Hey All,
I wanted to do a quick update and talk about what I hope to include in the next patch, which is scheduled for October 26th.
Growing System
Currently, the main source of food and fuel in the world is through scavenging loot boxes and garbage piles. This is very much meant to be an 'early game' activity, and to that end, the next patch is slated to include a new crafting tree oriented around growing your own food.
You'll be able to find seeds in the more difficult to navigate areas of the map (rarely). Next, you'll need to create dirt (hydroponics will come later) and build a planter.
Once you've got a planter, you can't just plant the seeds and hope for the best, you'll need to protect the plants from getting too cold, and provide them with water and light.
Piping heat from your furnace to provide heat for your plants will be vital for keeping them healthy, and alive. Image Credit: Tecknowolf
The plant system is designed to be partially self-sustaining, and will provide renewable sources for certain items.
Block Placing
Also slated for the next update (hopefully), is an update to how placing rotated blocks work. Right now block rotation is quite unintuituve, and this next update should help address that, as well as allowing for the ability to rotate blocks in all directions.
A few of you have asked for Mouselook invert - I'm hoping to include this in the next update as well, unless there are some unforseen complications with it.
-Trev