Witch It News

Hello everyone! 👋

Soon, a number of Witch It promotional items will no longer be obtainable for new players. ⌛
This is due to a few factors, including our publishing independence as well as our ongoing inventory and trading changes.

We want to give our players a final opportunity to collect these items before they will no longer be obtainable.


If you wish to earn these items, you must:
[h2]1️⃣ Purchase the corresponding promotional game:[/h2]

⭐ Platypus Cap
Requirements: Reward for owning one of the Deponia games.

⭐ Harvey
Requirements: Reward for owning one of the Edna and Harvey games.

⭐ The Staff
Requirements: Reward for owning the game The Dark Eye: Memoria.

[h2]2️⃣ Request the promo items:[/h2]
Opening up an item request ticket in our #open-a-ticket Discord channel.
Fill out the form, then wait for us to respond.

Or...

Commenting below this announcement, and let us know which items you are eligible for.
Please note you must have your Steam profile set to public, as well as your "game details" privacy set to public to be eligible.

If you are eligible for any of these items, they will be granted to your inventory! ✔️

🗓️ The deadline for collecting these items is: Friday, 24th May 2024!

We may explore options to rerelease these items in some form in the future, but we won't promise anything at this time.

We're excited to announce the results of our Dreamland Art Contest, after a few weeks of intense judging from our developers and community staff! 🗳️

We tasked our community to create horizontal and vertical artwork pieces for Dreamland, our upcoming major content update. Each winner will have their artwork implemented as a painting prop placed within the map for you to admire (or transform into)! 🖼️

[h2]The Winners are...[/h2]

[h3]🏆 Horizontal Frame Winners[/h3]
🥇 1st Place: Morinor
🥈 2nd Place: andy
🥉 3rd Place: DrRiptide

[h3]🏆 Vertical Frame Winners[/h3]
🥇 1st Place: Vissia
🥈 2nd Place: Fánkiii
🥉 3rd Place: gedankenkind

We are delighted that each of our talented winners and entrants took the time and effort to create such incredible pieces of artwork for our game. We can't express our gratitude enough! 💜

All entries can be found here, in order of submission: Imgur Album Link ⬅️

The paintings will be added with the release of Dreamland soon™.
Thank you for supporting our artists, and stay tuned for the update! 🎉

✓ Fixed: Broken spots on 'Morgenstund', 'Fiskersted', 'Shipwreck Hollow', 'Grave Gulch', 'Greywood Castle' and 'Ancient Temple'
✓ Fixed: Removed old collision texture on the Fill a Pot version of 'Grunewald Library'
✓ Fixed: Recently played friend list not ordered correctly + new players not being added at a certain point
✓ Fixed: Friend requests not reaching the receiving player
✓ Fixed: Imposturous toads can’t be reported
✓ Fixed: Quickmatch is not working as intended
✓ Fixed: Input Help is not working correctly in some casesr
✓ Fixed: Loading screen animation freezing when opening maps

7 years ago today, we revealed our first ever art contest, in which our community members designed paintings for Grunewald Library! 🖌️
Following the contest, three winners had their artwork implemented into Witch It as props, becoming an iconic addition to the game ever since.

We are delighted to finally announce the Dreamland Art Contest - a monumental competition in which your art could leave an impact on the game for many years to come! ːluaqː


[h2]🏆 Prizes[/h2]
We are looking to add 3 pieces of community art to our upcoming content update: Dreamland! ✨
Entrants will compete for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place judged by Barrel Roll Games and the Community Staff team.

🥇 1st Place - Your artwork will be placed in a gold frame and implemented as a playable prop!
🥈 2nd Place - Your artwork will be placed in a silver frame and implemented as a playable prop!
🥉 3rd Place - Your artwork will be placed in a bronze frame and implemented as a playable prop!

Each winner will also receive a Witch It key to be redeemed on Steam! 🔑


[h2]🏰 Theme: Fantasy![/h2]
Dreamland is heavily inspired by countless fantasy stories and themes.
Ask yourself: how will your artwork fit into Witch It's weird and wacky world? 💫

[h2]🎨 How do I participate?[/h2]
1️⃣ Pick whether you want a horizontal frame, or vertical frame.
You must create your art in the 8:5/5:8 aspect resolution. Here's our guidelines:

If you're creating artwork for a horizontal frame: 2560px x 1600px, 1920px x 1200px or 1280px x 800px.
If you're creating artwork for a vertical frame: 1600px x 2560px, 1200px x 1920px or 800px x 1280px.

2️⃣ Design your artwork and export it, ensuring you follow the rules below!
3️⃣ Upload your entry as a .png or .jpg image to #art-entries on our Discord server, or post your artwork underneath this Steam announcement!

You are allowed to name your artwork, but please note that we may change their names if used.

[h2]📜 Rules [Important!][/h2]
- Your artwork must relate to Witch It in some form.
- You must submit your artwork in the 8:5 or 5:8 aspect ratio (please see our guidelines above). If you win, your artwork will be downscaled to 128 x 80 or 80 x 128 based on Witch It's prop constraints, so please be mindful when adding intricate details - they might not appear in-game!
- You must own all elements of your art. Do not use (or commission) pictures or elements created by other people (Witch It content is fine to use)!
- Entry file format must be .png or .jpg.
- Your entry must follow our rules - no offensive content!
- Make sure your artwork fits the art style of Witch It.
- You can submit 2 entries maximum - but your second entry must be in a different resolution (for example, if you submitted a vertical painting, you can only create a horizontal painting next)!
- All users can enter, including previous contest winners and community staff.
- You can collaborate with other entrants if you wish, but be aware that this will count as an entry for all artists involved. Please list all collaborators alongside your entry!

🔨 Breaking these rules may result in disqualification from the contest!

[h2]❌ Generative AI Warning[/h2]
Absolutely no full or partial AI-generated artwork is allowed to be submitted for this contest.
We may ask you for proof of creation, such as a layered file or progress pictures. If you can't provide at least one of these on request, your entry will be void. ⚠️

By posting your entry, you are agreeing that we can use your creation in the future in any form! ✔️

[h2]⌛ Contest Deadline[/h2]
Entries will close on 7th April 2024 @ 11pm (UTC)!
Winners will be revealed within a few weeks after the deadline.

Good luck, artists! 🎉

↻ Changed: Renamed Coyote Transform Time to Prop transform grace time and moved it to input settings

✓ Fixed: Prop transform grace time is also working for possess
✓ Fixed: Alt+Tabbing could change the input sensitivity
✓ Fixed: Interaction in Impoturous
✓ Fixed: Broken spots on 'Snowbreeze', 'Morgaryll Forest' & 'Sunset Swamp'
✓ Fixed: Barrel explosion effect is very unperformant