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Pathfinding UpdateFeb 8, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThis update tries to properly fix the problem where customers and employees are getting randomly stuck. This has been a long-standing issue and has been around in one form or another since 2022. This problem was caused by a combination of simple issues in our code, which were easily fixed, and issues with the pathfinding solution, which proved to be incredibly problematic to solve. Old Pathfinding - Unity Nav Mesh Winkeltje, as many have known it since early access nearly 5 years ago, uses the built-in navigation solution that is provided by the Unity game engine. This solution is also known as Nav Mesh pathfinding. Nav Mesh is short for Navigation Mesh. Unity is able to generate a Nav Mesh during gameplay which then returns a mesh surface area on which the agents, like customers, employees and the cat, can navigate. We use the term agent for any entity that uses the pathfinding system to navigate. Here you see an old example of the Nav Mesh being regenerated when furniture gets moved. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/345e7dd75fd6badb0777855a7f040e1697fef2b4.gif Using the Unity Nav Mesh as our default pathfinding solution had several advantages: It is the go-to solution for pathfinding in Unity. It runs fast enough for Winkeltje. It is easy to set up and implement. It is easy to work with and adjust. As recent years have shown, it also has some downsides: It may cause agents to get stuck in seemingly random places without clear feedback as to why. Here you see an example of an agent getting stuck when using Nav Mesh pathfinding. This occurrence is super rare with a very high negative impact to the player experience. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/5b2fdceb9b1fe59e45c3f2aff15886dd8aafe443.gif In games, when there is a static environment that does not move, it is relatively easy to fix issues when a pathfinding agent gets stuck on the Nav Mesh by manually adjusting the Nav Mesh. It is also common in static environments to cover up the issue by placing a random crate where the agent would get stuck. It is a blessing and a curse that Winkeltje provides players with a lot of freedom in building and decorating their shop. So it is not unthinkable that sometimes, a player creates a shop that sometimes just.. breaks. We have tried a lot of things to try to get to the root of the problem where agents get stuck such as creating a higher resolution Nav Mesh, having the agent calculate a more accurate path, simply checking if an agent got stuck and probably about a dozen other things. Sometimes a week and a half would pass without any reported issues for this problem to pop up again. And on occasion, it would rightfully earn us a negative review. Many of our attempts fixed the symptom of the issue in singular reproduction cases. But then the symptom would appear again in other reproduction cases. None of our attempts fixed the actual root of the issue, and we could not manage to dive into the black-box Nav Mesh pathfinding system that was provided by Unity. A Nav Mes...Major Free Update & Cat Companion DLCOct 19, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello dear shopkeepers, We are thrilled to announce that the wait is finally over. The major free Winkeltje 1.1 update and paid Cat Companion DLC is ready to be released on Windows PC and console editions. Let's have a look at what you can look forward to. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/d94f2be7c670afc5702b70ca63fdae6b41b3b7b8.png Cat Companion DLC With the paid Cat Companion DLC, you will get a cat basket, food, and water to place in the shop as furniture. By interacting with the cat basket, you can customize your cat. The kitty will subject your shop to a thorough inspection, check that you are diligently keeping you shelves stocked, and make sure that the customers are not up to any funny business. To reward the cat, you can interact with it to pat it on the head. Cat Companion DLC Steam page! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/87cc96520b7fbe5251de976ee42774755d52c127.png A cat companion has been requested for a long time, and by obtaining the Cat Companion DLC for only €2.99 (or your regional equivalent), you can show your support for the games that we enjoy making. There is a lot of free content for everyone to enjoy in this update, but if you are a shopkeeper that would like to get something unique and help out the developers, this DLC is for you. This furry source of inspiration is exhausted from all the posing but happy she can has her hooman back and looks forward to the noms this DLC might afford her. 😸 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/f32e3c87c4c57b60c227397c1392d6afd1d5b28e.jpg 5 New structure sets This update almost doubles the structure sets increasing it from 6 to 11. The structure sets you can look forward to decorating your shop with are inspired by rennaisance, romanesque, timber framing, colonial, and industrial architecural styles. 2 new furniture sets By adding rounded and mediteranean furniture sets, you now have up to 8 furniture sets to customize your shop with. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/f933049ef8c6ed90e2fe278f5d8ee02e72254937.png 3 New decorations A much requested decoration is a bed and night stand to create a more homely space for the shopkeeper to relax in. In addition, there is now also a water pump decoration. