To get this update, you have to opt in inside your library:
Necesse -> Properties -> Betas -> Select 0.20.x in dropdown.
It's recommended to back up your saves when playing on experimental version. Especially when loading a save using a newer version. You can do so in game on the load menu.

A quick reminder that there's an official Discord server, where you can post suggestions, bugs, or just talk with other players and the developer. Here's the invite link: https://discord.gg/FAFgrKD

This update adds difficulty options that can be changed at any point in the game. At the moment it's a pretty simple modifier to damage taken. Ability to lock the difficulty, hardcore and other features is planned later on. Together with this, armor values has been rebalanced and there's now a more clear difference between the different tiers. The damage you actually take from the mobs you're supposed to be fighting hasn't changed very much.

Controls to use armor set and trinket ability has been added. Force of Wind and a new armor set has been added that uses this new feature, and there's more to come! :)

See the full changelog below.



Additions:
Added a black variant of giant cave spider, spawned in snow caves.
Added void armor set, crafted using void shards and wool.
Added controls to use armor set ability and trinket ability.
Added glacial boomerang, a controllable boomerang.
Added difficulty option.

Changes/misc:
You can now instantly see the colors when using color selector.
It's now possible to find recall and travel scrolls in various chests/crates.
Rebalanced armor values, making the different tiers more clear.
Updated cactus sapling item texture and changed its name to just Cactus.
Increased spawn odds of giant cave spiders.
Increased max health of cave spiders.
Boats now accelerate much faster.
Force of Wind is now also a trinket item, ability can be used using new controls.
Inverted keep inventory on death world setting.
Raised players eye position when looking south slightly.

Fixes:
Fixed Pirate Captain fight spawning mobs right next to players.
Fixed issue where barely any mobs where spawning in caves.
Fixed some desync issues with projectiles that you were controlling.

And some other smaller changes and fixes.
You might have to restart Steam to get the update.

To get this update, you have to opt in inside your library:
Necesse -> Properties -> Betas -> Select 0.20.x in dropdown.
It's recommended to back up your saves when playing on experimental version. Especially when loading a save using a newer version. You can do so in game on the load menu.

A quick reminder that there's an official Discord server, where you can post suggestions, bugs, or just talk with other players and the developer. Here's the invite link: https://discord.gg/FAFgrKD

This weeks update adds a new deep cave snow biome with new mobs, ores, armor set and weapons. The biome is just a beginning and will be expanded on in future updates. You will have to find a new deep snow cave to get the new generation.
With that there's a completely new player teams system, where you create a team and invite members to join. This new system will later be used for settlements and other mechanics in the game.

See the full changelog below.



Additions:
Added completely new player team system.
Added new rocks and tiles for deep snow caves.
Added snow wolf, spawned in deep snow caves.
Added cryo flake, spawned in deep snow caves.
Added glacial ore and bars, found in deep snow caves.
Added glacial shard item, dropped from cryo flakes.
Added icicle staff, crafted using new bars.
Added glacial armor set, crafted using new bars.
Added glacial bow, crafted using new bars.
Added small areas with a bunch of crates and vases in caves.

Changes/misc:
Tweaked mob movement to handle surfaces like ice better.
Moved ninja mobs to snow deep cave spawns.
Updated void shard item texture.
Updated wool and leather item textures.
Increased ninja robe armor slightly.
Mobility cloak will now not be quite as powerful with other speed modifiers.
Changed item names to use Proper Case.

Fixes:
Fixed used player names not being updated properly.
Fixed clients boomerang attacks sometimes being ignored by server causing desync.
Fixed error when using shadow armor set.
Fixed vulture burst arrow damage not being added.
Fixed SR latch name.
Fixed rare error in level preset generation.

And some other smaller changes and fixes.
You might have to restart Steam to get the update.

To get this update, you have to opt in inside your library:
Necesse -> Properties -> Betas -> Select 0.20.x in dropdown.
It's recommended to back up your saves when playing on experimental version. Especially when loading a save using a newer version. You can do so in game on the load menu.

