Hi Aaron and Gary,
Thank you both for all that you do for us fans of Autonauts! We are very excited about all we hear about the development of the new version.
I have looked at all of the images that you have shown of the new version but I do not recall seeing any Bots or Folk wearing Hats. I have seen the Farmer Player wearing the Farmer's Hat. There might have been another image of the Farmer Player wearing another Hat.
Can you show us some images that show Bots and Folk wearing Hats?
If Bots can still wear Hats, I have a suggestion for a future update to the new version. (However, I hope this suggestion will not slow down the release of the new version, of course!)
When the list of the "Workers" is shown on the right side of the current version of Autonauts, we see the name of the bot, an icon of either a Crude Workerbot, a Basic Workerbot, or a Steam Workerbot, and the object last held by the bot, as shown below.
I suggest that in the new version, since there no longer are "Crude", "Basic", and "Steam" Workerbots but instead now are only "Mk1", etc., Workerbots, that the list of the "Workers" should show the appropriately-sized icon of the "Mk1" head but also wearing its current Hat.
In my image shown above, we see one Bot at the lower left wearing a Mushroom Hat and carrying a basket of clothes. I know that this bot is named "N1Cloth". Immediately above bot "N1Cloth" is a bot wearing a Black Wig that I know is named "N1Dirt1". Immediately above bot "N1Dirt1" is a bot wearing a Fez and carrying a Clay Pot that I know is named "N1Pot".
In the new version, per my suggestion, these three bots would be shown in the list of "Workers" and their icons would be shown wearing respectively their Mushroom Hat, Black Wig, and Fez.
I think this suggestion would help people that play Autonauts to identify and locate their bots. We have seen several posts on this site from people who say that their bots have "disappeared". I'm sure that you would agree with my opinion that the bots did not disappear but simply could not be found.
Thank you.