Beta #1 Test Phase

Things are getting serious on the road to release. The first of two planned beta testing phases has begun. This update now contains all the essential features. Accordingly, this update really packs a punch, even though the last one was only four months ago. Now I can finally make full use of all the systems I’ve built, and you can see that right away in the huge list of new features.

This is therefore not a regular update; instead, you can switch to the beta version yourself to see and test the new features in advance!

Over the coming months I’ll be working on finishing the story and some smaller items on my list.

The Beta #2 testing phase will already include the full game and allow me to put everything through its paces and make final improvements.

Have fun exploring!

WARNING: Spoilers ahead!

Architecture

With the new architecture system, you can now build various houses and statues. At the architecture table, you can create blueprints and then store them in your architecture book. After placing a foundation, you can put the required resources into it and, with a hammer and some food, begin construction. Construction can be paused and resumed at any time.

Demolition

Of course, you can tear everything back down again! You’ll get all resources back, but not the durability lost on your hammers nor the food consumed.

Bridges

You can now build wooden bridges over bodies of water to access areas more easily without having to fill in rivers. However, note that intersections can only be created on every second bridge tile!

Wooden Steps

With wooden steps you can now climb hills significantly faster.

Biome Grading

Biomes now feature different color grading and, in some cases, additional effects such as god rays, fog, or dust clouds. Forest biomes are detected dynamically for biome grading, independent of the technical biome. So if, for example, you plant many fir trees, you can create a “Dark Forest” effect anywhere.

Wave Effect

Joining the many small landscape improvements there are finally movement waves on the water.

The Three Watchtowers

Wealdheim now has three damaged watchtowers that you can rebuild. With the full release and in addition to the in-game reward there will be an achievement for this.

Ansen’s Anvil

Together with the towers, you can now also rebuild the forge. Afterwards, you can sell your smithing goods to Ana or also buy some from her.

House Upgrade

At the carpentry, you can now have your farmhouse expanded. Your furniture will all remain, but afterwards you’ll have much more space on the ground floor. A small attic and a basement are also added!

Adventurers’ Guild

You can now help with the reconstruction here as well! By expanding the upper floor of the Adventurers’ Guild, guild tasks become available to you. Bring the requested items to receive guild tokens. You can then exchange these for various useful items ~ rumor has it a maid dress is also available! :3

Library

In the library you can not only purchase writing supplies, but also read through some interesting hints and explanations at your leisure.

Overlay Map

The new transparent overlay map not only shows various useful locations, but also the next step in the main story and all activated Danu statues. This map replaces the previous mini-map, which was only a stopgap for orientation shortly after the Early Access launch.

New Items

• The architecture table and the architecture book.

• Hammers in all materials.

• There are now honeypots that you can fill with honey.

• Timeworn plans.

• You can now fill a bottle with dirt.

• You can now craft a stone furnace.

• You can now craft Corodium tools, weapons, and armor.

• You can now craft Danuum tools, weapons, and armor.

• At the Adventurers’ Guild you can obtain a maid dress and headpiece.

• Bat Teeth loot.

• You can now also craft the alchemy shelf.

• Hardwood is now sometimes dropped by fir trees.

Architecture Objects

• Wooden House

• Homestead House

• Lonely Watchtower

• External Staircase

• Double-Roof House

• Dormer House

• Manor House

• Some Statues

New Features

• Architecture system

• Demolition system

• House upgrade

• Bridges

• Cliff steps

• Copper and Gold chests.

• Watchtower rebuilding quest

• Forge rebuilding quest

• Adventurers’ Guild rebuilding quest

• Adventurers’ Guild missions

• Hide-and-Seek quest (achievement with full release)

• The new overlay map replaces the old mini-map.

Graphics

• A few controller icons were improved.

• Cliff colors were updated.

• Moving waves in the water.

• Biome grading.

• Shops now have signs.

• The title screen was redesigned.

• Some small pixel glitches in graphics were smoothed out.

Adjustments

• Many small objects can now be built over directly, like grass. These include, for example, path stones and flowers.

• You can now click anywhere into larger objects to interact with them.

• Texts in the intro were improved.

• The hue “Green Mint” is now available for character creation.

• You can now find timeworn plans in various places.

• In the theater, the apple trees were replaced with cherry trees.

• Some sales prices at Sao's were improved.

• A few items were moved from Sao to the Adventurers’ Guild.

• You can now craft a few items directly, but you must first obtain a blueprint.

Gameplay

• NPC information was revised to provide clearer guidance to the next step.

• A few hints from Jolana were improved accordingly.

• The readability of rift paths was improved by removing any “unintentional” gaps.

• The action buttons in chests got tooltips added.

• The readability of the horizontal passages in the Lunari Palace was improved.

• Gold tools and weapons were converted to Danuum. As a result, they now have significantly higher durability and damage or mining values.

• The soul beacons in the Rift now draw attention to themselves with an additional effect.

• Many objects in static scenes are now usable.

Tech

• A few small technical improvements to how furnace recipes are processed, to allow recipes with identical resource footprints.

Bug Fixes

• With a full inventory, dialog rewards previously just fell to the ground and were not registered as known.

• Translations for furnace tooltips and a few other places were still missing.

• A few typos were fixed.

• In the intro, the respawn arrow was mistakenly visible, which caused confusion.

• Cloud shadows would jump after some time.

• The carpentry could be entered before the hammer contest was completed.

• Main character portraits were sometimes missing in dialogs.

• In the carpentry, the stool in the attic could no longer be used, which made the blueprint unreachable.

• The hunger emote often just froze.

• “Take All” from chests did not register unknown items as known.

Coming Soon

• Beta #2 testing phase

• Full release!

Sneak Peek

I’m already working on the foundation for the final boss fight against Go’rath, the Aethermold. Feel free to stop by the stream. I’m excited and currently super hyped for the conclusion of the story and this huge project!