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/0eec072487ce91ff035630a26d0b74a3c379cebd.png 4 New seasonal music themes With this update, there will now be 4 new seasonal music themes playing when you open the shop. This is in addition to the 4 seasonal music themes that play when the shop is closed. New ledger menu The frugal shopkeepers among you enjoy counting coins and making sure the numbers add up. To help you keep track of income and expenses, you can now open the ledger menu and see where the coins are coming from and may confront you on your spending habits. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/7054d13dbcb0d280d4ef78b0e93657eb67350027.png New pricing menu A sorely missed feature of Winkeltje 1.0 was the ability to set item prices. In this update, you can now set item prices up to 80% above or below the default sell price of an item. Lower pr...Preview: Huge Free Update and Cat Companion DLCJul 17, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsDear 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. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/04ec6d1396e79a34cc3f97e3a47ebd224eeeddbf.png 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... Cat is out of the bag 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. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/f0c284282e4d5b73bb90f38a8490c805c374bd68.png How can you you participate? Trying out the new update is easy! Just head over to Steam and find Winkeltje: The Little Shop in your Library. From there: Find the settings button or right mouse click on Winkeltje: The Little Shop Go to 'Properties' Go to 'Betas' Select 'Unstable' 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. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/9714aed6de989252eb221071da2bda39bae32084.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/9a6d0f2081f2581d9a989c5c9d9b409be0b12e98.png We hope you will enjoy the update and very much look forward to hearing your thoughts.What's in Store?May 19, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello 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. :) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/cjf552ec8x6m47w/shopkeeper520.pngWinter Season UpdateDec 20, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHappy 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! 🕯️🎄 Saving Winter's Spirit https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/zitjkq6uv7ed9kg/shopkeeper1088.gif In this custom scenario you are tasked to provide the solstice tree with offerings to help it grow. Earn Outfit Colors https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/6r40c8pcuvzg99s/shopkeeper1089.gif Complete objectives in Save Winter's Spirit to earn new outfit colors. Change Log 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. Winkeltje 20% off and Labor of Love AwardNov 22, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsWinkeltje: The Little Shop is 20% off from November 22nd - November 29th as part of the Steam Autumn Sale 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. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/d8e87e9461674caf05a98f43e4d588777c18901e.jpg As part of the Steam Autumn Sale you can nominate Winkeltje: The Little Shop as your favorite game in the Labor of Love category 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. :) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/3bed57ad30e8a5f2180686315151e684776965d4.pngSmall patch (v.7567)Nov 16, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHey 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. Changelog 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. End of the Halloween EventNov 7, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsDear Shopkeepers, 'The Harrowing' Thank you for participating in the Harrowing event, we hope you had a spooky Halloween. Halloween Shop Contest This Halloween we also tried to run a community contest where we challenged shopkeepers to build a spooky shop and show this off. Unfortunately this contest did not see a lot of participation. The winner of this contest is Melandari who submitted her spooky shop to Discord. We hope the community will keep showing off their shops as we love seeing them. Here are a few screenshots of Melandari's harrowing shop: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/f0fe34cb403360887fe4999e457619f1e60be83d.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/ff1160c282ec03610afaa6256ec762650767dfa2.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34365312/899d3a51c6a69b6c29e23b2ae61a9cab693184b8.png Feel free to check out more of Melandari's shop, or post your own at: discord.gg/Winkeltje Stay tuned for future updates!New Halloween ScenarioOct 24, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsDear Shopkeepers, This Halloween you can enjoy some new thematic additions to Winkeltje. In this update you can try out a new playable scenario called 'The Harrowing'. In this scenario, you can complete objectives to earn new theme appropriate outfit colors. Additionally, there are also a couple new decoration pieces to really scare the jeepers creepers out of your customers. Lastly, you can take part in our Halloween contest on Discord where you are challenged to create your best looking Halloween shop for a shot at eternal glory in the Discord hosted hall of fame. The Harrowing In this custom scenario you are tasked with supplying the nearby village as they try to hold their ground. