Cozy Caravan News

It’s time to hit the road and soak up some sun because Cottonbluff Cove is now open to explore! This beautiful coastal region is packed with new places to visit, friendly faces to meet, and new crafting opportunities. So grab your sunscreen and let's get going!



[h2]Explore Cottonbluff Cove[/h2] Picture yourself strolling through the fishing town of Clamberry, chatting with the locals and picking up ingredients for your lovely new recipes. 🐟 When you're ready to relax, the sparkling beaches of Lugo Lago Springs are the perfect place to unwind. 🏖️



Feeling inspired by the coastal breeze? Head over to the cotton farms of Spindle Way to gather fresh cotton, which you can use to craft fabrics. With those fabrics in hand, unlock patterns for stylish outfits to sew yourself. Whether it’s something new for you to wear or a creation to sell at the weekly market, your wardrobe is about to get a serious upgrade!



[h2]What’s New in Cottonbluff Cove[/h2]

• Discover a whole new region! From the fishing town of Clamberry, to the stunning views at Clementine House, and more!
  
• Unlock the new sewing station in your caravan!
  
• Collect cotton to craft fabrics, craft dyes, and unlock patterns to sew stylish new outfits!
  
• Discover new recipes, help locals, and find new ingredients.
  

[h2]Changes and Improvements[/h2]
Loads of work has been going on here, but here are some of the highlights.

• You can now sit on chairs and benches to pass time! We're still tuning how this mechanic feels/functions, so please let us know your thoughts!
  
• Ellie's "Forgotten Stew" quest has been updated and reset. This should hopefully resolve the issues people had, but it will mean the quest will need to be completed again. Thanks for bearing with us on this one, we know it's been frustrating!
  
• Various balance changes to happiness rewards, costs, item respawn times, and more.
  

[h2]Roadmap[/h2]
We're finally at 0.3.0! Here's to hitting many more bumps along the road!

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Thank you to everyone who has visited our Discord and sent feedback, and bugs to squash. It is truly helpful, and very much appreciated.

If you've not joined our Discord, there's an invite link below, we'd love to have you in our community!

Hoyoo! 👋

The team are all hard at work putting the finishing touches on 'Cottonbluff Cove' for 0.3.0. We can't wait to share it with you all!

In the meantime we have a fun little update, with some goodies for you all to enjoy.

[h2]New Outfits, and Playable Friends![/h2]
We've added an Aussie themed outfit pack to the Guild. 🦐



...and also, 2 more cuddly (and sleepy) new friends, the Turtle, and the Koala! 🐢🐨



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[h2]Roadmap[/h2]
With the release of the next region, Cottonbluff Cove, just around the corner, we wanted to show everybody a few more progress shots of what to expect. There may also be a not so subtle hint at an upcoming activity. 🎣











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Thank you to everyone who has visited our Discord and sent feedback, and bugs to squash. It is truly helpful, and very much appreciated.

If you've not joined our Discord, there's an invite link below, we'd love to have you in our community!

A small fix for the button prompts not updating correctly if you swap back and forth between keyboard and gamepad.

Hoyoo! 👋

We've got a handy new feature in today's update! Market days just got a little more lively with NPC markets you can trade with! If you've found yourself overloaded with some ingredients and never enough of another, now the weekend markets are just as handy for you as they are for the townsfolk!



The other markets will usually be looking for an item you've got a lot of, so you should always be able to balance out your pantry. 🥕🧅🍅🍓🍯✨

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[h2]UI Updates[/h2]
We've also had requests for a place in the menu where the control mappings can be checked, so we've also included that in this update



To help clarify who's speaking during conversations, we've added tails to the dialogue boxes.



[h2]Improvements[/h2]
[h3]Engine Update[/h3]
Along with this, a lot has happened behind the scenes. We've made a bunch of fixes and changes to the UI, and we've also upgraded the engine version (we're now on Unity 6000). While things have gone smoothly after the upgrade, there could still be some teething issues, so please let us know if formerly working things are suddenly misbehaving.

[h3]Optimisations[/h3]
We've also made some optimisations behind the scenes, so you should hopefully have improved performance on lower-end CPUs. We've still got more targets for optimisations, so things should only continue to improve.

[h3]Upgraded Lighting![/h3]
One new big upgrade though is improved lighting! We're now making use of Unity's Adaptive Probe Volume feature, which enables pre-computed global illumination in a way that should still run well on a variety of hardware. Take a look at some before and after shots (though GIFs don't do it justice)!






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[h2]Roadmap[/h2]
We're getting close to the release of the next region, so today we'll sharing a little sneak peak of Cottonbluff Cove! Not only are there beautiful new places to visit, but there are exciting new things to craft and sell! The name might give you a cheeky hint. ✨







Once again, we've asked Chief Scribbler Bubba to update our roadmap.


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Thanks again for all of your feedback and kind words over on our Discord. If you're not already there, please come in, the water's lovely!

Hoyooo Cozy Caravaners!

We've got another special little treat treat for you this week. Introducing....the Capybara!



Whether you like to call them a Capybara, Guinea Big, or Coconut Dog, what we can all agree on is they're the best bud to the entire animal kingdom. And now they can be yours too!

Disclaimer: Yuzu not included. 🍊

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[h2]Future Updates[/h2]
A quick reminder, as we mentioned last week, we'll be changing our release schedule to provide content updates every second week. But rest assured, our next update has some cool new features!

Once again, thank you all for the continued support, and feedback. 💖

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