Gorge Valley - Update 0.0.4.4: Fresh New Style! (Patreon)

(THIS IS THE UNSTABLE BUILD! YOU GUYS KNOW THE ROUTINE BY NOW. SAVE OFTEN AND EXPECT CRASHES AND ISSUES. THIS VERSION IS FRESH OFF THE GRILL.)

The patchnotes and stuff are below, but of course, let's start with the good part... THE LINK!

DOWNLOAD UPDATE 0.0.4.4 HERE

(ANOTHER HOTFIX TO GET RID OF THE REPORTED BUGS SO FAR!)

HOWDY FARMERS!

It's finally here. The complete overhaul. The BIG KAHUNA.

Seriously, this build might seem a bit dry in new big features, but the under the hood work has been... exhaustive.

Let's go over a couple of the new things!

The Story Intro!

The first new thing you'll probably notice is the introduction cutscenes. At long last, Gorge Valley is getting a proper story, rather than just being a little forest sandbox full of cow girls.

I won't spoil much here. Go check it out! You can get your hands on it as soon as you start a new game!

But the bare bones of it is a look into what Sky is doing in Gorge Valley in the first place... with a couple options for how her arrival might go...

New Portraits!

All the old, sketchy dialogue portraits have been completely replaced with new, shiny, artstyle-appropriate, and ANIMATED portraits for each character! Eventually, these portraits will also show the increase of weight for each character, but this unfortunately wasn't finished in time for the build release. However, it'll be coming in the updates that follow suit!

There are new settings as well that allow you to customize the portraits you want to see. You can disable the fat portraits and cow portraits separately, in case you prefer not to use them!

Full-Cow Mode!

Got some extra Bovinity Potions to spare? Giving a potion to an already-transformed cow will now turn them into a full-cow! Hooves, udders, the whole works! This mode has unique animations, sprites, portraits, etc. (Even Sky can have a taste of her own medicine now!)

New Dryad!

A sweet new dryad joins the farm! As always, seeds for her can be picked up from June.

Cut Content.

Anyone who's been keeping a watchful eye might have noticed a distinct lack of several features. Brie the Barn Mouse and Fat Sky being among them. This is simply due to the fact that, due to the massive scope of this update, reprogramming large parts of the game, completely overhauling the art, and several corruptions of data that required restarting a lot of work from scratch, this update has been a NIGHTMARE to finally get ready to ship.

As such, in order to prevent it from coming another month down the line, I decided to cut what was necessary to have it ready in time.

The extra portraits, Brie, new cows, and more mini-games will be coming in the following updates. And, with any luck, those updates won't have nearly as much scope creep and should come FAR sooner than this one.

Again, thank you so much to everyone for the patience. This update will go down in history as the biggest pain in my ass to date. But it's worth it. I love this project, and I hope you all do too.

Until next time, Farmers.

0.0.4.4 PATCHNOTES:
-Saving with a cow following you no longer crashes the game.
-Fixed a few save errors.
-Weight Loss Potion now works properly.

0.0.4.3 PATCHNOTES:
-Fixed full-cow animations not triggering during feeding.
-Fixed size transformation getting rid of cow mode.
-Fixed a couple inventory crashes.

0.0.4.2 PATCHNOTES:
-Fixed an issue where full-cow mode animations were disabled at bigger sizes.
-Fixed some full-cow mode animations.
-Fixed a lighting glitch indoors.
-Fixed an issue with certain furniture items de-spawning.

0.0.4.1 PATCHNOTES:
-Sky's Fullness no longer fills up and crashes the game.
-Fixed crash with saving when in the new areas.
-Fixed crash with saving with stabled cows.
-Fixed the De-Bovination potions not working properly.
-Fixed some animation errors.

0.0.4.0 PATCHNOTES:
-NEW DRYAD: Sugar Cane Dryad! This sweet diva will give you all the sugar you need for your baked goods! You can buy her seeds from June
-NEW PORTRAITS: Complete overhaul of dialogue portraits, complete with animated sprites and emotions!
-FULL-COW MODE: All girls now have a "full-cow mode", attained by giving them a second Bovinity Potion after they've been transformed!
-COW SKY: Sky can now drink Bovinity Potions, and has both a half-cow and full-cow mode!
-STORY INTRO: New introduction when creating a new game!
-Added weight loss potions sold by S'apphire!
-Added De-Bovinity potions sold by S'apphire! Using one can retract a cow transformation slightly from the villagers, or return Sky to normal!
-Added portrait settings!
-Candace no longer sells Sugar.
-Fixed a bug where ovens would crash the game when you left a room while they were cooking.
-Completely reworked the inventory code. No more bugs where giving items turns them into a cheeseburger, hopefully.
-Fixed a bug where dialogue bubbles would sometimes crash the game if quickly entering a new room afterward.
-Fixed another camera bug.
-Fixed a bug where stabled cows could phase through walls.
-Added plenty of particle effects.
-Fixed lighting issues when entering a building right when night fell.
-Fixed some crafting bugs.
-Added new music (Courtesy of Kevin Macleod's library!)
-Fixed a bug where cutscene transitions would just kinda drag the camera away for no reason.
-Candace no longer knows Mocha's middle name.