Phyan Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) THE INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS OUT OF DATE! [MORE DETAILED AND UPDATED INFORMATION IS HERE] About a month ago, when I was looking at a wiki page about cut content, and was very interested in what the game was like in 2012. Strangely enough, but I managed to get a lot of information: First of all, in the archives І found many early Steam game builds, although it took more than three weeks to find them, and it was worth it. So let's get started with them: (I will describe only November 13/14/18/27/30 and December 11 game builds, I won't touch on the subsequent ones, because it will take a lot of time, and getting information about them is much easier compared to the above) First Steam Version Builds (13 Nov 2012 - 11 Dec 2012) 11 December Build (Naughty and Nice) Spoiler Spoiler Build 70495 Release Notes: Spoiler 11 December Build Release Notes Klei Entertainment presents, a very special Don’t Starve update. Let’s be honest…It is hard to be good. But you must be good, lest you provoke the KRAMPUS! Klei Entertainment presents, a very special Don’t Starve update. Let’s be honest…It is hard to be good. But you must be good, lest you provoke the KRAMPUS! If you are good, you can do good things, like build a bird cage for your fine food feathered friends. Or you could eat foster a delicious poor abandoned egg. Whichever path you fancy for yourself, just remember…Krampus is watching. NEW FEATURES Krampus will punish you if you are too naughty. Don’t make the bees angry. Spider nests are crawling with activity. Bird and rabbit traps are more animal friendly. You can build a bird cage. You can hatch Tallbird eggs to gain a new friend. Steam client runs at 60hz on fast computers. Game saves on exit. It also auto-saves every mornings. Updated minimap art to make biomes more readable. GENERAL FIXES: Traps should work properly again. Dead pigs respawn more slowly Tweaked the fire fuel values a bit (they were too high after the hot fixes) Cooked mandrakes actually have effects now. Tallbird eggs are no longer stackable. 27 November Build (The Birds and the Bees & Dogs That Want to Kill You) and 30 November Hotfix Spoiler 27 November Build (The Birds and the Bees & Dogs That Want to Kill You) and 30 November Hotfix 27 November Build 69735 There is no video showing this update on the official YouTube Klei channel, so you probably haven’t seen it. But it is still on Vimeo: https://player.vimeo.com/video/54164837 Release Notes: Spoiler 27 November Build Release Notes — Fancy this image in a larger format? Give it a click! The good people of Klei Entertainment proudly present a NEW UPDATE to their latest electronic amusement program DON’T STARVE. Wherein our her,o the good scientist WILSON, may apply his industrious spirit to the creation of several new contrivances: Incapacitating BLOWDARTS, devious BEE MINES, a dapper VEST suitable for all formal or survival occasions, a mysterious and powerful AMULET, a HELMET from that glorious pass-time of foot-to-ball, and a capacious and ergonomic BACKPACK to aid in the conveyance of loot! But he must BEWARE, for a new and terrifying threat has emerged. HOUNDS and the even angrier and more deadly FLAME HOUNDS have been spotted near his encampment, and their ravenous desire for MEAT and DESTRUCTION will not be denied! Should you have any queries, comments, or concerns surrounding this announcement, please direct yourself to this post in our Don’t Starve forums to converse with fellow esteemed explorers and champions of science! If your preferred method of self-enlightenment is through pictorial imagery, please direct your attention to our eye-pleasing graphical posting below! Click it for maximum magnification gratification! 30 November Hotfix Build 70039 Release Notes: Spoiler 30 November Hotfix Release Notes Here's a big, detailed list. Hopefully this will break the cycle of poop-and-grass addiction: FARMS farm plots are fully fertilized when they are built farm plots have much higher fertilizer capacity (used to be 6, now is 10,20,30) Poop fertilizes farms more efficiently and speeds crop growth more efficiently DEPLOYING / BUILDING an unsuccessful deploy will not consume the deployable chests can be placed closer together non-colliding deployables can be placed closer together twigs and grass to not become exhaustable until you transplant them (in existing saves, everything counts as not-yet-transplanted, because I wasn’t tracking this before) transplanted grass is good for 20 cycles per poop USING GRASS fillers (other than twigs and petals) can no longer