The Magical Mixture Mill news & patch notes

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! We are back with a minor update consisting mostly of fixes and some minor QoL changes. Remember that our translations are done by our community and are still being fine tuned, so pop into our discord and leave some feedback for these great people! Happy brewin’!

Changes

• Updated hundreds of translated text strings - some of which were incorrect quest journal entries that were completely outdated. Thank you for reporting these and thanks to our community translators for putting in the work!
• We have changed the Chinese font to a thicker, more readable font.
• Right clicking a workstation now directly opens its inventory or production overview, resulting in fewer clicks needed.
• Double clicking the “Fill” button in a container now dumps anything from your inventory, even if it doesn’t match the current content.
• “Sort” and “Empty” button positions have been swapped in chest and crate inventories, matching the default keyboard hotkey placement.
• Added “transfer one” and “transfer half stack” to the hover-over hotkey notifications when selecting a resource in your inventory.
• Workstation network placement is no longer blocked by the same network’s existing connection paths.
• The Kiln now turns Bug Bites into Grime.

Bug fixes

• All translation options should now be visible in the setting drop-down, regardless of which language is currently selected.
• Removed some outdated workstation text strings.
• You can no longer move the “tutorial” workstations as a network.
• Fixed a bug resulting in the noticeboard UI to not open correctly.
• Roll, Frenzy, and I’m A Lumberjack buff icons are now displayed correctly.
• The game should no longer “break” when minimizing the game while in the end-of-day screens.
• Fixed an issue where you could “select nothing” in the key bindings menu while using a controller.
• Fixed some colliders near Carla’s camp that could result in getting stuck.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! We are really excited about this update since we will finally be able to share our game with more players. Some of our most dedicated and precious players have worked hard on translating The Magical Mixture Mill into Chinese, French, and German! We are extremely thankful and proud of their efforts. Also, we have fixed a myriad of bugs, made some changes focused on QoL, as well as improved the overall performance of the game.

New

• Chinese (Simplified) Translation
• French Translation
• German Translation

Changes

• The game now pauses when minimized, fixing a bunch of unwanted quirks.
• Arcane-O-Coils now power in a square, covering a larger area.
• The Fermenter and Flavorizer workstations now have a “Pass Through” toggle button in their production interface. When toggled on, the workstation just allows mixtures to pass through without altering them.
• Improved performance, especially when outside.
• Using the scroll button to pan down on the Daily Tally screen is now much faster.
• Added a Origin Ability Ready notification pop-up.
• When using a controller or Steam Deck, and no interface/menu is open, holding the left face button now displays buff effects.
• When using a controller or Steam Deck while having two inventories open, holding L1 and clicking a resource now moves 1 resource to the other inventory.
• When using a controller or Steam Deck while having two inventories open, holding R1 and clicking a resource now moves half of the stack to the other inventory.
• You can now move immediately after waking up.
• Pause Menu has gotten a small polish pass.
• You can now also pet Fiona when she is sitting on the well or laying on the bookshelf to get her daily buff.
• Chests that are being summoned from now also display a summoning effect.
• You can now interact with a 2x2 workstation that is just one tile away.
• Customers now still wait outside for you to complete their quest even though it is Potion Addiction Awareness week.
• The Crusher audio has been toned down slightly to make it less dominant.
• ‘Fill’ inventory default hotkey has been changed to Z.
• ‘Sort’ inventory default hotkey has been changed to X.
• ‘Take All’ inventory default hotkey has been changed to C.
• Transmuters now turn sandstone into stone, instead of into pebbles.
• When moving workstations, ‘Move’ -> ’Connected’ now selects the entire workstation network, not just the direct connections.
• When moving workstations in bulk, connections now also have bounding boxes displayed to make it easier to see where things collide.
• The settings screen UI has gotten an update, making it more clear when changes are confirmed or discarded.

Bug fixes

• The Master Supplier trial now correctly only requires no cravings for 5 days (instead of 10), matching the achievement.
• The Expert Brewer trial now correctly only requires 2000 potions (instead of 3000) to be brewed in one day, matching the achievement.
• The Master Brewer trial now correctly only requires 5000 potions (instead of 10000) to be brewed in one day, matching the achievement.
• Summoner Crates now correctly remember their color links when loading a game.
• Discovering Hodgepodge no longer makes the Mixture Shroompedia page glow forever.
• Customers now still go on adventures even though their level is blocked by a quest.
• The rogue origin ability, Shadowstrike, is now much easier to target resources with.
• Settings changes should now only take effect when you press “Confirm” (except for the Input tab)
• Language button now correctly works on the Steam Deck.
• Ability Reminder can now be switched on/off using a controller.
• The keybinding menu will now allow you to rebind the “back” button to something else.
• Using the “Sort” hotkey now correctly sorts the currently highlighted inventory instead of the last inventory you interacted with.*
• Arcane-O-Coils no longer lose their current mixture when loading a game.
• Brightness levels can now correctly be changed on both mouse & keyboard and controller and can no longer be set so low that everything turns black.
• Fox Form now correctly has its cooldown halved when it is canceled by entering the shop.
• The inventory interaction dropdown menu no longer goes beyond the screen border.
• Added missing descriptions to the Necromancer, Druid, Paladin and Alchemical Society hats.
• Max level customers now correctly show their level in the customer ledger screen.
• A whole lot of grammatical errors have been fixed
• Treasure Chests are no longer visible from inside the workshop.
• Various quest journal and tracker text errors have been fixed.
• Turning off “Ability Reminder” in settings now persists across play sessions.
• The Load Game screen now correctly displays amount of days played for late-game saves.
• Added a bunch of missing world colliders in the Old Woods Ruins and the Forgotten Forest.

*Keybinds have been reset.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! After taking some much needed vacation we are back with our first major post full release update. Broadly speaking, our main focus for this update is to implement all the QoL suggestions possible as well as tweaking numbers and balancing everything better to improve the overall feeling of pacing and progression. Most noticeably we have added the ability to move workstation networks in bulk. This will make rearranging your workshop much faster and more fun. In the same vein, we have also drastically reduced the material costs of most workstations which should reduce the amount of late game grinding required to fill your workshop. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/d49f890ab46fadc101d0e2478c6452860d5e6f87.png We also took a look at tools. Mostly, we improved those that were not at an acceptable baseline level. And while we are not going for absolute balance, we had to reduce the effectiveness of the fully upgraded Gilded Pick since it was simply so good that other tools paled in comparison. We don’t like nerfing things but had no choice with this one - but don’t worry, it still feels super satisfying to use while allowing other picks to shine. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/9b37752f5c14871441732fcc471c34726b26d940.png Some UI screens also got some love. Most importantly, the map screen now displays repair costs of broken landmarks - like bridges and teleportals - and the import tooltip has been updated, making the repeating orders option more obvious. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/74db0ac744f5b0fb436c3ea5300daf280f7316e6.png The potion value calculations have also been revamped. The short version is that potions are now worth more early on, since modifiers are now flat value increases. Instead, bottle quality is now a multiplier, making bottles much more rewarding to produce in the mid to late game. Overall, this should result in a slight increase in income in the early game, not much change in the mid game, and a potential huge increase in income late game if you make the effort of crafting high quality bottles.

