Emerald Woods - Sweet Home [0.3.8]

A new version of Emerald Woods, the chill no-combat farming, building, and exploration roguelike where you can die, is now available!

Play for free for now (online/windows) at https://slash.itch.io/emerald-woods, even using your phone! we are still in an “Earlier Access” phase, so let us know any suggestions you have in the discord.

If you like the game, you can still become an Early Supporter (only 13 remaining!), and get your name into the game.

Let’s start with some big changes on the ability to customize your house; you can now craft curtains and hoist them in windows, you can also open and close them for privacy. Ornamental carpets were also added.

A lot of new ornamentals were added including two craft-able brick flooring types, a variation for the wooden table, clay pots (cannot use them for much, for now), a nightstand, and a BIG bed, all for yourself!

You can also now grab items on the map, including furniture, and move them around in the map. This works especially well with the new item: Carts, you can pull them around the map if you want to bring a lot of stuff with you.

You can also now rotate items in the map, including furniture such as beds, tables and carpets.

Stone walls were improved, and there’s a new type of stone flooring. You can also now build stone columns, so we are getting closer to allow players to build their own stone keeps in the forest.

There are also now signposts you can place anywhere you want; they have an arrow that you can rotate as you see fit. These can be useful to put some landmarks on the map.

Let’s move on into some initial work on transforming the world by digging: You can now use the shovel to dig holes and water channels, there’s some basic fluid simulation to fill the channels with water; this will be further developed in future versions.

There are also now “puddles” and deeper water bodies; you can swim on these puddles but they are too shallow to dive. Also, fishing in these is pretty hard compared to rivers and lakes (i.e. don’t do it!).

You can now access the Journal, and the Orient command, from the actions menu, especially useful in mobile. The contextual action is also now shown in the mobile UI, so you know what the A button is actually going to do.

Navigation to the title screen was added, so the game no longer “hangs” when you die, and you can go back there anytime you want if you want to save-scum or start a new game. The settings panel can also be accessed from there so you can configure the display or sound without having to enter the game.

Some long standing UI fixes were also fixed: You no longer will need to empty a slot in your toolbox to make room for seeds or meat when the source item would disappear on extraction or sacrifice.