Working on the Game's Performance / Optimizing — Summerland Steam update #263261

I'd first like to say thank you to everybody who's been here to support me and the game throughout the past couple of days. The reviews have been overwhelming to me and I can't believe how many people have taken so strongly to my small indie passion project! Most of the reviews have been glowingly positive, and I can't thank all of you enough for the kind words. However, the one criticism that does seem to be pointed at is the game's optimization and low performance. This is an entirely valid criticism, and I understand now that the way Summerland runs is not up to current gaming standards. Put plainly, this is mostly due to lack of experience. While I've made games in the past, none have been quite this big or graphically intense. I guess I must have underestimated the amount of optimization I would need to do (My PC was also fairly low-end at the time, so I didn't have much of a gauge ...