Welcome to Update 5 for Seeds of Friendship. This update adds some of the most requested features from the Steam Community forums! The most important of all is a new Quest System that allowed me to build a Tutorial! Additionally several options have been added to the menus, the one I like the most is the sensitivity sliders for the camera's X and Y axis. The Harvestfest is now live, and while it's still a WIP you can get some unique items on this day just once a year! Finally, for the big time collectors out there I've added a collection tracker to the Town Hall. Now you can donate certain items to Blue, and she'll add them to the towns collection! Collect them all for an awesome achievement!
Changes: Added Link to Aiden Stickland Musical Website Improved Animal Sanctuary Signpost Visuals Renamed "SpringFestival" to "Harvestfest" On holidays characters will now start at the holiday site, instead of walking there from their home. Characters have a "Default Rotation" for where they're standing during holiday events. People will not wander on holidays. Game messages will now come in multiple colors, red referring to actions you cannot perform. Green referring to positive messages like items received/quest complete. The Vegetables on Wolfgang's Farmstead and Voyevodas Seedlings, will now be hidden turning fall/winter. Animals will no longer cost 0 gold. Each has its own price.
Fixes : Fixed a bug where the tool tip would not disappear if hovered over when menu is closed. Fixed a bug where you could open the cell phone menu during cutscenes. Fixed a bug where character dialog didn't work on holidays. Fixed a bug where you couldn't exit the "Offer Gold" conversation with the (Action) button when talking to Ruckus. Fixed a bug where some trees would spawn in houses. Fixed a bug where planting a seed in the wrong season wouldn't restart animations. Fixed a bug that allowed the player to harvest from Wolfgangs animals. Fixed a bug where animal images weren't appearing in the animal purchase screen.
Additions: Renamed Library to "Town Hall". Added Collectathon style collection to "Town Hall". New Achievement - Complete the "Town Hall" Collection Added Mouse X sensitivity setting. Added Mouse Y sensitivity setting. New Hat - Winter Hat People now have a unique daily routine during the Harvestfest. People now have unique items they sell during the Harvestfest. People now have unique dialog they speak during the Harvestfest. New Furniture - Potted Flower New Furniture - White Flower New Furniture - Blue Flower New Furniture - Old Car New Furniture - Burlap Sacks Added Quest System to the game. Added new button to Cell Phone - "Quests" (Shows your current quests) Added quest tracking which you can turn on/off in the "Quests" tab of the Cell Phone. Added setting toggle to automatically track new quests. Added an introduction Quest Chain that walks players through the games basics. Added Saving/Loading Quests. New Achievement - Clear Tutorial Soundtrack Now Available on the Steam Store Page
Seeds of Friendship - Update 4 - Pre-Release Update!
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Hello! Welcome to the pre-release update to Seeds of Friendship. This will be the final update before the game becomes publicly available. This update rounds out the final touches that I wanted to have before launch, as well as several bug fixes. This updates key features include an app on the players cell phone that describes game play mechanics. Several pieces of furniture to round out Spiegels thrift stroe. Roughly 7 new songs, bringing the total soundtrack to 11 songs, and special SFX and UI improvements to help new players understand the game.
Changes:
Updated character creator UI
Updated EOD Screen
Gave barn/coop sign post a model
Increased overhead camera fov to 30
Gave each season a unique % chance for rain
New Dialog UI
Fishing Pole added to craftable items list
Adjusted code to help with adding new plants in the future
Increased brightness in general
Updated Heart Bar UI in Dialog UI
Updated UI for items received
Fixed Soil's hitboxes as they were slightly too far to the left
Updated Shop UI
Had a new trailer created
New Hammer Model, Hammer is now Pickaxe
New Axe Model
Made some animations more fluid
Changed local guide to "How To Play"
Fixes :
Fixed a bug preventing the Hamster model from wearing clothing.
Snow and rain should fail to collide with roofs far less often.
Pumpkin lights should no longer flicker.
Fixed a bug with clothing positioning on Monkey/Rabbit/Bear/Cat/Frog
Fixed a bug where dragging and dropping items while in a shop would break the inventory.
ProduceInTime interactables should now save properly.
Fixed a bug causing items to not show up properly in the thrift store
Fixed a bug causing an items value to be cut off in the tooltip.
Fixed a bug causing a crop to not grow if it rained.
Fixed a bug causing Blue to not give player hints.
Reduced base graphical settings to improve performance.
Removed post-processing effects from mini-map to improve performance.
Adjusted terrain that was poking through library floor.
Fixed a bug where you could attempt to plant crops which would soft lock the game.
Fixed a bug where yes/no buttons were showing up during conversations.
Additions:
Added a temporary Failure screen with a short message before returning to the main menu.
Added Character Dialog - Virginia
New Cutscene - First Time In Animal Sanctuary.
Added SFX for when attempting to purchase an item and lacking the required gold.
Added Storage Boxes to the game. They can be built with wood at the crafting table. Items can be stored inside.
New Songs (x3)
added ambient sounds
Added a slider for Ambient sounds
Added a particle effect to soils where plants are ready to be picked
Added a guide book app to the Cell Phone to help new players.
New Furniture - Couch
Added some details to players kitchen
Added new 2d animal sprites
New Furniture - Arm Chair
New Furniture - Wood Table
New Recipe - Sunflower Seeds
New Recipe - Frozen Mushroom Stew
New Recipe - Stuffed Mushrooms
New Craftable - Fishing Pole
New Craftable - Bug Net
Added an intro message for Early Access.
Added New Song - Menu
Added New Song - Ice River (Winter)
Added New Song - Pumpkin Season (Fall)
Added New Song - Dark Clouds (Rainy)
Added New Song - Celebration (Holiday)
I hope you guys enjoy Seeds of Friendship, I look forward to player feedback so we can make the game as great as it can be!
Thanks, Adam
Seeds of Friendship - Available Now On Kickstarter!
Seeds of Friendship is a farming and life sim taking inspiration from the Sixth Generation console game Harvest Moon : A Wonderful Life, and the hidden gem Chulip.
Build your dream farm, restore an animal sanctuary, make new friends and more!
