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Morels Homestead Creator Mode Update!

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A big thank you to everyone who has played the game. We just released our Creator Mode update for Morels: Homestead on the Quest 2.
 
CREATOR MODE: In this mode you will start out your game with $1,000,000. This will allow you to completely focus on building your homestead right away. This mode is for anyone who would like to just focus on building their homestead without having to do things in the game to earn money like forage, harvest crops, metal detect, and take on quests.
 
ACTIVATING CREATOR MODE: You can active Creator Mode by starting a new game and then right after the beginning homestead previews it will ask you if you would like to start your game in Normal Mode or Creator Mode.
TIME CHANGE ITEM: We have a new item that can be purchased at the Misc Vendor under the Misc category. This new Time Change item will allow you to change from Day/Night in an instant. This will be helpful for anyone doing quests or looking for items or creatures that can only be found or completed at certain times of the day.
 
TUTORIAL SKIP BUTTON: We have added a Skip button to the beginning tutorial panels. If you have already played the game and done the tutorials and are just wanting to start a new game, you can now skip through the tutorials if you like.
 
OTHER SMALL FIXES: There are a handful of other small fixes as well like the Grizzly Bear Quest and the Walking Skeleton Quest.
 
We hope you enjoy the update! Please reach out to us at support@morelshomestead.com if you have any issues, questions, or suggestions. Be sure to check your junk mail for replies.
 
-The Abrams Studios Team


Morels Homestead Coming to Steam VR

We are happy to announce that a PC VR version of Morels Homestead is coming to Steam on October 27th, 2022. Wishlist Now!

 

September 13, 2022 – North Judson, IN – Abrams Studios is pleased to announce a PC VR version of Morels: Homestead, is coming to the Steam platform on October 27, 2022. Morels: Homestead is a VR gaming experience about building your very own homestead, growing and harvesting crops, exploring and digging up treasure, trading and selling your way to glory as your story grows. Have a look at the Official Trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_42rMeuBpH4

Description

In this sandbox VR adventure, you’ll start with a blank canvas of empty land. Explore levels from many environments and find hundreds of unique items to keep for yourself or trade to grow your homestead into whatever you wish. Grow and harvest crops, hunt for the elusive Morel mushroom, and find rarities to give you valuable commodities for trade. Use your metal detector and trusty shovel to find and secure many different treasures. Let out your inner nature enthusiast and photograph beautiful and sometimes rare animals. The path you take is yours to choose. Every homestead will be unique.

Features

  • Design and maintain your own homestead.
  • Collect and harvest crops.
  • Over 60 animals and insects to discover and photograph.
  • Features 8 fully explorable maps.
  • Find hidden treasures using your metal detector.
  • Explore at night for a whole new experience.
  • Buy and sell your items at the in-game Farmer’s Market.
  • Take on quests to earn items or money to purchase things for your homestead.
  • Forage for mushrooms.
  • Find and collect treasures of all kinds.
  • The path you take is yours to choose. Every homestead will be unique.

Game History

After the release of Morels: The Hunt many in the community voiced their desire to see something similar in VR.  We took that request a few steps further, turning a relaxing and immersive PC experience into something unique for the Oculus Platform. We are excited to bring this experience to PC VR and Steam. Morels: Homestead is a unique experience as it focuses on relaxation and immersion while completing tasks rather than high intensity interactions like many current VR games.

Developer: Abrams Studios

Steam Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2008440/Morels_Homestead/

Press kit: Press PCVR | Morels Homestead

Website: https://morelshomestead.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AbramsStudios
Contact: contact@morelshomestead.com

Release Date: May  16th, 2023

Platforms:  Rift on Steam VR

 

Morels: Homestead Tropical Update!

We’ve just released our big Tropical Update! The update is free and has a lot to explore and experience. Below are some of the biggest updates.

 
2 New Explorable Maps
Each map features new collectables and quests.
 
Flamingo Island
Willow Tree Golf Course
 
2 New Homesteads
Beach Island and Tropical Land
 
Seashell Hunting
You can sell them for cash.
 
