July SS Reward - Bountiful Harvest 1.0!
It has been a long time in the making, but we're finally pleased to reveal Bountiful Harvest 1.0!
UPDATE 2: Version 1.02 is now live with the following additional fixes:
Moving items in the store will no longer cause them to disappear
Time passing when going to Erdenvale will now properly cause plants to grow
Announcing when you've got enough Helios Spheres will now happen at the right time.
Fixed a number of bugs related to autoplay in Luca's location
Updated the icon for fertilizer
Also added in version 1.01:
A new title screen!
Talking to Simone will no longer crash the game
Potions will properly leave inventory for Belle in Erdenvale
Removed ghost Peterson talking
Dela'Keel's convo is fixed for after she has been solved
Version 1.02 download: PC | Mac | Android
Building from last month's 0.4 release, this month has been both about adding new experiences and polishing the game to give a cohesive whole. Having the game worked on sporadically over multiple years (while learning more and more about Ren'Py game development) had made the game feel like something of a dog's breakfast, and this update is our attempt to rectify that. But 1.0 has so much more than a mere polish!
The new update includes:
Belle can now adventure in Erdenvale (after Luca has had her time)
Foraging is no longer a click and done situation, it is now a minigame with greater skill and greater rewards!
There are nine new Helios Spheres to collect bringing the total to 25.
Seven new transformation animations to discover.
We've added a stats page to track your progress and help you discover some of the game's secrets (note: with some stats like "money earned" and "potions brewed" the stats will be incorrect for old saves, as we previously weren't tracking them).
A new powerup "shovel" in the store to level up foraging.
The entire UI has been revamped, with consistent buttons, more opportunities to access the inventory and additional/revised guides given to content.
The farm map has been remade into an animated one (including night time)
New transformation means new sprites, and there are 12 new ones in total.
Version 0.4 didn't have Erdenvale voiced at all - it is now completely done, with voices for both Luca and Belle's portions to match the rest of the game.
QOL updates, such as no longer having to re-select the item you want to sell each time. If it is a stack, you can keep selling until the stack is gone.
A vast number of bug fixes and realignments.
That should cover the main aspects of the launch, though there are a multitude of other small improvements made during our time this month.
You might be wondering what 1.0 means - well the core aspect is that our story arc in Bountiful Harvest is now complete. From here any new story elements from the various characters will be placed into future games (or continued in one of our non-1.0 games). However that doesn't mean that we're moving on from it completely.
Items in the roadmap of BH's further improvements include:
Increase the maximum size of Belle's growth
Bulk selling items from the inventory
Luca can return to Erdenvale after her quest is complete
Luca's information added to stats page
Additional variances in conversations
Labelling on pots for plant type
Additional pots available for growing
These additions will be worked on around other projects, included as a secondary reward for that month.
A massive thanks to everyone who has supported us through these two months of development, it has been a true joy to be able to dedicate the time to making this game something we're so proud of. However, while Bountiful Harvest 1.0 may now be ready for you to enjoy, that doesn't mean the growth train stops, and nor do we!
Given the scope of changes in this update reached every aspect of the game, we'll be spending the next few days checking comms to see problems that might pop up, and releasing patches to squish any bugs. Any info you can give us in that regard will be appreciated.
For August, we're shifting gears and have our sights set on a classic fully voiced BE animation! The script is done and the VA's lined up. I'm quite excited about this one, as it will be the first full length animation that will be made using the new technology we have to work with.
More info about that soon, but until then, catch you in August!
Comments (79)
Can't seem to find the last sphere. I've provided gifts for most people. the other's don't seem to want anything
The new stats page will give you a hint as to which sphere you are missing. We'll DM you to give you more hints without spoiling it for others.
How do I free William in Erennwald? How do I beat that female guardian? I’ve defeated everyone else, but I can’t play the mini-game—it keeps saying "need data" even though I have 5 out of 6 of them. Also, how do I get the final transformation?
We'll DM you.
Excited to see an update! I really enjoyed previous builds! Thanks for continuing to expand (pun intended) on the foundation.
I seem to be stuck at 23 spheres and missing 2 from out of town. Can I get a helping hand or two?
We'll DM you.
