Mika and The Witch's Mountain News

[h3]FUNCTIONALITY[/h3]
PC

• Achievements did not unlock properly sometimes in Steam Deck.
  
• Setting SSAO to high quality could sometimes provoke the static objects of the world to stop being rendered.
  

NINTENDO SWITCH

• After the last patch, some users reported that catapults previously unlocked had stopped appearing in the world although the orb was placed on them.
  
• After the last patch, some users reported that outfits and other collectables previously unlocked were not displayed in the inventory.
  

BOTH PLATFORMS

• Signs threw an error every time they were read by the user. This was related to a bug that provoked some tutorials to display repeatedly instead of just once.
  

[h3]PERFORMANCE[/h3]

• Fixed a texture loading issue that caused the game to crash sporadically.
  

[h3]NEW FEATURES[/h3]
PC

• Extended graphics settings with a new preset for maximum quality.
  
• Improved SSAO quality in High mode.
  

NINTENDO SWITCH

• Improved lighting effects.
  
• Improved framerate stability.
  
• Improved image quality in both docked and handheld modes.
  

Also note the Marketplace (Edgar’s The Crow Shop) changes their location! Now is more visible, but still in Windy Meadows, for you to make your shopping to get the outfits, trails and charms ✨

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[h3]Chibig Universe[/h3]
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Hello everyone!

Almost a week after the official Early Access release (thank you so much for your support in all possible ways!) and here we are with some news and info hopefully answering your most frequent questions.

[h3]Steam Deck Verified[/h3]

Woohoo! Some of you already confirmed that Mika and the Witch’s Mountain runs smoothly on Steam Deck, but now it's official 😀



This is amazing news for us, as we know Mika is a very “portable game” to play while relaxing on the couch or bed, even to liven a trip up!

[h3]Known issues, Work in Progress and Suggestions[/h3]

After the last patch to fix, in addition to other minor issues, the “airplane bug”, we have detected new ones:

• Napopos tutorials popping up more than once.
  
• Multiple achievements do not unlock.
  

We are aware and currently working to fix it in a new patch as soon as possible.



[h3]Community feedback and suggestions[/h3]
We’re happy to have launched the game in Early Access because in just one week we have been able to collect a lot of valuable suggestions that we will value to incorporate in the coming months.

Some of the most repeated suggestions that we're considering implementing:

• Open/close Option and Deliver Card Menu with one button.
  
• Minimap.
  
• Add a Tutorial section to view again the tutorial messages.
  
• Inverting camera X axis option in menu
  

Also, thank you so much to all the people leaving reviews here! It's very important to us and other future players on Steam, so thank you for taking the time to do it :D

[h3]TODAY IS THE DAY EVERYONE[/h3]

We're posting this while one part of the team is at Gamescom showcasing Mika and the Witch's Mountain to every press, creator and gaming enthusiastic person, and the other part is making their best effort with the last issues you reported over here and other channels.

This is one of our goals for this Early Access period that starts today: to make a better experience together, so thank you so much!!

But these things aside, MIKA IS LAUNCHING TODAY!!



You have no idea how eager we were for this day to arrive, we were dreaming about you all soaring around the Island of the Winds, discovering all the secrets, meeting amazing characters and feeling this story we built with the best we have.

Please let us know with a review, a comment or anything else you want your thoughts and experience, and let other people around the world know about this little witch that delivers packages in a mini open world. Also, you can join our Discord server.

Have a great launch day all!!

Don't panic but...✨✨✨✨ WE'RE LAUNCHING IN 2 DAYS ✨✨✨✨

*Note before being swept away by emotion: in the last few days, some backers with early access keys and creators have sent us some issues through the forum (yes, we are reading you!) and social networks. We're totally overwhelmed by the launch, but we're dedicating part of our efforts to solve the most pressing issues for the Early Access launch day. Thanks for your patience!

Mika and the Witch's Mountain has been a very special project that has made us live an immense amount of unforgettable moments that we could never have imagined: a super successful Kickstarter, more wishlist than any other game of the studio, the huge support of the community, a color figure supported by more than 4,000 people... and now it's going to be launched at Gamescom!



Part of the team will be there, one of the most important in the gaming industry, sharing this moment and making the launch day another wonderful event together with you.

And will I be able to play Mika there? Sure, we will have a small space in the (Indie) Entertainment area where some members of the team will be talking to all those who want to meet Mika.

And there will be free goodies? OF COURSE! We have really cute stuff prepared. But why talk when we can show!



Launching a game at a physical event is going to be quite a challenge, but we will do our best and we are sure it will be great. We hope you want to share this excitement with us!