UPDATE 0.5

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NEW
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VILLAGERS

• Added several new NPCs who now act as villagers.
• You can talk to villagers, give them gifts, and build friendships over time.
• Each villager has items they love and items they like.
• Talking to a villager or giving them a gift increases their friendship level.
• Ignoring villagers for too long will slowly decrease their friendship.
• Villagers can be found around the town, with some of them staying inside houses.
• Reaching 50% and 100% friendship with a villager can unlock special rewards.
• Added a villager list to the pause menu, showing friendship levels and other useful information.
• Added new achievements related to building friendships with villagers.

FRUITS

• Added new collectible fruits: apples, pears, raspberries, and plums.
• Fruit trees and bushes can now be found in different parts of the map.
• Fruits only grow during certain seasons, mainly summer and autumn.
• At the start of a season, fruits appear in random amounts.
• Each fruit has its own respawn timer, usually lasting from 3 to 6 days, depending on the fruit.
• Fruits can be eaten to restore stamina.
• Fruits can be collected, sold, gifted, or used for other purposes.
• No special tools are required to pick fruits.
• Added new achievements related to fruit picking.
• In existing saves, fruits may appear after a few days of gameplay.

FRUIT PRESERVES

• Added a new fruit preserve building to the farm.
• Preserves can be made from fruits found throughout the game.
• Each preserve requires at least one Empty Jar.
• Empty Jars can be purchased from the Seed Shop.
• Fruit preserves can be sold or given as gifts to villagers.
• Fruit preserves can also be eaten to restore stamina.
• Added new achievements related to making preserves.

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QoL / SMALL CHANGES
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• Added extra information when a fish is biting, explaining that the player needs to click. [Pryxter]
• Added outline highlights for vegetables ready to harvest, eggs, trees, and stones. [Sontyl]
• Added Sheep Shears Lv 2, which collect wool twice as fast. This item is available as a villager reward. [tomiko9]
• Added Milk Bucket Lv 2, which collects milk twice as fast. This item is available as a villager reward. [tomiko9]
• Added Water Bucket Lv 2, which has twice the water capacity. This item is available as a villager reward. [tomiko9]
• Updated cooking recipes.
• Added an in-game FPS counter, which can be enabled in the settings.
• Added 6 new achievements.
• Reworked several core scripts to improve consistency, stability, and reduce potential issues.

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FIXES
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• Fixed language saving after the first game launch.
• Fixed the selected language not displaying correctly in the settings menu.
• Fixed door sounds, so the sound now follows the player instead of staying at the door.
• Fixed collisions on several models.
• Improved LODs for some objects.
• Improved seed stacking after purchasing seeds.
• Improved transitions between the first room, second room, and kitchen, so the player should no longer get briefly stuck between rooms.
• Improved game recognition through Discord Activity.

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THANKS TO
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• tomiko9, for the idea of adding better animal tools: Sheep Shears Lv 2, Milk Bucket Lv 2, and Water Bucket Lv 2.
• Sontyl, for the idea of adding outline highlights for interactive prefabs.
• Pryxter, for the idea of adding extra information to the fishing system.