Since the release of Alpha 1, I've been keen to address some of the worst shortfalls in player experience and gameplay that failed to make the Christmas deadline. Alpha 2 includes the following changes:

• Indicate where items will be placed
• Display calendar, clock, and health info
• Clear tree stumps and boulders using the new pickaxe tool — only available in new games
• Clear fences using the axe — fences will drop in future, once item drops support stacks (to allow necessary rebalancing of crafting)
• Use Tab/Shift+Tab or mouse wheel to cycle through inventory — a request from our testers on Discord!
• Potato seeds added to inventory — sorry, cannot be crafted yet
• Fixed a bug that progressed time to the next day immediately after loading a game
• Fixed a bug that stopped the clock after loading a game

Based on feedback that a Mac version would be appreciated, I'm happy to announce that I've got that working too. This is thanks entirely to the excellent cross-platform support within Godot. As I don't have an Apple developer account the game is not signed, which means there are a couple of hoops to jump through when you first download. However, it's really not that hard and I'll update the installation instructions to include the necessary steps.

In other platform support news, one of our intrepid testers shared news — and pictures! — on Discord about how they got Alpha 1 running on their Steam Deck! I really didn't expect this but I'm very thankful to them for testing it out given I don't have this device.

Alpha 3? I expect this to take a little longer as there's some code tidying up required after the rush to get Alpha 2 out quickly. Continue to keep an eye on the main game page to see what I'm planning.

Head over to our Discord server and let me know how you get on or just leave a comment here.