be used in the crock pot traps can be used 10 times instead of 5 recipe changes to reduce grass usage: Torch uses 1 less grass Trap uses 2 less grass Bugnet uses 1 less rope farms cost less poop to make Golden tools use 2 less gold Panflute uses 1 less rope rope uses 1 less grass papyrus uses 2 less reeds logsuit uses 2 less rope spear uses 1 rope instead of 2 grass strawhat uses 12 grass instead of 25 beefalo hat, beehat, tophat use no grass football helmet uses 3 less pigskin, 1 less rope MISC Axe, pickaxe (and gold equivalents) last a bit longer Minerhat lasts twice as long Fire fueling values have been updated: (all times for campfire, x2 for firepit) Grass gives 22.5 seconds of light Logs give 75 seconds of light PIGS pigs don’t eat off the ground as often pigs don’t eat mandrakes pigs can be given veggiesmore often, and will refuse them if you try to do it too often pig houses take 3 days to rebuild a dead pig pigs drop either a meat or a pigskin (75%-25% split) pigs, spider, and hounds can eat pigskins 'You get three cycles of grass per poop.' 13 November Build (Enter the Gobbler!) and 14/30 November Hotfixes Spoiler 13 November Build (Enter the Gobbler!) and 14/30 November Hotfixes 13 November Build Build 68986 Release Notes: Spoiler 13 November Build Release Notes The newest build of Don’t Starve is now live on both Chrome and Steam! Our newest build has a slew of new features, stuff and tweaks! If you’re running the Early-Access Beta through our new Steam version and you’re still experiencing any issues, fear not! As we work towards the next release we’ll be pushing new fixes as we find them. If you’d like to discuss the newest update in the Forums, there’s a thread for that! Also, welcome to all of the new Steam users that have signed up since Friday! New features: Character differences! Now it matters who you pick! Pond fishing Hammer time – use the hammer to break apart structures Build and deploy preview interface to help you place things carefully New lighting equation, for more nighttime fun For steam: Chrome save/profile import New stuff: A new bird type, and regional bird variation New hats: Feather and Miner Some new cooking recipes to discover (5 of them!) The Gobbler… Tuning and Bug fixes: Graves don’t reset when you load Never-closing chest now closes Crafting interface doesn’t close automatically when you build something RMB drops deployables Gold doesn’t always drop from rocks Fire now hurts you if you stand too close! Max stack size is a little smaller (sorry!) 14 November Hotfix Build -- Release Notes: Spoiler 14 November Hotfix Release Notes Hey all, I needed to fix some chrome-specific menu flow stuff, so I took the opportunity to do a tiny bit of tuning: Max stack sizes are now: Large Items - 10 Medium Items - 20 Small Items - 40 One flint always drops from mined rocks. Sometimes you get two. 18 November Build Build 69179 Release Notes: Spoiler Nothing Differences from the latest versions that I noticed: The camera can only be rotated on four sides. When you press the spacebar, the character not only collects resources near him, he also attacks the enemies. Attack on the F key does not work. (27 Nov and subsequent builds) The Spider Den has a different icon, also, there is no web around it. It takes a less naughty points to summon a Krampus. (11 Dec Build) Krampus Sack dropped out on the first try. Looks like drop rate are much higher than now. (11 Dec Build) Old inventory style (13/18 Nov Builds) Next build... (Comparison) Spoiler 13 November (18/27/30 Nov Builds too) 11 December (And subsequent builds) Game settings (Comparison) Spoiler Spoiler 13 November (18 Nov Build too) 27 November (And subsequent builds) Inventory. Old Magic Tab Icon. Map (Comparison) Spoiler 13 November (18/27/30 Nov Builds too) 11 December (And subsequent builds) We can see old Pig King and Spider Den Icons. An old world generation too. 3 farm plot levels Just 100 HP, Hunger points and any Sanity Research points system Chest have 6 slots (13/18 Nov Builds) Old cooking interface (13/18 Nov Builds) Collecting nearby items when you press the spacebar doesn't work (13/18 Nov Builds) And many other differences... Also on my channel there is a video with an overview of the Nov 13 build: So what's about more earlier versions? All previous assemblies were distributed only through Google Chrome and I really would like to get them, but I think this is impossible However, I still have a lot of interesting information about them: Chrome Builds (24 May 2012 - 13 Nov 2012) 30 October Build (Cooking!) Spoiler 30 October Build — Cooking! Build 68253 Release Notes: Spoiler The