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Abe v0.5.1 — the big one

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:26:35 GMT

Abe v0.5.1 — the big one This is the biggest update since v0.4.27. It rolls up everything from nine builds made in between, most of which never left my machine, so if the last thing you played was t...

Abe v0.4.27 — the canopy moves

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:19:09 GMT

Abe v0.4.27 — the canopy moves This one is all about the jungle itself — how it moves, and what stops sitting in front of it. The leaves move now The leaf material has had a wind node in it for mo...

v0.4.26 — the river you can actually see, and four builds' worth of catching up

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:26:53 GMT

This is a bigger post than usual, because it’s a bigger gap than usual. The last build I actually put in front of anyone was v0.4.22, back on the 7th . Three builds have been finished since then and...

Abe v0.4.25: the long walks aren't empty any more

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 23:43:55 GMT

v0.4.25 — the long walks aren’t empty any more (itch devlog. Player-facing. Spoiler-safe: nothing here names the story — see docs/devlogs/README.md .) This one is about the quiet parts. Not the...

Abe 0.4.23: The way through

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:36:13 GMT

v0.4.23 — the way through opens, and the story can actually be finished (itch devlog. Player-facing. Spoiler-safe: nothing here names the story or anything past the treeline — see docs/devlogs/REA...

Abe v0.4.22: The Canopy Is Green Again + Crash Reports

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:01:06 GMT

v0.4.22 — the canopy is green again, and the game can finally tell you what went wrong (itch devlog. Player-facing. Spoiler-safe: nothing here names the story or anything past the treeline) Two of y...

Abe v0.4.7: The Guide Stopped Giving Up on You

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:18:01 GMT

Abe — v0.4.7: The Guide Stopped Giving Up on You A player told me the light that shows you where to go just… vanished, somewhere down the river. Not immediately, and not at the start, but somewher...

Abe v0.4.5 Animations and freezes

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:21:10 GMT

Abe — v0.4.5 Abe grips the tree now. The rig has never once had a climbing animation in the whole life of this project, and this is the build where that changes. Most of the rest of this update came...

Abe v0.4.3: Running

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:28:18 GMT

It should just run now. That is the headline, and it is slightly embarrassing: if you downloaded an earlier build and got a Windows box saying “Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) i...

Abe v0.4.1: She's Alive

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:05:22 GMT

The biggest update since the story first closed end-to-end. v0.3.9 made the jungle honest; v0.4.0 makes it inhabited. Pim is a relationship now The little one who chooses to stay used to follow you. N...

Abe v0.3.9: The Jungle Comes Alive

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:30:26 GMT

Since the last build, almost every minute of Abe's world got rebuilt — not with new levels, but by finally making the jungle behave like a jungle. The light got fixed at the root The deep canopy use...

Abe v0.3.3: Going back over the jungle

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:38:30 GMT

# Going back over the jungle v0.3.1 carved the river and ringed the world with great trees. v0.3.2 filled in everything between, wall to wall. v0.3.3 doesn't add new ground, it **goes back over what's...

Abe v0.3.2: A whole jungle, not just a trail

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 01:41:10 GMT

# A whole jungle, not just a trail *Devlog for the v0.3.2 update copy-paste ready for itch. Spoiler-safe: it talks only about the jungle you play in, never where the story goes.* --- v0.3.1 carved the...

Abe v0.3.1: The rive runs for real

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:51:46 GMT

# The river runs for real *Devlog for the v0.3.1 update copy-paste ready for itch. Spoiler-safe: it talks only about the jungle you play in, never where the story goes.* --- This one is about the worl...

Abe v0.3.0: The story finishes what it starts

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:28:30 GMT

This is the biggest update yet roughly thirty-five internal builds' worth of watching recorded play sessions, finding every place the game lost you, and fixing it at the root. The theme this time: **t...

Abe v.0.2.1: The jungle learned to point the way

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:26:20 GMT

Thanks to everyone who poked at the first build. Almost everything in this update came straight out of watching real play sessions including my own frustrated ones. The theme of this patch: **you shou...

Abe v.0.1.0: A dream about a monkey

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:38:55 GMT

What Abe is You're a monkey named Abe, and you explore a dense, living jungle by climbing, jumping, and swinging through the canopy. You can stir up trouble with the other creatures or rescue them —...