New Animals
 
Sprinkler System
You can now purchase sprinkler systems for your garden boxes. You can purchase them by trigger clicking on the garden boxes to bring up their item menu. After purchasing you will see the sprinkler system working. You will no longer need to manually water the plants in the garden box. You can still purchase fertilizer and manually fertilize plants if you would like them to grow faster.
 
-New save slots. You can now have multiple saved games.
-All maps have had their graphics slightly updated.
-A “Sell All Seashells and Metals” button has been added to the Misc Vendor.
-Blewit Mushrooms have been added to the new maps.
-2 new garden seeds. Coconut tree and a pineapple tree.
-Many new homestead items to purchase in the Farmer’s Market.
-Farmer’s Market and the Main Menu have been updated to match the new artwork of the Tropical Update.
 
There are some other updates as well but these are the main ones. We hope you enjoy the update!
 
-The Abrams Studios Team


Morels Homestead is Officially Released for the Quest!

Morels Homestead is officially released on the Oculus Quest.

 

Morels Homestead is Coming to Oculus Quest Platforms!

We are happy to announce Morels Homestead is coming to Oculus Quest Platforms on December 7th, 2021. Wishlist Now!

November 4, 2021 – North Judson, IN – Abrams Studios is pleased to announce our next game Morels: Homestead, coming to the Oculus Quest platform on December 7, 2021. Morels: Homestead is a VR gaming experience about building your very own homestead, growing and harvesting crops, exploring and digging up treasure, trading and selling your way to glory as your story grows. Have a look at the Official Trailer here https://youtu.be/Dx5_H94ZMa8

Description

In this sandbox VR adventure you’ll start with a blank canvas of empty land. Explore levels from many environments and find hundreds of unique items to keep for yourself or trade to grow your homestead into whatever you wish. Grow and harvest crops, hunt for the elusive Morel mushroom, and find rarities to give you valuable commodities for trade. Use your metal detector and trusty shovel to find and secure many different treasures. Let out your inner nature enthusiast and photograph beautiful and sometimes rare animals. The path you take is yours to choose. Every homestead will be unique.

Features

  • Design and maintain your own homestead.
  • Collect and harvest crops.
  • Over 60 animals and insects to discover and photograph.
  • Features 8 fully explorable maps.
  • Find hidden treasures using your metal detector.
  • Explore at night for a whole new experience.
  • Buy and sell your items at the in-game Farmer’s Market.
  • Take on quests to earn items or money to purchase things for your homestead.
  • Forage for mushrooms.
  • Find and collect treasures of all kinds.
  • The path you take is yours to choose. Every homestead will be unique.

Game History

After the release of Morels: The Hunt many in the community voiced their desire to see something similar in VR.  We took that request a few steps further, turning a relaxing and immersive PC experience into something unique for the Oculus Platform.  Morels: Homestead is a unique experience as it focuses on relaxation and immersion while completing tasks rather than high intensity interactions like many current VR games.

Developer: Abrams Studios
Presskit: https://morelshomestead.com/press/
Website: https://morelshomestead.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AbramsStudios
Contact: contact@morelshomestead.com

Release Date: December 7th, 2021

Platforms: Quest 1, Quest 2, (Rift and Steam VR 2022)

Morels: The Hunt Anniversary Sale 2021!

It’s been a quick two years and we couldn’t be more thankful for all of you and the wonderful community you’ve built around Morels: The Hunt. In celebration of our 2 year anniversary since release, we are temporarily offering Morels: The Hunt at a 60% discount!

-The Abrams Studios Team

Anniversary Update Now Live!

We are extremely excited to announce that our Anniversary Update is now live! We are also running a Special Promotion of 50% Off until Nov 6th to celebrate the anniversary and the update. We want to thank all of our beta testers for helping us out. We hope everyone enjoys the update!

New Trailer

WHAT’S IN THE UPDATE

New Achievements

REPLACED INSIDE CABIN MENU WITH 3D ENVIRONMENT

Environment and Shopping


New Items to Buy

You can now buy a Snorkel to allow you to stay underwater for 2 minutes at a time. Also purchase a Fast Travel Map to allow you to Fast Travel back to you home base at any time from anywhere.

