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FreeHolder Alpha 8 Hotfix 5
FreeHolder Alpha 8 Hotfix 5 4.1.2022 April Fools! FreeHolder is still alive. Get it? Because y'all thought it was dead? It was funnier in my head. Still, they say good things are worth waiting for. I intend to test that…
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I'm Back. Again.
Hello everyone, It’s been a long time. Far too long. I don’t like it at all. But unfortunately it has been necessary to take a massive hiatus from working on the game, again, in order to deal with what are ultimately my…
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FreeHolder Alpha 8 Hotfix 4
FreeHolder Alpha 8 Hotfix 4 5.31.2020 See dev notes below, if you're interested. PLEASE NOTE ***Please note with the changes to map data from altering how bandits function, existing savegames will probably break. Unless…
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Back In The Saddle
Hello everyone, My sincere apologies for the lack of updates or communiques this last month. Things have been difficult and I've had to focus my attention and energies on other things besides my beloved game for the pre…
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The Tale of Only Having One Computer
Hello everyone! Development has been experiencing further delays than I had expected. Good news which is also bad news. The good news is, my wife was reinstated at her teaching job since they got a grant or something to…
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Delayed Update
Hello FreeHolders! Due to several complications arising from the, er, global situation I have been slightly slowed in my ability to work effectively and deliver updates. However, I do plan on having a decent update with…
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FreeHolder Alpha 8 Hotfix 3
FreeHolder Alpha 8 Hotfix 3 3.22.2020 See dev notes below, if you're interested. PLEASE NOTE **!!Please note with the changes to pasture data from adding barns, pastures from old saves may be subject to corruption when…
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More Updates Planned
Hi all, It is my hope that I will get another update out this weekend, most likely tomorrow. Although I am technically home more than I used to be, I ironically have less time to work because my child is not in school,…
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FreeHolder Alpha 8 Hotfix 2
FreeHolder Alpha 8 Hotfix 2 3.13.2020 NOTE: Please note, the title screen still says hotfix 1 at the moment. I will update this soon. Rest assured the newest hotfix is live. ***See dev notes below, if you're interested.…
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FreeHolder Alpha 8 Hotfix 1
FreeHolder Alpha 8 Hotfix 1 3.7.2020 Weather Resistance, Disease, and Fatigue I've made some changes, increased some of the difficulty and rebalanced these factors. Please see below for the extended notes on all of this…
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FreeHolder Alpha 8
FreeHolder Alpha 8 2.28.2020 Combat Updated and Upgraded I'm pleased to announce that the large number of upgrades and changes to battle have been completed. I'm so pleased, in fact, that I am announcing that we are now…
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Further Delays...Upgrades, Upgrades
I'm sure some of you are familiar with the car tuning up analogy, where you go in to replace one broken part in the engine, fix it, and then realize it broke because another part wasn't working that well, so you pull it…
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A Slight Delay
Hello, everyone. I have not had the time or space I had hoped to work this week. I did get some stuff done but mostly aesthetic work and have not finishing coding the interface for it. In service of fixing up the battle…
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FreeHolder Alpha 7 Hotfix 12
FreeHolder Alpha 7 Hotfix 12 2.15.2020 Mini Fix I did not get as much done at the end of the week as I would have liked. My wife is traveling for work and the baby and I are going with her, so I've had a lot of logistic…
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FreeHolder Alpha 7 Hotfix 11
FreeHolder Alpha 7 Hotfix 11 2.12.2020 Mid-Week Update! Hi all! I've been cranking away at getting flax and linen implemented and have just been so excited to get it to you that I thought I would put it out today. There…
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FreeHolder Alpha 7 Hotfix 10
FreeHolder Alpha 7 Hotfix 10 2.8.2020 Battle Bugfixes I decided the combat system needed some bugfixing on this round, and made some headway into making it stable and reliable, and hence playable and, hopefully, fun. I…
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