Hi everyone!
Based on your feedback, I’ve made a major round of improvements to the Bitter Harvest demo focused on clarity, stability, and overall quality of life.
Here’s what’s new:
Crafting Improvements
The crafting menu is now clearer and easier to use.
Ingredient icons are larger and easier to read.
Hovering over ingredients now shows their name.
Missing ingredients are still marked, but no longer overly dark or difficult to see.
Save & Stability Fixes
Several important issues have been resolved to improve reliability.
Older saves broken by a previous update will now load correctly.
Fixed an issue where the game could get stuck on the menu during startup.
Fishing Mini-Game Feedback
Fishing now provides clearer and more satisfying feedback.
Catch text appears above the player with a bounce animation.
Successful catches display: +1 [Fish Name]
Failed attempts clearly show when a fish gets away.
Controls & Hotbar Updates
Hotbar usage is now fully customizable.
Hotbar use can be rebound in the Controls menu.
The hotbar label updates to reflect your chosen key or button.
The system now correctly uses your selected binding instead of being locked to R.
Hotbar Item Management
Managing hotbar items is more reliable and intuitive.
Using the last copy of an item now properly clears the hotbar slot.
Added a new “Unassign from Hotbar” option in the inventory menu.
This option is disabled when the item is not assigned.
Assign-to-hotbar options continue to function as expected.
HUD Update
Current gold now appears beneath the day/time display in the top-right corner.
Audio Adjustment
Overall game audio output has been reduced by 25%.
100% volume in settings now equals 75% of the previous maximum to prevent excessive loudness.
Thank you for continuing to test the demo and share your thoughts. These changes directly reflect what you’ve been asking for.