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To brew Ale, we can start by growing crops like Hops and Barley. You’ll have to water, tend, and grow them, just like any other farm crops by the light of the moon (or sun, when you get strong enough!). 
Start the fermentation process by using these ingredients in a Fermentation Vat, then inside a Cask.
Eventually, you’ll be able to brew Spirits like Whiskey, and more interestingly - potions, with rare ingredients.
Serve these to your Visitors and Guests to ensure they’re happy. The happier the human, the tastier the blood.
We’ve also spent time updating the UI for the Skill Tree. You’ll be able to level up as you gain experience through different skills. Each Talent in the Skill Tree can be upgraded with Talent Points, which you can get from naturally leveling up, or feeding from certain types of humans. 
We’re looking for beverage ideas, so if you’ve got a cool name for a beer, ale, or any other drink, let us know here: https://forms.gle/ogDTjNY3ez1ovHPFA
Forageable Creatures 🐌
Rainy Nights ☔
New Shop: Seed & Sundry 🌱
Cooking UI Improvements 🍲
Fuel System for Crafting 🔥
I hope you enjoy these additions and improvements so far. I’m almost a year into development and am ecstatic about the progress so far. I understand waiting isn’t easy, so thank you for being patient and giving me the time and space needed to create an awesome game.
Daylight! I've been working on some of the vampiric dungeon stuff but needed a break from the darkness. So I've started drawing and building out the Town Square. I'm thinking it will be used for quest and seasonal events, as well as giving players the option to decorate the space to their desires.
I've spent some time cleaning up the Inventory interface. You'll be able to hover over items to inspect their description, type, and unique properties.
I also took a stab at adding combat mechanics. The caverns below are wrought with dangers and vampiric curiosities, so you'll need a way to arm yourself in combat. I've added a sword for now, but I'm hoping to add ranged weapons too (or even magic if I'm feeling spicy).
Martial weapons will have damage, range, critical strike chance stats, which can be improved by crafting new weapons with different materials gathered in the cavern or traded in the overworld.
The caves and vampiric ruins is a challenging dungeon filled with various loot such as precious metals from mineable rocks, as well as drops from various hostile mobs. The caves range from small (easy) to large (hardest) sizes and difficulties, depending on how the Blood Compass was crafted, so you’ll need to plan your expedition accordingly.
As you progress through the caves, you’ll notice rarer resources start to surface, as well as stronger mobs.
It’s a boss room with high value resources guarded by an ancient vampire boss. Yes, it’s vampire on vampire action. These vampires have been hibernating for centuries and don’t like to be disturbed, even by their kin. Conveniently, the last beacon will also be located in the boss room so you’ll want to slay the boss to redeem all the bonus XP.
As a vampire, you’ll also be able to exercise some of your abilities like transfiguring into a bat and echolocating ores and other loot. I’ll be working on adding more vampire abilities in the future as well.
Once animals reach adulthood, they gain a set of traits. Traits are special modifiers that are unique to individual animals. Some of these traits are beneficial, like Gourmand - This animal eats more, and produces more. On the other hand, some traits are less desired: Stinky - This animal gives off an unpleasant odour.
Adult animals can mate with each other to produce offspring. Offspring get their own traits but can also inherit them from their parents. Beneficial traits are more likely to be inherited, so go wild in trying to cultivate the perfect breed.
The livestock purchased from Mrs. Brown will have randomized traits, that way you won’t be stuck with unwanted traits forever.
Here’s a look into the talent tree for woodcutting skill 🌲
Thank you to everyone that’s shown interest in playtesting the demo! I’ll be reaching out accordingly on Discord when the time is right. As always, if you're interested, please join our Discord and let me know!
Over time, I'll be adding more hairstyles, outfits, and colors so you'll be able to mix and match as you please. You'll also be able to customize your bat form. I'm also looking for suggestions if you have a favorite hairstyle you want me to add!
Apart from the General Store, I've also started working on what the Hotel looks like from the inside. Chauncey, the hotel's concierge is there ready to greet and serve guests that visit your town.
As part of maintaining your town, you'll be able to customize, upgrade, and manage the rooms in the Hotel to cater to specific guests. Each room will have a cleanliness and prestige score depending on what furniture is placed in it, and how clean it is while it's occupied.
That's all I have for this month but here's a sneak peek at what's in the works 🐔
As always I'm continuing to work on the trailer and a closed-alpha demo (If you're interested, join the Vampire Rancher discord for updates on that!). Let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions, and stay tuned for more updates!
Buildings that are open at night will have cozy lit windows. These shops or services are available for the player to use during the night and/or have guests inside them.
Why do Vampires ranch humans? Well, to feed on their nutritious blood of course! As you feed on visitors, you will gain more XP and unlock different recipes that you can use to craft new items.
I’d also like to introduce a new character in the town, Benjy. Benjy is a Vampire familiar that’s working for the local Vampire Lord in the town. You’ll team up with Benjy in the first quest to learn the ropes by preparing a feast to celebrate your arrival. From there, you'll learn skills like farming, crafting, feeding on humans, and more.
I am also happy to announce that a trailer for Vampire Rancher (HYPE!) will be available in the coming weeks. It will showcase the core gameplay loop, as well as some story content that’ll come in the demo (WHAT?). Yup, that’s right, the demo for Vampire Rancher is also in the works so that we can really get the ball rolling for this game.
Kale is a hardworking and honest person who takes pride in his work. He is a little shy, but friendly once you get to know him. He has a dry sense of humor and enjoys making puns and jokes. Kale works in the Saloon and helps the player with cooking advice and selling them recipes.
Speaking of quests, I’ve also been working on a new quest system that will tie in with the new dialog system. I’m hoping to make quests story-rich rather than boring fetch quests, so you’ll be able to connect with the characters and learn more about the world.
In addition, we've also added a new building to the game: the town hall. This building will allow players to keep track of their collectables and progression. As you repair and contribute more to the town hall, expect new rewards to show up as well.
As always, please let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions, and stay tuned for more updates as we continue to develop Vampire Rancher.
Players can craft a range of interior furniture for the saloon, hotel, and other buildings which can have a practical impact on the game. For example, visitors will use tables and chairs in the saloon while eating, and sleep in beds in the hotel rooms.
Crafted items made from better resources provide higher stats in comfort and attractiveness, which can affect your visitor's happiness. When crafting an item, players can choose from a variety of different resources, ranging from basic materials like wood and stone to exotic resources found in other places (more to come on that in a later post).
I've also been working through a lot of under-the-hood improvements. One goal was to make the save system more reliable and robust, ensuring that players' saved games are not corrupted or lost. Unfortunately, there are no GIFs to show this off, so you'll have to take my word for it! I do have a WIP title screen to show off though:
As always, please let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions, and stay tuned for more updates!
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