Animal Shelter News

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1982080/Animal_Shelter__Puppies__Kittens_DLC/

Take care of kittens and puppies, these small animals will steal your heart and make you happy when you will find a new home for them, so that they can be a part of a loving family. There are new great features in the DLC that will make gameplay more interesting!

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As in the case of the premiere of the full version of the game, this time we also decided to support animal shelters. We have already supported shelters from different parts of the world, also we support animals in Ukraine, and this time we send donations to one of the shelters in Poland.



Remember about the promotion on Animal Shelter and on Puppies & Kittens DLC. The full version of the game is now on the DAILY DALE sale and DLC have a launch discount, this is a limited-time offer!



If you have any questions, feel free to join our Discord and chat with us 👇


Have fun!
Animal Shelter Team

[h2]Another big update for Animal Shelter! The update is now available for download, check what we have prepared for you. 🐶 🐱[/h2]


[h3]This is the biggest update so far! 🔥
It includes accessibility, the latest Unity engine which gives graphical improvements, Cloud Save, full controller support, new achievements and many, many other improvements and fixes. You can find, full list of changes below.[/h3]

[h3]Today is also the premiere of Animal Shelter - Puppies & Kittens DLC, be with us! 😊[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1982080/Animal_Shelter__Puppies__Kittens_DLC/

• Graphical improvements – the game is much more pleasing to the eye overall. The clouds, lighting, and the sun all were improved. This can be toggled in the settings.
  
• Improved particle effects.

• Cloud Save support

Accessibility Options:

• Added the option to set ‘Run’ and the Interaction buttons to toggle instead of hold-to-use.
  
• Outline colors can now be changed.
  
• Added Saturation, Exposure, Bloom, and Contrast settings.
  
• Added a bigger cursor size option.
  
• The reticle’s shape, color, and size can now be modified.
  
• Added alternative reticles.
  
• Mouse sensitivity during interactions can now be modified.
  
• Added adjustments to improve the game’s readability in cases of color blindness.

• Added a new Modifications menu which can be accessed during gameplay.
  
• Controller support has been implemented
  
• Added Sound Indicators that visually represent in-game sounds.
  
• Added status icons over animals that appear when big changes in their status occur.

• Build Mode now recognizes if the player selects a building or a piece of furniture.
  
• Added information tooltips that appear when hovering over buildings.
  
• Made deleting multiple photos easier.
  
• Improved the shopping cart.

• Added new achievements!
  
• Fixed achievements that were not able to be completed.

• Added owned DLC icons to the main menu.

[h3]Smaller (but still important!) changes[/h3]

• Fixed filling the litter box.
  
• Added more sound cues to actions that had none.
  
• Added new sounds to previously soundless items.
  
• Double-clicking on the save file button now loads the game.
  
• Added a button that clears all notifications in the ‘More Info’ window.
  
• Added warning tooltips for empty water bottles and empty food packs.
  
• Added a cursor when moving buildings.
  
• Added an easter egg
  
• Corrected drying the dogs.
  
• Saving and auto-saving should be faster.
  
• Added the poop bag dispenser as furniture which can be freely placed anywhere in the Shelter.
  
• Added information to notifications about who is adopting which animal.
  
• Added more graphics settings.
  
• Articles in the encyclopedia are now unlocked as new popups are found during gameplay.
  
• Fixed the lighting on the animal information plaques on the cages.
  
• Added item sorting to item stacks.
  
• The medical tray can now be purchased at the store and thrown out into the trash.
  
• Buildings now have ambient sounds.
  
• Building signs are now uniform.
  
• Added a new cursor when selling objects on buildings.
  
• The blinking heart that indicated when an animal is ready for adoption has been added to the computer.
  
• Added missing translations and fixed some existing ones.

[h3]Other fixes[/h3]

• Upgraded to new engine version.
  
• Corrected the colliders for furniture in build mode.
  
• Created a separate folder for save files.
  
• Corrected the animations in the animal statistics window.
  
• Corrected the interaction between the cursor and some buttons.
  
• Fixed the disappearing bubbles after refocusing the game window.
  
• Better item and furniture handling inside buildings.
  
• Fixed the notifications being displayed under the cursor.
  
• Optimized petting animals.
  
• Fixed disappearing posters after loading the game.
  
• Added new team members to the credits.
  