NEW TROPHY ROOM


You now have a trophy room. It has a whiteboard with an overview off all your task completions. It has a display for your Golden Morels. You can change the photos on the walls to any of your photos you’ve taken.

There have been many collectables added to the game that are displayed in this room as well.

Now earn golden mushrooms for the other mushrooms you collect. These are displayed here as well.

UPDATED CAMERA

 

Animal Outline

When in camera mode, the animals will now have an outline when they are in focus. Green means they have not been photographed that day and gray means they have already been photographed. This only applies during daytime hours. We found it a bit too easy if this was also applied during the night.

Quick Capture

We have added the option to quick capture with the camera. No longer do you have to wait until you look at the photo to take a new picture. You can now quickly take many pictures in a row. This should make the whole experience of photographing animals a bit easier. This will be the default method. You can still toggle to look at the photo on.

Moved Photographed Text

We moved the text letting you know what animal you photographed to the bottom right and changed its look a little bit. This way you will still be able to take photos quickly without anything in your view.

UPDATED PICKUP

 

Crosshairs Pickup

We have updated the Crosshairs Pickup Method and made it the default pickup method. There should no longer be any issues of not people able to pickup a mushroom. With this method, you will no longer have to look straight down all the time. This should make the experience much more relaxing and enjoyable. You can switch back to the old pickup method with the green circle guide by turning off Crosshairs Pickup Method in Gameplay under Settings.

SWIMMABLE WATER AND FISH

 

Swim in Water

You can now swim in water. Press the crouch button to dive down and then just look in the direction you want to swim. Toggle crouch again and look up at the surface to swim back up.

Photograph the Fish

You can photograph and get points for the fish.

Objects and Insects

You can now get points for photographing some objects and insects.


MUSHROOMS

 

New Blewit Mushrooms

We have added a new mushroom to hunt. Blewit Mushrooms.

You now can collect all mushrooms, including poisonous mushroom right from the beginning of the game.

 

MUSHROOM MARKERS

 

Now choose from several colors of mushroom markers.

MAP UPDATES

 

Every location in the game has been updated

All maps have been updated with new lighting, some new or updated meshes, dust particle effects, collectables, and more.

STACKABLE INVENTORY

 

You inventory is now stackable.

OTHER NOTABLE UPDATES

– Added 6 new songs to the Acoustic playlist. Found in the game menu under In Game Music.
– Optimized the game. It was very CPU bound before. We have spent some time optimizing the animals and other things to fix help this.
– New, simpler tutorial
– You can now toggle Crouch on or off. No longer do you need to hold it down.
– You can now skip Intro Montages by pressing Enter on the keyboard.
– Updated Minimap Images to be more simple and help save on memory.
– Made Ticks less frequent.
– Fixed numerous bugs.
– Several other small features or fixes.

The new map and new animals did not make it into this update. They will be saved for a future update along with and updated UI and some other new features.

We just want to thank everyone for their support and for the positive reviews. We hope enjoys the new update. Happy Hunting!

-The Abrams Studios Team

Morels Anniversary Update Preview and Beta Testers

Time has really flown by. It’s been a year since the release of Morels: The Hunt, and to celebrate we’re releasing our biggest update ever! Please browse below to see some of the changes on the way. In preparation of the upcoming update we’d love a few volunteers who are interested in early access to this content. We are looking for bug testers to spend some time in game making sure the update is a smooth release. If you’re interested, please respond below or send us a private message and let us know! We’ll be sending out invites to a private discord for bug reporting and a discussion of the beta version of the update.

REPLACED INSIDE CABIN MENU WITH 3D ENVIRONMENT

 

Environment and Shopping


New Items to Buy

You can now buy a Snorkel to allow you to stay underwater for 2 minutes at a time. Also purchase a Fast Travel Map to allow you to Fast Travel back to you home base at any time from anywhere.

