Hello everyone!

I’ve been working on an update that adds bridges to the game, and it’s finally ready for testing! With this update, you’ll be able to connect small islands, cross over bays and lakes, and improve your village by shortening travel distances for villagers, increasing efficiency, and enhancing the overall look of your settlement.

Before releasing the update to everyone, I want to make sure everything works smoothly. That’s why I’m using Steam’s Beta Branch to provide an early test version for those who’d like to try it out. If you’d like to test the new system and help me catch any potential issues, follow the steps below to access the beta update:

1. Open Steam and go to your Library.
   
2. Right-click on Settlements Rising and select Properties.
   
3. Go to the Betas tab.
   
4. Select bridge_update_beta from the dropdown menu.
   
5. Wait for the update to download and launch the game!

This update is still in testing, so your feedback is very important to me.

The addition of bridges also introduced new collision types and pathfinding algorithms to control villager movement. These changes could potentially cause some system issues or performance drops.

If you notice any bugs or think something could be improved, you can send feedback through the Steam Discussions section or via the feedback form.

Thank you in advance for testing!

Enjoy the game!

Update v1.0.13 introduces a change to how predators function in the game.

• Bear caves and wolf dens removed: Predators will no longer spawn from static locations on the map. Instead, like raiders, they will attack the village at set intervals from outside the map.
  
  
• Predator Attacks: Wolves and bears will now attack the village periodically. For the first 3 years, villages will be protected from these attacks. After that, attacks will occur every 2-4 years. However, these attacks can be completely prevented. if the village is fully surrounded by walls, predator attacks will cease entirely.

Previously, bear caves and wolf dens spawned in specific locations on the map. If players destroyed them, predator attacks would stop permanently. If no caves or dens were near the settlement, wolves and bears would never attack, even after many hours of gameplay. Additionally, when raider invasions were disabled in the settings, walls became nearly useless.

With this update, predator attacks function similarly to raider attacks. This ensures that they occur more consistently, making them a guaranteed event in every game. It also preserves the importance of building walls, even in games where raiders are disabled. Furthermore, this change prevents players from being forced to settle in inefficient locations just to avoid predator spawn points.

In the previous version, if players disabled bear caves and wolf dens while creating a new game, they couldn’t enable them later. Now, in this new version, players can enable predator attacks at any time, even if they were initially turned off.

I guess that some players may have found bear caves and wolf dens more meaningful. In the future, I might consider a balanced system that includes both static spawn points and periodic predator events.

Apart from hotfixes, future updates will focus on mostly new content. My primary focus for the next update is bridges. Unless an urgent issue or request comes up, I plan to introduce bridges to the game.

See you in the next update, enjoy the game!

The V1.0.12 hotfix includes several adjustments to dung haulers introduced in the previous update. Based on community feedback, I agreed that accessing fertilizer in the early game could be challenging. Therefore, the following changes have been made to dung haulers and waste management:

• Fertilizer production speed increased by 25%.
  
• Dung hauler cart capacity has been halved, making dung haulers empty their loads into the fertilizer pit more frequently.
  
• If there is no fertilizer in storage, dung haulers will no longer wait for their carts to be full. Instead, they will transport the first collected waste directly to the fertilizer pit.
  
• Instead of waiting for waste to accumulate up to 10, households will now dispose of waste once it reaches 5. This will introduce waste into the game earlier.

The v1.0.11 update is a small patch that reworks the functionality of waste collectors and fixes several bugs.

• Dung Haulers: Waste collectors are now called dung haulers. They no longer work directly at the fertilizer pit. Instead, waste accumulated in houses and livestock buildings is now collected by the villagers in buckets and taken to the nearest fertilizer pit or, if available, to dung hauler carts. Once a dung hauler cart is full, a dung hauler will transport it to the fertilizer pit. Even if there are no dung hauler carts in the village, waste can still be carried directly to the fertilizer pit, but placing dung hauler carts at key locations will prevent villagers from having to walk long distances. Dung hauler carts do not require any resources or construction to be placed, and each cart can be managed by one dung hauler. Dung hauler carts don't affect landvalues. This change was made to prevent waste collectors from getting stuck when traveling long distances in the late game and to add an intermediary element to deepen this mechanic.
  
  
• Cloud Save: Steam Auto-Cloud has been enabled. Since this is my first time using this system, I hope game saves sync without any issues.

1. Saving/Loading the game has been disabled in the demo.

• Fixed a rare issue where a fully repaired ship would not launch into the water.
  
• Fixed an issue where one of the fiber growth speed enhancement cards displayed "greens" instead of "fiber."
  