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/fkf3pwynlzowps6/shopkeeper1068.gif Earn Outfit Colors Complete objectives in The Harrowing to earn new outfit colors. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/urvjpz4mbudo93b/shopkeeper1069.gif https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/63gzdvcmpfm7tc6/shopkeeper1070.gif New Themed Decorations Use these new spooky decorations to really give your customers the creeps this season. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/qp61rr8d8gxa1mz/shopkeeper1071.gif Halloween Shop Contest https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/gp8s4aqypjpt5li/shopkeeper-474.png During Halloween we will be running a contest who can make the spookiest and best Halloween shop you can think of. Contest rules: The contest starts on the 25th October 2022 and ends on the 7th November 2022. You can participate by showcasing your shop in the #halloween-shop-contest thread in the #shop-showcase channel on the Winkeltje Discord. One post, containing multiple images, counts as one submission. The community may vote by leaving a 🎃 emoji. Voting will end 10th of November. The 3 unique users with the most 🎃 on a single post will be showcased in a Steam post after voting has ended and be eternalized in a new #hall-of-fame thread in the #shop-showcase channel on the Winkeltje Discord. Abuse or exploitation of this contest will be subject to moderation at our discretion to keep the contest fun and enjoyable for everyone. Join the community on the Winkeltje Discord here: discord.gg/Winkeltje Join the contest in the thread here: Halloween Shop Contest (Discord) Steam Deck Verified Winkeltje: The Little Shop is now fully Steam Deck compatible! While it was already playable, we fixed up a couple of minor issues to make the experience smoother. Change Log Audio - Added the option to set the master volume level. Audio - Slightly increased the base ambience volume level to better fit with new ambience audio. Decorations - Added new tombstone and pumpkin decorations to make your shop a little spookier. Employees - Removed hacky box carry implementation. Events - Fixed an issue where having no random events could crash the game. Fix - Fixed an issue where players could place furniture out of bounds. Fix - Fixed an issue where loading a super old shop does not have a shop level saved and would break the gam...AI Fixes & Console Alignment PatchSep 26, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello Shopkeepers! In the previous update we announced that we wanted to use that patch to align all of platforms to the same version. We unfortunately ran into some issues with one of our console builds that stopped us from doing so. This hasn't impacted the PC version, but has created a bit of a weird gap in some of the console versions. All of the builds have now made it through certification on all platforms, so we're ready to go. This patch updates the versions as follows: PC: 7229 -> 7319 Switch: 7229 -> 7319 Xbox: 7052 -> 7319 PlayStation: 7152 -> 7319 Changelog AI - Changed the spawn offset to be applied at the spawn point rather than the door. AI - Some furniture had its collision box incorrectly set, causing the AI to be stuck inside. AI - When closing the door before the day ends and while there's still people in queue, there was a chance of the customer just staying in queue. This should now be resolved. Art - Aligned the setup of the trader with the other NPCs. Art - The firewood storage decoration had missing mesh parts and incorrect normals. Console - Fixed frame rate to 30 FPS on consoles to prevent issues where Vsync would either run the game at 60 FPS at night and 30 FPS during the day. This contrast in frame rate felt worse than fixing the frame rate to an acceptable norm. Fix - Steam deck now automatically sets itself to 1280x800 per Steam's requirements. Objectives - The 'Alchemist of pain relief' objective should now also unlock blueberry seeds. Performance - The player character now combines the skinned mesh renderers instead of paying a performance cost for each of the components per frame. UI - Opening the shop will now indicate the employee wage cost and the cost will appear red if you can't afford to hire an employee. UI - The employee cost prompt should no longer show on the entrance while the shop is open. Stay tuned for a spooky update!Update 7229: Performance OptimizationsAug 12, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello Shopkeepers! This time around we're looking to align the versions across all platforms, so the Steam version is only getting a minor update while the consoles are getting a bigger patch. We're still working towards a large content update later this year, but we really needed to get this optimization patch out there. Steam Deck support! We finally got our hands on a Steam Deck, and we were able to fix a couple of minor issues when playing on the Steam Deck. In addition to that, the performance optimizations of this patch should also help towards better battery life. We have yet to obtain the official "Verified on Steam Deck" label, but we didn't want to wait for that to happen to get it fixed up on our end. Changelog Assets - Storage boxes were clipping out the backside of the first Large Old Cupboard. Assets - The sheep rug should now show an outline. Assets - Updated the storage cupboards with some additional geometry and properly set up components. Assets - Round Winter Carpet did not have a collider set. Other - Fixed an issue where the GOG build would throw a critical