First update comes to The Forest

The Forest received its first big update yesterday. The update offers some bug fixes, optimization and some new other goodies.

It’s important to note that saved games from v. 0.01 will not work with this version.

Some of the new features include:

Sharks (!)

Simple rafts can now be built

Walls can now snap to form floors and roofs and defy gravity (experimental)

New surprise item added to yacht

When being knocked out for the first time, you will now wake up in a random cave

Lowered fall damage amount

Birds can be killed with fire (also !)

Stamina recharge now takes longer

You can now block attacks with the red axe by holding down the right mouse button.

Timmy taken scene a little more dramatic (better lighting, sparks)

Lowered intensity and range of fire light

Lowered health on turtle

Improved fish movement

Increased range of lighter

Enemies will drag downed friends out of danger again

Females will sometimes freak out at dying family members

…wait, what? Do guys not freak out at dying family members or something? Emotions aren’t gender specific, guys.

The update also offers an overall performance increase, working on load times, stutter and memory optimizations. To see the full update log, check out the Steam Community page.

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