PATCH NOTES
ADDED
Added new system: Codex (HUD button on the right side of the screen).
Added new system: Recipes (HUD button on the right side of the screen).
Added new system: Fast travel.
Added new system: Orders billboard.
Added new system: Quest item inventory. Quest items now have their own dedicated inventory, accessible from the player inventory UI.
Added new help entry: Specialists.
Added new help entry: Environmental repairs.
Added new area: Gemstone Grotto.
Added new area: Gemstone Grotto Chasm.
Added new area: Town Hall.
Added new area: Butcher Store.
Added new quest: Grotto Mine Incident.
Added new quest: Transport stop - Willowhaven.
Added new quest: Transport stop - Plains.
Added new quest: Transport stop - Misty Forest.
Added new quest: Builder's License.
Added new quest: Demanding Requests and Asking Orders.
Added new item: Sugar.
Added new item: Jam.
Added new item: Coal.
Added new item: Iron Ingot.
Added new item: Nail.
Added new item: Blastcap.
Added new item: Blastcap Powder.
Added new NPC: Myrtle Clod.
Added new NPC: Tobias Harrow.
Added descriptions and acquisition information for resource entries.
Added hints showing where undiscovered quests can be started.
Added Codex icons, resource artwork, and supporting UI elements.
Added a quest-completion screen displaying the rewards received.
Added unique music to Gemstone Grotto.
Added an illuminated exit marker and a visible rope showing the way out of the grotto chasm.
Added new cave scenery, including wooden bridges, mining lanterns, wall cracks, ground rifts, and other props.
Added help information and contextual dialogue for specialist order boards and resource boxes.
Added transport-stop assets for fast-travel locations.
Added money rewards to some quests.
Added Blastcap gathering and processing.
Added Blastcap mushroom world sprites.
Added coal and iron deposits to Hollowstone Mine.
Added map markers for Town Hall, Smithy, Well, Butcher Shop, Orders Billboard, and Gemstone Grotto.
Added technical backend for Steam achievements in upcoming updates.
Added automatic diagnostic logging when critical save validation errors occur.
CHANGED
Armor now provides actual gameplay bonuses instead of being purely cosmetic.
Food bonuses remain hidden until that food has been eaten for the first time.
The same type of food can no longer be eaten twice while its effect is already active.
Increased the amount of Blushberries obtained from Blushberry bushes.
Shops now have unlimited money.
The General Store now purchases a wider selection of items.
Animal Hide is now sold by the butcher instead of the General Store.
Quest items now use a dedicated tooltip indicator.
Reworked the internal system controlling locked characters, objects, buildings, and other entities.
Replaced the temporary Truesight discovery implementation with a persistent system.
Reworked and substantially reduced Hollowstone Mine, removing unnecessary empty space and preparing it for future quests.
Reworked the Grand Tree discovery sequence.
Updated the milestone and journal descriptions for Lunch with the Guards.
Updated container visuals so their item slots more closely match the player inventory.
Applicable UI windows now indicate that they can be closed with the right mouse button.
The player now turns toward the fishing bobber while fishing.
Gertrude's shop sign is now interactable.
Added clearer feedback when a specialist board or resource box cannot currently be used.
FIXED
Fixed resources sometimes failing to respawn when a new day begins.
Fixed completed quests occasionally disappearing after saving and loading.
Fixed a Waking Cloth quest becoming impossible to progress after loading the backup created before crafting the cloth.
Fixed the player being unable to eat when only one food item remained because the inventory incorrectly reported being full.
Fixed Flour never completing at the cooking station, leaving the game waiting indefinitely.
Fixed quick-transfer not working with the player's home chest.
Fixed mixture tags not appearing in the Recipes panel.
Fixed mining certain rocks leaving behind an ungatherable ghost rock.
Fixed fishing bobbers landing in invalid or visually incorrect locations.
Fixed distorted fishing sounds when casting, landing the bobber, and pulling.
Fixed the player becoming stuck against a chair in Town Hall.
Fixed Town Hall remaining enterable while the Mayor was absent, which could leave the player trapped inside.
Fixed Edgar's tent being accessible before it was unlocked.
Fixed a gap between rocks in the Hollowstone Mine quest area.
Fixed the quest satchel in Hollowstone Mine being obscured behind a wooden pillar.
Fixed used cave-wall cracks remaining visible or interactable later in the game.
Fixed the Grimoire book remaining investigatable after the related note had already been found.
Fixed the butcher NPC not being discovered in the Codex when interacting with the butcher shop.
Fixed specialist orders remaining on the billboard after the related quest had been completed.
Fixed the instant-delivery payment option becoming accessible again after an order and resource box had already been closed.
Fixed shops failing to refresh their inventory after updates changed their stock configuration.
Fixed an error when viewing the Beef Jerky tooltip.
Fixed grammar mistake of Bartering.
Fixed the Space key re-triggering previously clicked UI buttons.
DEVELOPER NOTES
Hey everyone. This patch was supposed to be a content update, but along the way several core systems had to graduate from placeholders to fully integrated implementations. The NPC systems, speech engine, lock mechanism, and quest execution pipeline were all held together with temporary scaffolding until now.
The important part is that the foundations underneath survived all of it without needing fixes or adjustments. Saves from the very first backup archives were successfully loaded and remain fully playable, which is a major milestone for the project.
There is still a lot of work ahead, especially around NPC personality, dialogue polish, and future quest content. But the scaffolding is mostly gone now, and the next stretch should be more focused on content, polish, and player-facing updates.