I got 24 out of the 25 and i cant figure out the last one, it says somethint About no white collars in glenshire
**SPOILERS*** That particular hint is related to Brother Thuddic, once Adelaide's story is complete head back to where you first met him in the Mystic Glades
Everything about this update was amazing. I'm glad I if I've gotten all this spear and I can't talk to the old man in the noble district. He just tells me to get out but it's okay. I hope in the future if it gets upd extreme sizes for extreme fetish
I doubt this was intended, but the business degree basicly let's is steal from the shop/ print money by just selling the product we by back
Higher education FTW! (But thanks for reporting this, we'll look into it)
When I talk to Te’rut, I’m still getting a “An exception has occurred” crash screen. I can select ‘Ignore’ and see Belle’s dialog but when he speaks again, it crashes again. It shows a bunch of errors that says: game/inventory.rpy or game/loc_farm.rpy, in Line xxx (different numbers). I’m using 1.02. I’m on Mac using 26.6 if that helps.
This does seem to happen to a few people - is it possible for you to send over the crash text markup? We're unable to recreate the bug.
Great additions. I love puzzle solving using kinks. I do have two critiques: -Collecting the nixil feels a bit grindy -The inclusion of AI art is rather... ew. I'm sure you've heard the arguments for and against; just voicing my opinion.
I appreciate the opinion about AI - I certainly rail against it frequently, particularly when it's used in place of what could be a commission / giving an artist money. In this case, none of the animations/actual creative content is made via AI, and the bits that are, are not taking away any jobs. We would not be hiring a graphic designer to make the icons etc for, it'd just be done by me, take much longer, (so what we'd deliver is less) and generally not look as good. Morally, I'm fine with our use of AI, because it means we can afford to do things like hire actual human voice actors for other creative works, which we've done this month. Where I think it's destroying the world is when it takes jobs or replaces work that would otherwise be made by humans. But that's just my arbitrary line in the sand, I appreciate it varies from person to person.
This is fantastic! I have a question about the guy at the lake. Do we find him swimtrunks or am I looking into it too much?
The swim trunks thing is just a bit of dialogue flavour - there isn't any part of the game related to getting them.
Can't wait to play 1.0!
amazing work. Maybe add some kind of a fight club? Ladies may use their "assets".
Can’t seem to build the resonator think temperance in the docks may be the last one I need but can’t seem to get it, do I need to collect 10k or is there a work around?
There is a way to get that money, we'll DM you a hint so we don't spoil it for others.
Love the version 1.0! I noted a couple bugs (Windows 11 windowed): -In a purchase screen, a quick click and release rather than the expected click and drag makes the clicked icon/sprite disappear; exiting and reloading the interface resets it. 3 times in By'keel's shop, intermittent, not 100% triggerable. -The client blanks to black; max/restore the window will repaint it; 5 times, twice during inventory interaction, intermittent, haven't found a trigger, only a reset. The game is more stable than 0.4. [I also might have to ask for a clue. I'm going to work it more later, but I think I missed part of the coal man's component recovery, and I couldn't find the clue that I hadn't already tried. I've already seen him having morphed into his girlfriend and am told by the game not to torment him. ] I misunderstood with the persistent chat option, I got the coal long ago. But I also noticed one case of generating the black screen by dragging a buy sprite off the window edge.
Glad you enjoyed v1.0 and you're finding it more stable. We're working on a fix for the purchase screen issue. That is odd that its having that issue in windowed mode, thanks for reporting it and let us know if you find what triggers it.
I am encountering an issue with the play back controlls. I cant scroll to go back in dialogue.
I have manually fixed it in the code but was that intentional? i dont want to (i mean where is the fun in that if you play a game) but replaying certain scenes is kinda important
I haven't had a chance to play it yet, but congratulations on hitting 1.0 and beyond.
Let's go. There will be any kind of guide for alchemy mixes?
Could you help me, please? I'm stuck looking for the sixth car fragment.
There isn't a specific order that you can get them, so it's hard to tell which one you haven't got yet - do you recall who you have received them from so far?
I cant find the last orb from the outskirts, is it something do with the murder milk?
It is related to that. *Spoilers* You need to give Dela'keel a sweet potion.
Awesome. Can't wait to get knee deep in this. But my only issue is the spheres. I don't remember where they all are, is there a chance you could drop a cheeky faq for them?
