Horizons: The Settlements E3 Preview
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One of the things they're doing is a completely free-form decoration system. Players will be able to craft furniture and decorations and place them wherever they want inside their houses. Don't like the chair there? Move it a little to the left. As long as you keep it indoors Bowman wishes to avoid garage sales on front lawns you can do whatever you want.
Another addition is gardening. Their game is all about resources and crafting, so why not move that into the property system and let people produce their own resources? This, combined with the planned expansion of food, will allow people to be farmers, decorative gardeners, etc.
Before the expansion, they're hoping to increase the value of food as well. Currently food modifies the timer on the death penalty. Unfortunately, ambrosia nullifies it entirely. As such, David suggested they may completely remove the supply of ambrosia so start hoarding now. As such, food and cooking will become more important.