• Corrected the scale of wounds.
  
• Enhanced instant camera into the digital camera inside the Photo Studio level 2.
  
• Buildings with animals inside them can no longer be demolished.
  
• Corrected the side of Pause menu UI.
  
• Added sounds when hovering over icons.
  
• Field of View numeric values will no longer be displayed.
  
• The reticle will no longer be enabled after exiting the menu during interactions.
  
• Fixed shampoo particle positions.
  
• Corrected equipment tooltips.
  
• Bubbles will now disappear as intended.
  
• Refactored logs for easier debugging.
  
• Made ‘Delete Save’ button harder to click by accident.
  
• Fixed dogs’ tail material.

See you soon,
Animal Shelter Team

[h2]We are preparing a very large update for the full game next week.[/h2]

[h3]We put a lot of work into this and there are plenty of changes, so we kindly ask you to test this patch before the upcoming update.[/h3]

If you want to help us and test the upcoming patch, before downloading it, please do a backup of your current saves. This will help you restore your game before the upcoming patch and you will not lose your game progress.

[h2]How to join? Follow these simple steps:[/h2]
1. Go to the Steam application and your Steam Library
2. On the left side of the game list, find "Animal Shelter"
3. Right-click on the game
4. Select the "Properties"
5. Select the "BETAS"
6. Select "public-test" from the available list

Now you have access to the beta test of the upcoming update. If you find any bugs or issues while playing the game, please report them here in this topic or on our Discord. If you could send us your logs and save files on email - [email protected]
You will find the logs - C:\Users\[USER NAME]\AppData\LocalLow\Animal Shelter Team\Animal Shelter\Logs

We tried to eliminate as many bugs and issues as we could and put a lot of hours into this update. If you decide to help us, thank you, you're the best! Please make sure you made your backup saves. Remember that you are testing at your own risk.

[h3]These are only some of the upcoming changes:[/h3]

• Graphical improvements – the game is much more pleasing to the eye overall. The clouds, lighting, and the sun all were improved. This can be toggled in the settings.
  
• Improved particle effects.
  
• Build Mode now recognizes if the player selects a building or a piece of furniture.
  
• Added information tooltips that appear when hovering over buildings.
  
• Made deleting multiple photos easier.
  
• Improved the shopping cart.

Accessibility Options:

• Added the option to set ‘Run’ and the Interaction buttons to toggle instead of hold-to-use.
  
• Outline colors can now be changed.
  
• Added Saturation, Exposure, Bloom, and Contrast settings.
  
• Added a bigger cursor size option.
  
• The reticle’s shape, color, and size can now be modified.
  
• Added alternative reticles.
  
• Mouse sensitivity during interactions can now be modified.
  
• Added adjustments to improve the game’s readability in cases of color blindness.
  
• Added a new Modifications menu which can be accessed during gameplay.
  
• Controller support has been implemented
  
• Added Sound Indicators that visually represent in-game sounds.
  
• Added status icons over animals that appear when big changes in their status occur.
  

[h2]Exactly 7 days left! We are so excited! 🐶 🐱[/h2]
[h3]If you haven't seen the newest DLC trailer yet, check it out now! 👇[/h3]
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1982080/Animal_Shelter__Puppies__Kittens_DLC/
[h3]Let us know if you will be with us during the premiere. 😎[/h3]

Also that day we prepared together with Steam a special promotion! The promotion will be available for players who already have Animal Shelter in their Steam library and for those who want to start their adventure with our game. So, stay tuned we will be back with more information soon. 😊

[h3]Do you have any questions? Join us on Discord! 👇[/h3]


Best regards,
Animal Shelter Team

Changes: - Implemented tooltips for empty water bottle and food packs
- Automatically sorting water bottles and packs of food in stack to place the empty ones always on the bottom of the stack
- Much faster save system (especially the autosave when there were many photos taken)
- New head, eyes and neck decorations for animals
- Fixed settings being applied incorrectly
- Fixed blocking of demolition of animal buildings while any animal is inside
- Changed camera with printer to digital camera in photography building level 2
- Better handling of saves files
- Visual corrections to the loading window (scaled toggle panel, etc.)
- Corrected brightness of photo shooting decorations
- Implemented water filling pointer
- Added sounds to computer icons on hover
- Added sounds to options menu
- Added player wall collision sound
- Medical tray is now throwable