Cattails: Wildwood Story News

Hey everybody! We're back with a quick update for Cattails: Wildwood Story. v1.21 brings with it several quality-of-life changes and bugfixes, as well as a handful of balance changes. Read the full patch notes below, or dive right in by launching the game from your Steam library.



Patchnotes: v1.21

• Prey, Herbs, and Treasure stockpiles can now be toggled on/off. Select the stockpile name to toggle (turn off to prevent automatic daily resource depletion and perk activation.)
  
• Once a Buddy reaches the max Buddy Level (10), their daily relational decay is now permanently disabled.
  
• Disabled daily relational decay on Kitten difficulty
  
• Greatly reduced daily relational decay value on Easy difficulty (-5/day)
  
• Slightly increased daily relational decay value on Impawssible difficulty (+1/day)
  
• Item loss on death penalty rebalanced to be less punishing
  
• Changed price of Minnows at Ember's shop (38 -> 42 mews)
  
• Changed price of Peppermint** at Ember's shop (20 -> 26 mews)
  
• Reduced hit points of Void Beetles (9->7 on Normal difficulty)
  
• Fixed a rendering bug related to mailbox item attachments when switching between letters
  
• Addressed an issue related to the "Seedy" and "Green Thumb" achievements not progressing when harvesting certain 3* herbs
  
• Addressed an issue with the Community Content API related to adding new rival marriage kittens to existing savefiles
  
• Fixed a collision map issue in East Central
  

You can view the current version you are running in the lower-left hand corner of the Main Menu or Pause menus. You can force Steam to update your version to the latest (v1.21) by navigating to Library -> right-click Cattails: Wildwood Story in the lefthand pane -> Properties -> Installed Files -> "Verify integrity..."

Also, we wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that we've been hard at work on the Nintendo Switch port of the game, and the release is right around the corner! Cattails: Wildwood Story will release on the Nintendo Switch on November 30, with preorders available now on the eShop.


Until next time!

-Tyler (@FalconDevelops)

Hey Wildwood cats!

We're back with an update for Cattails: Wildwood Story! Today's v1.10 patch includes some awesome new content. Also, a bunch of pesky bugs have been squashed. Let's dive right into it!



Full Patchnotes: v1.10
-New NPC: Umbra (available to recruit after completing the Main Story) -New Wedding Venue: Birch Lake -New Colony Layout: Desert (blank canvas) -3 new Tasks (Of a Feather, Research Project, Shadow-stone) -7 new Emblems available for your colony (stars, snake, cozy gradient, acorn, ghost, pumpkin, frost)
-Added additional safeguards against accidental file deletion in file select menu
-Savefile system work to prevent loss of progress in certain edge cases
-When creating a new file and choosing to skip the intro, you will now receive a complimentary 50 XP to train a starting skill of your choosing in place of Lion's Roar
-Added Toad to Alabaster's shop
-Added Amethyst to the Task Board shop
-Improved the overall quality of the Spanish localization
-Addressed a rare issue with mine progression related to puzzle statue spawn locations
-Addressed an accessibility issue related to the double-tap run command
-Addressed an issue with the player character walking instead of running after interacting with certain objects or talking to NPCs when Auto-Run is set to "On"



Of particular note is Umbra, the newest member of the Cattails: Wildwood Story cast. Recruit this unique resident after completing the Main Story by visiting the PIllar of the Wildwood. A word of warning, however: this cat won't be easy to recruit! Best of luck to all those who wish to invite Umbra to live in your settlement. 😸

There's also a brand-new colony layout to choose when starting a new savefile! Settle your town in the desert, a sparse and empty region that provides the perfect blank canvas for creating your masterpiece. All essential town services and starting cats' dens are clustered efficiently in the center, allowing full creative control over each of the four quadrants. Also, a quick tip! If you love the idea of the "blank canvas" but don't want to live in a dust bowl, you can change the ground type of your colony from Dirt to anything you like (grass, stone, etc) at the Build Menu. Maybe you want an empty meadow instead? The choice is yours!

We've also added a new wedding venue where you can say "I do" with the cat of your choosing. The Birch Lake provides an idyllic spot at the shores of a small woodland pond.

You'll also find 3 new tasks and 7 new colony emblems available. Speak to Coco and select "Manage colony details" to view or choose one of the new emblems.

Finally, a smattering of bugfixes and balance patches rounds out the update!



Help, my game isn't updating!
If you are having trouble downloading the new patch, you can force Steam to check for updates by doing the following:
Navigate to Library and find "Cattails: Wildwood Story" in the left-hand pane. Right click it and select Properties -> Installed Files -> "Verify integrity of files". This should start the download!
You can verify that your version is up-to-date on the Main Menu. In the lower-left hand corner it should read "Release v1.10". That means you've got the latest patch!

Thank you all once again for the amazing launch week. We're somehow still sitting at 100% positive reviews which is unbelievable! Alright, the dev team is taking the day for some much-needed rest. We appreciate each and every one of you! ❤️

-Tyler (@FalconDevelops)

Hey Wildwood cats! Exciting news... We now have Steam Community Items integrated with the game!



That means Trading Cards, Emotes, Profile Backgrounds, and Badges. Gain trading cards by playing the game, then complete the set to craft a badge. Check out your card drops in your Steam account inventory!

Also, we previously mentioned some exciting news. As you may have seen on our social media accounts, we recently teased this mysterious newcomer. Find out who it is in a patch coming later this week!



One last thing! If you've enjoyed playing Cattails: Wildwood Story, please consider leaving us a review on our Steam page. It helps a ton ❤️ For every review we'll give Elli & Buttercup a sweet pat on the head, how's that sound? 😹



We'll be back later this week with all the details! Until then, thanks for playing! 🐱

-Tyler (@FalconDevelops)

Halloween is almost here. It's a week and four days from now if you believe it. Where did the time go? It seems the older you get, the faster the year goes by. Kinda depressing.

For some of us, Halloween is a holiday, and still, we have yet to purchase a costume, candy for the neighborhood munchkins, or set out decorations. Honestly, we're feeling a bit ba-humbung about it this year. Maybe it's all the rain we have been getting, plus it's a bit colder than usual this time of year. Maybe our mood will change once the night of ghosts, goblins, and all things that go bump in the night rolls around.

Until our disposition changes, there are things that will help pass the time. Get together with friends, celebrate, take in a movie, some DIY, rest up, and play games.

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