Fern 0.13 – a scout that lives in its world

Fern 0.13 – a scout that lives in its world

• The scout reacts to the world – looks at deer, birds and butterflies, catches snowflakes with its tongue, holds on to its hat in a gust, shades its eyes against the low sun, points at shooting stars, warms its hands at the fire, shakes itself dry after a swim … about 26 little moments (can be switched off).
• Gear you can see – what's in the backpack hangs on it; worn clothes show. Take things in your hands (X/Z, F to use): a walking stick planted with every step, a swinging lantern that is the light, a flashlight, the trail map (the next 1.8 km), a compass that points north, a camera (photos without the HUD), a harmonica the animals listen to, a water pistol that puts out campfires.
• 32 emotes on a wheel with three pages – the old ones reworked, 16 new (heart, aww, cry, sneeze, star jump, peekaboo, hero pose …); star, heart and teary eyes, blushing, little symbols above the head.
• Controller support – plug it in and play: analog walking, every action on a button, button symbols in the HUD, vibration.
• Music by the time of day – calm and bright in the morning, warm in the golden hour, dreamy at night; more of the soundtrack than before.
• Faster – new quality presets, a benchmark and a performance overlay (F3).

Downloads: Windows (Fern-Windows.zip), Linux (Fern-Linux.zip), macOS (Fern-macOS.zip).

Windows: if Windows says "Windows protected your PC", click More info → Run anyway.
macOS: move Fern.app to Applications, then right-click → Open → Open the first time (the game isn't signed by Apple). If macOS says it's "damaged", run xattr -cr /Applications/Fern.app once in Terminal.