Snacko News

Meowllo!

Recursive is unfortunately feeling very under the weather, so in the meantime, I've just done some quest data work as he gets his much needed rest.

One thing I noticed was that there were lots of double unlocks for items/crafting recipes. Some crafting recipes that are learned during a quest's accept reward vs completion reward wasn't properly getting filtered out of the shop.

So now, new players should feel less ??? when looking at the Blueprint Shop.



[h3]📬 Quest Changes[/h3]

• Drying Rack and Cabin Nightstand now unlocked through Cabin in the Woods
  
• Torch and Floating Torch now unlocked through Light it Up
  
• Bamboo Well now unlocked through Well, Well, What?
  
• Well, Well, What? has proper quest task and can be completed now
  
• Fixed issue where Fertilizer Sacks had a big collision, making them hard to place together or near objects
  

As part of this audit, I also updated my own sheets that I used internally when I first started writing these quests on what unlocks what.



You can view the spreadsheet here.

Ideally, these should be converted and put on the wiki or as a Steam guide one day...but alas...
For now, feel free to use this as a reference! It's also linked on our Trello board for the wiki.

Some other fixes and the planned new quest type + quests will have to wait until rec is feeling better. Thank you for understanding 💖

As always, if you're having trouble with anything or encountered an issue in your save file, feel free to ping us in the Discord. I'll be around~

Meowllo!

You can now use your hoe to harvest crops that are ready. This is handy if you have an upgrade that expands the tile width or depth. Multi harvest, yippe!



You can now use your hoe outside of the farm as well as an attack.



We also fixed the issue where you could no longer rename your livestock. No more Nobu Jr. randomized default names (unless you like them...)

Reel Improvement and Scaling for Late Game have also been fixed; for save files where you've already upgraded your rod in that slot, please remove it and re-insert at your Jeweler's Table until we fix the save migration for older save files!

I also wrote a guide on unlocking items through quests if you're having issues finding where things are now. Will be trying to add furniture sets, dyes, and additives to it in the next coming days.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3177846287

Thank you very much for playing~

Meowllo!

It's here...pity system for Snacko drops. Are you tired of farming for a rare item over and over again? Flipping the coin 1,000 times just to get unlucky?

We tested our drop rates, and statistically, they were working. But boy does it feel terrible to lose out on apples and gems after grinding all day.

So recursive implemented a pity system. Or bad luck protection, if you don't play gacha games.

If you're going for a rare item over and over again, it will slowly become more common until you get it, and then the drop rates reset.

As for the quests...

Is it confusing if you've went through the Carpenter's Guild quests quickly, then was asked for glass before you've even unlocked the area to get the Cobalt you needed?

...Yeah.
I've done some quest clean up to help the quest board feel less cluttered right off the bat.

D.I.Why was also a product of it's time: back when we didn't have an easy way to create multiple quests, so it just taught you like...40 things. We've now moved them off into separate quests that are new. If you already have these items unlocked, it's okay! You can still do them.


[h3]✨ New Quests[/h3]
- Light It Up teaches torches
- Better Than a Bed teaches Sleeping Box
- Back to Plain teaches Original Dye
- Someone's Garbage... teaches the debris crafting recipes from D.I.Why



[h3]📬 Quest Changes[/h3]
- Way of the Weapons I (teaches sword) now available after Them Apples to learn early on
- Fool Me Once, Modern Taste, Tropical Getaway, Mushroom Mayhem, Vintage Variety now require you to unlock the biomes with the materials required before the quests appear
- Sow What III now requires Iva's quest Negotiation Tactics to be completed since it requires Spinach
- Just a Hobby III now requires Sow What II since it requires Wheat
- D.I.Why now teaches the recipes on reward claim like Fishing for Compliments to be less confusing
- Fixed Tameem's Troubles not completing properly when delivering Glue (in the back end, it was asking for glass...)

Moving forward, you'll see more changes like this slowly as we try to reduce the bulk of 100 quests being added to your board at once, while keeping in mind the frustration that can happen if things are locked behind too far into mid-late game.

Thank you very much for playing~

Meowllo! I'm back and 71% alive! Yippe!
We have a few more bugs to sweep up, but here is an update with some new quality of life updates~


[h3]When using the Sleeping Box, you can now choose how long you will sleep. With time of day based events or drop rate changes, we hope this makes your time on Snacko Island a little easier to navigate![/h3]


[h3]We've moved the "Delete" button for save files from the bottom button row to the top. Although the "delete" function will still bring up a confirm pop-up, this should prevent any accidental misclicks on your beloved save files.[/h3]


[h3]The pin feature is back for crafting recipes with better gamepad routing and added quantity selector even when you're not at a workbench. Now you can select quantity and pin the requirements to your HUD wherever you are![/h3]


[h3]Getting close to your livestock now will pop up their name. You can finally differentiate between Cow-culator and Cow-culus.[/h3]

[h2]📬 Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed inability to unlock Date or Lan's invite option through the mailbox for new files. "Mail room clerk" will now be available after completing "Intro to the Capital Post Guild"
  
• Fixed "Real Myst-ery" not giving Myst Flower Seeds and the shop not selling them until completing the quest, creating an inescapable loop (the not-fun kind). We are still working on a save migration to fix those who have already accepted the quest and not gotten their seeds
  
• Improved stamina wheel readability in dark mode
  
• Fixing Yang Yang not coming to live along with his brother, A-Song
  

Hey everyone - we're finally back from PAX West! We had a ton of fun meeting players and developers for the first time, gave away a ton of exclusive merch, and demoed the game to a bunch of new people 😁



I'll be catching up on bugs for the next couple days - today's update contains an assortment of small bugfixes and polish from our PAX West Demo. Since preparing for the event was fairly hectic, I don't have an exact list what was changed/fixed 😭

I'll be prioritizing villager/quest issues over the next couple days - notes from here on out should call out specifically what was addressed by that update.

Thanks for being patient while we were gone - more to come soon!

- recursive