Research Story News

Several fixes, mostly visual:
- Attempt to fix an uncommon bug where creature follower perks do not activate sometimes.
- Fixed visual bugs related to Shimmers: Shimmer particle effects continue showing in cutscenes/hangout events even though creature is invisible.
- Fixed item description text overflow for items with long descriptions by adding a scrollable area for it.
- Visual: Greenhouse soil area will no longer be white in Winter.
- Visual: Fixed a rare bug that causes Vallee's Green Heart Event (at the Observatory) to display an incorrect background.
- [Controller] Fixed not showing current item description when hovering over Magnifying Glass or empty inventory slots.

Thank you for playing! 🤍
- Miki

[h3]Fixes:[/h3]
- Fixed crash when trying to move a Creature Pen after placing down a Farm Teleporter.
- Fixed creature followers temporarily deactivated and invisible after House Upgrade cutscene.
- Fixed wild creature sometimes 'stuck' on feed bowl while trying to tame them.
- Fixed an inconsistency in the closing of Lore Book UI.
- Fixed some fonts for larger resolutions that display a square for letters with diacritics (letters like è, â, ñ etc.).

[h3]Minor changes:[/h3]
- [UI/UX] The sort and auto-stack to inventory buttons in the Chest UI are now on the right side of the UI.
- Added notification when trying to preserve items that are not suitable.
- Updated Early Access information text in launch popup.

Thank you for all your reports and feedback!
Miki 🤍

Minor adjustments/fixes:
- Expanded placeable area slightly for Home surroundings map, such that Farm Buildings can now be placed to the right of the house.
- Updated tile sprite of winter flowers in the grass.
- Fixed: Perk name in Creature Tab revealed even though the bond with creature is lower than 3.

Thank you for playing~
Miki 🤍

[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 🤍