Vivaio Alpha 2

Hello and welcome to our first devlog!

Since the Alpha 1 release, we’ve been working on new mechanics and improving the game using the feedback received by the players and the Trello page we did some months ago. Don’t forget to vote on the next mechanics that we should focus for Alpha 3: https://trello.com/b/yylzJIvT/vivaio.

Also, if you want to know what we’re working on, you can follow us on Twitter (no more than 2 tweets a week!): https://twitter.com/VivaioGame.

Here is what we have done so far for Alpha 2:

New features:

• Added a letters system. Letters are now an item, and can be stored or deleted
• Added a drip bottle. A refillable bottle that can be placed above plowed farm and will water plants every day. It requires 5 units of water to keep the plants watered for 10 days.
• New crop: onion.
• New character animations: plant seeds and idle.

Improvements

• Now the character can start sleeping at any time.
• Character sprites rework for walking, plow and watering.
• Money expenses/earnings now are shown below money for a couple of seconds.
• Scrolling on Farmazon now is faster.
• Product boxes now shows products above the box.

Changes

• Watering can range reduced.
• Upper hitboxes inside house.
• Some tutorial texts updated.

Bugfixing

• High CPU usage (limited FPS to 60+/-).
• Product box sprite on basement shows above player sprite.
• Objects at basement don’t fade out together with the basement background

We’ll be working on the next Alpha focusing on the ideas from our Trello page, see you on the next devlog! And don’t forget to send us feedback about what you think and what you want for the game. Thanks for reading!