Bongo Cat News

Regional Pricing, Experimental Mac Support, QoL Changes

[p]Hi everyone, small update post:[/p][p][/p][h2]Regional Pricing[/h2][p]I found a way to "enable" (aka me creating all the prices haha) regional pricing for all the items in the supporter shop:[/p][p]Supporter Shop[/p][p]This means you should either see the same price (for EUR/USD) or a significant decrease in price for some regions. This is something we already do with our own games but never found a way to do for the item shop in Steam. Now i found a possible solution.[/p][p][/p][p]Bear in mind please if there is ANY mistake that you see, i will open up a thread for you to report these issues. Because of how the calculation works it might be that i miscalculated something and it now costs 100x more (i really hope it doesn't, but i found no way to check it myself). So please report any issues with it here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/3419430/discussions/0/806846367620395655/[/p][p][/p][h2]Experimental Mac Support[/h2][p]I know a lot of you want to play with your friends (that are on Mac or Linux). With this update we will launch an experimental mac build that you can try out. Iris did some amazing work here, so thanks to her![/p][p]For all the Linux users: i'm on it. We are preparing a PC in our office so we can actively develop on it and test with it. I hope to get something ready soon https://steamcommunity.com/app/3419430/discussions/0/806846367620396268/[/p][p][/p][h2]Patch Notes[/h2][p]Additionally Iris got some nice quality of life changes in the game:[/p]

[p]You can ROTATE your cat!! (with R while focused or in the settings)[/p]
[p]Slider to change how many items per row get displayed (we will add an option to disable this slider with the next update)[/p]
[p]Event collections without any item in it will be hidden from now on, to reduce the amount of items displayed in the collection tab[/p]

[p]Feel free to use this post as a discussion thread for the changes

1 Year Anniversary

🥳 1 Year Anniversary 🥳

[p][/p][p]What[/p][p]A[/p][p]Year[/p][p][/p][p]It's hard to put it all into words...thanks to every single one of you that played the game, shared it with their friends, supported the shelter cats or talked about it. It's insane. 5.8 million players downloaded Bongo Cat and gave it a try. I could never imagine reaching so many players and bringing them joy. Thank YOU Achievements[/h2][p]The first thing i wanted to vote on was: Achievements. Something that i really like in games and something i now know, a lot of you like as well and want to see more of. 80% voted in favor of adding more achievements. So here you go, happy 1 year anniversary, happy bongoing!
[/p][p]Note: The items might take a bit until they appear in your inventory. I still see a lot of Steam API failures. Valve told me they are already looking into it, so stay tuned and patient please Supporter Items[/h2][p]No new supporter items, but i wanted to say thank you to all of you that buy the items to support the ongoing development. I'm very thankful to all of you [/p][p]You don't need to buy anything, but every bit helps us to continue even further, thank you!
And sorry for all the plugs :D Steam just doesn't feature them really good haha Supporter Shop[/p][p][/p][p]And don't for get to checkout the Tap Tap Loot Demo

Bongo Cat x Tap Tap Loot

Tap Tap Loot Demo just dropped!!!

[p]This is a small cross collab post because we publish Tap Tap Loot. Thank you for everyone who participated in the playtest and giving an insane amount and valuable feedback! THANK YOU! Today we will launch the demo for the upcoming Steam Next Fest! HYPEEEEE!! We will close the playtest but your progress will carry over to the demo.[/p][p][/p][p]If you check out our demo (you have to play for 1min), you will get this cute skin and some glasses! [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Don't forget to update your game![/p][p][/p][p]Thanks again for everyone for your support, it means the world to me

