Hello Birders, We are excited to bring you a new update for the demo that adds a bunch of requested features and fixes! We will continue to improve the demo as we move towards the full release in March. Major Features:
You now have a Hotbar of items, you start out with a Camera and a pair of Binoculars
There is now a Supplies Shop next to the first Develop-o-tron
At the Supplies Shop you can buy Seeds, different birds prefer different seeds, check out the Guidebook to know which bird likes which seeds.
Also at the Supplies Shop you can buy Whistles to attract birds of specific species.
You can also upgrade your Equipment (Camera and Binoculars) at the Supplies shop.
Minor Features:
Camera (and Binoculars) remember their zoom level (if you zoom to 4X, unscope, re-scope, it goes back to 4X instead of 1.5X)
Some birds (namely: Woodpeckers) will sometimes peck on tree trunks
Some birds now hop around on the ground
Bug Fixes and Tweaks:
Fix Line of Sight colliders for a bunch of things (you can no longer take a picture of a rock and get credit for the Trumpeter Swan completely out of view behind it)
Update Varied Thrush sound (it was placeholder before)
Shiny chime that emits from Shiny Birds is quieter
Birds land on your head less often (still fairly often because it's a fun moment but like... less)
Birds are no longer need to have their feet in frame for the picture to count (this means you now get credit for taking a picture of a bird on your head)
Hitting Escape on a layered modal popup now closes the top-most layer and not all layers