The Ranch of Rivershine News & Patch Notes

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The Ranch of Rivershine News & Patch Notes | SteamScope

Controller Support, Genetic Update & Photo Mode! 🐴✨ Update 1.10.0.0

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99d ago

Howdy Ranchers! 🐴✨ I’m back with a new update for Rivershine that includes native controller support, a photo mode, a genetic update, new coat colors, and many quality of life improvements and bug fixes!

Controller Support

The Ranch of Rivershine now features native controller support!

There are multiple new settings to customize your controller experience, such as:

Gamepad sensitivity
Inverted controls
Gamepad input rebinding
Gamepad button style (while the game defaults to Xbox buttons, you can change these to Switch or Playstation!)

➡️ If you are using a Playstation, Switch, or 8BitDo controller, please make sure to enable Steam Input for your controller to work correctly!

Genetic Update

Wisely pair your horses and discover three new breeding exclusive coat types… Brindle Dun, Brindle Roan and Dun Roan! Each coat type has 9 unique coat colors, which means there are a total of 27 new coat colors to find in Rivershine!

Along with this, I’ve also updated how coat colors are determined for the foals. I’ll explain how it previously worked, and how it now works with an example:

In the old genetic system, if the mare had a Cream Roan coat, and the stallion had a Dun coat, the foal had a 50% chance of inheriting either coat. This means it could only have these coats:

Dun
Cream Roan

In the new genetic system, double coat colors can be split or mixed with the other parent. For example, if the mare has a Cream Roan coat, and the stallion has a Dun coat, the foal now has a chance of having any one of these coats:

Cream
Roan
Dun
Cream Roan
Cream Dun
Dun Roan

If the parents have a double coat color, the foal will also have a higher chance of having a double coat color. I hope this change will make the breeding more dynamic and interesting, especially if you have a main stallion or breed the same pair multiple times!

Photo Mode

Get ready to snap pictures of your favorite horses in Rivershine! Access the new photo mode by pressing P on your keyboard or Left Bumper on your controller.

While you can use the photo mode to simply hide the game interface, it also includes the ability to move the camera around, change the FOV, and speed up or slow down time, all to help you get that perfect shot!

All of your screenshots will be saved in your Windows folder here: C:\\Users\\Username\\AppData\\Local\\TheRanchOfRivershine\\Saved\\Screenshots\\Windows

Quality of Life Improvements

Added the ability to interact from horseback with certain items, such as NPCs, shop counters, competition boards and travel stones.
Removed the energy limit from the human player sprint, which is now infinite.
Added a new free camera mode for the human player that can be toggled using the Free Camera hotkey (Left Alt or Right stick press).
Added a hotkey to switch between first and third person. (G or Left stick press)
Reworked the map interface to be clearer and easier to use.
Improved the visual indication that buttons are hovered or pressed across all interfaces.
Added a new setting called “Hold to Jump”. Turning this on allows the jump input key to be held in advance, causing the horse to automatically jump over an obstacle once they arrive at the jump. The jump input key must still be released between jumps.
Improved the overall game optimization.

Balance Changes

Changed it so horses can’t get sick in the first 45 days, as sick horses can put too much strain on the early game.
Increased the auction sale value of horses that have a double coat color, mealy, dapple, flaxen or silver genes.
Increased the resale value of items (now 90% of the original price instead of 75%).
Increased the value of eggs, wool and fur.
Increased the speed of the camera zoom in and out when using the mouse wheel.
Balanced the turn speed on horseback to be consistent across all keyboard, mouse and controller inputs.

Bug Fixes

Fixed how interfaces are displayed across all screen sizes and ratios.
Fixed an issue where the game would freeze after bringing a foal in the pasture.
Fixed an animation issue where the horse kept turning in place after opening an interface, when waiting for a competition to start or when dismounting.
Fixed an issue that would cause orchard grass to not be gatherable.
Fixed an issue causing the villagers to not do their chores, despite receiving a notification that they did.
Fixed an issue causing the villagers to never do chores on the first day of a play session.
Fixed a bug that caused the player to get stuck when interacting with their pet and a wild horse at the same time.
Fixed an issue where the camera height would be set too low on the first mount or after exiting first person.
Improved the way jumps are detected after elevation changes.
Fixed an issue where horses would teleport in front of the auction house when leaving the auction even if they were previously tied up.
Changed the HUD action keybinds to match the player’s custom keybinds.
Fixed an issue where wild horses that have been brought to the wild horse pen would continuously rear up when the player’s horse walks nearby.
Fixed a mouse input lag issue when mounting a horse.
Fixed an issue that would make the player fly up when mounting a horse on an incline.
Removed some of the unnecessary black screen transitions to smooth out the gameplay.
Fixed a bug where catching a wild horse before inspecting a horse at the festival caused the horse information to not update properly.
Added more names for the rival horses displayed at the end of competitions.

What’s Next?

I’ll soon begin working on a language update that will be released later this year. This update will include further bug fixes, along with localization in multiple languages.

Thank you all for your patience and happy horsing around!

Éloïse

Full Release Update! Festivals, Gymkhana, Pets, Achievements & More! 🐴✨

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431d ago

Howdy Ranchers! 🐴✨ The final content update is now available! This update includes the town festivals, villager friendships, farm animals, pets, a ranch expansion, achievements, new quests, new tack, and a whole lot of new horse coats! This last roadmap update contains a ton of new content, so get ready for our longest devlog yet! Keep in mind that this devlog contains a lot of spoilers! If you'd prefer to experience it yourself, feel free to skip this and dive right into the game to discover what's new!

Town Festivals

Gymkhana Courses

Twice per season, Rivershine Town will host an equestrian festival! During these, you’ll be able to participate in multiple activities… Including new gymkhana competitions! The gymkhana competitions are held in the town’s arena, and offer a generous first place prize, but you can only try it once per festival! Luckily, you’ll be able to do practice rounds before starting the competition. Either way, be sure to bring your fastest and most flexible horse! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/60aba5d1c2b1147caf7e25435ba440be1139a0f2.png

Mealy Horses

Following the gymkhana, it's time to head over to the auction house! Faraway vendors have brought in unique mealy horses that can’t be found anywhere else in Rivershine. You’ll be able to check their skills and coats, and bring your favorite horses home! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/0bb310e2ec6daa5a9bbcb289d71fa1650b3a6b26.png The mealy pattern is available in five different strengths, from minimum to maximum. It can also be overlaid with other patterns, such as tobiano and dapples, to create unique horses! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/5480e693dcaf6e07ff812de0b14d62d0ca165bfd.gif

Festive Tack

Finally, head over to the townsquare to check out the new pop up shop the saddler has set up! Festival exclusive tack will be available to purchase, including a new baroque set. More seasonal accessories are also available, such as antlers in the winter and flower crowns in the spring! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/4ff233d96b7f2e5f0416614e2e8afe89da429456.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/60245ef2a3eca403b2fed623103fd848900061c6.gif The baroque set includes multiple pieces and color variations, which can be collected over various festivals!

Villager Stories

Friendship Progression

Learn more about the villagers living in Rivershine as you develop your friendship with them! Each of them now has a unique story they’ll share with you over time about their past, their dreams and their worries. They now also have more dynamic dialogues based on the weather, the season and the festivals! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/5802f0b79bf8e4899dbfc0ab97c1c9b75d8b428f.png

Gift Tack

As your friendship progresses, you will be rewarded with unique gifts from each of them. The handwoven tack set seen here can be completed by befriending everyone in town! Additionally, once you’ve completed your friendship progress with a villager, they will sometimes come by your ranch to lend you a hand. Each of them will complete different tasks on your ranch. For example, the farmer will feed your horses, while the carpenter will help clean their stalls! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/7f42c92904677e007af7cff590704e6e14a35db1.gif

Ranch Expansion

Map Rework

A new ranch?! Don’t worry, it hasn’t changed too much! Since I’ve added a lot of new buildings and areas to the ranch during the Early Access, I wanted to revisit the layout to make sure everything was in the best place… So a few things got moved around! You’ll find it now takes less time to walk between your house, the stable, the retirement pasture and the farm fields. There’s also a few more buildings behind your house… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/c7e760f8844f572a52db49c54285a796683e7bc9.png

