📖 Mini-Devlog #8
[h3][✨Update v0.4 is in development and will go live sometime in August!][/h3]
[h3]Greetings researchers![/h3]
Festivals and in-game events break up the pace in farming/life sims, show more NPC interactions, and build a sense of community between the townsfolk and the player. We're planning to add at least 1 festival per season, and some smaller events in Research Story. This will be done in parts as there's quite a bit of content to work through!
[h2]Spring and Summer Festivals 🌸☀️[/h2]
The first two festivals to be added to Research Story are the Cherry Blossom Festival in Spring and Ice Cream Fair in Summer. Townsfolk have special dialogues as part of the festival. Festivals will also be unique in terms of minigames, festival shops, and other activities.
[h2]🌸Cherry Blossom Festival🌸[/h2]
Townsfolk gather to admire the transience of nature and the passing of time.
There's an activity called 'Spring Poems', where the player can participate in poem-writing and vote for their favourite poem (written by townsfolk)!
Spring Poems Board
[h2]☀️Ice Cream Fair☀️[/h2]
Townsfolk enjoy the various ice cream made for the fair.
There's an ice cream-making activity for this festival! 🍦🍨 Players can gift their hand-made ice cream to the townsfolk and find out what their favourite desserts are. This is one part of the ice cream-making process:
Milk Pot Minigame
This v0.4 update should be ready a little later this month! If there's anything else you'd like to see in particular, we're always happy to hear from you!
[h2]Upcoming Soundtrack release on August 9 [/h2]
Meanwhile, we'll be releasing the Research Story Soundtrack on August 9, 6pm (PDT)! There are currently 31 tracks in the album ✨ More to come as we continue development!
These are all original soundtracks made for the game, from various artists: bosu, Shevone Seow, Tyd, Tomás Palazzi, and I have all made tracks for Research Story! If you'd like to support our amazing composers, do keep a lookout for it! 💚
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2483750/Research_Story_Soundtrack/
Stay tuned and thanks to everyone for all your support so far! Miki
[h3]Greetings researchers![/h3]
Festivals and in-game events break up the pace in farming/life sims, show more NPC interactions, and build a sense of community between the townsfolk and the player. We're planning to add at least 1 festival per season, and some smaller events in Research Story. This will be done in parts as there's quite a bit of content to work through!
[h2]Spring and Summer Festivals 🌸☀️[/h2]
The first two festivals to be added to Research Story are the Cherry Blossom Festival in Spring and Ice Cream Fair in Summer. Townsfolk have special dialogues as part of the festival. Festivals will also be unique in terms of minigames, festival shops, and other activities.
Note for players
If you're in season and don't wish to miss the festival, please save at least 1 day before the festival date! The festival will only be triggered when you sleep the day before it.
🌸Cherry Blossom Festival is on 11 Spring -> Save before/on 10 Spring.
☀️Ice Cream Fair is on 19 Summer -> Save before/on 18 Summer.
Of course, even if you missed the festival this year, you can still experience it in the following years!
[h2]🌸Cherry Blossom Festival🌸[/h2]
Townsfolk gather to admire the transience of nature and the passing of time.There's an activity called 'Spring Poems', where the player can participate in poem-writing and vote for their favourite poem (written by townsfolk)!
Spring Poems Board[h2]☀️Ice Cream Fair☀️[/h2]
Townsfolk enjoy the various ice cream made for the fair.There's an ice cream-making activity for this festival! 🍦🍨 Players can gift their hand-made ice cream to the townsfolk and find out what their favourite desserts are. This is one part of the ice cream-making process:
Milk Pot MinigameThis v0.4 update should be ready a little later this month! If there's anything else you'd like to see in particular, we're always happy to hear from you!
[h2]Upcoming Soundtrack release on August 9 [/h2]
Meanwhile, we'll be releasing the Research Story Soundtrack on August 9, 6pm (PDT)! There are currently 31 tracks in the album ✨ More to come as we continue development!
These are all original soundtracks made for the game, from various artists: bosu, Shevone Seow, Tyd, Tomás Palazzi, and I have all made tracks for Research Story! If you'd like to support our amazing composers, do keep a lookout for it! 💚
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2483750/Research_Story_Soundtrack/
Stay tuned and thanks to everyone for all your support so far! Miki