Chonkers news & patch notes

Pspspspsps,

Hopping in to announce we just bundled with Ribbit Ranch! Double the coziness discovering millions of combinations of frogs while your chonkers are asleep. Check it out now 💚

The game shouldn't be stuck in fullscreen mode anymore, and it now remembers window size and position between game sessions.

A new video setting window has been added, with different 16:9 resolutions to cycle through. The window can still be resized manually though.

Also, the lantern doesn't block clicking on distractions anymore (only in Chill Mode).

Time to get into the spooky season with new themed room style and furniture. Other room styles have been decorated too!

(Rooms decorations and themed distractions can be toggled by typing SPOOKY)

New room style: Haunted Manor

New feature: Unequip furniture

Rooms feel a little too cluttered or you simply preferred the aesthetic of your room without certain furniture? Now you can clear some space:

Just remember that you need to move cats away from towers and benches to be able to unequip them.

New wording: Adopting out

While we used "sell" to make sure the game mechanic was easy to understand, we always looked at it as an "adopting out" option, and we agree that "sell" doesn't simply emanate the same warm feeling. That has been rectified now!

Coming soon...

Supporter pack

We feel honored to see some of you asking for a way to support us further, and we're working on a supporter pack that will grant an exclusive room style and cosmetic items. We'll be able to tell you more on that in the future updates.

Thank you for enjoying Chonkers 💜

v1.3.30 Changelog

• New room style: Haunted Manor.

• New furniture: Coffin (bench), Boney (Tower).

• Changed "sell" wording into "adopting out".

• Increased max rooms to 15.

• Owned furniture can now be unequipped.

• Redesigned shop buttons to highlight owned and equipped furniture.

• Added code for benches and towers with different cat positions.

• Code optimization for rooms.

• Details card overhaul.

• Prevented lantern and bowl tooltip from showing up if hovering while in chill mode.

Hello! Quick update for everyone who preferred the litterbox and bowl worked the way they did before.

With the last update, ESET Antivirus started to give false positives. Please let us know if you're still receiving these warnings. Creating an exception rule for the game folder will be enough let you keep playing the game.

Thank you all for your feedback!

v1.3.25 Changelog:

• Added a toggle option in the menu to disable the litterbox and bowl minigames.

• Lantern won't change status anymore when clicking on it while in Chill mode.

Pspspsps

We're introducing two brand new minigames, bringing more interactivity for your rooms, and adding an offline timer upgrade so that you can worry less about losing progress while you're on vacation!

New minigame: Litterbox cleanup

The litterbox now offers more rewards than it did before. Time to dig up!

New minigame: Kibble pouring

The Exp bonus buff lasts even longer with each kibble falling in the bowl, but if you're in a rush you can always skip the game and still get the same bonus you always had!

And there's more! Read below for all the info on this update:

v1.3.24 Changelog

• New minigame: Litterbox cleanup

• New minigame: Kibble pouring

• Offline timer upgrade has been added to the shop

• Lantern status can now be toggled by clicking on it (on, off, or automatic)

• Room change buttons have been added on the side of the screen (they appear with the mouse in their proximity)

• Added keyboard shortcut for the Chill mode ("C" key)

New room styles: Picnic, Mawrs and Loft (Winter)

New feature: Randomize Name

v1.3.20 Changelog

• New room styles: Picnic, Mawrs, Loft (Winter).
• New feature: Randomize Name.
• New cat names have been added from the suggestions survey. Thank you!

v1.3.18 Changelog

• Price reduction for rooms and furniture.
• Added a new setting for large numbers notation (Short scale 1: K, M, B, t, q, Q, s, S,... | Short scale 2: K, M, B, T, Qa, Qi, Sx, Sp,... | Scientific: 1e3, 1e4, 1e5,...).
• Rounded furniture prices for digits that aren't visible in the price tag.
• Himalayan sprites haven been corrected to stay true to the breed's traits. (Thanks ShadowsKat!)
• Fixed a bug preventing room change if closing the details card while renaming the cat.
• General code optimization.

v1.3.16 Changelog

• The game remembers the last monitor it was placed on.
• The game window stays on the same monitor when turning into Windowed Mode in multi-monitor setups.
• The Re-Roll button now appears when buying multiple rolls.
• You can navigate windows with scroll bars using the Arrow or WASD keys.
• A and D keys have been bound for room changing.
• Removed the S key binding for selling.
• Highlight mode won't trigger when opening Steam Overlay.

