Quick Personal Update: We have completed our move, my work area is set-up, and progress continues!
"What's going on with the next update!?"
Let's talk!
Patch 037 is well on the way, but has by far taken the most amount of time of any update as the game's last official update was the very end of January! Some of this was due to the move and our son's hospitalization (he is doing great now thank you!), but the main culprit is just the fact it is a very large update.
The increased map size is one of the biggest factors.
The game world is now prepped to be 2x larger. Why? Balance to accommodate horse, faster travel, and ensure the feel of it being a journey between major towns/villages. Before sending out the next Patch 037 I am wanting to reduce the "dead-time" of nothing to do on your trips. Don't worry, I'm not withholding the patch until it's 100% feature complete, but this means I would like to get a few more elements for testing in there. Mainly NPC quests, trades, and a few more interactions added in.
"So what's in the patch? And is it going to Beta first?"
To answer the 2nd point, Yes, the patch will be pushed to Beta first for you guys to do your thing. It's an incredibly helpful step to get initial feedback when hundreds suddenly get their hands on it. Once again, anyone can opt in to the Beta!
As far as patch content...here are the larger highlights:
New UI:
Horses:
Smash clams for a chance to get some pearls:
Updated Areas:
New Item Handling Mode: unlock your cursor and move items
New Visual Packing System:
Discovery Based Tutorial: tutorial is being integrated into the main game
BackPacks:
Dialogue Mode and Updated font sizes:
There are several other things like changes to the Permit System, the Player Reticle is bigger and easier to see, more action feedback (progress circles and text for consuming items, mounting horses, equipping things etc), some more simplified controls like depositing and withdrawing money now has a bindable key, and several other things I will list in the Patch 037 update!
"When is the update being released?"
I'm striving for no more than another week or two and will of course keep you posted!
Thank you for the continued support!
As always, I'm in the Discord a lot if you need anything!