Farm Animals

A new barn and coop are now available on your ranch! You’ll be able to house a dozen chickens in the coop, along with eight sheep and goats in the barn. Be sure to feed your animals daily, which will allow you to collect eggs, fur and wool to sell for a profit! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/6136b62bddfb82adc6ced7723036c8a620bb32ea.png The farm animals are available to purchase from Aisha once you reach your second festival. During the festivals, she’ll set up a small enclosure in the marketplace, where you can see which animals she has available that day! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/abdbe3e0d83d88c093cc39e7c7afa03f23305242.png

Retirement Pasture

The retirement paddock has moved to greener pastures! Your retired horses will now have more space to wander about on your ranch, and you’ll be able to see them more easily when riding around. You’ll be able to purchase a new upgrade for the retirement pasture, allowing you to keep up to 36 horses. The price of all the retirement pasture upgrades have been reduced in the carpenter’s store. Additionally, the retirement pasture gates can now be opened, allowing you to walk up to your horses and check on them. That’s still the only interaction you’ll have with them though… They’ve earned their right to be pasture ornaments! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/a678449d6013bfb62276662e567cc12e2e61363d.png

House Upgrades

House expansions are now available to purchase from the carpenter's shop! Expanding your house will add new rooms, including a bedroom and a kitchen, to your house. But most importantly, it will allow you more space to keep some new companions... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/8e6363c29c79052e98b74e8791e617bd5a4608d2.gif

Pets

A dog, a bunny and a cat are ready to join you on your adventures! You'll be able to adopt these three furry friends as you expand your house. Choose to leave them to rest at home or bring them along on the trails, where they'll help you by gathering forage! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/cfb44d55c4af0480cd58d6f2d8521a174fe8e195.png

Saddlery Restock

In addition to the new tack you’ll be able to purchase during festivals and receive from the villagers, the saddlery has been restocked! Visit it to shop for two new thematic sets. Almost 200 new tack pieces have been added in total, doubling the customization options for your horses in this update! The price for tack has also been reduced to build your collection more easily. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/970a571b4b7fde4cbc6cf1fa9a0493b495da239f.gif This new race themed set includes saddle pads, bridles and leg wraps. Match it with your favorite race saddle! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/b93f5029306d03bc8e1ddf720f049a14562d1c6f.gif This cute bow set includes new blankets, leg wraps and halters! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/7dbf369125dc3ec0533a49e37d259e66d4f7c4d7.gif These new nature themed accessories will be available to purchase either in the saddlery, or during the festivals!

New Pattern Variations

Discover a ton of new pattern variations for your horses! New variations are available for tobiano, overo, appaloosa, splash, tovero and pintaloosa horses. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/300ba34e66bc51945bbc5d59a1ed751ec2a319e9.gif

New Face Markings

In addition to coat patterns, new face markings have also been added to the game! These include a lot of new badger and bald face markings to allow you to find more unique horses each time you play! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/cfb480bd4826327ee8a350ede06c1e3c6c10252c.gif

Calendar

Hard to keep track of all of these morning notifications? The calendar is here to help you! Consult it any time during the day as a reminder of where wild horses are, which villager is visiting the town or what's happening with your horses. You'll also be able to view when the festivals are in town and when your new foals are due! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/e1b9c164e485d5d59273450334ccecf7c1155d4e.png

Full Storyline

New Introduction

If you've been waiting to start a new save file, now is the perfect time to do so! The tutorial now includes a short cinematic to introduce the story of Rivershine and your role as you arrive in town... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/742691cebe962b9384889860839aef8b6eba53ec.png

Final Statue

After winning your last competition, you'll unlock a new quest to complete the full storyline of Rivershine. This quest includes a new statue being built on your ranch, and bringing forward the mystery horse the villagers have been seeing around town... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/fd315ac45595ed46af7d8638d8951105fb1ddbc2.png

Mystery Horse

This legendary horse will reveal himself to you once you are ready... He has a unique brindle coat color and manchado coat pattern, and will surely bring forward a new generation of champions to Rivershine! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/f6827f4b301471920fca9ccd0277aa2571141777.gif All of you will see a different variation of the mystical horse, with a random brindle color and manchado pattern for each player! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/3bcc08dfbd07e03f914434335a719dc31f83fe59.gif Try to pair your new brindle horse with a cream horse to discover more breeding exclusive coat color variations!

Achievements

Steam achievements have made their way to Rivershine! You'll now be able to unlock over 20 achievements as you progress on your ranch. While some achievement will unlock on older saves, you'll need to play on a new save file to unlock 100% of the achievements. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/36a24a53dc05c267f26386d1b5074ad0629aad40.png

General Changes

Added new save slots for a total of 6 saves available.
Added new gates to directly ride into the second and third pastures.
Added new sheep colors.
Changed how certain interfaces open and close to be quicker.
Fixed the dialogue interface being cut off in certain screen resolutions.
Fixed various issues with the crop farming.
Increased the chance to find horses with brown or black eyes in the auction house.
Updated the horse eye colors.
…And a ton of smaller fixes!

What's Next?

As we've now reached the end of the roadmap for Rivershine, I'll only be updating the game to fix bugs and add small quality of life improvements. I've loved the years I've spent working on this game, and I know a lot of players would enjoy more content, but it's become increasingly challenging to add more to the game with each update. I think the full release is the perfect time to wrap up my work on Rivershine! But, it's not the end for Cozy Bee Games! I've collected a ton of new game ideas while working on Rivershine that I'm really excited about. I can't wait to announce my next project to you all, and while I can't say much about it for now, it will most likely be a new cozy animal life sim! Who knows, there might even be another horse game coming in the future! Thank you all so much for following me on this journey and bringing Rivershine to life together! Éloïse {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/2f269735c5a5ecfa75e43aeef501595098537ece.png

Veterinary Clinic, Weather System & Cream Roan Coats! 🐴🌧️ Update 1.8.0.1

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514d ago

Howdy Ranchers! 🐴🌧️ The eight content update is here with a ton of new features, including a new villager, new forage, a weather system, and new coat colors! As we’re approaching the end of Early Access, I’ve also been spending more time on bug fixing and quality of life improvements to prepare for the full release. You can view the full list of changes below!

The Veterinarian

Meet your new neighbour, Dr. Amelia Trotter! She’ll be waiting for you in the veterinary clinic in Rivershine Town. Her clinic offers an array of remedies and poultices to treat your horses, in addition to a few… mysterious… tonics to boost your horses! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/b4db763bef9b83b4d1f05a0830da8a12517f0ef2.png

Horse Illnesses

Your horses can now become ill, depending on how they are cared for. A healthy horse will be very unlikely to fall sick, while an unhealthy horse surely will. Which illness they get will depend on their satiety, care, energy, the weather and the season. For example, dirty horses might become ill with mud fever, which can be treated with a poultice. Low satiety can cause malnourishment, while low energy brings on exhaustion. These are treated with remedies, either purchased from the veterinarian or crafted yourself from medicinal forage! Additionally, you might now encounter sick horses when catching them in the wild. If you choose to adopt them, it’ll be up to you to get them back in good shape! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/e467fa10814725c7087d04ec2c549e82b0358f3c.png

Remedies & Poultices

While all remedies are available for sale at the veterinary clinic, it might be worth your time to craft them yourself instead! First, you’ll have to purchase the recipes in Amelia’s shop, and then gather the necessary ingredients. New medicinal forage can be found to craft these recipes, such as garlic, ginger, clay and peppermint. Explore the trails to discover where they grow! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/1704a00fc75192a5e564eb712d12e362a5ea0807.png

Boosts & Tonics

In addition to remedies, Amelia sells boosts you can use for various effects on your horses. For example, you can now grow your horse’s hair faster, or freeze it to stay at the same length! The veterinarian also offers potent tonics to boost your horse’s growth. Complete your mare’s pregnancy or help your foal grow up overnight… No need to skip days, as long as you can cover the vet’s expensive fees for her potions! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/fceb192461d3eb1740edccbc2d2745f8ac79f50f.png

Weather System

Get ready to face the elements! There is now a chance for sunny, cloudy, rainy or snowy days, depending on the season. Keep in mind that on rainy and snowy days, your unhealthy horses have a chance to develop rain rot if they are left outside without a blanket. Healthy horses shouldn’t have much trouble with it, and it can always be treated with a poultice! I’ve also added a new setting named “Forever Sunny” that can be turned on to prevent all weather events. This can be used if the new weather is too demanding on your computer and causes lag, or just if you prefer to keep the skies clear! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/704547821f15d88a1559587fa72898229da3a6be.gif