A quick reminder that there's an official Discord server. Here's the invite link: https://discord.gg/FAFgrKD

This update brings more life into the caves with new critters and a new mini boss. Matching the new mini boss there's a complete armor set and a few new weapons. It spawns like mobs in regular caves, but is more rare.
With that, you can now track quests and there's a new settlement quest reward that's going to help you dodge more in the intense situations.

Big thanks to Ghost for providing the textures for the new boss.

See the full changelog below.



Additions:
Added ability to track quests.
Added Force of Wind item to settlement quest rewards.
Added spider critter to caves.
Added mouse critter to caves.
Added crawling zombie to dungeon mob spawns.
Added rare giant cave spider, a mini boss in caves.
Added cave spider gland item, dropped from giant cave spider.
Added spider armor set, crafted using cave spider glands.
Added spider boomerang, crafted using cave spider glands.
Added venom staff, crafted using cave spider glands.

Changes/misc:
Tweaked how mob spawning handles odd spawn conditions on rarer mobs.
Adjusted a bunch of mob spawn chances to fit new system better.
Increased quartz armor buff stats a bit.

Fixes:
Fixed some desync issues with projectiles when players join levels.
Fixed wood boomerang broker value being too high.

And some other smaller changes and fixes.
You might have to restart Steam to get the update.

To get this update, you have to opt in inside your library:
Necesse -> Properties -> Betas -> Select 0.20.x in dropdown.

Reminder: It's recommended to back up your saves when playing on experimental version. Especially when loading a save using a newer version. You can do so in game on the load menu.

A quick reminder that there's an official Discord server. Here's the invite link: https://discord.gg/FAFgrKD

This weeks update expands on the new settlement quests, adding unique objectives and rewards. There's still no "progression" in the quests and the rewards you get is randomly based on a loot table. The progression will be introduced once there's more rewards in higher tiers and the system is more complete in general.
Other than that, there's a few smaller changes, like island travel distance will now increase when riding boats.

Hope you have a great easter holiday and stay safe in these crazy times!



See the full changelog below.

Additions:
Added fast crawling zombie mob, small spawn chance in caves.
Added 8 quest items used in new settlement quests.
Added boxing glove gun, obtained from settlement quests.
Added construction hammer trinket, obtained from settlement quests.
Added telescopic ladder trinket, obtained from settlement quests.
Added toolbox trinket, combined from other construction trinkets in advanced workstation.
Added infinite water bucket, obtained from settlement quests.
Added infinite rope, obtained from settlement quests.

Changes/misc:
Reduced island travel distance.
Riding boats will now increase island travel distance.
Crafting list expanded and show hidden is now saved in settings.
Slightly increased the boss health scaling.
Settlement quest objectives are now more interesting and unique.
Changed settlement rewards to give some consumables and some rarer unique items.

Fixes:
Fixed telepad location names causing corrupted save if it had some odd characters.
Fixed trinket disabled by icon missing.

And some other smaller changes and fixes.
You might have to restart Steam to get the update.

To get this update, you have to opt in inside your library:
Necesse -> Properties -> Betas -> Select 0.20.x in dropdown.

Reminder: It's recommended to back up your saves when playing on experimental version. Especially when loading a save using a newer version. You can do so in game on the load menu.

A quick reminder that there's an official Discord server. Here's the invite link: https://discord.gg/FAFgrKD

This update contains a new questing system. It's current usage is very bare bone, but that will be expanded on the next few weeks with ways to get unique items and progress your settlement. The aim of this system is to provide an optional way to get some unique items and settlers.
A bunch of changes were required for this new system to work. In general, all of the games systems were not very well connected, and this update improves that. This will also help a lot when features like modding picks up focus.

Other than that, it includes bunch of other changes and fixes that will improve performance and reduce future bugs.

Thank you guys for the patience with this update, and stay safe!

See the full changelog below.



Additions:
Added new quickbar on right side of toolbar when inventory is open.
Added a new questing system.
Added show quest markers interface setting (default on).
Added temporary simple settlement quests for coins, taken from elder human.
Added mining potion.
Added building potion.

