Player update log
Changelog
What's new in Savannah. Fresh features land roughly every week.
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Golden Hour
A cinematic new sky, sharper stealth, and combat you can read before the hit lands.
- Cinematic golden hour: A gradient sky with a real sun and moon bathes the savanna in warm light as day turns to night.
- Sharper stealth: Animals fade smoothly in and out of view, you turn translucent when hidden, and attacking reveals you for a few seconds.
- Read the fight: Attacks now show a brief windup just before they land, so you can dodge or counter in time.
- Living details: Fireflies scatter when you wander near and drift back after a while, and bigger trees and savanna flowers fill out the plains.
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The Glow Up
A big visual pass with cel-shading, fireflies, and a new main menu, plus smoother movement and clearer combat.
- A prettier savanna: Subtle cel-shading, a parallax cloud sky, swaying grass, and nighttime fireflies over the tall grass make the world come alive.
- New main menu: A fresh menu with a live 3D backdrop, your profile, and Discord sign-in greets you before you play.
- Smoother to play: Movement and auto-jumping feel cleaner, and a hit burst flashes on every landed attack so you can tell when you connect.
- More to eat: New snack items, including a banana, strawberry, and pear, join the world’s berries.
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Rank & Roots
A redesigned skill tree, climbing ranks, friendlier onboarding, and characters that are never lost.
- New skill tree: Spend perk picks across three branches in a cleaner, icon-based tree as you grow.
- Ranks on your nameplate: Earn tiers from Bronze up to Diamond that show off how far you have come.
- Easier first steps: New players get a paginated controls guide, tutorial quests, and just-in-time hints, plus a discovery banner when you meet a new species or place.
- Your animals stick around: Saves now happen everywhere, so you never lose a character unless you choose to delete it.
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Skies & Water
Dive-bombing vultures, swimming crocs, a gorgeous new sky, and named places to discover across the map.
- Vulture dive-bomb: Tuck your wings and dive on prey from above, then land to scavenge what falls.
- Crocodile swimming: Crocs now glide through the water with proper underwater controls and a diving camera.
- A brand new sky: Enjoy a procedural sky with drifting clouds, twinkling stars at night, and moonlit shadows.
- Named landmarks and a journal: Discover hand-named places like Bonebreaker Ridge, and track your goals in a new per-character quest journal.
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A Whole New World
The land is rebuilt with rolling hills, lakes, and a winding river, plus berries, mating, accounts, and the soaring Vulture.
- Rebuilt terrain: A brand new landscape of hills, plateaus, lakes, and a long winding river replaces the old flat plains.
- Berries and buffs: Find and eat berries scattered across the world to gain temporary boosts, from speed to damage wards.
- Find a mate: Court another animal of your kind to pair up and raise the next generation.
- The Vulture takes flight: Play a new flying species, soar above the savanna, and scan the ground below for your next meal.
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Trees & Tension
Acacia trees dot the plains, perks let you shape your animal, and stealth and music raise the stakes.
- Genetic perks: Reach growth milestones to pick upgrades like Lean Build, Tough Hide, or Desert Blood and make your animal your own.
- Acacia trees: The savanna is now dotted with trees for shade, cover, and navigation.
- Combat music and tension: New music kicks in when you are hunting or in danger, so you feel the moment turn.
- Smarter stealth: Stay low in tall grass and predators are far less likely to spot you, with new hiding spots planted in the dry country.
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A Living Savanna
Savannah opens its plains: pick an animal, grow up, and survive a world that finally moves and breathes.
- Choose your animal: Start as a Lion, Elephant, Gazelle, or Crocodile and grow from a baby to a full adult by eating and surviving.
- Everything is alive: Every species now walks, runs, and idles with real animations, and the plains are filled with ambient sound, music, and species calls.
- Special moves and teamwork: Use abilities like the Elephant Stomp and Wildebeest Kick, team up with your own kind to form groups, and watch Lions hunt as a coordinated pride.
- Sleep to heal: Rest during your favorite time of day to recover faster, and stay alert at night when your vision shrinks.