Hi, just wanted to say, first off: LOVE this game. I really like the amount of forageables you've put in, I've never seen a game in this genre throw so many cool things out into the world to collect right off the bat. Graphics are also super pretty, like holy cow the Map screen is gorgeous.

I would like to make a note that as of right now, it seems like all the quests and buildings require quite a bit of mining, maybe TOO much? Or maybe the cost of building with smelted bars is too high atm? 
Once I saw I needed a LOT of bronze bars for just about every quest, I've started mining like crazy, but I feel like ive been spending all of my time/energy in there just to build one thing. I've upgraded my pick axe but mining one iron node takes out like half my energy bar.

Other than that, seriously, this game is precious and so fun to explore! Keep it up!

Hey there I’m glad you’re enjoying it so far. As for mining you may be right. You’ll likely find that some parts of the game are a little unbalanced in terms of what you have to do. I hear fishing is pretty OP right now too. Thanks for your input, I’ve noted it down. Balancing out tasks, sell prices, and quest requirements is a bit of a constant battle for me. There will likely be iterations in the future for these sorts of things. It may at some point require less ore to make a bar, or quest objectives may change to add more variety.

I don’t want the game to be a grind, but striking that balance between grind and extremely quick and easy is proving to be a bit difficult. It’s likely too that as you play more and level up skills and tools things will get a lot easier for you. In any case don’t worry too much, I don’t think you are alone in your opinions. At some point when I get some time I’ll be looking into these things and more. Thanks again for your input, it’s very appreciated. Hope you have fun (and don’t run into too many bugs).