It's here! The big DOUBLE UPDATE 0.6.8
You can now freely orbit and zoom the camera in Len's Island, getting a whole new perspective on the world, and gaining a whole new way to control the game.
We've also built a new questing/starter guide system, and a new collection system to keep track of your items and progress inside of Len's Island, and even gain some unique rewards too.
+ New Features & Changes
- Freely orbit and zoom the camera throughout gameplay with any control scheme
- 3 new zoom levels allowing you to zoom in and also zoom out and look toward the horizon to scout ahead
- New starter guide tutorial that steps you through the beginning of the game and provides extra XP as a reward
- Dozens of new quests to complete with unique rewards added to the Compendium. Quest rewards range from XP, gold, resources, new decorations, and rare items
- Item, Armor, and Pet collection pages added to the Compendium, allowing you to easily track and see all of our unlocked and locked items
- Reworked screenshot mode camera controls with a new fly cam for better screenshots and cinematics
- Several new collectible decoration items unlocked through quests: [spoiler] Fish Plaque, Storage Barrel, Spice Rack, Kitchen Pans, Outdoor Shelving and a Kitchen Sink.[/spoiler]
- New weapon skin unlocked from quest: [spoiler] Farmer's Rake skin for the spear [/spoiler]
- New weapon skin unlocked from quest: [spoiler] Golden Fishing Rod [/spoiler]
- Detailed and reworked large portions of islands and dungeons to work better with the new orbiting camera
- New aiming mode settings and toggle to change between WASD and Mouse movement (we highly recommend WASD movement with the camera orbiting)
~ Balancing Changes & Bug Fixes
- Many improvements to translations
- Fixed overlapping text in many areas from different translations
- Increased bluegill and sardines caught from fishing, and made their fishing minigame shorter and easier
- Slightly increased crop growing time
- Lowered electric projectiles from enemy towers from 4 to 3
- Made trees plantable in large pots
- Made all scythes only harvest fully grown crops by default
- Changed Farmer's Hat effect to further increase seed drop chance
- Balanced lots of item purchasing & crafting costs over the game
- Shortened fishing animation times to be less annoying
- Fixed refinery fire not fading when lit above you
We also made two developer previews showcasing the camera orbiting and questing, you can watch them below!
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We have been very hard at work to get this out. This is the first of several big updates in the pipeline over the next few months. We are releasing this at 3am Australian time, so I will probably pass out after writing this pos.. just kidding. But I am very tired and we will need some rest before tackling the first patch to fix any bugs we missed. So just keep that in mind over the next day or two.
Don't forget this update was crafted from all your feedback, and we can continue to balance and alter the camera and questing if needed. I'd also love to get some more ideas on quests too!
~ Julian