NEW TROPHY ROOM


You now have a trophy room. It has a whiteboard with an overview off all your task completions. It has a display for your Golden Morels. You can change the photos on the walls to any of your photos you’ve taken.

There have been many collectables added to the game that are displayed in this room as well.

Now earn golden mushrooms for the other mushrooms you collect. These are displayed here as well.

UPDATED CAMERA

 

Animal Outline

When in camera mode, the animals will now have an outline when they are in focus. Green means they have not been photographed that day and gray means they have already been photographed. This only applies during daytime hours. We found it a bit too easy if this was also applied during the night.

Quick Capture

We have added the option to quick capture with the camera. No longer do you have to wait until you look at the photo to take a new picture. You can now quickly take many pictures in a row. This should make the whole experience of photographing animals a bit easier. This will be the default method. You can still toggle to look at the photo on.

Moved Photographed Text

We moved the text letting you know what animal you photographed to the bottom right and changed its look a little bit. This way you will still be able to take photos quickly without anything in your view.

UPDATED PICKUP

 

Crosshairs Pickup

We have updated the Crosshairs Pickup Method and made it the default pickup method. There should no longer be any issues of not people able to pickup a mushroom. With this method, you will no longer have to look straight down all the time. This should make the experience much more relaxing and enjoyable. You can switch back to the old pickup method with the green circle guide by turning off Crosshairs Pickup Method in Gameplay under Settings.

SWIMMABLE WATER AND FISH

 

Swim in Water

You can now swim in water. Press the crouch button to dive down and then just look in the direction you want to swim. Toggle crouch again and look up at the surface to swim back up.

Photograph the Fish

You can photograph and get points for the fish.

Objects and Insects

You can now get points for photographing some objects and insects.


MUSHROOMS

 

New Blewit Mushrooms

We have added a new mushroom to hunt. Blewit Mushrooms.

You now can collect all mushrooms, including poisonous mushroom right from the beginning of the game.

 

MUSHROOM MARKERS

 

Now choose from several colors of mushroom markers.

MAP UPDATES

 

Every location in the game has been updated

All maps have been updated with new lighting, some new or updated meshes, dust particle effects, collectables, and more.

STACKABLE INVENTORY

 

You inventory is now stable.

OTHER NOTABLE UPDATES

– Optimized the game. It was very CPU bound before. We have spent some time optimizing the animals and other things to fix help this.
– New, simpler tutorial
– You can now toggle Crouch on or off. No longer do you need to hold it down.
– You can now skip Intro Montages by pressing Enter on the keyboard or bottom face button on a controller.
– Updated Minimap Images to be more simple and help save on memory.
– Made Ticks less frequent.
– Fixed numerous bugs.
– Several other small features or fixes.

The new map and new animals did not make it into this update. They will be saved for a future update along with some other new features.

We just want to thank everyone for their support and for the positive reviews. We hope everyone will enjoy the update. Happy Hunting!

-The Abrams Studios Team

Steam Summer Sale is Live!

The actual morels season may be over for most of us, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop! We are discounting Morels: The Hunt 33% for the Steam Summer Sale!

-The Abrams Studios Team

Morels Summer Update

THE UPDATES

 

  • We have completely reworked the way you detect animals with the photo/camera system. The new detection system should be more accurate and finally fix the wrong animal/dead animal bug.
  • Fixed mouse and gamepad movements to be smoother. This will be especially noticeable on lower end machines.
  • Optimized Texas Ranch.
  • Optimized other maps in various minor ways.
  • Fixed area in Georgia where you could previously get into an unplayble area.
  • Fixed area in Texas that where could get into an unplayble area.
  • Increased chances for chanterelle mushrooms in a couple maps. Players were having a really hard time getting the weekly task for it.
  • We added more tarantulas and scorpions in Texas. We also added a possibility to see them in the Rocky Mountains and Redwood Forest maps.
  • Fixed invert Y when on the ATV.
  • Fixed a few other minor bugs.

We want to thank everyone who has taken the time to play Morels. It really means a lot to us.

Thank you, Enjoy the Update, and Happy Hunting!

-The Abrams Studios Team

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