Changes/misc:
Reworked and refactored packet handling, reducing future bugs.
Feeding troughs will now stop working if there's too many mobs in its range.
Village farmer chests can now also contains wheat.
Village angler chests now also contains anglers bait.
Moved PvP and team settings to new quickbar button.
You will now have half health on respawn instead of full.
Pressing escape while having a float "selection" menu open will now close it.
Updated treasure potion texture.
Updated all buff textures.
Boss health scaling will now be based on percentage health, but never decrease the scaling.

Fixes:
Fixed some rare loading errors.
Fixed inventory names not being loaded properly.
Fixed zombies always dropping ores or broken tools in caves.
Fixed boats playing hit sound.

And a bunch of other smaller changes and fixes.
You might have to restart Steam to get the update.

To get this update, you have to opt in inside your library:
Necesse -> Properties -> Betas -> Select 0.20.x in dropdown.

Reminder: It's recommended to back up your saves when playing on experimental version. Especially when loading a save using a newer version. You can do so in game on the load menu.

The official Discord server is a great place to give feedback on updates like these, or suggest new features and content. Here's the invite link: https://discord.gg/FAFgrKD

This update adds the ability to breed animals with new wheat crop, some cosmetic armor items and some other changes.

See the full changelog below.



Additions:
Added wheat crop.
Added calves and lambs.
Added feeding trough.
Added plague doctor cosmetic set, sold by Stylist after EP.
Added description tooltips to stats buttons.
Added surgical mask cosmetic item, sold by Stylist.

Changes/misc:
Updated sheep texture.
Reworked cow and sheep feeding. Will now accept wheat to create babies.
Removed confusing place tooltip on flowers.
Increased width of inventory crafting area, adding one more column.
Tweaked village generation to be more random with seeds, flowers etc.
Updated cactus texture and added random variation.
Wood bed can now be crafted in workstation.

Fixes:
Fixed placement preview of seeds.
Fixed some mob interaction desync issues.

And some other minor changes and fixes.
You might have to restart Steam to get the update.

To get this update, you have to opt in inside your library:
Necesse -> Properties -> Betas -> Select 0.20.x in dropdown.

Reminder: It's recommended to back up your saves when playing on experimental version. Especially when loading a save using a newer version. You can do so in game on the load menu.

The official Discord server is a great place to give feedback on updates like these, or suggest new features and content. Here's the invite link: https://discord.gg/FAFgrKD

This update includes reworked Evil's Protector fight, a bunch of improvements and fixes to netcode, as well as a few other changes and additions.

The netcode optimizations are almost at the place I want it to be. If you play through the game now compared to before, you'll see much fewer cases of confusion about getting hit and not hitting enemies. This did have some compromises, specifically anti-cheat, which is why it's mostly under a new server setting, that allows the client to have much more control over stuff that directly impacts itself.

See the full changelog below.





Additions:
Added jumping ball mount, sometimes sold from traveling merchant.
Added small amount of camera shake to various events. Can be disabled in graphics settings.

Changes/misc:
Reworked Evil's Protector fight.
Made a bunch more optimizations and improvements to desync issues.
Debug menu tools are now much more intuitive to use.
Renamed clientsHandleProjectileHits server setting to giveClientsPower.
Birds will now fly away if they're hit by something.

Fixes:
Fixed ducks kept trying to wander on land.
Fixed not being able to hit ninjas and void apprentices with projectiles.
Fixed shadow set buff not stopping when armor is unequipped.
Fixed birds not rendering when flying at the bottom of the screen.

And some other minor changes and fixes.
You might have to restart Steam to get the update.

To get this update, you have to opt in inside your library:
Necesse -> Properties -> Betas -> Select 0.20.x in dropdown.

Reminder: It's recommended to back up your saves when playing on experimental version. Especially when loading a save using a newer version. You can do so in game on the load menu.

The official Discord server is a great place to give feedback, suggest new features and interact with the community in general!
Discord invite link: https://discord.gg/FAFgrKD

This update includes a bunch more critters, some more optimizations and tweaks for the netcode. Along with last weeks netcode update, it will now never look like you got hit by something but didn't take damage, or you take damage but didn't get hit by anything.

