A Merchant's Promise News

Testing the many changes has just taken a little bit more time that expected. While not every single thing is going to executed perfectly I just noticed a lot of little things that I wanted to tidy up and allow for a cleaner play through and experience.

Adding a Checkpoint when leaving the Harbor

Improving the area


Here's a list of what's coming up soon if you haven't seen it already

[h2]Progress: Patch 023 BETA[/h2]

Improvements:

• New Town: Yorlen Harbor
  
• Added NPC: Yorlen Harbor Master
  
• New Game Beginning Start/Flow
  
• Magistrate Routines
  
• Magistrate Dialogue
  
• Added Individual Item Prices
  
• More in Depth Villager buying feedback
  
• Selling to Traders influences Reputation
  
• Updated Abacus Text
  
• Updated Abacus Pricing
  
• Adjusted Item Collision Damage rates
  
• Shadows from Sun and Moon are Static (better visuals/performance)
  
• Added Item Orientation Reset (Double-tap LeftCtrl)
  
• Changed to Press E to connect/disconnect from Cart
  
• Added “End of Tutorial Area” text to Tutorial
  
• Added Drink from lakes to Tutorial
  
• Added Tutorial Sign for Visible Icons
  

Bug Fixes:

• NPCs walking up onto small tables
  
• Damaged items being jittery if broken within cart
  
• Skyline changing after underwater in Yorlen
  
• Collecting all mushrooms caused Mushroom Lady to crash
  
• “Press E” Drink Text now shows
  
• Could not drink from Ivernox Ponds
  

[h2]Hand holding? No.
More Information? Yes.[/h2]

After watching several streams, gathering positive & negative feedback, and plenty of discussions in the Discord....the issue I will be diving into this week and maybe next is the Game Start and increasing the information the player can organically find within the game world.

This includes:

• No longer starting within the Prison, though you can still be sent there
  
• More direct feedback from NPC's during the trade/transaction process
  
• More upfront cause and effect with setting your prices
  
• Trying to squeeze in more targeted Dialogue.
  

Improved balancing will also be implemented to further show the progression that is needed for increasing your Merchant Status.

My goal is to have an Update ready by Friday/Saturday for those that play Beta Branch (You can too! No passcode required) to be able to jump in and start playing as I take quick notes on improvements.

[h3]A-Ha! Moments[/h3]

I have enjoyed watching so many have those "A-ha!" moments when playing as that is the absolute desire for this game, but it is easy to see that players need more information to lead them to these moments and ensure the journey through the process has better balance and less frustration.

When this update hits it will require a New Game so please take note of that.



Thank you!

[h2]Patch 023 BETA[/h2]

Improvements:

• Adjusted Item Collision Damage rates
  
• Shadows from Sun and Moon are Static (non-moving)
  
• Added Item Orientation Reset (Double-tap LeftCtrl)
  
• Drinking from ponds/stream
  
• Press E to connect/disconnect from Cart
  
• Added “End of Tutorial Area” text to Tutorial
  
• Added Drink from lakes to Tutorial
  
• Added Tutorial Sign for Visible Icons
  

Bug Fixes:

• NPCs walking up onto small tables
  
• Damaged items being jittery if broken within cart
  

[h2]Random Stream[/h2]

Playing through and testing game elements

Any questions? Just ask in the chat

[h2]Patch 022[/h2]

You may need to Re-Select your view distance

Improvements:

• NPC Villager movement
  
• Added Inverse Mouse toggle
  
• NPC will not buy Trader Items you interact with until you leave that Trader Stall’s area
  
• NPC Trader Distance Bonus Reduced
  
• NPC Villagers now pay Distance Bonus
  
• Adjusted Fog and View Distance Settings
  
• Changed Ivernox Wall (performance)
  
• Added NPC by Warden
  
• Music Transition
  
• Added more Firewood Spawns
  

Bug Fixes:

• NPC footsteps sounding like horse race
  
• No exit dialogue sometimes when fined by Magistrate
  
• Menu Typos
  
• Merchant Sign hooks
  
• Merchant Sign not returning after being fined
  
• Flickering visuals through Abacus
  
• Traders receive money in correct chests
  
• Ivernox Cart Push Vanish at overhang
  
• Getting the Mushroom an NPC was getting caused crash
  
• Moon visibility not updated with view distance
  
• Cart Friction
  

As always I'm available in the Discord should you need anything! Have a great weekend!