error when trying to call an achievement. Performance - Optimized the searching through objectives. Performance - Optimized the translator to not have to go through the language dictionary as often. Performance - Minor optimization in the Customer behaviour. Performance - Reduced shader complexity on object highlighting. Performance - Cached the delta time in the batched particle system. Performance - Disabled 'Two Sided' on foliage shader and added additional geometry to cover up holes. Steam Deck - The virtual keyboard now pops up when changing the shop name. Switch - Directional shadows are now enabled by default on Switch. Switch - The fire pits should no longer throw an error when previewing them in the Unlock Menu on Switch. Switch - Added geometry to walls and entrance doors to look better when lit per vertex on Switch. UI - Fixed an issue where controller prompts would not correctly show when starting a new game UI - Fixed main menu not correctly highlighting the menu button on Steam Deck UI - The furniture label should no longer stay on screen when transitioning to build mode when next to a lockable door. UI - Instantiating the Game Settings on UI initialization would cause performance spikes during gameplay. Small Update - v7150Jul 27, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings Shopkeepers! After taking some much needed time off, we're back in business with a new patch. We're working on a larger content update for later this year, but we wanted to get some other fixes & changes out to you sooner. Achievements - Switched to another Steamworks plugin, which is hopefully more consistent in triggering achievements. Art - Tweaked the basement hatch texture to take up less space. Build - Fixed an issue where furniture that was only slightly moved did not update the navmesh correctly. Commissions - Cancelling a commission will now reset the cooldown, allowing you to pick a different commission. Crafting - Material modifiers were not correctly being calculated when crafting items. Crafting - Doubled the bonus quality you get from using higher quality materials. Credits - Updated the credits to add a new translator and reflect the Korean font license. Customers - Fixed an issue where queued customers would sometimes not go home immediately when closing the shop. Display - Added support for "3840x1600" display resolution. Events - The 'Economic Boom' event should now correctly affect resources and meals. Events - Fixed a typo in the Recession Event that stopped clothing from being influenced by it. Farming - Seed quality was based on the original seed, not the resulting crops. Input - The controller selection which is triggered by holding down the interact or pickup button now runs on a fixed timestep and listens to the interact and pickup inputs as it relates to furniture specifically. Input - Fixed a regression that would prevent the player from moving after opening the shop when playing with a controller. Input - Fixed a regression that would allow the player to walk around while the display menu was open using a controller. Input - Using the controller selector repeatedly would cause the selector to be visible while being able to walk around. Language - Updated all font asset files and translations. Language - Font assets were missing a space character which resulted in texts only showing the first word. Language - Added support for Korean community translations. Language - The 'Interface' translations for Czech were referencing the wrong language causing the translations to appear in Spanish. Languages - Updated the Chinese font asset file. Languages - Updated all translations. Languages - Added a check to see if a save file used the old naming for some languages. Objective - Changed 'Fueling the fire' objective by lowering the requirement from 20 to 15 and by including items from other categories. Objectives - The completed objectives count in the objectives menu was off because hidden legacy objectives could be unintentionally completed and would count towards the completed objectives count. Objectives - Variation 1 & Variation 2 would update with the incorrect triggers. Objectives - Objectives that require appeal would not correctly update when loading a save game. Objectives - Added an objective for 200 tiles b...Small Update - v7021May 19, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsIn this update you can look forward to more more fixes and improvements for issues that were reported or discovered since launch. This update aims to align the Winkeltje version number with console platforms to make it easier to communicate to all players what has changed on any platform. Some changes and improvements will have to wait until a later date as any changes or additions in language, that are not localized in all the supported languages, can cause the console deployment to be rejected. In addition, we are concerned that some planned fixes or improvements may cause regressions in other areas which is why we prefer smaller and more targeted updates like this one. Like always, if you come across any bugs, please don't hesitate to report them either on the Steam Discussion Board or through Discord (https://discord.gg/winkeltje). - Community reported issues. New Graphics: Added 1920x1020 support as this would help out Windows 11 users that are unable to remove the taskbar. Fixes Achievements - Fixed an issue with 'The Professional' in save files that had an incorrect value saved for crafting station experience. Build - Fixed an