback on Alpha 0.3. Please check your inbox. Once you've had some time playing Alpha 0.3, please click through to the survey and send us your feedback. Your answers are incredibly important to Cliff! It really helps to understand the users' experience. With your feedback, we can make the best version of the final OddFauna game!
Have a great weekend! - Peter
Hello hello hello, OddFauna folk!
Weâre back again with another very important update to announce the launch of OddFauna: Secret of the TerraBeast Alpha v0.3! Itâs here!
Thereâs new friends, gameplay mechanics, items, and quality of life improvements to discover with this new update. See below for a list of all the new additions and improvements made in Alpha v0.3.
Weâre thrilled that you all are here to celebrate another milestone in the development of OddFauna. Of course, our Alpha Beast supporters have already been with us on the Alpha journey, and weâre grateful for their support. Additionally with this update, weâre pleased to welcome Beta backers to the game as well! Backers whos pledge includes Beta Access will now have access to Alpha 0.3. This is fantastic news as more folks will be able to experience the game. Plus, more people playing the game means more opportunities to find bugs and more opportunities to provide feedback on the gameplay experience.
Keep an eye on your inbox as we will be sending out a Mailchimp email to inviting you to complete a new survey. It will go out next week. Your participation in this survey is important as it allows us to shape this game in exactly the direction that you want to see. The first surveys were extremely helpful and I am so thankful that we recieved so many responses. Now that Peter is back on the team helping out with the community, I am hoping to do more frequent surveys. We love your feedback!
For all other backers who are excited for your chance to play; I am still working on the plan to get you all playing. If I am able to get enough Alpha Steam keys for everyone, a realistic timeframe is this fall.
At this time I have no new update on the "Ride" sculpture. To remind backers whos pledge included a sculpt where we are at in the process; we have a factory sample and it looks great! Thats the good news, the bad news is we are still waiting on it going into full production. I am still patiently waiting to hear an update from the studio (Level 52) that is making it for us.Â
Now go download 0.3!
Cheers,
Cliff