Echoes of the Plum Grove News

Happy New Year everyone! We've got some new features for you to enjoy such as being able to put furniture over rugs now and some new costumes for kids!

Though this is a smaller update, our next update will be a big announcement so stay tuned for it on
[h3]January 23, 2025[/h3]


[h3]Update Highlights[/h3]

Features: Rug Layer: Furniture can be placed on top of rugs and paths
Farm Helpers Refilling: Farm helpers can refill water at a well or the pond
Flexible Item Placement: Many items can now be placed both indoors and outdoors
New Halloween outfits: Mushroom and Snowman

Fixes: Winter gala should be available even if the quest giver dies the night before
Fix inventories disappearing/doubling when sorting under certain conditions
Doubled hay and wheat drops
Most issues with the chicken coop construction should be fixed
Increased Blood Moon quest rewards
Improve performance around having many animals
Fix quest and tailor list scrolling on controller
Game pauses on controller disconnect
Trees and bushes will no longer grow more fruit than shown if left alone
Baby chickens should no longer drop from trees and bushes
Animal farmland sign is now interactable
Fix Sleep Be Gone potion
Fix leaving your house location

As always, thank you so much everyone for your continued support in the game and providing us with such amazing feedback.

The Art of Echoes of the Plum Grove is now available on Steam for $2.99 USD! Come check out all the behind-the-scenes content and journey to making the game. The art book is already available for those who purchased the collectors edition.

If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Winter Sale! Catch the game on sale from December 19th until January 2nd.

Make sure to check out other great indie games on sale during the Winter Sale to add them to your collection.

Happy Fall 🍁
We’re happy to roll out an update that’s focused on some quality of life updates to enhance your time while playing Echoes of the Plum Grove!

Check out what's new:

[h3]Update Highlights:[/h3]

• Inventory Management Made Easier: A new dropdown feature has been added to help you sort inventory and chests with ease.
  
• Tailor Shop Refresh: The tailor's inventory will now shuffle cosmetics you’ve already purchased.
  
• Gifting Medicine & More: You can now gift medicine, potions, or soap to help prevent or heal diseases in NPCS or family members. These items follow the gifting cooldown, so plan wisely!
  
• Smarter Family Movement: Family members will now spend less time blocking the stairs or lingering in the entryway.
  
• Pet Cap Increased: You can now have up to 5 pets! More critters for your family to love and care for.
  
• Improved Shop & Storage Control: Updates for smoother interactions while navigating shops and storage.
  
• Tidying Up Achievements: We’ve removed unreleased content from the achievements list and collection book to ensure everything matches the current in-game content.
  

Thank you all for your continued support and feedback! We're constantly looking for ways to improve the game, so keep sharing your thoughts with us.

Build v1.0.4.3s is live with the following updates and features:

• Added anti-aliasing options in graphics settings, FXAA enabled by default
  
• Ambient tracks should play again properly
  
• Updated Japanese Characters
  
• Updated Rose's name in German