Cheeky Chooks news & patch notes

Ready to get Chookin in the most LEGENDARY update to Cheeky Chooks yet? With mysteries and secrets and spooky spells to be cast, will you take on the trickiest Chook Missions yet to unlock 11 new Legendary Chooks?!? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/5c8ea7bddb9579b935b5fc22a09705f49b6e5a50.png This update also includes new missions, new items, and TRAVEL THROUGH TIME with Ol' Popahkay! There are also new steam achievements, Steam Cloud Saves, and a bunch of gameplay tweaks and additions! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/578d84d770ae1874ec829de0e0fab37f6437600b.gif Massive THANK YOU to all the incredible people in our Discord that helped us test this release! If you want to join in the fun jump in our DISCORD now! Feel like supporting the developers at Trilum Studios? Buy us a coffee on Ko-fi!

The Cheeky Chooks Season Update is here! Take on the new Adventure Mode and combat the elements across the changing seasons and weather. Complete all new missions and unlock new items and buildings and over 40 NEW Chooks and the arrival of LEGENDARY CHOOKS! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/bbcd6234d0cc0a73caf99bff14d5f24a5b40ae35.gif

Changing Seasons and Weather

Keep your Chooks cool in the Summer and cozy in Winter! As seasons change so to does the weather, with a new dynamic system that drastically affects gameplay on the farm. From cooling Spring showers and snow in Winter, to dust storms in Summer or hail in Autumn, Chook farmers will have to be prepared! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/62fd06d4f7af696f6df552fc113ba4a67b94106e.gif

New Chooks!

It's time to get Chooking all over again with over 40 new Chooks to find! But dust off that beak brain because some of them require you to solve riddles and clues to find. Can you hatch them all? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/a5d12a8f6aa2eeb08dfb9e9ad10328461bd87032.png

Legendary Chooks!

Discover mysterious Legendary Chooks! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/a76d69779c81afa2f24104db538fe0565cb42533.png

Graphical Overhaul

Same Cheeky style with a whole lot extra! We changed a bunch of things under the hood to do things we never could in the past. From seasonal and weather changes, to proper dynamic time of day and ability to add light sources. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/b97c6771100c559ef67d0eba6de982a07b02d29a.png

Optimisations and General Improvements

We have made some massive changes and adding a tonne of content to the game, it should in fact run better than ever!

Big thanks to our community!

We would like to give a massive thank you to all the incredible people in our community who beta tested the game, reported tonnes of bugs, and gave us really great feedback that helped us make this update the biggest and best one yet! You are all awesome, keep on Chookin! If you want to join in the fun jump in our DISCORD now! Feel like supporting the developers at Trilum Studios? Buy us a coffee on Ko-fi!

Want to help us beta test? Find details on how at the bottom of the page! Hey all you Chookers out there! Can you believe that since we first released Cheeky Chooks we have close to a quarter of a million of you cracking eggs with us? Wow. We have some big changes and content coming that we wanted to tell you all about! The changes will alter the game so much that we are created a new mode called Adventure Mode while old saves will be known as Idle Mode. This means players will still be able to visit their Chooks on old farms and play the classic Cheeky Chooks gameplay, while the new content and gameplay will only be available in Adventure Mode. So what's coming to Cheeky Chooks?

Cheeky Chooks Seasons Update

We are hard at work on what will be the biggest update to the game yet, the Cheeky Chooks Seasons Update! This update for Cheeky Chooks will introduce Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter to the game. As time passes the Seasons will change, requiring the player to adapt their farms to keep their Chooks happy. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/bbcd6234d0cc0a73caf99bff14d5f24a5b40ae35.gif As the weather grows colder the player will need to keep their farm warm and cozy, or help their Chooks cool off in the heat of summer. Players will have to find the right items to use, or risk having some unhappy Chooks on their hands. Players will find and unlock a range of new items and devices, and find that many items are only useful in certain seasons.

Dynamic Weather and Temperature Systems

As the seasons change so too will the weather, with a new and dynamic system that will drastically affect gameplay on the farm. It will now be important to keep your Chooks at a comfortable 20-25°. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/62fd06d4f7af696f6df552fc113ba4a67b94106e.gif From cooling spring showers and snow in winter, to dust storms in Summer or hail in the fall, Chook farmers will have to be prepared! Weather can now come and go at any point during the day or night (as opposed to simply having it rain all day), and can last five minutes or several hours.

New Economy

In the new Adventure Mode we are doing away with the more idle based mechanics and economy. We want to create a much more realistic and down to earth simulation of a real chicken farm. Below are some of the biggest changes to the economy and gameplay you can expect:

• Earning money will be a lot more difficult
• Eggs will now sell for less, and laying rates will be decreased
• Prices for items will not increase the more of them you have
• Selling items will result in you receiving 75% of original investment back (previously 50%)
• Players will not receive offline earnings

New Chooks!