latest version of Don’t Starve is now live and includes some tasty changes. There’s also something strange going on with the Pigmen… New Stuff: Cooking! Build a crock pot and see if you can figure out all of the hidden recipes. Research Changes – there are multiple tiers of research machines, and you can only research when you are near the appropriate machine. Costs and tabs have been adjusted. Bird traps! Catch birds! Birds will also steal your seeds Crafting interface improvements Volume controls! Next build indicator in main menu Pigmen have names Pigman loyalty doesn’t last forever – they must be regularly re-meated Something else about pigs… Bug Fixes: Beehats wear out Pigmen entering houses at night will keep their hats Firepit doesn’t instantly extinguish when you build it Your active item is saved properly You shouldn’t be able to wake up dead from an effigy Newly built tools are automatically equipped Tracked down a nasty crash when burning treeguards to death Stuff shouldn’t spawn outside of world (in newly generated worlds) Treeguard shouldn’t spawn from stumps Frogs legs can be given to pigs as meat Tent and Rocks now show up on the map Trinkets of the same type can stack Tough enemies don’t stunlock October 16 Build (New Monsters!) Spoiler October 16 Build — New Monsters! Build 67554 Release Notes: Spoiler The latest version of Don’t Starve is live! If you saw our teaser image last week, you know there’s some new creatures for you to find. We’ve added more “cookable” items and tweaked our farming mechanics. You can get the full list of updates below! If you want to discuss the latest updates with the developers and the community, head over to the official Don’t Starve forums! CHARACTERS New monsters – Watch out! Butterflies! – To contrast the monsters, they’re cute and floaty! ITEMS New vegetables and related items. MECHANICS Farming overhaul – lots of changes here. It shouldn’t be as overpowering any more. No more food duplicating or meat farming, sorry! We’re not really sorry. Gardening – you can use the shovel to dig up and move most wild plants. Marsh tree stumps can also be dug out with a shovel. Bees no longer drop combat items. Frogs drop frogs legs instead of a giant hunk of meat (which gives you less health/hunger reward and makes a lot more sense). More things are “cookable.” 2 October Build Spoiler 2 October Build Build 67096 Release Notes: Spoiler Our newest update is now playable! We’ve introduced new helpful items along with a brand new unlockable character. Check the full list below for more details. Thanks to everyone providing feedback and joining the discussions in the Don’t Starve forums, keep the suggestions and comments coming! Major Features & Tweaks A new unlockable character! Feeling stabby? You can craft a spear now! (Tools have been made less effective in combat). Upgradable tools! You can now build extra durable golden tools. Traps are reusable, but they wear out. New bedroll item lets you skip through the night. Sleeping on it consumes the bedroll. The tent now allows you to change your current character. This consumes the tent. You can remove tree stumps with the shovel. You can click & hold to harvest rock and wood! Tentacles can now be attacked and they can die. Characters have shadows. Graphical! Seeds dropped by birds can turn into pumpkins or carrots. Low level spider dens do not drop egg sacks when they are destroyed. Meat farming takes longer. Bees are less aggressive. Their loot drops and combat behaviour have also been tuned. You can build a beekeeper’s hat to protect yourself from bees. 18 September Build Spoiler Build 66529 Release Notes: Spoiler New stuff! Everyone loves new stuff! Here’s what we’ve been up to lately: New front end theme music Extra-large worlds (up to 4x the area) Farmable Bees! No-good, low-down, dirty, thieving swamp frogs There are also reports of a mysterious new creature hiding somewhere on the island. We found the following sound recording in the remnants of Wilson’s camp: https://web.archive.org/web/20140311185559if_/http://www.dontstarvegame.