Steam News · Oct 14
Hello!Lots of final changes are coming in, and i'm trying to keep the demo as updates as possible as bugs are fixed and polish goes in on the main game.For this update (and the last one i didn't actually make a post about), here's teh cliff notes:Localisation is in with all Tier 1 languages + some more:EnglishFrenchItalianGermanJapaneseKoreanChinese (simplified)Chinese (Traditional)PolishPortugues...
Steam News · Oct 4
Hello!Patch 4 already! Thanks for all the reports and discussions on the changes. I feel like i've got a lid on most of the big stuff now. Fingers crossed :D ChangesReworked placement of furniture on the customisation screen - this is a fix to try to stamp out an issue where some players could place games on the walls, plants on the shelves, and dupe games, which kinda broke the game Locked down u...
Steam News · Oct 3
Hello! A few big changes and some fixes to sneaky bugs which popped up.Biggest fix - Localisation characters are now showingNon english characters were not being built properly and were showing up as pink squares. this has been fixed. Thank you for those who raised this! this is what it used to look like when using Japanese locale what it looks like now (hooray) Smaller QOL fixesSometimes the litt...
Steam News · Oct 2
Hello! Thanks for the feedback so far on the demo! I pushed an update last night and about 30 mins ago. Here's what changed:Autocomplete was OP so i've disabled it for nowCD Scratches were not OP enough so i have buffed them. You should see the percentage calcs care more about these nowThe Super16 cart wasn't fading the UV glow when it was highlighted. Now it doesAll menus now use the same booklet...
Steam News · Oct 1
OH MY GOSH ITS LIVEIt's been a few late nights recently getting as much in as i could, but this afternoon I pushed the button to make the final demo live. TLDR:OSX, Windows, Steamdeck, Linux via proton.7 GamesUpdates will be pushed like last time to make things betterWhats newMovement and game rotation has been tweaked. I'm still looking at sensitivity for controller and i'm looking forward to be ...
Steam News · Sep 23
Hello, I’m back from my goblin coding cave with a fresh new demo! And it’s coming out in a little over a week!This is going to be a similar style of demo to the next fest demo, with a limit to the amount of days you can play. But since the demo, there’s been a bunch of quality of life changes i’ve added that i hope you’ll notice. In no particular order: An actual tutorial flow with tool and proces...
Steam News · Aug 7
Hello! Well oodles of stuff has happened since next fest, and i’m happy to say that the coding time in my little goblin cave continues to be really productive. But, after a bunch of looking at timelines and the state of the game and how the flow is feeling, i’ve decided to move release from the September 24th date previously, to November 5th. This is about 6 weeks of extra time, and It’ll let me d...
Steam News · Jul 14
Tiered Language support planToday I updated the steam page to show supported languages, moving from 30 target to 9. Buuut this change doesn’t mean I do not intend to support the other languages originally listed. Instead I'm splitting my localisation into goals, where the 9 are what I plan to ship with, and the remaining are what I'll be adding in post release with community translation support.If...
Steam News · Jun 27
Hi everyone!I’ve just pressed the button to sunset the next fest demo for Cozy Game Restoration. Thanks for commenting, reviewing and sending feedback. I’ve been going through lots of planning and poking at my systems with all this feedback in mind. LETS TALK ABOUT STATSCozy Game Restoration was the 24th most played demo during Next Fest 146,000 people downloaded the demo113,000 people played the ...
Steam News · Jun 24
Demo Patch 4 is up!This is more of a quality of life patch with a focus on smooshin bugs and silly decisions i made with buttons and mapping. Mostly minor mid-clean fixes.TLDRAdded Hotkey for continuous cleaning for both controller and keyboardsTAB on keyboard, or Square on Controller (Xbox X)Flipped W/S From zoom to panning. Now WASD is panning. And Shift + W/S is zoom. You can also use + - to zo...
Steam News · Jun 18
Demo Patch 3 is live!Thanks a ton for the feedback and reviews over the last week. It's helped me rethink some of the systems i thought were good enough for a demo, or just wasn't on my radar atm.TLDR patch notes:Tool toggle press is in more places in the gamewas just in options before but it's also in ingame options. If its still reported as hard to find i'm going to maybe add a button on the hud...
Steam News · Jun 8
Demo Update 2This is the last of the critical stuff i wanted to jump on ASAP. The future stuff will be additional content and quality of life stuff :) Pan now works as expected on Deck / ControllersThe Pan toggle (L1) was bugged on the previous build and would try to Pan + rotate at the same time, resulting in you just seeing the camera panning. This is now working as expected on SteamDeck and all...
Steam News · Jun 6
Demo patch 1Whilst this demo is up I'll be patching and polishing stuff that either isn't working as expected, or that are causing trouble. To raise stuff, you can either pop into the discord or post here.Stickers fixesSome stickers were being spawned completely off the silicon64 carts, which meant that you couldn't hit 100% cleans. If you've had one of these carts that have decided to spawn with ...
Steam News · Jun 5
Cozy Game Restoration Passes 200k WishlistsI've been deep in next fest demo prep, but i really wanted to make thank you post for helping this game reach the 200,000 wishlist mark. It's been a cool journey so far and i'm excited to continue building, breaking and improving stuff with you all :)If you've shared or commented or liked a post or short, it's definitely made a difference.Big announcement...
Steam News · May 7
Playtest Kickoff times and detailsWoo! We're almost there! The build is all up and the button is being pressed 7AM Melbourne (Australia) time on the 8th. Because this is practically the front of the world clock, that means most of you might see this on the 7th. Here's the dates for some of the key timezones i've been asked about :)PST: 2pm (7th) BST: 10PM (7th)CEST: 11PM (7th)JST: 6AM (8th)It'll b...
Steam News · May 1
Steam Playtest updateHey everyone! I was supposed to launch the playtest later today (may 1st) buuut its been delayed by a week. Here's what happened in a video:Basically:I did all the building and stuff for windows, mac, and LinuxI uploaded them allWhen i submitted, I didn't include the actual windows build in the 'playtest' submissionWhich meant nothing was available to approveSo steam was likeW...