Of Life and Land News

[p]Hey settlers 👋[/p][p]We’ve released a new patch that updates our game engine to Godot 3.6.1 LTS, improving render performance by 7–21% depending on your setup. 📈[/p][p]Please take a look and let us know if you notice any issues. 💚
[/p][p]🌍 Regional Price Adjustment[/p][p]Thanks to our community for pointing out that the game was priced a bit high in some regions compared to similar titles.[/p][p]We’ve adjusted the price in the following countries:
[/p][p]Switzerland: CHF 24.99[/p][p]Poland: 99.99 zł[/p][p]Brazil: R$ 69.99
[/p][p]We really appreciate your feedback! ❤️
[/p][p]🔧 Patch Notes[/p]

• [p]Updated to the latest LTS Godot 3.6.1 version[/p]
• [p]Removed a few small erosion banks in the Kerzoven scenario map.[/p]
• [p]The wood cost reduction upgrade in the Apothecary also reduces the ash amount requirement for the soap.[/p]
• [p]Improved the shadow fade setting.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a rare potential issue where the bubble sprite was not visible for the mushroom circle.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an extremely rare crash when the work inspection UI was requesting the workplaces at the same time the workplaces were updating.[/p]
• [p]Improved the unstuck button logic to cover more edge cases and free more stuck humans or animals.[/p]

[p]As always, thank you for your feedback and for being such a wonderful community! You bring the game to life! 💚[/p][p]Enjoy the summer![/p][p]Team Of Life and Land 🦊

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[p]Hey settlers 👋[/p][p]We have released a patch containing an updated version of the game engine, which improves render performance by 7–21%, depending on your system and settings. 🥳📈[/p][p]Please take a look and let us know if you notice any issues. 💚[/p][p][/p][p]➡️ How to access the beta version:[/p][p]In your Steam library: Right click on your game: Properties: Betas: Select the beta-branch.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]🌟 We’ve just reached 200 Steam reviews. Thank you so much for the love and support![/p][p]It means the world to our small team. 💚 If you haven’t yet, leaving a review helps us more than you know![/p][p][/p][p]🔥 And don’t forget: Of Life and Land will be 40% off during the Steam Summer Sale!☀️[/p][p]Team Of Life and Land 🦊[/p][p][/p][p][/p]

[p]Hey settlers 👋[/p][p]This small update improves how barns handle their animals, adds some helpful tooltips, and includes various quality-of-life and crash fixes. Thanks for your continued support and feedback! 💚[/p][p]
🐄 Barns & Animals[/p]

• [p]Barns now better manage runaway animals[/p]
• [p]Barns have more reserve slots to control population[/p]
• [p]Oldest animals are now prioritized for gutting[/p]
• [p]Products from slaughtered animals now count in production stats[/p]
• [p]Tamed animals are less disturbed by nearby humans or wild animals[/p]
• [p]Improved logic for animal relocation: now tries barns/homes first before sending them to market or center[/p]

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🛏️ UI & Gameplay Improvements[/p]

• [p]Added comfort and sleep tooltips to UI[/p]
• [p]Intro & welcome screen can now be advanced with a mouse click[/p]
• [p]Clarified you can use any button to progress the intro story[/p]
• [p]Better handling of humans/animals when starving and thirsty simultaneously[/p]
• [p]Added aging weaknesses for very old characters:[/p]
• [p]New weakness stage at 80+[/p]
• [p]Final weakness stage at 100+ to avoid immortality 😅[/p]
• [p]Limited central popup messages to 8 to prevent spam when inviting large groups[/p]

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🔧 Bug Fixes[/p]

• [p]Fixed “yummy” spelling[/p]
• [p]Fixed typo in forge upgrade costs[/p]
• [p]Clicking minimap no longer accidentally places roads/buildings[/p]
• [p]Animal selection menu no longer covers the minimap[/p]
• [p]Fixed crash when an animal dies while leaving the map and saving occurs right after[/p]

