Howdy Scientists!
I realize I’m really bad at estimating when an update will be ready. When I said 3 weeks, that was because I thought I would finish in 2, and here we are 4 weeks later and I’ll need a few more. My apologies for that, I will work on making better estimates in the future.
The thing is, even when I finish something in time, I often see ways that it could be improved and polished. And as a player, I think it’s better to take more time but deliver something good, than deliver a lot of small underwhelming updates.
Here are some of the changes I’ve been working on:
Planting inside will be possible, here with light, heating and air conditioning.
Plants do not depend directly on seasons anymore, but on their cold/heat tolerance. Some do grow in fresh conditions, some do grow in warm conditions. That means that you can add a heater or an A/C system in a building or greenhouse to grow plants that are not adapted to the current season.
You will have 5 buildings that you can build anywhere : the coop, the deluxe coop (hosts 6 animals instead of 4), the greenhouse, the barn and the shed. You can grow plants in all buildings if you wish to, but you will have to provide some artificial light (except in the greenhouse, of course).
The deluxe coop and the barn.
Like before you can plant in hydroponics, aeroponics and aquaponics systems, but there are also simple planting pots if you want to keep it simple (and don’t mind watering them).
Two new animals can be adopted : cows and goats. For each you have a young, an adult male and an adult female model. Females provide milk, but only after having a baby.
New animals!
There are still bugs to fix, and a few things I’d like to add like a centrifuge to make butter from the milk or separate honey and wax from honeycombs. I also want to improve the animals pathfinding and provide a fence door so you can prevent them from invading your crops. Finally, it would be nice if you could name your buildings and move animals from one building to another.
I’m a bit reluctant to give another estimate, but let’s say that I will be satisfied if I finish before the end of September.
Ben