Ooble Gardens News

[h3]Bugs have entered your garden... 🐞[/h3][p][/p][p]Hey Ooble Gardeners! Update v1.1.0 has dropped with some exciting new features with our first major content addition... BUG FRIENDS![/p][p][/p][h3]Bugs & Bug Catching [/h3][p]With our first major content update we dropped our cute little bug friends to liven up your pot 🌟. With bugs, you can catch them, and collect them to complete your bug journal! Previously the top area of the pot was locked, but with this update you can now unlock it with a level up point, granting you the bug net tool and making it so that bugs can now periodically appear in your pot![/p][p][/p][p]Major Features:[/p]

• [p]New Bug Net Tool - Allows for catching our new, cute little friends. 🙌[/p]
• [p]11 New Bugs - Find them in your pot during different times of day. 🦋[/p]
• [p]Top Area Unlocked - A new unlockable location in the pot, unlocking it allows for bugs to appear in the pot! 🪴[/p]

[p][/p][p]Explore your pot filled with cute bug critters and catch them to fill out your journal![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We've also dropped a new trailer for the game showcasing our major bug update, check it out![/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h3]Patch Notes:[/h3][p][/p][p]Added:[/p]

• [p]Added a new visual effect for picking up and removing items.[/p]
• [p]Added a new build sound effect for placing items on tables, fish tanks & the bug stand.[/p]
• [p]Added new animations to Frogs, Toads & Tortoises.[/p]
• [p]Added a new sound effect for the Journal UI.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Quality of Life:[/p]

• [p]Can no longer place items on stairs & bridges.[/p]
• [p]Oobles can now walk to their spawn point to go to sleep.[/p]
• [p]Added a new animation for placing items.[/p]
• [p]Improved the Ooble AI.[/p]
• [p]Added new and improved experience sprites.[/p]
• [p]Updated the map of the Pot to showcase the new unlock-able area.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Bug Fixes:[/p]

• [p]Fixed clipping issues with the stairs in the world that Oobles can walk on.[/p]
• [p]Fixed item duplication issues.[/p]
• [p]Fixed item deletion issues.[/p]
• [p]Fixed recycler issues.[/p]
• [p]Fixed controller navigation in the journal UI.[/p]
• [p]Fixed sound effect issues that would all play when loading into a save.[/p]
• [p]Fixed issues when merging and creating fish tanks.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the Oobles talking to sleeping Oobles.[/p]
• [p]Fixed issues with Oobles walking out of bounds.[/p]
• [p]Fixed Oobles sleeping on stairs or on/in water.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with the Camera zooming in and out.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Note: whilst we have fixed a lot of bugs, we apologies in advance if there are any other persisting bugs. If this does occur, please do not hesitate to mention it in our bug report form, or on our discord.[/p][p][/p][p]We thank everyone who has been playing and giving feedback. We are trying our best to make the Ooble Garden experience as great as possible, we thank you all for the support! ❤️[/p][p][/p][p]- The Nova Crew 🌌🍀[/p]

[p][/p][h3]🌟Ooble Gardens is part of the Women's Day Sale! 🎉🌟[/h3][p][/p][p]We are proud and happy to announce that Ooble Gardens is part of the Women's Day Sale Steam event hosted by WINGS! ❤️[/p][p][/p][p]From March 6th - 15th, Ooble Gardens will be -20% off![/p][p][/p][p]We will also be soon announcing upcoming content that we have planned to release soon and what this year will look like for Ooble Gardens. 🦋🌱[/p][p][/p][p]Check out Ooble Gardens on Steam![/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Make sure to also check out all of the other amazing women-led games that are part of this event! ❤️[/p][p]https://store.steampowered.com/sale/womensdaysale2026[/p]

[h3]Hey Ooble Gardeners! PATCH v1.0.4 has dropped with multiple fixes starting with Oobles and their interactions, all the way down to the extended inventory and the settings menu! Hope you enjoy the improved gardening experience![/h3][p][/p][p]Patch Notes:[/p][p][/p][p]Added:[/p]

