Island Beekeeper news & patch notes

Hello everyone,

Our New Vehicle - the Medocycle

The Medocycle is a special vehicle designed for exploring islands and traveling between them. Its main feature is that it runs on honey instead of conventional fuel.

The Medocycle has two modes, which you can switch between at any time:

🌍 Travel Mode

Perfect for exploring islands, riding across the surface and moving through different types of terrain.

☁ Flight Mode

Allows you to take to the air and travel to other islands. It can also be used during exploration, for example to reach hard-to-access places on an island.

🍯Honey as Fuel

The Medocycle uses different types of honey as fuel and each of them affects the vehicle’s behavior and characteristics in its own way.

🌧 Weather Conditions

The Medocycle will also react to weather conditions. Wind, snow, and other natural effects can influence handling and make every journey a little unique.

We’d love to hear your thoughts!

And don’t forget to join our Discord community to keep in touch! 🐝

Hello everyone, Island Beekeeper - small dev update 🐝

Quick update from our side.

We’ve added a new character to the islands. He’s in the final polishing stage now - tweaking animations, small details, personality touches.

Our building system is almost done. We’re finishing up placement logic and smoothing out the feel so building your little beekeeping paradise feels natural and satisfying.

And we’ve continue working on co-op. It’s still early, but the foundation is there. We want playing together to feel like a core part of Island Beekeeper, not just an extra mode.

Thanks for being on this journey with us 🐝

See you soon ✨

And don’t forget to join our Discord community to keep in touch! 🐝

Hello everyone, 🎄✨ Happy Holidays!

This year has been incredibly important for us - it’s the year we began working on Island Beekeeper 🐝 It’s only the start of our journey, and we’re truly grateful to everyone who’s already following the project and supporting us along the way.

Thank you for your interest, your feedback and your encouragement - it really means a lot to us ❤️

Starting in January we’ll be regularly sharing updates about Island Beekeeper including development progress, gameplay details.

We wish you a Merry Christmas, joyful holidays and a wonderful New Year! See you soon ✨ And don’t forget to join our Discord community to keep in touch! 🐝

Hello everyone,

Thank you so much for playing our demo during the festival! 💛 We truly appreciate all your feedback and are already deep in development. Check out our roadmap below to see the direction we're heading.

Stay tuned for our upcoming dev blogs, where we’ll share updates, features, and behind-the-scenes stories.

And don’t forget to join our Discord community to keep in touch! 🐝

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for your incredible interest in our game. We’ve received a ton of valuable feedback from you and it will help us make the game even better.

We’re happy to announce that the demo will remain available to play until November 1st, so we’d love to welcome new players and hear more of your thoughts!

Very soon, we’ll share our plans for the project along with a roadmap, so you’ll have a clearer idea of what to expect - and we’re sure you’ll be excited about what’s coming.

We’d also love to see you and your creative ideas in our Discord community - come join us! 🐝

Hey everyone,

Thank you so much to everyone playing our demo and sharing your feedback! 💛

Your support truly motivates us to keep working hard for you. Thanks to your help, we’ve already found and fixed several bugs to make your experience smoother and more enjoyable.

BALANCE

• Balanced day and night duration. Added saving system for time of day.

MINOR FIXES

• Improved collision for certain objects.

• Refined interaction with several items for smoother gameplay

Hey everyone,

Thank you so much to everyone playing our demo and sharing your feedback! 💛

Your support truly motivates us to keep working hard for you. Thanks to your help, we’ve already found and fixed several bugs to make your experience smoother and more enjoyable.

FEATURES

• Improved the logic for sending honey to the Earth and added new rewards.

• Added a new flower - lavender.

BALANCE

• Balanced the honey collection time.

MINOR FIXES

• Fixed issues with garden plants.

MINOR FIXES

• Fixed a bug where, after the first honey collection bees wouldn’t start gathering honey again upon returning to the hive.

• Fixed collision issues on several items.

Hey everyone,

Thank you so much to everyone playing our demo and sharing your feedback! 💛

Your support truly motivates us to keep working hard for you. Thanks to your help, we’ve already found and fixed several bugs to make your experience smoother and more enjoyable.

FEATURES

• Improved the logic of wild beehives.

• Added a save indicator when saving from the pause menu.

BALANCE

• Adjusted the number of berries harvested from bushes and their growth time.

MINOR FIXES

• Fixed a black screen bug when dying from hunger.

• Fixed an issue where the smoker could be used on an empty hive.

• Fixed an issue where items were missing when starting a new game.

Hey everyone,

Already now, you can play the first Island Beekeeper demo during the Steam Next Fest. Start your cozy adventure on a floating island where life hums with the sound of bees. Gather rare resources, craft tools, and harvest magical honey that could save the dying world below. Your journey among the clouds begins here.

What to expect in the demo:

🐝 Harvest golden honey and care for your buzzing colonies

🐝 Learn to survive among the floating islands

🐝 Craft your first tools and gather resources

🐝 Fly on mechanical wings between sky biomes

🐝 Explore the Forest Island and meet the forest bees

What's next:

This demo offers a sweet introduction to Island Beekeeper but the adventure is just buzzing to life! You'll find some features and items still on the horizon with building or cooperative mode actively in the works to let you team up with friends. Dive deeper into floating islands discover new bee species and expand your apiary in upcoming updates. Your feedback is gold - it helps us refine the game and craft an even more immersive world of Island Beekeeper!

How you can support us:

Your feedback means the world to us! Dive into the demo experiment with bee-keeping mechanics like harvesting honey or crafting tools and share what buzzes you or what could use a tweak. Hop into our Discord community to chat with fellow island explorers - we can't wait to hear your thoughts and make Island Beekeeper even sweeter.

Hey everyone,

Already now you can play the first Island Beekeeper demo during the Steam Next Fest. Start your cozy adventure on a floating island where life hums with the sound of bees. Gather rare resources, craft tools, and harvest magical honey that could save the dying world below. Your journey among the clouds begins here.

What to expect in the demo:

🐝 Harvest golden honey and care for your buzzing colonies

🐝 Learn to survive among the floating islands

🐝 Craft your first tools and gather resources

🐝 Fly on mechanical wings between sky biomes

🐝 Explore the Forest Island and meet the forest bees

What's next:

This demo offers a sweet introduction to Island Beekeeper but the adventure is just buzzing to life! You'll find some features and items still on the horizon with building or cooperative mode actively in the works to let you team up with friends. Dive deeper into floating islands discover new bee species and expand your apiary in upcoming updates. Your feedback is gold - it helps us refine the game and craft an even more immersive world of Island Beekeeper!

How you can support us:

Your feedback means the world to us! Dive into the demo experiment with bee-keeping mechanics like harvesting honey or crafting tools and share what buzzes you or what could use a tweak. Hop into our Discord community to chat with fellow island explorers - we can't wait to hear your thoughts and make Island Beekeeper even sweeter.