Blue sparks over my islands

[Peris_GR]

Whats the blue sparks over all my islands? I load the game after the update, got to the small island where used to be the star inside the small bush (i got this star before the update btw) and picked up a dark orb, an item I first time encountered in the game. There was a special animation and after that all my islands on the overworld got some blue sparks all over them... Whats going on?

[Lyo]

Seem to indicate which Islands still have stars(maybe just stars? haven't checked fragments) to find, so you don't have to check every single island/map/room. Tbh I only just realized from what you said that the effect started once I grabbed that orb.

[GoodJon]

doesnt seem to be working, i have all gems, upgrades and 105 stars with 4 left to get, and there are blue sparks over all my islands except the flute island and the green island you need the flute to get to.

[Peris_GR]

So the question remains: whats the blue sparkles and what is the mysterious orb we obtain? Maybe Gojirra can help us out

[slartifer]

I don't think the sparkles are triggered either by gems or secrets, as I was missing one of each in the same location, and it had no sparkles.

But they might be triggered by keys as well as stars.

GoodJon - Are you at 13 keys with all locks opened? Does "all my islands" mean EVERY island, even the little ones, or only the big islands?

[Lyo]

Things of note for what I saw,

I didn't start my game/ save until after the 1.2 update.
The final key I was missing for 100% was not indicated by blue sparks.
The final dark fragment I was missing did not cause blue sparks.
The sparks noticeably went away on 2 small islands when I got the final star(if I triggered something else idk) and I stopped paying attention after that.

Maybe it is an old save file thing? Really no idea, but that was why I think it is meant for either stars or solvable main line puzzles.

Oh and all sparkles are gone for me iirc? Have 100% for current update.

[Panic]

Hey everyone, the blue effect after collecting the orb is supposed to indicate that there are still stars left on an island, but it is currently bugged if you continue a save from an old version. The blue effect is there even if you collect all the stars on an island. Sorry about that!

[Peris_GR]

Originally posted by Panic:

Hey everyone, the blue effect after collecting the orb is supposed to indicate that there are still stars left on an island, but it is currently bugged if you continue a save from an old version. The blue effect is there even if you collect all the stars on an island. Sorry about that!

Thank you for the clarification. Since we got you here, can you tell us if you are working on new content for the game?

[Gojirra]

Originally posted by Peris_GR:

Originally posted by Panic:

Hey everyone, the blue effect after collecting the orb is supposed to indicate that there are still stars left on an island, but it is currently bugged if you continue a save from an old version. The blue effect is there even if you collect all the stars on an island. Sorry about that!

Thank you for the clarification. Since we got you here, can you tell us if you are working on new content for the game?

Yes!

Long answer:
After the 1.2 update and finishing up running a booth for the game at Tokyo Game Show I am taking a much needed break since I've been going nonstop since launch. After that I will be working on the console ports.

There is a lot of content that wasn't quite ready for release which had to be put on the back burner as well as some additional new content in the works. I would like to have a content update that coincides with the first console launch.