Hey everyone! Hope the cold has been keeping you on your toes since the last update. This one is focused on quality of life, making the game feel better to play day to day. Here's what's coming.
Fishing spots are coming to the River and River Campsite.
The River and River Campsite are getting dedicated fishing spots, and fishing is changing slightly to go with them. Dragging your fishing rod to a fishing spot is the proper way to fish. Casting anywhere without one will still work, but your chances drop significantly. If you want a reliable catch, find a spot first.
Fish in fishing spots will also deplete as you fish, but replenish over time. So it's worth rotating between spots rather than hammering the same one.
If you've been to the Fishing Cabin, keep an eye out for the Notebook with Fishing Spots. It contains marked locations and significantly improves your chances of finding a fishing spot when kept in your backpack.
Card types are now labeled with color.
Every card now shows its type with a colored label, whether it's Food, Tool, Material, Clothing, and so on. The colors make it easier to tell card types apart at a glance, especially when the inventory starts filling up.
Stats popup.
A stats popup is being added to show your current run stats at any time, things like how many days you've survived, how many liters of water you've drunk, and more. Previously this information only showed up on the death screen. Now you can check in whenever.
Interactions are getting smoother.
A handful of drag and drop improvements and quality of life changes are coming:
Food can be dragged directly into the campfire to cook
Dryable items can be dragged straight onto the drying rack
Right-clicking food in the campfire popup moves it directly into the campfire
Consuming, repairing, and harvesting can now be done in multiples at once rather than one at a time
Both the Crafting menu and the Wiki now have search
Equipment popup now lets you repair.
The equipment popup is being revamped to include repairs directly, so there's no need to navigate elsewhere to fix what you're wearing.
Ambient volume setting.
A new ambient volume setting is coming to let you control environmental sounds like wind, blizzard, and campfire separately from the rest of the audio. If the blizzard sound starts wearing on you, now you can turn it down without affecting everything else.
More details to come. We'll have another post up about a week before community testing opens. Stay tuned, we can't wait to share more with you.
Thanks for following along.
— Jerry & Yune