Squeakross: Home Squeak Home News

[p]Hello,[/p][p]Here is a hotfix for issues reported after yesterday content update![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Please note we have plans to allow players to customize the night mode the way they want, as we realized that what a night mode "should" be differ from players to players! Regardless, this we definitely went overboard with the contrast whoops😅[/p][p][/p][p]These fixes will arrive on Switch in the next days/weeks, and are available now on Itch.io too![/p][p][/p][p]We'll be working on on another, bigger patch, fixing more bugs for the rest of the month![/p][p][/p][p]Free picture: Our gerbils Truffe and Mouse eating some good stuff[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]-Alex[/p]

[p]Hello everyone! [/p][p][/p][p]The content update we've been teasing is finally here! To celebrate it, the game is also 20% off as part of a daily deal, and will be featured on Steam's front page! The discount will last for a week. [/p][p][/p][p]We're also really proud to announce that we partnered with Jupiter (yes, that Jupiter: The developer who has been making official Picross games for 30 years), and we made a Squeakross X Logiart Bundle on steam. [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h2]What's new?[/h2]

• [p] 236 Squeakross puzzles added (118 normal, 118 Nini’s challenges)[/p]
• [p]New Catalog: “The Spirit and the Mouse”[/p]
• [p]New Catalog: “Home Squeak Home #3”[/p]
• [p]Edge Decoration system: Place furniture on the grid lines![/p]
• [p]Wall Decoration system: Place furniture on walls[/p]
• [p]Night mode expanded and reworked. [/p]

[p]These patch notes also apply to the DEMO (with the exception of the new puzzles)
[/p][p][/p][p]And if you're up for it, here are the overly detailed complete list of changes🤓[/p][p][/p][h2]Detailed Patch Notes:[/h2][p][/p][h3]New/Changes[/h3][p]Content:[/p]

• [p]New Catalog: The Spirit and the Mouse ( 50 new items, 50 Normal + 50 challenges puzzles) [/p]
• [p]New Catalog: Home Squeak Home #3 (68 new items, 68 Normal + 68 Challenges puzzles) [/p]
• [p]New Stickers from "The Spirit and the Mouse", rewarded by solving Puzzles in the Spirit and the Mouse catalog.[/p]
• [p]100+ new Rodent pictures from the community added to cheesemails[/p]
• [p]New Cheesemails, including ones exclusive to the "The Spirit and the Mouse" catalog[/p]
• [p]New Game Manual entry, to explain the new type of furniture[/p]

[p]House:[/p]

• [p]Edge furniture system: A new type of furniture that can be placed on walls, and/or the grid lines[/p]
• [p]Doors can be moved along their wall[/p]
• [p]Wall & Arch structures, Rodent Partition have been changed to Edge decorations.[/p]
• [p]Right click doesn't clone furniture anymore, to allow for camera rotation while holding furniture[/p]
• [p]Decor Browser tab gets transparent when holding furniture[/p]
• [p]Faster browsing in decor browser when holding a direction[/p]
• [p]Add a "Clear all" button in the house[/p]

[p]Puzzle:[/p]

• [p]Improved performance and loading of larger puzzles[/p]
• [p]"Very Fast" cursor speed[/p]
• [p]Option to have the cursor start in the Top Left, instead of the center added[/p]
• [p]"Auto Cross complete" setting changed to a choice between Off/On(Opaque)/On(Transparent)[/p]
• [p]When using the "Hint Zoom" function in puzzle, the selected hint line is correctly colored[/p]
• [p]Number "3" hint visual changed for clarity. Looked too much like "5"[/p]
• [p]Manually scribbled hints, fade out when selected[/p]
• [p]Color schemes have been tweaked for better readability[/p]

[p]Audio: [/p]

• [p]"Rodent eating volume" slider added[/p]
• [p]A softer, alternative Fill sound can be used[/p]
• [p]Lowered volume of all menu music[/p]
• [p]Removed 3 tracks from the non-copyrighted playlist, as some have been updated with content ID[/p]

[p]Miscellaneous:[/p]

• [p]Squeakross Size added to the "Solve Squeakross?" popup[/p]
• [p]Night Mode quick access toggle added in Pause Menu[/p]
• [p]Night mode now UI expanded to catalog and settings popup. Also affect Sticker Backgrounds[/p]
• [p]You can now zoom-in on the cuteness of rodent pictures in Cheesemails[/p]
• [p]It is now possible to set all unread Cheesemails as read [/p]
• [p]Settings can be open during Nini's tutorial dialogue[/p]
• [p]Right Mouse Click goes to next catalog page[/p]
• [p] Incorrect Game version warning added when launching the game with an incompatible save format[/p]
• [p]Patch note screen added in the main menu[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Bug fixes:[/h3][p]House:[/p]

• [p]Variation mode can now be used on Walls[/p]
• [p]Fixed props floating in the air[/p]
• [p]Fixed rendering issue with Moss Floor and carpets[/p]
• [p]Fixed color variation broken or missing for some items[/p]
• [p]Prevent accidental room change when clicking through the wall[/p]
• [p]Fix music not working in the music player[/p]

[p]Miscellaneous:[/p]

• [p]Updated Bigender flag sticker[/p]
• [p]Improved Chinese and Japanese localization[/p]
• [p]Text fixes[/p]
• [p]"New" notifications now cleared after closing or changing tabs[/p]
• [p]Increased Rodent eating cooldown during puzzles. Rodent will not eat if "Hunger" is set to 0[/p]

[h2][/h2][p]Steam changes:[/p]

• [p]13 new achievements added (to recount)*[/p]
• [p]Requirements for achievements "Squeak Power" "Squeak Power 2" "Whoops" and "Big whoops" reduced[/p]
• [p]New official controller config added, enabling trackpad controls[/p]
• [p]New collaborative bundle with Jupiter: Squeakross X Logiart![/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]As always, if you encounter any issue, you can reach us on the Steam forum, [email protected] or discord.gg/alblune[/p][p][/p][p]Alex & Luka
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[p]Some players reported the game freezing at the end of a puzzle, but progress was still saved.[/p][p][/p][p]We've updated Unity version, which now also include a security fix, and optimize some code to free up some memory, it apparently fixed the freeze for players. As a bonus, puzzles loading should be smoother now![/p][p][/p][p]If you have any issue, please send a mail to [email protected], or get in touch on discord at discord.gg/alblune [/p][p]Thanks![/p]

[h2]Sale & Bundle[/h2][p][/p][p]Hey everyone! Just to let you know that Squeakross is on discount as part of the Winter Sale. It will also be on sale on Nintendo Switch starting next week![/p][p][/p][p]We're also proud to announce we're part of the "Cozy Puzzles Bundle", a bundle featuring 7 incredible other puzzle games:[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

• [p]A Little to the Left[/p]
• [p]Dorfromantik[/p]
• [p]Is This Seat Taken?[/p]
• [p]RailBound[/p]
• [p]Squeakross: Home Squeak Home[/p]
• [p]Sticky Business[/p]
• [p]Tiny Garden[/p]

[p][/p][p]Please check it out if you have time, I'm sure a lot of you already have a some of these already, why not complete the set by getting this bundle? 😏[/p][p][/p][h2]Other news: [/h2][p][/p][p]We're finalizing the next content update, expect some news after the winter fest![/p][p]Also huge announcement: We got two new rescue gerbils, say hello to Truffe and Mousse 🐭[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Thanks, and have a great end of the year[/p]

[p]The steam awards votes are open, time to vote for squeakross!! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Thank you 🐭💛[/p][p][/p][p]-Alex & Luka[/p]