Squeakross: Home Squeak Home · build 21771361 · published
Hello everyone!
The content update we've been teasing is finally here! To celebrate it, the game is also 20% off as part of a daily deal, and will be featured on Steam's front page! The discount will last for a week.
We're also really proud to announce that we partnered with Jupiter (yes, that Jupiter: The developer who has been making official Picross games for 30 years), and we made a Squeakross X Logiart Bundle on steam.
236 Squeakross puzzles added (118 normal, 118 Nini’s challenges)
New Catalog: “The Spirit and the Mouse”
New Catalog: “Home Squeak Home #3”
Edge Decoration system: Place furniture on the grid lines!
Wall Decoration system: Place furniture on walls
Night mode expanded and reworked.
These patch notes also apply to the DEMO (with the exception of the new puzzles)
And if you're up for it, here are the overly detailed complete list of changes🤓
Content:
New Catalog: The Spirit and the Mouse ( 50 new items, 50 Normal + 50 challenges puzzles)
New Catalog: Home Squeak Home #3 (68 new items, 68 Normal + 68 Challenges puzzles)
New Stickers from "The Spirit and the Mouse", rewarded by solving Puzzles in the Spirit and the Mouse catalog.
100+ new Rodent pictures from the community added to cheesemails
New Cheesemails, including ones exclusive to the "The Spirit and the Mouse" catalog
New Game Manual entry, to explain the new type of furniture
House:
Edge furniture system: A new type of furniture that can be placed on walls, and/or the grid lines
Doors can be moved along their wall
Wall & Arch structures, Rodent Partition have been changed to Edge decorations.
Right click doesn't clone furniture anymore, to allow for camera rotation while holding furniture
Decor Browser tab gets transparent when holding furniture
Faster browsing in decor browser when holding a direction
Add a "Clear all" button in the house
Puzzle:
Improved performance and loading of larger puzzles
"Very Fast" cursor speed
Option to have the cursor start in the Top Left, instead of the center added
"Auto Cross complete" setting changed to a choice between Off/On(Opaque)/On(Transparent)
When using the "Hint Zoom" function in puzzle, the selected hint line is correctly colored
Number "3" hint visual changed for clarity. Looked too much like "5"
Manually scribbled hints, fade out when selected
Color schemes have been tweaked for better readability
Audio:
"Rodent eating volume" slider added
A softer, alternative Fill sound can be used
Lowered volume of all menu music
Removed 3 tracks from the non-copyrighted playlist, as some have been updated with content ID
Miscellaneous:
Squeakross Size added to the "Solve Squeakross?" popup
Night Mode quick access toggle added in Pause Menu
Night mode now UI expanded to catalog and settings popup. Also affect Sticker Backgrounds
You can now zoom-in on the cuteness of rodent pictures in Cheesemails
It is now possible to set all unread Cheesemails as read
Settings can be open during Nini's tutorial dialogue
Right Mouse Click goes to next catalog page
Incorrect Game version warning added when launching the game with an incompatible save format
Patch note screen added in the main menu
House:
Variation mode can now be used on Walls
Fixed props floating in the air
Fixed rendering issue with Moss Floor and carpets
Fixed color variation broken or missing for some items
Prevent accidental room change when clicking through the wall
Fix music not working in the music player
Miscellaneous:
Updated Bigender flag sticker
Improved Chinese and Japanese localization
Text fixes
"New" notifications now cleared after closing or changing tabs
Increased Rodent eating cooldown during puzzles. Rodent will not eat if "Hunger" is set to 0
Steam changes:
13 new achievements added (to recount)*
Requirements for achievements "Squeak Power" "Squeak Power 2" "Whoops" and "Big whoops" reduced
New official controller config added, enabling trackpad controls
New collaborative bundle with Jupiter: Squeakross X Logiart!
As always, if you encounter any issue, you can reach us on the Steam forum, [email protected] or discord.gg/alblune
Alex & Luka