Orange Season News

[h2]Hey everyone,[/h2]

Today we'll be updating the game and adding 'Festivals' and controller support (beta)!

You will also find some bug fixes as well. Patch notes below:

Features:
+ Added Tomato War
+ Added Summer Festival
+ Added Chicken Race


Tomato War
A festival that starts in the town square on the 14th of Spring.
During this event, you and the other three competitors will throw tomatoes at each other, earning points for hits and losing points for getting hit. The one with the highest score when the time is over wins. Don't worry, all the tomatoes used weren't apt for consumption anyway.



Swimming Festival
A festival that starts on the beach on the 6th of Summer.
The objective is to be the best swimmer there is. Here, you'll compete against four others to swim to the end of the course and back to the beginning. Do not be too hasty; otherwise, you won't get far.



Chicken Race
A festival that starts in the town square on the 23rd of Autumn.
Here, you'll set up your favorite egg-layer against the top chicken in town and hope for the best. Do not be too disappointed if your chicken doesn't win, they are chickens, after all.



Some of the other fixes and features:

+ Added controller support (beta).
+ Now the game has a Main Theme.
+ Added more tasks.
+ Vastly improved destruction and interaction with the environment.
+ Added Saci.
+ You can now buy kitchen appliances at Serge's Store.
+ You can quickly switch between items on your hotbar by using the numbers.
+ You can now switch between the three hotbars by pressing Tab.
+ Improved the Winter Season with new art.
+ Improved controls.
+ Remade tool icons for better visibility.
+ Improved user interface for menus.
+ Improved mines.
+ Added sound effects for placing furniture.
+ Added more items to Viktor's Blacksmith Shop.
+ Added Meteorologist.
+ Button controls now are displayed on the UI.
+ Added sign messages.
+ More objects can be interacted with.
+ A mysterious character shows up more often during the night.
+ Polished Gabriel's dance.
+ Visual & audio confirmation after saving.
+ Tools menu overlay/highlight fixed.
+ Added animation for earning/paying money.
+ Added a football.



Fixes:

- Fixed objects not spawning in the farm.
- Fixed rocks with snow inside the mines.
- Fixed tools disappearing from the hotbar.
- Changed distance of the interaction outline.
- Removed Farm Lake.
- Fixed door passage being too tight to go through.
- Fixed interaction with bikes next to Clinic.
- Fixed characters walking on place after you talk to them.
- Fixed interaction with pet not working properly.
- Fixed red can floating over the character.
- Fixed balloon pop up during fishing and being displayed below your pet.
- Fixed Blacksmith shop UI not displaying anything.
- Fixed Blacksmith entrance being too difficult to interact with.
- Fixed not being able to purchase animal food.
- Fixed not being able to read the INN sign.
- Fixed not being able to collect oranges at the Forest.
- Fixed overflowing text on tutorials.
- Fixed loading animation duplication and showing up after loading is done.
- Fixed lots of collisions.
- Fixed not being able to pick berries.
- Fixed mushroom appearing below the character when held.
- Fixed items still being displayed in the inventory even after selling.
- Fixed Blacksmith shop showing the items of the previously interacted shop.
- Fixed choices window not resizing properly.
- Fixed objects spawning on top of each other.
- Text input fixed, now caps and spaces work properly.
- Tools menu overlay/highlight fixed.
- Fixed festival names.

Thanks as always for supporting the game as always.

Please do let us know if any problems come up after the patch.

Thanks,
Jeroen, Rafael, Robert & Kazz

Hi everyone!

As you may know, Orange Season was showcased in the Wholesome Direct 2023! The event was amazing and we are so grateful for the positive and supportive feedback we received from all of you

In case you missed the livestream, be sure to catch it right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHPF2g1HyLs

Two other captivating SOEDESCO games were also featured: Garden Witch Life and Petit Island. Take a moment to explore these delightful and wholesome games!

⛄Lastly, don't forget to check on our latest Frostfall update, with added Autumn and Winter seasons!🍂

Thanks,

Jeroen from SOEDESCO

Hey everyone,

Today we'll be updating the game by adding the Autumn and Winter Season! You will also find some new areas and fixes. Patch notes below:

New Seasons:
+ 🍂 Autumn Season 🍁
+ ❄️ Winter Season ⛄

New Areas:
+ Rockfall Mountain
+ Benjamin's House
+ Town Hall
+ Copper Mine levels

Characters:
+ Yumiko
+ Kaori
+ Shinnosuke
+ Mystery Character
+ Tons of new dialogues and routines for existing characters



New Features:
+ Improved game tutorials
+ Rory's Farm Shop
+ Now you can upgrade your house. Check it out at Raphael's Woodwork Shop.
+ Now you can purchase furniture to your house
+ Added Thunderstorms
+ Added Cloudy Days
+ Added interior lighting
+ Fruit bushes
+ Purchase meals at Chloe's Restaurant with a different menu throughout the day

New Objects:
+ Seed Machine: Turns crops into seeds
+ Beehive: Produces honey every few days
+ Hay Dryer: Turns grass into hay
+ Feed Grinder: Turns crops into chicken feed
+ Cheese Maker: Turns milk into cheese
+ Mayogenizer: Turns egg into mayo
+ Microwave: Heats up food

