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V0.11.13 - Improvements & Bug Fixes

[h2]🍂 Seasonal changes[/h2]

Villagers now make various new season-specific remarks
You will now see a cosy warm drink when visiting the tavern during autumn and winter
Birds will no longer sing during the winter season in forests

[h2]🚶Improved start adventure screen[/h2]

Controller movement is now much better supported
The keyboard is now automatically shown in Steam's Big Picture mode and on the SteamDeck
Added a randomise button for your appearance to the new game screen

[h2]🐛 Other improvements and bug fixes[/h2]

Improved the sleep screen with a loading bar and some other extra cute pieces
Updated the bakery and smithy oven to be more artistically consistent and fix floating issues
Villagers are now able to make remarks while sitting down on decorations too
Added sounds to villager card games
Villagers witnessing a building completion will now feel good from it (depending on their personality)
Fixed smoke instantly hiding after finishing with an oven
Fixed being able to walk through the workshop table during building construction

[h2]Sitting[/h2]

Added the ability for villagers to sit on chairs, benches, and anything sittable :)
You can now sit on the decorations other villagers place
When sitting down, you now sit-up in the same place as you sat down in

[h2]Fields[/h2]

Added a use for watering pots! You can now water fields to increase growth rate (finally giving watering pots a use), and made fields take 4 days to fully grow instead of 3 (if unwatered)
Fixed fields still growing in the winter
Fixed fields not loading at their correct growth phase

[h2]Other improvements and fixes[/h2]

Added some new dialogue to the "What tidings?" option surrounding villagers describing their activities throughout the day
Buckets of milk will no longer be baked entirely into cakes, only the milk from them
When placing multiple decorations in a row, the rotation of the previous decoration will be carried over, making it easier to build things like fenced areas
Updated the wording of some sentences to be less offensive
Fixed "the The Building" in some dialogue
Fixed some items being free during trading
Fixed rose being clunky to decorate with
Fixed villagers not opening up about their goals
Fixed not seeing hand-held versions of some objects such as wooden chests
Fixed dialogue overflowing during quest descriptions
Fixed very rare bug where a villager could get stuck because of a failed action
Villagers will no longer talk about having contributed to cancelled or destroyed buildings
Fixed villagers no longer talking about needing a building, even if it was cancelled or it isn't yet complete
Fixed being able to close settings before saving is complete

Villagers will now equip and wear any clothing or accessories you give them :)
Added leafy sounds for some horticulture items and fixed basket sounding wooden
Items are now handed over to a villager immediately upon quest completion
Fixed construction not showing the new number of contributed items if you have the panel open while someone else contributes
Fixed villagers writing book names in 'wingdings'
Fixed thinking you can bake any new crafting idea
Fixed rare situations where villagers would collectively stop doing stuff
Fixed villagers throwing the book on the ground when writing in an uncomfortable position

Just a small patch to address some player feedback :)