Hey Woodo followers and Steam travelers!

Today, we’re excited to present the Storybook. ✨📖✨

We’ve carefully read the comments you left in our survey after playing the demo (btw, we have 5,500+ responses now that's so awesome!), and we noticed several types of players, many asking for an additional way to listen to the story unfold... and since this game is all about the story, we decided this update should meet the needs of as many players as possible.

This update for:

🙌 those who like the story but need to pause the game to read

🙌 those who miss lines because the subtitles move too fast

🙌 those who forget to read because they get too absorbed in the gameplay

🙌 those who prefer silence for an ASMR-like experience


❤️ We also wanted to keep the update exciting for those of you who already love everything about the game, so we added short stories about some of the villages. We now have 4 new stories in the demo, translated by excellent translators.

(I want to thank those of you who love the game! Your feedback makes me so smiley. 😊)

Summary:

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📖 You can now play without narration and still enjoy the story.

📖 You won’t miss any text lines – play without worry.

❤️ Bonus: learn more about our quirky characters.

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We have been doing this update for a few months, and it took more time than we expected. (I think this is the usual developer excuse.😆) Still, we are happy with where we ended up.

I want to share some behind-the-scenes screenshots for you:


Concept in Blender with 2 different color palettes.

It is just 2D assets. But we tried to make it look like 3D. At this stage all the simple parts were over. 😅



Implementing inside Unity—truly a headache! With different languages, we tried to ensure all the text was readable and looked good on the pages.


And the last part (most satisfying for me as an artist) - drawing illustrations on iPad.


+ Map Upgrade
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Almost all of you asked about this!
Finally, you can interact with villages on the map. 😁🙌




Thanks for reading, and we hope you will like this update. 😚
Tell us your opinion in the feedback form in the demo or write to us on the Woodo Discord to share your thoughts directly.

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In our next news, we’re going to share a fantastic story about how I met our composer and how we began working together. Every part of this story feels like pure magic to me, and I can’t wait to share this little fairy tale with you.

See you in Woodo! 🦊🌿

Julia
Tiny Monks Tales