Hi Rivertonians!
Some changes have been happening behind the scenes, fixing bugs that are being reported and adding quick wins from suggestions in the Discord server. (Thank you to the players there!)
Additions
- There is a brand new, baked-in forum! I apologize for how many issues we were having with the phpBB forum. Bringing it into the infrastructure will actually help later on rather than the over-engineered forum software. The forum.visitriverton.com subdomain will be discontinued and the old forum removed altogether. Only logged-in members can see and participate in the forum. Please be aware I'm still working on notifications, so notifications for forum posts are not available yet.
- You can now grab a drink at the Gallop & Grain with characters around Riverton! You will see Riverton residents coming and going throughout the day and week, so be sure to visit different times to grow your relationships with them. As you grow in your relationships, Rivertonians will feel more comfortable giving you jobs or asking things of you and, as you become friends with your neighbors, you will also begin receiving discounts at their respective shops! There will be more jobs over time as well, so be sure to keep checking back.
- We have three new minigames: Apple Catch, where you're trying to catch falling apples (but avoid the garbage!); Dice Poker, where you're making poker hands with dice; and Harvest Memory Match, a matching card game!
Adjustments
- The trading system has been simplified and vastly reworked in a new iteration of the Trading Post! It should be much easier to trade items with other players and create public trades that anyone can provide a counter-offer for.
- Caught a couple of bugs:
- You can now feed your adoptables Cheese.
- Removing items from your player shop will now return them to your inventory rather than disappearing forever.
- Pages and broken links have been fixed, updated, or removed. Please let me know if you find any others!
- Breeding will continue being tweaked as it is still bugged. I may rework the entire breeding process, but that would require the Breeding Center closing for a brief time. I'll keep everyone posted!
Coming soon
The biggest update I'm currently working on is the addition of costumes, backgrounds, and accessories for adoptables! The art has been mostly completed, but I'm taking suggestions for things you'd like to dress up your adoptables in, so feel free to comment on this post or chime in on the Discord!
Follow along real-time updates on the Development Roadmap. Thank you all for playing!