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/phonograph_button2.swf 9 September Build Spoiler 9 September Build Build 66066 Release Notes: Spoiler Just a little twist here, a bit of a push there.... Controls - Ctrl-click now lets you smack things around a bit, if you are empty handed. (and if you're empty handed a good smacking would probably be handy!) Major Frontend update - A loading screen has been added so that you know the game is.... loading. - Character select screen has been improved Marsh has been updated slightly - Spawns have been tuned a little (which direction? We shall see.) - A new tree, because who doesn't like trees? - Marshy-like footsteps - The marsh is no longer suffering from a lack of tentacles. More Recipes - Pan Flute - Will either totally get you killed, or put stuff to sleep. I don't remember which. - Papyrus - Does nothing. But hey, Paper! General: - Trees grow, plant some trees and behold the miracle of life. 21 August Build Spoiler Build 65328 Release Notes: Spoiler https://player.vimeo.com/video/47629539 With our latest update we introduce a bunch of new features and one big announcement... *Drum Roll* Don't Starve is now in closed Early-Access Beta. A free version of the game is still playable as a limited demo, however full access is only available to Early-Access Beta members. Now, if you participated in our previous beta versions, as thanks for helping us test, you have been added to the Early-Access Beta and the full game at launch! Yep, you get the full game for free! No need to buy a serial key. No need to do anything. Just keep playing, your game has been unlocked. Thanks a ton for your help and keep sending us your feedback! Don’t Starve is now available for purchase! Show your support and buy Don't Starve now for $6.99. Everybody who purchases Don't Starve before launch will unlock the Early-Access Beta and get an extra key to share with a friend for free! If you already own Don't Starve, you can grab 2 more keys for the same price of $6.99; we don't mind. Don't Starve will launch for $15; so it's a great time to snag a couple copies, show your support and help us do some science! If you have more questions about the changes to Don't Starve or any of the new features, ask away! Major Changes: The beta is now closed, and you can purchase beta keys. Map randomization improvements. Buildable chests, by popular demand. New marsh area with lots of new stuff in it (like reeds)! New and improved Farm Plot art. Trees have life cycles, and look less like each other. New easier-to-use crafting / research interface. New Science machine mechanics. You earn Research Points by grinding up objects in the science machine. New, different ambient sounds play in different areas of the map 7 August Build Spoiler 7 August Build Build 64507 Release Notes: Spoiler In our latest release we introduce a bevy of new features, including new characters that can be unlocked with XP! Check out the full list of new features and fixes below. If you have questions or comments, we’d love to hear them in the Don’t Starve forums. Major New Features: Earn XP when you die, and unlock new characters New characters: Willow and Wendy Entirely new Wilson art and animation You can plant trees using pine cones You can chop down burnt trees to get charcoal Added waves in the empty parts of the world You can replay the same world / layout again when you die Bug Fixes: Level 3 farms are easier to harvest Crafting while walking to a destination works Befriended pigs act properly at night 23 July Build Spoiler 23 July Build Build 63794 Release Notes: Spoiler After days of wandering around the wilderness, nothing beats the feeling of a nice clean shave… unless you’re a Beefalo. In our latest update, we’ve released a few new gameplay tweaks along with some bug fixes. Details below! Got questions, comments, or suggestions? Check out the Don’t Starve Forums where you can chat with other players and the team at Klei. Updates: Farmplots show one item but give two things. Nom nom nom. You can shave Beefalo. They will be sad Chopped trees drop pine cones, which you can plant. Eco-friendly! Destroyed spider dens drop an egg sac that you can plant somewhere else. Bug Fixes: Improved sound buffering and transitions. Fixed some scroll wheel issues that would result in the player running towards the bottom left corner of the screen Fixed the map so “T-junctions” should now appear correctly 11 July Build Spoiler 11 July Build Build 63317 Release Notes: Spoiler Eureka! Science has been fixed. In our most recent build, the Science Machine has returned. Along with a number of tweaks and fixes, we’ve also added improved effects and additional control options. Check out the full list of changes below. Major Changes The Science Machine is back. Give it your gold! Toasty new fire graphics and sound effects. Let your fingers do the walking with the new WASD keyboard controls. Fire pit significantly more efficient and useful. Try it! Fixed missing textures on Chrome Dev build. World edges now visible in map view. 4 July Build Spoiler 4 July Build Build 62909 Release Notes: Spoiler Now, this release is all about how your map got flipped, turned upside down… But we fixed it! The map is now displaying correctly. We also fixed the issue where zooming out caused certain sounds to become very quiet. 