New features:

Alter appearance

Re-Roll

Renaming rooms

v1.3.15 Changelog

• New feature: Alter appearance
• New feature: Re-Roll
• New feature: Renaming rooms
• You can now change room while grabbing cats, enabling swapping slots between full rooms.
• Added a Filters submenu in the Owned Cats Screen to only visualize cats that meet the required filters.
• Added a button in the Owned Cats Screen to list only the cats that are in the currently active room.
• Added text separators in the Owned Cats Screen when sorting cats by room, rarity or level.
• Loft room style: the robovac now struggles when a chonker is put on top of it.
• Minor adjustments to cat positions (Zen and Loft room styles)
• Realigned elements in the cat details card.
• Code optimization to the task refresh cycle to improve consistency.
• Some rewording in the task log for better clarity.

Known Issue

• Holding down the left mouse button to scroll the dropdown menus in the details and change appearance cards can make you grab cats in the room underneath.

• Fixed a bug where you could buy a Toy Exp or Toy Area upgrade while not meeting its cost, causing unreliable results in the wallet.
• Added stars rarity icons when buying a new roll.

New room style: Loft

New feature: Toy area upgrades

v1.3.0 Changelog

• New room style: Loft.
• New furniture: Couch (bench), Speaker (Tower), Abat-jour (Lantern).
• New toy area upgrades have been added in the catalog.
• Overall rebalance of furniture prices.
• Income bonus from room furniture has been reworked.
• Litter boxes and distractions rewards now scale on the total income.
• Increased the wake-up timer bonus from lanterns (from +5s to +15s).
• Added a skip choice (don't choose any cat) after buying a roll.
• Added a button in the Owned Cats Screen to change sorting from ascending to descending order.
• Code optimization of the sorting mechanics making it more consistent.
• Added a button on the Breed Discovered pop-up to focus the newly grown cat.
• New highlight mode ("Tab" key)
• Added shortcut to sell the current selection ("S" and "Delete" key)
• Fail-safe added to automatically restore the backup save in the case of save file corruption.
• Fixed a bug could potentially corrupt the save file on launch.
• Changed the blue rarity color tint to be more distinguishable.
• New stars icon added to cats' cards to help identify their rarity.
• Cats' room change drop-down menu now indicates occupied slots in each room.
• Added visible Steam stat progress on Distractions are no more, and we have clicked them. achievement.
• Added a required input field in the Reset Progress confirmation screen.
• Added a tooltip in the Room Style Change screen specifying how to unlock styles.
• While editing a cat's name, pressing directional arrows and numbers won't change room (thus closing the selection) anymore.
• New Cat (or Cat Rolls) Screen can now be opened even in a full room to check Rolls prices.
• Cats won't be highlighted when clicked on while Chill Mode is active.
• Fixed a bug causing the litter box to fill each time a cat was sold.
• New cat names have been added from the suggestions survey. Thank you!

v1.2.7 Changelog

• Added the Alt+Enter keyboard shortcut to toggle fullscreen mode.
• The Roll buttons are now clickable right away when opening the New Cat screen (instead of being clickable only after the fade-in animation ends)

v1.2.6 Changelog

• Separated toy styles from toy upgrades.
• Added new toy level upgrade button in the catalog.
• Reduced Galactic Roll price (from $131B to $25B).
• Added an icon in the tooltip showing from which Roll the cat originates (When picking from a Galactic Roll).
• Added an option to sort by breed name in the Owned Cats Screen.
• Code optimization in the lantern script.
• Fixed a bug where the Worklight Lantern wouldn't assign the proper time boost.

Roll and Discovery tooltips, Inspect button

New feature: bulk-sell

v1.2.5 Changelog

• Details Card and Owned Cats Card: added an icon (with tooltip) to identify which Roll a cat is from.
• Details Card and Owned Cats Card: added an icon (with tooltip) to see whether the cat has been already discovered as Adult or Chonker.
• Owned Cats Card: added a button to go directly to that cat's room and open the Details Card.
• Owned Cats screen overhaul.
• New bulk-sell option in the Owned Cats Screen.
• When buying a new cat, a new line has been added to the bottom of the tooltip showing how many kittens of the same breed you currently own.
• New furniture: Torii (Litter Box)
• Changing room style maintains the current furniture equipped, therefore the 20 cats limit has been removed.
• The Collection screen now shows the breed name if you have already discovered another variation.
• Save/Load code optimization.
• Added new cat names from the suggestions survey. Thank you!
• Updated the texture of disabled buttons.
• The Menu window has been slightly resized to avoid possible conflict between buttons.
• Added a border to the dropdown lists.
• Fixed the room hourly income tooltip.
• Equipping an already bought furniture/upgrade now plays the normal button click sound.

v1.2.3 Changelog

• Fixed an unintended behaviour that made you able to grab cats when a window was open, thus closing the window.
• Increased the timer duration before the grab mode is triggered to 0.4s (grab mode is triggered earlier only by moving the mouse away from the slot while holding down the left click).
• Added an option in the menu to toggle the Grab feature off.
• Added an option in the menu to toggle the positions shuffle back on.
• To make room for the new options, the menu screen has been resized and rearranged.
• The Income Tooltip now updates on room change.

