Last Playtest Update before the Official Demo!

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Changelog Version 0.2.1

- Added a new tutorial quest to craft a mysterious key

- Weather now changes twice a day to prevent long streaks of rain

- Added cinematic camera transition at the start of the game

- New waterfall area in the Enchanted Forest biome

- Player can now swim and dive underwater

- Added shell with gatherable pearls

- Improved quest descriptions with more relevant information

- Updated several items with better, more intuitive descriptions

- Reduced the weather chance of rain from 30 to 25%

- Increased the spoilage time for pizzas, now last 50% longer

- Iron artifacts are now stackable in groups of 5 instead of 1

- Reduced the amount of gold coins found in bags

- Increased the hitbox size of old furniture and halloween pumpkins

- Increased the hitbox size of boars, bears, deers and rabbits

- Updated controls panel to be less overwhelming at the start

- Added additional hints to the loading screen

- Reduced distance to show tooltips from 3 meters to 2.5 meters

- Minor UI improvements

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed key icon not displaying properly on the tower door

- Fixed a rock where the player couldn't climb properly

- Stools no longer can be destroyed by hand

- Fixed missing HP bar on the thorn plant

- Minor fixes and adjustments

We'd love to hear your feedback in the Steam forums or directly on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/warRP5bDFJ

Changelog Version 0.2.0
- New Mac and Linux builds for testing purposes - Map now displays the player direction for better navigation - Added introductory letter to the starting inventory - Upgraded map icons for the player, huts, plants, standing torches and cats - Increased the density of items in all biomes by 10 to 30% - Sunset/sunrise transitions are now 7x slower, giving a more natural look - Player can now build their own chests inside huts - Added chocolate as a consumable item sold in shops - Some sweet recipes now contain chocolate as an ingredient - Reduced market value of fairy dust by 50% - Reduced market value of ores and ingots by 25% - Minor adjustments to the market value of ancient artifacts - Reduced negative health effect of pizzas - Reduced daily chance of rain from 36 to 30% - Stats frame around the screen is now darker to better blend with the game - Scrolls and water buckets can now be sold at the shops - Taming cats now plays an unique sound effect - Cats and furniture are no longer attacked by spiderwebs - Broom attack and cooldown reduced to fall in line with other tools - Destroying wells and furnaces now give more resources - Damage screen effect now displays less often when one of your stats reaches 0 - Tooltips now only display within 3 meters from the target - Updated description of some craftable items - Improved skirt physics - Minor UI improvements Bug Fixes - Fixed an issue where the furnace would not load properly - Tamed cats no longer wander too far when told to stay - Untamed cats no longer wander too far from the spawning position - Player no longer stops sleeping without player input - Fixed a bug where bears and boars would attack players in chill mode - Fixed an issue where cats could not enter or exit huts - Fixed an issue where cats in wander state would not load their position properly - Minor fixes and adjustments Known Bugs - A very small chance of the player getting stuck on a loop while opening doors - A very small chance that the player cannot use tools Saving and loading will solve both issues while we investigate further.
If you decide to join the playtest, we'd love to hear your feedback in the Steam forums or directly on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/warRP5bDFJ

NPC Relations System & General Improvements
Changelog Version 0.1.8 - New NPC relations system, affected by your actions - New and improved use tool and crafting animations - Added 2 enchanted trees to the Enchanted Forest and Swamp biomes - Upgraded map, now displays wells, logs, pumpkins and large rocks - Increased interact range by 25% so it's easier to pick up items - Added coin bags to NPC houses, chests and townhall building - Added sound effects for starting and completing NPC quests - Cooldown period for using tools greatly reduced - Damage with tools reduced by 50% to compensate for the lower cooldown - Tool spoilage rate adjusted so it lasts the same as before - Increased speed of the deer running animation by 17% - Slightly increased camera field of view to show more of the world - Added an unique stinger to the start of the game - Added tooltip in the main menu explaining Chill World mode - Oats updated with an improved mesh and icon - Updated eye creature, sunflower and note sound effects - Minor UI improvements Bug Fixes - Fixed random sounds playing at the start of the game - Fixed firewood disappearing when dropped - Fixed tents refusing to be placed properly - Tents, barrels and campfires are no longer attacked by spiderwebs - Deer no longer can fly around rocks - Sleep is no longer interrupted by opening UI panels - Camera no longer bumps near the ground - Added missing HP bar for crystals - Minor fixes and adjustments
Important Note: Due to the procedural generation nature of the game, saves from previous versions do not feature new content. For the best experience, please start a new world. If you decide to join the playtest, we'd love to hear your feedback in the Steam forums or directly on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/warRP5bDFJ

