https://gamedropdaily.com/updates/the-isle/ Official Steam announcements and patch notes for The Isle. en-us Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:38:03 GMT 720 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842212951312233 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1842212951312233#1788241083 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:38:03 GMT News Filipe - Lead Programmer This month I worked mainly on two fronts. The unified systems for footsteps visual effects (VFX) and sound effects (SFX). The system just scales all conditions based on species and size, avoiding us to have multiple assets per dinosaur/per size (growth)… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1839676055896244 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1839676055896244#1785806334 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:18:54 GMT Patch Hey Islanders, Thank you to everyone that participated in our recent Hordetest. Official servers are being taken down as we update the Evrima Public Branch to 0.21.772. Full changelogs can be found in Hordetest version announcements on Discord. You may need to restart your Steam… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1839676055889689 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1839676055889689#1785546142 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:02:22 GMT News Filipe - Lead Programmer I have been busy refactoring some stuff related to the game’s security and bug fixing but also some updates to mechanics: Migration system: Most of the system is being updated. The idea behind migrations are kept almost the same but the way they work… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165584411 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165584411#1783624103 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:08:23 GMT Patch Hey Islanders, We're deploying a new build to Evrima. You may need to restart your Steam client if the update is not immediately available to download. Evrima Public Branch - 0.21.734 Enabled hill sliding and slowdown Fixed beipiaosaurus/pteranodon swimming animation issue Fixed… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165569583 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165569583#1783055127 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:05:27 GMT Patch Hey Islanders, Thank you to everyone that participated in our recent Hordetest. Official servers are being taken down as we update the Evrima Public Branch to 0.21.720. Full changelogs can be found in Hordetest version announcements on Discord. You may need to restart your Steam… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165564326 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165564326#1782881867 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:57:47 GMT News Ariel - Programmer This month I was looking at various issues from the horde test and making related changes. I also made a small change to nesting; after taking an egg, the dinosaur will now automatically hatch after a while. This was done because there were cases of people… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1833968530892663 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1833968530892663#1780104354 Sat, 30 May 2026 01:25:54 GMT News Filipe - Lead Programmer I’ve been working on fixing UI issues and preventing some exploits. Kentrosaurus has a few reflection bugs where it's dealing damage in unintended ways but it should be done soon. The only thing to show this month is the skin system. We want to make sure… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1831432155570084 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1831432155570084#1777598763 Fri, 01 May 2026 01:26:03 GMT News Who’s ready for Director’s Commentary 2: Return of the Donblog? It’s just me again. I’m going to play a bit of catch-up with some Hordetest info and some immediate plans. Since I’ve last written an entry the whole island has been updated. Jace had been hard at work getting the… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1825727806712728 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1825727806712728#1772262628 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 07:10:28 GMT News Filipe - Lead Programmer This month I have been focused on kentrosaurus and its defensive stance. This helps it to reflect damage back to attackers when they hit its spikes, but this will also be seen for other animals that have spikes or build in defenses like ceratopsians. I… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1823191198606867 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1823191198606867#1769829624 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:20:24 GMT News Filipe - Lead Programmer This month I have been working primarily on bug fixes for several systems while we focus on bug cleanup, but I’ve had some small time to work on some upcoming changes for the skin system. You will get a limited type of color pick gradient for skin… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1819386365103785 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1819386365103785#1766486138 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:35:38 GMT Patch Hey Islanders, A new patch is now available on the Evrima Public Branch. Thank you to everyone that participated in our latest hordetest. To spare you all a novel-length read, we’ve trimmed the changelog down to the highlights. A list of known-issues will be updated and posted… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1817483467042061 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1817483467042061#1764453860 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 22:04:20 GMT News Filipe - Lead Programmer This month I worked more on updating some remaining UI panels and bug fixing them. The UI took less time to implement than expected, which is great for once. Besides that, new mutations have been added which allows you to change your gender, but also…