- Southfield is getting delayed - 21 June 2024
Hey Buds, Despite our best efforts, we’ve had to come to the very difficult decision not to release Southfield on June 24th, and delay our launch. Following our Closed Beta our community gave us great feedback, a recurring problem being performance. In response, we implemented a new way to make the game run more smoothly, which worked well, but created lots of complex issues over the past few weeks. With a small team, the last thing we want is to put enormous pressure on them to fix these issues for launch and beyond - safeguarding our devs is very important to us. We also don’t want to release a game that isn’t ready. Southfield doesn’t have a new date yet, and when we find that date we’ll let you know ASAP. This isn’t what we expected to do at such short notice, but we thank you for your support and understanding. In the meantime, our video does go into some further detail about the r…
- Southfield Closed Beta Recap | Team Frog VS Team Axolotl - 7 June 2024
What's up, Buds! Over a thousand new Buds joined us in our Closed Beta, and we welcomed back players from our original Next Fest demo. It’s been a pleasure to watch you all wibble and wobble around the Island, building, growing, exploring… and getting up to all kinds of physics-based mischief. We’ve also been absolutely blown away by the positivity and support of our growing community. Our devs worked hard to deliver four separate hotfixes during the beta, and that was made possible due to the dedication of our community, and the high quality detail of their bug reports. If you visited Southfield in our Closed Beta and want to leave your feedback, please do fill out our form. We appreciate all your thoughts, suggestions, and constructive criticisms. It’s how we make our game grow into something great! You can also share your thoughts with us by joining our community Discord. Team Frog V…
- We're extending our Closed Beta - 31 May 2024
Hey, everyone! We're back again with even MORE news! I wanted to take a moment to thank you all from me, Flop, the mod team and our devs for exploring the world of Southfield with us for our Closed Beta! The feedback you’ve all given has been super helpful in improving the game as much as we can, and we’ll be working behind the scenes to get everything ready in time for Early Access for you all! To thank you for all your help, we’ve got some extra special news for you all! (Drumroll please…) We’re extending the Closed Beta until Monday 3rd June, 4pm BST! You’ll be able to wibble and wobble yourselves through the world of Southfield, all the way through the weekend! You’ll still be able to create content and stream the game up until then too, and we’d absolutely love to see what you end up creating! Keep sending your bugs to either the #bug-reporting forum channel, or straight to support…
- Hotfix | Keep Calm and Wobble On - 29 May 2024
Hey everyone! We’re back again for ANOTHER hotfix update. Didn’t think you’d see us back so soon huh?! We’ve been loving the amount of love and feedback the closed beta has gotten in the last week, and our devs are continuing to work hard to fix some of the small issues a lot of you have been running into! We’re back for some smaller bugs to help smooth out your experience even more! If you run into any other bugs that aren’t noted in our Known Issues thread, or mentioned in any of our hotfixes, you can go to support.southfieldgame.com to raise a ticket, which will go straight to our team. We also have a bug reporting forum in our community Discord. We’re a small team, so we may not be able to reply to every report, but we’ll keep you updated about any fixes! 🌱Full patch notes: Bud now moves faster in Ball Mode Bud can now move easier in the air whilst in Ball Mode Bud is now slightly…
- Hotfix | More Smoosh, No Problem - 23 May 2024
Hey buds, another hotfix whaaaat! You might have seen we pushed a hotfix yesterday, where we added more poop to the game to resolve a hotfix. This time we’re here to stop the ground eating all your items, because that’s very rude tbh. As usual, if you need to get in touch with us to report a bug not currently on our Known Issues thread, or mentioned in the fixes below, you can visit support.southfieldgame.com to raise a ticket. We also have a dedicated bug reporting forum in our community Discord. Please be mindful that we are a small team and may not be able to respond to every report, but we’ll keep you posted on any fixes. Full patch notes: Fixed an issue where the game was not saving tutorial progress when reloading* Improvements to performance (less stuttering) The ground should no longer eat your items I kid you not, we’ve added even more poop (Smoosh) We’ve also added more Ooze (…
- Hotfix | Getting Smoosh Done - 22 May 2024
