Work on the next release of For One Year is well underway. The two big updates in this release are the addition of Nora - a traveling inventor - and a cooking mini-game!
Nora
Nora is a traveling inventor selling her unique creations. Unfortunately you, the traveler, are much too poor to afford Nora's wares, but she's willing to strike a deal to let you borrow them, for a time!
By meeting Nora, you'll get access to a weird bow, and even weirder fishing rod, to use in your travels.
And, of course, you'll also have the opportunity to get to know her better, as well! ;)
Cooking
When you find food in the wild, you'll now have the option to either take it as-is, or cook it! If you do well at the cooking mini-game, you could end up with even more food!
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As a retro-styled game, it's almost embarrassing that For One Year didn't launch with this option! (Better late than never?)
And more!
The character creation screens has been simplified, to reduce "typing" (typing with a mouse! blegh!), and make it easier to select your character's appearance.
There are now dialog choices scattered throughout the game's stories, giving you opportunities to learn about the people you meet (and more to do on repeated playthroughs), and just express yourself a bit from time to time.
There are already a few more full-screen images for some of the random villagers you can meet, and a few more will surely be added before release!
Release date for this update?
It's hard to say, exactly. Nora, and the cooking mini-game, are well underway, but still incomplete. For example, work on Nora's unique bow is nearly complete, but work on her fishing rod has not yet started! There's also the possibility of a second, new character being added!
More updates to come, and as things start to wrap up, a release date will be announced!