Biweekly build 12/17/25

UI

• Contextual tutorial: gives tips on what you may want to do next on the left side of your screen in any world.

• Carpenter tool UI overhaul: now shows previews of what you're about to build.

• General UI overhaul with better font and better uniform scaling.

Gameplay

• Swimming now has its own "swimming stamina" stat, making it much more predictable how long you have until you start drowning in water. Diving helmets increase this time substantially.

• Carpenter tool has new wood log material.

• Randomize items will now auto-unwrap when you receive them.

• Improved object placement.

• Objects placement and gloves snap to build plan.

• XP spawns on monster death, longer timeout.

• Slow down lateral movement on ladders.

Worlds

• AdjustedOld Wayland RuinsUpdated Old Wayland Ruins to be less of a handholding tutorial and more of a mini-open world which should let players learn the basics of crafting, combat, and exploration.
• AdjustedIsle of VoxDemo Version of Isle of Vox updated to feature the carpenter tool and various other gameplay improvements.

Procedural Survival

• Camps with monsters are now separated from points of interest without monsters, so players can more easily adjust the monster quantities in their worlds.

• A quest to activate World Cores is now active from the start. Decker's admittedly long-winded tutorialization of various gameplay features has been toned down substantially in favor of the new context-aware tutorials.

• New World Core Towers are available in several biomes for a more varied gameplay experience.

• Craftables have been streamlined a bit for two reasons: one, so starting players have a bit more direction into what to do first, and two, so the Build Tool is more prominently useful to players.

• Diving helmets and related blueprints and upgrades can now be found in various chests throughout the world to improve the swimming and underwater experience.

• Bosses and Shops are now labeled on the map.

• New quests include repairing a log cabin and lifting a tractor out of a deep hole.

• AddedCarpentry WorkbenchAdded new craftable log cabin pieces and decor items.

Monsters

• The zombie model has been updated to a more ooze-y theme! The Zombie corpse container and loot have been updated to match.

• The ghost enemy has been made creepier with a new skeleton. The ghost corpse container has been updated to match as well.

Sound

• New placement SFX for crystals, metals, gems, gears, screws, springs, rubber, plastic, and bone.

• XP baubles now make a small sound when scooped up by the player.

• Crossbow bolts now make SFX on impact, and throwing stones make a whoosh when thrown.

• New sound and visual effects for the Skeleton Gunner and Brock Crab, including firing, impact, and reload sounds, and adjusted VFX for tracers.

Rendering

• AdjustedRenderingimproved the look of water to be less transparent and overly reflective.

Fixes

• Fix monster/NPC movement in water.