Foal Bottle Feed

As a little addition to foal care, you can now bottle feed your foals to gain extra trust while they’re growing up! Collect the milk from your nursing mare’s stall and give it yourself to your foal for that extra bond. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/678e3d716f5d2faf5a0323684047a9a9f3e92174.png

Cream Roan Horses

Discover nine new breeding exclusive coat colors by mixing roan and cream horses together! These include coats such as palomino roan, buckskin roan and smoky cream roan. Some of these are my new favorites - I hope you’ll enjoy them too! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/cd2880d29cc5c8a97029907a4d8fd830bb36ff92.gif

General Changes

Added four new arena obstacle courses for sale in River’s shop.
Added a new brush for sale in George’s shop.
Added a “Keyboard Control” setting that can be turned on to control the camera with the keyboard instead of the mouse. This setting should be particularly useful for players using a touchpad.
Added a “Forever Spring” setting to keep the foliage and environment colors in spring all year long.
Added a new quest with Madelaine to explain how the auction house upgrades in her shop work.
Added a name randomizer in the horse’s interface.
Increased the space available in the retirement pasture from each upgrade, with the last upgrade now granting a total of 24 spaces instead of 16. There will be additional changes to the retirement pasture in the next update.
Increased the chance for the leg markings to be the same height on horses found in the auction house and in the wild.
Added more coat colors for the NPC horses.
Added two new travel stones in Rivershine Town.
Added the pasture doors being open or closed to the save data.
Changed the mouse cursor to a custom cursor.
Changed the recipe list to be divided in categories for clarity.
Added a “Notes” section in the inventory to record your own memos.
Fixed an issue with the boots flickering on the male player character.
Fixed an issue with the intermediate flower fence course caused by the obstacles being too close to each other.
Fixed an issue where taking a horse out of the pasture to ride did not work correctly.
Fixed an issue where wandering horses could trigger travelling to a new area.
Fixed an issue where the arena jumps would sometimes disappear after selecting a course.
Fixed various issues caused by pressing pause during competitions, which resulted in game breaking bugs.
Fixed an issue where a competition could be completed multiple times from a single competition, creating various bugs.
Changed the dapple colors on bay base horses to be lighter and more visible.
Changed the foal behaviour so that they stay with their mom in the correct pasture. They will still be in separate pastures on the first load but after placing them together, they will stay together.
Fixed an issue that would set a mare as not nursing while she still had a foal.
Fixed an audio issue at the start of the game when loading in a save file.
Fixed Gallant Deer’s name not being visible on his statue.
Fixed the square saddle pad clipping with the pregnant mare model’s belly.
Fixed an issue that caused the Coastal Chase competition to be marked as complete without participating in it.
Fixed various issues with hair dyes not appearing correctly.
Updated the tips displayed on the loading screens.
Changed the Azure Coast competition winning times to be slightly easier.
Removed the tameness loss from retiring a horse.
Fixed various trail jumps in Pine Forest.
Fixed an issue that caused the player to be invisible during the statue blessing cinematic if they were in first person.
Fixed an issue that allowed horses to walk on the auction house’s roof.
Fixed an animation stutter when mounting tall horses.
Fixed placement issues with the first person camera.
Fixed various typos.

There are also known issues with the farming and the retirement pasture, and these will be worked on in the next update.

What’s Next?

After doing some planning for the full release, I’ve decided to combine the last two updates on the roadmap, Home Sweet Home and Village Life, into a single bigger content update that will mark the full release of the game! As planned, this update will include new additions to your ranch, pets, seasonal events and villager friendships. I have a few more surprises in store for this update to make it exciting for both new players and for those who have been playing The Ranch of Rivershine over the last two years! Thank you for reading and enjoy your time in Rivershine! Éloïse

Azure Coast Trail, Rabicano Horses & Trust Training! 🐴☀️ Update 1.7.0.1

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549d ago

Howdy Ranchers! 🐴☀️ We’re starting 2025 strong with our seventh content update! It's time to ride along the Azure Coast trail… and discover a ton of new content in it! Catch wild rabicano horses, train your horse’s trust, participate in coastal competitions, equip new tack and learn new recipes!

Azure Coast Trail

Ride along vast beaches, listen to the sounds of waves and shelter under palm trees in this final region expansion! Collect new forage, such as watermelon and sand, and discover six new hidden chests scattered across Azure Coast. You might even see some shoals of fish swimming in the ocean! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/de6b8ce328e5cd3ff1d0d5fe47c57823167fd9e1.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/d7fefa6a79b7510502c4d4094e00e9b8310b4108.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/954465866ef69003350d3a8c99dda0aa055cc14a.png

New Competitions

Participate in four new competitions, from beginner to expert, set on the sandy shores of Azure Coast. Once the trail is open, you’ll soon receive an invitation to compete in these new courses! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/031b63fb372bfa730b6834339559ccf844b12a52.gif

Rabicano Horses

Herds of wild rabicano horses will be roaming around Azure Coast… Be sure to build the wild horse pen, and get ready to catch them! The rabicano pattern comes in 8 new variations. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/45c59563b5b21adc6b352741b239ae6ba3257523.png

New Music

Get into the beachy vibes by listening to the new Azure Coast track! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/28e20e71a1362393181fc4303c73fe11c70ab226.png

Trust Training

Walk with your horse through shallow waters, navigating around large rocks and shoals of fish to increase their trust for you. The trainer will help you get the new trust arena set up on the coast! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/17966e7e0dd400a8cddd75d4eadf5cc7cacb9915.gif

New Tack

Visit the saddler’s shop to see what new inventory is available! Equip your horse with a bitless knit bridle, a lantern accessory, or with new sheepskin saddle pad colors. Remember that some of the new pieces will be hidden throughout Azure Coast! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/1c552dd7e7f373ccfc929c7e1aa19df5b7394448.gif

Loading Screens

Travelling to a new area has never been prettier! The loading screen now features unique illustrations for each area and useful gameplay tips. Thank you to our community members who shared their gameplay tips! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/9c397562e1686abca74eadc404d3696010fade8a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/dfb31b955a491381c760fd9083dbdca9ca34bdd6.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/9004702b539a7a7ecb076175c0b0f2243d249f82.png

General Changes

Added flags on the sides of cross country jumps.
Added an option in the settings menu to change the camera's vertical height while on horseback.
Fixed the green square saddle pad not being available for sale in the saddler’s shop.
Fixed collision issues with the flowers.
Fixed issues with horses disappearing out of the retirement pasture.
Fixed an issue that caused the player to fall through the map when using travel stones.
Fixed the competition outfit becoming permanent due to restarting a race.
Forageable items now have a chance to give seeds again.

What's Next?

Following the roadmap, the next update will focus on caring for your horse’s health, gathering new ingredients, crafting remedies, and meeting the last villager… The veterinarian! She’ll be moving into the long abandoned clinic in Rivershine Town. Here’s an early look at your new neighbour! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/beadb8eb24862c4af3cd8ac193c58b1df8e53a5c.png Thank you all for your support and I'll be back with more news soon! ❤️

New Outfits, Hats & Hairstyles, New Villager & Coat Colors! 🐴🎁 Update 1.6.0.1

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585d ago

Howdy Ranchers! 🐴🎁 We’re wrapping up 2024 with our sixth content update for The Ranch of Rivershine. This update brings you a whole new wardrobe to customize your character, a new villager to meet, and new breeding exclusive coat colors! I hope you’ll all have some time to cozy up and take a look at the new features over the holidays. ❄️❤️

New Outfits & Hats

Classic, western or casual? Your choice! Mix and match pieces from each type for a unique look, and be sure to collect all of the colors available to be ready for every occasion! In addition to the new outfits, you can now wear a hat! Wear a helmet to stay safe while taming wild horses… or just for the style! Make sure to save your favorite outfits to quickly swap between them, and to pick your competition outfit. This outfit will be automatically equipped when you enter into a competition! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/0ba18acf12795326685667a2e7a5f7c2c03fcc87.png Here are some inspirations for your outfits! You could have a classic aesthetic... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/397bf9c93eb395f2943a83dd2b8d41c20fda8086.gif Or sport a good old western fit... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/098dc326dccf8e58a69cdd3725c705959ee2ed21.gif Or try a more casual look for visiting the town! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/95f7b37af2602933fa689aa7e33111ae3ca323a5.gif No need to start a new game to update your player’s look, simply visit the wardrobe in your house to browse through the new clothes. Your old outfit and hairstyle will be reset with the new options, so make sure to refresh your fit!

