Hello there seedlings!
Within the update you can now buy any Apothecary and diagnose the local populaces problems.
As always, these things are an ongoing development, so expect bugs, balancing issues and an overwhelming urge to sprinkle herbs on things.
We appreciated any feedback at our usual channels on Discord, our forums or in the Steam Discussions.
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🔷 Apothecary is now open for business
ᅠᅠ🔷 Serve patients to cure 22 ailments (these unlock as your reputation gets higher)
ᅠᅠ🔷 3 minigames to help craft powders, creams and potions
ᅠᅠ🔷 Discover branded and off-brand cures that can be made and stored for future customers
ᅠᅠ🔷Order stock of common ingredients
ᅠᅠ🔷Send your spouse to gather rare ingredients from ‘Other’ as a temporary measure
ᅠᅠ🔷Fob customers off with a placebo that has a 50% chance of helping them feel better
ᅠᅠ🔷Hire a worker to take over running the shop (but remember they need premade items or ingredients to craft with for the best results)
ᅠᅠ🔷Help is available on most screens with F1 or pressing the left stick in on gamepad which will give both text instructions and an overlay showing controls
ᅠᅠ🔷Rework of the Clockwork Clock visuals and functions
🔷 Major reworking of the texture system in progress. Game currently uses more graphics memory but that should be reduced soon.
🔷 6 new Fairweather items are available, up to 3 appear per year
ᅠᅠ🔷A lovely vase to keep your spouse sweet
ᅠᅠ🔷A pendant that lets you buy gossip from those who don’t like you
ᅠᅠ🔷A magical mirror that increases your charm
ᅠᅠ🔷A Reminder system that attaches to your clock
ᅠᅠ🔷Forget-Me-Yet seeds that grow a flower that makes any opinion neutral
ᅠᅠ🔷Introducing TURDIS – Get around the world from outhouse to outhouse via a quick flush
🔶Several books rewritten
🔶Additional items available from shops/traders and gathering for the apothecary
🔶Gossip and proverbs from apothecary owning npcs has a bias towards relevant items
🔶Changed logging to show attempted resolution and current resolution
❌Fix for keybinding crash
❌Fix for unresponsive characters in tavern levels when there were no spaces to fill
❌Further navigation and AI upgrades to fix current issues
❌Fix for rare crash in racing event levels when the event closes
❌Fix for Willowdown Farm map screen not drawing correctly at the start
🔷Additionᅠᅠ🔶Improvementᅠᅠ❌Fixᅠᅠ➕Internal