issue that would not mark furniture as invalid when it should. Build - Fixed an issue where wall mounted furniture that's placed on the outer wall is always marked as invalid when replacing a wall. Furniture - Previous fix for wall mounted furniture being placeable when no walls are in the game had a minor issue with it. Input - Likely fixed an issue that could cause the interact and pickup selector to trigger when it shouldn't. Language - Czech translations have been updated. Objectives - Fixed issue where the 'Hire an Employee' objectives would start every time you loaded a save game. Objectives - Fixed an issue where the game could load (and start) the same objective multiple times. Storage - Upgrading the basement storage should not be possible while the shop is open. Attempting to interact with the basement storage while the shop is open will now indicate this via a warning message. UI - Improved the contextual furniture pick up prompt for controller to no longer show when the shop is open. UI - Added Czech community translator to the credits. UI - Fix for 'Alchemy Station' not being selectable on Switch. UI - Switching between a items of max crafting level and non-max crafting level in the crafting menu would not interrupt the skill progress animation and overwrite the correct value. UI - Picking up the basement storage will now correctly indicate how much money is returned in the prompt message by including all the upgrade costs. Hotfix v7023 - Language : The 'Interface' translations for Czech were referencing the wrong language causing the translations to appear in Spanish. Update: v7021 Hotfix: v7023Small Update - v6997May 11, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsLike we mentioned in the previous post; we're mostly focusing on bug fixes right now, and here's the first batch of those. If you come across any bugs, please don't hesitate to report them either on the Steam Discussion Board or through Discord (https://discord.gg/winkeltje). - Community reported issues. New Graphics: Added support for 5120x1440. Fixes Audio - Attempting to open the radial menu during the tutorial would play the sound for it even if you were not allowed to use the radial menu yet. Build - Removing all the walls would allow you to place wall mounted furniture on the floor. Build - Collision overlap box would not extend up far enough, which would cause some furniture to not be correctly marked as invalid when selling a floor. Customers - If customers queue outside the shop they would sometimes not update their movement velocity which would result in walking on the spot. Furniture - Can't place carpets through the bounding fence anymore. Furniture - Updated the Adorned Table collision box to better fit the shape of the table. Furniture - Placing unique furniture was doing a redundant check that could cause unique furniture to be placed more than once. Furniture - Fixed issue where you could place furniture outside of the bounding box. Objectives - The Employer would not start correctly. You will need to hire an employee to start it. Objectives - Fixed a couple of other issues with the employee questline. Saving - Locked state doors should now be saved properly once again. Saving - Fixed issue where the Tutorial class would not be saved correctly, causing the door explanation popup to show up every time. UI - Upgrading a display using a controller should now clear the input state of the controller after closing the confirmation window. UI - The objective sort dropdown in the game settings menu would not be translated if the language was changed. UI - Updated the preview appearance component cache on all assets. UI - Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause interface panels to not show items. UI - Fireplace previews should no longer show the distortion shader, solving a graphical issue. UI - The objectives menu was not showing the correct amount of active objectives. UI - Controller detection should now be remembered from the main menu and correct prompts should appear when starting or loading a shop. UI - Clicking outside a menu on a shopobject could cause an unintended interaction. UI - Fixed an issue that could sometimes leave an objective in the overview in a highlighted state. UI - Completing an objective while the objectives were hidden would cause the objectives label to appear empty. UI - Fixed another issue that would sometimes cause an empty menu panel. UI - Switching to m+k input while having a locked objective selected in the objectives menu would make the pin button appear when it shouldn't. UI - The item sort dropdown options in the game settings was not indicating whether the option sorted upwards or downwards. UI - Yo...Thank you for supporting Winkeltje!May 3, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsAbout 1,5 weeks ago we released Winkeltje: The Little Shop out of Early Access and introduced the game to consoles accompanied by new content and features. With this post we would like to give you an update on how this went and what you can look forward to. Thank you! Let's start off with thanking everyone who has played Winkeltje since it arrived all these years ago on Steam Early Access! The 1.0 launch has gone above and beyond our expectations. We want to take this moment to sincerely thank you all for all the feedback, comments, reviews, and support. Bug Fixing Currently our top priority is to reproduce and fix all the major bugs and issues that have been reported since the launch. These major issues will be