3 July Build Spoiler 3 July Build Build 62827 Release Notes: Spoiler — “So much room for activities!” We just rolled out a new release. Along with the usual general fixes, the most notable change is more inventory slots! For now, players start with an increased carrying capacity (14 slots). In future builds, this will probably be unlocked after a player crafts the right item (like a backpack, or something). As always, if you have suggestions, comments or questions we’d love to hear them. Leave a comment, or better yet, visit the Don’t Starve community inside the Klei Entertainment forums! Major Changes: Bigger inventory Longer days Cheaper Meat Effigy (build it!) Snazzy new zoomable camera (mouse scroll wheel) New moon phases indicator (just a cosmetic effect… for now) 27 June Build Spoiler 27 June Build Build 62553 Release Notes: Spoiler — Science is broken!! We hit a few snags with our shop system and have released a build early. Along with a few fixes and tweaks, we’ve also launched a new feature. For now, players can experiment with “recipes” without the Research Machine. This is only temporary though, so don’t get too comfy! Major Changes: Temporarily disabled the Research Machine and given Wilson all recipes Stats are currently not recording and disabled Wilson`s beard is now shavable and gives you beard hairs! Improved hardware performance during large forest fires No more late night rabbit buffets. Rabbits now run to their holes at night (and when you chase them) 25 June Build Spoiler 25 June Build Build 62343 Release Notes: Spoiler This build includes a bunch of small fixes for login errors and and crash issues that people have been experiencing. It also lets you give hats to pigs. — Pig Hats! Note – if you’re having trouble finding manure, try feeding vegetables to your usual source! That stuff’s not free any more. 20 June Build Spoiler 20 June Build Build 61966 Release Notes: Spoiler With this release, the Don’t Starve public beta officially joins the Chrome Web Store! If you have been participating in our ‘friends and family’ beta, please remove the old app, and install the new one from the store. Major Changes: Pigs go home at night Firepit is twice as efficient Added tooltips on recipe popups Rabbits give smaller pieces of meat Spiders are less aggressive at night Fix time of day on load Fix “research machine eats all of your gold” bug Note: You may need to generate a new world for this build. Sorry about that! June 15 Build Spoiler June 15 Build Build 61600 Release Notes: Spoiler This build fixes the user interface a bit, and adds more stuff to build and discover. Inventory stack manipulation (use the CTRL key when dropping or grabbing things) Map zooming and panning (and prettier maps!) Tabbed crafting interface Added hats and … other cosmetic options for Wilson Added more goodies to dig up from graves Tuned fire propagation such that forest fires can happen Added cutstones, boards, a buildable statue, and a Science Machine for researching new recipes 11 June Build Spoiler 11 June Build Build 61038 Release Notes: Spoiler This build has lots of small tuning tweaks and stability improvements, as well as the following big-ticket items. The word of the day is: HATS. Added logsuit, ropes, hats, cooked monster meat Left and Right keys rotate the camera (!) Big rendering speedup for older machines Added destination icons on map fixed Firefly nightlight exploit Tuned tree friction so that you don’t get stopped by them Spiders are slightly less dumb; start hunting at dusk Pig friendships persist across saves Login stability improvements 7 June Build Spoiler 7 June Build Build 60539 Release Notes: Spoiler This build brings in save/load, the shop, and a lot of behind-the-scenes tuning. Save / Load with permadeath. You can keep playing as long as you want now, until you die and we erase your save game. Mwa ha ha! Lighting works on older ATI cards Shopping and money – you can buy fancy new farm types The Pig King (see if you can find him!) We’ve been looking into the Mac stability issue, but haven’t found anything concrete yet. Please let us know if this build helps. 