Spirittea News

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Hey everyone, it's time for another little Spirittea update, and today I wanted to touch on the town a little bit, but mostly I wanted to celebrate how much Spirittea has achieved since the start of the year!

We're constantly playing and thinking about how to improve each one of the activities throughout the game, and there are some SUPER exciting changes that I'm hoping to round up for you soon - needless to say the town is starting to feel like a real town, and the spooky goings on and really starting to feel at home here!

We wanted to connect you to the town and especially the townspeople, so you will have seen that you can partake in their hobbies with them! You might have seen some of the hobbies in our recent trailer!

From digging for treasure to eating BBQ, everyone has a preference. But with us celebrating, I figured I'd show you my favourite way to celebrate with some of the residents - grabbing a drink! Some of the resident's favourite way to unwind is to head down to the beach and grab a drink to wind down. The question is, can you pour the perfect drink?

Each of the minigames associated with each hobby is super fun, and each one is entirely different from the last! You've seen the karaoke one in our music video, which you should check out if you haven't already!

I'm so excited for you to give all these a go later this year and work out which ones you like best! The drinking game is currently my favourite, but I love getting stuck in with a little bit of food too!

Let us know what hobbies you'd love to get into in the comments and we'll see you next week!

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Hey everyone, it's time for another little Spirittea update!

I thought I'd start today's update by just reminding you that if you've been enjoying these updates and haven't given our demo a go it's still available through Steam! A massive thanks to everyone who has been wishlisting the game!

For today's update, I figured I'd show you my favourite room in the bathhouse, as it's its own bath with a lovely fireplace and decorations, and plays a big part in the spiritual aspect of the game!

As you live your life and interact with the world around you, you'll build up spirituality. The more spiritual you are, the more of the spirit world you can get involved in and help with. As you know, you'll be helping out villagers with their spirit problems, but these naughty spirits aren't the only ones you'll be serving!

You might have seen at the end of the last update video that there was a little bit of commotion going on - let me show you what that looks like!

If you've seen our trailers you might have guessed what was on the way! I won't spoil too much about these very rare and regal spirits, but needless to say, a very large spirit needs a very large bath!!

In fact, this entire room will become a place for these specific spirits and their very cute entourages, complete with their own firepit to heat this bath specifically to the perfect temperature. You'll need to make sure the bath is at the perfect temperature too, as these spirits are, quite rightly, VERY fussy! They'll also need feeding and potentially a bath elixir too - only the best of care for these spirits! As you upgrade your bathhouse you'll be able to look after these customers better, and get to know exactly what makes them tick!

So, what do you think of our lovely side room? This is absolutely one of my favourite areas in the bathhouse, and I hope with all the ceremony you'll love it too!

Let us know what you think in the comments and we'll see you next week!

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Hey everyone - it's time for another Spirittea update, and for today I promised we'd look at some of the spirits!

I figured I'd show you how the seating arrangements in the bathhouse will work, and introduce you to either your new favourite or your first worst 'enemies' in the game -

This guy.



More on him later. First let's head out to the bathhouse and chat about where you can seat your new spirit customers once you've helped them around town.

In order to keep your spirits happy in their baths, you can do a whole range of things like scrub them and treat their water, but the easiest way to keep them happy is to seat them next to other spirits they like! In the beginning when you have one bath this might be tough, but as you speak to Fae and unlock more, you'll be able to use more bath space - it's like a lovely puzzle!

Each spirit is linked to a season, and they love sitting next to spirits of the same season or the seasons next to theirs - they don't like sitting next to the season at the opposite end of the year. This image should hopefully clear it up, but Spring spirits hate for example hate sitting next to Autumn (or Fall) spirits, but like their neighbours Winter and Summer!

Once you've worked out who likes who, and you've got your seating plan, you can plonk down your spirits and they'll stay in the lovely spaces you've found for them, right?

Right?

Meet Corvink, a cheeky lad with a love of the arts! Corvink is happy to grab a towel and be seated, but... well

He's also a fan of getting his laps in. He's one of the special anomalous spirits who has a special effect once he's in the bath, adding layers to your bathhouse puzzle! The question is: would you want to give Corvinks their own baths, set up some season-based baths or pop everyone in together?

I can't WAIT to show you some of the other spirits and talk you through some neat features of the bathhouse, but for today say hello to my favourite cheeky chappie, and I'll see you in the next update!

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Hey everyone, welcome back to another little Spirittea update! One of the big tasks is to breathe life into each of the Townspeople - and that's being done in part with brand-new sets of animations!

With these new animations new being finished, I thought I'd use them to introduce our cast of characters - so first up is the first to be finished, and that's lovely Amelia!

You will have heard us talking about Amelia in our first update video, make sure you pop back to that to see how you'll meet her for the first time!

Amelia likes traditional music, dancing, and gardening, she's best friends with Miko and Quill who you'll meet very early on, and has a little special interest in Clarence (but I won't dwell on that so I don't embarrass her - they're both so sweet!)

You'll regularly see Amelia having tea and farming with Miko, as well as preparing food and practising her Tai Chi!

She's also a big fan of calligraphy, feeling like every brushstroke tells a story, and loves expressing herself that way!

Each Townsperson has their routine, so you'll see them taking part in their own activities frequently!

Amelia is very extroverted, relaxed, and practical, so has become a firm favourite of ours pretty quickly. She just wants to see her daughter (Song) and grandson (Momo) live a happy life, so you'll regularly find her in the shop helping out! She knows the struggle of raising a child on her own, so looks to support Song wherever she can!

These animations are really making the world come alive, and as each one gets added I can't help but get more excited! Let us know which one is your favourite, and we'll look at something new again next week! See you then!

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Hey there everyone! Happy Friday, I hope you've all had a lovely week! This week's update is a little different, in that it's about our lovely MUSIC!

The music in Spirittea has been pretty important to get right, as it reflects the calm mountain town through each season - it's not just the sprites and your surroundings that change - the music changes too!

To give you a feel for what's coming for each season, we figured we'd share a little of the music with you! Check out our YouTube video above for a little of Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter!

So, which one is your favourite? The seasons will play a big part, so we're excited for you to explore them all!

BUT! That's not the only music you'll find in the game! While sorting some sprites and story sections, there are now some BOPS at the karaoke bar! You can play some on your own, or grab a friendly neighbour and do some duets! You'll need an NPC who loves singing, like lovely Leigh! Then you can head out and try out some of our duets!

And with that, the music is just about wrapped up! We can't wait for you to hear it all later this year - see you next week for some more Spirittea