New Hairstyles & Hair Colors

New hairstyles are now available for a total of 16 different hairstyles! In addition, you'll be able to dye your hair in new colors, including pastel tones! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/f9d1bd8de05b55cf53b56f691d3e0655b5f5ad0f.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/23eb0aa7e4554c8fca9fe2c09d47291cf0109f94.gif

New Villager & Boutique

Meet your new friendly neighbour! Daphne will move into Crystal Lake and open her boutique, where you’ll be able to purchase all of the new clothing options. Her store will feature a rotating inventory with different pants, shirts, shoes and hats every day so make sure to visit her often! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/7912547f854e5fdc3b9957af613d7d7062eab1bb.png

Dunalino, Dunskin & Grulla

Discover new breeding exclusive coat colors that you’ll be able to create in your own stables! Breed together two horses with a dun coat and a cream coat for a chance to have a dunalino, dunskin or grulla foal. A total of 9 new coat colors are now available! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/d545a8442bf4ea95ec13cd9227e496ac2b4e51db.gif

Horse Names

New random horse names can now be discovered in the auction house, when catching wild horses and when raising foals! Each category now has more than double the amount of names available to create more diversity and uniqueness with the horses you find. Special thanks to our community members who shared their suggestions to add to the horse names! <3

General Changes

Translated all new content to French.
Added five new eye colors.
Added new clothes and hairstyles for the visitors in Rivershine Town.
Fixed an issue where the player would not be visible if entering the wardrobe in first person mode.
Reduced the cost of the wild horse pen upgrades.

What's Next?

We’re back on track with the roadmap, which means that the next update will be Azure Coast! In addition to a whole new area to explore, this beachy landscape will also introduce new cross country competitions, a trust training course and rabicano wild horses! Happy holidays everyone, I’ll see you in 2025! 🎄

New Manes & Tails, Rare Patterns, Crafting & New Villager! 🐴🎨 Update 1.5.0.2

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693d ago

Howdy Ranchers! 🐴🎨 The Mane Salon update is here, bringing a ton of new content for your horses in this fifth roadmap milestone! Cut, style and dye your horse's mane and tail, meet the stylist, learn crafting recipes and collect new ingredients for your concoctions.

Mane & Tail Styles

Learn how to style your horse’s mane and tail 20 different ways, from short to very long! Some of the new styles include different types of braids, straight and wavy cuts. While these are only for your horses, worry not, as the character customization update is coming up soon! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/61a86320e9f7e778e9e366b9f75aaca7b65aa10b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/9a495529949a1fc2e779a6d32dc46f29d8626930.png

Hair Dye

To further customize your horse’s look, add a pop of color to their mane and tail with dye! Choose from 15 colors to match your horse’s hair to their tack or pick a more neutral look. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/641c4f845fa050cf23e8e3faaeaa415258b6196a.gif

Flower Fields

Keep an eye out for the new flower fields! Each trail will now feature a unique flower color that can be transformed into hair dye. Find chests to learn the crafting recipes, and mix the flowers together to create different dye colors! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/792817dcb4fc7156ddedc75549235f5a92363cf6.png

Handy Crafting

Turn your forage, crops and even manure into useful items! The farmer will help you get started with a few fertilizer recipes that can now be crafted from your inventory. While only fertilizers and dyes can be crafted for now, I have plans for further recipes and ingredients to be added, especially in the upcoming veterinarian update! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/32829765b97c262db14474e46ccd640f8f0fc54c.gif

New Villager

Meet Orion, the new villager who just opened the Mane Salon in Rocky Mountain! You’ll be able to learn how to style your horse’s mane and tail from his store. He’ll also help you learn how to craft your own dyes! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/e2b296b9dc618ffe6510e57141fb84adc96bb42f.png

Tovero & Pintaloosa

Get ready to breed unique coat patterns on your ranch! Tovero horses can now be bred from a pair of tobiano and overo parents, while pintaloosa horses can be born from a pair of tobiano and appaloosa parents. What other unique pattern mix would you like to see in Rivershine? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/dc5b1f7435b0741f080eab546e0e8747b3ad0b2a.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/e1c1e4a4a8e70564fab58ff6304fd7350345f386.gif

Eye Colors

Take a closer look at the horses you catch in the wild or purchase in the auction house… They’ll now have a whole new range of eye colors! While eye colors were previously limited to specific coats, all horses can now have all eye colors. Mix and match to find your perfect horse! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/f711fe0645bb7551cbfcc55a4488363935b05980.gif

General Changes

Added “Farm” category items available for the player to sell, such as seeds and fertilizer.
Removed the compost bin.
Increased the statue's fame gained from stone circles.
Increased the cleaning speed of the brushes.
Improved the brushing particle effects.
Fixed issues with the screen staying black after screen transitions.
Fixed a bug where you could use the fast travel before selecting a location.
Changed how items spawn to create more clusters and more forageable items overall.

What’s Next?

While I initially planned on the roadmap to add Azure Coast next, I’ll switch the next two updates around and instead add the Fashion Boutique update first! It will allow you to customize your character better and purchase more outfits from a new cozy villager… You’ll soon be riding your horses in style! Thank you for following the development of The Ranch of Rivershine! Éloïse

Horse Personality Traits, Round Pen & Fast Travel! 🐴🌷 Update 1.4.0.2

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781d ago

Hi Ranchers! 🐴🌷 We have a ton of new content packed in our fourth roadmap milestone, including discovering your horse’s personality traits, lungeing foals in the round pen, raising horses of different heights and fast traveling to key locations!

Round Pen

The round pen on your ranch can now be restored! Build it to lunge your foals and wild horses and prepare them for riding. While both foals and adults can use the round pen, foals learn twice as fast while they’re young. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/f2feb48d8b2c13166d49d1e40502ad97dea323c7.png You can train all four skills by changing your horse's gait, adding jumps in the round pen or shortening the lead's length to train your horse's flexibility. If your horse doesn’t respond to your command, make sure to calm them down to improve their tameness! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/02203d8c9cb1c6679f4ab3e5fadb13dbb3b263eb.gif

Horse Tameness

Wild horses and foals aren’t so tame anymore! You’ll now need to train a new skill for your horses: Tameness! This skill will impact how well a horse responds to your commands. For example, an untamed horse might just rear or buck when you ask them to accelerate, but as they improve, they’ll listen to you more and more often until they are fully tamed. Tame your horses by lungeing or by riding them and calming them down when they buck. Wild horses are untamed, but luckily, horses bought at the auction house are fully tame, so you won’t have to worry about them! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/adc34d240c8f04927f01c5ae80b1e51cbaeae2f6.gif

Horse Personalities

All of your horses will now have three unique personality traits! Each trait falls under a category:

Training: This trait impacts how fast and where your horse can be better trained, for example by training in speed twice a fast or by losing less energy when training at home.
Caring: This trait changes how your horse needs to be cared for, for example by always having a clean coat or being able to eat two treats daily.
Earning: This trait allows you to earn gold in various ways with your horse, for example by finding gold while riding on the trails or by earning extra gold from the competitions.

Your current horses will all receive personality traits at random when you load up your save file! For future horses, you’ll be able to see their traits in the auction house and your foals will have a chance to inherit their parent’s traits. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/a726020407c1e1c52ec05c954e0e83f130875824.png

Horse Height

Since this feature was highly requested, I decided to include it as a bonus in this update! All of the horses you’ll encounter in Rivershine will now have varying heights, from 14H to 16.2H. Your current horses will stay the same size and stand at 15H tall. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/15bca5a22d7721815813ad72e6b9d5f7454db8c0.gif When breeding horses, your foals will have about the average of their parents, and you’ll see their height go up each day as they grow. Young adults will now also grow over time and reach their full height once they become adults! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/0686e6c08241ddbc436fd4ae41c2a0c8fb7d7bf7.png

Travel Stones

Mysterious stones have appeared in key locations across all of Rivershine… It might be useful to take a closer look at them, as they will allow you to fast travel around the trails! Help the villagers of Rivershine to learn more about the stones and gain the ability to travel through them. The villagers will also shine more light onto the mystery of the town, but there will still be more left to discover… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/ce2a335c50b962162eb69c5d79fddcc39b83bf1a.png

