3 months later and the whole Javascript version of the game has been ported to GameMaker, and we're back where we were in January!
However, there's plenty of new tweaks and QoL stuff that's been added during the rebuild, so if you want to test it out this update is for you! If you've already played a lot of the existing Alpha there's not any new content in this build, so don't burn yourself out <3
I couldn't possibly fit in all the stuff that was changed or fixed compared to the old build, but I've done my best to list the more major changes you'll find below.
While playing the new Alpha, feel free to report any bugs or feedback in our Guilded Forums:
Changes
Items
- YOU CAN FINALLY PLACE STUFF WITHOUT EQUIPPING IT!!!
- You can also pick up tools and use them on stuff with the mouse without equipping them
- You can now drop stuff with right-click!!! high quality features here guys I know
- Items have a much larger pickup radius so you don't have to get as close to them
- Items will yeet themselves towards you when you're close to them, magnet style
- Cross-breeding
- Fixed various bees to quite working at the right time
- The predictor is easily craftable from the start to help understand the cross-breeding mechanics
Books
- A bunch of quests have been made less wordy
- Notifications for quests open the quest book and scroll to the right chapter for you
- The bee book is introduced earlier so you don't need to get your first hybrid before getting it
- The predictor is introduced around the same time to make the first hybrid easier
Saves
- Games take much quicker to load and save
- Floppy disk save icon is back in-game <3333
- World generation is much quicker in general
- Game saves are pre-loaded on game start so if you pick the same save as the preloaded one it'll start the game instantly!
Town
- You can hammer all the objects and tiles/walls in the town! Something, something great power great responsibility
- You can "pick up" npcs and bring them with you! Try not to lose them eh?
World
- Highlighted objects are shown even behind other objects with a little ghosting effect
- Better shore generation around islands
- Better lighting in day/night
- Added sunrise + sunset glow to dawn/dusk to help emphasise those times
- Added water reflections, because shaders are freaking awesome
- Flowers now spread as seedlings that grow into flowers - introduces seeds earlier
- Flowers now don't spread into yo damn house
Critters
- Birbs are no longer horrendously laggy or stupid
- Birbs can spawn in shallows now, but as lil seagulls!
- Birbs can be scared away by dropping sticks (as promised, finally the guide is no longer lying)
UI
- You can now spam click slots and it doesn't sometimes magically lose items, what a treat
- Removed aspect ratio options - game fully resizes to the window whatever the size
- Removed scale options - same as above (displays over 1920 will go to 3x scale instead of 2x automatically)
- Menus now have lil open animations, cute!
- Preview tank amount without clicking into a menu
- Added back the move 'button', as an alternative to the move "bar"
- Inventory has number "labels" for the hotbar
- A lot better "error" states for the mouse hover or item usage, should be much clearer what you can and can't do (and why)
Bug Fixes
- Many
- So gosh darn many oh my god every day new bugs
Bug Additions
- Lots