0.10.0 (Farming, Codex & Day/Night Cycle)

This release brings three major gameplay systems alongside significant under-the-hood improvements to code quality and test infrastructure.

What's New

Farming System — Plant seeds, tend crops, and harvest your bounty. A full growth lifecycle is now part of the world simulation.

Codex Screen — Discovered living entities are now recorded in a dedicated Codex screen, rewarding exploration and creature encounters.

Day/Night Cycle — The world now moves through day and night using a smooth sine-curve brightness overlay. Craft light sources to stay prepared after dark.

Under the Hood

Code Refactoring — Major DRY improvements across the entity hierarchy, decomposition of WorldScreen, removal of duplicate logic, and a DI audit for cleaner architecture.

Improved Test Suite — The pytest suite has been refactored to use a shared DI container with per-test overrides and proper isolation, making tests faster and more reliable.

Full Changelog: 0.9.0...0.10.0

0.9.0 (UI Polish, Controls Screen, Draggable HUD)

0.9.0

What's Changed

UI & UX

• Updated placeholder sprites by @dmccoystephenson in #326
• Fixed status text overlapping with hotbar; centralized hotbar layout constants in #327
• Aligned UI text with Nielsen's usability heuristics in #331
• Added controls screen for viewing and remapping keybindings in #334
• Added draggable HUD elements via middle-click drag in #332

Gameplay

• Players can now drop item stacks from the inventory screen in #329

Performance & Stability

• Game world stays square and centered on window resize in #324
• Window size now persists across sessions in #330
• Async room pre-loading and background map image updates in #341

Code Quality

• Added lightweight dependency injection container; migrated manual construction sites; refactored restart mechanism in #333
• Fixed resource leaks, DRY violations, dead code, and naming issues in #342
• Added structured logging with structlog in #344

Full Changelog: 0.8.0...0.9.0

0.8.0 (Crafting, Camera, Saves & More)

Roam 0.8.0

This release brings a wave of new gameplay systems, quality-of-life improvements, and under-the-hood polish.

New Features

Crafting System — Craft your world with six new recipes: Wood Floor, Stone Floor, Bed, Stone Bed, Fence, and Campfire.

Camera: Follow Player Mode — The camera now follows the player with multi-room rendering and cross-room interaction support.

Save Selection Screen — A new save management screen lets you sort, delete, and name your saves.

Minimap Toggle — Press M to show or hide the minimap. Configurable via showMiniMap in config.

Hotbar Mouse Interaction — Directly interact with your hotbar using the mouse on the world screen.

Inventory Stack Merging — Drag and drop items onto matching stacks to merge them.

Meat Drops — Living entities now drop meat on death.

Excrement & Decay — Living entities spawn excrement that naturally decays into grass over time.

Pushable Stones — Players can now push stone entities (configurable).

Configuration

• Runtime configuration is now loaded from config.yml
• New vsync option to cap TPS
• showMiniMap toggle added
• Stone pushing behavior is configurable

Code Quality & Testing

• Expanded unit test coverage across entity, inventory, world, and player packages
• World room logic refactored for cleaner naming, function cohesion, DRY deserialization, and better error handling
• Copilot instructions and changelog added for AI-assisted development sessions

Licensing

• LICENSE updated
• COPYRIGHT.md added

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Full Changelog: 0.7.0...0.8.0

0.7.0 (Map Image Generation, Living Entity Persistence Fixes, Energy Modifications, Other Improvements)

What's Changed

• Release - 0.6.0 by @dmccoystephenson in #185
• Merge pull request #185 from Stephenson-Software/develop by @dmccoystephenson in #186
• Fixed living entity tracking. by @dmccoystephenson in #194
• Map Image Generation + Entity Reproduction Cooldown Persistence Fix by @dmccoystephenson in #195
• Improvement - Swap By Index Shortcut by @dmccoystephenson in #198
• Improvement - Measure Ticks Per Second by @dmccoystephenson in #199
• Entities Lose Energy + Require Energy For Reproduction by @dmccoystephenson in #200
• Configurable Save Directory by @dmccoystephenson in #203
• Improvement - Allow Living Entities To Change Rooms by @dmccoystephenson in #206
• Improvement - Living Entity Death Check by @dmccoystephenson in #210

Full Changelog: 0.6.0...0.7.0

Roam 0.6.0 (Bananas, Energy Bar UI Changes, Click-To-Move Item Functionality)

What's Changed

• Merge pull request #176 from Stephenson-Software/develop by @dmccoystephenson in #177
• Added bananas to jungle rooms and disabled world border. by @dmccoystephenson in #180
• Modified energy bar UI to make it more apparent. by @dmccoystephenson in #182
• Added click-to-move functionality to inventory screen. by @dmccoystephenson in #183

Full Changelog: 0.5.0...0.6.0

Roam 0.5.0 (Room Types, Ore, Data Persistence)

