Riverton

Rivertonians,

I have such great news! I've completed all of the pre-launch tasks I had in our roadmap published earlier this year. This means after 8 months since first dreaming this up, Riverton has a true gameplay loop with so much more coming!

We are out of beta! Riverton has officially launched as 1.0. Please submit all errors you find or suggestions you may have via the form on the Contact Staff page. There are plenty of tweaks, visual additions, and improvements I want to make, especially for the mobile experience. Stay tuned about that.

Please keep in mind that there may be tweaks over the coming days to the navigation bar in particular as new content is being fit in. My intention is for everything to be either easy to get to or that it "logically" makes sense to get to where you need to (e.g. Community Map for the Boba Cafe).

Since the last update, there's been quite a bit added to the game that might not be entirely obvious if you're returning from a break.

Additions

• There are now more animals to adopt than just Horses! Befriend a Dairy Cow, a Highland Cow, or an Alpaca by purchasing livestock at the Northwest Cattle Company to join your Livestock Pen. One way to get other types of adoptables is through animal rewards that you will receive after achieving certain feats in Riverton. Right now, you are able to invite a Raccoon to your farm, with more adoptables coming very soon!
• Orchards are now available to plant Cherry, Apple, Plum, and Pear trees. Initial fruit can be purchased from Pepper & Pepper Produce for now, but this will likely change in the future. Both the new Livestock Pen and Orchard are accessible through your Homestead page.
• Speaking of which, all players have access to Collections, which are a merging of an achievement system and an item collection system. The first Collection is available to be completed once you've unlocked your Attic by upgrading your home.
• Riverton's history is now published, which will be helpful for any trivia or quests that might involve Rivertonian History. You can read more about it and the Almanac of the Seasons, an outline of our town holidays and celebrations, in the Library.
• The Avatar Creator is fully working as intended with tons of options (and new options!) for players, so please feel free to create an avatar that expresses your Riverton character's style! I've been loving seeing the range of avatars being made. :)
• A Boba Cafe has opened up in Riverton, and a cashier job is a good way to earn some money part-time. There's no limit to earning money through working at the Boba Cafe, unlike other money-making methods in town.
• In the Attic, once you've completed the Antique Curator Collection, you will now find random recipes you never knew you had!
• In the Casino, luck-lovers with short attention spans can finally play Lucky Slots, a new slot machine!
• Players can now Have a Picnic next to Green Lake. The match-3 picnic puzzle has a limit of three score submissions per day.
• New items for drops in the Blackberry Brook Forest so you're not just always getting soups! Items gathered from the Blackberry Brook Forest can also apply to your Collections.

Adjustments

• Player shops will now automatically close and be removed from the main list of shops if the shop is empty, with no items, and it has been longer than 7 days since the owner restocked the store. Both conditions must be met. If your shop is closed, you can always add new items and reopen it on your Shop Dashboard in the Flea Market. Closing your shop only removes it from the list and does not delete any information or items.
• I decided not to implement a fertilizer system since right now. I don't feel like we especially need it. If the economy needs adjusting, I think that'll be when I introduce it.
• Visual art and backgrounds will be added and adjusted for a bit as more art comes in for newer areas.

Coming soon

What's next? There's no timeline on these additions. I'm going to be moving the roadmap to a kanban system so you all can see what I'm working on. :) But here's a preview:

• More minigames!
• Bartending job and minigame
• Variations of current breeds of horses for breeding variety DONE [6/28/25]
• Community contribution system to build up new features
• Diary/blog system that publishes to your profile (can be used for roleplay, creating guides, etc.) DONE [7/18/25]
• Museum system with Riverton relics to be turned in
• Winemaking and craft beer production
• Food processing (e.g. pickling, preserves)
• Weather system and emergencies
• Starter tutorial for new players
• Reputation-based quests from NPC guilds
• Jukebox mechanism on-site with collectible cassette tapes, which will unlock songs you can play on your Walkman
• Public pet profiles (with custom CSS capability?)
• Career system
• Seasonal events from the Almanac
• Leaderboard for monthly competitions and point system for ranking.
• Sportsbetting on racing
• Decorations for adoptables like saddles, bows, blankets, hats, and more
• Custom adoptable backgrounds to decorate your featured pet.
• Blackjack to play in the Casino
• Player skills that will eventually get you benefits (e.g. higher gardening skill gets shorter growing periods)
• Books for skill-building
• Dialogue options for storylines
• Item galleries for players
• Different color houses and farms per level
• Customizable interiors to houses
• Pets for your pets
• Skill genetics in breeding
• NPC relationships that can affect your pricing
• More places to explore
• Bank interest DONE [7/19/25]
• Own a racing team, horse agency, or guild

Riverton is getting quite exciting! Since earning money and owning animals has been fleshed out, I'll be trying to focus on expanding items, customization, and rewards for a bit before returning to more ways of making money.

Thank you for being here! You playing the game has helped motivate me so much. I hope you're having fun!