New

• Workstation Network Moving ○ You can now move entire workstation networks based on their existing connections.
• Shroompedia HUD button ○ You can now open the Shroompedia no matter where you are through a new HUD button in the bottom left of the screen. ○ The default hotkey is ‘R’.
• Store Interface Notifications ○ When a new interaction or if new info is available in a UI interface, an in-world notification now makes you aware of this. ○ This affects the Calendar, the Cargo Lift, the Bookshelf, the Alchemy Table, and the Customer Ledger.
• Petting Fiona the cat now gives a random resource harvesting buff every day.

Changes

• Map Improvements ○ All broken landmarks and teleportals are now shown on the map once discovered. ○ Selecting a broken landmark or teleportal on the map now shows the material costs needed to repair them, no matter where you are. ○ When zooming out, all area names are displayed. ○ It is now much clearer where you are on the map when you click a landmark.
• Potion Value Changes ○ ‘Standard’ power rating now increases potion value by 16, was 12. ○ ‘Strong’ power rating now increases potion value by 32, was 24. ○ ‘Mighty’ power rating now increases potion value by 64, was 48. ○ The Prime Essence, Optimal Ingredient and Preferred Flavor stamps now increase potion value by a flat 8 coins, instead of a +25% bonus. ○ Bottles now multiply the value of a potion instead of adding a flat bonus. ◆ Flask/Classic: 0% ◆ Robust: 25% ◆ Quality: 50% ◆ Elegant: 100% ◆ Fancy: 200% ○ The daily tally value breakdown for potions have been simplified as a result of these changes.
• Costs Reduced ○ All workstation costs have been drastically reduced. ○ Workshop expansion material costs have been slightly reduced. ○ The size 4 workshop expansion coin cost has been reduced to 15000. ○ The size 5 workshop expansion coin cost has been reduced to 50000. ○ The size 6 workshop expansion coin cost has been reduced to 200000. ○ The Alchemical Society admission test unlock cost has been reduced to 100000 coins. ○ The Alchemical Society expertise test unlock cost has been reduced to 500000 coins. ○ The Alchemical Society mastery test unlock cost has been reduced to 2500000 coins.
• Tool Changes ○ Gilded Pick: The Wham! Wham! Wham! enchantment now only reduces the cooldown of Heavy Slam by 50% instead of 100%. Heavy Slam now instead has two charges. ○ Ronin’s Wakazashi: Blade Dash now pierces all resources, even those it does not damage. ○ Tempest: Cyclone Swing now does more damage. ○ Bearded Berserker: The order of the enchantments for Speed and Damage increases has been swapped. ○ Fists of Judgement: Divine Retribution now damages all resources around you when it triggers.
• Updated the import screen to make it more obvious that you can make repeating imports.
• All resources, potions and materials now have their base value shown just under their tooltip.
• Transmuters now sometimes turn yeast into tier 2 and tier 3 ingredients, as well as tier 1.
• Bottle Makers can now also use classic bottles instead of glass to make more advanced bottles.
• Summoner Crates can now have multiple chest colors toggled on or off to better control where they summon from.
• When a tool or origin ability becomes ready, a notification is shown above the player character.
• The Flavorizer schematic is now easier to unlock and cheaper to purchase.
• The Well Rested movement speed buff is now active no matter when you go to bed, as long as you do not get knocked out.
• All work orders and daily tasks have had their objectives and rewards adjusted, making them more worthwhile.
• Holding shift while dragging or clicking an inventory stack moves half the stack.
• Holding ctrl while dragging or clicking an inventory stack moves one item.
• Resources are now discovered the moment you have them in our inventory OR when you select them - not only when you select them.
• The druid Fox Shape ability can now be canceled. If canceled within 5 seconds, the cooldown is halved.
• Arcane-O-Coils now have a range of 2 per power rating with a maximum of 10 at ‘Mighty’.
• Settings now have a ‘Brightness’ slider.
• Catapult Crates no longer throw resources if the receiving workstation is full, off or broken.
• Moving a workstation now hides the connection points of its original location.
• Tool abilities are now displayed in the gear chest.
• Tully’s minecart now spawns right in front of the quarry portal, making it much more convenient to loot daily.
• All gems and fossils are now worth more coin when exported.
• Reduced amount of Noxious Bulbs in the Bubbling Bog.
• Dreamsnatchers now also grow in the Forgotten Forest and are less populous in the northern Wilderness.
• Dreamsnatchers have had their range and damage reduced.
• Klaphats have had their damage reduced.
• Glowlights are now easier to hit.
• Brain Fungus now also grows in the northern Wilderness.
• Bracket Fungus stumps now have the same amount of hit points as regular tree stumps.
• Signpost notifications are now disabled after interacting with them.
• Moving or building a workstation that requires or produces arcane power now displays all powered tiles.
• Updated some colliders.

Bug fixes

• It is now easier to select mixtures in the Shroompedia.
• Mandrake Bud and Brain Fungus now have values that match their ingredient tiers.
• Hodgepodge mixtures no longer randomly change potency between saving and loading.
• Workstations with exclusively linked connection points longer incorrectly show the connected resource twice in the workstation interaction overview.
• Trevor is now easier to select.
• Pinecones can now be burned to ash.
• Fossils now correctly turn into pebbles when crushed.
• Witch’s Hats are now properly considered mushrooms when it comes to perks and abilities.
• The Tempest Cyclone swing no longer randomly misses resources right in front of you.
• The Grower workstation now has a “show schematic” button just like all other workstations.
• Customers no longer gain cravings for mixtures that they should not be craving.
• Chests no longer randomly ‘eject’ their contents.
• The ‘Diversify’ achievement can now be completed with all customers, not just Chunk.
• The rogue origin ability Shadowstrike should now be much better at targeting resources.
• Umbra spirits now correctly work on tree stumps.
• Invisibility, True Sight, Agility, and Resistance mixtures and potions now have their correct fluff text.
• Bottlers now correctly display potion Power Rating.
• Fixed an issue that resulted in inventory slots not being interactable.
• Arcane-O-Coil tooltips are now in line with other workstation tooltips.
• Hovering over a resource in the turn in screen no longer results in flickering tooltips.
• Commercial Endeavours part 1 should no longer disappear from your quest log when you load a game.
• Summoner Crates no longer randomly ignore filter changes.

Hey Magical Mixers, While we’re working hard to bring into the game additional quality of life improvements and game balancing in our next big update, we received amazing news: The Magical Mixture Mill won in the “Best Debut” category at the Spilprisen 2024! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/bfa6bd1ffb6e6c2ef702ab85072331d94b303f87.png The Spilprisen event is a tribute to the best Danish-developed games, and the jury spent some nice words about our game: "We enjoyed each and every game of this year’s nominees for all kinds of different reasons like addicting game mechanics, sound and visuals. However, The Magical Mixture Mill stands out, and the exceptional combination of resource gatherings in the vibrant, warm 3D cozy overland world coupled with immersive automation gameplay, and a cute quest line, keeps us coming back for more.” We are incredibly grateful and happy for this achievement, and we wanted to celebrate it with you, since we are taking this journey together! Thank you for your continuous support, and see you soon for the next update!

