New features:
- New building: Sheep Pen holds Sheep. Requires grassland.
- New building: Shearer provides Wool from nearby Sheep.
- New resource: Wool can be made into Hats.
- New building: Hatmaker makes and sells hats.
- New resource: Hats provide happiness.
- New building: Fertilizer upgrades nearby Efficient Farms to Fertilized Farms.
- New building: Harbormaster provides increased happiness from Fish for each nearby Dock.
- New housing upgrade: Town House provides increased happiness. Requires 2+ nearby markets, including at least one Bakery.
Major changes:
- Markets now sell luxury consumables (fish, bread, hats) directly, providing gold. Citizens no longer consume these resources unless buying them from Markets. Markets no longer provide bonus happiness for each nearby house.
- Bridge and Harbormaster now cost gold, cost increasing for each built. Future updates will introduce more buildings that cost gold.
- Coal Mine can now only be built on coal. Can now be built near another coal mine.
- Removed Fishery and Coal Pile.
Minor changes:
- Homelessness penalty increased.
- Farms produce two wheat at a time.
- Citizens consume luxury consumables (fish, bread, hats) less often, approximately every 3 days.
- Improved visuals for various buildings.
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Update 1.0.2 Patch NotesAdded dynamic library and tax collector quests · Map generation seed can now be manually specified · Shadows can now be turned off · Railroads are now rotated correctly when drag-placed · Drag-demolishing railroads no longer requires confirmation · Fixed bug where fish markets don't show warnings · Fixed bug where houses show unnecessary warningsUpdate 1.0.1 Patch NotesYou can now hold shift to pan the camera faster · Revised some tooltips to improve consistency and provide hints · Forester range and reliability increased · Sheep pen no longer shows red border · Improved Lumberjack <-> Stockpile range clarity · When you have no wood, trees will grow frequently near Orr (enabling starts with no tree access) · Lumberjacks no longer require paths · River dock no…A Message from the Developer [Release Time, Presskit]Orrstead officially releases March 7 at 12am EST ! Message to the Community I've been working on this game for the past 4 years, and am very excited for people to check out my first major release. Orrstead has evolved dramatically over the years, and I'm proud of what it has become. Thank you to community members who have supported the game and volunteered their time to test the game and provid…