Early Alpha Update - Demo Version 0.0.3

Hello again fellow Ranch addicts!

We're happy to announce that we bring a lot of changes to this new update.

We still working in the new UI but got all the wireframes done and are working on the artstyle at the moment. We'll leave some sketches at the end of the post.

For this version, 0.0.3, here's the changes (and they are a lot!):

• Added the storage functionality:
  • It's now possible to interact with the barn to storage and retrieve items
  • Also the player can choose the amount to storage, instead of forcing it to place a full stack
• Wood gathering rework:
  • Gathering wood is now more dynamic
  • As the player strikes the tree, wood chunks now drop for the player to catch
  • It drops in stacks of 5
  • Added wood particles when the axe hit the tree
  • Added a small animation of the tree failling when at 0 hp
• Shop & end of day changes:
  • The shop now have 2 tabs, one to sell and the other to buy
  • It's possible to choose the amount to sell or buy
  • It's also possible to buy and sell wood now
  • It's now possible to sell items during day, making the days more dynamic as the player can progress more
  • Selling items now won't give any XP 
  • The end of day screen now only displays stats and increases the dificulty for the next day in future updates
• Fixed some lightning issues:
  • Overall light is better
  • Shadows are now not so dark
  • Improvement to the post-processing
  • Added sun shafts
• Rebalanced all the crop stats:
  • Made some research on the real life behavior of the type of crops used and adjusted that to the game
  • Includes harvest time and water requirements
• Fixed an issue where sometimes it was impossible to get the harvested items
• Reworked crops 3D models:
  • Made changes to all crops and vegetables 3D models
  • Fixed material issues
• Added a simple pause menu
  • Now the player isn't forced to ALT+F4 to exit the game ( finally, we know )
• Reduced slightly the player size so it better matches the surroundings
• Fixed weather issues:
  • Now it's not possible to have rain 3 days in a row
• Added a sprinkler water toggler:
  • It's now possible to turn ON or OFF the sprinkler to save some water consumption
• Added a sandbox mode:
  • In this mode the player starts will all unlocked and extra resources to he can test more stuff
• Balance the water buildings so they better fit the crops consumption rates
• Added a destroy system ( EXPERIMENTAL)
  • It's now possible to destroy some items by pressing the DEL while looking at it
  • May cause the game to crash as this feature is not fully polished
• Reduced the size of water pipes
• Other minor changes

Here's the UI sketches:

Stay tunned,

Eskimo's Studios