Changes to the mob spawn system will help when adding more rare mobs with specific spawn conditions (like the slime in swamp biome), as well as a few other changes.

Additions:
Added 2 new bird types.
Added frog critter to swamp biome.
Added scorpion critter to desert biome.
Added duck critter, will spawn in water.

Changes/misc:
Birds will now randomly do a pecking animation.
You will now more often see birds flying over you.
It's now not possible to quick trash items that's locked (CTRL-Click by default).
Changed achievements and stats to make it more obvious you can select different stats.
Changed server to ignore projectiles being handled by clients on new server setting.
Reworked mob and critter spawn logic to allow for more diversity without sacrificing spawn rate.

Fixes:
Fixed bird heights not being synchronized for new clients.
Fixed possible crash when a lot of projectiles are active.

And some other minor changes and fixes.
You might have to restart Steam to get the update.

To get this update, you have to opt in inside your library:
Necesse -> Properties -> Betas -> Select 0.20.x in dropdown.

Reminder: It's recommended to back up your saves when playing on experimental version. Especially when loading a save using a newer version. You can do so in game on the load menu.

The official Discord server is a great place to give feedback on updates like these, or suggest new features and content. Everyone is welcome!
Discord invite link: https://discord.gg/FAFgrKD

This weeks update brings some major improvements to projectile netcode, reworked Void Wizard fight, updated and optimized post processing that will allow for more graphics features later on.

Ghost has been hard at work with the new dungeon and Void Wizard visuals, and we'll also be looking to rework/refine the other 2 original boss fights in the game as well.

The new projectile netcode gives the client more power over if their projectiles hit or not. This also has a downside, since it will allow potential cheaters to control projectiles, but since that's not a concern currently, this feature is enabled by default. It can be disabled by editing the server config file when hosting a dedicated server.
This new feature also helps with desync in singleplayer games, since it's essentially just a locally hosted server.

See the full changelog below.



Additions:
Added bird critters.
Added server setting to allow clients to handle their own projectile hits (default on). This decreases projectile desync by a lot, but also allow potential "cheaters" to control projectiles.

Changes/misc:
Reworked Void Wizard fight, now with 2 phases and animations.
Void Wizard will always drop either travel scrolls or recall scrolls.
Reworked post processing completely, optimizing and adding new functionality.
Increased grass and crop weave a small amount.
Critters will now leave the map if it's running and at the edge.
Increased the critter spawn rate.

And some other minor changes and fixes.
You might have to restart Steam to get the update.

To get this update, you have to opt in inside your library:
Necesse -> Properties -> Betas -> Select 0.20.x in dropdown.

Reminder: It's recommended to back up your saves when playing on experimental version. Especially when loading a save using a newer version. You can do so in game on the load menu.

A great place to give feedback on updates like these, suggest new features and content is the official Discord Server, where anyone is welcome :D
Discord invite link: https://discord.gg/FAFgrKD

This update adds a new critter system and with it, a bunch of smaller animals that roam the world. At the moment they don't have much of a function, other than look cute and make the world more alive. Later down the line, they will be used for settlement related content and other stuff.
Other than the new animals, the update brings some more updated textures and other smaller changes.

See the full changelog below.



Additions:
Added a new critter system that spawns ambient animals.
Added Rabbit to forest/plains biomes.
Added Squirrel to forest/plains biomes.
Added Snow Hare to snow biome.
Added Crab to desert biome.
Added Slug to swamp biome.
Added rare vulture mask cosmetic drop from Ancient Vulture.

Changes/misc:
Updated all tile item textures.
Updated loot crate textures.
Armor stand now has a tip about how to quickly equip items from it.
Increased loaded map area before clients spawn in, fixing a bunch of potential issues.
Updated farm land texture.

Fixes:
Fixed snow caves not generating snow variant crates.
Fixed initial mob directions being wrong on client.

And some other minor changes and fixes.
You might have to restart Steam to get the update.