Winkeltje: The Little Shop News

Hello dear shopkeeper.

With this post we would like to give you an update on what the future holds for Winkeltje and let you know that we have not forgotten about this game. It has been a little over a year since Winkeltje: The Little Shop has launched on PC and console. The community has been great and the reception truly heart warming.

Post-launch, our focus has been on fixes and performance improvements across all platforms and regions. Subsequent updates were an attempt at introducing unique scenarios with the Halloween event and the Winter event which introduced a couple of new assets and outfit recolors. But meanwhile, we have been chipping away at a larger update which is shaping up nicely.

There are a lot of cool things coming and It is still a while before we can go into full testing for this update or go into more detail about its exact contents. But rest assured, it's coming. :)

Happy holidays, Shopkeepers!

For this holiday season, we cooked up something special for you. In this update you can try out a new playable scenario called 'Saving Winter's Spirit'. In this update, you manage a winter shop with a solstice tree as the center piece. Grow the tree in size by making offerings to save the Winter's Spirit and unlock new cosmetics that fit the season!

Stay frosty and happy holidays! 🕯️🎄

[h3]Saving Winter's Spirit[/h3]

In this custom scenario you are tasked to provide the solstice tree with offerings to help it grow.

[h3]Earn Outfit Colors[/h3]

Complete objectives in Save Winter's Spirit to earn new outfit colors.

[h2]Change Log[/h2]

• Audio - Added day time winter music.
  
• Audio - Replaced the night ambient sound.
  
• Audio - Fixed an issue where the first looping bit in the closed shop winter music would transition awkwardly.
  
• Input - Using the Dpad/Left Stick in the Trader Menu or the Right Stick in the Crafting menu would sometimes not register input correctly.
  
• Scenario - Added a new and frosty Christmas game mode. Enjoy the winter holidays!
  
• Scenario - Some of the bushes in the Halloween terrain were not updating their seasonal appearance.
  
• UI - The crafting target side menu will now show how many of this item you have in your inventory.
  
• UI - Both crafting side menus will now show how many items you have displayed in your shop if this option is enabled in the settings.
  
• UI - Poor item quality color is now brown instead of grey.
  
• UI - It's now also possible to use the right stick to add/remove items to the shopping list.
  
• UI - The Employee Menu would not correctly reset back to the Hire tab when reopening the menu after leaving it on the Manage tab.
  

[h3]Winkeltje: The Little Shop is 20% off from November 22nd - November 29th as part of the Steam Autumn Sale[/h3]
This is the first time Winkeltje: The Little Shop is on discount since Winkeltje released on all platforms earlier this year. This is also the biggest discount so far, even bigger than the launch discount. If you haven't tried Winkeltje yet, or you would recommend it to friends or family, this is the time to pick it up.


[h3]As part of the Steam Autumn Sale you can nominate Winkeltje: The Little Shop as your favorite game in the Labor of Love category[/h3]
While we are realistic about our chances, we couldn't help but participate in this year's Steam Awards. If you like what you played and look forward to updates as much as we do then please consider dropping us a vote. Much appreciated. :)

Hey Shopkeepers,

Just a minor patch this time around, we fixed some issues that we wanted to get out to you as soon as possible rather than wait for a next bigger patch.

[h2]Changelog[/h2]

• Achievement - Achievement for getting all crafting stations to level 10 should work again.
  
• AI - Fixed an issue where customers would sometimes refuse to leave.
  
• Build - Changed the nav mesh obstacle size of entrances so that the navmesh is more centered.
  
• Performance - NPC pooling wasn't correctly returning objects back to the pool, this should reduce some jitter when the store is open.
  
• Scenario: Added more floor options & decorations to choose from in 'The Harrowing' scenario.
  
• Scenario: Reduced difficulty of the Harrowing scenario.
  
• Trader - Fixed potential issue for the bag to not correctly show.
  
• UI - Receiving a loan would not update the objectives HUD layout.
  
• UI - Closing the crafting skill point prompt window should now reset the timescale as it was before the prompt window showed.
  

Dear Shopkeepers,

[h3]'The Harrowing'[/h3]
Thank you for participating in the Harrowing event, we hope you had a spooky Halloween.

[h3]Halloween Shop Contest[/h3]
This Halloween we also tried to run a community contest where we challenged shopkeepers to build a spooky shop and show this off.
Unfortunately this contest did not see a lot of participation.
The winner of this contest is Melandari who submitted her spooky shop to Discord.
We hope the community will keep showing off their shops as we love seeing them.

Here are a few screenshots of Melandari's harrowing shop:



Feel free to check out more of Melandari's shop, or post your own at: discord.gg/Winkeltje


Stay tuned for future updates!