It's time to get Chooking all over again with over 40 new Chooks to find! New Chooks will all have requirements or riddles to solve to unlock. Some will be linked to certain seasons, while some may require you owning certain items or performing tasks. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/0aa2e5a953fba8990c1b13f6fc9aa9c7790fe1c0.png Chooks old and new will be listed in a new Chook section of the Journal menu, which allows players to track which ones they have yet to unlock with clues on how to get them! And finally after many requests, the Legendary Chooks will return to the game!

New Buildings and Items

Lots of new buildings and items to be unlocked! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/0d4b9821495ca1dcb3f01b703a60897210c0308b.png

Time of Day and Calendar

The main UI will now have a date, time and current temperature added to it, to help players keep track of the changing seasons and weather.

Graphical Improvements and Lighting Systems

While for the most part Cheeky will still have the same style, we have changed a bunch of things under the hood to do things we never could in the past. From seasonal and weather changes, to proper dynamic time of day and ability to add light sources. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33854950/b97c6771100c559ef67d0eba6de982a07b02d29a.png

Optimisations and General Improvements

We have optimised the game in several ways, starting with the switch to Deferred Rendering, and newly optimised shaders being used. The code base for Cheeky has also been vastly streamlined and Chook AI is being improved. So while we are making massive changes and adding a tonne of content to the game, it should in fact run better than ever!

Ready to get Chookin?

We are in the midst of putting the finishing touches on this update, and we hope to have it live really soon! But if you just cant wait and feel like helping us crush some bugs, you can jump into the beta version RIGHT NOW! Join our Discord and we will sign you up and get you cracking in no time!

Features

New Keyboard controls and shortcuts for PC:

W,A,S,D - Move camera Q,E - Rotate camera ` - Shop Menu 1 - Farm Essentials 2 - Fun Items 3 - Water Items 4 - Land Items 5 - Decorations I - Farm Info C - Chook Menu M - Missions J - Journal Z - Change camera mode Escape - Back out of menus/bring up options menu - Numerical values over 1k now have digit grouping/commas to make values clearer - Added range of new sound effects for events, UI, ambience and hatching eggs - Tweaked tutorial panels slightly, and started to add further on boarding features - Pumpkin Smash event time increased slightly

Bug Fixes

- Major changes to save system to create more fail safes and backups - Save files on Main Menu now update farm data correctly - Fixed texture bleeding issue on Very Low setting - Tweaked sounds across the project, fixed bugs with certain sfx not playing or playing incorrectly - Can no longer stack certain items such as the sandpit, pumpkin patch and logs - Chook info bubbles now scale appropriately when zooming out - Egg bars or food amount bars no longer remain selected after being bought during tutorial - Fixed egg appearing over coop even when no eggs to collect - Stats in farm panel should now be updating correctly - Incorrect music tracks being used at end of Hat Find event fixed - Mission counter now updates correctly when restarting the game - Not enough food/water/space/cash warning was only appearing only once and dissappearing too quickly, now appears after every click and has a sound effect associated to it

- Audio bug fixes - Fixed bug causing the loading to not complete - Reset rotation of all buildings (for the building rotation bug) - Fixed bugs with coop reassigning - Fixed chook coop numbers and sprites in chook menu - Fixed rehoming Chooks in Chook Menu - Fixed error with audio when leaving to Main Menu - Fixed error with placing a building when buildings array is full - Fixed typos in the tips book - UI cleanup - Fixed issue with building stats being reset to first level on converted saves - Fixed issue with building upgrades showing incorrect stats (Coop spaces would show an extra amount of space on upgrade when you don’t actually get any extra)... also added in the max level bonus to the upgrade panel - Fixed Steam achievements - Fixed mission handler showing missions from previous saves when you return to main menu and enter another game.... Same for the tips in the tip book - Fixed issue with the save conversion window constantly popping up not allowing the user to play the game - Fixed issue with the info ring closing when buying a building from the shop

TLDR? Read the bullet pointed changelog HERE. If you prefer to R the TLDR’s then pull up a perch, because this is the BIGGEST update to Cheeky yet. So whats the deal with this Cheeky Chooks anyway? The original Cheeky was made as a prototype for a piece of edutainment to teach kids about being cool to animals. As we got to the end of development we thought it was pretty cool so went ahead and released it onto Itch.io, hoping a couple of people might play it and give us some feedback. We woke up to a tonne of comments, and youtube videos and.. just wow. Since then we have released onto Steam and Android and the few people has grown to over 150,000! Did I say wow? Wow. At the same time the game as far as we were concerned was unfinished, so with this update we wanted to go back and recreate a lot of things from scratch, and take the time to make it more of the game we envisioned. This update doesn't include a tonne of new content, rather than a massive quality of life and face lift for the existing game. Almost every system has been rewritten from the ground up, resulting in a more optimised, performant and graphically superior Cheeky, with much better cross platform support. We have also overhauled the aesthetics, music and sound effects. But most importantly we have built a really good foundation for where we would like to take Cheeky Chooks in the future.

