Hey all,
This is a patch that - all going well - resolves launch issues for players on Linux. The game hopefully launches properly on Linux via Steam, including Arch and EndeavourOS, resolving the long-standing silent hang on startup. Thanks for your patience, and to everyone who reported it (especially Yrebrac and sanskritguy on Discord).
Some other fixes:
Fishing fixes
The reel mini-game no longer ends instantly. One keypress is one action again, so you get your full time to land the catch (thanks SamV for reporting this).
Casting with a fishing rod no longer throws a spurious "No ranged weapon equipped" message.
Gold fixes
The Character Sheet now shows your correct gold. It was previously stuck at 0. (Again, thanks to SamV for the quick bug report).
Mining a gold vein now properly adds to your gold. The counter updates as expected.
Also! New sprites have arrived in this patch, thanks to dev team pixel artists ArkHaven, Merlin, and ElfieTheEsp.
9 new creature and companion sprites:
coastal serpent, sea turtle, deepbat, rockslide beetle, cave bear, and the mine canary, frost owl, and storm roc companions, plus a crystal bat touch-up.
That's it for tonight - now, back to sleep for this Australian dev :-)
Enjoy and have a nice weekend.