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One of them is the Women's Day Sale, a celebration of great games created by teams led by women & gender marginalised developers organized by Wings Interactive!
We will also be participating in Wholesome Underdogs & Curious Odyssey Showcases.
Additionally, you can now earn up to three trading cards just by playing the game. New profile backgrounds and emoticons are also waiting for you in the Steam Points Shop!
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first of all: YOU ARE MAGNIFICENT. thank you for playing our game. thank you for your bug reports please keep em coming. Here are a couple of important fixes that are availiable now:
SNOWGLOBE! is now fixed. Bug with figurines not attaching to base, glass globe not assembling, puzzle not finishing - all should be well, however if you are still having troubles please bug report it. Do not suffer in silence.
FORGET THE STARS is now fixed. Objects with stars now appear in all cases.
BUTTERFLY IN AUGUST ROOM works now, pixelhunting removed. There might still be some issues with attaching it but we are working on it
COLLISIONS IN IVY"S ROOM fixed as much as we could, it has been a long and miserable fight with unreal engine.
TIPS: WHILE WE ARE FIXING COLLISIONS if you have an object fallen into something else, save the game and reload. All objects that dont have places yet will return back to their original spots, including the ones you lost
In the next patch: Exlibris still bugging out sometimes, code panels for boxes not working, collisions, painting issues.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A BUG please let us know in any possible way. We will fix it ASAP. IF YOU ARE STUCK IN GAME please feel free to check out our Discord or STEAM GUIDE and find answers to all your questions!
IF YOU HAVEN"t PLAYED THE GAME YET please do. It is fun. Promise.
First of all: YOU ARE WONDERFUL. Thank you so much for playing our game. it warms our lonely indie hearts. NOW TO THE NEWS. Here are a couple of important fixes that are availiable now:
Painting! we have made the process a bit more clear! hope it will help
BOOKMARKS/EXLIBRIS/ERASER! is now fixed. you can try again and see that it works and doesn't softlock you!
LAPTOP! is more convenient for those with a smaller screen resolution
SOME LOCALISATION FIXES/TYPOS
In the next patch: Localisation issues with letter in German, collisions, butterfly in the first room and many other things.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A BUG please let us know in any possible way. We will fix it ASAP. IF YOU ARE STUCK IN GAME please feel free to check out our Discord and find answers to all your questions!
IF YOU HAVEN"t PLAYED THE GAME YET please do. It is fun. Promise.
Can't believe I'm saying this, but... The August Before is officially out!
It's time to brush the dust off the past and pack your entire life into a small suitcase.
And you can do it right here:
We hope you’ll enjoy this final clean-up, as you pack you life up and step toward a new beginning.
See you soon!
Meanwhile, here’s the Release Date Trailer - giving you a sneak peek at what to expect from the full version of the game:
We were there for full 4 days; the vibe at the Indie Arena was super cool, though standing for 10 hours a day was kinda rough. But we got really lucky with our booth neighbors – we had each other’s backs, covered shifts, and just helped out overall.
We didn’t really get a chance to explore much outside the Indie Arena, but honestly there was sooo much going on that I didn’t even manage to play all the indies there!
People were playing The August Before NON-STOP. Like, the first person showed up at 9:30 AM and after that we never had a break longer than 2 minutes. Our business cards ran out halfway through the first day, so we had to reprint twice, and then we just started writing the game’s name on sticky notes and handing those out, ‘cause printing more again was just too expensive ːsteamfacepalmː
Oh and btw WE WON A WINGS AWARD???? (we didn't know it coming like .. AT ALL). So we would like to give additional thanks to Indie Arena Booth & WINGS for this.
All in all, Gamescom went amazing! Thank you all for coming, playing and saying all this kind words!
Now back to work