Stone Circles

Along with the travel stones, you’ll find stone circles around the town and trails. These will reward you for exploring and grant money, potential, energy or statue fame as you pass through them. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/cbbedf66b41daa727857e875175492c89a2a8f3a.png

General Changes

Translated all new content to French.
Improved the horse jump animations.
Added four new shades of base black coat colors.
Added more random colors for the NPC’s horses.
Added coat genetic information to the fertility pasture interface.
Fixed a game-breaking bug that caused the player to get stuck when trying to adopt a wild horse.
Changed horse energy to be replenished after spending a night in the fertility pasture.
Fixed a bug where the Rocky Mountain statue would charge up before the quest for it is available.
Fixed a bug that caused the competition start and end gates to stay visible after finishing the race.
Fixed the foal brushing hitbox.
Fixed foals being able to reach 100% care.
Fixed horses losing their dapple coat color when they are placed in retirement. This won’t restore dapples for previous horses but it won’t happen again with future horses.
Fixed the jump training arena in Crystal Lake not unlocking correctly after purchase.
Changed the indoor arena and grain descriptions to clarify how they impact training.
Increased the foragable item spawn chance.
Changed where grains spawn to match the trail’s training bonus.
Fixed the Rocky Mountain music stopping abruptly.
Reduced all tack cost by half.
Increased the time required to break quickly to reduce instances of stopping by accident.
Change the questline so that the Lupine Meadow and Rocky Mountain expert races don’t unlock at the same time.
Fixed an issue where the horse’s energy bar wouldn’t visually increase after feeding a treat or resting at a hitching post.
Added sound effects for the foal’s footsteps.
Fixed the horses and foals not being led correctly out of the stable.
Fixed issues with horses being duplicated when loading a save.
Removed the ability to “ride” foals by resetting to the map’s entrance.

What’s Next

The next content update will be focused on opening the stylist’s boutique! Along with meeting a new villager, you’ll learn how to cut your horse’s hair in new styles… And more ways to make your herd look pretty! Thank you for following the development of The Ranch of Rivershine! Éloïse

Rocky Mountain Trail, Dapple Horses & New Tack Colors! 🐴🌻 Update 1.3.0.0

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873d ago

Hi Ranchers! 🐴🌻 We’ve now reached the third milestone on The Ranch of Rivershine’s roadmap: The Rocky Mountain trail! This area opens up a ton of new content including new competitions, wild dapple horses, new tack colors, a flexibility training arena, and a new horse statue! Additionally, The Ranch of Rivershine is currently on sale! It’s a perfect time to grab the game and head onto the mountain trails!

New Trail

The Rocky Mountain trail features steep inclines, hanging bridges, and herds of wild goats! You’ll be able to ride around this new area and upgrade it with cross country obstacles, a wild horse pen, and a flexibility arena... And don't forget to look for the three hidden tack chests! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/b7125e949ebfd387ec667faa1b79860e02889b95.png A new lively track will also be playing on this trail... Give it a listen here! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/55cfd6de0fccf76abd9ecd93c2853f20b49d2d1d.png

New Competitions

After opening the Rocky Mountain trail, you'll have access to four new cross country competitions. If you've already unlocked all the competitions, these will all become available instantly. If not, you'll unlock them as you progress through the questline! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/b46a57a78c8cccf1fdfe4f07541a1fe5546730ca.gif I've also created two new obstacle sets to decorate these new courses! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/4aa88ff5d8139b03e32e1590933d55d13793e529.png

Flexibility Arena

The flexibility arena is finally here! Wave around a line of barrels to pass through the flexibility checkpoints and quickly train your horse. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/44519397862cb37820c7cc89892959fbe566eadc.gif Purchase this arena from River and upgrade it twice after that to use it multiple times per day. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/ebf2b3bbf6fbb78309acbee472541034ee97eac1.png

Dapple Coats

The wild horses sighted in Rocky Mountain have interesting coat colors… It's dapples! After building the Rocky Mountain wild horse pen, you'll be able to catch these horses and add them to your stables. Dapples are a new type of coat modifier and can be mixed with all coat colors and patterns. This results in a ton of new coat color combinations to discover! Dapples are available in five different strengths, from minimum to maximum. Here’s an example of how the different dapples look on a black horse! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/a5a2c33454c15de749869292f08d2b9b1e830044.gif

Tack Colors

All the tack is available in new colors at the saddlery! The fabric tack has four new shades: pink, purple, teal and orange! The leather tack also has two additional shades: light brown and dark brown. Here's a preview of the new fabric color range! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/b448b38b75899e237321ed2c8c86b58473e91d7a.png Since the horse interface was getting a bit too cluttered with all the equipment, I’ve also reworked it to make it easier to find the color you want! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/97484e960bc24fef5070b16d1c2c5b6203ea0003.png

Balance Changes

Reduced the cost of early upgrades and tack items.
Changed all competition times to be a little easier.

What's Next?

For the next content update, I'll be tackling the foal training! This will allow you to interact with your foal in new ways and do more activities with them. Alongside that, I'll also implement horse personalities to make each of your horse more unique! If you'd like to see more development news and participate in beta testing for upcoming updates, be sure to join the official The Ranch of Rivershine Discord! Thank you for reading and happy trail riding everyone! Éloïse

Orchard, Marketplace, Hitching Posts & Arena Courses! 🐴🍀 Update 1.2.1.0

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917d ago

Since the game’s release last May, I’ve had a growing to-do list of small additions, quality of life improvements and bug fixes that I never found the time to do. To start the new year fresh, I decided to clear (most of) that to-do list! 🐴🍀 This update covers many different features and areas of the game to bring you a more polished, well-balanced result. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/50accf2594e77b0e19175dc74e896c114efc2a7f.png

Horses & Care

Added hitching posts for horses around the town, the ranch and the trails.
Added that horses wander off when left alone. Based on their trust level, they will stay closer to where they were left.
Increased the horse’s speed while going over a jump.
Improved the horse’s turning animation.
Added animations when the horse and rider see an approaching jump.
Added information for how many days a foal or young adult has left to grow up.
Added information about the horse’s coat color, modifier, pattern and hair genetics.
Improved the horse’s family tree interface.
Added the option to move all of the horses in the stable or the pasture in the stable manager.
Added an icon to better display which skill has improved training from grain.
Added a water trough in each stall.
Added new types of bedding that stay clean longer.
Increased the chances that horses in the auction house and in the wild have no face markings.

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Player Character

Added the ability to sprint.
Added the ability to make your horse rear by pressing the jump action while idle.
Added the ability to pet your horse’s head.
Added the ability to jump on your horse from the rear.
Added a first person mode. The first person mode is experimental and might be changed or removed based on feedback.

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Town & Villagers

Added counters in each store to ring the shopkeeper and bring them to the counter.
Added that villagers living outside of the town will sometimes visit the marketplace.
Added more decorations and animals in town.
Added wood shavings and sand available for sale in the grocer’s shop.

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Farm & Orchard

Added seeds to plant cucumbers, pumpkins, watermelons, apple trees and pear trees. All seeds are available for purchase in the farmer’s shop.
Added the treat models for cucumbers, pumpkins, watermelons and pears.
Added two orchard plots available from the start on the player’s ranch, and six more available for sale in the carpenter’s shop.
Added a quest with the farmer to introduce the new orchard.
Added a compost bin where manure can be turned into random fertilizer.
Changed that crops growing out of season will now transform into hay.
Fixed the crop and hay textures looking odd during fall and winter.

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Daily Cycle

Added a confirmation box before going to sleep.
Added a daily overview of your progress that day.
Added daily morning notifications for important events such as new pregnancies, foals growing up, villagers visiting the town and crops being ready to harvest.

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Upgrades

Added the Flower Fence and Country Barrel expert arena courses.
Added the Boxwood Hedge arena courses from beginner to expert.
Added a training boost for all skills while in the indoor arena.

General Changes

Added icons on the map for retired horses.
Saved and loaded the camera zoom distance.
Fixed a bug that caused wild horses to never spawn on the first day of loading the game.
Fixed a bug where the herbal remedy could only be purchased once.
Fixed a bug that caused mares to stay pregnant one day longer after they gave birth.
Fixed a bug where the statue tracker wouldn’t work while charging the statue for the first time.
Fixed a bug where wild horses would be visible on the map, even if no horses were present.
Fixed a bug where horses could wander into the other pastures before they’re unlocked.
Fixed a bug where horses couldn’t be moved successfully into the stables from the stable manager.
Fixed a bug that caused horses in the fertility pasture to not be displayed in the stable manager.
Fixed a bug where you couldn't give a treat to a horse after they were in the fertility pasture.
Fixed a bug where horses couldn’t reach 100% care after being switched stalls.
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused multiple days to pass in one night.

