Spirittea News

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Hey there everyone! It's Friday, so it's time for another Spirittea update! Since we first released the demo a whole host of things have changed, so I thought I'd round some of them up for you, before showing you my favourite feature that's finally here!

In the last update I mentioned the map - thanks to lovely Granny Amelia's help this is now on the M key, something I know a lot of folks were asking about when the demo came out! Throughout the game you'll need to use the map to track down particular people to help them with their problems, so we've taken your feedback on board and made it nice and easy to get to!

Talking of speaking to people and solving their problems, the order of quests has been toyed with and changed around this week - it's important to us that you're able to find and follow the stories as you play, so alongside being able to track down who you're looking for, we also wanted to make sure we gave you all some pointers as to where to check first! On the new first day, you'll hear about the problems of two of our residents, and armed with your new map and your tea, hopefully, you'll be able to track down whichever naughty spirit is - AAAA, what're they doing there??

Right well, aside from THAT mess, we've also been making our own mess! Let me show you the inside of the bathhouse! We seem to have left it a little long since the demo and well... some spiders seem to have moved in!

We wanted the bathhouse to feel like somewhere you could work on if you wanted and another location for you to really make your own! We also noticed some of you folks in the demo spent HOURS clearing up patches of dust and dirt. So uhh, we made you some more! Surprise!

BUT that's not all the brushes are good for - introducing my new favourite feature (mostly because I am bad at organising my spirits) SCRUBBING YOUR BATH GOERS!

If like me, you dump spirits wherever you have space, it makes them unhappy, which brings you in less money. Thankfully to can cheer them up a bit by giving them a scrub with your brush, which is something I have spent FAR too long doing this week!

There are a couple of other changes balance-wise, but I'll leave them for another day. For now, look forward to some scrubbing, some cleaning and making the bathhouse really yours later this year!

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Hey there everyone! Happy 2023 from all of us at No More Robots and Cheesemaster Games - we're excited to make this the year of Spirittea!

To kick off the brand new year, I figured I'd share some progress of one of the biggest changes to the game that it's had since the very beginning. I touched on in a text update last year - I'm excited to show you it in action.

If you've played our lovely demo, you will have met granny Miko. We love this introduction to the town, but it didn't explain very much about the game, nor how to get around town very effectively. To help, we added a first day to help you get to grips with the town and your new neighbours - calling in our other granny, Amelia!

Amelia will teach you a little about furniture and food, but most excitingly give you a map and brochure, showcasing a whole wealth of activities to get stuck into across town! We also have roped in the lovely Jan to help you track down anyone you haven't met yet, as this adds them to your map so you can find them whenever you need! Thanks Jan! The keen eyed among you will also notice that Jan and Maru got some visual upgrades, and of course that very important pet button!

We're hoping this extra time to explore your surroundings and get a feel for the people, the town and the spoooky goings on will help you get to grips with your new mountain home, and inspire lots of adventures! There's plenty to get stuck into in every season - we can't wait to see which one ends up being your favourite! The seasons influence what you can find, what you can do and of course our spirit friends - but we'll talk about that in a later update!

For now, we're much happier with the way the beginning of the game flows, and we hope you end up loving our quirky band of characters as much as we do!

I'll see you next week for another update, where I can showcase my absolute favourite new feature - I've been waiting for it for a while, and finally I can make my bathing spirits happier than ever! I'll see you there!

Hey there everyone, we've got some really cool news for you!

If you were looking for some BRAND NEW, NEVER SEEN BEFORE FOOTAGE from Spirittea, we've GOT SOME FOR YOU!

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Thanks to the amazing Wholesome Snack: The Game Awards Edition we've got a brand new trailer to show you exactly what you can expect when you start up in your new home! You'll need plenty of inspiration to write your novel, but thankfully the mountain town has plenty to do to keep you busy!

Between joining the townsfolk in their favourite hobbies, running and restoring your bathhouse and solving the town's many mysteries, you'll have plenty to do to keep you busy early next year when Spirittea launches!

Hey everyone!

