Patch Notes

## July 31, 2023 (Hotfix v0.3.4)

**Fixes**

* Fixed crash when walking into 'final room' in cave while animals are following.
* Blue Claw can now be used for the Magic Forge, just like other Fish Parts.

**Changes based on player feedback**

* In-progress and completed Research Samples now have differentiating icons in the inventory description.
* Composter ingredient additions:
	+ Added Jellyshroom and Slimeshroom as Quality Fertiliser ingredients
	+ Added Lavacress as Kelp Fertiliser ingredient
* Magic Forge ingredient additions:
	+ Added Watercress, Lavacress, as well as various Fish Net drops as organic materials for the Magic Forge
* Some placed items now need to be hit twice in succession to be removed. This is to address the issue where some of these items often get accidentally removed while doing other things on the farm. These items are:
	+ Well
	+ Crafting Stations: Stone Forge, Magic Forge, Loom, Spinning Wheel, Mixer, Seed Sieve, Campfire, Dehydrator
	+ Crafting Benches: Feed Crafter, Bait Press

## July 24, 2023 (Hotfix v0.3.3)

A few more bugfixes!

* [Controller] Attempt to fix possible crash when interacting with the Auto-feeder.
* [Controller] Fixed being able to select two item slots when pressing Up and Left buttons simultaneously in the Auto-feeder Inventory.
* Fixed overlapping tooltip when cursor points to the trough and Auto-feeder at the same time.
* Fixed Journal UI's Information scrollbar.
* Fixed a missing collision bug when removing a bed while there is more than 1 bed in the room.

## July 20, 2023 (Hotfix v0.3.2)

* [Controller] Fixed a crash that can happen when using the inventory/chests.
* Fixed a bug where Rhea's "Beginnings of a Bestiary II" quest shows up in the quest list even after completing it.
* Fixed a visual bug where Rugs are drawn on top of the bed, when placing a bed on top of a Rug.
* Fixed a bug that shows [Bug: Text cannot be read from file.] as dialogue when talking to Rhea.

## July 11, 2023 (Hotfix v0.3.1)

* Fixed a rare bug that causes a crash when sleeping to the next day.
* Related to above,
	+ if you had placed any Auto-tappers in the Mushroom Forest, they will be removed after sleeping to the next day. You can still retrieve them before the end of the day.
* Fixed being able to place Auto-tappers on the ground.

## July 6, 2023 (Update v0.3)

**New Mechanics and Gameplay Improvements**

* Added Sprinklers that water crops automatically.
* Sun Lamps can be stacked on top of Sprinklers. Their effects will be combined while only using 1 tile space.
* Sun Lamps (and Sprinklers) show their area of effect before placement.
* Added resource-gathering items - Fish Nets and Auto-Tapper.
* Added Bell Tool that herds creatures back to their pens.
* Added Auto-Collector to collect drops and produce from creatures.
* Some items, such as Fish Nets and Lily Pads, can be placed on water.
* Some items, such as Chairs and Lily Pads, can be rotated when placing.
* Tilled soil can now be removed using the Hammer tool.
* Ability to craft Cooked Fish & Cooked Meat with Campfire.
* Added a 'Fishing' category to the Crafting Tab. Fish-related items, such as Fish Bait, can now be crafted from there (instead of from the Ranching category).
* Added 'Crafting Benches' to allow for quick crafting of certain items.
* Improved detection for Creature Pens and Troughs for Controllers.

### New content

* Basic Sprinkler
* Gold Sprinkler
* Chroma Sprinkler
* Gold Sun Lamp
* Chroma Sun Lamp
* Auto-Collector
* Bell Tool (Upgradable)
* Fish Net
* Auto-Tapper
* Bait Press
* Feed Crafter

**Decor Sets and Items:**

* Snowman
* Mini Fir
* Chestnut Furniture Set
* Cherry Furniture Set
* Maple Furniture Set
* Fir Furniture Set

**Furniture Sets include:**

* Bed
* Bedside Table
* Chair
* Table
* Round Table
* Wardrobe
* Dining Table
* Wooden Seat
* Buffet Table
* Wall Shelf

**Rugs:**

* Maroon Rug
* Cherry Rug
* Honey Rug
* Forest Rug
* Cream Mat

**Flower Baskets:**

* Chamomile
* Wild Violet
* Sunflower
* Eggbloom
* Starburst
* Caffodil
* Hydranbear (Coral)
* Hydranbear (Pink)
* Hydranbear (Lilac)
* Pitch Lily

**Barrels:**

* Covered
* Potato
* Carrot

**New items that can be found using the Fish Net:**

* Water Snail
* Apple Snail
* Mussel
* Peach Mussel
* Slug
* Lemon Slug
* Slimeshroom
* Jellyshroom
* Lily Pad
* Lily Pad (Teal)
* Lily Pad (Lime)

**Food:**

* Cooked Fish
* Cooked Meat
* Maple Syrup
* Lavacress

**Misc:**

* Fish Bait Crafting Recipe
* Snowman Crafting Recipe
* Mini Fir Crafting Recipe
* Ground Beetle (chance to drop from breaking rocks/logs).

**NPCs:**

* New Townsfolk: Alfie the Tinkerer. Alfie arrives in Shimmerbrook on 16 Spring of Year 1.
* New Shop: Alfie's Awesome Automations.
* 100+ lines of additional dialogue among the NPCs. More dialogue will be added as we continue development!
* NPCs can sometimes talk about another NPCs' gift preference.
* Updated NPCs' gift preferences for the new items.

**Music:**

* 5 new OSTs! One new track per season + one additional track for rainy days. Thanks to Bobby, DT, Shevone, and Tomás for their beautiful soundtracks! <3
* Updated Main Menu music.

**Balancing Changes**

* Increased item pickup radius from 14 to 18.
* Brown Wool adds 3 ticks instead of 2 to the Spinning Wheel.
* Increased time taken for wild animals to eat from a feed bowl from 3 to 5 seconds. The duration shortens to 0.5 seconds once the creature has been tamed.
* Shipping Price of a Stick decreased from 2G to 1G.
* Adjusted drop rate of Sticks from trees.
* Moved the unlocking of Mines from 14 Spring to 10-11 Spring (depending on when/whether conditions are met).

**Bugfixes**

* Fixed incorrect line breaks for item descriptions in Shops.
* Fixed being able to 'drop' important items such as Research Scrolls onto the ground when sorting chests with full chest and bag inventory.
* Fixed one instance of being unable to interact with animals/wild plants which happens when switching from a Watering Can to a different tool while trying to water a tile.
* Fixed Wall Decor incorrectly overlapping with some items during placement.
* Fixed items incorrectly overlapping with Beds.
* Fixed one of Yan Yan's favourite gift dialogue not being triggered when gifting the item.
* Fixed incorrectly completing objective during 'Unidentified Fish Part' Quest when researching an item that is not a Fish Part.
* Fixed 'Research Complete'! popup showing when fishing even after research was completed and before the scroll is claimed.
* Fixed a bug where Hydranbear (Lilac) would have an error in its sprite drawing.