Wild Woods News

[p]Heyho everyone!

It's that time of the year again - the Steam Awards are right around the corner!

Obviously we are the best game you ever played in every category possible - period ... but to be fair, generous and let other games have a chance as well, we decided to only ask you to vote for us in the "Better with Friends" segment *cough* ...

Ok, honestly now - We think every game is better with friends - but Wild Woods in particular and we hope you share our opinion enough to secure your vote. (Feel free to vote for Wild Woods in other categories as well, though.)

Best Regards - and many thanks,
Daedalic Entertainment & Octofox Games[/p]

[p]Meow!

In our last Monthly Dev Log, we mentioned that we might be onto something regarding the Unity bug. We didn’t expect to have news for you this soon, but we’re definitely not complaining! 😅 With this patch, the crashes should no longer occur 🥳[/p][p]One major reason for that was definitely your help! Thanks to everyone who reported the bugs and diligently provided us with more details when we asked 🥰​🔥​🤗​[/p][p]
[/p][p][/p][h2]Quality of Life Improvements[/h2]

• [p]added a short grace period before cold effects are counted to improve the experience for players pursuing the “Cozy Kitties” achievement.[/p]

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[/p][h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• [p]the recent Unity security patch (0.2.2) led to crashes on some systems.[/p]
• [p]locked skins were available in the lobby.[/p]
• [p]restarting immediately after finishing or aborting a run could cause the boss to spawn at a random location.[/p]
• [p]in some cases the no-damage title "Dancing..." could appear without the corresponding achievement "Untouchable" being granted.[/p]

[p] Have catastic day! 🦁​🐯​🐸​🐶​🦊​[/p]

[p]Hello everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]We hope you all had a great Halloween! 🎃 Fitting the theme, we spent the past month dealing with a rather spooky bug 👻[/p][p][/p][h2]The problem 🐞[/h2][p]If this bug happened to you, it’s quite obvious to see: the game crashes ​🎮​💥​[/p][p]Unfortunately, the cause isn’t that obvious to find. We highly suspect it’s related to changes from a recent Unity update.[/p][p]We know the crash occurs when the game tries to access a piece of memory that has already been freed (the application no longer “owns” that memory, so the operating system blocks access, resulting in a crash). [/p][p]Rolling back is not an option, as the update was necessary to close a security vulnerability in the engine itself and Steam announced to take actions if games do not fix this.[/p][p]As with every reported bug, we tried to reproduce it. Unfortunately, on our own computers with various hardware setups, we haven’t been able to reproduce the crash yet. So we're unable to narrow down what line of code (if it's only one) actually causes the crash 😕[/p][p][/p][h2]Our Approach 🛠️[/h2]

• [p]We keep a close eye on all your bug reports while researching if others encountered similar issues (and maybe have a solution).[/p]
• [p]We work together with some catastic community members (who sadly experience these crashes) to gather more information.[/p]

[p]We might already be onto something! 😯 Once the fix is confirmed, a new version will be tested and rolled out on Steam. Sorry again for the trouble, we hope to fix the issue as soon as possible! 🤗[/p][p][/p][h3]Since the Unity bug has taken up quite a lot of our time, the rest of our Monthly Update is a bit lighter:

[/h3][h2]Third Biome ❄️[/h2][p]Up to now, we’ve talked about the new setting, a new boss fight, and showed you the torches. What we haven’t mentioned yet: Steam Achievements 🏅 We’re currently working on new achievements you can unlock while fighting your way through the snowy mountains ⚔️​⛰️​[/p][p][/p][p]Stay wild and pawsome! 🐯​🐆​🦁​🐼​[/p]

[p]Hey everyone,[/p][p][/p][p]We've just uploaded a small patch containing a bug fix.[/p][p][/p][h2]Official Patchnotes 0.2.2[/h2][h3]Bug Fix[/h3]

• [p]Unity security vulnerability closed.[/p][p]There was a security vulnerability in games created with the Unity Engine (since 2017). There is no evidence that the security vulnerability was exploited, and there was no impact on end users. You can find more information here: Unity Forum[/p]

[p][/p][p]Hope you have a wonderful day! 🥰​🌞​✨​🐆[/p]

[p]Meow adventurers,[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks to your feedback and bug reports we were able to fix some issues and improve the game. We really appreciate your dedication and support! 🤗​🥰​[/p][p][/p][h2]Official Patchnotes 0.2.1[/h2][h3]
Quality of Life Improvements[/h3]

• [p]In the camp, trading is now no longer divided according to resources but according to buying and selling. This should prevent people from accidentally selling when they actually wanted to buy, and vice versa.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• [p]If you restarted the game right out of the lobby after a run, the upgrades and shrine buffs were not reset correctly.[/p]
• [p]After a run, it was possible to buy higher-value wagon upgrades directly, but these had no function until you had purchased the predecessor.[/p]
• [p]If you wanted to throw a Boom or Smellyberry as a healer, errors occurred.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Known Issues[/h3]

• [p]It sometimes looks like enemies are healed when hit on clients with a bad connection.[/p]
• [p]If you quickly navigate back in some menus when opening them, you may get stuck in the navigation. In most cases, the only solution is to restart the device.[/p]

[p] [/p][p]Stay wild, stay pawsome and have fun in the Wild Woods! 🌳​😺​🐯​🌞​[/p]