This has spent the usual couple of weeks on the beta branch, and I have had ALMOST NO bug reports... but now that fewer people are playing the game my fear is that this is because it's had fewer eyeballs, not just because it's the most stable patch ever. It _is_ a very stable patch, but do hit us up at support@weatherfactory.biz if you run into problems. Notes below - you'll probably be most interested in the bolded things. * You can now order some goods through the post (if you don't have an order form, one will arrive inside a year) * You can now label bookshelves * Timers for workstations look a bit spiffier * You can now zoom while moving the camera * Crafting helper panel now also works for Determinations and Histories * Histories page now includes the pre-ending text for your later referencing pleasure * Tightened up zooming controls * That annoying shelf in the Westcott Room is less annoying * Game won't unexpectedly switch between fullscreen and windowed when you open options * Notification windows now universally respect the timeout option in Settings * HOTFIX: swoosh-to-house-threshold button no longer forces close zoom. * HOTFIX: Deep Mandaic books can now be translated again (you wouldn't believe what caused this prob) * HOTFIX: Bookshelf plaques sometimes didn't appear on load * ...and one additional small, fun, hidden feature -- There'll be at least one more patch before Christmas, with another small, fun, less hidden feature. After that, the updates will keep coming, but at the pace of snowflakes rather than raindrops. As Lottie mentioned last time, we'll be shifting our focus to the first BOOK OF HOURS content expansion. I just spent three days in a quiet room on a shingle headland writing on cards and moving 'em around on the floor, so I know now what it'll be. We can't talk about that quite yet, but I can share this partial photo of the early design process:
this helpful excerpt from our design docs:
this charming picture of a lighthouse:
and this news item from a UK charity: