Hotel Galactic News

[p][/p][p]Hi Travelers!

When we initially launched Hotel Galactic Early Access, it quickly became clear that the release was premature. Unfortunately, at the time we couldn’t change an executive decision that had already been made for us.[/p][p]Since then, a lot has changed. Internally, we’ve rebuilt our management team and reshaped the way we work, making sure that this time no one can pressure us into decisions we don’t fully believe in.[/p][p][/p][p]Over the past 3 months, we’ve been fully focused on the game. We reinvented core logic, rebuilt major systems, and reworked NPC’s AI from the ground up, all to ensure that Hotel Galactic can finally become the game we always envisioned. Now, we’re ready to move forward, stronger than ever, and we hope you’ll see the same potential in Hotel Galactic that we’ve always seen. We deeply love this project, and we refuse to consider any scenario other than success. [/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]We also know that we can’t achieve this alone. Your support is essential. Any positive feedback, new review, open dialogue with our team, kind words, or constructive criticism helps us move forward and reach higher.[/p][p][/p][p]Today, we’re excited to finally show you what we’ve been working on. With over 4,500 commits merged into the build since our last update on September 15th, we’ve selected the most important changes to clearly showcase how much the game has evolved once we were able to work freely, without unclear or undue pressure.

Celebrate this day with us by watching our Twitch Drops Streams here (LIVE on 7PM CET/ 10AM PT)):  [/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p] [/p][h3]Below, you’ll find a concise but comprehensive overview of the 0.6.0 patch notes for Hotel Galactic, split into 4 major sections.[/h3][h3][/h3][p]HIGHLIGHTED NEW FEATURES & CONTENT[/p]

• [p]New Questlines: Royal Welcome, Aquatic Needs, The Visitors from Lagoonis, Something New[/p]
• [p]Story Expansions: New story beats including Sleeping Dragon, Creating a Legacy, and On Her Highness' Service, with additional dialogues and cutscenes[/p]
• [p]Compendium: Added a new in-game Compendium featuring Alien Species, Important Characters, and World Lore entries[/p]
• [p]Whack a Derret: Added the Whack a Derret minigame with its own gameplay mechanics and leaderboard[/p]
• [p]Hotel rating system added[/p]
• [p]Ships on demand functionality added[/p]
• [p]Minimap and fast camera movement added[/p]
• [p]Extended building space (3 new floors added)[/p]
• [p]New Furniture Sets: Added Wicker, Azure, Homestead, Nocturne, and Regent furniture sets[/p]
• [p]Pattern Customization: New wall and floor patterns available for room customization[/p]
• [p]New Outfits: Added new outfits for staff and guests, including Nutcracker, Papa & Razzi, and seasonal sets[/p]
• [p]Added a large set of new item icons (Sky Berries, Rugs, Lamps, Quest Items)
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[p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]FEATURED GAMEPLAY SYSTEMS & BALANCE[/p]

• [p]Economy rebalance affecting crafting costs and progression[/p]
• [p]Needs & satisfaction rebalance for guests and workers[/p]
• [p]Improved farming systems[/p]
• [p]Major task system refactors (transport, DoActivity, gathering, placement)[/p]
• [p]Reward balancing and corrections[/p]
• [p]Guest interaction system added[/p]
• [p]Performance, stability and usability improvements across systems[/p]
• [p]Validation systems added for quest consistency and save compatibility[/p][p][/p]

[p]SELECTED FROM VISUALS, ANIMATIONS & AUDIO[/p]

• [p]New audio assets (VO, SFX, music banks)[/p]
• [p]New cutscene and UI sound effects[/p]
• [p]Lighting additions and fixes across environments and props[/p]
• [p]Improved lighting effects for stained glass windows, gas clouds, and lobby windows[/p]
• [p]Updated foliage and water shaders for improved visuals and performance[/p]
• [p]Shader, LOD and rendering adjustments[/p]
• [p]Polished sleep animations for all species[/p]
• [p]Improved cutscene camera work[/p]
• [p]Multiple cutscene visual improvements (lighting, post-processing, particles, materials)
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[p]MAJOR BUG FIXES & STABILITY[/p]

• [p]Extensive save/load stability fixes[/p]
• [p]Dialogue system stability fixes (initialization, cleanup, edge cases)[/p]
• [p]Fixes for AI behavior, task cancellation and edge cases[/p]
• [p]Room construction, demolition and placement fixes[/p]
• [p]Inventory, storage and item interaction bug fixes[/p]
• [p]Multiple quest bug fixes (blocking objectives, incorrect triggers, save/load issues)[/p]
• [p]Bug fixes for blocked, stuck or incorrectly starting dialogues[/p]
• [p]Improvements to dialogue triggering, teleporting and markers[/p]
• [p]Cutscene camera, timing and timeline fixes[/p]
• [p]Animation timing, looping and transition fixes[/p]
• [p]Bug fixes for stuck, missing or broken animations[/p]
• [p]Fixes for missing, duplicated or incorrectly triggered sounds[/p]
• [p]Visual bug fixes (clipping, incorrect materials, night lighting issues)[/p]
• [p]Added and fixed language keys across items, quests and systems[/p]
• [p]Updated translations and fixed missing localization keys across dialogues and menus[/p]
• [p]And many, many more[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

[p]KNOWN ISSUES & THINGS UNDER DEVELOPMENT[/p]

• [p]Greta’s shovel animation is missing in Uneasy Bird cutscene – on its way![/p]
• [p]Guest review random review text issue – Guests review text is a random placeholder. We’ll come with something funny here one day![/p]
• [p]Freeze on ultra-wide resolutions – A freeze may occur during the cutscene at the start of the Law is Law quest when using an ultra-wide resolution. We need more ultrawide screens in the company…
  TEMPORARY SOLUTION: The issue can be avoided by changing the resolution before the cutscene starts or by skipping the cutscene.[/p]
• [p]Rare elevator issue – Workers sometimes enter an elevator but refuse to use it.
  TEMPORARY SOLUTION: Reload.[/p]
• [p]Very rare bridge visual bug – A bridge between islands may visually disappear. This is a purely visual issue; workers continue to use the crossing correctly. TEMPORARY SOLUTION: Reload.[/p]
• [p]Worker transport ship issue – If a ship carrying workers is called immediately after the previous one departs, it may return without new workers. Call him again![/p]
• [p]Language change issue – Changing the language does not correctly update all strings in the main menu. Entering the game resolves the issue.[/p]
• [p]Compendium layout issue – The Compendium may lose its correct layout at low resolutions.[/p]
• [p]Steam Deck and controller support – There are several control-related issues on Steam Deck and with controllers. TEMPORARY SOLUTION: for all of them is to use a mouse or the touch panel. We are currently working on full controller and Steam Deck support.[/p]
• [p]Guest review text issue – Occasionally, a guest’s review sentence on the rating card may be cut off.[/p]
• [p]Guest overlap issue – Guests may sometimes visually overlap with one another.[/p]
• [p]Bento crafting localization issue – An incorrect, non-localized string appears during bento crafting.[/p]
• [p]Cooking drag cancellation issue – Canceling the drag of an ingredient from a pot or cutting board may cause ingredients taken from storage to remain floating in the air after being released. TEMPORARY SOLUTION: Reload.[/p]

[p]Crashes:[/p]

• [p]Potential crashes – We are currently investigating issues related to memory leaks and overall stability on certain hardware configurations. Due to the wide variety of PC setups, we kindly ask players to help us by reporting crashes and stability issues, as your hardware diversity greatly exceeds what we can cover through internal testing alone.[/p]
• [p]Potential crash while staying in pause menu for extended period of time – On some hardware configurations, we have confirmed a crash that can occur after staying in the pause menu for an extended period, especially when the game is minimized.[/p][p] [/p]

[p]Thank You, [/p][p]Ancient Forge[/p]

[p]Dear Travelers!

