There many more visual elements such as foam as the waves hit the shore or leaves falling from trees when hit and heat of the desert being more visual than before. The building system has been refined to be easier and less glitchy and the crafting system is under development as many new materials have been added along with new tools and updated animations for a cleaner feel. The goal of development for this game is to improve on everything that the original struggled with due to poor development hardware and techniques and unlike the original if a feature is in How Long? 2 it has been heavily worked on and tested and is there for gameplay reasons and not just for the sake of saying its a part of the game. The release window is estimated to be between November 2025- February 2026 on Windows, Linux, Mac and will come to android not long after release.