Hi, friends.
Friday is here again. This week seems to have gone so fast! The latest build of Samphi, v0.1c, has hit the beta branch and it sees the first introduction of mining and smithing along with a new item. These things were covered a bit on the last news post, so check that out to learn about the pickaxe and iron.
I’m going to start this update with a PSA. In one of the last builds, there was an issue with Steam not been able to find the executable. Here’s why that happened.
My game project for Samphi was previously titled ‘Samphi Beta’. When I exported it the .exe, it too was named ‘Samphi Beta.exe’, so before uploading to Steam I had to rename it ‘Samphi.exe’ each time … that time I forgot.
Doing this each update is obviously not ideal and I’d 100% forget again, so I renamed the game project to just ‘Samphi’ as it should be. Problem is, that’s now moved where the game runs from. All data is stored in AppData, and version v0.1c and up will use a new folder so you’ll need to move your data over.
This will only ever happen this once, then we’re good forever. All you have to do is simply copy all data from AppData/Local/Samphi_Beta to AppDate/Local/Samphi.
Job done! You can delete the old folder now, just make sure your data is out of it first! If you don’t do this the game will still work fine, you’ll just not have any previous save data. Okay, on with the changes.
In the last update, I showed the new pickaxe and iron ore that spawns in the ground. Well, now when equipped, the pickaxe you can see it on your character. You can also now mine the iron around the level. This will give you raw iron that needs to be smelted in the kiln.
That’s right, the kiln now does something! For those unaware, here’s the crafting recipe for the kiln.
This will be used to refine all ore, there’s more to come, and it’s really easy to use. Just like cooking, to use the kiln simply drag the icon of the ore over it. The longer you hold it there; the more iron ingots you’ll make.
As you guessed it, iron ingots are what you’ll craft with, and I’ve added an item to craft so you can use them straight away!
Shears can now be crafted in the following way:
They currently can’t be used, but they’ll soon allow you to get wool from a sheep without having to kill it!
There're a few smaller changes that are in v0.1c:
- You now need to have the spade equip to dig rocks
- Added a ‘Need spade to dig’ message if try with anything else
In update 7 I made a list of things that would be coming soon. Here’s what we’ve accomplished so far:
- Adding Chests
Adding IronAdding Sheers- Adding Wolf
- Adding new crop
There’s still a few of those to go, I’ve done a nice chunk of work on the wolf, so work moves right over to them! Expect them soon. :)
That’s all for this week. Another week another build. Hope you all have a great weekend and enjoy mining some iron!
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