30 May - 6 June Build Spoiler 30 May - 6 June Build Build 60066 Unfortunately, I could not find any information on this update because, apart from the mention, absolutely no information remained in the archives 29 May Build Spoiler Build -- Unfortunately, I could not find any information on this update because, apart from the mention, absolutely no information remained in the archives 24 May Build Spoiler (Wow, that was exactly 8 years ago :o) Build -- Unfortunately, I could not find any information on this update because, apart from the mention, absolutely no information remained in the archives Many screenshots from the earliest Chrome game builds Spoiler Official game screenshots Spoiler Old Wilson Design Pay attention to the tabs Old main menu (Build 61600) Spoiler A Shop?? What??? Spoiler Wait a sec... Whether the shopkeepers cut out from the game can be associated with it? Farm Plots Changes Through Many Beta Versions Spoiler We can see here old 2D Farm Plots with 2 plants with two plants on each one. Also visible here is the old texture of the Pig King and Bonfire. 2D Farm Plots with only one plant on each one Old 2.5D Farm Plots Burning Marsh With 2 Interesting Things Spoiler We can see here deleted Marsh Bush and old Marsh Trees. Time for data mining! Spoiler Old clock and crafting interface from early alpha versions Spoiler Clock interface Crafting interface In-game: Shopkeepers Spoiler Shopkeeper Animations Removed Marsh Bush Spoiler Idle animation https://i.imgur.com/MuZXrRp.mp4 Old 2D Farm Plots Spoiler Build Animation (?) Cute Xmas Tree Spoiler Idle animation https://i.imgur.com/j5HFrWx.mp4 BBQ Spoiler Animation Some Pig Houses Spoiler Scarecrow Spoiler Wheat Spoiler Things From An Early Concept Art Spoiler Home Sign Sunk Boat Concept Art Bonfire Spoiler Fruit Hat Spoiler Webber Portrait Spoiler Wilbur Portrait Spoiler Wes Portrait Spoiler Unimplemented Characters Portraits Spoiler Some more interesting things Spoiler According to one of the developers, Don't Starve development process began well under way in December 2011. And the idea of the game came, according to information from Wikipedia, during the 48-hour game jam in 2010. The first post about Don't Starve on Klei forums, what I found, is dated May 18, 2012. I didn't found any mention of this game until this date on all web. It’s a pity, but the page itself was not preserved in the web archives. Ahh ... I have been making this post for 12 hours (seriously) and I really hope that this information will be useful to someone. Thank you, reader, for reaching this point And many thanks to the Klei Entertainment team! Without them, we would never have seen so many wonderful games! Edited May 29, 2022 by Phyan Outdated info 19 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck986 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 finally. nice excavation work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatefulStars Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Dude thanks! I've been interested in the exact same thing, and I've been researching about the early alpha of don't starve for a while, I have found many of the screenshots and stuff you have posted but there's also so much other stuff on here I really didn't know about! this is great, thanks a lot for this! I'll be digging into this post for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyan Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, FatefulStars said: Dude thanks! I've been interested in the exact same thing, and I've been researching about the early alpha of don't starve for a while, I have found many of the screenshots and stuff you have posted but there's also so much other stuff on here I really didn't know about! this is great, thanks a lot for this! I'll be digging into this post for a while. I’m very glad that I helped someone Honestly, I managed to find more information than there is in this post. Maybe I'll somehow create a second post in which I show the remaining information 8 hours ago, Portmanteau said: I've been very interested in the old builds of DS for some time now. How did you manage to find these old versions if I may ask? Did you find a way to downgrade the game far enough through Steam, or did you obtain these old builds through more illegitimate means? Sadly, I could not get access to old versions other than illegal methods. Because of this, I am not going to distribute these builds anywhere, so as not to violate any rules, sorry. Edited May 28, 2020 by Phyan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minespatch Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 On 5/24/2020 at 3:30 PM, Phyan said: 27 November Build (The Birds and the Bees & Dogs That Want to Kill You) My birthday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackE Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 I miss cave walls 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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