[Update 1.14 and 1.15] A HUUUGE Village update is HERE! 💕

Hey Everdreamers!

We’ve just released a huge update with plenty of Quality of Life improvements, all based on the feedback you’ve sent us! Grab your favorite tea and snack before reading, because the list is LONG!

🧭 Quests, Clarity & Tutorials

• Improved clarity and better guidance for digging up the first dinosaur bone.

• Fixed misleading dialogue in “Help the Cat” quest (the cat is now where it should be 🐱).

• Fixed issues with “Follow the Bison” causing confusing progression.

• Added new tutorials: Animal Breeding and Treasure Detector.

• Tutorials in the menu are now sorted alphabetically and chronologically.

• Key items (fishing rod, hat, sword) are now given at the correct moment during quests instead of being available from the start.

• Improved clarity of many tutorials.

🐾 Animals & Breeding

• Added animal hunger indicators and improved the hunger system (animals now eat naturally during the day and stay fed).

• Animals will no longer breed if hungry.

• Newborn animals now automatically receive names based on their gender.

• Added animal naming system (requires a special item from the merchant 🔍).

• Improved petting interactions (yes, the new cat enjoys it properly now).

• Quest animals can’t be accidentally sold anymore.

• Added a small mood bonus when interacting with NPCs as a cat (yes… purring helps 🐱). - Purring is now much louder.

🌾 Gameplay & Systems

• Added seed system: crops now have separate seeds and harvestable produce. You can get seeds while cooking a dish, or simply by harvesting them in the kitchen from the crops you need.

• Redesigned the cooking minigame.

• Fixed an issue with ore disappearing after loading a save.

• Fixed unreachable ore on the Main Island. - You can now take a loan via the loan board.

🏗️ Building & Placement

• Added a permanent bird-view camera when placing buildings.

• Improved building placement with smoother movement and rotation snapping.

• Fence gates should open without any issues after terraforming nearby.

• Beehives can now be moved.

• The fisherman’s house cannot be placed too far into the water anymore.

• Fence placement is now more intuitive with improved alignment.

🎮 Controls & UI

• Fixed navigation issues in the main menu (while using the keyboard).

• Added a clearer UI for the woodworking minigame (with plank counter & feedback).

• Improved crafting UI clarity (front/back socket visibility).

• Sometimes the Instant Craft button would turn into the Instant Cook button; this should not happen anymore. (no more cooking fences 😄).

• Added a larger zoom and improved camera range when looking for birds.

🌍 World & Interactions

• You can now pick up crabs properly again 🦀

• Fixed NPC map icons on Desert Island (they now reflect if NPCs are underground).

• Fixed message issues after the fishing contest.

• Fixed the character’s body position getting stuck after unequipping tools.

• You can now light the fireplace at the Grandparents’ house.

• You can put out the campfires using a watering can. You can light it up again if you have a matchbox!

🛠️Patch Notes: 1.15

First 30 minutes of gameplay are even more polished ✨ 🧭 Quests, Clarity & Tutorials - The wording of the hat tutorial was adjusted to be less confusing 👒 - Added missing watering can tutorial. Keep your crops properly hydrated! 💦🌱 - Fresh Grass quest was slightly adjusted to give the player more agency - it's up to you to cut that grass now! ˚˖𓍢ִ໋🍃 - Boat upgrades are now rooted in the story ⛵ - Aiding Grandma in the field has now a proper task prompting you to talk to her 👵

🏗️ Building & Placement

• Tempered hatched should now be more rewarding to craft and make cutting down the trees noticably quicker 🌳🪓

🐾 Animals & Breeding

• Added a tutorial for naming the animals. Time to get creative! ✍️🐮 - Strange Cow is now properly strange 🐮

🎮 Controls & UI

• Scaling issues with 2560x1600 resolution are now fixed 🖥️ - Storage box UI is no longer partially covered at the edges - Inventory and Storage UI scaling issues with 1920x1200 resolution are now fixed

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More updates, improvements, and features are already on the way. Thank you for helping us shape the Village, and keep the feedback coming! 💕