Research Story v0.3 Patch Notes

[h2]New Mechanics and Gameplay Improvements[/h2]

• Added Sprinklers that water crops automatically.
  
• Sun Lamps can be stacked on top of Sprinklers. Their effects will be combined while only using 1 tile space.
  
• Sun Lamps (and Sprinklers) show their area of effect before placement.
  
• Added resource-gathering items - Fish Nets and Auto-Tapper.
  
• Added Bell Tool that herds creatures back to their pens.
  
• Added Auto-Collector to collect drops and produce from creatures.
  
• Some items, such as Fish Nets and Lily Pads, can be placed on water.
  
• Some items, such as Chairs and Lily Pads, can be rotated when placing.
  
• Tilled soil can now be removed using the Hammer tool.
  
• Ability to craft Cooked Fish & Cooked Meat with Campfire.
  
• Added a 'Fishing' category to the Crafting Tab. Fish-related items, such as Fish Bait, can now be crafted from there (instead of from the Ranching category).
  
• Added 'Crafting Benches' to allow for quick crafting of certain items.
  
• Improved detection for Creature Pens and Troughs for Controllers.
  

[h2]New content[/h2]
Items:

• Automation:
  - Basic Sprinkler
  - Gold Sprinkler
  - Chroma Sprinkler
  - Gold Sun Lamp
  - Chroma Sun Lamp
  - Auto-Collector
  - Bell Tool (Upgradable)
  - Fish Net
  - Auto-Tapper
  - Bait Press
  - Feed Crafter
  
• Decor Sets and Items:
  - Snowman
  - Mini Fir
  - Chestnut Furniture Set
  - Cherry Furniture Set
  - Maple Furniture Set
  - Fir Furniture Set
  - Furniture Sets include:
  
  • Bed
    
  • Bedside Table
    
  • Chair
    
  • Table
    
  • Round Table
    
  • Wardrobe
    
  • Dining Table
    
  • Wooden Seat
    
  • Buffet Table
    
  • Wall Shelf
    
  
  - Rugs:
  
  • Maroon Rug
    
  • Cherry Rug
    
  • Honey Rug
    
  • Forest Rug
    
  • Cream Mat
    
  
  - Flower Baskets:
  
  • Chamomile
    
  • Wild Violet
    
  • Sunflower
    
  • Eggbloom
    
  • Starburst
    
  • Caffodil
    
  • Hydranbear (Coral)
    
  • Hydranbear (Pink)
    
  • Hydranbear (Lilac)
    
  • Pitch Lily
    
  
  - Barrels:
  
  • Covered
    
  • Potato
    
  • Carrot
    
• New items that can be found using the Fish Net:
  - Water Snail
  - Apple Snail
  - Mussel
  - Peach Mussel
  - Slug
  - Lemon Slug
  - Slimeshroom
  - Jellyshroom
  - Lily Pad
  - Lily Pad (Teal)
  - Lily Pad (Lime)
  
• Food:
  - Cooked Fish
  - Cooked Meat
  - Maple Syrup
  - Lavacress
  
• Misc
  - Fish Bait Crafting Recipe
  - Snowman Crafting Recipe
  - Mini Fir Crafting Recipe
  - Ground Beetle (chance to drop from breaking rocks/logs).
  

NPCs:

• New Townsfolk: Alfie the Tinkerer. Alfie arrives in Shimmerbrook on 16 Spring of Year 1.
  
• New Shop: Alfie's Awesome Automations.
  
• 100+ lines of additional dialogue among the NPCs. More dialogue will be added as we continue development!
  
• NPCs can sometimes talk about another NPCs' gift preference.
  
• Updated NPCs' gift preferences for the new items.
  

Music:

• 5 new OSTs! One new track per season + one additional track for rainy days. Thanks to Bobby, DT, Shevone, and Tomás for their beautiful soundtracks!
• Updated Main Menu music.
  

[h2]Balancing Changes[/h2]

• Increased item pickup radius from 14 to 18.
  
• Brown Wool adds 3 ticks instead of 2 to the Spinning Wheel.
  
• Increased time taken for wild animals to eat from a feed bowl from 3 to 5 seconds. The duration shortens to 0.5 seconds once the creature has been tamed.
  
• Shipping Price of a Stick decreased from 2G to 1G.
  
• Adjusted drop rate of Sticks from trees.
  
• Moved the unlocking of Mines from 14 Spring to 10-11 Spring (depending on when/whether conditions are met).
  

[h2]Bugfixes[/h2]

• Fixed incorrect line breaks for item descriptions in Shops.
  
• Fixed being able to 'drop' important items such as Research Scrolls onto the ground when sorting chests with full chest and bag inventory.
  
• Fixed one instance of being unable to interact with animals/wild plants which happens when switching from a Watering Can to a different tool while trying to water a tile.
  
• Fixed Wall Decor incorrectly overlapping with some items during placement.
  
• Fixed items incorrectly overlapping with Beds.
  
• Fixed one of Yan Yan's favourite gift dialogue not being triggered when gifting the item.
  
• Fixed incorrectly completing objective during 'Unidentified Fish Part' Quest when researching an item that is not a Fish Part.
  
• Fixed 'Research Complete'! popup showing when fishing even after research was completed and before the scroll is claimed.
  
• Fixed a bug where Hydranbear (Lilac) would have an error in its sprite drawing.
  

Happy Researching!
- Miki