Everafter Falls Monthly dev log: January - New Starting Farms

It’s a new year in Everafter Falls. Hope you had a great holiday on Earth. PET can’t wait to see you again. I wanted to give you an update on what is going on in Everafter Falls before you come back. We hope to see you again soon.

I had so much fun talking with Ou, the developer of Everafter Falls at SquareHusky about what he has been working on over the new year.

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Dev log

What’s new

Starting farm map choices

When starting a new game, you will be presented with a choice of one of three starting farm layouts to choose from. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, my favorite being the Mini farm which significantly cuts down on travel time across your farm, sacrificing real estate. Great for those who want to focus more on a combat-orientated playthrough.

Check out one of our play tester’s (EpicSilence) Mini Farm.

Equipment Orb Slots

Equipable items now drop with a chance of having between 1-3 orb slots. These orbs are found by chance in dungeon chests and can adobe forged in the Giant Furnace at Bram’s. They offer various bonuses to stats. Once inserted into an item, they can only be removed by smelting (and thus destroying the item). Even Legendary items have a chance to gain orb slots!

Soot Puffs

Soot puffs are a unique type of critter that can be found in different sizes. Find and combine them all into 1 giant puff of soot at the museum. You’ll earn prizes for hitting different milestone goals.

New Item additions

The Artificial Sunflower is a redeemable prize for the first target collecting Soot Puffs (earn when your soot puff reaches 100 in size). It attracts a Bee every day. You can also coat it in Cherry Blossom Syrup to attract a rare Pink bee on the following day.

The Soot Grower can be obtained for a single Museum Credit (earned for completing any museum collection). It will grow a Soot Puff steadily every day. You can increase the rate at which it grows by binding a Pixie to the machine.

The Bomb is a new craftable item that can help you clear out rocks (or enemies) in the dungeons.

New farm produce

Giant Pink Honeycombs can be created by loading up a beehive with 4 Pink Bees. As these are fairly difficult to come by, you’ll need to sacrifice some regular pink honey production to achieve this. It’ll be all worth it when you concentrate the this giant honeycomb down to form Premium Pink Honey!

The new Neon Cow now produces Electric Milk, which is more more aptly suited to match its crazy colors. It is a shockingly refreshing drink.

Here is a big Bench

Looking ahead

Hersha’s bakery. This building has been added to the game, and although it would have been nice to have this completed in time for release, the building will remain closed for repairs. In a post release update, this building will be open, along with a new recipes and cooking system.

Roadmap

The next few months up until released will be focused on bug fixing and polish so any new content/features will be limited. I do want to squeeze in a couple of items/decorations before a content lock is in place. From then on, I’ll continue to listen to the play testing feedback and reports to make sure the game is as bug-free as possible. Thank you so much to those who have tested the game and provided valuable feedback and contributions with regards to copywriting, translations, feature suggestions and bug reporting – the game would not be where it is without you!