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🌟 We’ve just reached 200 Steam reviews. Thank you so much for the love and support![/p][p]It means the world to our small team. 💚 If you haven’t yet, leaving a review helps us more than you know![/p][p]
🔥 And don’t forget: Of Life and Land will be 40% off during the Steam Summer Sale!☀️[/p][p]Team Of Life and Land 🦊

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[p]Hey settlers 👋[/p][p]This update is a smaller one, but it brings one long-awaited feature: You can now move animals between barns, homes, and even maps! Perfect for reorganizing your herds or giving that chicken a nicer view. 🐓[/p][p]We’ve also made several UI improvements, fixed bugs, and added quality-of-life tweaks.[/p][p]
🐾 New Feature[/p]

• [p]Move animals between barns, homes, and maps![/p]

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✨ Improvements[/p]

• [p]UI: Clearer category highlighting in the construction menu[/p]
• [p]UI: Optional needs are now better color-coded[/p]
• [p]UI: Resource bar now supports up to three columns[/p]
• [p]Text fixes for Japanese localization[/p]
• [p]Default pet is now a cat instead of a raccoon[/p]
• [p]Music: Balanced how often short tracks are repeated[/p]
• [p]“Skip Intro” now skips the welcome screen as well[/p]
• [p]Free animal button now located with other window controls[/p]
• [p]Street/demolish tools remember your selection on new game load[/p]
• [p]Improved map names in Kerzoven-B[/p]
• [p]Faster body heat recovery in ideal temperatures[/p]

[p] 🛠️ Bug Fixes [/p]

• [p]Fixed child showing "died of old age" 😬[/p]
• [p]Resolved storage reset issue on reload[/p]
• [p]Fixed weird gibberish when no worker was available for hire[/p]
• [p]Crashes fixed related to animals dying during interactions[/p]
• [p]Fixed faction wealth being incorrectly initialized by multiple marketplaces[/p]
• [p]Slight storage increase for fireplace, farm & gatherer[/p]

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Let us know how you’re using the new animal moving feature and thank you again for your support and feedback! 💚[/p][p]Steam reviews are always a huge help! 🙏[/p][p]
Team Of Life and Land 🦊[/p]

Hey settlers 👋

Thank you for the continuous feedback! 🥰 We reviewed over 70 musicians and could acquire over one hour of fantastic new music from the talented Loïc Leclair and Yurii Panivan! This provides much greater variety in the music, even during long sessions. 🎶 You can also tame wolves and have them as pets in your homes! Of course, we also fixed various issues and crashes. 🛠️

Patch Notes:

• Added over one hour of new music from Loïc Leclair and Yurii Panivan
• Improved the description for energy reserves.
  
• Made the color indicator for good values in the plant UI better visible and less gray-ish.
  
• Fixed an issue where foxes could not be tamed when they already have a burrow home.
  
• You can now tame wolves and have them as pets.
• Improved the habitat AI when animals are pets.
  
• People can now care more for their pets if they feel lonely.
  
• You get now a flat 5 people event immigration every spring stacking up to two times.
  
• An issue has been fixed where you could not invite people when you had event immigration but the village attractiveness was very low.
  
• Increased the temperature range of the Finn torch and the Windcatcher Tower.
  
• Slightly buffed the temperature values of the Finn Torch and Windcatcher Tower.
  
• The building entry markers are now better visible on snow.
  
• The UI will no longer show quick notifications if the QuickNotificationDuration is set to 0.1s or lower in the settings.
  
• Sheep's wool can now be collected more quickly.
  
  Crashes:
• Fixed a crash that occurred when the user looked at the AI status tooltip while an animal was interacting with another animal that had just died.
  
• Fixed a crash when the user changed the workplace priority at the same time a worker quit the job / died.
  
• Fixed a rare crash when destroying buildings very quickly.
  

Enjoy the new tracks and let us know what your wolf companion is called! 🐺🎶
As always, leaving a Steam review helps us a lot! Thank you! 💚

Team Of Life and Land 🦊