Flying, Map System & Quests Update
Changelog Version 0.1.6 - Flying and crafting a wagon is now enabled! - New map system with fog showing huts, campfires, torches, cats and NPCs - Added 6 new tutorial quests - A new quest for each NPC vendor (3 total) - Added a "fine" version of 4 tools, which lasts 3x longer - Crafting basic tools no longer require an anvil - Added advanced book of tools - Pots and wheels are now craftable - New broom flying animation and improved controls - Added scroll to craft a key to open the witch tower - Better pet (cat) behavior with several new animations - Harvested logs now provide firewood instead of planks - Firewood can be further cut down to obtain planks - Added 2 new fancy food types - Honey and cheese wheel are now craftable - Boars, bears and deers now have optimized AI pathing - Chill mode now has non-aggressive boars and bears (unless provoked) - New idle animations for several animals and creatures - Added signposts and other scenery to some biomes - Added many sound effects for animals and creatures - Added new furniture to the townhall building - Added toys in some abandoned houses - Shops no longer sell fabric and planks to incentivize crafting - Calafate berries are now slightly poisonous - Kozinak can now be sold at the shops - Muzzarella pizza now contains 8 slices - Updated meshes of toast, cake and wild berries jam
Bug Fixes - Fixed an issue where the chill mode incorrectly had monsters - Fixed a bug where sometimes tutorial quests would not complete - Minor fixes and adjustments Quality of Life Features - Massive optimization effort, reducing total poly count by 25% - Average frames per second improved by about 35% - All icons were upgraded with a higher quality version - Minor UI improvements Important Note: Due to the procedural generation nature of the game, saves from previous versions do not feature new content. For the best experience, please start a new world. We'd love to hear your feedback on our Discord channel! https://discord.gg/warRP5bDFJ

Dresser now enables 72 outfit combinations!
- Added 8 new types of food - Added catacombs to the Swamp biome - Added bear and crop area to the Mining Town biome - Added old cemetery to the Pumpkin Woods biome - Added snake and flying fantasy creature to the Swamp biome - Added horse enclosure to the starting biome - Added advanced recipe book - Bookcases in tower, townhalls and NPC houses are now interactable - Player can craft fences and vault over them by pressing F - Stack size of sticks, rocks and pinecones increased from 10 to 20 - Potions can now be sold at the shops for 120 gold - Increased selling value of fairy dust and moonjuice - Hunted animals and creatures now drop meat - Fences updated with better visuals and optimization - Player can craft spiked fences for protection - Huts now have a chest with random items - Firewood added to the Mining Town biome and near huts - Townhall building no longer requires keys to open the door - Potion essences had their ingredients updated - Cauldrons in use have better visual effects and happiness aura - Spiderweb negative happiness aura reduced - Upgraded icons for several items - Pumpkin pulp mesh updated Bug Fixes - Fixed a persistent bug where the player would refuse to sleep - Increased hitbox for logs, ferns, crystals, mud and spiderwebs - Increased hitbox for furniture inside huts - Minor fixes and adjustments Quality of Life Features - Added screen resolution settings (1920x1080 recommended) - Ladders now have tooltip to indicate they can be climbed with F - Improved optimization for carved pumpkins and wagons - Furniture, props and resources now display HP bar when damaged - Minor UI improvements
Important Note: Due to the procedural generation nature of the game, saves from previous versions do not feature new content. For the best experience, please start a new world. If you decide to join the playtest, we'd love to hear your feedback in the Steam forums or directly on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/warRP5bDFJ

Chill Mode, New Biome & Weather System
Changelog Version 0.1.4 - New Chill Mode (no wolves, boars or monsters) - New Swamp biome with 3 variations - New Weather System with ultra-realistic graphics - Abandoned town houses now have 4 different variations (1 previously) - Added townhall building for large towns - Rain and storm weather now reduce happiness and the need to drink - Added craftable barrels and stools to the Mining Town biome - Added 2 new food types - Huts now have happiness aura, but spiderwebs have a strong negative effect - Maze was revamped with more loot and new fantasy creatures - NPC shops now sell 16 items each, including more books - Books can be used as fuel for fire - Updated main menu, loading screens and pause panel - Building system improved to avoid creating furniture inside walls - Minor UI improvements Bug Fixes - Fixed an exploit where you could buy infinite apple pies for free - Fixed tutorial quest Lumberjack not completing - Fixed a bug where torches could be built without spending any crafting items - Torches lost its happiness aura and no longer can be used for cooking - Minor fixes and adjustments Quality of Life Features - Walk/run speed is now toggled with SHIFT instead of 1 & 2 - Camera no longer rotates in dialogue mode or when UI panels are open - World generator is now balanced with at least two zones for each biome - Extensive shadow and mesh optimization to improve performance
Important Note If you start a new game from the main menu, it may load quest progress from a previous save. Press Esc and start a new game again - progress will be reset and the first quest "Gather" will appear. This bug is being investigated but for now follow this step and it should work without any issues. Due to the procedural generation nature of the game, saves from previous versions do not feature new content. For the best experience, please start a new world. We hope you are as excited as we are and can't wait to listen to your feedback! Join our Discord for any questions and more information: https://discord.gg/warRP5bDFJ

