Devlog #7 Lupine Meadow

**Hi ranchers!!**🐑🍀 I’m back with a new devlog for The Ranch of Rivershine, featuring riding trails, sheep, a new villager and a sneak peek at Rivershine's original soundtrack! ❤️

Lupine Meadow

The main addition to Rivershine this month is the first trail riding area, the** Lupine Meadow**! This vast, open field features a **large maze **to explore on horseback, a flock of sheep to chase around and a farm where you’ll be able to buy hay and grain for your horses!

The Lupine Meadow also has its own original music, which you can already listen to here!

Friendly Sheep

To add a bit of life to these new environments, I’ve started adding other animals you can encounter in addition to horses! You’ll now find** sheep** you can chase and herd together. Later on, I think it would be fun to add a minigame where you can lead them back to their enclosure every day for a bit of money… But for now, they’re free to roam the meadow!

New Competitions

Since we now have access to a new area, I’ve also added four cross country courses you can unlock in the Lupine Meadow! These competitions are all a bit harder than the town competitions already in the game, but the prizes for winning are also higher!

New Character

I’m very happy to introduce the fourth character I've added to Rivershine… Jai Maji! You’ll encounter this villager early on in the game as he lives in town. As a ranger, his job is to run the park office and help you access and upgrade the trail riding areas… He might even have a few tips about wild horses he’s seen while exploring the trails!

Meadow Upgrades

After unlocking access to the Lupine Meadow, you’ll be able to further upgrade the trails by adding obstacles of different difficulties around the map. This will allow you to practice cross country and add a little bit of challenge as you’re riding around the meadow!

World Map

As the world got bigger, it became obvious the player would need a little help to find their way around! I’ve added a map for each zone currently in the game, which is the ranch, the town and the meadow. Each map contains information about the main interest points in that area, such as the trails to neighboring areas, the shops and where the villagers are.

New Logo

Finally, as you might have already noticed, we have adorable new cover art for the game, drawn by the amazing Kyu!

Thank you everyone for following my progress with The Ranch of Rivershine! Feel free to comment about what you’d like to see next in the game, or if you have any questions about what I’ve shared in this devlog!