What's Changed

• Release/0.4.0 by @dmccoystephenson in #146
• Merge pull request #146 from Stephenson-Software/develop by @dmccoystephenson in #147
• Room Factory by @dmccoystephenson in #152
• Feature - Room Types by @dmccoystephenson in #153
• Jungle Room by @dmccoystephenson in #154
• Mountain Room by @dmccoystephenson in #155
• Added jungle wood entity. by @dmccoystephenson in #158
• Added coal ore to mountain rooms. by @dmccoystephenson in #159
• Added iron ore to mountain rooms. by @dmccoystephenson in #161
• Reset the player's age upon death. by @dmccoystephenson in #162
• Feature - Persistent Inventory by @dmccoystephenson in #163
• Feature - Persistent Rooms by @dmccoystephenson in #166
• Made current room and player location persistent. by @dmccoystephenson in #171
• Feature - Persistent Stats by @dmccoystephenson in #173
• Made the tick persistent. by @dmccoystephenson in #174
• Made player attributes persistent. by @dmccoystephenson in #175
• Release/v0.5.0 by @dmccoystephenson in #176

Full Changelog: 0.4.0...0.5.0

Roam 0.4.0 (Player Directional Textures, Config Screen, Gather Speed Fix, LE Age Tracking, LE Reproduction)

What's Changed

• Release/0.3.0 by @dmccoystephenson in #122
• Merge pull request #122 from Stephenson-Software/0.3.0-branch by @dmccoystephenson in #123
• Added textures for the player facing up, right and left. by @dmccoystephenson in #129
• Config Screen + Gather Speed Fix by @dmccoystephenson in #138
• Feature - Living Entity Age Display by @dmccoystephenson in #141
• Allowed living entities to reproduce if certain conditions are met. by @dmccoystephenson in #145

Full Changelog: 0.3.0...0.4.0

Roam 0.3.0 (Stats Screen, Hot Bar, Inventory Slots, Stackable Items, Inventory Screen, Click-To-Select)

What's Changed

• Feature - Stats Screen by @dmccoystephenson in #104
• Merge pull request #95 from Stephenson-Software/develop by @dmccoystephenson in #106
• Feature - Hot Bar by @dmccoystephenson in #107
• Inventory Slots by @dmccoystephenson in #113
• Made items stackable and limited player inventory slots to 25. by @dmccoystephenson in #115
• Added inventory screen and click-to-select functionality. by @dmccoystephenson in #120

Full Changelog: 0.2.0...0.3.0

Roam 0.2.0 (Living Entities, Graphical Fix, Auto Eat Food, Textures)

What's Changed

• Release/v0.1.0 by @dmccoystephenson in #78
• Changed version to 0.2.0-SNAPSHOT for development towards next release. by @dmccoystephenson in #79
• Updated py_env_lib to 0.0.4-SNAPSHOT to make use of new methods. by @dmccoystephenson in #82
• DrawableEntity Class by @dmccoystephenson in #83
• Living Entity - Chicken by @dmccoystephenson in #84
• Prevent living entities from walking through walls by @dmccoystephenson in #87
• Feature - Drop Items Upon Death by @dmccoystephenson in #89
• Draw locations slightly bigger by @dmccoystephenson in #92
• Feature - Auto Eat Food In Inventory by @dmccoystephenson in #93
• Textures by @dmccoystephenson in #94
• Release 0.2.0 by @dmccoystephenson in #95

Full Changelog: 0.1.0...0.2.0

Roam 0.1.0 (Project Reorganization, UI Modifications, Click To Place/Gather, Bug Fix)

What's Changed

• Main Menu Screen by @dmccoystephenson in #47
• Made the player able to change direction without moving. by @dmccoystephenson in #48
• Limited the speed at which the player can gather and place items. by @dmccoystephenson in #49
• Reorganized the project. by @dmccoystephenson in #51
• Added .gitmodules file. by @dmccoystephenson in #54
• Commented out icon. by @dmccoystephenson in #57
• Updated py_env_lib to 0.0.3 by @dmccoystephenson in #58
• Added shortcuts to the map selection screen. by @dmccoystephenson in #59
• Fixed config file not being recognized sometimes. by @dmccoystephenson in #68
• Merge main into develop. by @dmccoystephenson in #69
• Added mouse control for gathering/placing. by @dmccoystephenson in #70
• Feature - Cycle Through Inventory by @dmccoystephenson in #72
• Fixed clicking status causing the game to crash. by @dmccoystephenson in #74
• Added Q and E next to the inventory preview to guide the player. by @dmccoystephenson in #75
• UI - Room Coordinates by @dmccoystephenson in #76
• Changed version to 0.1.0 for pre-release. by @dmccoystephenson in #77

Full Changelog: 0.0.6...0.1.0