Research Story News

[h3]Patch v0.13 - minor QOL and balancing patch[/h3]

Showing more information
- Added creature habitat information in the Journal.
- The books at the Recording Stations now show hints of the cave biome(s) where research can be completed.
- Festival Days, Hangout Event days, and sleep reminders now show up as an icon in the HUD.
- Locked row of the inventory is now indicated in the active hotbar HUD.

Progression balancing
- The Tavern now sells 'out-of-season' crops and some animal produce. This feature is available from 3 Summer Y1 onwards.
- Added Chamomile to Yan Yan's shop.
- New Food Buffs: Violet Herbal Tea and Special Shrooms Soup increases chance for players to find treasure when fishing.
- Fishing a treasure now uses 5 Energy.
- Higher-tier fishing rods now have lower chance to catch trash.
- Spring Poems event: Orange Heart townsfolk now increase chances for players to win the event.

More Game Options - for taking in-game screenshots
- Added 'Game Zoom' option (recommended only for in-game screenshots)
- Added 'Hide HUD' option
- Home Surroundings map is extended slightly to the right, such that zooming out fully will not show any 'black bars' on most resolutions.
- Summit map is extended to the right (visually), such that zooming out will not show any 'black bars'.

Localisation
- Added CN localisation for Food Buff effects.
- Updated CN localisation for some food item names.

Fixes
- [Resolution 2560x1080]: Increased default font size.
- [KBM] Fixed consistency issue in Mail/Noticeboard UI (UI will now only close if pressed Esc or clicked outside of UI, instead of when clicking while hovering over UI)

Miki

- [CN Localisation] Fixed a crash caused by Teagan's dialogue during the General Store Hangout Event.
- Fixed portraits (emotions) of certain dialogues not shown correctly.

Thank you for your bug reports!
Miki 🤍

- Fixed a bug where some tiles are sometimes not watered in the Greenhouse despite being in range of a sprinkler.

Thank you for playing Research Story!
Miki 🤍

Fixes
- Fixed a rare crash that happens when trying to start a Hangout Event right after gifting an item and having the NPC's favourite creature following you.
- Casual Hangout progress bar no longer shows up while the Main UI is open.
- [KBM] Fixed journal icons only show tooltip when hovering from bottom half of icon.

Thank you for your bug reports!
Miki 🤍

[h2]Hello Researchers![/h2]

[h3]✨Grab your ink and quill and start researching on the Steam Deck!✨[/h3]


[h3]I'm happy to announce that we're now Steam Deck verified![/h3]

This means that:
✅ All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
✅ Controller icons are showed
✅ In-game text is legible on the deck
✅ Default graphics configuration performs well on the deck

Took a while but we got there! I hope you enjoy the experience on the deck! As usual, any feedback and bug reports are always appreciated 🎮💗

Happy Researching!
Miki 🤍