Hey, magical mixers! This is a small hotfix taking care of some small oversights from 1.0.2 that we wanted to take care of before 1.1

Fixes

• Tier 2 investment upgrade trigger for the Supplier is now correctly labeled as Wood
• Tier 3 investment upgrade trigger for the Supplier is now correctly labeled as Stone
• You should no longer have an unstoppable import of Brain Fungus if you were automatically importing them before 1.0.2
• Certified Artificer achievement should no longer get stuck at 17/20
• Master Supplier achievement should now trigger correctly at 10 days of no cravings (this number will be reduced in 1.1, making it easier to get)
• Bridge, Don’t Kill My Vibe achievement should now trigger retroactively

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! We are back with another round of bug fixes and tweaks – and we also snuck in some quick balance changes that we hope will make the early game more smooth. More to come later!

Changes

• Repairing the Shop Shelves now only costs 2500 coins.
• Repairing the Quarry Teleportal now costs 10000 coins and Copper Ingots instead of Gold Ingots.
• Repairing the Old Woods Bridge now costs 200 Wood and 50 Petrified Wood.
• Treasure Chests now reward a lot more shiny, shiny gems.
• Workstations that require arcane power but are turned off no longer display the “Needs Power” notification.
• Crate contents have been slightly raised to make them more visible.
• Default screen mode is now Full Screen Windowed instead of Exclusive.
• The ‘Take All’ hotkey now also withdraws all the coins stored in the mailbox.
• Trevor now has default dialogue.
• Mandrake Bud and Brain Fungus have had their edible buffs swapped.
• Making the Herbalist tier 3 investment now correctly unlocks importing of Mandrake Buds instead of Brain Fungus. ○ If we determine that this makes Brain Fungus too scarce, we will fix that in our next update.

Fixes

• Earnings are now rounded up correctly, and the Daily Tally math is now more clear. This should actually result in an increase in earnings. Yay!
• All achievements should now trigger correctly.
• The ‘Full Pockets’ event now correctly states that it increases the amount of potions bought by customers by up to 5.
• Moving crates that are turned off no longer makes their contents visible.
• Griselda should no longer randomly stare into the wall.
• Customers no longer randomly freeze in place after being talked to.
• Repairables (bridges, sample stand, etc.) are now always correctly reset between saves.
• Fiber flask potions no longer turn into potions that don’t stack when they are received by a chest.
• The Gilded Pick perk ‘Wham! Wham! Wham!” no longer triggers when it doesn’t damage at least 3 resources.
• The achievement rewarded for completing Dr. Wook’s questline now correctly triggers off of part 11.
• The quest objective for Magnum Fungus Opus part 3 no longer incorrectly states that Trevor can be found at the City Gates.
• The ‘Full Stomach’ notification is now only visible when hovering over the ‘Consume’ action while the player already has an edible buff.
• Building a Mega Crate on yourself should no longer get you stuck.
• Changing resolutions back to back should now always work.
• Various colliders were adjusted.
• And a bunch of grammatical errors.

Hey, magical mixers! We hope you are enjoying 1.0 and are always curious to hear your thoughts! This is a small update that includes some of the changes and fixes that did not make it into 1.0 as well as some newly discovered bug fixes. More to come later!

Changes

• The shop broom now has more friends and sometimes show up in the workshop as well.
• When interacting with a workstation, a small colored square at its foot will make placement more intuitive.
• When looking at an area you have discovered but is not currently located in on the map screen, it is now grayed out not blacked out.
• Improved footstep sounds.
• Removed a collider so you can now walk around the burned shed at the wheat fields.
• Emptying a potion now creates a mixture puddle on the ground.
• Added a notification above signposts so more players notice them.
• Map & Journal screen had a small polish pass.
• Tweaked some audio.
• Added a confirmation screen when returning to the main menu from the pause menu.
• Crates now count as Workstations, making certain Alchemical Society trials and achievements easier to complete.

Bug fixes

• Accepting the quest Due Credit part 8 no longer results in random issues with importing and earnings.
• The Shroompedia should now correctly display the highest achieved power rating, enabling you to perfect all mixtures again.
• Movement key binding now works even after changing keybind multiple times.
• Tier 2 Supplier investment bottle subscription now works correctly.
• Tier 2 Tavern investment shop bonus now works correctly.
• You can now complete Certified Supplier even though all customers are level 30.
• The Alchemical Society trials Expert Mixer and Master Mixer should now be possible to complete.
• Hovering over an undiscovered resource in the Shroompedia no longer discovers it.
• When a herb patch is harvested and the sickle also hits a tree, the tree felling sound is no longer triggered.
• Quest rewards are now correctly shown in sequence when completing a quest.
• Fiona the Cat now has smoother transitions between her animations.
• Selecting mixtures in the Shroomepdia Mixture overview should now be easier.
• Fixed workstation scrubbers having odd rotations.
• Ability telegraphs should now correctly render on top of the environment.
• Birds should no longer spawn at strange locations - like inside a crate.
• Dung Beetles no longer trigger their rolling sound after being harvested.
• Tweaked a bunch of impact irregularities when targeting with tools.
• Fixed various shader artifacts.
• Fixed some misaligned landmarks on the Bubbling Bog map.
• Changing vegetation settings while in-game should no longer make grass visible while inside the workshop.
• The ‘close’ button on the hand-in-quest screen now works.
• You can no longer become invulnerable to bees by canceling going to bed.
• Rolling while targeting the wizard origin ability will no longer get you stuck.
• Targeting a bracket fungi stump with a pick now shows the correct cursor icon.
• Blade Dash can now hit resources that are down-hill from you.
• Mandrake VFX no longer lingers if you use Recall Services while it is active.
• You can no longer get stuck in the crates near Tully.
• When triggering Frenzy with the Beard Berserker axe, it no longer applies to your other equipped tools.
• Divine Intervention no longer triggers inside the shop.
• Alchemical Society Expert Mixer now updates correctly when brewing mighty potions with a tier 1 ingredient.
• Odie and his camp are now easier to select using a controller.
• Fixed some grammatical errors.
• Tier 2 mixtures no longer have their essence types scrambled in the Shroompedia.
• Cecil should no longer disappear into thin air when you complete their quest.
• Fixed a collider that could appear outside the shop bridge.
• Paladin origin ability should not make it possible to reach Forgotten Forest before doing the appropriate quests.
• Agility and Resistance mixtures no longer have their names swapped.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! We did it! We reached full release after one year in Early Access and we are really really proud of the result. But we can’t take all the credit; without your feedback and suggestions we would never have gotten here, so thank you! 1.0 brings a lot of new content and wraps up all quest lines, including the main quest which will lead to a new feature that should test your skills like nothing else: The Alchemical Society. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/13a3580e84645e167728e3f37f665a1825f0ddf3.png The rest of the class origins are now also available and we think you will really enjoy controlling your undead sidekick as a necromancer, charging fearlessly into any danger as a paladin, or turning into a sly little fox as a druid. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/32172facd3f59dc1b770db7ee04e86a40ac93eb4.png There are also some new workstations and QoL changes that should improve the logistics of the workshop and make you rethink your entire setup again (sorry). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/f0b53d7cc78f5a9b9957f34024ecd79e0e9a0af6.png Oh yeah, and Griselda now has a cat, Fiona. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/dbd6affc7f9f9db764b5afb434e9e9434ec0f80c.png All in all, we have spent a lot of time balancing numbers, polishing UI, fixing bugs and greatly improving performance across the entire game and we hope you enjoy it all!

