Snacko News

It's been a long time coming! Character customization is here in 0.9.2 alongside a bunch of quality of life improvements and fixes!

Since there are so many balancing changes, especially regarding food stamina values and resources, there's a full blog post on our website with the numbers if you want to get into the nitty gritty. Otherwise, this patch note post will have all the points you'll need to know going into 0.9.2~



[h3]CHARACTER CUSTOMIZER[/h3]

• Customize the colors of the base (body), ears, face details, blush, paw pad, and tail
  
• Change ears and eye colors individually
  
• Color history palette lets you quickly re-use colors you’ve already picked
  
• Profiles allow you to use and save up to 5 different color combinations
  
• Randomize this (part) or randomize all (chaos) to get the creative juices flowing
  
• Rotate between 8 directions! You used to not be able to see the paw pad, so we’ve added one direction with it visible
  

In the future, we'd like to add different ear/tail styles, fur patterns, and accessories! But for now, we will focus on reaching 1.0 with the other features like tool upgrades and bonding.

[h3]MIRRORS[/h3]
To change your character’s appearance after the opening sequence, you can craft and place a mirror. Those who have a save file prior to the release of 0.9.2 will get a letter in their mailbox with a Softwood Mirror attached.



To start with, we have 4 mirror styles:

• Softwood Mirror
  
• Sleek Mirror with three dye slots
  
• Traditional Mirror
  
• Vintage Vanity with a surface
  

Like all other crafting recipes, these can be found and purchased at your local Carpenter’s.

[h3]NEW STORAGE CONTAINERS[/h3]
We’ve been needing some better storage solutions that fit in with your decor a bit better, so we added a few! All of these have buildable surfaces on top, so you can put objects on them or stack up the boxes.

• Simple Console Table
  
• Simple Floating Shelf
  
• Tropical Storage Box (dyeable inner)
  
• Storage Box (dyeable lid and body)
  
• Sleek Console Table (dyeable handles, surface, drawers)
  
• Vintage Dresser
  

[h3]QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGES[/h3]
FISHING SENSITIVITY
Fishing Sensitivity option added under Settings - Gameplay to change speed of your line.

GRASS
No more pesky grass in your town area by the bulletin board. Your days as the forced lawnmower are over. Rejoice.



MAIN MENU
Will auto-highlight Continue if you have a save file instead of New Game. Main Menu also has a new look that focuses on the two buttons you’re the most likely to click and matches better with the rest of the game’s new UI.

SKIP INTRO
For those who want to skip the first day’s of cutscenes! You can now go straight from character customization into day two without missing out on any items. It will put you back at home after the cutscene of Mikan, Nobu, and you fixing up her house.

GAMEPAD ROUTING
Remember the strange jank when using controller inside the Furnace, Alembic, and others? We’ve improved SnackoUI’s gamepad routing. You’ll also feel these positive changes inside the journal, where it will no longer focus on ghosts.

Selecting an item in the crafting menu will now auto-focus on the right side to allow you to decrease, increase, or craft the item.

EVENT TRIGGERS
Friendship and heart events no longer trigger the second you get into the map, pulling you to random places. Now, a trigger a spawn near the location of the event instead.

BETTER INTRO QUESTS
Adding additional rewards to quests to help get your early game decorating vibe started.

• Moo-re to a Farm: +1 Stuffed Chicken
  
• D.I.Why: +20 Softwood Fence, +20 Softwood Path, +5 Cobblestone Path A, +5 Cobblestone Path B
  
• I Ship It!: +1 Softwood Couch
  

BETTER PLACEMENTS

• You can now shove chairs closer into the Softwood Table
  
• You can now place the Simple Fridge up against the wall when grid snapping is on
  

STEAM DECK POLISH
Entering name fields now bring up the keyboard
Default frame rate set at 60 instead of unlimited to help battery and fan noise

MORE OBVIOUS HARDWOOD
Hardwood trees are now always some shade of pink that turn more purple as it gets colder. No more guessing what is what in the summer!



[h3]BUG FIXES[/h3]

• Softwood Lamps can now be placed on surfaces
  
• Fixed scary bug where passing out in the Mines or outside the house will result in a giant face in your front door window
  
• Walking on paths will no longer jitter your character
  
• Tutorial quests no longer re-add to bulletin board in year 2
  

[h3]MOVEMENT & TOOLS[/h3]

• Window for double-jumping now longer (refer to full patch notes for more details)
  
• Easier to spam tool faster
  
• Slightly faster tool charge up time
  

[h3]BALANCE[/h3]
The full scope of these changes are too long to stuff in here, so please refer to full patch notes for all numbers.