Balance Changes

Balanced all competitions' win times.
Changed the young adult stage to only last 7 days instead of 14 days.
Changed the statue and retirement pasture quests to be available earlier.
Reduced the cost of different upgrades, including:
- The fertility pasture.
- The farm fields.
- The access to Pine Forest and Crystal Lake.
- The Lupine Meadow wild horse pen.
- The first and second level of the retirement pasture.
- The first and second pasture upgrade.
- All levels of arena obstacle courses.
- All levels of trail obstacle courses.

With this done, I’ll get back to our original programming: As planned in the roadmap, the next content update will be focused on the new Rocky Mountain trail, and everything that comes with it… New wild horses, new competitions and new flexibility training arena! Enjoy your time in Rivershine! Éloïse

Rivershine🐴✨A Year in Review!

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940d ago

As 2023 is coming to an end, I thought it would be fun to review everything that happened at The Ranch of Rivershine this year, and look ahead to what will be coming in the new year! 🐴✨

A Look Back

Demo

On January 20th, I released the demo that gave you all a first impression of The Ranch of Rivershine. After working on it for two years, I was really excited to finally put the game in your hands, and over 20,000 people played it! The demo only contained the ranch, the town, a handful of villagers, and was limited to the first season. Still, some of you played the demo on repeat, and racked up dozens of hours of playtime! It motivated me to get the Early Access ready, and with a lot of notes and feedback, I got back to work… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/a9f81f365735a0e35edb798c759ccb93bae2d44b.png

Early Access

On May 12th, the Early Access release went live on Steam! This version included the much awaited foals, in addition to new trails, new villagers, more quests and four seasons. Since then, we’ve had a very active community on Discord talking about their time in Rivershine and sharing cute pictures of their horses! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/8d0d5a77ff0df35583e47b497089ee07d31121ef.png

Content Updates

After a summer of bug patches following the Early Access release, I started working on the content updates and released the Wild Horse update in September, followed by the recent Saddlery update in December. If you haven’t played the game since the initial release, you have a lot of new content to discover including the wild horses, new training arenas, new ranch upgrades, a new villager and the saddlery opening in town! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/fe4160e2730801730ad494596faafe108d284068.png

The Road to Full Release

Back in November, I released a roadmap of the upcoming content updates that will lead up to the full release of The Ranch of Rivershine. As you can see, we still have quite a lot to go! While I initially planned on finishing the game in 2024, I now expect the full release to be in 2025. While this is a delay for the finished game, it just means that I’ll spend more time working on it and adding more features to it. If you haven’t seen the roadmap yet, have a look at it here! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/693be0ebde271bfd2e8edb12130650d9a8147403.png

Next Update

Before I start creating the next content update, which will be Rocky Mountain, I’ll be working on a smaller update in January that will include bug fixes, balance changes, and smaller additions I’ve wanted to make for some time. For example, this will include the ability to sprint, to pet your horses, and to jump in the saddle from the back! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/df48a63a1c7477ffb0fc7c7c73872507ecc37236.gif Happy New Year everyone, and I hope to see you at The Ranch of Rivershine in 2024! Éloïse

Saddlery, New Horse Tack & New Villager! 🐴❄️ Update 1.2.0.3

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954d ago

Hi Ranchers! 🐴❄️ The second content update for The Ranch of Rivershine is ready just in time for the holidays! It's time to visit the saddlery in town, tack up your horse with new equipment, and wrap them up in a blanket for the cold season! We also have some additional improvements to the game with wild horse pen upgrades, a statue tracker and more bug fixes!

New Tack

Your horses are ready for a new style! You’ll now be able to equip your horse with a much wider variety of bridles, saddles and saddles pads. In addition to that, I’ve also added new types of tack such as leg wraps, breast collars, halters, accessories and blankets. Feel free to mix and match the equipment to your liking, as it won’t have an impact on your horse’s performance or abilities. Just choose what looks best to you! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/d1dce10808da7fed1a8d8f19d3cc4936e81a7a48.gif To fit in all the new types of tack, the horse interface is now separated into two sections. The first one contains all of the horse care actions, while the second one contains the horse tack options. I’ve also added a new medicine action, which will be expanded on later during the veterinary content update. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/7220b95dace4a3a4e591291b7e92b065893018e8.png

Old Saddlery

A new store is open in town! The saddlery works a bit differently than other stores as it features a rotating inventory, so make sure to visit it daily to see all the new tack. You’ll be able to view the tack available for sale that day before purchasing it! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/064cfb8f42d640a53bf817f9ef17310cc1b8fd1e.png

New Villager

And to run the saddlery, a new villager moved into town! Shin Dae lives in town and crafts all kinds of horse tack. He’ll help you get started with equipping your horse by gifting you some pieces, and then sending you on a treasure hunt! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/71fe2749352418401bfc1c786c8701afdac6e07d.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/f031e7a89f13cd87068c9d2415b92cf504901aa2.png

Tack Treasure Hunt

Make sure to look in the best hiding spots and find hidden chests all over the town, ranch and trails to gain unique tack! There are currently 3 hidden chests per area, each containing a new piece of tack you can’t find anywhere else. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/2847bd231c0bad5a83077b9c6db5d4b9f54f8fea.png Keep track of how many chests you’ve found with a new addition on your map! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/41f726ac7e89c3bb0fd66faa51190286fe3a8967.png

Horse Statue Tracker

You’ll now be able to save yourself some time by keeping track of the horse statues in the quest interface. Each statue has its own progress bar that will start updating once you complete the quest for it, so you can easily keep track of your progress with each of them! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/17b4760bba50ea7fe248c7e2f35187cab3607f6f.png

Wild Horse Upgrades

I’ve received feedback after the last update that it would be more fun to improve the wild horse’s skills as the game progresses. In this update, you’ll be able to purchase upgrades for the wild horse pens. This will allow you to improve the maximum skills wild horses can have, from beginner to expert! Once the corrals are fully upgraded, you’ll find all sorts of horses, but you can get lucky with a horse that has all expert skills! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/29e6130290536e66c61a3951bb8169718b84698e.png

What's Next?

For the next content update, I’ll be working on the Rocky Mountain update! This will include a whole new area to explore, four new cross country competitions, a flexibility training arena and new wild horses with a unique coat color to catch. This will be quite a big update, but I’ll be sure to keep you all updated on my progress in the Cozy Bee Game’s Discord server. Make sure to join if you’d like to follow along with the development of The Ranch of Rivershine!

General Changes

Added multiple entrances around the wild horse pens to make it easier to corral horses.
Reviewed the breeding system so that the coat colors and coat types of both parents are mixed correctly.
Changed the horse’s statue so that they only glow when the quest to use them is complete.
Changed the order of some quests to improve the early game’s pace.
Translated all new content to French.

Bug Fixes

Removed all rocks from Pine Forest to prevent wild horses from getting stuck on them.
Fixed a bug that caused wild horses to get stuck around the maze in Lupine Meadow.
Fixed a bug that allowed inspecting wild horses before bringing them in the round pen, which could get the game stuck.
Fixed a bug where foals would run around the pasture while the horse interface is open.
Fixed a bug that allowed taking out a horse of retirement even if no stall were available, which caused the horse to disappear from the game.
Fixed a bug that caused horses taken out of the retirement pasture to always have a short mane and tail.

Thank you all for reading my devlog and I hope you’ll enjoy this new saddlery update! Happy holidays! Éloïse

Wild Horses, Retirement Pasture & New Training Arenas! 🐴🍀 Update 1.1.0.0

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1041d ago

Hi Ranchers! 🐴🍀 I'm really excited to share with you all the first content update for The Ranch of Rivershine! This update allows you to catch wild horses, build new upgrades such as training arenas, a retirement pasture and a competition board, along with many other fixes and quality of life improvements. It's the perfect time to dive back into Rivershine or build your ranch for the first time!

