V0.11.17 - Hanging out, skin tones, and improvements — Heard of the Story? Steam update #1406298

👥 Hanging around The 'walk up to person' action has been turned into a 'hang around' action. This means that villagers can now sometimes walk up to...

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Heard of the Story? (1881940)
Event type
patch note
Published
9 February 2026 - 17:16:41 UTC
Source
steam_community_announcements
👥 Hanging around The 'walk up to person' action has been turned into a 'hang around' action. This means that villagers can now sometimes walk up to you, or other villagers, and linger around, vibing :) Related to this action: Added new dialogue as villagers approach and decide to leave When hanging around, villagers will now be aware of what you're doing and can react to it with new phrases Allowed the three founding villagers to hang around with you or each other even if there's no friendship yet Added a minimum interval between hanging around to avoid villagers being too unproductive Fixed villagers hanging out with themselves This was supposed to be a small thing but in my opinion might turn out to be quite a nifty big thing. Interested to hear what you think about it. I can see a lot of room for expansion here. For example, villagers giving you hints to make the tutorial / early-game...

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