0.3.3

Achievements

• Achievements are here! About 20 to start with new ones coming in future updates. This will be an evergreen system.
• Achievements are split into categories: General, Farmhand, Squire, Research, and Secret.
• Some achievements have multiple ranks, and may get expanded ranks in the future.
• Each earned achievement grants the player a small, permanent Global bonus. Most of them boost Gold or XP gain across all classes by a small amount. The Global buffs are quite powerful, as they are in their own multiplicative bucket. They will continue to matter and be powerful in the future.
• Achievements are also split into two subcategories, Progression and Challenges.
• Progression achievements are typically gained through natural gameplay, while Challenges will likely require playing in a specific way to achieve.
• Secret achievements have their descriptions hidden until you unlock them, but the titles may be a clue...
• Also within the Achievements screen are Story Recaps for each class. Now players can revisit any story prompts they have seen over the course of their game.

Steam

• HFI is now on a new platform - Steam! Currently Windows only, and requires a Steam key from myself to play. If you're interested in testing HFI on Steam, please let me know!
• The Steam version of HFI is a playtest (not a full release), but comes with the expected Steam features, including Cloud Saves and Steam Achievements. There is currently no store page for HFI, but in the future I plan to release a public demo.
• In general, the Steam version runs a little better than the web version due to no longer having the contraints of being in a browser tab. This means the game gets around browser specific issues such as the tab going to sleep (which means progress grinds to a halt), and better performance overall.
• Going forward, Steam will likely become the primary home for HFI, but I will continue to push updates to Itch unless I say otherwise down the road.

Other Changes

• The Researcher skill Professional Development has been buffed from +20% XP gain to +50% XP gain.
• Misc UI improvements and bug fixes.