Wild Horses

It’s time to saddle up and chase wild horse herds! You’ll now be able to see them roaming the trails around Rivershine… Get ready to catch them! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/add89e089b609ca713167d436cba5c6e35c23a21.png First, the park ranger will send you a message to build wild horse pens on each of the trails. Once built, there’ll be a chance for wild horses to arrive on those trails every day. If wild horses are present, the ranger will send you a message to let you know… And it’s time to set out and find them! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/0ec3c206b81ec10d1c924bebf87f9e0aa9920710.png Once you encounter them, the wild horses will be scared and run away from you. To approach them, you’ll have to chase them from horseback and guide them into the round pen. They’ll settle down once they enter the corral, and you’ll be able to take a closer look… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/a27fa520e7e8ffea1ebf5410334f1ede3179663a.png Befriend the wild horses by petting their head, and then inspect them from all sides. This allows you to see the wild horse’s coat, gender, and skill level. You can corral and inspect as many wild horses as you like, but you can only choose one to bring back home, so pick wisely… Luckily, a new herd will pass by the trails in a few days! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/5ab4e2f379fae8aa4b94c6521c97551534b819fa.png

Horse Coats

Wild horses have a chance to feature exclusive coat colors and patterns. You'll be able to find a unique type of coat on each trail, so make sure to catch horses everywhere you go! For example, here are the unique splash patterns you'll be able to find in Lupine Meadow... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/1dafc644778802907c241571dda23ddaddf5def0.gif I’ve also reworked and expanded on the previous pattern types, so you’ll be able to find new variations of appaloosa, tobianos and overos. Here's a quick look at what these new patterns look like! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/2a5342a67000acf53b358eefe4a99ed06d32f341.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/ad9a62f45bdeaf04ad7d63dd506dfb5c32354e79.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/b6447908aa97f66e92cb3900c4efe4fb36528b90.gif

Training Arenas

New training arenas are available to purchase from the trainer’s store! These arenas are designed to improve a specific skill, such as speed, endurance or jump. Each of them can be built and upgraded twice to train your horse even further daily. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/43cf90e3a0f2b0d6de3c052aafb918618e795b3e.png To train your horse, simply bring them to the arena and pass through the training checkpoints at the correct gait. Your horse will quickly improve their skills, but the arena can only be used once per day! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/886547b79d4555813e596af9de15ba343b9d26c3.png

Retirement Pasture

Since it’s been a much requested feature to keep more horses, I've added a new pasture on the ranch! The retirement pasture allows you to keep horses you’ve grown attached to even if you’re done training and competing with them, without occupying a stall in your stable. Of course, you can always take them out of retirement and bring them back to your stable if you change your mind! The retirement pasture can be built and upgraded twice to keep up to 16 horses. While horses are retired, they can’t be interacted with, but they also don’t need to be cared for… So you don’t have to worry about feeding or brushing them! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/ccac93e8bb0e9f912adb05058280ad54cc82dd7c.png

Competition Board

Finally, I've also added a competition board that can be built on your ranch! This will allow you to register for competitions from your home and easily change between horses to compete with. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/9ecf897ac6a4a01a2895148c36d12fb8ddbb44de.png

Change List

For more information, here’s a detailed list of the changes and bug fixes included in this update!

Coat Colors & Patterns

Added 14 new cream coats colors.
Added 10 new splash coat patterns.
Added 8 new sabino coat patterns.
Added 4 new tobiano coat patterns and improved the older ones.
Added 5 new overo coat patterns and improved the older ones.
Added 6 new appaloosa coat patterns and improved the older ones.
Added 20 new face markings.
Changed how the face markings are inherited so that foals inherit a marking more similar to their parents.
Reduced the chance for horses to have a badger or bald face marking.
Adjusted the bay and roan coat colors.
Fixed the silver gene inheritance.
Changed how the flaxen and silver genes work to be more realistic. Chestnut horses now can’t have silver hair, only the bay and black horses can. Instead, all chestnut horses can now have flaxen hair. This won’t impact current silver chestnuts in your save file, and they will stay as is, but no new silver chestnuts will appear in the game. However, as I had to change how the flaxen is applied to horses, horses who previously had the “Flaxen Chestnut” coat will change to a new coat called “Sandy Chestnut ''. While I try my best not to impact current coats, it happens from time to time during Early Access as I update different systems. I hope you’ll still like this new chestnut coat, and you’ll now be able to find more variations of flaxen horses!

General Changes

Changed that horses lose a potential point if they spend the night in the pasture. If they’re kept in the stable, their potential doesn’t go down.
Moved the location of Liam’s house.
Updated the map icons for better clarity.
Added map icons for the training arenas and the fertility pasture.
Improved the collision detection to interact with horses.
Reduced the price of the Pine Forest and Crystal Lake trails.
Added cucumbers, pumpkins and pears for sale in Aisha’s store.
Translated all new content to French.

Bug Fixes

Fixed various issues with the mane and tail not growing correctly or saving and loading the wrong hair style.
Fixed a bug where the horse coat description wouldn’t update in the auction house.
Fixed a bug where you could collide with foals before they were born.
Fixed a bug where selling a horse in the auction house could then cause multiple horses to share the same stall.
Fixed a bug where young adult horses would have the wrong hairstyle after growing up.
Fixed various typos and updated descriptions to fit the new content.
Changed the auction house horse for sale list to exclude horses that can’t be sold.
Fixed the sand and dirt sound effects in Lupine Meadow.

What’s Next?

For the next content update, I’m planning on adding a new villager and opening the saddlery in town! You’ll be able to purchase new saddles, blankets and bridles… I might also add other accessories for your horses to wear! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/6ac899c8767abbbef466e50e8bcb2c2e3bb9b098.png Thank you for following the development of The Ranch of Rivershine! Éloïse

New Horse Coats, Mane & Tail Customization! 🐴 Update 1.0.1.0

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1139d ago

Hi Ranchers! I’m very excited to share this update which includes new coats and improves on the genetics system. You’ll find new coat colors, both available in the auction house and from breeding your horses, and the ability to change your horse’s hair. I’ve also fixed various bugs and added some quality of life fixes. Here’s a full list of the changes! Horse Update

Implemented that the horse's mane and tail grows over time.
Added an option in the horse care interface to cut your horse’s mane and tail.
Added new color variations, for a total of 16 new coat colors.
Updated the genetics system so that horses inherit coats with a combination based on the coat color (bay, chestnut, black) and the coat type (base, dun, roan).
Added a text box containing the horse’s coat color and pattern information.
Changed the silver gene so that it can be applied to all coat colors.
Updated the leopard appaloosa pattern.
Added that horses with the leopard appaloosa pattern can’t have face or leg markings.
Reduced the chance that horses will have a pattern in the auction house.

I’ll be doing another coat update to improve all coat patterns and add more pattern variations. Stall Update

Fixed a bug that prevented assigning a young adult horse to a stall, even though empty stalls were available.
Fixed a bug that made young adult horses take over a stall that was already occupied.

I believe most of the current horse management bugs are due to horses sharing a stall, and all the pregnancy issues, foals following a horse that isn’t their mother etc. all come from there. Fixing bugs that cause horses to share a stall (like the ones mentioned above) at the source should prevent issues like that from happening in the future. Make sure to review your stable manager at the entrance of your stable and move your horses to their own stall if they’re sharing the same one! General Update

Added that the guide arrow automatically changes color depending on the season.
Fixed a bug where horses could turn in a circle while jumping an obstacle.
Fixed a bug where multiple days could be skipped when going to bed.

Balance Update

Reduced the cost of the fertility pasture.
Increased the auction house bidding difficulty.
Removed the daily potential loss.

Thank you for your patience while I work on Rivershine! ❤️ I'll soon start creating the wild horse update which will be released later this summer! ☀️

Patch Notes 1.0.0.6

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1157d ago

Hi Ranchers! Here’s a second patch to fix the most common issues and balance requests that have been reported since the launch.

General

Fixed a bug where horses wouldn’t be led or listen to your whistle in Crystal Lake.
Fixed a bug where only 4 plots appeared instead of 6 for the last farm upgrade.
Fixed a visual issue where the appaloosa patterns could appear blurry in the auction house.
Fixed a bug where you wouldn’t have the right amount of horses available in the auction house the first day after loading the game.
Fixed a bug where the player’s hair color would reset to brown on load.
Fixed a bug where the player’s name wouldn’t be displayed correctly in the character customization interface.
Fixed a bug where horses could be misplaced after upgrading the stables.
Fixed a bug where the riding camera mode would change if you pushed into your horse before mounting.
Balanced some of the competition time requirements.
Reviewed issues that could cause the player to fall through the ground or the level not loading correctly.
Reviewed the issue that would make the controls stop working if you stopped in front of a jump.
Changed the Crystal Lake and Pine Forest statue quests to be available earlier.
Fixed various bugs where pressing pause before and after competitions would break the game.
Fixed an exploit that allowed you to start a competition before the countdown ended.
Fixed various villager shop exploits.

