Fern 0.9 – new scout, emotes, new biomes

Download: Fern-Windows.zip or Fern-Linux.zip below, unzip, run. No installer.

New in 0.9

• A new scout in the style of PEAK: round head, big eyes with lids and brows, many mouths, shirt and shorts, 8 hats, glasses and neckerchiefs, more expressive animation (fidgets, landing squash, scared, cold and effort faces).
• Emotes: hold G for a wheel with 16 gestures and expressions (wave, point, cheer, laugh, shrug, facepalm, sit down …). Slots are configurable.
• New interface: paper-card menus with settings in tabs, a stamina bar that shows what drains you (hunger, thirst, tiredness, cold, injury), keycap prompts, a backpack screen with slots and item details.
• 30 new items (50 in total, all hand-modeled with icons): cheese, honey, cocoa, sunscreen, boots, compass, lantern, kite, harmonica, fortune cookie and more, with real effects.
• Three new biomes: Lavender Hills, Birch Wood, Heather Highlands (with drizzle).
• Three new obstacles: a pasture fence with a stile, a mud hollow with stepping stones, a rockslide.
• World: a real sea instead of the endless tiled water, wet shores, fallen leaves and petals, footprints, dust puffs, footstep sounds, water rings.
• Graphics: new Extreme preset, longer view and grass distance, FSR 2 option, level of detail for distant trees and their shadows (toggles in Performance).
• Voice test: microphone detection with push to talk (T), always on or voice activation, level meter; your scout's mouth moves as you speak. Nothing is sent anywhere yet.

Windows may say "Windows protected your PC" because the game isn't signed: More info → Run anyway.