Research Story
Hotfix v0.8.12
As usual, thank you for the bug reports!
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Hotfix v0.8.11
Thank you for your bug reports!
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đ Mini-Devlog #17
[âšv0.9 is in development and will be released when ready. There's still quite a bit of content to work through!âš]
Greetings Researchers!
I'm currently working on the v0.9 update, which will be quite a big update! Here's what you can expect:
- More NPC Heart Events! All non-romanceable Purple Heart Events have been added thus far.
- A new character will be moving into Shimmerbrook! Layla will be helping around Mugs & Darts, and you'll see her either being a barmaid or shopkeeping on her work days~
- New NPC Routines (i.e. NPCs doing more things!) You'll get to see some new character interactions as well.
- Cooking System!
- Additional side quests
- QOL changes based on player feedback
Layla, NPC Character interactions đ
Here's an example of new NPC interactions! Talking to them will prompt a dialogue where they speak to each other.
Hello Layla!Cooking System + Crafting Food from Chest đł
Being a life sim, many players want to cook in the game! With the numerous interesting plants and produce that can be found in Shimmerbrook, I thought we could make a familiar system with unique recipes.
Players will be able to obtain 5 different Cooking Utensils, which are required for various recipes. For example, you can cook Scrambled Eggs on a Pan, and make Mashed Potatoes with a Bowl & Whisk. (Cooking Utensils was one of my favourite things about Harvest Moon FOMT, and I really wanted to add this!)
To make cooking more meaningful, some food will provide players with effects for the day when eaten.
Effects from food may still change during development!
The Food Cabinet (currently in-game), will be interactable and act as a chest. When making food, ingredients will be automatically grabbed from the Food Cabinet first before the Player Inventory.
Players can obtain recipes primarily from NPCs, reading the Noticeboard, and the Caravan.
To-do List đ
Here are some of the things I'll be working on next:
- Non-romanceables Green Heart Events
- Non-romanceables Blue Heart and Yellow Heart Mail
- Remaining cooking recipes and their effects.
- QOL changes (e.g. Autocrafters to take from chests before player inventory).
- New Steam Achievements related to the update
Thank you for reading! What else do you wish to see in the v0.9 update?
Cheers~
Miki đ€
Hotfix v0.8.10
- Fixed Rhea getting stuck on a Creature Traits quest dialogue after obtaining the quest during a Festival, which prevents players from buying items while she's at the Shop.
Thank you for your report!
Miki
Research Story is Steam Deck Playable!
Greetings Researchers,
We're finally Steam Deck Playable! đđ While we're not fully verified yet, we are one step closer to that goal. To get the verified status, we still need to work on increasing font sizes in several parts of the UI and make the deck's native resolution the default one.
Increasing font sizes will take a while, as I'd likely have to redesign some parts of the UI. I'm also planning to work towards having the option to scale font sizes in the options menu, which I know some of you have requested since day 1.
It's been a long journey to get where we are today and I'm not stopping just yet! These will come in time.
In other news đ°âš
Right now, I'm working on our next content update, which involves lots of writing for our NPCs. There's even a new character arriving in Shimmerbrook! Here's a sneak peek:
As usual, I'll be writing a devlog once there's more progress!
Happy Researching!
- Miki đ€
Patch v0.8.9
- Chroma Fishing Rod now shows up in Sesame's shop.
- [Steam Deck] Fixed mouse cursor showing on startup.
Thank you for your help!
Miki đ€
Patch v0.8.8
- Fixed some game-freezing dialogues:
â Some cases when interacting with Lisa before/after the Wine Tasting date activity.
â Talking to Kyr in the Archive after meeting her for the first time at your farm.
- Other minor fixes.
Changes
- The initial popup in the Main Menu can now be closed using any key.
- [Steam Deck] Removed larger screen resolution options that may have caused scaling issues.
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Hotfix v0.8.7
- Auto-collectors only collect after research is complete, instead of after collecting the first produce by hand. This fixes the issue where auto-collectors would collect the produce that is required for completing research.
- Blue Noil and Blue Wool can now be used in Spinning Wheels and Composters.
- Creamy Mixtures can now be discarded.
Thank you for your reports! đ€
Miki
Hotfix v0.8.6
Thank you for playing RS!
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Hotfix v0.8.5
- Fixed debris spawning on Farm Buildings at the start of a new season.
Happy researching!
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