Cats Hidden in Paris News

Hello everyone!

The following update mainly contains bug fixes for people who play with a controller (1.20% of you! :D):

• Fixed a bug where panning with 3x zoom active while playing with a controller would sometimes not scroll all the way to the edge of the picture.
  
  
• Fixed a bug where the back button on the top left would be visible when clicking on play with timer mode active after regularly finishing the game while using a controller.
  
  
• Fixed a bug with 3x zoom where upon finding the last cat it would jump straight to the fireworks without playing the trumpet sound and animation first.
  
  
• Unlocking timer mode now gets saved immediately upon finding the last cat to prevent losing progress if you close or ALT+F4 the game before returning to the menu.
  
  
• Some players mentioned the game closed unexpectedly. I couldn't figure out why, but I added one security measure to hopefully prevent that from happening.
  
  
• Some players mentioned not all cat achievements had unlocked upon finishing the game, which sometimes could be caused by unstable internet connections. Upon finding the last cat, I added a check to unlock all 98 cat achievements.

Because of the recent updates to Steam's minimum price thresholds, the DLC will be unavailable for sale in Australia until 7th September 2023.

Peace & Love
Patrick

It's here! 🎉

Enjoy finding all the cats and the countless easter eggs I've hidden throughout the game.

Because of Steam's limitation to 100 achievements per game, two cats are missing a name. But fear not, I went ahead and hid the names inside the game! The first one who can tell me both names in this thread will win 5 Steam keys to give away to their friends!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2313240/Cats_Hidden_in_Italy/

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Patrick

Hello everyone!

The following changes are now live:

• Valve has reviewed the game and it is now Steam Deck verified!
  
• New icon for the cat meow volume setting since the old one was not clear enough
  
• Fixed a bug where seagulls would only make a sound when the timer mode is deactivated
  
• Fixed a bug where the cursor would change to the hand when over the position of the zoom icon while in-game

Regarding the Steam Deck support, which also includes gamepads in general, there is currently a slight issue with the panning that sometimes requires zooming in and out to explore the whole image. It's nothing game-breaking but fixing it is rather time-intensive and with everything else happening, I have not gotten to this yet. But I will in August for sure. :)

Speaking of all that is happening, Cats Hidden in Italy comes out in less than two days! And I just published the store page for Cats Hidden in Georgia, which seriously blew me away when I first saw it! I can't wait to share that with you later this year.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2485180/Cats_Hidden_in_Georgia/

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Patrick

Hi,

The Speedrun Achievement is now no longer unlocking for everyone and working as intended again.
Plus the achievement text has been updated to reflect the new time.

Thank you S0FTERSIN for making me aware of this issue!

Peace & Love
Patrick

Hello everyone!

Over 2400 reviews in 3 days and 99% positive. I'm honestly speechless. Thank you!
EDIT: the speedrun achievement no longer exists.

The following changes are now live:

• Speedrun Achievement time changed to 3min. This works retroactively, meaning if you achieved a time lower than 3min in the past, the achievement will unlock when you start the game again.
  
• The first time you play the second level (DLC), the timer mode gets deactivated because some were unaware that this can be done in the settings.
  
• Accidental clicking on zoom 2x/3x when going to settings is no longer possible.
  
• In-game screen position will now reset when changing zoom settings to prevent visual glitches.
  
• Fixed a minor bug where the level 2 button would appear while not being in the main menu upon purchase of the DLC while still having the game open.
  
• Fixed a minor bug where the in-game timer in the top right corner would display the times after 10min as 10:3 instead of 10:03.
  

Peace & Love
Patrick