New Content

• New Origin: Necromancer ○ Embrace the dark side and harvest resources with your trusty undead sidekick, Merry.
• New Origin: Paladin ○ As a former champion of the light, bravely and fearlessly charge through any obstacle you might face.
• New Origin: Druid ○ You are so in tune with nature that you take on the form of a fast fox while being safe from aggressive flora.
• New Resource: Wisp Egg ○ A soul ingredient collected from Wisp Nests found in the Forgotten Forest. ○ This is the last missing resource, allowing you to continue the main quest.
• Main Quest Conclusion ○ The conclusion of the main narrative that will finally see you take over the shop and stop Griselda from taking that 25% cut! ○ Also introduces you to the new Alchemical Society feature.
• New Feature: Alchemical Society ○ A chance for you to prove yourself and finally join the Alchemical Society. ○ Exclusive rewards… if you can complete their trials.
• New Workstation: Transmuter ○ As a member of the Alchemical Society, you can now transmute resources into other resources, opening up for endless workshop configurations.
• New Workstation: Catapult Crate ○ An early workstation that throws resources over other workstations and connections, allowing you much more freedom when setting up your workshop.
• New Workstation: Mega Crate ○ A 2x2 tile crate that can hold 25 stacks of resources.
• Customer Quests Conclusion. ○ All customers can now reach level 30 where they offer a final quest. ○ The final quest can be completed in two different ways. ○ Depending on how you choose to complete this quest, the customer will buy a new type of mixture while also visually changing… sometimes drastically. ○ MORE HATS!
• Fiona the Cat ○ Griselda’s cat finally found her way home and is roaming the shop!
• 40 New Achievements!

Changes

• Performance Improvements ○ Greatly increased general performance and FPS. ○ Removed a bunch of random stutters. ○ Improved area loading times.
• Workstation Interaction Update ○ Revamped the workstation overview to now show you much more relevant info without having to read a bunch of text. ○ Added visual guides, helping you perfect your mixtures. ○ Input/output order should now make more sense. ○ Idle Extractors no longer have visual liquids in them. ○ You can now eject mixture from a workstation if it is turned off.
• Investment Update ○ Moved around export bonuses. ○ Yeast is now a baseline import - no investment needed. ○ Removed charcoal subscription. ○ Tier 2 and tier 3 investments now have an export requirement that needs to be achieved before they can be unlocked. ○ Polished UI. ○ Added missing text.
• UI Polish ○ Workstation tooltips are now always in the top left of the screen and are hidden while moving. ○ We added backgrounds to screens that were just mostly black. ○ Updated visuals for workstation-hover-over visuals, making everything less visually noisy. ○ Overall, UI transitions should now be more smooth and give better visual feedback. ○ Polish passes on almost all UI screens.
• A new teleportal can be found near the quarry, giving easier access to minerals. But it won’t come cheap!
• We added visual and audio warning when the clock strikes 23:00, making it easier to make it to bed on time.
• At the start of a new week, a new end-of-day screen now displays the new active event.
• You can now return to the main menu from the in-game pause menu.
• Northern Wilderness is now easier to navigate, making Dreamsnatchers easier to avoid.
• Increased earnings for putting potions on robust, quality, elegant and fancy bottles.
• Customers now need more experience for their earlier levels, but less for their higher levels.
• When a workstation breaks, ALL resources/mixtures inside it are destroyed.
• The Old Woods bridge now only costs 10.000 coins to repair.
• The Forgotten Forest Teleportal now only costs 50.000 coins to repair.
• Godwheat and Strawberry Bushes now yield more fiber.
• Back in Business part 4 now has an extra objective: Gather 25 Mageroot.
• Petrified trees are now the correct color and their branches turn into…pebbles?!
• Added chest opening animations.
• Tool HUD update.
• Added colors to all ability icons.
• We swapped the essences needed to make Agility and Resistance potions/mixtures.
• Wigglecup Tendrils now have a savory flavor.
• All musical themes have been polished.
• You can no longer walk over the edges in the Forgotten Forest and get knocked out.
• The “Take all” action in the mailbox now also takes all stored coins
• The Commercial Endeavors questline now triggers after Unfortunate Son part 4, instead of part 3.
• Bogglewoggle summons small magical scrubbers that randomly appear to wash your workstations. You are welcome.
• Workstation tooltips no longer say “invalid” when it is simply missing a resource to continue production.
• Bubbling Bog teleportal repair cost has been reduced to 10000 coins.
• Arcane-O-Coil schematic cost has been reduced to 15000 coins.
• Adv. Distiller schematic cost has been increased to 25000 coins.
• Summoner Crate schematic cost has been reduced to 75000 coins.
• Fermenter schematic cost has been reduced to 75000 coins.
• Grower schematic cost has been reduced to 50000 coins.
• The Summoner Crate can now be toggled to only summon from certain chests based on their chosen appearance (color).
• Summoner Crates now cost an extra 5 obsidian to build.
• Silver and Gold deposits now drop more obsidian.
• The visual effects for workstations that require arcane power now match the color of the Arcane-O-Coil that powers them.
• When a Sorter Crate has an ‘exact’ filter for a resource as well as another filter for that resource’s ‘category’, it will no longer output the resource in the ‘category’ output.
• Iron and Copper deposits should now be more visually different.
• Extractors now break if they receive anything except ingredients.
• Mandrakes now grow more often.
• Klaphats now grow more often.
• Using the rogue origin ability without actually hitting a resource no longer triggers its cooldown.
• The Highly Recommended part 1 quest now only requires you to have all customers reach level 15, instead of level 20.
• There are now six save slots instead of three.
• Added hotkeys for Fill, Take All and Sort for chests and crates.

Bug fixes

• Fixed various colliders in the Forgotten Forest, blocking you from getting stuck.
• Shop shelf potions now visible update correctly when you sort the Shop Crate inventory.
• Certain workshop sounds are no longer audible in the Outskirts.
• Fixed an issue where potions would randomly disappear when being outputted from a Bottler.
• Workstation animations no longer stay paused when you unpause the game.
• Mossy Bark should now correctly drop from certain trees.
• Walking down the shop stairs should now feel more smooth.
• Improved ambient occlusion.
• Fixed some missing water reflection sky boxes.
• Birds should no longer be visible in the workshop.
• Bank Investment 2 now correctly increases the export earnings from Fossils and Gems.
• Tier 3 mixtures no longer have their essences jumbled in the shroompedia mixture overview.
• Customers now move on the main menu screen again.
• The main avatar should now stick to the ground better, creating less “floaty” situations.
• You can no longer stay up all night by timing your “go to bed click” just right.
• The Shroompedia Mixtures Discovered count is now correct.
• Divine Intervention shield no longer becomes invisible when running through water.
• Customer Progress screen now correctly displays customer experience gains.
• Workstation tooltips now correctly show one resource per connection point in the tooltip, instead of one for each connection point.
• Timelost Tomahawk Axe Throws no longer repeat, unless they hit something.
• Mandrake screams and visual effect now actually stops when the mandrake has been eliminated.
• The Scarecrow questline should now correctly trigger when you walk close to it.
• You can now gather resources that are within a landmark’s selection area.
• Moving around resources inside a full chest or crate should no longer result in emptying them into your inventory.
• Workstation notification icons no longer render on top of everything else.
• Selecting an Arcane-O-Coil now correctly displays all the workstations it is powering.
• Timelost Tomahawk Axe Throw now correctly hits trees if you are standing on a hill.
• Pressing H now only hides the player HUD instead of all interfaces and menus.
• Crafted materials and mixtures are now correctly discovered when you hover over them in any container, not only in your own inventory.
• Fixed a bunch of shader related flickering.
• Added ripples when you run through shallow water in the Old Woods.
• Customer quests now display correctly in the journal when they are ready to be handed in.
• The Way of the Blade enchantment for the Ronin’s Wakazashi now always correctly triggers when hitting five or more herbs with Blade Dash.
• Dismantling a container with resources close to a workshop wall should no longer result in some resources being lost to the endless void.
• Unstable resources should now always be labeled as such no matter what UI screen they are shown in.
• Reduced the amount of environment and resource pop-in when moving around.
• And a whole mountain of other bug fixes that we have forgotten about…