• [p]After listening to the community, we have added back in the slider for being able to cap frame rates in game! No more computers & GPU's on fire! 🔥[/p]
• [p]Added a small text popup in main menu on the bottom left corner of the screen for current build versions.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Fixed:[/p]

• [p]We fixed an issue with Oobles not being able to interact with some chairs that have been created in the world.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with some items when stored in the extended inventory losing the stored amount of items, resetting the item count to 1.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the Ooble housing crisis. When a player removes a newly placed building whilst an Ooble is offering a quest, this will then cause the player to create and place unlimited homes. This issue has now been resolved. 🔨[/p]
• [p]Fixed collisions for the bridge fixing any potential collision issues with player or placed buildings near bridge.[/p]
• [p]Fixed end positions for the FOV and Frame Rate sliders in video settings.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Changed:[/p]

• [p]Changed the amount of experience that quests provide upon quest completion.[/p]

[p][/p][p]We thank everyone who has been playing and giving feedback. We are trying our best to make the Ooble Garden experience as great as possible, we thank you all for the support! ❤️[/p][p][/p][p]- The Nova Crew 🌌🍀[/p]

[h3]Hey Ooble Gardeners! PATCH v1.0.3 has dropped with a new addition to settings, bug fixes, save issues, and UI hot fixes for controller to improve your gardening experience![/h3][p][/p][p]Patch Notes:[/p][p][/p][p]Added:[/p]

• [p]Added more controller support for UI navigation for settings.[/p]
• [p]Added a new FOV slider into the settings menu to increase your field of view. Now you can see more of your perfect little garden at once![/p]
• [p]Added the ability to press the toggle inventory button to close the extended inventory.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Fixed:[/p]

• [p]Fixed the Ooble sound slider not saving its values on initialization of game or when transitioning to save game.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug for when the player holds an item ready to place then clicking on a new item in the hot bar, now doesn't delete the object being replaced.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with the garden plots showing the wrong control UI.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with garden plots not being able to merge with other items.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with the back button in the journal not returning to the main journal page.[/p]

[p][/p][p]We thank everyone who has been playing and giving feedback. We are trying our best to make the Ooble Garden experience as great as possible and we thank you all for the support! ❤️[/p][p][/p][p]- The Nova Crew 🍀🍀[/p]

[h3]Hey Ooble Gardeners! PATCH v1.0.2 has dropped with multiple settings bug fixes, save issues that have been found, and an more quality life settings added to improve your gardening experience![/h3][p][/p][p]Patch Notes:[/p][p][/p][p]Added:[/p]

• [p]Added a resolution settings drop-down in video settings to change the resolution the game renders at and to work alongside your chosen monitor setup.[/p]
• [p]Added a window settings drop-down in video settings to change the games window to windowed, windowed border less, or full screen.[/p]
• [p]Added an Ooble sound effect slider to change the volume levels of Oobles speaking (We have it at max cause we love our little Oobles 🍀💚).[/p]
• [p]Added a light to the tall mushroom to make it glow at night.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Fixed:[/p]

• [p]Fixed Oobles not giving you items after a long period of time, they tend to talk a lot. 💚[/p]

• [p]Fixed the links to the discord and the bug report form.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the Oobles walking through the Flooble homes. They will now walk around like any other object.[/p]
• [p]Fixed some items in the inventory being in the wrong category.[/p]
• [p]Fixed controller interaction with UI as their were a few navigation issues found throughout game play.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Removed:[/p]

• [p]Removed the target frame rate toggle as there have been a lot of inconsistencies with saving that data, and will be revisited at a later date.[/p]

[p][/p][p]We thank you, our amazing community, for the feedback and support as we strive to make the Ooble Gardens experience the best it can be![/p][p][/p][p]- The Nova Crew 🍀🍀[/p]