rapidly fixed as soon as possible before we move. Some of you are finding bugs that have probably been around for years, and we'd like to get as much of that fixed before moving on. Changes and fixes that make it into the game are listed as hotfixes in at the bottom of this post). For PC these were mostly small issues, though some of them very annoying (like the employees sometimes refusing to restock). Console Stability The main concern last week revolved around critical issues on consoles. Early on we got reports of save files being corrupted. We were unable to figure out what was causing this for a while, but eventually were able to track down the problem and roll out a fix. This is now patched on both Xbox & PlayStation, but is still pending validation by Nintendo for the Switch. We also saw some other issues, like the Planters not working or the Alchemy Station not being unlockable. The next Switch patch should fix the latter (the former is already fixed!). Do note that this will not fix broken saves, as they are corrupted beyond usage. This will ensure that newly created save files will no longer get corrupted. Languages There has been some confusion on why the PC has more translations than consoles. This basically boiled down to timing. To pass certification on all consoles, the translations needed to be completed in time. We weren't able to lock our translation file until relatively close to the release date, so we opted to launch on consoles with only English & Dutch (as we are able to do those ourselves). The Nintendo Switch should have access to English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Russian & Simplified Chinese already. The patches for Xbox & PlayStation that adds these languages are currently in certification and should be done by the end of the week at latest. We are still looking into the possibility of adding more languages to consoles, but have no new information on that at this stage. The Future Some of you have asked what our plans are now that the game has launched into version 1.0. Like mentioned, we'll be focusing on bug fixing for now. Most of these fixes will be pretty small (and some not so much), but we find it important to stabilize the game on all platforms before even considering new content. Once e...Winkeltje: The Little Shop - OUT NOW!Apr 22, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsRelease Day! https://youtu.be/UeWOUP_YFSU Winkeltje: The Little Shop is finally released on all major platforms! As of today you can enjoy Winkeltje on Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 at the affordable price of $14,99, or €12,49, or your regional equivalent. Launch Features Below are the launch features that you can enjoy right now! Employees https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/hfg2xxk33dsn68k/Shopkeeper1011.gif With this much requested feature you can hire and manage employees that will help you in keeping your shop stocked. Employees will gain experience and grow to the limit of their ability. Manage salaries and keep an eye out for new talent as your employer skill increases. Upgradeable End-Game Storage https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/i8o9geot3zgjot2/Shopkeeper1012.gif When you reach the end-game you will now be able to buy a storage basement hatch. This is an upgradeable storage that will enable you to increase your storage capacity if you can afford it. As a result you can reclaim your store space without losing storage capacity. New Decorations https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/n0c8brgarfauogj/Shopkeeper1013.gif You can look forward to a bunch of new decorations themed around spring, summer, and the outdoors that can be unlocked through some new objectives or by increasing your shop level. Some unique item pedestals can be obtained by reaching the maximum item crafting level. New Cosmetics https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/mzsaqdmzh85fjq0/shopkeeper442.png Both shopkeeper types received a new outfit, boots, and hair. New color options for this outfit can be unlocked by completing new crafting achievements. New Floors https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/npheviqcmh3casf/Shopkeeper1014.gif New floor options have been added. Some are accessible from the start while others will be unlocked as you progress. Major Performance Improvementshttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/w5mfrqame6n8sgk/Shopkeeper1018.gif https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x0464vmdxuy4eg4/Shopkeeper1016.gif With a massive effort to improve performance on console devices we have found and applied numerous performance improvements across the board. We took care in maintaining the look and feel of the game although you may notice some differences in aesthetics. New Achievements - Added 12 new achievements. Cosmetics - Added 2 new outfits with 7 colour combinations, these are unlocked as a reward for hitting certain crafting milestones. Building - Added 14 new floors. Decorations - Added 39 new decorations. Decorations - Added 49 new Pedestal decorations for when the player has maxed out the crafting of an item. Employees - Added employees to help with restocking the shop. Objectives - Added new objectives for Employees, Spring, and Summer. Objectives - Updated the 'Item Placement' & 'Building' tutorials to show both the count & bar. Changes Art - Updated the default and large shop preview images. Customers - Renamed Te...Winkeltje: The Little Shop Launching 