v1.0.1 Changelog

First post-jam update! This version incorporates some of the feedback I got from the last version, and also makes some behind-scenes-changes that lay the groundwork for some additional quality-of-life features in future versions.

Changelog

• Made purple flowers more purple (plus updated logo to match the new flower colors). Some players had trouble telling that the purple lupins in particular were supposed to be purple, not white, which made it more difficult to figure out how to breed them.
• Increased non-hybrid seed chance. Sometimes the RNG would not give seeds for several turns in a row, which I suspect contributed to players' confusion about the breeding mechanic if it happened early on in the game. The rate of hybrid seeds per turn should be unaffected; you just get more regular seeds than before.
• Added notifications and appropriate sound effects when spending or earning money that show the amount of the transaction. This should make the existence/role of money in the early game more obvious.
• Cleaned up code to allow for more types of items in the future. See below for what items are currently planned!

Known Issues

• The increased seed chance will temporarily make the problem of too much clicking worse. This will be addressed by one of the new items.
• The sell/place toggle button in the "flowers" inventory works in a potentially non-obvious way. I am working on new UI for this, but I'm not sure it will be fixed in v1.1.0.

Plans for v1.1.0

• Add a "tools" inventory. Players can purchase and upgrade tools to make certain tasks easier.
• New tool: Scythe. Harvests all seeds and grown flowers within a certain range. Players do not start the game with this tool; it must be purchased. Players can also purchase upgrades to increase the maximum range.
• Rework how flowers grow. Placing seeds will no longer give sprouts and instead put a seed item on the map, in same way that flower breeding does. Seeds must be watered before they can turn into sprouts, which leads us to...
• New tool: Watering Can. Waters all seeds and sprouts within a certain range. Players start with a basic watering can and can purchase upgrades to increase its maximum range.