Rogue Harvest
Version 0.98 is now available!
- New Side Quests System implemented!
- Added Dog Companion/Pet that can be found.
- New Item: Candy Corn! (Craft: Sugar + Corn)
- Fixed bug that caused Lighting system to overlap Menus.
- Fixed bug that prevented some Achievements from being obtained.
- Game now Pauses automatically when Leveling Up.
- Made various tweaks to UI and Menus.
Quests are coming to Rogue Harvest!
Each RPG-esque Quest is going to be relatively simple, for example the first quest in the game asks the player to gather 20 Wood Logs. Once the Quest has been completed the player is rewarded with Experience points and a few Souls.
This is a great way to give new players a bit of direction in the game, without forcing them to play a certain way - quests can be completed at any time. This will award players for doing specific tasks, giving them more XP and Souls to utilize, which are well needed during Winter and the End Game which are drastically harder to survive in.
A few later quests will be Story related and help flesh out the mysterious circumstances our protagonist is facing.
Overall, I hope that adding in small quests will give some players more direction and satisfaction in completing tasks, while in no way taking away any of the game's freedom or exploration.
I'd love to hear feedback on this idea, as well as any ideas for Quests!
Version 0.97 is now available!
Update Notes:
- Minor tweaks to various UI and Menus.
- Added creepy new story element to discover.
- Added new background music during day, made it with a retro feel.
- New Enemy (variant) Poison Mushkin!
- Increased the potential number of Mushkin (Mushroom Enemy) clans in the world.
- Fire & Bon Fires can now be put out using a bucket of water.
- Fixed notorious bug that caused player to shift to over when loading a world!
- Skeletons base stats are now dynamic, they are slow & weak in the early game, but become faster and stronger with each passing day. If this change helps new players and keeps the end game challenging, i'll look into expanding out to all enemies.
- Added small insects that crawl around, mostly under rocks and wood.
- Minor tweaks to various enemy stats.
- Increased the chance of becoming poisoned when eating raw meats.
- Fixed bugs with watering plants out of range.
- Cleaned up excess code & resources in the games source code.
- Changed splash sceen music.
Development Log - Version 0.96
- You can now Water crops to grow them much faster!
- Added animation to Player when swinging tools/weapons.
- Added animation to Tools & Weapons when being swung.
- Added animation when cutting down grass & bushes.
- Added sound effects for footsteps when walking.
- Improved odds of finding treasure when tilling dirt with the Hoe.
- Fixed bug that caused items to show in duplicate slots.
- Guide Book now closes correctly when opening other menus or unpausing.
- Minor adjustments to Player damaged animation and effect.
- Minor tweaks to water animation & effects.
- Cleaned up various extra resources and code in the games system.
Swing the bucket nearby water to fill it up, watering your plants will help them grow faster!
Version 0.96 Preview
I've also added some new animations to the player and other items to give the game a more fluid. Along with that, a number of bugs and glitches have been ironed out.
I'm in the process of testing and tweaking the update now and hoping to release in the next few days!
Here is the list of changes:
- New Item: Bucket! (Used to carry water)
- You can now Water crops to grow them much faster!
- Added animation to Player when swinging tools/weapons.
- Added animation to Tools & Weapons when being swung.
- Added animation when cutting down grass & bushes.
- Added sound effects for footsteps when walking.
- Improved odds of finding treasure when tilling dirt with the Hoe.
- Fixed bug that caused items to show in duplicate slots.
- Guide Book now closes correctly when opening other menus or unpausing.
- Minor adjustments to Player damaged animation and effect.
- Minor tweaks to water animation & effects.
- Cleaned up various extra resources and code in the games system.
Development Log - Version 0.95
- New Crafting Item: Coal (Coal can now be crafted for 1 wood log)
- Added 2 additional Active Slots - There are now 8 that can be used!
- Added 4 new cursors. (Check Settings page)
- Leveling up now increases the Defense statistic.
- Armor can now be equipped by clicking on an Active Slot. (Like eating food)
- New menu artwork - thanks to Jimmyst1
- Body Tempurature is now shown in Fahrenheit and Celsius.
- Crafting an Oven no longer requires Coal.
- Cooking most food items now requires Coal.
- Campfires now drop more Coal.
- Made the Fire Wand cooler! (And deadlier)
- Bunnies now run away from the player when damaged.
- Adjusted strength of fences & gates.
- Adjusted the crafting cost of various items.
- Adjusted various Item descriptions.
- Fixed issues with the Cursor moving randomly at times.
- Fixed various Depth issues.
- Fixed bug that broke Clay Jars when placed.
- Various tweaks to Menu's and User Interface.
- Various minor tweaks to leveling up system.
- Various tweaks for balancing purposes.
Development Log - Version 0.94
- New Item: 4-leaf Clover!
- Added Clovers around the World.
- Added Spider Webs around the world.
- Adjusted experience & leveling curve.
- Mining Stone now earns experience points.
- Increased experience points earned from chopping down trees.
- Dead enemies take longer to fade away now.
- Fixed bug that let bushes grow on top of water.
- Fixed bug that let Butterflies get stuck in Cave walls.
- Fixed bug that let wild plants grow on floors.
- Fixed bug that caused Bat enemies to be invisible.
- Fixed various Depth issues.
- Various tweaks to World Generation.
- Started adding Controller support. BETA FEATURE ***
*** Not quite ready yet.
Lucky Charms, Chairs and more - version 0.94 pre-announcement
I am adding clovers around the world of Rogue Harvest - if you are really lucky you may just find a 4 Leaf Clover.
I am also very excited about adding Chairs into the game - because chairs are something worth being excited about right? (I'm not that funny - but your home will look very nice with a set of chairs, and they also serve a functional purpose).
I've got a 1000+ ideas for Rogue Harvest but will try to also focus this update on more bug fixes, better balancing, and making sure the game runs well.
I am also working on bringing Controller support to the game - and it will be partially playable with a controller when this next update hits. I'm hoping to have the game fully working with controllers within the next few updates.
Anyways - I wanted to keep you up to date on the games development. I can't thank the people that have spent time with the game and provided feedback for it enough, you guys kick-ass!
Pj Chavez - Genetix Studio :)
Quick Patch
- Fixed glitch that duplicated items in Chest.
- Fixed crash that occurs when certain enemies die
- Fixed bug that effected amount of EP gained when leveling up
- Fixed bug that prevented cooking Turkey Pot Pies.
- Adjustments to the Luck stat.
- Adjustments to enemy spawning placement.
- Fixed bug that crashes game when placing to many Chests.
- Fixed collision issue with Water.
- Improved collision between Weapons/Tools and Walls/Doors.
- Various tweaks to UI & Menus.
- Various tweaks to balance gameplay.
- Corrected various Tutorial tips that were no longer accurate.
Development Log - Version 0.93
- New Item: Turkey Pot Pie!
- New Item: Iron Fence!
- New Item: Iron Fence Gate!
- New Stat: Luck - effects chance of good things happening!
- Added minor animation to Water edges.
- Fire Flowers now check for collision between them and player before shooting.
- Various Depth & Shadow corrections.
- Fixed bug that removed Snow when loading a world during Winter time.
- Fixed bug that caused natural stone caves to disappear when loading.
- Fixed bug that showed wrong image when planting Parsnip Seeds.
- Fixed various missing item descriptions
- Minor tweaks to object stats & crafting costs.
- Minor improvements to World Generation time.
- Minor underlying system changes.
- Minor tweaks to UI and Menu's.
- Additional optimization to help prevent freezing issue when loading a world.
*** You will earn XP (experience points) for slaying enemies, and other tasks that will allow you to level up and increase various stats!