Tomorrow is a big day for us, as the Winter Rework Update is scheduled to release tomorrow at 7 PM CET. Before you jump into it, we decided to restore our Demo app and give you a chance to see how much the game has changed and how stable it is after 3 months of deep systemic rework.
[/p][h3]WINTER REWORK UPDATE IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE HOTEL GALACTIC DEMO
[/h3][p]This time, the demo contains a full build of the main game, limited only by progression. It’s the same version you’ll be able to play tomorrow, and all your saves will carry over to the full release. If you already own the game, treat this as early access to tomorrow’s patch. If you don’t, this is the perfect moment to check out Hotel Galactic and give it a try.[/p][h3]If you decide to upgrade to the full game, you won’t lose any progress, and we’ve prepared a special offer for you.

Hotel Galactic joins the Steam Winter Sale together with the Winter Rework Update, with a 25% discount. For the first and last time this year!

[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/h3][p]To better explain how the Rework changes your experience, we recorded a Devlog with our new Technical Director, Adam Suchodolski. He talks about the issues our programmers faced, and the solutions we used to fix them properly, without just putting a plaster on top of the problems. For the more complex parts, we also prepared simple animations to help visualize what’s happening. We hope you’ll find it helpful. :)[/p][hr][/hr][h2]2 IMPORTANT REMINDERS
[/h2][p]THE CONTEST IS LIVE
Enter for a chance to win a custom Steam Deck or awesome plushies. Read more below.
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]
TWITCH DROPS START TOMORROW
Great streamers from all around the world have already joined the campaign and will be streaming Hotel Galactic with Twitch Drops enabled between December 22nd and 28th.[/p][h3]There are 6 unique rewards to collect. Watch Hotel Galactic on Twitch here!

Who to watch for Twitch Drops? There is only a glimpse of creators who’d stream for you! Check this carousel, or visit our streams at [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink].[/h3][carousel][/carousel][p]
Live streams full dates:
Dec. 18th - 7 PM CET / 10 AM PT
Dec 19th - 6 PM CET / 9 AM PT
Dec. 23rd - 6 PM CET / 9 AM PT[/p]

[p]Dear Travelers!

What a lovely new week![/p][p]In just 3 days, we’ll be launching our Winter Rework Update and presenting you with a redesigned Hotel Galactic experience.[/p][p][/p][p]We already invite you to check out our patch on December 18th at 7 PM CET / 10 AM PT, see how much the game has changed since the last update, and meet our brand new VIP guest, Princess Pavonis.[/p][p]If you want to start a bit earlier, don’t forget about the demo, which will be available on December 17th.
[/p][p][/p][h3]We’ve prepared 6 unique items for our Twitch Drops campaign, starting on December 18th. To claim them, tune in to streams at [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink] on December 18th, 19th, and 23rd.
[/h3][p]You’ll also be able to watch many amazing influencers who’ve joined us and earn rewards by watching anyone streaming Hotel Galactic between December 18th and 28th.

We’ve split this campaign into two phases to give you even more unique items to collect![/p][p]In the first phase, you’ll be able to earn four different headphones for your workers, but the biggest surprise is the Coral Window and the Festive Window. These are unique stained-glass triptychs, unlike anything else currently available in the game.[/p][p][/p][h3]Twitch Drops Phase 1
December 18th – December 22nd
3 exclusive items and blueprints[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Twitch Drops Phase 2
December 23rd – December 28th
3 exclusive items and blueprints[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Just look at how absolutely stunning these new stained-glass windows are. Pure perfection. The Festive Window will be a perfect addition to our holiday-themed items, which you’ll receive just by logging into Hotel Galactic on December 18th.[/p][p][/p][p]How to get Twitch Drops items?
Here’s a full step-by-step guide. If you don’t own the game yet, feel free to use our demo to activate the items. All rewards will transfer from the demo to the full game if you decide to continue your adventure.[/p][p][/p][carousel][/carousel][h3]Part 1: Twitch Drop Activation[/h3]

1. [p]Log in to your Twitch account.[/p]
2. [p]Click on your profile icon in the top-right corner and select Drops & Rewards from the dropdown menu.[/p]
3. [p]Switch to the All Campaigns tab.[/p]
4. [p]Find Hotel Galactic on the list and expand the campaign details.[/p]
5. [p]Click the purple Connect button.[/p]
6. [p]A new browser tab will open with an authorization window. Click Authorize to link the accounts.[/p]
7. [p]Return to the Twitch campaign tab. After a few minutes (or a quick page refresh), the status next to Hotel Galactic should update to Connected.[/p]

[p]What now? You can start watching streams and earning progress! Just remember: you must manually claim earned rewards in the Drops & Rewards -> Inventory menu before they can appear in-game.