Magical Mixers, We are incredibly happy to announce that our The Magical Mixture Mill will leave Early Access on 27th March 2024 for PC via Steam! We’ve been busy listening to the community, working to implement new features and suggestions based on your precious feedback. As well as all the content added during Early Access such as new biomes, workstations, tools and quests, V1.0 introduces even more content to add to your bubbling cauldron: new class origins, workstations, new customer quests and a main quest conclusion, as well as numerous quality-of-life updates, a new… assistant 🐈‍⬛ & more! We hope you will join us in celebrating this milestone, which is also thanks to your loving support. 🫶

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! Oh boy this one’s a whopper! In fact, it is our biggest update ever! And we were sick half the time, so that was fun. On top of new quests, biomes, resources, and workstations, it also has some much requested features: First of which is the Customer Ledger. Finally there is an in-game way to see what each customer wants to buy, as well as an overview of their level, wants, and personalities. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/091f4fb9b30a2c76add05fa2b1c450165538f5f0.png Another much requested feature that we have added, is the ability to colorize chests to better organize your workshops. You will have some chest colors available from the beginning, with others being unlocked as you play. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/a1eb31b4b047554ca08951cb25032fbb89f6018d.png We have also made a bunch of minor and major changes. A small one that requires some explanation, is that we renamed Potency Rating to Power Rating. We kept seeing that some of you were missing the distinction between potency and potency rating. We believe it is because the terms were so similar, so we wanted to make them more distinct. Potency is what an ingredient has. Power Rating is what a mixture has, based on the combined potency of its ingredients. For a long time, we have felt that the mid game pacing was off. We came to the conclusion that the way our bottles are made slowed down this part of the game, and actively made it difficult to scale production in a meaningful way. Simply put, you guys had too many ingredients to bottle it all! To solve this, we are introducing flasks. Flasks are cheaper bottles that are easier to produce on a large scale, since they are made from fiber, which incidentally can be made by crushing ingredients. However, flasks have a downside: they can only hold the weakest of mixtures. Our hope is that this leads to a more interesting progression, where you can start brewing a lot more potions early on, while also opening up for a “b-tier” production line in the late game, reserving quality bottles for only your best brews. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/edb893d25267b314c035b3cccd906f2317c86b52.png

New Content

• New Feature: Customer Ledger ○ A magical customer ledger can now be found on the counter next to the cash register. ○ The ledger contains a detailed overview of every customer, including which potions they are currently interested in. ○ Customers gain +1 experience if they buy a potion that meets their “Likes” requirement. ○ The ledger also shows some basic statistics, such as total potions brewed and resources collected.
• New Feature: Chest Appearance Customization ○ When opening a chest, you can now change its coloring. ○ More colors/patterns can be unlocked by completing customer quests and side quests. ○ Chests are now wood-colored instead of blue by default.
• New Feature: Cravings ○ For every day that a customer is unable to purchase a specific potion on their list, there is a chance that they will start craving it. ○ When a customer craves a potion, they will pay extra for it for an entire day.
• New Main Quest ○ Griselda wants you to put the finishing touches on the Shroompedia. But in order to do that, you have to go somewhere no one else has been in a very long time. ○ BE AWARE: The final quest in this questline is not possible to complete in this update.
• New Biome: Forgotten Forest ○ Continuing the main quest will lead you to discovering this new mysterious area filled with giant trees, huge glowing mushrooms, and new resources.
• New Resource: Wigglecup Tendril ○ Wigglecup Tendrils are a life ingredient that can be harvested from aggressive Wigglecups found in the Forgotten Forest.
• New Resource: Witch’s Hat ○ Witch’s Hats are a death ingredient that is covered in toxic spores and can be found in the Forgotten Forest.
• New Workstation: Grower ○ The Arcane Grower continually produces any of the five tier 1 resources. ○ Requires arcane power.
• New Workstation: Flask Maker ○ The Flask Maker turns fiber into fiber flask.
• New Feature: Flasks ○ Flasks are made from fiber, which makes them much easier to produce in quantity early in the game. ○ However, flasks are weak and can only hold mixtures that have a sad power rating.

Changes

• Shroompedia Update ○ The shroompedia now explains where to find the resources you have added to it. ○ The Magical Mixtures overview should now give a much better overview of each individual mixture and your progress towards perfecting it. ○ The Materials section now consists of the four different ores as well as obsidian.
• Customer Daily Progress Update ○ In addition to their experience gain, this end of day overview now also gives you a breakdown of everything a customer bought from you that day. ○ Also shows you a little breakdown of how their daily adventure went. ○ This screen now also shows you if a customer is craving a specific potion. ○ Lastly, you can also get some extra info on how customers make their purchases by clicking the question mark in the top right corner.
• New teleportal added to southern Wilderness.
• Bogglewoggle has found a way to remove all the pillars in the workshop without everything caving in.
• Potency Rating renamed to Power Rating. ○ Sad Power Rating is now 1-2 instead of 1. ○ Weak Power Rating is now 3-4 instead of 2-4.
• Research has been renamed to Study.
• Bottlemaker has been renamed to Bottle Maker.
• Klaphat Sample now has a potency of 3.
• Cloudshroom now has a potency of 4.
• Mandrake Bud now has a potency of 2.
• Brain Fungus now has a potency of 3.
• Arcane-O-Coil now has a radius of 2-6 (instead of 1-5) based on mixture power rating.
• The Summoner Crate workstation now outputs four times pr. cycle instead of one.
• The Kiln workstation now has an extra possible input.
• The Crusher workstation now has two extra possible inputs.
• The Arcane Furnace workstation now has its output at the front instead of the side. ○ This will require you to replace already built Arcane Furnaces for them to function properly.
• The Sorter Crate now outputs through all three outputs in a set sequence, making it also function as a splitter in all situations.
• Repairing a workstation now closes the UI like any other action.
• Chests no longer have an on/off status.
• All workstations are now on by default when built.
• Obsidian is now a material instead of a valuable.
• Tweaked a bunch of little UI things.
• Noxious Bulbs now only yield 3-5 Noxious Seeds.
• Removed stone deposits from northern Wilderness to make Dream Snatcher dodging easier.
• Locked hats now have hints on how to unlock them.
• Made dialogue and hint text 30% bigger.
• Improved performance, especially in Bubbling Bog.

