A Highland Song news & patch notes

As ever, thanks to all the players who've sent in feedback and shared their thoughts on the game! This update takes us to Version 1.1.0, and rounds off work on the new Look Further mode. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41934638/d8ecd23d31d6706a22285d30c7827c6f88e5ac1c.gif If you've been following along, Look Further adds a new way to scan the current level by zooming out a little further than usual. This mode gives you more context of where you are, and this latest update adds route highlighting so you can see the layout of the level clearly, as well as a handy hint from Moira as to what you might want to try next. We've also added a checkbox in Settings to disable the lightning effect, for anyone who finds flashing lights disruptive, and fixed an issue where the game didn't save after completing a run until you started the next one (it now saves right after the summary panel). There's a few little story and level fixes as well, including fixes for an explosion that soft-locked the game (pretty bad explosion), and some upside-down climbing. Enjoy!

v1.0.31 patch notes Minor fixes only this time!

• Fix for an echoey cave that shouldn't have been quite so... quiet?
• Save vSync setting between sessions
• Add a few more rough shelters
• Fix a few places where the game wasn't giving out the most helpful maps
• Minor flow fixes

We've got a few more QoL features planned before the holiday break, so look out for those! Thanks again for playing, and please let us know if you have any issues with this update, and don't forget to leave us a review. Thanks!

v1.0.30 patch notes (new feature!) Thanks to everyone's who's been playing A Highland Song, leaving reviews, and sending us feedback here and via our Discord server. One theme that's been coming through is needing a bit context sometimes - to see where you are in the current level, and plan which way you want to go. While this is a game about getting lost it's not a game about doing the same thing over and over again (hence new game plus being all about going a different way!) so we've added a new feature to help: "Look further." {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41934638/8292929da0b47ee7eb1856b25cd2db8ebe3e0a60.gif To use this feature, zoom out the camera as normal. Then if you hold it out there for a second, you'll get a prompt to activate "look further" mode. This will pull the camera a little further back and also allow you to move it around, so you can take in the surrounding area and plan your route. (We also reduce the fog effects a bit so it's easier to see.) Note you can't use this mode inside caves: Moira will still have to feel her way through the dark. Hope this helps! Other minor tweaks:

• More confirmation when you position a map marker; Moira will remark on what she expects to find if she goes there
• Minor dialogue and text fixes
• Opened up a couple of minor dead-ends to improve exploration

Thanks again for playing, and please let us know if you have any issues with this update.

v1.0.27 patch notes (minor post-launch hotfixes)

• VSync toggle in settings as possible fix for screen tearing on some setups
• Fix for "achievement" appearing in a choice text!
• Fix for a particularly nasty cave dead-end on the far side of a belly wriggle
• Fix for credits on wide monitors
• Minor text and level polish

Thanks for everyone who's picked up the game so far! More tweaks are in the works, but let us know if you have any issues with this update.

A Highland Song has been picked as one of the official festival games by TriBeCa in New York, and their livestream deep-dive into the 7 games starts... any moment now! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4T9biGlNa8

The initial concept of A Highland Song - running madly down a hillside, in time to whirling Scottish folk music - was initially inspired by the music of Talisk, a chart-topping, multi-award-winning folk band, whose virtuosic, energetic playing has made them internationally renown. So we were absolutely thrilled when, last year, we were able to sign the band up to provide music for the game. Their sound is fast, frenetic, atmospheric, and above all, packed with pace. It has the energy of modern dance music but it's all played live, together, on real instruments, at a good hundred and twenty beats per minute. Their second album, Beyond, rose to No.1 in the iTunes world music charts upon its release in 2018. But that's not all - one of Talisk's core members, Mohsen Amini, who plays concertina - brought a second band to the game. Fourth Moon are a newer group, formed in the early hours of a raucous impromptu festival jam session. They provide a different spin, but with no less energy or skill, and plenty of swagger and good cheer to boot. Between them they fill the hills and valleys of A Highland Song with incredible rhythms and fast-paced tunes, and we can't wait for you to explore them!