[h2]Harvestvale South[/h2]
It's finally here! The people of Harvestvale South are ready for you and Bubba to come on over and spread some happiness. That is, once you've helped Bob and his crew wrap up their roadworks. Come on down, say hello, and see who can use the help of our two favourite Guild Rookies!
[h2]Quest Tracker[/h2]
But that's not all! This update also includes the first pass of the new 'quest tracker' functionality. It will (like many other parts of the game) continue to be tweaked and adjusted, but it's ready for people to start using and giving feedback on. As mentioned, we really wanted to have something that was suitably 'in-world' rather than a regular old checklist, so Aunty Mads has declared Bubba take on the role of "Chief Scribbler"—taking notes on the backs of postcards as you help people out around the world.
[h2]A Note About Saves[/h2]
With this release, we've made some adjustments to the overall pacing of the game. In order to give quests at a more controlled pace, we've introduced prerequisites for certain quests. This means that for new games, certain existing quests won't be available until some other condition is met (e.g. completing another quest, unlocking an upgrade, etc). However, for existing saves, this might mean that some players will see quests they've already completed become active again. But rest assured,
any items, recipes, happiness, etc. you've accumulated are unaffected and will still be present.[h2]Steam Deck[/h2]
We've also done a little work on Steam Deck support. It should now automatically pop up the keyboard at the name entry screen during character creation. We've also submitted this build for verification with Valve in hopes of getting Cozy Caravan verified for Steam Deck. Hopefully that should at least remove the "Unsupported" label on Cozy Caravan once they've had a chance to review it. 🤞
[h2]Roadmap[/h2]
Bubba, can you put your Chief Scribbler talents to work and show where we're at on the roadmap?
[h2]General Changes[/h2]
- Added Harvestvale south, along with associated quests, characters, and items.
- Added quest tracker to map screen.
- Made pacing changes to quest unlocking. Various quests now have prerequisites to enable them, to help spread things out a little more consistently. (For some players, this will re-enable some quests they have already completed. However, you won't lose any inventory or recipe unlocks).
- Added a navigation path to the map screen when transporting a hitchhiker.
- Collecting eggs now requires the wrangling of some begerks.
- Added some new photo-mode poses.
- Updated the spawning of world activities to give a better variety.
- Improvements to the timing window on Hopscotch.
[h2]Fixes[/h2]
There's been a lot of changes on this build, so we'd be here all day if we listed every fix, so here are some of the more noteworthy.
- Fixed some items which, when in the player's backpack, would launch the caravan into the air while driving. While very funny, it wasn't very helpful.
- Fixed some objects not appearing during crafting.
- Improved the behaviour of the direction arrow while carrying hitchhikers on the caravan.
- Fixed a possible crash while carrying hitchhikers.
- Fixed some produce at farms being spawned under the ground.
- Fix the till at markets not playing animations.
- Improve pop-in while loading saves.
- Fixed a bug causing the waiter mini-game to get stuck in a state where patrons wanted their empty glasses removed when none was present.
As always, feedback from players is incredibly helpful, so if you haven't already,
we'd love to see you in our Discord server. Many of the really impactful improvements and bug-fixes we've made since launch have been because of the help and feedback of our community, so it truly does help make the game better! That, and the lovely words of praise and encouragement to the team truly do keep us going, so thank you! 💓
We've still got loads to add to Cozy Caravan, and we're excited to have you all along with us for the journey!