Bug fixes

• Controller Issues ○ It should no longer be able to call an “special” empty inventory that breaks the game. ○ When handing in the first healing potion to Griselda, you can now select all inventory slots. ○ It is no longer possible to not have a selection in UI screens. ○ You can now select the customers in the customer progress screen. ○ Recall Services text should now be correctly displayed. ○ Selecting Consume on an edible while already have a full stomach should no longer lock the controller.
• You can no longer make water potions by mixing hodgepodge.
• Loading screen now correctly displays played time above 24 hours.
• Fixed some dialogue grammar.
• Potions should no longer disappear right after being bottled.
• Fixed a bug where potions got stuck floating in the air.
• Quest Completed notification no longer randomly gets stuck in the bottom of the screen.
• The Poison Berry Pile now correctly disappears after completing the scarecrow questline.
• Lapis now no longer has an empty dialogue.
• Fixed a bug where Arcane-O-Coils would stop functioning correctly if another Arcane-O-Coil was too close.
• Treasures should now correctly despawn.
• Investment bonuses are now correctly displayed in the Daily Tally screen.
• Meg is now polite enough to look at you when you speak to her.
• All hats are now actually unlockable.
• Fixed a bug that would stop you from progressing to a new day.
• Clicking the Build Mode button while placing a Workstation should no longer break the game.
• Having very long transporter paths should no longer slow down the game as the day progresses.
• Cecil should now have his quest completion indicator for his level 20 quest.
• Audio themes should now correctly match the biome when traveling via Teleportals.
• Recall Services should no longer bug out when you spam click it.
• Choosing Fullscreen Windowed in the settings menu should now actually work.
• Fixed some collider issues that could get you stuck in the environment.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! The focus of this update was to fully flesh out the remaining three tools to give you a wide array of ways to completely destroy nature gather resources! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/62b39ad48ccb8006b45ee07b38f88f4d9016b87c.png We also added the ability to double the potion shelf space. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/6063803788e8a475376b5d7f55acd2cb047788a3.png Amongst a bunch of other tweaks and changes, we decided to slightly revamp potion modifiers. They were overly complex, so we simplified their concept without making them easier to achieve, and changed their name to match their new design. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/21cbac7699fed00415ecb5280ab3fa1f49a8e297.png And of course, we added some more quests - and yes, that means new hats!

New Content

• New Tool: Tempest ○ By aiding Barb the druid you can unlock this oversized sickle which will help you gather herbs with the force of wind.
• New Tool: Bearded Berserker ○ By aiding Chunk the barbarian you can unlock this aggressive axe which will throw you into a tree-chopping-frenzy.
• New Tool: Fists of Judgement ○ By aiding Cecil the paladin you can unlock this very judgy pick that will summon holy fists to crush sinful minerals.
• Shop Crate Expansion ○ For a modest sum, the two bottom shelves can be repaired, increasing potion shelf space from 8 to 16.
• Main Quest continues ○ Griselda needs your help gathering positive shop reviews. ○ New hat!
• New Sidequest Someone mischievous will start leaving “gifts” at Griselda’s door. New Hat!
• More UI Notifications ○ Inventory button glows red when the inventory is full. ○ “Inventory Full” notification is triggered when you try to pick up resources with a full inventory. ○ Build Mode button glows green when a new workstation can be unlocked. ○ Map & Journal button glows green when a new landmark is discovered. ○ When opening the inventory, new resources are highlighted when found for the first time.

Changes

• Potion Modifier changes. ○ Balanced Flavor modifier has been renamed to Preferred Flavor, and is achieved by having the correct flavor be dominant over all other flavors. ○ Ideal Ratio modifier has been renamed to Prime Essence, and is achieved by having the correct essence type be the strongest in terms of potency. ○ Optimal Ingredient modifier is unchanged.
• Hodgepodge changes ○ Extractors can no longer turn edibles into hodgepodge. ○ Hodgepodge is now considered a mixture/potion and has potency, which means it will give you Mixture Intolerance when consumed. ○ Hodgepodge can now only be made by distilling or fermenting a mixture twice. ○ It now has a brown color so it stands out from Poison.
• Taking Damage Polish ○ Taking Damage is now communicated by a red effect around the edge of the screen. ○ The black radial swipe no longer fully collapses until you are knocked out, making it easier to escape close calls.
• Resources ○ All resource yields have been streamlined. Max yields for every resource source is capped at 15. ○ Geodes no longer drop from regular stone deposits, but drops are increased from other sources. ○ Amethysts no longer drop from stone deposits. ○ Gusto Grubs now drops from Withersap Trees and Hyper Dung Beetle instead of Mageroot Deposits and Klaphats. ○ Psyche-Tick no drops from Glowlights instead of from Proudcap Patches. ○ Mama Longfangs now drops from Klaphats instead of from Strawberry Bushes and Apple Trees. ○ Centipedes now only drop from Mageroot Deposits, Stumps and Bee Hives.
• The ‘Quest Completed’ ui notification has been moved up so it doesn’t block the avatar.
• New research and discoveries ui notification has been moved to the bottom of the screen.
• Death Ingredient buffs now enhance your origin ability.
• Soul Ingredient buffs now actually add glow to your character, illuminating your surroundings.
• Hovering over a built workstation now calls a much more helpful tooltip.
• Sorter and Summoner crates now have a sorting toggle which enables them to filter based on category as well as exact matches.
• Inventory upgrades now glow up when you can afford them, making them harder to miss.
• Workstation unlock requirement numbers have been reduced, making them less grindy.
• Customers now get bonus experience for each modifier on every potion.
• Crates now only cost 10 wood.
• Arcane-O-Coil no longer requires a diamond to build
• Roll ability run speed bonus has been increased.
• Blade Dash and Roll abilities are now locked to max range.
• Arcane Furnace glow now changes color based on the Arcane-O-Coil powering it.
• Seeking Approval Part 1 now requires you to research 15 ingredients.
• Seeking Approval Part 2 now requires you to have discovered 15 mixtures.
• The Adv. Distiller workstation now requires you to have discovered 15 mixtures to unlock.
• The mailbox is disabled until ‘In Need of Assistance Part 2’ has been accepted.
• Arcane Furnace glow effect matches the effect color of the Arcane-O-Coil powering it.
• The ‘Lack of Loot’ event can now only trigger after at least one customer has reached level 20.
• Using Bogglewoggle’s recall service has been added as an objective of Back in Business Part 4.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug that would result in getting stuck on the End of Day screen.
• You should no longer slide sideways when using certain tools.
• “Needs Power” notification is no longer activated when a workstation is powered but turned off.
• Unstable ingredients should now always be labeled as such.
• Fixed some missing environment colliders.
• Fixed various “unfortunate” resource spawn locations.
• Bubbling Bog fog should no longer disappear on low settings.
• The old windmill in the wilderness is now turning again.
• Fixed some spelling errors.
• Bees should no longer stick around when chopping down a beehive with axe throw.
• Game should no longer be locked-out of fullscreen mode when another display mode is selected.
• It should no longer be possible to get stuck in the rocks to the right of the Bubbling Bog Teleportal.

