Snacko News

[p]Meowllo! It's been a while 🐾[/p][p]We are part of this year's Cozy Quest and will be running a 25% discount[/p][p][/p][p]Part of the event is also community voted awards. Snacko is in three categories:[/p]

• [p]Coziest Simulation Game[/p]
• [p]Coziest Hidden Gem[/p]
• [p]Best of the Quest[/p]

[h3]If you've enjoyed your time on Snacko Island, it would mean the world to me if you voted for us in any of these categories :D[/h3][p]📌 You can vote here: https://forms.office.com/e/EqxsJtJuTh[/p][p][/p][p]Also, I'm here to bring some long-awaited news so I'm not here empty handed...[/p][p][/p][p]Version 1.2.0 is currently being worked on, and the focus of it is:[/p][h2]✨ Better Character Customization! ✨[/h2]

• [p]Accessories[/p]
• [p]Different ear types[/p]
• [p]Fur patterns[/p]
• [p]Different tails[/p]

[p]Wowee! Part of this meant (and also why we've been radio silent for 10 million years) redoing all the sprites and making a new system to handle interchangeable parts.[/p][p]Here's a sneak peek of what the meow meow looks like in my Aseprite file~[/p][p][/p][p]Yup, that's right! Completely NEW and BETTER animations, too![/p][p][/p][p]I have redone all of them to look and feel better. Since I already had to take it apart to separate out the head, ears, etc., I figured "why not? Why shouldn't I redo the entire animation set?"[/p][p]...Yeah, anyways. With these pivot points (they're the bright green and red dots!) we're hoping we can accommodate more variety of things, like hats, collars, wings(??? i really want wings please don't hold me to it though), clothing items, without me being buried under a mountain of undoable work.[/p][p]Heck yeah![/p][p][/p][p]Okay, I'm done yapping. Back to work![/p][h3]Thank you very much for your support, please look forward to 1.2.0 💝[/h3]

[h3]Meowllo![/h3][h3]A while back, we ran a poll in our Discord on what we should work on next. A new cooking UI with the ability to make multiple of a dish at once won by a large margin. So, today, we bring you the humble...[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]The new cooking system isn't just a new UI! We wanted to preserve the experimental aspect of it. If you haven't learned a recipe yet, you're free to try and make your best guess and see what comes out. Alongside the obvious quantity changer in the screenshot, here are the features:[/p]

• [p]Experiment by throwing whatever you have in your rucksack or storages[/p]
• [p]Follow a recipe after browsing through your list[/p]
• [p]A search bar for both your inventories and recipe list[/p]
• [p]Set the quantity and wait for it to cook while you continue on with your day[/p]
• [p]View the taste and type, as well as the restore values of each ingredient or dish[/p]
• [p]Preview how many of the recipe you can make with the ingredients available in your inventories[/p]
• [p]After selecting a recipe, relevant ingredients will be sorted to the front of the ingredient grid and marked with purple[/p]
• [p]Ingredients inside the pot will be marked with green[/p]

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• [p]New Lemon Bush in the Desert Canyon have a chance to drop Lemons[/p]
• [p]Lemons can be used to make the new dishes: Mayonnaise, Lemon Pie, and Lemonade[/p]
• [p]Some old recipes, such as Catfish Sandwich and Fish 'n Chips now utilize these new ingredients[/p]
• [p]Some foods that had missing attributes or underwhelming restore numbers have been fixed[/p]

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• [p]Relationship gain from completing quests have been increased[/p]
• [p]Each NPC now has three friendship quests; these quests are marked with \[FE1], \[FE2], and so on[/p]
• [p]These will appear on the quest tree as well and show unlock requirements. The quest will let you know where and when to go[/p]
• [p]Each friendship quest shows a unique dialogue or cutscene to help you get to know your neighbors better[/p]
• [p]I hope you are able to deepen your bonds with the inhabitants of Snacko's world through these friendship quests![/p]
• [p]Some quests, such as Just a Hobby, have been re-parented to be introduced later in the game when more things are unlocked[/p]

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• [p]Cultural Center food displays that wouldn't let you know what should be in the display cases has been fixed[/p]
• [p]You now unlock the Clay Pot in the Blueprint Shop from completing Tropical Getaway[/p]
• [p]Watering farm tile related fixes[/p]
• [p]Fixed wrong weather icon when loading up your game[/p]
• [p]Fixed issues with unintentional fisheye effects on ultrawide resolutions[/p]
• [p]General UI and gamepad improvements[/p]
• [p]Interactables such as stoves and furnaces also show outline, not just storages[/p]

[p]We'll be making continued improvements to the cooking system and other consumable-related things over the next few weeks. Thank you for enjoying Snacko, we'll be back very soon with more updates ✨[/p][p]Thank you for reading~[/p]

[p]Meowllo![/p][p]Here's a little gift from us, a package of quality of life updates wrapped in a bow~[/p][h3]💖 Relationship Gains[/h3]

