Greetings are in order as I am still alive!

- I have improved the walking animation and cleaned up the player character's arms and body a bit.

- I've built a lot more stuff, some half-finished and some just massing.

- I experimented with using Alpha or Alpha Scissor for foliage element transparency and made some executive decisions.  Also now I am beginning to put bushes everywhere, mainly to dial down boundary breaks / do more by way of guiding the player.

- If you seek you can now find the stairway to the fourth level (start is on third).  Next to that is a new area I am calling the Dry City that will incorporate a lot of verticality!

- I have created a rainy fourth storey where I will experiment with line-of-sight/draw distance trickery over flat terrain - it will be garden, forest and raincatcher.

- If you fall all the way down there is a pretty tree I put there, just since you showed up.

I hope you are keeping well and if you're not then know that I spared a thought for you, somebody, and I hope you find peace.  I have to say I don't think it's impossible