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v0.10.0: The structures release

The structures release. Beehives, Totemblossoms, Cherryblossoms, and the Harvest Shrine arrive far earlier, get themed menus of their own, earn their currencies from real harvests instead of a background timer, and finally explain what every upgrade does. Two long-standing Harvest Shrine problems are fixed along the way.

  • Structures unlock much earlier. Rivers now open at level 6, Beehives at 100, Totemblossoms at 200, and Cherryblossoms at 300 — down from 50, 200, 250, and 330. The free first structure still arrives with each unlock, and the Hive and Totem capacity blessings move to match.
  • Every structure menu has its own look. The Beehive opens on amber honeycomb, the Totemblossom on deep teal with drifting soul wisps, the Cherryblossom on plum with falling petals, and the Harvest Shrine on candlelit stone whose carved runes glow while it works. Buttons and upgrade rows now share the game's painted pixel style.
  • Spirit and Wishes are earned, not dripped. The Totemblossom gains Spirit each time crops are harvested within its reach, and the Cherryblossom gains Wishes when a Rare, Mythic, or Dreamlike fruit drops nearby — the rarer the fruit, the bigger the wish. A Harvest Shrine working inside their reach feeds them too. Honey is unchanged; bees still make it over time.
  • Upgrades say what they do. Every upgrade row shows the concrete change it buys — growth percentages, bucket sizes, runtime windows, covered area — and the reach stat on each menu now reports the true boosted area.
  • The shrine says so when your bag is full. When a Harvest Shrine cannot deposit, it calls out Bag full above the statue, notes it in its menu, and raises an alert pill on the farm screen that opens your Items.
  • Fixed: shrines stalling after the island grows. A Harvest Shrine could silently stop harvesting and sowing after a level-up grew the island, until the app was restarted. It now works straight through.
  • Fixed: max-range Totemblossoms missing their outer ring. A totem at full Reach now boosts and earns from its entire area.

The structures are meant to feel like proper residents of the farm now: placed earlier, dressed for the part, and paid by the harvest. Tell me how the new Spirit and Wish economies feel.

— Dee