[/p][p](Look for this button in the game main menu to quickly watch the Twitch Drops!)
[/p][h3]Part 2: In-Game Activation (Required to receive rewards)[/h3][p]Once you have the game (Full version or Demo), follow these steps to download the rewards to your save file:[/p]

1. [p]Launch Hotel Galactic.[/p]
2. [p]From the main menu, go to Options.[/p]
3. [p]Find and click the Twitch Connect button.[/p]
4. [p]The game will automatically open your default browser with an authorization screen. Click Authorize again.[/p]
5. [p]Return to the game window. Your Twitch Username should now be visible in the settings, confirming a successful connection.[/p]
6. [p]Start your game. You will find your rewards (Drops) in the form of chests in front of the hotel.[/p][p][/p]

[h3]Upgrading from Demo to Full Game?[/h3][p]If you previously activated Twitch Drops in the Demo version and have now purchased the Full Game, you must re-establish the connection.[/p]

• [p]Simply go to Options in the full version of the game.[/p]
• [p]Click Twitch Connect again to refresh the link.[/p]
• [p]Once authorized, your rewards will carry over.[/p]

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P.S. Remember about our Winter Contest!
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Stay Stellar,
~Apricot[/p]

[p]Hello, Travelers!


I have a little treat for you today![/p][p][/p][p]We wanted to reward your extreme patience while we were working hard on the Winter Rework Update. To make up for this long wait, together with the upcoming patch on December 18th, a brand new free DLC will arrive in the game. It is full of cozy rattan items that will give you new possibilities when decorating Hotel Galactic.[/p][p]The Wicker DLC will be available for free on December 18th, alongside the Winter Rework Update. Take a look at this beautiful set we have prepared for you.[/p][p][/p][p] DEMO

If you would like to test our Winter Rework Update earlier, remember that starting December 17th a new demo will be available, showcasing the reworked version of the game. If you have not played Hotel Galactic yet, this is a great moment to see for yourself if this title is for you. If you like it, one day later a 25% discount will start as part of the Steam Winter Sale, and your save files will carry over to the full game.
[/p][p]On Monday, we will also upload a devlog with our new Technical Director, who will tell you more about the rework changes. Stay with us. Thank you, and Stay Stellar!
~Apricot[/p]

[p]Hello, Travelers!
[/p][h3]WHO WANTS SOME PLUSHIE!? I KNOW I DO! [/h3][p]Winter Contest starts today, but let me first say a few things. :)
[/p][p]Our new Winter Rework Update is right around the corner! Excited. This is how we feel about it, and I hope that you are feeling it too. This patch is going to be an extremely important exam for us, showing how all our changes in the team, and in the project itself, will resonate with you. [/p][p][/p][p]If you missed the information about the patch, feel free to check it here:
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]And here:
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]And this is a small teaser of what you’re going to experience on December 18th!
[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]As you can see, we have not only new faces visiting Gustav's Island, but also a very festive time in Hotel Galactic! A full technical rework is followed by new content, and hours of the gameplay! But before you get it in in just a few days, we prepared a new contest for you! Very easy, I promise. :)

[/p][p][/p][h3]CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY

We have some amazing rewards, including Hotel Galactic keys, our amazing plushies that are being produced right now, and the main prize, a custom Steam Deck!
[/h3][p]To enter the contest, you simply have to answer one question: WHO IS THE NEW VIP GUEST? 😀

But there is more you can do to increase your chances of winning. We also hid a secret password somewhere in our Steam news and on Hotel Galactic’s Steam Page. If you’ve found it already, copy and paste it in the right place for an extra 10 entries!

If you want more points, feel free to connect your social profiles to gain more and more, and remember, there are extra 50 entries for playing Hotel Galactic if you connect your Steam!

Good Luck and Stay Stellar!
~ P1N6TON[/p]