• Fixed a bug where villagers could get stuck in a "pick up food → fail → retry" loop when retrieving food from a distant location. These types of issues are usually caused by navigation errors.

Before moving on to new content, there will be one more small update focused on refinements and adjustments.

Enjoy the game, everyone.

The V1.0.10 update introduces a cheat system for those who want to play the game in sandbox mode. Additionally, it includes changes to how the marketplace functions.

• Cheats: A cheat panel has been added to the game. To use cheats, you must enable them in the game settings. Once cheats are enabled in a save, you will no longer be able to earn achievements in that save, and cheats cannot be disabled again. You can open the cheat menu by pressing F6. Available cheats include adding/removing resources, adding/removing people, adding/removing animals, supplying resources to all constructions and completing them, removing the Fog of War, and triggering disasters like earthquakes, raids, plagues, and fires.

• Bazaar rework: Bazaar no longer generate gold. In the late game, gold is already easy to obtain, and the bazaar had little impact on gameplay aside from increasing land value. Instead, bazaar now automatically supply resources to houses within their influence area. Houses within the blue-marked radius will receive essential supplies like food and firewood directly from the bazaar. This means villagers will no longer have to leave their jobs to transport these resources, improving overall productivity.
  
  
• Gold Economy Adjustments: Since markets no longer generate gold, gold rewards from exploration missions have been doubled. Traders now carry more gold. The trade price range has been increased from 50% to 80%, making it more profitable to buy low and sell high. Gold production from gold ore has been increased; one stack of gold ore now produces 18 gold instead of 12.
  
  
• Mission & Raid Adjustments: The chance for the Immigrant Ship event to appear has been increased. The minimum success rate for Treasure Hunt missions has been improved. Raiders' carrying capacity has been reduced by 50%.

If you feel that these changes affect game balance too much or if you encounter any new bugs, please continue reporting them. Enjoy the game!

The v1.0.9 update fixes several bugs and introduces some changes for builders.

• Builders can now cut down trees and remove stones within the construction site. Previously, they had to wait for laborers to do this.
  
• Builders will no longer abandon their work due to cold unless their stamina drops below 50%. This change was made to improve construction efficiency during winter.

• Fixed an issue where leather could not be transported to leatherworks building for leather boat and winter cloak production.
  
• Fixed an extra indicator that sometimes displayed the other houses when clicking on a home.
  
• Fixed a bug where demolished houses' landvalue were still visible in the land value visualization.

If no issues arise, in the next update, cheat codes will be added to the game. Have a nice day!

The V1.0.8 hotfix fixes an issue where happiness from pants and shirts was not being calculated in the previous update. Now, the happiness provided by these clothing items is properly accounted for.

Version 1.0.7 is a minor update that introduces small changes and fixes a few bugs.

• 3 New Resources Added: Pants, Dresses, and Shirts. These resources are produced in the Textile Workshop. Instead of a generic "Clothes," these new items were introduced. Dresses are exclusively worn by women, while Pants and Shirts are only worn by men. Their effects remain the same as the old Clothes. The new Pants and Shirts resources will also apply to your saved games. If you have a large population in your village, be aware that villagers will immediately start demanding Pants and Shirts.
  
• Hide Coat Renamed to Winter Cloak: The name was changed to better fit the visuals, as villagers wear cloak-like clothing during winter.
  
• Shoes Renamed to Leather Boots: Since villagers wear boots, and this equipment provides protection against the cold during winter, "Leather Boots" was deemed a more accurate name.
  
• Cobblers Workshop Renamed to Leatherworks: This building now produces both Leather Boots and Winter Cloaks. Previously, Hide Coats were produced in the Weavers Hut. With this change, both buildings now use a single type of input resource, improving efficiency.
  
• Leather Usage Added: Both Leather Boots and Winter Cloaks can now be produced using Leather in addition to Animal Hide.

• Fixed issues with population enhancement cards.
  
• Corrected several translation errors where Japanese text appeared as Korean.

Adding new resources may introduce new bugs. If you encounter anything broken or feel that the balance is not good, please let me know.

I’m working on the other reported bugs. Happy gaming, everyone!

Version 1.0.6 is a small update that fixes a few issues.

• Added an upgrade button to the Wooden Defense Tower.

• Fixed an issue where a new archer was not automatically replacing a fallen one in the Defense Tower.
  
• Fixed a formatting error in the event log when a villager's illness was cured in German.
  
• Some players reported that firewood was no longer being transported to houses. Since I couldn't fully reproduce this bug, I added additional checks to firewood delivery tasks. Hopefully, this will resolve the issue. If anyone still experiences firewood not being delivered to houses, please report it.