Hey buds, a hotfix has arrived! Thanks to everyone who’s left us feedback and flagged bugs over the last 24 hours. Our devs have been hard at work, optimising and fixing - and we’ve been able to push a patch today to address many of your reports. 💩 Help, I’ve run out of fertiliser! We’ve seen a few softlock moments during our tutorial, where the player hasn’t been able to progress as they’ve used up their fertiliser and struggles to find more. We’ve doubled the amount of smoosh and ooze in Baggle’s inventory so you can easily purchase more to complete the quest. You can also get smoosh by leaving crops on the ground to decay, and ooze spawns around Ruffians at night. Hopefully you won’t run out now! 💩 Help, the floor ate my items! We’ve seen reports that players have found themselves stuck in the ground, and in some cases, the ground has stolen all their items. When this happens, the…
- Wobble into our Closed Beta - 21 May 2024
Get back into Southfield! Hey Buds! We're running a Closed Beta until Friday 31st May. Now's your chance to visit Southfield, explore, grow, build, automate - and let us know what you think! Here's a few things you need to know before you get started... How to Access To sign up for access to our Closed Beta, please go to the Southfield store page and click "Request Access". We'll be giving players access to our Closed Beta in waves - you will be notified by Steam when you are granted access. When you've been accepted, you will see the Southfield Closed Beta in your library. Player Support We have a new player support portal, for bug reports and feedback. You can visit support.southfieldgame.com to find useful articles, report your bugs, and leave player feedback. You can also access support via our Discord community server. Streaming and Sharing Creators, you are welcome to stream our C…
- Important Update on Multiplayer in Early Access - 16 May 2024
Hey, Buds! We've got an important update from the Southfield team... Our game has grown so much since the Next Fest demo back in February. We’re excited to show you all the hard work our devs have put into Southfield, with a fresh new Island, more crops, quests, construction options, and customisations. You’ll soon be able to jump in and start building your own farmstead, meet the locals, and explore the unpredictable Island of Southfield. You’ll discover and grow your own chaotic crops, and invent new ways to automate your harvest. What's happening with Multiplayer? Growing this game has been a labour of love. And while we’re proud of our journey so far, we know there’s further to go - and we’re grateful to our community for coming along with us. Southfield was originally conceived as a single-player experience, but as soon as we started playtesting the game, people told us that they w…
- World Art Day | Dev Spotlight - 15 April 2024
Hey Buds, look... an art! 👇 We’re celebrating World Art Day by taking a tumble through some cracking concepts, models, and animations from the Southfield art team. We’ve asked each of them to share a little insight, a peek inside their creative process, to better understand how they brought our Island into being, and gave life to its quirky inhabitants. 🌄 The Island Rolling hills, winding rivers, and vivid rainbows crown our colourful Island. Southfield instantly feels like a playground paradise to any Bud looking for a fresh beginning! We wanted our world to inspire joy, and so we created a green, happy place where those good feelings could blossom. Pleasant Plains offers countless perfect locations to build your farmstead. Whether you’re looking to thrive in the Mushroom Valley, escape to the Hilltop Woodlands, or find your peace on The Fens - there’s a dream spot for every Bud! But…
- Community Update | Demo VS Now - 8 April 2024
🎬 New dev update video! In this quick community update, we take a sneak peek at the new Island, from concept art to in-game landscaping and detailing, and we discuss how your feedback from our Next Fest demo has been implemented. The Island of Southfield has changed a lot since our demo. A quick glance at the horizon and you’ll see new things… just everywhere! From mushrooms that glow in the dark, to waterfalls and winding rivers dividing the Island, Southfield feels entirely new (because it is). Video Highlights 🌱 Upgraded Island (featuring ARCHES) 🌱 Windmills, waterfalls and rivers 🌱 The mushrooms GLOW IN THE DARK 🌱 Reveal: Crop Combiner (new machine) 🌱 Bud can eat crops now (but should they?) 📝 Player Feedback Thanks to everyone who left us feedback when playing during our Next Fest demo period. All your comments were reviewed by our team, and we've been able to make changes a…
- Demo Still Available | Exclusive Skins! - 12 February 2024
