V0.11.17 - Hanging out, skin tones, and improvements
[h2]👥 Hanging around[/h2]
The 'walk up to person' action has been turned into a 'hang around' action. This means that villagers can now sometimes walk up to you, or other villagers, and linger around, vibing :)
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This was supposed to be a small thing but in my opinion might turn out to be quite a nifty big thing. Interested to hear what you think about it. I can see a lot of room for expansion here. For example, villagers giving you hints to make the tutorial / early-game easier, or them helping you with activities, or hanging around for longer when you have a better relationship.
[h2]🎨 Skin tones[/h2]
This feature should have long been in the game, sorry about the delay in getting it through! In fact, at a very early stage of the game, it had already existed, but it got left behind during the character re-design. So, to summarise:
[h2]🐛 Other improvements and bug fixes[/h2]
The 'walk up to person' action has been turned into a 'hang around' action. This means that villagers can now sometimes walk up to you, or other villagers, and linger around, vibing :)
Related to this action:
- Added new dialogue as villagers approach and decide to leave
- When hanging around, villagers will now be aware of what you're doing and can react to it with new phrases
- Allowed the three founding villagers to hang around with you or each other even if there's no friendship yet
- Added a minimum interval between hanging around to avoid villagers being too unproductive
- Fixed villagers hanging out with themselves
This was supposed to be a small thing but in my opinion might turn out to be quite a nifty big thing. Interested to hear what you think about it. I can see a lot of room for expansion here. For example, villagers giving you hints to make the tutorial / early-game easier, or them helping you with activities, or hanging around for longer when you have a better relationship.
[h2]🎨 Skin tones[/h2]
This feature should have long been in the game, sorry about the delay in getting it through! In fact, at a very early stage of the game, it had already existed, but it got left behind during the character re-design. So, to summarise:
- You can now customise your skin tone when starting a new adventure
- Villagers will now spawn with a random skin tone and, most of the time, a likely hair colour associated with that skin tone
[h2]🐛 Other improvements and bug fixes[/h2]
- Changed cursor to stay in the same inventory / storage slot when moving items with the controller
- Muted music and sound effects during sleeping
- Fixed villagers not having blinked in over 6 months