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Magical Mixers, Autumn is definitely the coziest season of the whole year, and we are ready to celebrate it by taking part in the Autumn Steam Sales with a 50% discount 🍁 Grab a cute blanket, a cup of hot tea, and immerse yourself in the relaxing world of The Magical Mixture Mill among potions, demanding heroes, and colorful biomes... and don't forget to nominate us in the "Sit Back and Relax" category at the Steam Awards! ☕

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! Let’s cut to the chase: We added inventory sorting and chest content sharing! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/aef6f912b8ae49a6e50698b2a7f43b5e9c299964.png Still reading? Cool! We also added a new workstation, two new tools and a new not-so-scary questline! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/559662867cd70e02d348da64343f0c9798b35ade.png Still here?! Okay: Charcoal has always been an early requirement to any good magical mixture production. However, as your workshop expanded, it was clear that the need for charcoal was becoming a chore more than a challenge. While we like the idea of a fuel, what we didn’t like was how it scaled as the game progressed. For this reason, we have added the Arcane Furnace, which, once the Arcane-O-Coil is unlocked, will enable you to transition to a better, cleaner and (mostly) charcoal free future. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/759ffe99d44a199a5d57ee123202ed5fadcbb5a6.png While simple on paper, customer purchases felt convoluted and hard to predict. As a result, we have completely reworked how customers decide on their purchases. The aim is to make it much more clear and easy for you to predict how many and which potions they buy. We also wanted to boost the early potions sold while flattening the curve as the game progresses, which means that you should expect to earn more coins from selling potions in the shop in the early game, but less in the late game, compared to before. We expect further tweaks will be needed and value your feedback greatly in this area! And let’s face it, the Quest Tracker was really annoying. So we have made some changes to it to make it less intrusive when it isn’t needed. We also made some slight changes to the Quest Journal and added a new Quest Completed! notification that should make it easier to keep track of quests and their rewards.

New Content

• New Workstation: Arcane Furnace ○ A new mid game workstation that can produce everything the Furnace can produce, without the need of charcoal. However, it does require arcane power from an Arcane-O-Coil.
• New Tool: Umbra ○ By aiding Zambie the necromancer you can unlock this haunted pick and harness the power of the trapped miners inside.
• New Tool: Timelost Tomahawk ○ By aiding Zen the wizard you can unlock this magical axe that will always return to you no matter how hard you throw it.
• New “Quest Completed!” notification. ○ When completing a quest, a much more exciting quest completion notification will now trigger, which much more clearly shows quest rewards.
• New Side Questline: A Crow to Pluck ○ Something’s up with that scarecrow by the outskirts fields…
• New Side Quest: Lost City of Mold ○ In this short sidequest, you will be able to “shine some light” on the old woods ruins and receive a new helmet in return.
• New Tutorial Quest: Faded Potential ○ A new quest that teaches players about tools and tool enchanting. ○ Won’t be available if you have already started the Mixing It Up questline.

Changes

• Inventory QoL Polish ○ Chest contents are available when building workstations, enchanting tools and expanding your workshop. ○ Your inventory, chests and crates now have a “Sort” button that will automatically sort their contents based on their category. ○ Chests and crates now have a “Fill” button which automatically deposits resources from your inventory that match their contents. ○ Chests and crates now have a “Take All” button which empties all their contents into your inventory. ○ The filter button is now a fold-out menu which should be easier to use. ○ Hovering over an inventory item now displays actionable hotkeys.
• Customer Purchasing Rework ○ Customers no longer have a “coin wallet” which means they do not have a budget. ○ As before, all customers are looking for two different types of potions at level 1. Every 5 levels, another potion type is added to that list after completing a quest. ○ They buy a total of 5 potions at level 1, plus one more every level thereafter, twice pr. day. ○ Customers will try to buy an even amount of all the potion types on their list if they are available. ○ Every customer has a special potion modifier or feature that they prefer. ○ Customers will only ever buy 10 of any given potion pr. visit. ○ Customers will only ever buy 20 of each potion tier pr. visit. ○ Customers gain an experience bonus for every different potion type they buy pr. visit. ○ Lastly, we have tweaked the leveling curve to match the new, less exponential experience gains from these changes.
• Quest Tracker & Journal polish ○ The quest tracker now automatically collapses when an interface is opened, unless the help text is relevant to that interface. ○ Main Quests are now always pinned and can’t be unpinned. ○ You can pin one other quest in addition to the Main Quest.
• Build mode polish pass ○ The build mode was one of our oldest UI screens and needed a facelift. Information should now be much easier to digest.
• Updated various placeholder icons.
• Sorter and Summoner crates now drop the resources inserted into their filters when dismantled.
• Workstations can now output onto tiles that have pipes or magic transporter trails.
• Customers who have a quest for you now wait patiently outside after their second shop visit.
• The Lapis crater in Wilderness now has less Brain Fungus - but they grow back faster.
• Bubbling Bog now has a lower number of aggressive resources near the entrance.
• Glowlight no longer deals damage but still pushes you.
• Silver deposits can now be found in the southern Wilderness.
• The first inventory upgrade now only costs 500 coins.
• Ronin’s Wakazashi is now unlocked from Hazel’s level 5 quests instead of level 15.
• Withersaps and Glowlight Nubs now have a potency of 3 instead of 4.
• Increased the size of most tools’ impact colliders, making resources easier to hit.
• The Arcane-O-Coil now requires copper ingots instead of gold and only costs 25.000 coins to unlock, making it available earlier in the game.
• The Adv. Distiller now requires you to have a customer reach level 20 in order to unlock it.
• NPC’s now display separate quest indicators for side quests and main quests
• Mixture Intolerance now lasts for 5 seconds pr. potion potency rating (25s max).
• All loading screens now require a button input to progress.
• Workshop size 3 now costs 4.000 coins.
• Workshop size 4 now costs 20.000 coins.
• You can now drag and drop items between your inventory and workstation interfaces.
• Added a UI notification making it more clear when you already have a full belly and can’t eat anymore.
• Cloud Shrooms now only grow in the Old Woods Ruins after completing the Lost City of Mold quest.

Bug fixes

• The “SHROOMS!” enchantment on Griselda’s Sickle is no longer prematurely active.
• Fixed various display errors on the Daily Tally screen.
• Changed some outdated text strings that said “salty” instead of “earthy” when talking about flavor.
• Griselda no longer decides to stand in a weird spot inside the shop.
• The stones around Lapis are now moving as intended.
• The Arcane-O-Coil radius display and audio no longer lingers after dismantling it.
• The Noticeboard should no longer “break” after loading a game.
• Potions no longer randomly collide with the outdoor terrain when inside the shop.
• Paula’s Pit investment 2 now correctly displays Copper Ore as its new import.
• You can no longer teleport to the same teleportal you are teleporting from.
• The On Screen Hotkeys setting is now correctly disabled the first time you choose to do so.
• Audio Volume can now be set to 0.
• The Broken Wooden Bridge is now correctly named exactly that.
• You can no longer select things in the environment while in dialogue.
• You can no longer destroy/consume/empty items in the quest hand in interface and still complete a quest.

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{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! After such a warm and dry summer we hope everyone is ready for some rain! This is our biggest update so far and we are really excited to finally add a new biome - the Bubbling Bog - complete with three new resources. We are also introducing the calendar and weekly events which will reward you for planning ahead. On top of this, Griselda is excited for you to continue your journey as her apprentice through a new questline that also introduces you to a new… person. And lastly, we have made a ton of balance changes and bug fixes. Where do all these bugs come from anyway? As always, thanks for playing and and please join us on discord where we are very active and happy to hear your feedback.