New feature: Grab

v1.2.2 Changelog

• New feature: Grab.
• Cats will remember their slot between play sessions.
• Cats won't shuffle position randomly on room change anymore.
• Fixed a bug corrupting the save file on game launch
• Added the current room's income in the tooltip while hovering the money label.
• Improved performance when the Task Log is open.
• Fixed an issue with cat sprites overlapping incorrectly.
• Fixed a glitch where the EXP Booster button would change size when greyed out.

New room style: Meown

New feature: Bulk-buy

v1.2.0 Changelog

• New room style: Meown.
• New furniture: Toolbox (bench), Rover (Tower), Worklight (Lantern).
• Rolls can now be bought in bulk.
• Experience needed for cats in the Cobby Cuties, Exotic Friends, and Special Snugglers rolls has been reduced by 30%.
• Furniture prices have been reduced for every room after the first.
• Keep an eye out for new rare distractions flying at full speed across your screen!
• The outline of a selected cat will now mirror their rarity.
• Added a new loading screen when the game starts and optimized loading times.
• Overall performance optimization.
• Joypad buttons have been bound (D-pad for room change, Shoulder buttons for left and right clicks, Right Action / Button East for the Esc key function).
• Added Activity / Rich Presence for Steam and Discord.
• Roll names have been added above each row of the Collection Screen, along with a number tracking how many breeds are yet to be discovered.
• Collection Screen has been slightly resized, to hint more at the horizontal scrollbar.
• Since it still caused confusion, the Community Marketplace button in the Exp Booster screen has been aptly renamed as such.
• Changed Lantern and Bowl positions in the Backyard room style.
• Fixed the night light effect for Lanterns in the Backyard room style.
• Fixed a graphical glitch in the Oriental Shorthair Kitten sprite.
• Resfreshing news! The "Task resfresh" typo in the task log has been corrected.
• Fixed the graphic for the locked version of the sell button in the Cats Screen.
• Fixed a mouse conflict with the tooltip while choosing a new cat card, causing unwanted flickering.

v1.13 Changelog

• General income rebalance for all breeds.
• Experience rebalance for the "Moderately Sleepy" Roll.
• Hovering on your money label will now show your total daily and hourly income.
• New cat names have been added from the suggestions survey. Thank you!

v1.12 Changelog

• The task log has been reworded for clarity, since the streak system is not an actual streak anymore, but a cumulative tasks reward.
• Line-spacing in the tooltip during cat selection has been increased for better readability.
• You can now cycle between rooms using the left and right arrow keys, or by pressing the corresponding room's number (Thanks Gary Dozer).
• You can now sort cats by level in the Owned cats screen (Thanks Armanywright).

v1.11 Changelog

• Streak system rework: streak won't reset on missed daily tasks.
• Total distractions clicked achievement goal reduced to a more reasonable amount.
• Removed the experience popup while playing with cats that are at max level.

• Income from distractions is increased based on the amounts of rooms owned.
• Money reward from litter boxes is increased based on the amounts of rooms owned.
• The examine vertical card now has a galaxy background when selecting space cats.
• Space cats cards in the collection screen now have rainbow names.
• Fixed a bug where space chonkers sprites in the collection screen appeared as normal chonkers.
• Added new cat names from the suggestions survey. Thank you!
• Increased distraction spawn rate and adjusted trajectory in the Backyard Room Style (Thanks Chocolate Van Candy).
• Added an accessibilty setting that toggles a bigger outline on distractions (Thanks RoyalCorvids).
• Current money UI will appear while clicking distractions in Chill mode.
• Fixed a bug that made distractions under a text popup unclickable while in Chill mode. (Thanks Frambo).

• Purr sounds that play when selecting sleeping cats were very quiet and hard to hear, now they are louder.
• Moved cat sounds to a different audio track from sfx and added its own volume slider.
• Added a setting to mute only the toy sound.
• Cats stay awake for a few seconds after playing and gain one extra passive exp point during that time, but it wasn't pointed out anywhere. Now a text popup has been added to display this.
• Expanded the tooltip during cat selection from a roll: A discovered kitten will show you the exp required to grow, and a fully discovered breed will show Lv.1 income and sell value.
• Added a new tooltip for the collection screen showing exp to grow, income and sell value for discovered breeds.

v1.07 Changelog

• Fixed (hopefully) a bug preventing Steam from triggering the reward item drop upon completing the first daily task. Successive tasks have already been tested and proven to trigger the item drop correctly.
• Added a setting to toggle the right mouse click, to be able to play with cats without needing to hold down the mouse button. (Thanks Kirilee from our Discord)
• Added an icon in the examination window to further signal when a cat is a chonker, same as in the owned cats screen. (Thanks OldFool2024 from our Discord)