Ranch Farm and Store Simulator v1.0 (Build 21239414)

1. New Employee Skill: Commodity Machine Worker
Assign an employee to supply ingredients to your commodity machines. This role ensures machines remain stocked and production continues without constant oversight. It's perfect for reducing micromanagement and keeping your farm operations efficient.
 
 
 
 
2. New Tool: Fishing Trap (Unlocks at Level 15)
You can now place fish traps in lake to catch fish over time. It’s a hands-free method to collect fish ingredients, giving you more freedom to focus on farming or managing the store.
 
 
 
 
3. Nutrient Storage (Unlocks at Level 17)
No more scattered nutrients cluttering your farm. Nutrient Storage allows you to store nutrients produced from your machines neatly in one place, helping you keep things clean and organized.
 
 
 
4. Medium Box Container - Hold 96 Items (Unlocks at Level 19)
The Medium Box Container offers a higher storage capacity with up to 96 item slots. It’s perfect for transporting and organizing farm commodities such as harvested crops, animal products, and other bulk items. Ideal for players with a growing inventory and a busy farming operation.
 
 
 
 
 
Bug Fixes & Optimizations
Fixed an issue where wild birds could be placed in animal pens.
Fixed controller input not working correctly in employee growbed settings.
Fixed farm decorations getting stuck when loading from a different save file.
Fixed employees not moving when their path was blocked by decorations.
 

1. More Paintings
We’ve added new paintings that you can collect and display on your farm. These paintings help make your farm feel more lively and also provide better price bonuses, supporting your overall farm value.

 

  2. More Steam Achievements
New Steam Achievements have been added. These give you additional long-term goals to work toward and recognize your progress across different aspects of the game.

 

3. Special Thanks Credits for Early Access Supporters
A special Credits page has been added to the Main Menu to recognize players who supported the game during Early Access. This includes players who helped us through active feedback, bug reports, and by sharing the game with others. We sincerely apologize if any names are missing. If your username was not included, please contact us at contact[at]bewolba[dot]com, and we will review and update the list accordingly.

 

 

4. Special In-Game Reward for Early Access Supporters
Players who purchased and played the game during Early Access will receive a one-time in-game currency bonus as a token of appreciation. This bonus can be used as extra capital to invest in new tools, assets, or farm expansion. The reward can only be claimed once and will be available when loading a save file created before the Steam Winter Sale, or when starting a new game before the Winter Sale period. You will have different bonus value depend on your progression in the game, this update is included since v0.9.14.

 

 

Improvements and Fixes
1. Improved Gamepad Navigation
Fixed several gamepad navigation issues in:

Employee Settings on production tools
Kiosks
Traps
Now you can interact with the checkbox to handle employee.

 

  2. Gamepad Navigation Fixes for Shop Menus
Improved gamepad navigation for:

Buy Plant
Buy Animal
Buy Nutrient menus
Now you can accessing the minus button to decrease the value of what you need to buy.

 

 

 

3. Kiosk Interaction Fix
Resolved an issue where kiosks could not be moved due to incorrect initial placement. Kiosks can now be interacted with from all four sides.

 

 

4. Fixed Box Storage Stuck Issue
Fixed a case where boxes could get stuck inside Box Storage and cause gameplay errors.

 

5. Fixed Container Shape Issues
Resolved an issue where buckets or nutrient containers could visually deform after being carried by employees.