[Developer Comment]
Hello, this is Sunny Side Up, the development team behind Little Witch in the Woods.
The opening and prologue where Ellie's story begins have been completely revamped.We have refined the dialogue and direction to deliver the story and information more naturally when starting the game for the first time, and have reworked the overall flow of the early game.Experience Ellie's first journey, now with a fresh new look.For more details, please check below!
The very beginning of the game and the prologue leading up to arriving in town have been completely overhauled.
Revamped story and direction for the train sequence at the start of the game
Starting a new game will allow you to experience the new opening and prologue
Loading an existing prologue save will play a partially updated version of the original prologue
A guide popup will appear when loading an existing prologue save
A guide popup and data migration will be added upon completing the original prologue
Changed the Green Forest Plateau map so that the Broken Broomstick can be obtained by removing the Little Honey Pumpkin
Repositioned the Broken Broomstick and modified it so that the Honey Pumpkin blocking the path must be removed first before interacting with it
Added a puzzle and placed a treasure chest in the Green Forest Crevasse map
Removed NPC-related content from food item descriptions and cleaned up the text
Added reward content for achieving 100% Encyclopedia completion
Added 9 themed Exploration rewards (Decoration · Trophy · Panel × Green Forest · Cloud Valley · Starlit Cave)
Adjusted Brewing difficulty balance
Revised interference spawn rates and weights; significantly adjusted the gap between recipe levels
Recovery amount of fruit items has been increased.
Prices of some shop items have been adjusted.
Recipe: Sunlight Potion, Witch's Pickaxe, Witch's Trowel
Reduced the number of conditions required to complete the Green Forest Potion Encyclopedia
Lowered the C-rank standard for Potion & Candy research tasks
Balanced the acquisition amount and probability of 'Gold Coin Pouch' and 'Luna Coin Pouch'
Inventory capacity revamp
Initial inventory capacity has been reduced, and capacity expansion items have been added. (Maximum expandable capacity remains the same)
Adjusted the price of the 'Auxiliary Bag Compartment' sold in the shop
Complete overhaul of Encyclopedia theme rewards
Significantly reduced Incubator gifting rewards
Removed Processing Tool Lv2~3 shop unlock rewards (changed to unlock via other conditions)
Redistributed the timing of Energy and Stamina maximum increase rewards
Changed the reward for achieving 100% Encyclopedia completion
Adjusted Incubator specs
Adjusted furniture item prices
Changed the material requirements for Craft Furniture
Leafbeaver
Changed spawn time from daytime to nighttime
Shortened overly long Encyclopedia description texts
Peanut Bat
Cliff Root
Optimization has been carried out incrementally over the past several updates. This update includes the largest optimization efforts to date.
All loading times have been significantly improved.
Improved initial game launch loading time
Improved save loading time
Improved level entry loading time
Memory leaks have been resolved and memory usage has been significantly optimized.
Game logic processing performance has been improved.
Graphics rendering performance has been significantly improved.
Save slot feature added
2 slots are available.
Each slot can store 1 manual save and up to 4 auto saves; when exceeded, the oldest save is automatically removed.
Upon launching after the update
Load saved data will run automatically.
The new save system will be available after a new save has been created.
If a previous save exists, it can be loaded via 'Load saved data'.
Increased the size of small text for improved readability
Fixed the alignment of UI elements with awkward layouts to improve readability
Added a separate loading screen to wait between logo display and game launch
Improved progress display and reward collection method on the Encyclopedia Theme Page
Added a badge to the Work Tool list to indicate unobtained items
Added a tooltip to convey information about Incubator unlock conditions
Important items in the inventory are now displayed with a different colored slot
Changed the Ladle Direction indicator to match the actual input
Clarified the UI shown during ladle interference to make the required action more clear
Fixed an issue in Cloud Valley Upstream where a wide area was being obscured by mushroom caps or tree leaves
Fixed an issue in Cloud Valley Upstream where a Windsock at a specific location could not be pulled out
Fixed an issue where the Barrier area was not displayed on the Cloud Valley Upstream map
Fixed an issue in Cloud Valley Downstream where movement beside a ladder was blocked before removing the Prickly Vine Core
Fixed an issue where the behavior of a floating ladder in the lower right of Cloud Valley Downstream appeared unnatural
Fixed an issue where climbing a floating ladder in the upper right of Cloud Valley Downstream made the character appear to be swimming while wall-climbing
Fixed an issue where Rex appeared unnatural at the Red Shroom Forage Spot
Fixed an issue where FurBall Rat disappeared instantly in place during nighttime
Fixed an issue where Ellie would collide with the mushroom Cotton Doggy was holding
Fixed an issue where Cotton Doggy was not functioning in Cloud Valley Upstream
Fixed an issue where Moongirth at a specific location could not be collected
Fixed an issue where Cloud Gecko would move into or get stuck in unreachable terrain
Fixed an issue where Cloud Gecko continued to appear even after nighttime
Fixed an issue where Tail-breathing Croc would get stuck on walls or obstacles while moving
Fixed an issue where Tail-breathing Croc would pass over flower petals when leaving
Fixed an issue where Leafbeaver would clip through floating ladders in Cloud Valley Downstream
Fixed an issue where Leafbeaver would not dive because it could not detect Cloudbloom
Fixed an issue where Little Mandrake placed at a specific location in Green Forest Depths could not be collected or interacted with
Fixed some unnatural translations
Fixed an issue where duplicate items appeared for sale after completing Clala's Act 3 resident quest
Fixed an issue where controls became unavailable after canceling item selection in the Trading Chest
Fixed an issue where credits did not appear when accessing credits from the title screen
Fixed an issue where the shop UI would not appear when loading a save during gameplay
Fixed issues related to the quest <Lost Books>
Fixed an issue where the Library Wing could not be accessed even after completing the quest
Fixed an issue where using Dangle Mango did not recover the displayed recovery amount
Fixed an issue where Ritoring buried under a rock could not be collected