SO WHATS FRESH IN CHOOKLAND?!?

Support for Apple Devices Oh gosh, it’s actually happening.. The long awaited and promised Mac and iOS versions of Cheeky Chooks is here! You can now play Cheeky Chooks on your Apple desktop, iPhone, or tablet devices. Sincerest Apple-ogies to everyone waiting so long on this! Multiple Saves / Save Optimisation Players can now have multiple farms, with up to four save slots available. Along with an overhaul and optimisation of the save system means smaller file sizes, faster saving and loading. Note: Returning players will be prompted to convert their saves into the new format, after which they will find their farms in Slot 1 after pressing Play on the main menu. Graphical Update The lighting model has been updated to allow for smoother shadows with more depth, while retaining that classic Cheeky charm. The new model also allows us to add more lights in scenes (so look forward to new items like lamps or torches in future updates). We have also added Post Process effects such as Ambient Occlusion, Bloom, and Tilt Shift. Graphics Options Options have been added to both the main menu and in game to tweak graphics, including advanced options such as toggling specific post effects or shadows. These have been included on PC and Phone versions, and should help players on either platform optimise their experience. Events Events such as the Pumpkin Smash and Hat Find have been reworked, they are much less invasive, have their own unique interface and music, and can be exited at any time. We plan on adding some more events to add a bit more variety soon! New Tutorial and the Chook Journal We completely changed the tutorial and start of the game, hopefully to be much clearer, and more concise. We also added a Chook Journal, found on the bottom right hand menu. The Chook Journal stores any tutorials, tips, or chook facts for you to review at any point. Music Instead of playing the same track on a loop, we created several new pieces of music that now play contextually, with different tunes that will play at different times of day or during events. We hope this lends itself better to the chill atmosphere of the game, and leads to less people turning off the music. Seriously, give it a listen, it's pretty swell. SFX Previously our sound effects were really just mish mashed looping tracks that play louder the closer the camera got. With the addition of a perspective camera we also wanted to add proper 3d sound effects. We created a few environmental and building based sounds, and new Chook sounds that actually come from the Chooks. That's right people, the Chooks are coming at you in STEREO! Expanded Camera Options The Camera icon can now be toggled between isometric (classic Cheeky/no depth) and perspective (just like real life! whoa...), as well as a top down view when you want to get really particular with building placement. Moving and Interacting with the Farm Moving and rotating the camera is now easier, with less accidental clicking of buildings. Zooming is much smoother, and allows you to zoom in further (especially in perspective mode). You can now click and drag the mouse as long as you like, instead of hitting the sides of the screen and needing to click again. Moving objects is also much simpler, click the object once to bring up it’s wheel menu, from which you can upgrade, sell, move or rotate the object. You can click either the move icon or the object itself. UI Overhaul We redesigned the UI systems from the ground up, with a neater and more readable interface overall. Our new UI now works much better across different resolutions and platforms, from desktop monitors in 16:9 to tablets in 4:3 we have you covered! Along with this the aesthetic has been generally tweaked, and many menus and screens redesigned to be more readable and usable. This has also fixed many clipping and general UI issues or bugs, making Cheeky a lot easier to navigate in general. So many chooks... We would like to give a massive shout out to the incredible community that formed around Cheeky. We have been inundated with positive reviews and feedback, videos, streams, fan art, and countless creative farm screenshots. We have also had some incredible people in our Discord who spent countless hours breaking every beta and dream we ever had. Seriously, thanks for all the eggs you beautiful people. We really hope you dig Cheeky Chooks 2.0.

FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Graphical Update including an improved Lighting Shader allowing for cleaner shadows and multiple lights in scene.
• Bloom, Ambient Occlusion, and Tilt Shift post processing effects added (can be turned on or off in Options).
• New music! Several new tracks that play contextually rather than on a loop.
• Major UI system overhaul and optimisation.
• New save system means smaller more efficient save files. Old saves will be converted.
• Four save slots now available, returning farmers will find their old farms in SLOT 1 after it has been converted.
• New Title and Options menus with many more settings for Gameplay, Audio, and Graphics, including advanced graphics options.
• Ability to toggle between perspective and orthographic cameras.
• Events such as the Pumpkin Smash and Hat Find have been reworked, they are much less invasive, have their own unique interface/music, and can be exited at any time.
• Addition of 'Chook Journal' which keeps track of tutorials/tips, and chook facts.
• Player can now move or rotate items by clicking item, and using the move or rotate buttons that appear around said object. Removed spanner icon from menu bar as it now serves no purpose.
• Tutorial has been overhauled to be a lot more clear and concise; several bugs and major issues new players faced have been fixed including the player getting stuck in the tutorial.

BUG FIXES

• UI improvements fixing a range of clipping and resolution issues.
• Fixed bug preventing Chooks interacting with objects
• Bug where reopening the game reset volume on main menu to 100% has been fixed.
• Bug where reopening the game reset shadows has been fixed.
• Potential fix for some crashing.
• Potential fix for some users crashing on startup.
• Activities and Event notifications are no longer full screen pop-ups, notifications will now appear along the right hand side of the screen and won’t maximize until clicked, Warnings for things such as low Happiness or Chooks leaving will still fill the screen.
• Toggling shadows now properly toggles shadows.
• Shadows on higher settings are set to flat as intended.
• Fixed bug where player would not receive rewards for events.
• Pumpkin Smash event won’t start appearing until you have at least 5 Chooks
• Hat Find event won’t start appearing until you have at least 15 Chooks.
• Fixed bug where you could buy an egg without the needed resources.
• Analytics has been removed from the game.

Features:

- Doubled the building limit, from 200 to 400 - You can now rename your chooks from the Chook Menu - You can now use any character when naming your farm - Increased the camera's viewport bounds slightly - Decreased bat/ghost spawn rate - Added an analytics opt-out button to the Main Menu's option panel

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed chook sounds never being played (they were always there! Just never playing) - Fixed egg quality inconsistencies in the farm info panel - Fixed egg quality buildings not saving correctly - Fixed Legendaries not effecting egg quality correctly - Fixed Mission Counter counting Legendary missions - Fixed being unable to edit the farm's name if the player dismisses a pumpkin smash - Fixed shadow toggle not saving correctly - Fixed being able to see the edge of the rain particles - Fixed secret Steam Achievement not unlocking until the player restarts the game - Fixed egg hatch time not updating when switching between different incubators - Fixed save-looping(temporary measure for this rare bug, make sure to send a bug report if it still happens in your game) - Fixed black screen on new game (couldn't reproduce this bug, make sure to send a bug report if it still happens in your game) - Fixed egg quality getting turned off permanently in the Chook Menu - Fixed being able to purchase Popahkay's Hut before unlocking Popahkay, sorry guys - Fixed inconsistencies with the amount of chooks displayed on the farm info panel and the actual amount on the farm - Fixed building's names getting muddled when deleting an rebuilding - Fixed being unable to remove sleeping chooks - Fixed some chooks being unable to be selected in the chook menu - Fixed chooks going to sleep at night and not waking up properly until the player restarted the game - Fixed building name inconsistencies when deleting/remaking buildings - Fixed chook coop numbers in the chook menu not updating when deleting buildings

Bug Fixes:

- Stopped Steam achievement progress popups from spamming the player once they reach certain milestones - Fixed the 'Chooktopia' achievement not unlocking at happiness levels higher that 100 - Fixed the Halloween Event shop button being interactable during the tutorial - Fixed Tier 0 Missions not being unlocked after completing the tutorial - Fixed being unable to delete empty feeders and drinkers - Fixed the Happiness UI not updating when increasing the Happiness cap

Tweaks:

- Lowered the default Music volume - Increased the amount of Chooks that will play outside (this was set lower for performance) - Made it more obvious when a bat is leaving the farm - Added Legendary Chooks to the Total Chooks value - Changed some 'Chickens' in the menus to 'Chooks' Thanks for the bug reports everyone. - Trilum Studios

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Uh oh! Things just got spooky up in here!

Complete the special missions in our special limited time Halloween event ‘THE CLUCKENING’. Unlock the first ever LEGENDARY CHOOKS by completing themed minigames. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33854950/a700747f623b25cae17a35fb1e3a249c898ab8ba.png Chase off bats, bop some ghosts, and if you are really lucky you might even summon Ol' Popahkay… but you better hurry while the moon is still full! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33854950/2b5614ebf55c3cc20078a3deac297ab93b1f6178.png The Cluckening will run for 1 month and will end on December 1, so make sure you grab those spooky legendaries while you can! We hope you all enjoy Cheeky Chooks and The Cluckening! - Trilum Studios