04-22-2022Apr 6, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsRelease Date Trailer https://youtu.be/zV5IRwVu6cs After a long journey together in Steam Early Access we can finally announce that Winkeltje: The Little Shop is scheduled to officially release on April 22nd 2022 on 8:00 UTC (10:00 for Amsterdam) on Windows, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. In addition, you should also be able to play Winkeltje on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. Note that there may be some delay depending on region or platform. Countdown to Launch - Set a Reminder https://youtu.be/UeWOUP_YFSU In 15 days, as of this publication, Winkeltje should be playable on a plethora of devices. You can join us in counting down to release in the YouTube Launch Trailer premiere linked above. Be sure to set a reminder so you will be notified when the video and the game goes live. Launch Features Let's have a look at what you can look forward to on launch. Employees https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/hfg2xxk33dsn68k/Shopkeeper1011.gif With this much requested feature you can hire and manage employees that will help you in keeping your shop stocked. Employees will gain experience and grow to the limit of their ability. Manage salaries and keep an eye out for new talent as your employer skill increases. Upgradeable End-Game Storage https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/i8o9geot3zgjot2/Shopkeeper1012.gif When you reach the end-game you will now be able to buy a storage basement hatch. This is an upgradeable storage that will enable you to increase your storage capacity if you can afford it. As a result you can reclaim your store space without losing storage capacity. New Decorations https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/n0c8brgarfauogj/Shopkeeper1013.gif You can look forward to a bunch of new decorations themed around spring, summer, and the outdoors that can be unlocked through some new objectives or by increasing your shop level. Some unique item pedestals can be obtained by reaching the maximum item crafting level. New Cosmetics https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/mzsaqdmzh85fjq0/shopkeeper442.png Both shopkeeper types received a new outfit, boots, and hair. New color options for this outfit can be unlocked by completing new crafting achievements. New Floors https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/npheviqcmh3casf/Shopkeeper1014.gif New floor options have been added. Some are accessible from the start while others will be unlocked as you progress. Major Performance Improvementshttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/w5mfrqame6n8sgk/Shopkeeper1018.gif https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/x0464vmdxuy4eg4/Shopkeeper1016.gif With a massive effort to improve performance on console devices we have found and applied numerous performance improvements across the board. We took care in maintaining the look and feel of the game although you may notice some differences in aesthetics. Closing Words We hope that you are as excited about these launch features as we are nervous about this global multi-platform launch. This has been a long journey and developin...Pre-Launch UpdateMar 2, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsDear Shopkeepers, It is time for the Pre-Launch Update as Winkeltje is inching closer to release. This time the update is focused on fixing bugs, correcting mistakes and setting the stage for the Launch Content Update. Read on for more information on what the next month or so will look like. Price Increase As announced earlier, the game will increase in price to $14.99 (or your regional equivalent) on the 4th of March. You can read the details in the initial announcement post. Launch Content Update As some of you know, we have been working on a large content update for the 1.0 launch. If everything goes well you can expect to see the Launch Content Update deployed on the unstable branch for public testing in the coming week. Since this is a large and important update for the 1.0 launch, we need to take the time to test and fix issues that we find to ensure the game is stable when it finally releases. You can help by playing on the unstable branch and report any issues you find in the #bug-reports-unstable channel on Discord. Instructions on how to switch to the unstable branch can be found in the #information channel on the Winkeltje Discord (https://discord.gg/winkeltje)! Key Rebinding A much requested feature has been key rebinding. After carefully analyzing the required changes we sadly had to come to the conclusion that at this stage we cannot take the risk to go for such a major change. The current implementation of user input & feedback (like the buttons you see on screen in the UI & Prompts) is very fragmented. Changing that at this point would be a multi-week effort in a lot of core systems which would introduce a huge amount of risk this close to launch. We're still looking at options and feedback to see if we can support limited rebinding. New Audio - Updated the main menu music with a new theme track. Changes Art - Bushy shaders should now get snow covered when outside and stop waving in the wind when placed inside. Art - Made the fire shader a smidge more yellow to closer resemble the feeling of fire. Art - Tweaked the table and chair colliders so chairs can fit underneath tables. Art - Tweaked the snow transition and snow materials to look better during the