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🌟 Early Access Update 1.8 - Game Enhancements & Fixes 🌟

🌱 Texture & Description Fixes

šŸ“ Revised soil texture descriptions (Poor, Good, Perfect, Godly, etc.) for clarity.

šŸ² Economy Changes

šŸ’° Tripled the value of home-cooked items compared to store-bought versions.

šŸ”„ Bug Fixes

šŸ› ļø Fixed a critical bug where teleporting to the Lava Crab Boss Room spawned you in lava, causing instant death.
🚪 Resolved loading issues with Grape and Blackberry Gemstone Doors to display the correct activated image.
šŸ‘¹ Fixed a bug that prevented the ogre boss from respawning; you can now defeat it multiple times.

🌳 Quest & NPC Improvements

šŸ“œ Improved the trigger for the Blueberry Gemstone quest in the forest.
šŸš¶ā€ā™‚ļø Fixed pathing issues for NPCs Eugene, Byron, Andre, and Rufus.

šŸŽØ UI & Art Updates

šŸŽØ Introduced new artwork for wedding save/load screens.
šŸŽµ Resolved soundtrack issues for streamers and press.

ā¤ļø Relationship Features

šŸŽ Added features to discover NPC favorite gifts at heart levels 2 and 4.

šŸŽ® Gameplay Tweaks

šŸ’„ Enabled bombs to damage bosses.
šŸŽ’ Adjusted bag of sand, clay, and silt to lower other values when used. Now stored in your shed by default.

šŸ‘©ā€šŸ« Tutorials & Help

šŸ  Added a home popup tutorial.
šŸ„ Added a breeding popup tutorial for the barn.

šŸ› ļø Other Fixes & Enhancements

🧰 Fixed missing crafting menu items, including the worm composter.
āš•ļø Added a low-health vignette.
🌱 Fixed a bug where plants did not appear visibly watered, and a related bug with wind crystal usage in mines.
🌊 Fixed water effects turning off during screen fade while underwater.
āš™ļø Adjusted settings to prevent the 'esc' key from both opening settings and dropping picked-up items.
🌦 Corrected inconsistencies in plant watering related to rain.
šŸŽ Implemented a holding timer for gifting.
šŸ•¹ Fixed a bug requiring the use of the analog stick for smart jumping on controller upon game start.
šŸ“ˆ Scene Optimizations.

šŸ’” New Player Experience

⚔ Added an "Energy Low" reminder for new players; set to trigger at 25% energy.

🌐 UI Enhancements

āŒ Integrated a feature to close all menus.
šŸŽ® Added controller rumble functionality.
šŸ“‘ Implemented dynamic detection for popup inputs.

🐾 Minor Gameplay Fixes

šŸ› Fixed issues with jumping on beds and mushrooms.
šŸŽ£ Fixed the bait slot to only take one item at a time.
🌿 Labeled "Kelp," "Seaweed," "Sea Moss," "Nori," "Sea Grapes," and "Algae" as Compostable when hovering over them in inventory.

We hope you enjoy these improvements! Happy gaming! šŸŽ®šŸ’–