The Thief, the Witch, the Toad and the Mushroom News

Hi everyone,

I'm happy to announce I've just pushed live an update to make it a little easier to wipe your save files and restart from the True Beginning of the game. The below text will explain how to do it. If you haven't played the game yet, don't worry about reading this! It will contain vague spoilers.

How to reset your saves: Once you have reached a final ending sequence, press the number 0 or the letter O on your keyboard. This will open up a dialogue that will give you the option to wipe your saves and restart over again from the very beginning. You should know you're in a final ending when you cannot progress any further.

Let me briefly explain why the game works this way. It was always my intention to make it a bit difficult to fully restart the game. The feeling of permanent loss is important to the core themes of the game, and having some friction here is meant to encourage you to accept the consequences of your decisions. The ending you recieved is your ending, and the choices you made are your choices. Making it a bit difficult to restart is meant to encourage you to sit with your decisions for a bit before jumping in to a new game.

Buuuut after getting lots of player feedback on this one, I do think it went a bit far. Resetting ended up requiring a lot of messing around with cloud saves, and some players were unable to get it to work at all. So, I've decided to use this method which still has some friction to it - you have to find out and look up this solution to find what to do - but doesn't require any technical know-how.

Thanks again to everyone who's played the game over the last almost-a-year. I couldn't be more thankful for the wonderful reviews and comments the game has recieved.

Cheers,

Jack McNamee.

Hi everyone! I've finally made the game's soundtrack available online. You can give it a listen here:

https://soundcloud.com/jack-mcnamee-90219900/sets/the-thief-the-witch-the-toad-the-mushroom-official-soundtrack


I've also created a cosy ambient mix from the game's soundscape, which you can listen to here:

https://soundcloud.com/jack-mcnamee-90219900/ambient-mix


You're welcome to use any of these tracks in whatever fan content you wish, as long as you give credit. See the soundcloud page and the game itself for a full list of credits. Thanks again for all the support!

Hello! The game has been out for a few months now and I couldn't be happier with the reception so far. Somehow we've had nothing but positive reviews so far, which is just amazing. A huge, huge thank you to everyone who's downloaded and played.

I've just made a new discord for my games. Please come on in if you enjoyed the game and you're keen to discuss theories, ask for hints, hear about upcoming projects, or just chat!

https://discord.gg/bnGf3CMqpb

Hi all,

This is a quick fix to remove a bug where the Toad could become so offended by your actions that he softlocks your game, preventing you from continuing the story. This should no longer occur. But it is a valuable lesson never to underestimate the fury of a Toad scorned.

Let me know if anyone encounters this issue again, or any similar issues!

Cheers,

Jack.

It feels crazy saying this but [h2]The Thief, The Witch, The Toad and The Mushroom is now live![/h2]

You can play the whole game for free right now.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2233770/The_Thief_the_Witch_the_Toad_and_the_Mushroom/

This is the first serious videogame I've ever released, and it's taken me a bit over 3 years, so I'm overwhelmed to see it actually live on steam.

I hope you have an absolutely wonderful time with the game! Please let me know if you run into any issues, and I'd love to hear from you if you enjoyed the game.

- Jack McNamee