transitional period. Art - Adjusted the thickness of the centered structure beams on some of the wall pieces so they will not clip through paintings anymore. Art - Updated the shadowcasters on variant walls. Art - Reduced Solstice tree radius from 0.52 to 0.49 to make it easier to snap fit next to other assets. Art - Reduced the collider radius from the washing bucket to fit more tightly around the model. Art - Reduced the collider radius from the coat rack to fit more tightly around the model. Art - Made the darker leaves of bushes brighter to match better with other bushes. Audio - The restocking plop and thud sound effects are now in world space. Controls - Changing the wall masking preference using the keyboard hotkey should now be possible while the catalog menu is open. Effe...Upcoming Price IncreaseFeb 15, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsGreetings shopkeepers, As Winkeltje is approaching its 1.0 launch, the price will be increased from $12.99 to $14.99 (or your regional equivalent). This price increase will happen on 4th of March, 2022. Make use of this opportunity to save yourself some money by getting a copy of Winkeltje for yourself or someone else before the price increase happens. 3 Years, 50 Updates Winkeltje has received 50 updates over the past 3 years since the game was released into Steam Early Access. That is close to 1,4 updates per month! A full list of updates since launching into Early Access can be found here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/949290 Pricing History For full disclosure, Winkeltje has increased its price once before. On February 19th 2019 you could obtain a copy of Winkeltje for $9.99. 13 months and about 20 updates later, the price increased to $12.99. Now, roughly 2 years and some 30 updates later we are going to reflect the increase in value one last time by setting the launch price of Winkeltje at $14.99. Launch Sneak Peek With the 1.0 launch of Winkeltje you are going to be receiving a lot of new content and a much requested new feature to help you run your shop. To prepare for this huge update we hope that you will join us in testing a preview of the 1.0 update on the unstable branch on Steam when we are ready to deploy it. We hope you will enjoy this little preview of what you can expect. ;) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/os4hxppu0w7y5i9/Shopkeeper992.gifNew Winkeltje LogoJan 25, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsDear Shopkeepers, We hope you like the new face of Winkeltje as this update marks the point where Winkeltje gets a new logo and icon for a fresh new in-game and online presence. This update once again appears light on the surface as work on the full release of Winkeltje is still very much progressing steadily. Some of the keen fans on Discord may have noticed some hints of what is to come. Unfortunately, we can't share this with you just yet until everything is ready and the time is right. New Logo! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/57mufh8t6ndatxy/Logo_Winkeltje_SD.png New Art - Winkeltje now has a fresh new logo and icon! Changes Art - Updated the Winkeltje logo. Art - Updated the game icon. Art - Updated the cursor icons. Balance - Community - Reduced the appeal of the Table Candlestick, Wall Candlestick, Lantern Stand, and Wall Lantern. Balance - Community - Lowered the amount required to complete the Master tailor, Master smith, Master chef, and Master alchemist objectives from 70 to 65. Objectives - Community - 'The smith' objective will now activate when the shop opens after having completed 'Sickle smith'. This will require some effort to complete but it will enable specialized blacksmiths to obtain the coveted sword before it naturally unlocks at shop level 38. UI - Split up the New Game Menu to have difficulty & scenario separated. Fixes Items - Community - Not all displays had some default rotation applied causing the random item rotation option in the game settings to do nothing. Items - Community - Enabling the item rotation setting would exit the loop early if an item slot was empty. Lights - Community - Reduced the light radius of the Table Lantern by half a unit to reduce overlapping light artifacts from showing. UI - The specialization histories group in the specialization menu was not visible. UI - Community - Loading a shop would incorrectly clamp the shop level to 39 instead of 40. UI - Community - Unlocking new items will now update the counter items so they may be purchased in the same day. UI - The planter menu would show a 'Craft' prompt when using a PlayStation controller. UI - It's now possible to close confirmation windows that have a single button by pressing any of the return keys on the keyboard. Hotfix Achievements - Achievements would only unlock in creative mode, instead of the other way around. Code - Changed converter 6414 to 6415. Code - Old converter would be triggered at the wrong time, causing a critical error. Customers - Moved the un-reserving of an access point to a slightly earlier point in the code when searching for a random place to move to. Employees - Fixed typo in the employee pool causing an error. Objectives - The stockpiler objectives were not updated when crafting which could result in the objective overview showing incorrect values. UI - Fixed a string that wasn't being translated. UI - In the load menu, added a check to ensure a saved variable exists before trying to use it. UI - Customers ...
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