Posted December 16, 2021 by Aaron W.
In 0.4.0, Chauncey gains the ability to plant and harvest trees.
In the early game, logging is your primary source of income. Each sapling provides a 500% return on investment but takes a year to develop. In 0.4.0, that's pretty good, but the spending decision will be more complicated in later versions. Trees also serve as a simple wall to protect against hordelings, but they also block your sight.
* I plan on reimplementing this later on. For now, the implementation was buggy and did not easily support changing scenery (houses in 0.3 were ignored. In cases like this, it's better to throw it out and start fresh.