Witch It News

Today, we are sharing important information regarding the future of Witch It item trading.

In 2024, we are releasing Witch It to consoles as part of a long-term plan to support our game for years to come! You may have noticed a lot of changes recently in preparation of this, as we move away from Steam's systems to our own.

As a result, we are making some major changes to Witch It's item trading.

[h3]⚠️ On 24th January 2024, Witch It Steam Trading will be removed, and will be replaced with in-game trading a month or two later. ⚠️[/h3]

First and foremost, your items are safe! We are working on a multi-platform trading system that will allow Witch It players to transfer items safely and securely in-game, no matter what platform you are playing Witch It on.

[h2]📝 FAQ[/h2]
Why can't you have both Steam trading and in-game trading?
To proceed with in-game trading, we must transfer some functionality away from Steam onto our own systems, which will mean Steam trading will not be possible.

Will I still be able to trade Witch It items with items from other games?
No, the in-game system will only include Witch It items.

Will my items be visible in my Steam Inventory?
Yes, your items will still be visible in your Steam Inventory.
We also plan to make all items visible once again, including those which were previously hidden!

What about WitchTrade?
Our team will be reaching out soon to ensure WitchTrade has our support when in-game trading is released!

Will I be compensated?
We're currently exploring into ways to compensate players who support us through our trading pause - stay tuned!

[h2]🎉 Good News[/h2]
We are confident that once these changes are made, Witch It's trading will be in a far better state than before:
- All items will soon be visible in your Steam Inventory.
- Item farming will be disincentivized.
- Many new traders will be welcomed with the first console release.
- No trade holds.
- Limitless control over new trading functionality - we can expand our in-game trading system based on your feedback!
- New exclusive items will be introduced in 2024, including a hat for Grand Architects, and a hat for Speed Build Contest winners!

If you have any further questions or concerns, please let us know in the comments. 💬

Winterdream is back for 2023! Celebrate the festivities with our limited-time event, new skins, recipes, a player icon, new props and more! And as always - the Winterdream shop is open for business! ❄️



[h2]8 New Winterdream Items![/h2]
Decorate your merry characters with 8 new seasonal items, including the Holiday Hat and Mrs. Santa's Bun items for the Witch, and the Antlers and Mr. Candy items for the Hunters! Stay away from the pointy ends... 🦌



[h3]Earning Winterdream 2023 Items:[/h3]
Open Witch It during the Winterdream 2023 event to earn 40 "Filled Boots". Combining 1 Filled Boot with 1 Cinnamon Star will craft 1 random Winterdream item (rare, very rare or whimsical).

To earn Cinnamon Stars, you must fill up the item cauldron with 250 experience points while playing one of our Winter maps: Snowbreeze or Fiskersted, Northern Whispers or Wardwell Wintry. The item cauldron fills up at the end of each round, during the level up screen. For every item cauldron opened on Snowbreeze, Fiskersted, Northern Whispers or Wardwell Wintry, there is a 60% chance that you'll receive 1 Cinnamon Star.

Crafting Winterdream items using Filled Boots and Cinnamon Stars grants a ~20% chance of dropping a new Winterdream 2023 skin item. You will receive the new items more often than old ones!

Alternatively, you can earn these items through random drops during gameplay, or by crafting Winterdream item recipes in the Witches' Cauldron. You can also obtain these items through trading - we recommend using our trading channels in our Discord server! 🎁

[h2]New Player Icon![/h2]
Collect the limited-time "Winterdream 2023" icon by playing Witch It during the event season. At the end of Winterdream 2023, the icon will never return - so be quick! ☃️



[h2]22 New Recipes![/h2]
While they were loading up Santa's sleigh, the elves got caught by a blizzard and huge stacks of their recipes blew away in the wind! Lucky for you, they've now been recovered and can now be earned through in-game drops...

Recipes include the iconic piggy items, the community staff hats/masks (such as Snowtuft's Sheep Head), and lots of Winterdream items from previous years! 🎄



[h2]8 New Props![/h2]
Explore around our Christmas prop layouts and discover the new Ice Cube, Ice Rectangle, Ice Pyramid, Triangular Ice Prism and Frozen Fruits props! During the event, search for the Gingerbread House and Snow Globe event props to add to your prop collection - and for our most talented collectors, keep your eyes peeled for our new secret prop... 🧊



[h2]Patch Notes:[/h2]

1.4.4

+ Added: Winterdream Festival 2023 Player Icon
+ Added: 8 new Winterdream skin items
+ Added: 8 new props
+ Added: 22 new recipes

↻ Changed: Imposturous portals now have a small delay to prevent spamming
↻ Changed: Creative matches are hosted as private by default
↻ Changed: Default scale of the curved pickle
↻ Changed: Session management was changed to a different system in preparation for cross-platform support. There should be no difference in user experience compared to before.
↻ Changed: Updated localization in several languages

✓ Fixed: Several broken spots on 'Snowbreeze', 'Powersource', 'Kasbah le Ribat', 'Northern Whispers', 'Greywood Castle', 'Ancient Temple', 'Vermilion Valley', 'Oasis Temple' & 'Palace of Heka'
✓ Fixed: Bone ladder prop glitching through walls and grounds
✓ Fixed: Prop collection not updating during match
✓ Fixed: Missing shadow of Rock_29 on Grave Gulch
✓ Fixed: Pine Tree collision on Grave Gulch
✓ Fixed: Text on selected serverbrowser row is hard to read

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[h3]💜 Please vote Witch It for the "Labor of Love" Steam award![/h3]
2023 marks Witch It's third year out of Early Access, and we're not slowing down! 🙌

It has been our goal to support Witch It into the future - and we are very excited to continue our journey into 2024. We strongly believe next year will be our biggest year yet, with our major content update "Dreamland", and our first ever console release, as well as many more surprises to come! ✨

Let's take a look back at 2023:
🐇 Year of the Rabbit and Valentines 2023!
🗺️ 6 Faraway Lands Maps!
🎲 Match Rules+!
🔄 Custom Map Cycles!
👤 Witch It Goes Independent!
🔧 Unreal Engine 5!
🌏 New Languages!
🎃 Halloween Event!
🎥 GIF Contest!

Barrel Roll Games welcomes your love and support, by nominating Witch It for the "Labor of Love" award during the Steam Awards 2023! To do so, please tick the vote box at the top of this announcement, or head over to the nominations page! 🏆


[h3]🍂 Autumn Sale![/h3]
Witch It is -75% off on Steam until November 28th - prepare your Christmas celebrations and gifts early and pick up a copy for yourself or a friend! 🎁

To you, our supporters - thank you for always motivating us!
We hope you continue to enjoy Witch It for many more years to come. :luaq:

+ Added: 2 new languages: Japanese and Basque
+ Added: There are now Settings to compensate for Color weakness

↻ Changed: GPU performance optimization for Blocking Volumes on featured user maps

✓ Fixed: OP spot on 'Powersource'
✓ Fixed: Various Collision problems with specific props on different map locations
✓ Fixed: Collision Wall at Labyrinth on 'Grunewald Library'
✓ Fixed: Floating mushrooms on 'Grave Gulch'
✓ Fixed: Water ambient sound not affected by ambient sound slider on 'Sunset Swamp'
✓ Fixed: No Grass on the Imposturous map
✓ Fixed: One ladder on Stronghold is not usable by witches