Critter Cove News

[p]Fixes bug where sometimes the donation box after a save for upgrading your houses new room(s) would break and show empty or another donations boxes information.[/p]

[h3]Expand Your House With Brand New Rooms[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Things feeling cramped? Got too much furniture, and not enough places to put it? 
[/p][p]You can now extend your house by adding brand new rooms, allowing you to set up different themes and styles, all in a single home.

There are five room upgrades to grab, and you’ll get the first for free from Renard (provided that you’ve completed certain pirate-y tasks for him that is).
[/p][h3]Barnacle’s Questline
[/h3][p]Barnacle’s questline is now complete! You can pick up the new quests from Port Bella just 3 days after completing his quest in Boomerang Bay. Expect some deep sea fishing and some brand new – if somewhat fishy – rewards.[/p][p][/p][h3]Bakery & Gym Repeatable Quests
[/h3][p]The bakery and gym now offer repeatable quests once you’ve repaired them.[/p][p][/p][p]We’ve also fixed a bug that was causing issues with the tavern repeatable quest, so you should expect to see a lot more activity if you’ve completed those buildings.
[/p][h3]Head Lantern[/h3][p][/p][p]The new technological marvel that is the head lantern lets you keep things illuminated while you use your tools. No more pulling your shovel out to find yourself in complete darkness.

You can pick up the quest for the headlantern recipe from Copperbottom as long as you have the recipe for the normal lantern and have finished the Recycler quest.[/p][p][/p][h3]More New Music, Furniture, NPCs[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]We’ve continued to add new music into the game! We'll let you find it as you explore, but head to museum if you want to hear a new track straight away!
[/p][p]We’ve also added a new candy themed furniture set, just in time for the house expansion, and six new NPCs, including the OCs of our level designer Joony (Cookie) and programmer Nuno (Aurelia).[/p][h3]
Pokee Plushee Update

[/h3][h3][/h3][p]We’ve extended the time you can pre-order our wonderful Pokee plush for two more weeks!
[/p][p]We only need a few more in order to get everything sent off to production, and we know that hitting that number would move even Pokee to tears. Well, maybe not tears, but she’d be quietly proud of you. [/p][h3]Bug Fixes[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]We’ve also packed in more bug fixes, including:
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• [p]Adding the ability use stamina to swim faster[/p]
• [p]Removing the pesky bug causing food and other items to stick to critters’ hands[/p]
• [p]Removing the camera lock when using the boat with a controller[/p]
• [p]Making feeding the crabs easier[/p]
• [p]Removing the automatic chest resort on reload[/p]
• [p]Giving Anchor a hi-res mouth, along with other character improvements[/p]

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Read more in the full patch notes![/p]

[p]✨ New Features[/p][p]
Housing Updates: You can now add individual rooms to your house - Talk to Renard for details[/p][p]Headtorch: Players can now obtain a headtorch to make it easier to use tools in the dark - Talk to Copperbottom for details[/p][p]New Repeatable Quests: For the gym, bakery and tavern[/p][p]New Barnacle Quest: Barnacle’s questline is now finished[/p][p]New Museum Descriptions: Many museum items now have their own unique descriptions[/p][p]More Music: New music in the museum, tavern, furniture shop, sailing, critter cove and on the enchanted islands.  Tons of new music.[/p][p]New Sweets Furniture Set[/p][p]6 New Critters: Timmy, Aurelia, Ycaroo, Cookie, Mali, Ozzy & Capri[/p][p]
🛠 Quality of Life

You can now ‘swim faster’ by using the sprint button in the water – this uses up your stamina like normal sprinting![/p][p][/p][p]The radio will now inform you of where new critters have washed up, providing greater detail on where to find them[/p][p][/p][p]🖥 UI & Controls[/p][p][/p][p]You can now bind left CTRL, Shift and ALT as keys in controller options[/p][p]Fixed a problem where players could set the same controller mapping to different tasks[/p][p][/p][p]🐛 Other Fixes & Adjustments[/p][p]
It’s now much easier to feed the crabs their crab snacks[/p][p]Furniture shop items no longer appear in miniature[/p][p]Fixed a common issue where the boat camera would lock using a controller[/p][p]Storage chest no longer resort themselves when reloading the game[/p][p]Cooking now always allows you to pull from storage containers[/p][p]Fixes to collisions that were causing players and critters to get stuck in trees etc. [/p][p]Critters no longer do weird rotations when seated[/p][p]Fixed an issue on the main menu using the controller that would cause the d-pad to stop working[/p][p]The Tour boat is now appearing and leaving at correct times[/p][p]Spring horse movement no longer syncs with the camera causing potential motion sickness[/p][p]Zooming into the map no longer makes the image disappear[/p][p]Fixed a  visual glitch when changing clothes[/p][p]Fixed some character details, like Anchors mouth, showing as very lo-res[/p][p]Fixed visual bug when changing clothes showed a hard cut in the UI.[/p][p]Arlo was not allowing player to decorate their house.[/p][p]Fix for tour boat arriving at the wrong times showing up in the middle of the night etc.[/p][p]Sunglass stand allows sunglasses to be added.[/p][p]Boat camera could get stuck while running and jumping onto the boat.[/p][p]Many more...[/p][p]
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[p]Today, we’ve added a character that’s a little different to our normal crew – a fox called Pearly.

Pearly is the OC of Ginny, a close friend of one of our community members, Rach.

Ginny's original art (left) and our finished NPC

Rach started playing Critter Cove shortly after we launched last year, and had been constantly sharing the experience through pictures and chats to Ginny, who had been too unwell to play the game herself.
[/p][p]As Rach was preparing to buy the game for her last year, Ginny passed away suddenly. After a long time, Rach was able to start playing the game again, and reached out to us about potentially adding a tribute to Ginny.

We felt that adding her OC, Pearly, was the best way to do that. Pearly can’t wait to chat with you about worms, and she’ll be happiest if you bring her decorations from her favorite animals, the crabs!♥️[/p][p][/p][p]
[/p][p]I know many of you have stories like Rach.
[/p][p]They are reminders that games can move us in such unexpected, beautiful ways. This is our small tribute to Ginny, to those we play with, and to those we wish we still could.[/p][p]
We feel very privileged that for some, Critter Cove has meant something greater than the sum of its parts and we want to say thank you to all of our fans for allowing us to continue growing and sharing the experience with you.[/p][p]
Rob & The Critter Cove Dev Team
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[h3]30% Off Critter Cove This Week
[/h3][p]Critter Cove is on sale at a 30% discount this week, starting RIGHT NOW! [/p][p]We’ve recently added new outfits, decorative items and more music to the game in our most recent update, and we’re working on some major quest updates to the game for December, so now is a great time to get started.
[/p][h3]Pokee Has Finally Gone Soft![/h3][p]Have you ever had the strong desire to pick up Pokee and squish her really hard? You can now place preorders for a 22cm tall Pokee Plushie on the Ownaj Store!

[/p][p]The plush is available for pre-order from now until Sunday 16th November.

Once we get enough pre-orders, they will be sent to their new homes this coming March. Additionally, you will find a free plushie in your inventory if you play Critter Cove in this timeframe.
[/p][p]This project has been in the works for a long time to make sure this real-life rendition of Pokee is high quality and accurate to our original concept:

[/p][p]We'll see you on the island!

- Critter Cove Dev Team[/p]