🌲 Forest & world
- Big forest pass: trees now have varied green tones and a natural, matte look — and you can no longer walk through distant trees. Saplings lost their glossy look too.
🧍 Characters
- New character creation — pick male or female, each with their own animations and appearance.
- Character backgrounds now show the correct title in your language (all 8 supported).
- Existing saves stay fully compatible.
💾 Saves
- Added 3 separate save slots you can load and play independently — your existing save is safe and keeps syncing via Steam Cloud.
- Slots now show the day and mode at a glance: "Slot 1 · Day 24 · Hardcore."
🛠️ Fixes & polish
- Fixed a rare bug where you could get flung far from your base while building.
- Tables and chairs now have proper models you can't walk through.
- Salvage refunds fixed · thermometer shows °F for English (°C elsewhere) · the controls overview appears again on a new game · bigger, clearer HUD icons.
- Hardcore: enemies now hit 50% harder.
🎬 Demo
- The controls overview reliably shows at the start (after the intro + naming your dog).
- Added character selection to the demo.
- Fixed a panel flashing during the loading screen.
🎨 Graphics
- Capable mid-range GPUs (GTX 1060+/16-series, RX 580+/5000) now default to the High preset for a better first impression; lower-end/integrated GPUs stay on safer presets. All adjustable in Pause → Display / Graphics.
- New players start in fullscreen by default.