For this month's update, we have decided to hold back on some of the content that we were going to add. Throughout the month of August, we plan to be working on optimizing our current systems as much as possible. This will make adding content in the future far easier. Now let's get into what exactly has changed in this update.

We have made a number of improvements to melee combat. One of the more notable changes being that we have added a combat tutorial to the start of a new game. Upon picking up the starting axe with this option on, a tutorial enemy will come to fight you and will explain how to fight. Along with the tutorial, we have added a new property to tools/weapons. This is whether a tool/weapon is sharp or blunt. With sharp weapons, you may do more damage however they will not knock back the enemy. With blunt weapons, you will do slightly less damage but you will end up knocking the enemy back.

Some other small improvements include

• Made enemy camps smaller
  
• Increased throwable range
  
• Enemies notice when you throw things near them
  
• Enemies notice when you are shooting at them

Shovels have been added as a new tool that is craftable from stone or metal. This tool allows you to dig in the snow. You may find treasure maps while exploring. These will bring you to a special location with something buried beneath the snow.

• Added health indicator for objects when a tool is equipped
  
• Bug fixes
  
• Camera view is now wider
  
• Improved inventory visibility
  
• Increased inventory size by 3 slots
  
• Maps are now consumable like food
  
• Fire damages objects slower
  
• Changed sprites for metal tools/weapons
  
• Adjusted loot spawn

Hey all!

Today we thought we would release a smaller update with some bug fixes and improvements.

On our website[khiogame.com], you can now view a list of what we plan to work on next. First, we have the early access release which brings you to a page with a list of the recent versions and changes. For a more in-depth list, you can take a look at our discord[discord.gg]. The next major update will be on August 31st. This will be a small content update. Without giving too much information away this will include a new tutorial, caves, and shovels. After the small content update, we will be focusing on improving optimization and performance as much as possible. Once we have faster and better systems in place we will begin working on adding more content. We plan on adding to the story, expanding the map size, and adding more new and interesting places to explore. Stay tuned for more info.

It seems that inventory visibility is becoming more of an issue than we first thought. To improve this we have added a slightly transparent background behind each slot. This should improve the contrast between the slots and different things in the environment. Please let us know if this helps or if there are more specific situations where it is hard to see.