We'll get a walkthrough eventually, but in the meantime you can get a bit of help from the stats page, as it'll tell you who you've got them from so far (another little hint is that it's sorted alphabetically)
Good work! i was waiting for it to he completed till version 0.4. let's come back !!
Hope you enjoy playing it 😊
Anyone find how to get the painting. I have all 25 spheres. That’s the last I’m missing in the stats page
*Spoilers* Have a good talk to Raven (as Belle)
Love the update, I did notice gifting the potions to the folks in Erdenvale didn't actually seem to remove them from my inventory (I ported my save over from 0.4 if that helps)
Thanks for the update, we've got a patch for that coming very soon :)
What on earth is "Suffered the wrath of Scr'ueu"? lol
*Spoilers* Let's just say that By'keel doesn't like when people are massively lactating all over her shop.
*spoilers* Hey just so you know once you give derlakel (I don't remember how it's spelled, the woman hanging from the cliff) her key item her dialogue and dialogue options don't change I don't know if this is because it hasn't been made yet or because of a bug so I just wanted to let you know
Thanks for the info! I'll add it to the fixes in the upcoming patch.
"(note: with some stats like "money earned" and "potions brewed" the stats will be incorrect for old saves, as we previously weren't tracking them)." So... we have to restart the game from scratch... again?
Only if you want to know how many potions you've brewed and money gained in total. It depends on how important that is to you.
An amazing update as usual! I do feel it was a missed opportunity that we couldn't help a certain backstabber achieve the ultimate 'backstabbing defense/portable chair'.
Ah, the road to a keel is long and dangerous... maybe we'll visit them again elsewhere.
Thanks for all the work! Looking forward to checking out 1.0 and I'm thinking of creating a fresh save to experience and appreciate all these changes and QoL in one full package
I hope you enjoy it!
Woohoo! Thank you!!!
Hot damn !! That sounds like a lot of new stuff to play with !
I think so. As much as I enjoy more expansion, I do like that foraging is an actual thing now.
Love the update! Always love your giantess content in the games! I loaded an old save and noticed I could "talk" to old man Peterson even tho he's not there. And I noticed gifting the potions to the people in the new area, it doesn't remove them from my inventory after.
Thanks for that info! I've fixed it up for the upcoming patch
LETS GOOOO! I’m so pumped to start playing, although my heart breaks a little knowing that additional sizes won’t be coming in this update. But oh well, count me in the day they come. And btw, another cool feature for the backlog could be to use the new stats screen to set the appearance of belle to previous levels, it would be great to be able to more accurately compare sizes without having to use screenshots and I imagine it wouldn’t be so hard to call different levels.
Oh nice idea, we'll add that to the list.
when you speak to ter rut the game crash
This one I cannot replicate. Do you recall what was happening? (Were you a special form / confronting about helios / normal chatting?)
where is the priest for the helios sphere ?
Brother Thuddic? He hangs out at the camp in the mystic glades.
Can't seem to get to the new content with my old save file. I can still only send Luca in Also, I think I got all the resonator parts but I still can't seem to resolve that quest? Edit: Resolved by assembling the resonator in Erdenvale .
Huzzah!
Tied the Android Mega version and it downloads but can't install / Open it ?
Are you getting any error messages when trying to install?
Absolutely love the update! You guys did amazing as always. Of course I am super excited for the animation in august, would the script happen to include some of your amazing butt expansion sequences???
Mmmmmmmaybe
I can't find who to give the perfume to and I can't find out where to get the last machine fragment
The two are related. Maybe talk to Diane.
when i want dowload the pc version it says media file not found
Try the mega download links for now.
don't know why, but when i click on each version of the download, that tell me: Media file not found
Try the mega download links for now.
Got my game to update, been trying to get Bella to go to the new city and its not working. Am I doing something wrong?
Has Luca finished her quest? What message are you getting?
Nooooo, I'm at work for the next 12 HOURS. 😭 Why Lord have you forsaken meeeeee?!?
Don't worry, in that time there won't be any spoilers. Not even the fact that the killer is Ket- Oh shit, sorry.
Talking to Simone seems to crash the game
ARRRGH! How annoying! Thanks so much for your quick response. The bug is, it looks for a variable "b_simone" rather than "simone". So those two letters mean a total recompile and upload. It's uploading now, I'll have them up with the fixed version asap.