Research Story News

Greetings researchers!

[h3]✨Research Story OST is now available for purchase!✨[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2483750/Research_Story_Soundtrack/

• There are currently 31 tracks in this album (.mp3).
  
• Various artists - bosu, Shevone Seow, Tyd, Tomás Palazzi, Mickey Hernández and I have all contributed to the lovely soundtrack. You'll be able to see the credits for each track in the .mp3 file (under 'Contributing Artists')!
  
• As the game develops and we add new OSTs, we'll update this soundtrack as well.
  

[h3]🎼A little bit more about the composers[/h3]

• 🎵 Tomás Palazzi is the first composer for our game, composing tracks such as the Announcement Trailer OST, Into The Caves, and recently, Stream.
  
• 🎶 bosu, Shevone Seow, Tyd are part of a team who have come on board later on and made most of the beautiful tracks you hear in Research Story, including Evergreen Tale, Violet Archive Theme, and Tales of White Snow.
  
• 🥁 Mickey Hernández added percussion to the Announcement Trailer OST.
  
• 🎹 I've made a few tracks for the game, too - such as A Day in Shimmerbrook and Frozen Depths.
  

We hope you enjoy the album! 💕✨

- Miki

[h3][✨Update v0.4 is in development and will go live sometime in August!][/h3]

[h3]Greetings researchers![/h3]

Festivals and in-game events break up the pace in farming/life sims, show more NPC interactions, and build a sense of community between the townsfolk and the player. We're planning to add at least 1 festival per season, and some smaller events in Research Story. This will be done in parts as there's quite a bit of content to work through!

[h2]Spring and Summer Festivals 🌸☀️[/h2]
The first two festivals to be added to Research Story are the Cherry Blossom Festival in Spring and Ice Cream Fair in Summer. Townsfolk have special dialogues as part of the festival. Festivals will also be unique in terms of minigames, festival shops, and other activities.

Note for players
If you're in season and don't wish to miss the festival, please save at least 1 day before the festival date! The festival will only be triggered when you sleep the day before it.
🌸Cherry Blossom Festival is on 11 Spring -> Save before/on 10 Spring.
☀️Ice Cream Fair is on 19 Summer -> Save before/on 18 Summer.
Of course, even if you missed the festival this year, you can still experience it in the following years!

[h2]🌸Cherry Blossom Festival🌸[/h2]
Townsfolk gather to admire the transience of nature and the passing of time.

There's an activity called 'Spring Poems', where the player can participate in poem-writing and vote for their favourite poem (written by townsfolk)!
Spring Poems Board

[h2]☀️Ice Cream Fair☀️[/h2]
Townsfolk enjoy the various ice cream made for the fair.

There's an ice cream-making activity for this festival! 🍦🍨 Players can gift their hand-made ice cream to the townsfolk and find out what their favourite desserts are. This is one part of the ice cream-making process:
Milk Pot Minigame

This v0.4 update should be ready a little later this month! If there's anything else you'd like to see in particular, we're always happy to hear from you!

[h2]Upcoming Soundtrack release on August 9 [/h2]
Meanwhile, we'll be releasing the Research Story Soundtrack on August 9, 6pm (PDT)! There are currently 31 tracks in the album ✨ More to come as we continue development!

These are all original soundtracks made for the game, from various artists: bosu, Shevone Seow, Tyd, Tomás Palazzi, and I have all made tracks for Research Story! If you'd like to support our amazing composers, do keep a lookout for it! 💚
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2483750/Research_Story_Soundtrack/

Stay tuned and thanks to everyone for all your support so far! Miki

Fixed:
- Unable to use Origin Tracker after finding fish part and talking to Sesame.
- Stuck in fishing position after falling asleep at 3AM while fishing.
- Stuck in fishing position after sliding away from a water source while fishing.

Changed:
- Added a page counter to Research Shelf UI.

Thank you for your reports and feedback as usual!
Miki

Hello researchers! Pushing out another hotfix due to a crashing bug which I wanted to fix asap. There're also some minor QOL changes, as noted below. I'll be sharing about the progress for the next content update soon!

Fixes
- Fixed crash when walking into 'final room' in cave while animals are following.
- Blue Claw can now be used for the Magic Forge, just like other Fish Parts.

Changes based on player feedback
- In-progress and completed Research Samples now have differentiating icons in the inventory description.
- Composter ingredient additions:

• Added Jellyshroom and Slimeshroom as Quality Fertiliser ingredients
  
• Added Lavacress as Kelp Fertiliser ingredient
  

- Magic Forge ingredient additions:

• Added Watercress, Lavacress, as well as various Fish Net drops as organic materials for the Magic Forge
  

- Some placed items now need to be hit twice in succession to be removed. This is to address the issue where some of these items often get accidentally removed while doing other things on the farm. These items are:

• Well
  
• Crafting Stations: Stone Forge, Magic Forge, Loom, Spinning Wheel, Mixer, Seed Sieve, Campfire, Dehydrator
  
• Crafting Benches: Feed Crafter, Bait Press
  

Thank you for all your feedback and reports!
- Miki

A few more bugfixes!
- [Controller] Attempt to fix possible crash when interacting with the Auto-feeder.
- [Controller] Fixed being able to select two item slots when pressing Up and Left buttons simultaneously in the Auto-feeder Inventory.
- Fixed overlapping tooltip when cursor points to the trough and Auto-feeder at the same time.
- Fixed Journal UI's Information scrollbar.
- Fixed a missing collision bug when removing a bed while there is more than 1 bed in the room.

Thanks,
Miki