Settings

Updated the settings menu to be able to view your currently selected options.
Added a setting option to control the day’s speed rate. Choose between very slow, slow, normal and fast to make the day last for more or less time.
Added a setting option to limit your game’s framerate to 30, 60 or 120 FPS. If you were having issues with your PC overheating, reducing the frame rate could help.

For the next patch I’ll be working on issues related to the stalls, breeding and foals. It will take me a bit more time to figure out these issues so I wanted to share this patch first to fix the most common bugs that have been reported. If everything goes well we should have one or two more bug patches and then I’ll move on to working on a new content update! Cheers and thank you all <3

Patch Notes 1.0.0.5

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1167d ago

Hi Ranchers! Here’s a quick update to fix issues with the stalls, quests, competitions and the difficulty level of the game!

General Update

Fixed a bug where the Lake Dive competition didn’t unlock after receiving the quest for it.
Fixed a bug that created the Crystal Lake quest twice.
Fixed a bug where the “Red Wine” and “Gallant Deer” quest descriptions didn’t update correctly when they were ready to be completed.
Fixed a bug where horses above 75% flexibility skill couldn’t be trained further.
Possibly fixed a bug where you’d get stuck before a jump. I wasn’t able to recreate it on my end so I can’t confirm it’s fixed, but I found a code issue that might have caused this. Let me know if it’s still happening and I’ll look at it again!
Added the expert cavaletti course in River’s store. More expert courses to come!

Stall Update

Fixed a bug where horses bought at the auction could take over an already occupied stall.
Added that if a mare is sold at the auction house while she has an unassigned foal, the foal will automatically be assigned to the sold mare’s stall.
Reviewed how stalls are assigned to fix various bugs related to the horses taking over the wrong stall.
Added a Stable Manager at the front of the stable. This will allow you to assign your horses to a specific stall, which can be used to resolve bugs where multiple horses have taken over one stall. You’ll also be able to view all of your horses and send them to the stable or pasture from the Stable Manager.

The shared stall bug will not be fixed instantly by updating the game, but you’ll be able to rearrange your stable depending on the problem you were having. It’s a bit tricky to fix problematic save files in addition to preventing future bugs, but this should fix the issues you might currently be having: To fix multiple horses sharing the same stall:

Look through your horse list in the stable manager and find horses that have the same current stall number.

Select “Change Stall” and assign all of the horses sharing a stall to a new empty stall.

Once all horses have their own stall number, you can rearrange the stable to your liking! Make sure they each have a unique stall number before moving them to avoid bugs. To fix multiple mares sharing the same foal:

Look through your horse list to find all the mares sharing the same current foal and current stall number. They will all be set as “pregnant”, even though only one foal exists.

Select the mare that you want to keep as pregnant or nursing first, and select “Change Stall” to assign her to a new empty stall. This is the mare that will keep the foal.

The other mares will stay as “pregnant” for the rest of the current day but will be back to normal and without a foal the following day. To fix horses stuck in the fertility pasture or somewhere you can’t reach:

Find your lost horse in the horse list of the stable manager.

Select “Send to Stable” and check if your horse is back in the stable.

If this doesn’t work, it might be because your lost horse is sharing a stall with another one. Make sure they each have a unique stall number to avoid bugs.

Balance Update

Added a difficulty setting to choose between normal and story mode. The story mode removes the need to place first in competitions to progress. Instead, you’ll be able to instantly complete the competition quests to progress in the story line. The difficulty can be changed at any time, both on new and old saves. You can still participate in the competitions if you want to, but if not, you can make money in others ways, such as:

Farming and selling crops

Training and selling horses

Breeding and selling horses I’ll add other ways to earn money throughout EA to help players who don’t enjoy the competitions as much, but hopefully this difficulty option will already allow you to enjoy the game! Make sure to change the difficulty setting after loading your save file for it to work correctly! Thank you for your patience while I fixed the issues! I think this update will help with the most critical issues that have been found since the release. I’ll be continuing to bugfix the game in the next few weeks and once it’s more stable, I’ll start working on new content! I hope you’ve been enjoying your time in Rivershine!

Devlog #11 New Trails & Competitions! 🌲🐴

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1181d ago

Hi ranchers! ☀️ With the beginning of May comes a lot of exciting news, starting with a new devlog about my progress toward the Early Access release of The Ranch of Rivershine! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/4437e8244bd06b7210b19c5de06765a93b2b7053.png

Pine Forest

The Pine Forest is the second trail you’ll be able to access in Rivershine! This area is filled with twisty trails, small creeks and tall dark pines. You’ll be able to visit the carpenter’s workshop and purchase upgrades for your ranch here. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/db3593f24b21248752470666d316f63cb8e32fd2.png

Crystal Lake

The Crystal Lake is the third area you’ll open in Rivershine! It features large, open lakes and waterfalls you’ll be able to ride around in with your horse. While no villager currently lives in this area, this is where the tailor will move in to open her boutique later on during Early Access! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/87cf3cfec8e1629ba09540c06be30d65426eab77.png

Cross Country Competitions

New competitions are now open in Rivershine Town and all the trails surrounding it! You’ll be able to unlock a total of 16 different competitions in Early Access, ranging from beginner to expert level. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/8c211b79d990fa20048c3c6afab1e7de8855d065.png

Quests & Progression

I’ve been hard at work creating new quests and stories for the game! The storyline will not be complete at the start of EA, but I’ll be adding new characters, areas and quests until the full release. The current questline takes about a year in game to complete, and now features quests that introduce more mechanics such as training horses, renovating your ranch, farming crops, breeding horses and exploring new areas! Of course, the main storyline is always centered around winning competitions for Rivershine and learning about the mystery of your town! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/bae9891f4d3e82d4ee616a3fa46ea18584699514.png

New Coat Patterns

I’ve added new horse coat colors & patterns! You’ll now be able to find appaloosa horses in the legendary tier, along with white horses in the common tier of the auction house. Some of the coat patterns that have been shown in the demo won’t be available in the initial EA release, but will come back later on when wild horses are added in Rivershine! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41079595/355842c3a59e53fc840835a6f5959b74c6969300.png

New Crops

Finally, I’ve added seeds to grow all kinds of grains on your ranch! You’ll now be able to harvest corn, barley and wheat to feed your horses. These grains can be used to double your horse’s skill training for the day, so make sure to stock up on them when they're in season! Thank you all so much for following the development of The Ranch of Rivershine! I know you all are very excited for the release… All I’ll say for now is that it’s coming very very soon!!

The Ranch of Rivershine news & patch notes

The Ranch of Rivershine news & patch notes

Controller Support

Genetic Update

Photo Mode

Quality of Life Improvements

Balance Changes

Bug Fixes

What’s Next?

The Rivals of Rivershine bundle!

The Rivershine Horse Plushie campaign is live on Makeship!

View the campaign here!

General Changes

Town Festivals

Gymkhana Courses

Mealy Horses

Festive Tack

Villager Stories

Friendship Progression

Gift Tack

Ranch Expansion

Map Rework

Farm Animals

Retirement Pasture

House Upgrades

Pets

Saddlery Restock

New Pattern Variations

New Face Markings

Calendar

Full Storyline

New Introduction

Final Statue

Mystery Horse

Achievements

General Changes

What's Next?

The Rivershine Horse Plushie is now live on Makeship!

View the petition here!

The Veterinarian

Horse Illnesses

Remedies & Poultices

Boosts & Tonics

Weather System

Foal Bottle Feed

Cream Roan Horses

General Changes

What’s Next?

Azure Coast Trail

New Competitions

Rabicano Horses

New Music

Trust Training

New Tack

Loading Screens

General Changes

What's Next?

New Outfits & Hats

New Hairstyles & Hair Colors

New Villager & Boutique

Dunalino, Dunskin & Grulla

Horse Names

General Changes

What's Next?

Mane & Tail Styles

Hair Dye

Flower Fields

Handy Crafting

New Villager

Tovero & Pintaloosa

Eye Colors

General Changes

What’s Next?

Round Pen

Horse Tameness

Horse Personalities

Horse Height

Travel Stones

Stone Circles

General Changes