🐎Year of the Horse Event🐎 & 🎇Lunar New Year Calendar🎆

🐎Year of the Horse Event🐎

[p]Hello, it's me again, Marcel. Sorry for the few hours delay, i hoped to get it out on midnight but didn't quite make it.[/p][p]I wish every one of you a Happy New Year! Enjoy the upcoming time with your friends and family. [/p][p]You are a big part of my every day life now and i really appreciate it to read all your kind messages and how you care about your little desktop buddy. Thank you so much Also a big thank you to Flores again for these wunderful new skins and hats, she does an amazing job!
And to Lars for the amazing Steam page rebrand (take a look! it looks great!!)[/p][p][/p][p]To celebrate a huge part of our playerbase (and i hope everyone else can and will enjoy it as much) we will now run a limited event to celebrate the Year of the Horse for the next 4 weeks (until the 16th of March). I know it's a bit longer than the official holiday, but i want everyone to get a chance to enjoy this update as much as possible 20 exclusive Year of the Horse items![/p][p] [/p][p]After March 16th the items will no longer be dropable. [/p][p][/p][p]So exchange, exchange, exchange and open your chests! There might be something else in them 👀🎆 🎇🎆[/p][p][/p][h2]🎇Lunar New Year Calendar 🎆[/h2][p]To get you in the Lunar New Year spirit, we've added a free calendar which gives you something special each day, for the next 2 weeks. From February 16th to March 1st, you can open a red envelope every day (at 8pm CET) to get your hands on an exclusive item![/p][p]The calendar will be available until March 16th, which means you can also open evelopes from the past. So don't worry if you don't have time on a particular day.[/p][p][/p][p]In addition, we will be releasing another calendar (which will replace the supporter bundle in this event). It contains 14 premium items![/p][p]If you purchase the "Lunar New Year Deluxe" (until March 16th), you can still receive your rewards even after the event ends, so nothing will be lost![/p][p][/p][p]We don't want to give too much away, but here's a sneak peek at some of the items you can expect:[/p][p]Lunar New Year Deluxe[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]There is new stuff coming, but it takes more time, but let me know on what you think:
I want to revamp the collections to multiple smaller ones, i want it to feel more progressive and less like a huge task that is never ending. With each small collection i want to give a special item if you complete it f.e.: Get all fruits -> you can claim a free fruit basket cosmetic.[/p][p]Let me know in the comments what you think about this change![/p][p]-Marcel[/p]

Steam Typing Fest

[p]Hi fellow Bongoers,[/p][p]Small announcement: WE ARE PART OF THE STEAM TYPING FEST 🥳🥳🥳[/p][p]To celebrate this you can grab your free Ranged Mecha L.A.S.E.R. (Long-ranged Area Supressor of Enemy Resistance) by updating your game, following the giftbox and claiming your free Mech![/p][p][/p][h3] New mecha collection in the shop: Here [/h3][p][/p][p][/p][h2]1 million clicks special skin[/h2][p]Some of you are CRAZY! And to reward that we added a special skin and hat for everyone who reaches 1 million clicks (this was edited back down from 5M, sorry for all the troubles).[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Tap Tap Loot: Public Playtest[/h2][p]If you haven't noticed yet, we publish our first title (even though we are working very very closely with the Turtle Knight Games Team :D)
During the Typing Fest we will open up the playtest to the public, so feel free to check it out here:[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h3]Patch notes:[/h3]
[p]Lobby type (i.e. private / friends only) stays consistent if lobby host leaves[/p]
[p]Multiplayer players can copy lobby code if lobby is not private[/p]
[p]Fixed multiplayer emoji UI scale[/p]
[p]Having both “Always Show Chest” and “Auto Hide Counter” enabled won’t cause weird behaviour anymore[/p]
[p]Better range to determine if counter should be visible if Auto Hide Counter is enabled[/p]
[p]Fixed cosmetic preview screenshot bug[/p]
[p]“Apply” text for scale is localized and only appears if unused scale is selected[/p]
[p]Auto equip also enables after item exchange[/p]
[p]Adds an IPC connection to Tap Tap Loot, giving you buffs if you equip certain items[/p]
[p][/p][p]I still read all your feedback, we are working on bigger changes behind the scenes to rework a bit the onboarding, progression etc, so stay tuned - Marcel[/p]