I'm so excited to get into today's update because honestly, it's the cutest feature I think I've ever seen in a game (as well as being pretty helpful!)! BUT! Before I get too carried away, don't forget we have a BRAND NEW TRAILER coming this Thursday, December 8th!

While I have to keep it very under wraps, I'm excited for you to get a feel for what life in Spirittea will be like, and start looking forwards to planning your time in your own mountain towns! If you want to make sure you don't miss it, make sure you sign up for a reminder here - https://wholesomegames.com/

So, what has Cheesemaster Games been so hard at work on making both functional AND adorable? If you've played the demo, you might have met these two cuties - two Shiba Inus!



Jan and Maru have had some visual upgrades to look more like their real-life counterparts! There have been so many visual upgrades throughout, but these two have been given a brand new mission to help out new players, so it was important they looked the part! Did you know that Shibas nearly went extinct during WW2?

Looking back at the demo and early playthroughs of the game, we noticed that folks were getting lost and finding it hard to navigate - something we definitely didn't want in our lovely calm game! So, we decided to allow a little extra time before spirit mode kicks in so that everyone can wander around and get their bearings, chat with the locals and get a feel for what building houses who! We made some map improvements that I chatted about in our last update, but you'll need to find people before they'll appear on your map - don't worry though, help is at hand.

No one likes being stuck at 25/27 townspeople met (certainly if your sense of direction is as bad as mine!) so we've drafted in loyal and friendly Jan and Maru to help! If you're not sure where to find someone, they'll happily sniff them out, and lead you to them! What useful neighbours!



We want to make sure throughout that we're keeping on top of making this a pleasant, chill experience for those who want to hang out, help their neighbours, have some fun and run their bathhouse. Being blocked by needing to find someone you've never met, or not being sure where someone is for a quest feels really unrewarding, so the work is going in to make sure everything is just as we'd like it, so you can fully enjoy your adventure the way you want to!

We'll see you on Thursday for some new trailer action!! I'm so excited that we're part of the game awards, and I hope you folks are too!

Hey everyone, it's time for another Spirittea update, and I'll have to be honest, there's SO MUCH to tell you all, I'm not sure what I'm going to pick to talk about!

First up, we've got some EXCITING NEWS coming in December, alongside some brand new game footage for you to have a peek at!



Spirittea has been picked to be included in The Game Awards Wholesome Snack Showcase! On December 8th you'll be able to check out a whole host of great games, some exclusive insights, demos and videos and new announcements!

We're so excited to be part of such a great event, and show off a whole host of new developments! I wonder how many of them you'll be able to spot! To be the first to see a whole lineup of wholesome games and to check out what's new with Spirittea, make sure you sign up at https://wholesomegames.com/ and tune in on the 8th!

Talking of new developments, we saw a whole host of you in the demo picking up furniture (sometimes not even from your own home!!!) and using it to redecorate! So Dan figured what better way to encourage more theft/personal expression was to bring in more furniture options (including a lovely piano, that plays something special!!) as well as some wallpapers, and some other lovely decorative items! You'll be able to make your home your own by buying bits and pieces from your neighbours and moving everything around so your space is your own!



Another thing we watched you do (through our fingers) was struggling to find some NPCs on the map as you started your adventures, SO! Our new updated map has each NPCs location on it! There are so many stories to discover and hobbies to join the town in, it'd be a nightmare to spend a whole day just trying to work out where a certain person was hiding - we've made sure that each townsperson has a tiny head that bobbles that you can follow around to make navigating that little bit easier! While it's nice that we have the notebook so you can track everyone's routines, we're excited that now no one gets left behind!

We've also been working on bath elixirs and cooking - you'll have to wait for a big update on those BUT here's a screenshot that I hope will tide you over until then! Can you work out what's new?



Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for all your support and love for all things Spirittea, the game is really taking shape now and we hope you're looking forwards to launch almost as much as we are!

See you in the next update (which is right around the corner as we cannot contain ourselves any longer - the content going into the game is getting far too good not to share!