Friday Progress Report 298
The quests are talking a bit more than expected, the old system was a lot less flexible than we remembered, but they are almost done, As soon as we finish hunting the bugs we will release the Questing update.
Every NPC has their own quests, asking for critters, fish, crops and forage, in the future more items will be added to the list as we implement them.
Quests are easily moddable as they are entirely contained in XML files.
While my brother finishes up the quests I begun working on the exploration update, starting with small forage, the first plants we will be adding will be both pretty and edible.
Dandelion
A very common weed with pretty yellow flowers, did you know they are edible? The entire plant can be eaten, despite the weak nutrition and bad taste, there will be ways to prepare them and make it a decent ingredient. Dandelions will spawn in the areas between grasslands and cliffs or roads.
Violet
Violets are also edible and despite being cultivated in gardens IRL they are indeed weeds. They will grow in small patches in the middle of grasslands.
I am also making cattails as a new grass type, but it won't be harvestable until we add the shovel that will allow the player to gather the edible roots.
Keep in mind that these forageables will not be as abundant as they are now, most of them will take a full year to respawn, so choosing to harvest and use them all at once can lead to a nasty winter.
Every NPC has their own quests, asking for critters, fish, crops and forage, in the future more items will be added to the list as we implement them.
Quests are easily moddable as they are entirely contained in XML files.
While my brother finishes up the quests I begun working on the exploration update, starting with small forage, the first plants we will be adding will be both pretty and edible.
Dandelion
A very common weed with pretty yellow flowers, did you know they are edible? The entire plant can be eaten, despite the weak nutrition and bad taste, there will be ways to prepare them and make it a decent ingredient. Dandelions will spawn in the areas between grasslands and cliffs or roads.
Violet
Violets are also edible and despite being cultivated in gardens IRL they are indeed weeds. They will grow in small patches in the middle of grasslands.
I am also making cattails as a new grass type, but it won't be harvestable until we add the shovel that will allow the player to gather the edible roots.
Keep in mind that these forageables will not be as abundant as they are now, most of them will take a full year to respawn, so choosing to harvest and use them all at once can lead to a nasty winter.