• Cooked foods now give more stamina
  
• All foods now give either stamina and/or health
  
• Tomatoes and corn now ship for slightly less to compensate for multi-harvests
  
• Turnip now ship for slightly more
  
• Conduit and Quicksand shrines tweaked to be slightly easier and have more routes to the chests and end
  
• Trees in farm and town take less hits
  
• Resource drop ranges are more compact, going from larger ranges like 3-7 to smaller, more fair-feeling ranges like 5-7
  
• Debris in town take less hits to destroy fully
  
• Housing expansions, wallpaper, and flooring styles take less materials to unlock
  
• NPC housing takes less materials to craft
  

That's the end of the notes for 0.9.2! I'm probably missing a couple of bugs fixed...but we'll be keeping our eyes peeled for anything unexpected that we'll hotfix in the upcoming weeks!

Enjoy the new patch, and thank you for playing 💌

[h3]Meowllo! We have a big, BIG update coming soon for everyone! But we are still making sure all the save files are intact. Hopefully, we can get it all ready for release by the end of the week~[/h3]
Note: Save data from demo will not carry over to full game. You cannot save or load files in the demo



For those who are new, here's your chance to try a taste of Snacko Island for free with the demo!
There are three options:

• Game Demo: this is just the beginning of the full game. You can go through the story cutscenes and experience your first couple of days on the island. The demo will end when you choose to proceed with the story by going into the Grassy Plains
  
• Shrine Demo: try your skill at the speed running shrines inside Snacko! Can you get the hidden Master and Ace times?
  
• Sandbox: start off with a few items and some materials to play around with the systems. The demo will end when you choose to proceed with the story by going into the Grassy Plains
  

But even though your save data won't carry over, we are adding a new option to the update coming soon...drum roll please...
[h3]Skip intro cutscenes![/h3]
For new and old players alike, we understand the first couple of days can be A Book. So we've added the option to skip through until you've helped Mikan fix up her house. Nice! You won't be missing out on any materials or items by choosing this option.



We've been hard at work on 0.9.2! It's got a lot packed into it~
It'll have the features in this demo: character customization, new items, balances, and more! Those patch notes will be Very Long so look forward to my rambling ⭐

So for now, I will just leave this at that, and let the 0.9.2 update patch notes do all the talking SOON!

[h3]I already own the game! I can't download the demo :([/h3]
Go to your library, right click Snacko -> Properties -> Betas -> snackodemo092
Enjoy!

• Fixed issue where closing menu would cause you to jump
• Removed MIAO gating for recipes (Mushroom Pasta wasn't available for most NPCs until late game)
  
• made it so cheeseburger recipe takes "Meat" items instead of specifically "Meat Cube". Tofu, Beans both count as "meat"
  
• Daikon and Cabbage were erroneously categorized as not veggies
  
• Fixed some dialogue text or portrait issues
  
• Gems now give more elemental fragments than gem shards like Goddess intended
  
• Sleeping Box crafting recipe now buyable at the carpenter's. Was an issue if your save file is older than the change that added the box to D.I.Why
  
• Buffed Black Petal spawn rate - they also now spawn sometimes from Sunflowers
  

We are working on something really nice and cool :3
So you'll see slightly less smaller updates as we focus on the larger update.
Thank you for being patient!

Don't forget, if you have issues, questions, or feedback, we are always available on Discord!
https://discord.gg/snackodev

Meowllo!
Quick hotfix for those experiencing performance hitches on the farm/inside their house. If this is you, please read this part:

• Effect settings turned down to low: your windows will now just display a generic window-lookingy pattern
  
• Effect settings turned to anything above medium or above: windows will show outside your house
  
• Performance optimization: the cameras are ONLY capturing what is outside the window if you're in that room now
  
• What it used to do was constantly capture the information outside the windows, even if you were not indoors or inside a room with a window
  

Note: If your settings are low and you change it up to medium and above inside your house, the window will display a blank texture until you re-enter the room or your house



[h2]My personal recommendation on Steam Deck settings[/h2]
VIDEO

• Shadows: Medium
  
• Anti-Aliasing: Low
  
• Effects: Medium
  
• Post Processing: Medium
  
• Frame Rate Limit: 60
  

TWEAKS

• Ambient Leaves: off (unticked)
  

[h2]Other fixes:[/h2]

• Mailroom should now display proper working hours if you've had Date or Lan and then switched for the other
  
• Miss Curator's dialogue about what she likes now clarifies what she also dislikes
  
• Mikan's dialogue about liking certain foods now gives a hint as to what she dislikes
  
• Fixed issue where sometimes Nobu will just refuse to talk to you if you haven't said "hello" in the morning, resulting in a softlock if you choose "Hello" with active quest
  
• Nobu Jr. Plush now stackable. Do with that what you will.
  

Wee hotfix with some balancing changes and quality of life improvements~

[h2]Buildings[/h2]

• Reducing number of nails for Wood Framing
  
• Reducing number of Drywall Panels required for house expansions
  
• Fixing Eggplant Dye being pitch black
  

[h2]Other[/h2]

• Increasing contrast of Hardwood Trees to make more obvious in summer
  
• Increasing contrast of heart container's background versus foreground
  
• Removing cooking restriction that caused wheat to become uncookable
  
• Reverting fishing change that made sensitivity too high (it was just skill issue)