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The Gold River Project - Let's Talk Early Access! - Steam News

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Sep 10

Let's talk Early Access! We're absolutely blown away by all the support from everyone, thank you all again.

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Greetings Hikers, you've been hearing a lot from us lately, thank you all again for your continued supportːsteamhappyː As you all know from our talk with Epic regarding optimization, there is a LOT th...

The Gold River Project - Optimization talk with Epic - Steam News

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Sep 8

100,000 Hikers have officially signed up to explore The Gold River! We are absolutely blown away by all of your support. We are so thankful for all of you. We wouldn't be here without you.

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Sep 4

Told you we had more posts coming! We talked with Epic about our optimization and we received SO MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION, they're awesome. Thank you Epic.

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Hello Hikers! We talked with Epic! This was absolutely monumental for us as a small team to have this opportunity with some very experienced Unreal Engine 5 developers. We sent them some files (a lot ...

The Gold River Project - Fireside Chat: August Update! - Steam News

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Sep 3

August flew by! Time for a Fireside Chat Hikers!

We have more posts coming off the press soon enough, stay tuned!

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Hello Hikers! Another month finished, time for another Fireside Chat! August FLEW by so quick it was actually a bit scary. We started this month off with our first of many tutorial videos! We aim to c...

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Aug 29

Thank you @ign.com for covering our trailer!

We've got a lot of great updates coming here very soon, stay tuned everyone!

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Aug 27

There are no lifegaurds in the wilderness! Make sure to follow these Water Safety tips so you can have fun AND be safe...r 🏊

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Aug 20

Safety Tip: Use the Buddy System!

Hiking is best with 1-5 of your friends! Bring a good thrower, you may need it! 😉

The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Aug 15

We're going to need a bigger tent 😳

Since January, we've gone from 6k to 90k Wishlists and 103k Demo Downloads since June's Demo Release. You Hikers are beyond amazing!

The Gold River Project - Fireside Chat: July Update + Meet the Team - Steam News

The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Aug 5

Gone fishing 🎣

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Aug 1

Same Community Update, new name.

July's Fireside Chat is now live! Get a glimpse of where we're at in development and meet the core Fairview Games team!

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Hello hello, Hikers! It’s the end of the month and time for a new community update and this time with a new name. Welcome to the monthly Fireside Chat! First and foremost, we want to thank everyone ag...

The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jul 28

We are so lucky to have the amazing community we have. We see your feedback and are trying our best to make the most enjoyable game possible for you all.
A simple "Thank you" is not enough, but we truly mean it from the bottom of our hearts. Here is to an amazing future for The Gold River Project!

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jul 28

A month ago we celebrated reaching 36k Wishlists and 29k Demo Downloads. As of today, we've hit 85k Wishlists and 95k Demo Downloads! What?!

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jul 19

Kim is ready for her close up

Whether she’s aware the camera is there or not #screenshotsaturday 😉📹

The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jul 16

It looks like we aren’t the first ones to find themselves lost in these woods. Someone has left sketches like this one you can find of various points of interest. What could they be hiding?

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jul 11

It's time to drop the team off on the island! We're live for another Dev stream. Let's gather around the fire, answer some questions, and see if we can keep everyone alive during our camping adventure.

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jul 10

An exciting update:
During tomorrow's stream, we'll be celebrating ANOTHER milestone with 70k Demo downloads! You all are amazing! We can't wait to see you there at 1 p.m. PST. And if you can't make it live, don't worry. We'll save you some celebratory smores 😉🔥

The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jul 9

It's been a while since our last Dev stream so we're packing a compass for Craig and hitting the trail (YouTube) this Friday! We're going to explore more changes and answer your questions for the team. Can't make it live? Don't worry, you can still drop us your questions to see in the VOD! 🏕️

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jul 9

It's been a while since our last Dev stream so we're packing a compass for Craig and hitting the trail (YouTube) this Friday! We're going to explore more changes and answer your questions for the team. Can't make it live? Don't worry, you can still drop us your questions to see in the VOD! 🏕️

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jul 7

Over the weekend, we officially broke 60k Hikers downloading our Demo! What a trip it's been so far, thank you all!

The Gold River Project - June Community Update: What's Next? - Steam News

The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jul 2

Happy Canada Day to those who celebrate! 🍁

From our (mostly) Canadian team to yours, we wish you a day of good vibes and good food! If you have the chance, be sure to check out the Canada Day Sale on Steam to support more amazing Canadian studios making cool things!

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jul 1

2 weeks post Steam Next Fest and we're still on the Popular Demos list!

Next stop: Early Access.

We're going to need more backpacks...

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The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jun 30

It's the last day of June which means it's time for our monthly Community Update!

Thank you everyone for an amazing month ❤️

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Happy Monday, Hikers! June flew by but it’s time for our monthly Community Update. This past month has been an incredibly busy but incredibly fulfilling time. We kicked off with a successful Steam Nex...

The Gold River Project 🏕️ @goldrivproject.fairviewgames.com · Jun 28

Foggy nights are perfect for campfire stories 😉🔥