Oh hey, look - freebies! Our Southfield demo is up for an additional week - so while Next Fest has come to an end, there's still time to enjoy the Island, find and plant crops, play with machines and automation, meet wholesome Islanders, and more... That's not all! Every single bud who has played our demo in the last week, and every bud that plays before the demo period ends at 4pm GMT, Monday 19th February, will get our exclusive Crash Test Dummy skin. We've accidentally started a frog cult support group... For those of you who want to join us in Discord (and those who are already there), you'll be able to enjoy leaping and bouncing on lily pads in you cozy frog onesie! Could Bud look any cuter? (If your answer is yes, all the more reason to get into Discord and suggest skins for future content drops!) These exclusive gifts will be delivered soon after we enter Early Access. In the mea…
- Southfield | Hotfix | Demo Performance Improvements - 9 February 2024
Big news, buds! Flop here, I come bearing some good news! We've pushed a hotfix, in the hopes we can reduce some of the performance issues players of our demo have been reporting... and just in time for the weekend! I wanted to give you a quick run down of what we've been working on. We are limited to what we can do right now, and optimisation takes time. Still, we're confident this will help people experiencing crashes on launch, and generally make the demo experience a bit smoother. ⭐ Lag at launch/crash Players have reported a lot of lag when launching the demo. Provided you are playing above the minimum spec, this should be fixed! If you're closer to minimum spec. than recommended, we'd still suggest giving the demo a minute to warm up. ⭐ Day/Night transition lag The lag reported when transitioning from day to night should be minimised, while the lag transitioning from night to day…
- The Making of Southfield - 8 February 2024
Hey buds! We're back with another developer stream for Steam Next Fest. Will (our producer) and Christian (our senior technical designer) share some insider insights on the development journey Southfield has been on up until this point - and our excitement for what comes next! Thanks to everyone who has played our demo so far, and for your feedback, bug reports and just generally being lovely buds. We feel so lucky! 🔴 Join us over on the Steam store to tune in! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2076210/Southfield/
- Exploring the colourful Island of Southfield - 6 February 2024
Greetings, buds! We're diving straight into Southfield, in the fine company of some very talented buds, who are going to talk us through the beginnings of Bud, their creative process when designing our quirky, adorable Islanders , and the experience of bringing the vibrant, bouncy Island of Southfield to life. 🔴 Join us over on the Steam store to tune in! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2076210/Southfield/
- Play Southfield Demo | Steam Next Fest - 5 February 2024
Greetings, Buds! It's finally time to visit Southfield - our demo is available to play! Here's just a few things you need to know before you get started... This demo gives you a flavour of what's to come. There's plenty to dig into, with quirky islanders to meet, quests to complete, crops to harvest for seeds, and the ability to build your very own farmstead. You'll be growing in no time! 🌱 Bug Reporting & Player Support 🌱 But this is still just a demo, right? So, we're expecting there to be bugs. And we want to make you aware of our process for bug reporting and accessing player support. We've detailed all the key issues we think you might stumble across in our Known Issues thread (available on the Steam Discussion Board or in our Discord community server). Reporting a bug is easy enough! Feel free to pop it in the Bug Megathread over on the Discussion Board, or consider joining us o…
- Announcing Southfield - 17 January 2024
Greetings, Buds! We’re practically falling over with excitement, because the time has come for us to announce Southfield - a silly, physics-based farming game by Radical Forge. We’ll be inviting you to play our demo very soon! You’ll be able to get stuck in, building your dream farmstead, growing and harvesting unpredictable crops, and dramatically flinging yourself around the colourful, chaotic world of Southfield. During Early Access, we want to make sure Southfield grows into the Island you want to see. We’ve got plenty of ideas (and we plan to share our roadmap!), but we’re eager to hear your thoughts too. We’ve opened up our Discord community server, where our players will be able to leave feedback, engage in discussions around changes and improvements, and access exclusive content. Please consider joining us there! Thank you for stopping by. Wishlist our game to be notified about…
