Hey Craftsmen and Craftsladies, It has been a few months since the last update, so I thought I'd post a little dev log about upcoming features and things that are currently being worked on. A lot of people have expressed frustration with Electric and Alloy tags being too much of a grind, so two new areas are being added to the game to help out with that. [h1]New Areas[/h1] The Volcano is often mentioned in the game, but was never actually accessible. So there's a new Lava Lookout area above the Hot Springs. This area is full of Thunder Trees, which have leaves and nuts that can be a valuable source of Electric tags. Also in this area are a few defunct machines, a new cave that can grow gemstones, and Fisherman Pete seems to be eying the lava with a concerning level of interest... [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43414706/2732b256d1928143ac17809958ec14268f858193.png[/img] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43414706/8839e9abe36c8c4c7e77aaa3ccc61da0a61e7984.png[/img] The next update will also allow you to access some areas of the Ruins that have been cleared out by Theseus. There are some old machines there that can be repaired to gain access to Alloy ores, which can be smelted directly into Alloy bars instead of the two step process of combining Copper, Iron, and Gold. There's also an Automaton that seems strangely ambivalent about his job.... [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43414706/d94eb03c2d12591edbbac659bf0006df55cdbc70.png[/img] [h1]Marriage[/h1] Love is in the air in Gear Springs, and a lot of the groundwork has been laid. I'm still working on all of the cutscenes and nitty gritty stuff, but NPCs are able to move into your house and move about your property. Dr. Moth was uncharacteristically excited to be my first test husband. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43414706/732da4ac42db3097161d167501909cb7ba4812be.gif[/img] [h1]Improvements / General[/h1] More things are being fixed, adjusted, and added every day. There were a lot of early game machines that didn't look great, and a lot of them have had their designs adjusted to look more "Machine-like". [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43414706/b57e8e78f82cac0aea86d88271a71b65b2ee5aee.gif[/img] By popular demand, chests can also be filtered. There are new menus inside the chest that have customizable "Allow" and "Deny" lists. Items can be filtered by the specific item OR a tag. It actually saves a ton of time when you are on mouse and keyboard, you can just hold shift and drag your mouse over the chest and everything gets sorted. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43414706/b1de6b94004a2206cd1b11e5f85874bc4c6552c1.png[/img] Transporters will also be using these new filters, so you'll finally be able to move items by tag instead of having a dozen rules for each item. That's all for now! I hope everyone is looking forward to the update as much as I am!