Hello everyone, and thank you for continuing to support Miss Peacock.
v1.6.0 is mainly about playability and platform experience. It does not change the main story content, but it should make menus, exploration, saving, and dialogue controls feel smoother, especially if you play with a controller, keyboard, or Steam Deck.
1. More reliable controller and keyboard navigation
We revisited the focus behavior across several screens, including the main menu, secondary menus, settings, save/load, collection, research, and the study room.
When using a controller or keyboard, menus should now select default buttons more reliably. Returning from a sub-menu is also less likely to leave you wondering where the current selection went. Moving up and down, confirming, and backing out should feel closer to a familiar console or handheld experience.
2. Better controller support for the exploration map
The exploration map now supports more natural location selection with a controller.
If you prefer playing from the couch, on Steam Deck, or with a gamepad, choosing and confirming places should feel smoother after this update. We also improved focus recovery around these screens, reducing cases where navigation could feel interrupted after returning from another view.
3. Save, collection, and research screens are easier to use
We improved navigation for save slots, collection categories, music entries, achievements, death records, endings, item pages, and the research screen.
In practical terms: more buttons can now be selected correctly, list movement is more stable, and mouse hover states are more consistent with controller selection. For players who often revisit records, endings, items, or music, these small fixes should make the interface easier to live with.
4. Updated dialogue control icons
We redrew and unified a set of hand-drawn icons in the dialogue control bar, including auto, close, favorite, load, log, menu, fast-forward, save, settings, and skip.
The goal is to make the dialogue UI better match Miss Peacock's overall visual style, while keeping each control easier to recognize at a glance.
5. Steam Deck and platform compatibility
This update adds preparation for a dedicated Steam Deck build and includes a round of underlying engine and resource compatibility work.
Most of this will not appear directly on screen, but it helps us ship future versions more reliably and improves the foundation for playing across different platform environments.
6. Music and story playback stability
We adjusted music playback settings across a number of story, exploration, and ending timelines so background music uses a more consistent route.
We also strengthened focus handling for dialogue choices and the dialogue history overlay, reducing interruptions when checking logs or making branch choices.
Thank you for sharing feedback through the Steam community, reviews, and other channels. We will keep working through these small but important comfort issues so Miss Peacock feels better to play across different devices.
If you run into any new issues in v1.6.0, please let us know.
[Otter Club]
[July 13, 2026]