Forager News

Hey Foragers!

I have great news!






The full update will be completely free for everyone, and will release next week along with a discount on the game! And here are some of the main features that it will bring:




New procedural endless world players can travel to late in the game. You must defeat all enemies before the time runs out, or you will be teleported out! Defeating all the enemies in time will allow you to continue to the next level of the Void. Each time you progress, enemies will become stronger and more diverse, but your rewards will increase as well!





Hard Mode is available directly from the main menu when creating new savefiles, and it allows you to play Forager in a MUCH more difficult setting. All enemies are stronger and will attack your base, new enemies will also appear at night, and resource costs are increased! There are also some new powerful bosses to optionally summon and fight in all game modes!





100 new items with a variety of uses and crafting recipes! Including two new and powerful tiers of gear that offer higher stats and new abilities!





New design and new features! Pin recipes, infinite crafting option, sort items manually, send items to Vaults automatically, add/remove items from your Toolbar and full item and structure descriptions!


And many things more!

• 15 new Feats with 15 new cosmetic items
  
• Starfalls
  
• Pets
  
• Railroads
  
• Secret Trader NPC
  
• Boss-summoning sigils
  
• Vault locking
  
• Balance and pacing changes
  
• Reworked Skill Grid
  
• And hundreds of bugfixes!
  

Again, the update will release next week on Tuesday 15th!

Thanks to everyone that helped us playtest, reported bugs and gave us feedback on content and features!

If you want to be involved in our future update closed beta testing sessions, join our Discord server!

Happy Foraging!

Hey Foragers!

Today I will answer the questions I get the most often! If you are interested in having a question answered, I will be doing more Q&A sessions like these in the future so leave me your questions down here in the comments or on our Discord server!




I can officially confirm there will be a version of Forager available for Xbox, but I can't quite talk about dates yet!







Combat Update will release on Steam and GOG this October! We are still squashing some last-minute bugs, but I will announce the official release date very soon!







Yes!






Yes! Updates for consoles usually take a few months longer than updates for PC. My team and I do not work directly on console updates (a third party handles porting). I have been told the porting team expects to have both Appreciation and Combat updates ready for consoles soon!







Yes! That annoying mushroom puzzle bug is finally being fixed!







Unfortunately, both Linux and Mac have proven very difficult for us to work with. Forager will no longer be available for Mac and Linux moving forward. Any plans to bring the game to Mac have now officially been canceled. This is a very difficult choice I had to make, and if you are interested in knowing why I and hundreds of other game developers are ditching Mac/Linux, take a look at this article!







Yes! Multiplayer for PC will be released in early 2020! As we approach the date I will start sharing with you how the game works when you play with your friends!







Yes, up to 4 Power Plants stack their effects on any given building.







Okay!

Hey Foragers!



Now that the team is finishing our upcoming free Combat Update, it's time to start thinking about Steam Workshop Modding Support for Forager.

What would you like to see when Modding Support becomes available?

📝 Please fill out this very quick survey so we know what to focus on! 📝

Thank you for all your support and Happy Foraging!

Hey Foragers!

I wanted to let you know that we are running a Forager World Building Contest!



This will be a great opportunity to showcase your creative base-building skills and win awesome rewards!

• Using any version of the game, create a functional base that looks awesome!
  
• Take a screenshot or video and upload it to the #forager-contest-entry channel on our Discord Server!
• Win amazing rewards!
  

This contest starts today (September 20th) and ends on September 27th! You have one week to create your perfect world!




The development and moderation teams will work together to choose 3 winners!

1. First place: A Forager t-shirt of your choice, a Steam key for Forager AND your world will be showcased on our server rank card!
   
2. Second place: A Forager t-shirt of your choice OR a Forager Steam key!
   
3. Third place: A Forager t-shirt of your choice OR a Forager Steam key!
   

Join our Discord Server to start working on your world and chat with the community!

Good luck to you and Happy Foraging!

Hey Foragers!

The Combat Update is almost 100% done! It will be completely done in a couple of weeks!


Meanwhile, if you would like to help us test this update to find bugs, balance issues and other problems please join us on this Open Beta!


For the time being, the beta is only available on Steam and Windows, and only has new localized text for English.





How to Play the Open Beta:

• Right-click on Forager in your Steam library
  
• Go to properties
  
• Click on the “BETAS” tab
  
• Select “beta” from the dropdown
  

I will post a detailed changelog whenever the update is finished, but for now here is what's new:

• New Biome/Dungeon: The Void. New procedural endless world players can travel to late in the game. You must defeat all enemies before the time runs out, or you will be teleported out! Defeating all the enemies in time will allow you to continue to the next level of the Void. Each time you progress, enemies will become stronger and more diverse, but your rewards will increase as well!
  
  
• New Game Mode: Hard Mode. Hard Mode is available directly from the main menu when creating new savefiles, and it allows you to play Forager in a MUCH more difficult setting. All enemies are stronger and will attack your base, new enemies will also appear at night, and resource costs are increased! For now, there is no permadeath, but we will experiment some more and add it if players like the challenge. So let me know what you think!
  
  
• New Gear and Item Tiers: Void and Cosmic. Two new and powerful tiers of gear that offer higher stats and new abilities, crafted from materials gained from content added in this update.
  
  
• Improved Combat Difficulty. All enemies have increased stats, and some of them have improved AI and new combat moves! ALL Bossfights are also more difficult now!
  
  
• New Enemies and Bosses. Face off against powerful new foes!
  
  
• Pets.
  Unlock your own personal pet through the new Pet skill in the Foraging branch!
  
  
• Starfalls. Legends say during the darkest nights, stars will randomly fall from the sky and Foragers everywhere are free to mine them for goodies!
  
  
• Railroads. Go deep into the Industry branch of skills to unlock Railroads and Locomotives! These contraptions will allow you to move quickly through your giant base!
  
  
• Boss-Summoning Sigils. Fight new powerful late-game bosses by summoning them on your base! You will be able to fully create and customize an arena to give you an advantage over them!
  
  
• New Secret NPC. There is a new secret trader NPC that only spawns at night and will sell rare items!
  
  
• Skill Grid Rework. A lot of the boring/useless skills have been reworked or removed, and new ones have been added!
  
  
• Game Balance/Pacing Rework. Improved pacing and difficulty! Finally! Players won't be able to unlock overpowered skills and gear TOO early anymore, making the pacing smoother and gameplay longer!
  
  
• New Inventory Menu. New design and new features! Sort items manually, Send items to Vaults automatically, Add/Remove items from your Toolbar and full item descriptions!
  
  
• New Crafting Menu. New design and new features! Infinite crafting, Pinned recipes and full item descriptions!
  
  
• Vault Locking. You are now able to lock slots on Vaults to make sure only the specified item goes in it!
  
  
• 100 New Items!
  
  
• A TON of Bugfixes!

Please join us on Discord to let us know what we should change or if you find any bugs!

That's all for now, Happy Foraging! ːsteamhappyː