Happy Holidays Pachans! We couldnt think of a better way to wrap up the year than with a New Years Festival and live stream. We hope you were able to join us, but if you couldnt, heres a link if youd like to check it out. Otherwise, we hope you enjoy the summary below. [previewyoutube=IxphJ6uTikU;leftthumb][/previewyoutube] Thanks for being such an awesome and supportive community. We look forward to seeing what 2022 brings!

New Years Festival

Join the clan for a New Years festival at the mountain summit. Youll chat with the characters to hear many of their wishes for the upcoming year, listen to a story about how the northern lights came to be, and watch the lights in action.

The Great Connector

Vuak has a vision that theres something you need to see on the other side of the river. Youll have to gather supplies from far outside the land, but once you do, youll be rewarded with the start of a grand challenge that will continue at release.

Player House Upgrades

Youll be working hard and might want a little extra room to stretch your legs (or invite that special someone to come live with you). Once you get enough materials and contribution points youll be able to upgrade your house and your kitchen as well! Having an upgraded kitchen (and the utensils that are being developed to go along with it) will expand the possibilities of the dishes you can make.

Everyday Life

We continuously add layers of detail as we develop the big things in the game. As you explore the world, youll find the characters going about their business, which mostly includes helping the clan like Jag is. He looks after the village by making sure theres always a fire ready to warm your hands or cook with. As you venture around the world and experience the different seasons, youll hear music and ambient sounds that shape the world. We hope you enjoy all the hard work and love that has gone into creating this experience. Weve also put another coat of paint on the characters likes and dislikes. This will continue to evolve as we add more things to the game, but each character now has a neutral, dislike, like, hate, and love response for gifts and a couple of items for each. The interior of characters homes are also being designed to reflect their unique personalities and roles in the clan. Tetih is the oldest member of the clan who enjoys the finer things in stone age life, like decorative rugs and a big cozy bed.

Building for the Future

Its exciting to be working on aspects of the game that dont fit nicely into one sprint or devlog cycle. These are the parts of the game that will weave the world into something greater than the sum of its parts. Love is an important part of the human experience and our history. Its important to us that its meaningful in Roots of Pacha. So weve been working hard to create a story for each character you can date and the system surrounding how you go about seeing that special someone. Were also working on stories and cutscenes with other people in the clan as well as the deeper meaning of what Pacha has in store for us. A lot of this work wont be reflected in the alpha as its still being developed. Until Next Time Thanks for taking the time to read what weve been up to. We hope you and yours have a happy and safe holiday. You rock! -The Soda Den Team

Changelog

0.6.0 Crossings Features

• New region.
• Initial main story quest.
• New Years Eve festival.
• Tetihs house is open.
• The Player house can be upgraded.
• Initial kitchen system in players house.
• Smoke signals are now part of the master menu.
• Smoke signals dont disappear and show in three categories Today, Active, and Past.
• New smoke signals for when a tool is ready, a building is built, new seeds got added from the nursery, and the progression of ideas.
• Cutscenes can be skipped.
• Initial animal friendship list in the journal.
• Fall NPCs schedules.
• New NPC animations for their schedules.
• NPCs liked/disliked gifts and dialogues.
• Improved music & SFX throughout the seasons.
• New dialogue system with jumps and conditionals.
• Migrated to Unity 2021.
• Maps load dynamically, significantly lowering memory usage.
• Improved joystick support.
• Switch project setup.

[ 2021-12-14 22:47:01 CET ] [ Original post ]