New Foods:
+ Kibe, Pastel, Tapioca, Sugarcane Juice

New Music & Sounds:
+ Beach Tracks & Pagode Version on Saturdays
+ Autumn Season Tracks
+ Winter Season Tracks
+ Tracks for all the interiors
+ Tons and tons of new sound effects



Minor Features:
+ Added weeds
+ Bonfire at night on Town
+ Improved interactions with objects
+ Improved font, UI, and icons
+ Added item consume animation
+ You can now open interior doors
+ Added more interactable objects
+ Added "Return to Main Menu" button
+ Moved Copper Mine entrance to Rockfall Mountain
+ Improved shop interface
+ House windows now display weather
+ Improved animations
+ Brittany's Farm gate will now close after dark
+ Added and improved visual effects
+ Changed lots of prices
+ Added cheat codes. See the list at: https://orange-season.fandom.com/wiki/Cheat_Codes

Autumn Season & Winter Season:
As temperatures begin to drop, the leaves fall from the trees and the town is decorated to celebrate the harvest.
Grab a cup of tea and settle in by the fire. We have a lot to talk about.

Rockfall Mountain:
The name comes from the stories told by the mining crews of old. They had their work constantly interrupted because of the rocks that fell from the top of the mountain, blocking the entrance to the mine. There you can find the entrance to this abandoned mine. See what you can dig up.

House Upgrade:
Having your own house is already pretty neat, but what if you could do more with it? Raphael can help you out with that. If you have the money and the materials.

Farm Upgrade:
Sometimes all you need a little extra space. What about an even bigger farm? Talk to Shinnosuke at the Town Hall during business hours and let's see what we can arrange.

Furniture & Decoration:
Add more personality to your farm house with furniture. Purchase what you like, place it inside your house, rotate, and move it around to make your home really feel like home.

Go talk to Raphael, he'll certainly have a lot to sell you.


Fixes:
- Areas no longer glitch when loading save file
- Fixed intro cutscene with wrong hair/skin color
- Fixed dialogue font size being too small to read
- Fixed UI number font
- Fixed lots of collision issues
- Fixed being able to stay in shops after the closing time
- Fixed stamina not lowering when using the axe
- Fixed some objects not being able to be picked up
- Fixed not being able to cut down stumps
- Fixed player not colliding with the villagers
- Fixed movement between areas
- Birds are now more consistent

KNOWN ISSUES

- Can't feed chickens
- Sometimes you can get stuck at the walls on the mines
- Red squares can be seen at your home when holding the hoe
- Hoe tool sometimes stops you from interacting with anything else. You need to change it if this occurs

Thanks as always for supporting the game!

Jeroen, Rafael, Robert & Kazz

[h2]Orange Season v0.9 |🌴 Summer Update 🥥 [/h2]

[h3]Hey everyone, [/h3]

Today we'll be updating the game by adding the summer season!⛱️ Below are all the changes coming to the game.

Features:

+ Added the Summer season.
+ Added The Beach.
+ Added new types of trees: Palm Trees and Ype.
+ Added new characters.
+ Added an outline to objects that can be interacted with.
+ Added fireflies at night.
+ Added Orange Soda™. Buy it at the Beach and at Serge's Store.
+ Added placeholder introduction cutscene.
+ Added dynamic music to interiors and music variations.
+ Added signs to buildings with opening hours.
+ Added interactions with objects in the town.
+ When you first talk to someone they'll introduce themselves.
+ Reworked the character's routines.
+ Reworked interface design for menus, shops, and more.
+ Reworked the pricing of crops.
+ Improved art for the crops.
+ Improved art for the item icons.
+ Improved the apartment building in Orange Town.
+ Improved shop table at Brittany's House.
+ Improved entrance for the interiors.

 


The Beach:
• Find people hanging out there every Saturday
• There you can find the Beach Hut, where Duke's working every day.
• There is a fishing spot near the deck, who knows what you might catch...





Fixes:
- Reworked stamina system, now stamina depletes slower.
- Fixed lots of collision issues.
- Fixed item icons.
- Fixed friends not showing up in the Diary.
- Improved font visibility at the UI.
- Removed redundant options in the bed interface.
- Fixed animation glitches in objects.
- Fixed crops dying even after being watered every day.
- Fixed barn animals being stressed even after feeding them every day.
- Fixed barn animals producing double the items every day.
- Fixed seeds of Spring crops displaying "Grows in Summer" on the shop window.
- Fixed objects being shown above the player.
- Fixed mouse hover sound effect not being affected by the volume.
- Fixed player spawn position after fainting.
- Fixed wind inconsistency.
- Fixed raindrop size inconsistency.
- Switched the Clinic's sign from a red cross to a heart.





One Important note: Unfortunately, you won't be able to use your save files you previously made on V0.8!

Because we have run into an issue that prevents you from saving this data without causing issues, and we're working on a proper fix. In the meantime we didn't want to let everyone wait any longer for all this content because of 1 bug, so we will be resolving this issue next week in another patch (0.9.1).





Thank you all for waiting for this update! We will continue to update the game within the next weeks.

So be sure to check back here for more information soon.

Thanks as always for supporting the game!

Rafael, Robert & Kazz

[h3]Hey everyone! [/h3]

We wanted to say happy Valentine's Day! Wishing you a day full of love and games with your special someone.


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Robert J
Community Manager