Changelog Version 0.1.3 - 5 new tutorial quests - Mining Town biome redesigned - Temples added to the Enchanted Forest - Tools now have durability (100 hits until it's destroyed) - Added 4 new food items - Added 2 new types of flowers - Added fiber to the square fences - Added nests on some large rocks - Added craftable trap that can damage creatures - Destroyed furniture now returns all crafting resources - Player can now sleep on NPC beds - Player can smell flowers in inventory - Cat colliders reduced to improve pathing - Wolves had their line of sight reduced to attack and chase less often - Monster AI now actively chases the player instead of going in random directions - Increased selling value of several items, including ores and ingots - Improved boar AI to reduce chance of getting stuck - Rebalanced consumable effects of most food items - Cats now have happiness aura around them - Reduced happiness aura effect near the fire - Standing torch no longer can be built on top of objects - Fixed camera clipping through windows - Upgraded rope mesh - Updated icons for many items - Minor fixes and adjustments
Quality of Life Features - Added notifications when items are picked up - Stats frame can now be toggled on/off by pressing H - External objects can be built at a greater distance - Holding SHIFT now allows you to craft or build multiple times - Pressing Escape while having open panels only close them instead of pausing the game - Increased hitbox size of thorn and fern so they're much easier to harvest - Minor UI improvements Important Note: If you start a new game from the main menu, it may load quest progress from a previous save. Press Esc and start a new game again - progress will be reset and the first quest "Gather" will appear. This bug is being investigated but for now follow this step and it should work without any issues. Due to the procedural generation nature of the game, saves from previous versions do not feature new content. For the best experience, please start a new world. If you decide to join the playtest, we'd love to hear your feedback in the Steam forums or directly on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/warRP5bDFJ

In celebration of Halloween, the new Cat update just dropped and is now live! In addition to having cats as pets, there is now an entirely new Autumn biome! Pumpkin Woods is also taking part in the upcoming Steam Scream Fest 3 from October 28th to November 4th, so this update was focused on giving new players a smoother experience at the start. Changelog Version 0.1.2 - Added an entirely new Autumn biome - Added cats that can be tamed with a cheese slice by pressing F - Pet cats can be ordered to switch between stay/follow behavior by pressing F - Added craftable standing torch to avoid getting lost - Added deer - Axe and dagger no longer require a book to be crafted - Books are now cheaper and can be sold at the shops - Reduced damage from wild animals and plants - Reduced poison effects from moonjuice and some mushrooms - Hunger now depletes faster while not sleeping - Rebalanced cart spawning for essential items - Improved ground textures - Fixed a bug where you couldn't use the anvil - Pausing the game with Escape now properly hides journal - Minor UI improvements - Minor fixes and adjustments Saves from previous versions are not supported. Please start a new world. We hope you are as excited as we are and can't wait to listen to your feedback! Join our Discord for any questions and more information: https://discord.gg/warRP5bDFJ

We're excited to announce the release date of the first ever Pumpkin Woods Playtest! Starting October 1st till Halloween, you will be able to play as much as you want! While you wait, learn more about the 4 biomes included in this version:
The Woods The gateway to the region is a calm and bucolic forest with scattered pine trees and vast open areas. Being the safest and most well known biome, it's the favorite place by the local inhabitants to set up traditional Halloween decorations.
Pumpkin Woods This infamous forest with giant pumpkins is strictly avoided by most folks due to the ever growing presence of wolves and harmful plants. The sunlight is blocked by ancient overgrown trees while crows eerily warn those who venture in these dark woods.
Enchanted Forest Also known as Fairywood, these secluded and pristine areas are nothing short of magical. Known to possess mystical creatures and otherworldly flora, it has mostly been left untouched due to old legends about those who never return.
Mining Town Following the discovery of large precious gems, settlers from far away lands rushed to this mostly barren region. Its golden days are long gone, and these now isolated settlements are more akin to ghost towns. Important information about Playtest 1.0! Here's what you can already do: - Explore a full sized map - Craft basic survival items - Build your cozy witch home - Meet folks and their shops - No time restrictions Some limitations of this current version: - First playtest so it may contain critical bugs - You won't be able to fly on a broom - There are no cat pets at this time - Everything is subject to change (balance / map generation) - There is only 1 save available, not compatible with upcoming versions Here is what you can try doing if you're really adventurous (not fully fleshed out): - Brew potions - Build your own wagon If you decide to join the playtest, we'd love to hear your feedback in the Steam forums or directly on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/warRP5bDFJ Have fun in October!

Hello everyone! Pumpkin Woods has been in active development for almost 2 years, though we've been awfully silent during most of this time. That's all about to change as we are ready to show the game to the world and thus have prepared a couple surprises for you during the next 30 days. First, September 13th will (finally) be the release date of the official Pumpkin Woods Announcement Trailer, featuring gameplay footage from our latest development build. But more importantly, in October we will allow players in the first ever Playtest Demo, conveniently just in time for Halloween! Stay tuned for the next official announcement with further details of when and how you can play. We hope you are as excited as we are and can't wait to listen to your feedback! Join our Discord for any questions and more information: https://discord.gg/warRP5bDFJ