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Hello everyone! 🎉
I’m thrilled to unveil the latest and greatest TEST BUILD for Idle Picker – Beta 1.3 Feature Preview 2! This update is jam-packed with exciting new features, limited-time events, bug fixes, and more. Get ready for an even more immersive block-breaking experience. Let’s dive in:
New Features:
- Overflow XP: Now, players can see their overflow XP after reaching the max tier for a tool, allowing you to track your progress more effectively. 💪💫
- AreaTravel Enhancement: I’ve added the “areasWithForagingOnly” tag to AreaTravel, offering more gameplay options. 🌍🗺️
- Retill Fields: In response to player feedback, you can now re-till fields for higher quality yields. 🚜🌾
- Sound Effects: Enjoy the delightful sounds of upgrading your hoe and entering/exiting the farm, making your gaming experience more immersive. 🔊🌽
- Loading Screen: A new loading screen adds a touch of polish to your gaming sessions. 🔄🎮
- Unlocking Areas: A unique sound effect now accompanies the unlocking of new areas, adding a sense of achievement to your journey. 🔓🎶
- Crop Notifications: Stay informed with notifications for crop growth, field unlocking, and tilling. 🌱🔔
- New Crops: Four new crops have been added to diversify your farming experience. 🌽🍅
- New Hoe Tiers: Unleash your inner farmer with 12 new hoe tiers at your disposal. 🌾🔨
- Halloween Event: Dive into the Halloween Event area (available until November 6, 2023) for some spooktacular surprises! (WIFI CONNECTION REQUIRED) 🎃👻
- Limited Time Blocks and Items: Collect two new LIMITED TIME! foraging blocks, five mining blocks, two seeds, and two crops, as well as 21 new LIMITED TIME! tools. 🌟⚒️
- Rare Discoveries: Seek out three LIMITED TIME! rare blocks and three rare toolsets, each with their own unique qualities. 💎✨
- “Any” Preferred Tool Type: I’ve introduced a new “any” preferred tool type for certain blocks. 🛠️🔧
- Exciting Events: Connect to WiFi and take part in a variety of events, each offering unique gameplay modifiers. 📡🎉
Bug Fixes and Improvements:
- I’ve addressed issues with the abbreviation system, toolXP bar, crop inventory, and more.
- Tool descriptions for Sun Pickaxe, Axe, and Shovel, as well as Silver Miner’s Pickaxe, Axe, and Shovel, have been corrected.
- You can now smoothly transition between different areas without game-breaking hiccups.
- Rare blocks are now affected by fortune as intended.
- Various capitalization errors have been fixed.
- The farm guide and left bar image in the Main Menu have been updated.
- Inventory Prefab for special tools has been adjusted.
- Preferred tool types for certain blocks have been changed.
- Particle effects during block breaking have been tweaked.
- Hoe upgrade prices have undergone adjustments.
- A new notification system has been implemented, with the old one set to retire on December 1, 2023.
- Tools from locked areas are now hidden, streamlining your tool selection.
- Blocks can only be broken with their preferred tool type.
- The positions of the “Reset Idle Area” and “Reset Idle Sub-Area” buttons have been swapped for convenience.
- Farm entrance and exit animations have been accelerated for a smoother experience.
- Bone Meal counts are now abbreviated for clarity.
- I’ve upgraded the Unity engine from 2022.3.3f1 to 2023.1.16f1, ensuring a more stable and optimized gameplay experience.
- Rare blocks can now be broken with any tool.
- The Picktoria map now closes when changing areas.
I hope you enjoy this feature-packed update. Happy mining! ⛏️💎
You can download Beta 1.3 Feature Preview 2 from my itch.io page.