• [p]Every time you gain friendship or heart points, it'll give you a notification[/p]
• [p]You now gain +2 points saying hello every day and another +5 talking to them again[/p]
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[h3]🪴 Donation Status Tracker[/h3]

• [p]Donateable items will also show the stamp when you're hovering it in your rucksack[/p]
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• [p]Items in the Cultural Center tracker will now display "???" instead of the item name, model, and description if you don't have the item or if you haven't donated it yet[/p]
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• [p]We've listened to the feedback that part of the fun is discovering items as you play, so we hope this satisfies that desire![/p]

[h3]✨ Better Item Quality[/h3]

• [p]We agree it's been too hard to see what quality an item is[/p]
• [p]Now, the icons are bigger, and the different levels are different colours[/p]
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[p]Meowllo![/p][p]As we're working on NPC and language updates, here is a quality of life update for youu~[/p][p][/p][h2]💾 Crash Saves[/h2]

• [p]When you crash, a crash save will be made the last time you changed zones. On restart, you will be asked if you'd like to use the crash save or decline. When declined, the crash save will delete itself[/p]
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[h2]💬 Community Languages[/h2]

• [p]We have started opening up Community Localization spots. In the past, Law4x has kindly already localized most of the game into Simplified Chinese[/p]
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• [p]Along with other members, we'll be slowly rolling out options to play in French and Simplified Chinese[/p]
• [p]You can try these partial localizations by going to the settings menu[/p]
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[h2]🪴 Added Peaceful Mode[/h2]

• [p]Disables enemies from spawning entirely! This is available under Settings -> Tweaks, and is also a new option on the new game start screen[/p]
• [p]Note that you might be unable to complete certain quests/achievements with this on, but you'll still be able to complete most of the game and all of the main story content[/p]

[h2]📐 Building[/h2]

• [p]Fixed an issue with Town Houses where going home from inside a town house would cause buildings placed elsewhere to sometimes disappear/unrender[/p][p]Any buildings affected by this bug should now be visible again![/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where barns would unrender when at the edge of the screen[/p]

[h2]🐛 Other Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Fixed the "Invisible Wall" collision right outside the main farm plot,[/p]
• [p]Tiles will now properly water themselves on rainy days, and shouldn't be unwatering themselves when leaving the mines[/p]
• [p]Fixed permanent buff descriptions showing "N/A" at max level, will now show the description for the buff at max level,[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where permanent buffs weren't able to be disabled, such as the Curse buff[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where it was possible to send items to yourself with the Snack Pack (not intended! sorry!)[/p]

[h2]✨ Other Community[/h2]

• [p]New tutorials and wiki updates are rolling out. I've spent a bit of time last week working on updates so information will be more up-to-date and easier to find. This also includes some mini videos to showcase certain mechanics easily[/p]
• [p]The Wiki is open for anyone to edit. To contribute, just sign up for an account on the wiki and start editing![/p]
• [p]We held a community vote on what feature you'd like us to work on next. Cooking UI (mass cook + view cookbook while cooking) won out against Tool Wheel, Builder Kit Blueprint Mode (copy+paste your designs), and Enhanced Map and Quest Tracking[/p]
• [p]To be apart of these future community decisions, join our Discord![/p]

[h2]Discord[/h2][p][/p][p]Thank you very much for enjoying Snacko so far! If you haven't yet, please consider leaving us a review.[/p][p]We'll see you soon with more fixes and updates such as more relationship gained talking to NPCs and more![/p][p][/p][p]Meow meow~[/p]

[h3]Meowllo![/h3][p]Since the dawn of time, Steam's Save Cloud has been occasionally messing with some player's save files. If you've experienced:[/p]

• [p]Opening the game to realize you "lost" progress[/p]
• [p]Not being able to find the saves at all[/p]

[h3]We now have a solution![/h3][p]Each save now gets backed up locally to your device, outside of the reach of Steam's Cloud Save system. If you find your saves out of date, make a backup of the folder just in case, and replace your Cloud Save files with the files inside the _LOCAL folder.[/p][p]Here, I made a picture... And wrote a step by step...[/p][p][/p][p]Note: Only works if you can access the local files on your last played device [/p]

1. [p]On your last played device, access the save files folder using Windows Key + R and pasting in %APPDATA%\\..\\Local\\snacko\\[/p]
2. [p]Inside the folder, access Saved → Save Games[/p]
3. [p]Number only folders (this is your Steam ID) are backed up via Cloud[/p]
4. [p]If it has _LOCAL at the end, this is ONLY on your local device[/p]
5. [p]Back up both folders, and copy in the save files from _LOCAL into the cloud folder[/p]
6. [p]If your Cloud folder rolled back due to Cloud Saves error, replacing it with the LOCAL files will give you the most updated save on the device[/p]

[p]As always, any problems you encounter with saves, we do not delete or roll back save games with our updates. If you find this happening to you, and your Cloud Saves are disabled or you've replaced your files with LOCAL files, reach out and we can help get some of your items or progress back.[/p][p]Happy Snacko-ing[/p][p]...?[/p][p]Snackoing? Snacko time? Snack.[/p]