Demo Update 0.8.9

Let's dive right into the patch notes for Plebs & Pillagers' most recent v0.8.9 demo update! A month has passed since the last update, and I mostly spent my time on adding new features while making sure to fix bugs which impacted the experience.

New Features & Changes:

• Mood system: There was a simple mood system before, but now the mood for each pleb is tracked individually. Plebs in a bad mood might leave the village.

• Trait system: Plebs now have specific traits which impact how fast they walk or work, how much they tend to eat, and also how much their mood is impacted by certain events.

• Preferences: Plebs will now prefer to do specific jobs. Allowing them to do that job will not only make them happier, but also make them better/faster.

• Pleb quests: Each day, a set count of plebs will have a (re-)quest for you! Fulfilling it will cash you some money and will also increase the pleb's mood greatly.

• Overhauled the main house indoors

  You can now cook and sleep in the main house.

  But most importantly

  The treasurer will now show you all kinds of useful stats!

• Fishing: You can now buy a fishing rod to catch some fish! The fisherman who sells the fishing rod will then buy different fish every day, so you'll be able to make quite some money!

• Cooking: You cannot only catch and sell, but also cook fish! This will help you keep your food stocks up to keep everyone satisfied.

• Soldier equipment: You can now directly choose what equipment soldiers should use, giving you more control.

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug which would (possibly) break your save when saving indoors

• Loading an autosaved save state would skip a day. Fixed now.

• Mood gain by defeating enemies works again

• The villager limit is now calculated correctly. Guards on towers wouldn't count to the limit when checking if a new pleb should spawn, but still impacted the mood decrease when there are too many plebs.

• Many more small adjustments and fixes

The gameplay has become a lot deeper with this update. I really hope you like it! This will also (most likely) be the last demo version before the full release. I cannot confirm the release date yet, but I'm very much trying to get this game out this year! Looking forward to your feedback!