Of Life and Land News

Hey settlers 👋

Of Life and Land is part of the City Builder & Colony Sim Fest on Steam! 🛠️🌾
To celebrate, the game is 30% off for a limited time. Perfect if you’ve been waiting to jump in or want to gift it to a fellow builder.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1733110/Of_Life_and_Land/

And that’s not all! Our friends at Frogsong Studios are celebrating a big day too:
Their cozy puzzler River Towns officially launches today! 🎉
We’re so happy to share this moment with them and yes, both games are available in a special bundle!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2485350/River_Towns/?curator_clanid=44892821

Your Team Kerzoven 🥰

Hey settlers 👋

This update brings alternative faith buildings, a brand-new Item UI to track production and consumption, and plenty of fixes and improvements. Read on for all the details!

Highlights of the Update
📊 New Item UI – Easily track production, consumption, storage, and upgrade usage for every item.
🙏 Alternative Faith Buildings – Expand your settlement’s spiritual diversity with new places of worship.
🧀 Better Storage – Root cellars can now store cheese!
🛠️ Improved UI & Balancing – Pregnancy time adjusted to match aging speed, clearer immigration UI, and refined apprenticeship logic.
🕯️ New Visual Touches – Small light sources now feature candle models!



Patch Notes 2025.03.13

New Features:
Added Item UI to track item production, consumption, storage, and upgrade usage.
Introduced alternative faith buildings to expand spiritual options in your settlement.
The root cellar can now store cheese.

Gameplay & Balancing:
Pregnancy duration adjusted to match human aging speed.
Slightly reduced apprenticeship time for better progression.

Children & Apprenticeships:
Kids can quit their apprenticeship if they make no progress.
If the educate children policy is off, apprentices can quit when needed.
Apprentices will no longer upgrade buildings where no one is working.

UI & UX Improvements:
Speed settings now visually display 1/10 of the old speed for better clarity.
Community centre immigration UI is now clearer and has an improved layout.
Needs UI: Improved color markings when someone is learning.

Bug Fixes & Stability:
Fixed rare crashes related to
Trade history updates.
AI losing items during delivery after loading a save.
Faction UI collecting data at the same time someone died.
Need UI tooltip requesting a location list during an update.
Modding: Automatically fixes building rights if missing when people are already present on the map.

Additional Improvements:
Diplomacy quests in Kerzoven have been made more engaging.
Added candle models to small light sources for better visual detail.

Enjoy the update, and let us know what you think! Thanks for your continued feedback and support! ❤️

Your Team Kerzoven 🥰

Hey settlers 👋

We've rolled out a hotfix to polish up some UI elements and streamline your gameplay experience. Check out what's been tweaked:

• The toggle button for the full construction view now starts correctly on small monitors.
  
• Added missing items to the construction UI’s generation procedure info.
  
• Item lists are now neatly sorted.
  
• You can now use work time tasks in scenario reallocations even without a community centre.
  
• Fixed a missing translation in the animal catch AI description.
  
• Updated the streamer-friendly music list due to a musician’s policy change on YouTube.
  
• The world load/save box has been enlarged to support longer save game names.
  
• Fixed an issue where existing save games couldn’t be manually overridden.
  
• Improved the button theme for dragged buttons, making text more visible.
  
• Reduced the grass requirement for building huts.
  

Thanks for your ongoing support and feedback. Enjoy the smoother UI!

Your Team Kerzoven 🥰

Hey settlers👋 ,
We’ve been busy polishing your experience with better UI, more flexibility for modders, and crucial bug fixes. Check out what’s new below!

Patch Notes 2024.12.17:

Tooltip & Mod Support:

• Added extended tooltip functionality for ‘accept task’ prompts.
  
• Modders can now customize button text for those prompts.
  

Apprenticeship Adjustments:

• If ‘Train Children’ is enabled at the guild house, only children ages 6–9 will start an apprenticeship (duration still 4+ years).
  
• This prevents older kids from getting locked into an apprenticeship until well past 16.
  
• If both ‘Train Children’ and ‘Train Adults’ are enabled, everyone can start as before.
  

UI Enhancements:

• Retired individuals, apprentices, and babies are now clearly marked in the UI.
  
• Workload info is more transparent for these special statuses.
  

Additional Fixes & Improvements:

• Fixed an incorrect tile on the frozen island map.
  
• Made titles, text, and descriptions optional for CheckDay entries in scenarios.
  
• Improved house locking mechanics and the eviction system for more consistent behavior.
  
• Resolved rare crashes related to job scheduling, working hour inspections, and faction class counts.
  
• Fixed an issue where a dead animal could spread sickness if thrown into the barn.
  

Thank you for all the feedback and bug reports! 🙏 Every update brings us closer to making Of Life and Land the best experience possible. Let us know your thoughts, and if you spot more issues, be sure to report them on our Discord.

Your Team Kerzoven 🥰

Hey settlers 👋

It’s time to raise your sails and embark on an exciting new journey! 🌟 The Risenna Scenario is here, inviting you to explore distant islands and establish trade relations with a faraway kingdom.🗺️ Plus, we’ve added chickens to your settlement — because what’s a village without a few feathered friends? 🐔

This update also brings improved visuals, bug fixes, and balance changes to keep your settlement thriving.

[h3]Highlights of the Update[/h3]

⚓ New Scenario:
The Risenna Scenario lets you explore new islands and build trade routes across the seas.



🗺️ 8 New Maps: Including an ice landscape and volcano.



🐔 Chickens Arrive:
Welcome chickens to your settlement and enjoy a new source of eggs and meat.



🎨 Improved Visuals: Enhanced the Kerzoven story intro and Eliane of Kerzoven visuals.



[h3]Patch Notes 2024.12.17:[/h3]

New Content:

• Added the Risenna Scenario: Explore new islands and establish trade relations with a distant kingdom.
  
• Added Chickens to the game.
  

Gameplay Improvements:

• Faction animals that can’t find a path to their home now display a local warning instead of a map-wide one.
  
• Balanced the tailor storage upgrade cost from 10 planks down to 5 per year.
  
• Improved the detail text in the Journal quest UI for multiple subtasks.
  

UI Fixes & Improvements:

• The wealth of extinct/joined factions now correctly shows 0 in the UI.
  
• Fixed an issue where recently deceased people were briefly counted as unemployed in the faction UI.
  
• Improved Kerzoven story intro visuals and Eliane of Kerzoven visuals.
  

Modding Support:

• Added the ability to get items from anywhere in the faction if a quest is marked accordingly.
  
• Added TaskTitleMark for quest accept prompts.
  
• Added support for timed accept quests and long accept prompt question texts.
  

Thank you for your continued feedback and support 🥰
We can’t wait to hear what you think of the new scenario and chickens. Share your thoughts with us on Steam or Discord!

Your Team Kerzoven 🥰



[h3]Support Our Friends at Frogsong Studios! 💚[/h3]

They’ve launched a demo of their super cozy tetris-like city puzzler River Towns! 🧩🌊
This game was created under incredibly difficult circumstances: the Frogsong team had to lay off most of their staff due to the tough situation in the games industry. Now they’re trying to rebuild their studio and need our help to bring River Towns to life.

Check out their Demo and help make this charming puzzler a reality!👇

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3265950/River_Towns_Demo/