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Big update! I feel like I’m rolling them out one after another !

Today, I present to you the Management (Magic) Update. Simply put, a new star has been born in the Magic Constellation. This star gives you access to a new in-game panel: the unit management system.

Initially, I only planned to create a menu that displayed the number of units per job, but I decided to go further. Now, you can magically assign your villagers to different professions.

It’s super simple: just use the "+" and "-" buttons next to the desired job.

A villager without a job will automatically be assigned to the selected position.

To make management as smooth as possible, villagers now remember their assigned job. This means they will first drop off any resources they are carrying before heading to their new workplace (this also applies to events).

Using magic to assign or remove a villager from a job consumes mana (0.1% of max mana).

In addition to that, I’ve made a few miscellaneous improvements :

• The forester now collects saplings when needed instead of simply pausing due to a lack of trees to replant.
  
• Click-job upgrade menus are now responsive.
  
• The same goes for the exit game menu.
  
• The click-job level is now factored into resource and XP gains, and it applies before the multiplier.
  
• Optimized game assets to improve performance on low-end configurations.
  
• Increase in XP gained during events (almost tripled).
  

A few small changes to the game's save system with the addition of an automatic save every 20 minutes when the Magic Save constellation point is unlocked. Note that the auto-save does not consume mana, which explains its long cooldown.

Additionally, I fixed a building loading bug where a building was being deleted each time the world was saved and loaded. This bug should now be fixed.

I received a lot of feedback saying that the game can become boring too quickly, especially at the very beginning. Since I chose to gradually unlock gameplay elements, it became clear that there were too few at first, which made players quit before they could see everything the game had to offer. That's why this update is important for the future of the game and its gameplay.

From now on, events will randomly occur among three different events for now. I’m also counting on you to give me inspiration to create more fun and roleplay-oriented events!

Events will unlock during your second run, meaning after you've completed the tutorial. This way, you'll always have some guidance.

[h2]Here’s a summary of what has been added :[/h2]

Every 3 to 5 minutes, a villager will have an exclamation mark above their head. Clicking on them will trigger a random event from the three available (for now) :

• Event 1: A hide-and-seek game where you must find a hidden plant in the forest before it withers.
  
• Event 2: A duel against a villager who thinks they can swing an axe more times than you within a given time.
  
• Event 3: You will have to recognize and sort different types of rocks.
  
• Three new achievements are appearing to match the success of each of the three previously mentioned events.
  

This is just the beginning, laying a solid foundation for future events to come. I've done quite a bit of playtesting, and everything seems to be working fine. Maybe this is my first major bug-free update—who knows !

On this lovely Sunday, I thought, "Hey, what if I restarted my game from scratch?" So I did, and I found a few issues that I have fixed :

• The constellation upgrade that increases villagers' speed is now fixed and works properly.
  
• Fixed the error sound bug that played when selling the "more trees" upgrade if the "more bushes" upgrade was at level 1.
  
• The T4 chest didn't have the correct amount of resources. This has been fixed to match the amount of resources required to reach the level needed to unlock the chest.
  
• Sometimes, the cost of the forest camp upgrades was displayed in parentheses, which is no longer the case.
  

Fixed two things in the tutorial:

• The villager counter required to complete the tutorial has been fixed. Now, the tutorial correctly validates if you have 4 villagers or more, instead of less than 4.
  
• The note stating that bushes take 5 minutes to regrow was incorrect, as the actual regrowth time is 3 minutes. I had changed this in a previous patch but forgot to update the tutorial info, which is now fixed.
  

I hope all the bugs are now resolved so that I can focus on adding new gameplay elements to the game.