Winkeltje: The Little Shop News

Dear Shopkeepers,

We are excited to share that a big free update and a small Cat Companion DLC (downloadable content) is coming to Winkeltje. We are now in the final testing stage where we would like to invite you to try it out. The purpose of trying out this new update is to find issues that we can fix before we go through the arduous task of deploying to all stores and gaming platforms.



This big free update contains new features, content, and quality of life improvements such as:

• Ledger menu
  
• Pricing menu
  
• 10 additional shop levels
  
• Better level unlock distribution
  
• New furniture and structure pieces
  
• New music during shop opening for each season
  
• Early morning as the new default lighting
  
• New boy employee model
  
• New hair styles
  
• Several new hair colors
  
• Performance optimizations
  
• And much more...
  

The Cat Companion DLC is going to be our very first DLC for a small, yet to be determined, price. As you may know, we develop and publish our own games and updates across PC and gaming consoles. As our first ever DLC, this is both exciting and daunting. To try our best to deliver a smooth deployment, we are going to make the cat DLC free to try out on Steam for a week as of this posting. This will help us find and fix any issues, and give you a chance to enjoy a furry feline in your shop. Once a week has passed, the cat feature will be disabled again. From that point you will have to be patient until the big free update is deployed and the Cat Companion DLC will officially be made available on all platforms. You can wishlist the DLC over on its store page over here.




Trying out the new update is easy!
Just head over to Steam and find Winkeltje: The Little Shop in your Library.

From there:

1. Find the settings button or right mouse click on Winkeltje: The Little Shop
   
2. Go to 'Properties'
   
3. Go to 'Betas'
   
4. Select 'Unstable'
   
5. Play Winkeltje
   

To automatically notify us of error messages and crash data please opt-in to sending data in the settings menu. For any other issues or feedback, we are very active on Discord at: https://discord.gg/winkeltje
On Discord, hit the "Click Me!" button to become verified. This obstacle is unfortunately necessary to make it harder for spammers and scammers to join.

This is also an excellent moment to update the community driven translations.
Click here to find out how you can participate in community driven translations.



We hope you will enjoy the update and very much look forward to hearing your thoughts.

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.