Project Castaway Update: Enhancements and Bug Fixes Released
September 27, 2025 - Today, Project Castaway has released a significant update to enhance player experience and address various issues reported by the community. This update focuses on improving gameplay mechanics, UI/UX elements, and overall stability.
New Features
- A new button has been added to reset custom keybinds, offering players an easy way to revert to default settings.
- The rebind UI now includes additional actions such as dropping carryables, weapons, and smashing items, with support for gamepad inputs.
- Holding the crouch button will now allow players to dive underwater, adding a new layer of interaction with the ocean environment. Additionally, oxygen deprivation has been adjusted to kill slowly instead of instantly, scaling with game time for a more realistic survival experience.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where diving by looking down while swimming above water was occasionally unresponsive.
- Corrected the disassembly of ropes returning cloth instead of yucca, ensuring proper resource allocation.
- Resolved a bug causing building mode to toggle on/off when adding materials with a hammer equipped.
- Addressed several UI-related issues, including fixing prompts displaying keyboard sprites on gamepad use and correcting hovering frame alignment for clearer visibility. The rebind UI has also been reorganized into separate sections for movement, interaction, and utility for better accessibility.
- Fixed a problem where the journal or backpack could not be opened via the wheel menu due to missing pointers.
- Corrected an issue preventing players from dropping weapons on gamepad input.
- Additionally, bugs causing the
