Full Release Patch Notes (Day 0 Patch)

Hello There, Castaways! 🏝️

The patch notes we were so eagerly waiting for are here!!! Happy full release day 🐸💚

👥 Multiplayer

• Steam and Epic Cross-Play added! More Cross-Play coming at a later time.

💯 Quality of Life Improvements

• Updated the Input in the game to be more user-friendly.
• All late-game Plants now mature faster.
• Streamlined how saving and loading are handled in the main menu

🍃 Flow

• Improved the beginning of the game
• The game now starts at a different location.
• The Hammer and Hatchet tutorial is now combined and appears after you’ve fixed the first Shrine.
• The Combat Tutorial has been moved to after you reach the Hamlet.
• Improved the starting path to better guide the player towards the Hamlet.
• Thorn Bushes can no longer be destroyed by swords.
• Building the Tree House and the rooms inside it are now cheaper.
• The Gardening Chest should be easier to find.
• The Tree House can no longer be acquired as a placeable item. A permanent Tree House is located in the area where Sariel teaches you how to create a garden.
• Frogboy jumps away right after introducing the S.E.L.L. Chest. Find him in the Froglet Grove to buy the Tent.
• Sariel now opens her shop earlier than before.
• Some items, like the Frog House, should now be available in Frogboy’s Shop earlier.

👀 Visuals

• Scholar Statues has an updated visual to be easier to see. It also starts glowing when you place a Frog on it to unlock that part of the map.
• Updated Achievement, Companion Level, and Quest Icons.
• New 4K loading screens implemented
• New and improved visuals for the Daily Summary Screen.

💃 Animation

• Added Sitting Animations for each object the player can sit on.
• Combat
• Updated size and color of the monsters of the island to better showcase their power level
• Removed the Amri Root connected to Monster Spawners on the island.
• Monsters Spawned by Monster Spawners are stronger than before.
• Added more places for monsters to naturally spawn on the island.

🌻 Resource Gathering

• Economy Update
  • Multiple items have had their Sell and Buy prices adjusted.
  • Valuable items have a chance to drop from multiple new sources.
  • Ribbits can now be found when cutting Tall Grass.
  • Digging gives more Sand in the Desert Dunes and Dawning Sands, and more Snow in the Sunless Horn.
  • Fishing Nodes should now spawn more frequently in Fenland Point.
  • Ribbits can now be auto-picked up.

🖥️ GUI

• The Buy Button is now greyed out when selecting an item in a shop that you can’t afford.
• The Health Bar in the inventory screen is now below the player’s name.
• The list of players playing is now only visible when more than one player is playing.
• Sell Value is now visible on the description text of items that can be sold.
• Icons for cycling through the Item Bars should now be more visible.
• Added a button on the Title Screen for easy access to our other available games.
• Updated animation showing Ribbits gained and lost.
• Added notice and solution prompt for fixing corrupted saves.

🎶 Audio

• Mixing Updates on music and general audio

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue causing Shop Preview to still be present after an NPC moved away from that location.
• Fixed areas where the companion would get stuck while following the player.
• C.A.T. should no longer be flying in the Workshop and should use the correct Idle Animation.
• Fixed the issue causing some players to fall through the ground in the Sanctuary.
• Fixed the issue causing a region on the map to not update.
• Fixed the issue causing C.A.T. to stop having interesting things to say.
• Fixed an issue where the characters would sit in strange angles.
• Fixed multiple areas where the player could get stuck.
• Fixed misaligned text in the Friends List.
• Fixed jittering text in the Crafting Menu.
• Fixed an issue causing the main quest to stop progressing if the player never talked to Frogboy after creating the Bottle O’ Wind.
• Fixed issue causing multiple items to never appear in Frogboy’s Shop.
• Fixed issue where C.A.T. returns to standing idle in the shop.
• Reduced the movement in the grass during strong winds.
• Fixed issue causing a sub-region in the island to not be visible on the map.
• The screen should no longer go to black before the Daily Summary Screen is displayed when going to sleep in interiors.
• Fixed visible seams in the landscape.
• Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck on a perpetual loading screen.
• Fixed an issue where the player could press buttons on the main menu before it was loaded.
• Fixed an issue where the game would get soft-lock if the player disconnected a controller while loading into the game.
• Fixed a saving and loading issue with the Scholar Statues.
• Fixed an issue where repeated saving and loading would expand the inventory size.
• Chests should now always play proper animations when interacted with.
• Various multiplayer issues were fixed.

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We'll croak you on the 1.0 island TODAY! 🐸
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