Hello, everyone! Welcome to the second relatively large update, which introduces new mechanics that change gameplay, tons of new items, a new biome, and a pedestal for summoning your first boss! Have fun, survivors!
I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather, which slowed down the development process, so I couldn’t add everything I had planned. But you’ll be able to see those additions in the next update, v0.4, which I’ll start working on after a short break!
Gameplay:
- Added a new biome: "Jungle" (content expansion expected in v0.4)
- Added a boss: "Jungle Guardian"
- Added an Ancient Pedestal for summoning bosses
- Added a new mob: "Jungle Slime"
- Added a new mob: "Spore Skeleton"
- Added a Multicooker for advanced food preparation (recipes expected in v0.4)
- Added a Potion Brewing Station
- Added a Cooking Pot for basic food and drinks
- Added a Campfire with Grill (6 cooking slots, faster cooking, longer burn time)
- Added an Iron Furnace with two slots and higher processing speed
- Added a Hand Crusher for crushing stone and wheat into flour
- Breadmaking now requires grinding wheat into flour, making dough, and baking it
- Added Jungle Trees (spawn in the jungle biome)
- Added Jungle Spore Bushes (spawn in the jungle biome)
- Added the plant "Yarrow" (grows randomly in jungles)
- Added the plant "Sunflower" (grows randomly in forests)
- Added Yellow Mushrooms (spawn and grow in dungeons)
- Mining diamonds now drops ore, which needs refining in an extractor to yield nuggets
- Consumables (food and potions) can now be used directly from the inventory by pressing Alt + LMB on a slot
- Throwing an item stack is now possible by pressing Alt + RMB on the slot
- Added a new way to repair items on smithing tables using hammers
- Any storage can now be placed on rafts
- Rafts can now be repaired using smithing hammers
- Added armor reforging for the Medic class on anvils
- Simplified item repair on anvils: each tier has specific ingredients
- Damage upgrade effectiveness on anvils now depends on the item's tier
- Adjusted required ingredients for many anvil upgrades
- Fired arrows can now be picked up
- XP required for leveling up is reduced to 500
- Campfires can now be lit with torches
- Added a new culture: "Pumpkin" (also spawns in the world)
- Cherry trees now spawn in all forests
- Cacti no longer deal damage when wearing the full Cactus Armor set
- Added crafting for Fruit Tree Wood from logs
- Coconut shells and pulp can now be obtained by grinding coconuts in the Manual Grinder
- Combat efficiency decays slower when attacking slimes
Other Changes:
- Added a classic hotbar (enabled in settings)
- Improved inventory slot design and size
- Crafting range for nearby storage increased by 2x
- Hovering over an item now displays where it can be processed (smelting, crushing, etc.)
- Hovering over an item now shows its crafting recipes
- Items can no longer be used with the inventory open (prevents various errors)
- Collecting resources from furnaces and stations no longer requires opening their interface
- Processed resources are now visually displayed on furnaces
- Increased the duration of most food effects
- Dungeon chest loot significantly increased
- Damaged armor loses its protective properties more drastically
- Fluorescent mushrooms now grow randomly in dungeons
- Flower pots no longer require seedlings to grow plants (seedlings removed from the game)
- Expanded item descriptions
- Hovering over storage displays the number of occupied slots
- Increased smelting time for all ores
- Extracting sand now yields 3 shells
- Shurikens now craft in batches of 10
- Flint lighters are now crafted on the Advanced Workbench
- Branches can now be used as fuel
- High grass and bushes now slow down the character
- Added debris and new sounds when rafts or stakes are destroyed
- Added raft stats to the description window
- Tile names under the cursor are now always displayed at the bottom of the screen
- Added a death sound for sheep
- Skeletons no longer drop quivers
- Updated bread sprite
- Updated quiver sprite
New Items:
- Multicooker
- Campfire Grill
- Cooking Pot
- Iron Furnace
- Hand Crusher
- Dough
- Mug
- Mug of Water
- Flask
- Flask of Water
- Berry Drink
- Berry Mix
- Cleansing Brew
- Lesser Health Potion
- Health Potion
- Greater Health Potion
- Lesser Stamina Potion
- Stamina Potion
- Speed Potion
- Iron Skin Potion
- Health Regeneration Potion
- Stamina Regeneration Potion
- Accessory "Arrowhead"
- Accessory "Durable Bowstring"
- Accessory "Bow Arc"
- Accessory "Archer's Band"
- Accessory "Wind Bracelet"
- Accessory "Swimmer's Amulet"
- Wooden Blacksmith Hammer
- Stone Blacksmith Hammer
- Copper Blacksmith Hammer
- Iron Blacksmith Hammer
- Bronze Blacksmith Hammer
- Silver Blacksmith Hammer
- Diamond Blacksmith Hammer
- Wooden Repair Table
- Stone Repair Table
- Copper Blacksmith Table
- Iron Blacksmith Table
- Bronze Blacksmith Table
- Master Blacksmith Table
- Wooden Fence
- Stone Fence
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Pumpkin
- Cherry Sapling
- Cherry
- Yarrow
- Sunflower
- Jungle Spore
- Jungle Bush Sapling
- Jungle Tree Sapling
- Jungle Tree Log
- Jungle Tree Wood
- Jungle Core
- Ancient Fragment
- Ancient Pedestal
- Jungle Skull
- Yellow Mushroom
- Diamond Ore
- Diamond Nugget
- Diamond Dust
Bug Fixes:
- Dying in water with no stamina caused the game to crash
- Animal carcasses could sometimes be butchered faster by skipping the animation
- Butchering was occasionally obstructed by other entities