The most significant changes for now are the Rotten Hollow mini boss, Steam Achievements and the change to introduce Automatic Crafting. The Rotten Hollow is an addition to early in the Woodland area that will require venturing out of the way a bit. It is something extra to the side, that will award another ability to those that want it. Granny Florence is also chilling out in the wilderness now and might guide you in the right direction for tackling the Rotten Hollow.
I think the Automatic Crafting is a significant and needed change to make crafting easier and keep the flow of gameplay going. Crafting is a big part of gameplay, but doesn’t need to be tedious.
This change allows you to browse the recipes and automatically craft items of a specified amount, without the bother of searching/managing items for it.
More QA and play testing is happening now. This means less new features, but it needs to be done, in order to get things into shape for Steam.
Patch Notes (Build 2)
– Rotten Hollow (Mini Boss)
– Summoned in the first Woodland area with the Nature’s Revenge item
– Drops the ‘Ability: Tangled Roots’ item
– Summons Rotten Minion enemies
– Nature’s Revenge (Crafted Summon Item)
– Secret Woodland Area for the Rotten Hollow
– Hollow Trees are now in the Woodland
– Drops Rotten Core item
– Rotten Core (Item)
– Used to craft Nature’s Revenge item
– Granny Florence
– 13 Steam Achievements added
Beginner Crafter
Complete the ‘Craft Rock Hammer’ Quest
Home Sweet Home
Use your own Bed for the first time
The Path Of Mysticism
Complete the ‘The Path Of Mysticism’ Quest
The Path Of Might
Complete the ‘The Path Of Might’ Quest
The Path Of Cunning
Complete the ‘The Path Of Cunning’ Quest
So Many Colours
Obtain the ‘Paint Blaster’ item
Knowledge Seeker
Obtain 5 Mysticism Abilities
Sword Swinger
Obtain 5 Might Abilities
Toxic Trapper
Obtain 5 Cunning Abilities
Bunny Whisperer
Complete the ‘The Carrot of Truth’ Quest
Into The Dungeon
Complete the ‘Unlock The Dungeon’ Quest
An All Seeing Eye
Complete the ‘Kill The Lost Vision’ Quest
Overcome Evil
Defeat the Sentientpede
– Automated Crafting
– Memory Leak issues resolved.
– Fixed a crashing issue when using a Storage Chest then saving and exiting
– The game now pauses when opening the Options Menu (Esc)
– Auto Save option added
– Enemy movement change to improve direction flickering
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