APICO News

• Fixed the Dream Bee being literally impossible to get, I'm so sorry :(((
  
• Dream Bee is now a fixed recipe rather than being any hybrid species - check the Uncommon Bee page for the 'recipe'! (Uncommon x Common)
  
• Added the ability to use the following punctation / symbols for key mapping: .,`'\/-
  

• Fixed hives not showing the "sleeping" message when bees are asleep
  
• Fixed being able to move the title screen menu around (lol)
  
• Fixed being able to open the home screen menus in the top left corner of the map (how do you people find this stuff)
  
• Fixed NPC's not resetting when talking to them
  
• Fixed swarmer showing the bee icons in slots even when items are in there
  
• Fixed being able to interact with menus or clickable objects from the home screen
  
• Fixed being able to click on the murky bee icon from the flower book
  
• Fixed player customisation not resetting when creating a new world and you have an existing world
  
• Fixed the map not caching properly on windows, causing a lag when opening the map for the first time
  
• Fixed menus that were targets and then hammered messing up the automatic quick target
  
• Fixed hivesbane not buffing mutation chance correctly
  
• Fixed rogue "dev wall" being left underneath the Sir Sengir statue when hammered
  

• Fixed Paint Scraper crashing the game
  
• Fixed NPC menus not closing when you get too far away
  
• Fixed NPC dialogue not resetting when closing the menu but not saying goodbye (rude that you didn't say bye but okay)
  
• Fixed Infuser showing "need to add resin" error message when no items in the input
  
• Fixed machines cancelling a canister filling/draining when adding items to a slot
  
• Fixed wall reference grid caching when making a new world leading to glitched walls
  

• Added Dyes, crafted from flowers + glue, and can be used to dye objects, machines, crates, hives, walls, and tiles!
  
• Added Beenjamin into the demo! This grumpy ol' Beekeeper will give you hints on any undiscovered bees you're looking for, and sells some beekeeping related goodies (requires a new world)
  
• Added Brodux into the demo! This lil cutie sells the Jukebox, as well as music disks so you can play your favourite jams! (requires a new world)
  
• Added random structures to the world generation! (requires a new world)
  
• Crates generated in the world now have random items inside!
  
• Update the NPC conversation windows to look more fancy
  
• You can now sell honeycomb, propolis, glue, waterproof and sawdust for a small about of rubees each
  
• Updated the wording of the Uncommon Bee's hint
  
• Updated the "Shh, these bees are sleeping" message to be blue rather than red
  
• Added durability info to crafting icons + shop icons for frames + tools
  
• You can now put seeds in pots for decoration!
  
• Updated the home page to match the new game art, and added feedback form link
  
• Added a feedback/bug report button into the game which opens up our Google Form
  

• Fixed "target" menus not being reset when moving away / closing them by clicking their overworld sprite, meaning the inventory didn't automatically shift click to the next open menu
  
• Fixed undiscovered shiny bees not showing the black "undiscovered" sprite
  
• Fixed rehabeelitator showing slot "confetti" when a bee is released when the menu is closed
  
• Fixed some non-demo quests still showing a notification in the demo when getting certain items (boat, squeezer, backpack)
  
• Fixed NPC's not showing their appreciation when you buy stuff, so rude!
  
• Removed the hacky town lanterns from the world gen now that windows act as light sources, if your world was made before this patch then woooo free lanterns :D
  
• Fixed walls being highlightable (thats a word) through a menu
  
• Fixed the "Queen has finished her cycle" message showing when no bees are in the output slots
  
• Fixed the beehive help menu not showing correctly
  
• Fixed slots with 99 of an item showing the "change" effect when picking up more of that item
  
• Fixed bottler not working with exactly 100bl inside
  

• Added the boat and the backpack items to Skipper's shop in demo mode
  
• "Next Steps" quest now only unlocks 4 new quests instead of 7 to prevent players being overwhelmed by choices
  
• Changed "Menu Magic" to give 20 sticks as the reward instead of a crate to give a boost to the amount of sticks you have at the start
  
• Updated latin names to prevent favoritism towards bumblebee genus specifically (thanks @Entomancy!)
  
• Windows will now act as light sources, same size as lanterns
  
• Removed "rollover" sound from slots/chapters before @medusaur murders someone
  
• Updated conservation status message for the first 3 species that are already saved (that wasn't thanks to you, stop taking all the credit!!)
  
• Updated frame sprites to make the difference between empty, filled, and uncapped clearer
  
• Updated colour of stone tools to match stone palette
  
• Updated treetaps to say "Single-use" to make it clearer you can't get them back atm
  
• Updated hive bubble icon to show a little yellow bee when the hive is finished rather than a red "!" to remove the urgency
  
• Tweaked a few sprites to be in the correct colour palette
  

• Fixed closing a target menu by clicking on the placed machine not resetting the target
  
• Fixed "The Queen has finished her cycle" messages being in red, is now in yellow, again just to chill out a bit on the in your face messages all being "error" colors
  
• Fixed weather report notifications not resetting after the weather has gone / day has ended
  
• Fixed "Beekeeper's Delight" not being discovered in the flower book by default
  
• Fixed mouse "tool" icon showing on top of books
  
• Fixed climate trait icons being the wrong way round in the bee book
  
• Fixed typos in the apiary tooltip descriptions
  
• Fixed lighting going completely off of the correct position when using CTRL+R to reload the game
  
• Fixed scroll direction on books being in reverse on Windows/Linux
  
• Fixed scrolling on a map causing the game to crash
  
• Removed Steam connection on Itch/GJ builds to prevent the game failing to launch if steam is open
  

For World Bee Day, TNgineers worked to produce a brand new demo for the casual and chilled-out APICO.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/05/chilled-out-super-sweet-bee-keeping-game-apico-has-a-huge-new-demo-out