Changelog

[Unreleased] — v0.5.0

Added

• Quest System — 16 progression quests (New Beginnings → Master Builder) with science point rewards
  • Tutorial chain: Banner → Stockpile → Beds → Workforce → Daily Bread
  • Survival chain: First Night → Arms Race → Fortified → Iron Will
  • Growth chain: Growing Strong → Thriving Colony → Master Builder
  • Knowledge chain: Knowledge → Scholar → Enlightened
• Chisel Tool — right-click blocks to cycle through decorative variants (20+ block families: Stone, Deepslate, Sandstone, Quartz, Blackstone, Copper, Tuff, Prismarine, etc.)
• Banner Raiders — ColonyMonsterEntity enemies with DestroyBannerGoal that specifically pathfind to and destroy your Colony Banner
• Wave Warning System:
  • Dusk warning message at day tick 11800 ("Prepare your defenses!")
  • Imminent warning + horn sound at day tick 12700 ("WAVE INCOMING!")
  • Wave countdown timer in HUD (shows from dusk until wave spawn)
  • Blinking red countdown when wave is less than 50 seconds away
• Work Particle Effects — job-specific particles while colonists work (flames for smelter, enchant sparks for researcher, splash for fisherman, etc.)
• 25 Custom Job Textures — unique tinted colonist skins per job (farmer=green, miner=gray, smelter=orange, researcher=blue, etc.)
• Guard Custom Textures — guard_sword.png and guard_bow.png with baked armor appearance

Changed

• Colonist arms now visible (using NEUTRAL illager state instead of CROSSED)
• Colonist status no longer shows "Idle" immediately after world load — initializes correctly from saved job
• Guard textures updated from vanilla vindicator/pillager to custom skins with armor
• Wave enemy composition rebalanced: 35% skeletons, 30% zombies, 20% banner raiders, 15% spiders
• Wave scaling now uses max(6, min(100, colonists*2.5 + days*2)) for aggressive Colony Survival-like growth
• fabric.mod.json updated with proper homepage/issues URLs

Fixed

• Colonists and guards no longer trample farmland (FarmlandBlockMixin)
• Status text correctly initialized after NBT deserialization
• HeldItemFeatureRenderer added to colonists so held items are visible

[0.4.0] — Previous Session

Added

• Random colonist names from a pool of 64+ names
• Death message system (nearby players notified when colonists die)
• Population growth system (random chance, requires food > 20)
• Auto-spawn guards for unclaimed guard towers
• Area wand with job selection popup
• Colony party system (multiple players per colony)
• Wave scaling by colonist count and days survived

Fixed

• Guard job assignment saved/loaded correctly ("GUARD" → "GUARD_SWORD" migration)
• Stockpile food sync every tick
• Job block area assignment persistence

[0.3.0]

Added

• GuardEntity with sword/bow variants and PatrolGoal
• 25+ job blocks (all jobs registered)
• ColonyManagementScreen with scrollable colonist list
• Research system with science point economy
• GuidebookScreen (10-page in-game tutorial)
• ResearchScreen for job unlocking

[0.2.0]

Added

• ColonistEntity with hunger/starvation system
• AI goals: ChopTree, HarvestCrops, MineBlocks, PlantSaplings, WorkAtJob, ColonistSleep, ColonistEat
• StockpileBlock with 54-slot GUI
• ColonyBannerBlock that founds a colony on placement
• ColonyData and ColonyManager (persistent world data)

[0.1.0] — Initial Release

• Basic colony infrastructure
• Colony Banner placement
• Starter kit on first join
• Server tick event for colony processing