New Content

• New Biome: Bubbling Bog ○ Enveloped in a thick layer of suspiciously green fog. ○ Swampy, bubbly water that you don’t want to spend too much time in. ○ Spooky music. ○ What’s not to love?
• New Feature: The Calendar ○ Next to the bed you will now find a calendar. ○ The calendar shows the active weekly event, the upcoming weekly event and how to trigger an alternative event in its place. ○ Events last for a full in-game week and add unique modifiers for you to play into, hopefully increasing your profits.
• New Resources ○ Throbheart - A throbbing, squishy life ingredient. ○ Glowlight Nub - A very flashy and pushy soul ingredient. ○ Withersap - A sticky, nasty death ingredient.
• Main Quest Continues ○ In order to officially become Griselda’s apprentice, you must prove yourself like never before - but not only to her.
• Weather Effect: Rain ○ Randomly occurring effect that makes everything gray and wet. How cozy! ○ Bees hate rain. ○ Bugs are more plentiful. ○ Trees and herbs grow faster.

Changes

• Updated Spawn Rules ○ Quarry is now separated into one area with mostly stone and another with mostly ore. This should result in more predictable access to mageroot. ○ Bee hives have been removed from certain areas in the Old Woods. ○ Cloud Shrooms now prefer growing inside ruined buildings. ○ Ghost Spores now prefer growing around Lifelemon Trees. ○ Noxious Bulbs are now more likely to grow closer to Petrified Trees as well as other Noxious Bulbs, making chain explosions more likely. ○ Petrified Trees prefer growing close to Noxious Bulbs. ○ Brain Fungi now grow at an increased rate after completing the quest The Philosophical Stone - Part 8.
• Updated detailed cost/earnings breakdown when hovering over entries on the Daily Tally screen.
• Tier 1 investments now only cost 2500 coin.
• Tier 2 investments now only cost 15000 coin.
• Updated water shaders.
• The Balanced Flavor tag is now a +25% sales multiplier for potions instead of a flat number.
• Reduced materials needed for tool enchantments - especially earlier enchants.
• Reduced potions needed for all customer quests - especially earlier quests.
• Sorter Crate costs less coin to unlock.
• The quest Unfortunate Son - Part 5 now only requires one Antivenom Potion to complete.
• The quest The Philosophical Stone - Part 10 now also requires obsidian to complete.
• Auto-pickup range has been clamped.
• True Sight and Invisibility mixtures have been swapped according to original design.
• Truffles can now drop from all stumps in the Old Woods.
• Wilderness is now slightly brighter at night.
• Bees chase you for a shorter time.
• Recall Services are now mentioned in the early main quest help text.
• Renamed Enlarge mixture/potions to Enlargement.
• Bank Investment tier 2 has had its bonus text reduced.
• Workstation notifications now blink in sync.
• Swapped the order of Sorter Crate and Rusher Crate in the build menu interface.

Bug fixes

• You can now withdraw coins from the mailbox again. Sorry about that one!
• Customers should now always buy the potions that they say they buy after completing one of their quests.
• Bottler outputs having no connections should no longer result in potions randomly disappearing.
• Cleared up some areas in the Old Woods that would cover the screen with leaves.
• All of Griselda’s daily tasks should now have the correct text and objectives.
• Reduced stutter when exiting the shop.
• Restarting the game and destroying the healing potions Griselda gives you during the quest Wakey! Wakey! - Part 2 should no longer be possible.
• The Flavorizer’s interface now properly displays flavors.
• The workorder that requires Sauteed Shrooms now actually works.
• Fixed some resources spawning in strange places.
• World clock now displays correctly when a game is loaded.
• You can now scroll using controller, on the Daily Tally screen.
• Griselda is no longer stuck in her sitting pose the day after she has been sitting on her balcony.
• Workorder names are now updated in the quest tracker when you complete and pick up a new workorder quest.
• Dr. Wook no longer steals Lapis’ dialogue line at the end of the quest The Philosophical Stone - Part 7.
• Removed an out of place invisible wall south of Carla’s camp.
• Crushers now correctly output pebbles when output is not connected.
• The world clock now reappears after moving a workstation
• Fixed quests that had “nil” as their objectives.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! We think it’s time you get some more quests. So we made more questlines! On top of this, we also added Workorders which are time-limited, optional tasks which offer a new way to earn big sums of coin! Lastly, we added a small feature which has a big impact: Bogglewoggle’s Recall Services. QoL changes are a balancing act. If you remove too much friction, there are no problems left to solve – and problem solving is at the core of all games. However, one of the complaints we have heard is that there is an awful lot of running from A to B in The Magical Mixture Mill. We believe that running isn’t a problem in itself. We believe the actual problem is backtracking with a full inventory which means you can’t harvest anything. So, Bogglewoggle now offers you to return to the shop no matter where you are…for a price of course. As always, thanks for playing and and please join us on discord where we are very active and happy to hear your feedback.

New Content

• New Questline: Dead Investment ○ Tully the prospector can be found near the quarry where he is rather spooked!
• Workorders ○ Helping Tully unlocks Workorders. ○ Workorders are time limited resource/potion-intensive tasks that can be very profitable…and maybe a bit stressful.
• New Questline: The Philosophical Stone ○ Dr. Wook the scientist can be found in the Wilderness area where he is researching the strange anomaly known only as Lapis.
• New Questline: Lost & Found ○ Carla the pirate can be found in the Wilderness area where she needs your help recovering her treasure map. ○ Helping her opens up for finding hidden treasures around the world.
• Bogglewoggle’s Recall Services ○ The Recall Services can be accessed in the Map & Journal interface. ○ Recalling is a one-way trip back to the shop. ○ Recalling costs coins. The first use every day is cheap, but everytime Bogglewoggle’s services are used he asks for more and more coins. Cost resets daily.
• On-screen HUD Hotkeys ○ We added on-screen hotkey guides to the main player HUD to help especially new players. ○ These can be turned off in the Settings menu but are on by default. ○ We want to add more on-screen hotkeys for other interfaces later.

Changes

• Import polish ○ Automatic imports are now no longer canceled when the Cargo Lift storage is full. ○ Pending imports now auto-sort. ○ Pending imports can no longer be canceled by clicking them in the import inventory or storage. ○ When the import storage is full, a visual notification will be shown on top of the Cargo Lift. ○ Pending imports are no longer visible in the Cargo Lift storage – only in the import interface.
• New Mailbox Interface ○ Updated button names and icons. ○ You can now expand the mailbox inventory for coins. ○ Bank investment payouts are now found in the mailbox inventory screen. ○ A white mail icon will now flash on top of the mailbox to notify you of new mail. ○ A red mail icon will now flash on top of the mailbox to notify you that the mailbox inventory is full.
• Sandstone deposits now give around 50% more sand.
• All non-mushroom herbs now drop fiber.
• Workshop size 3 and 4 are now cheaper in terms of coins.
• The Summoner Crate schematic is now unlocked by purchasing the Arcane-O-Coil schematic (instead of gathering 10.000 resources).

Bug fixes

• Fixed some grammar and spelling errors.
• Opening the Pause Menu while teleporting should no longer cause problems.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey Magical Mixers, A new update is now available! Most of our energy for this update went into adding Controller Support to the game, which completely transforms how our game can be played. Some would even say this is how it was meant to feel – we encourage you to try it out. We also made it possible to fully upgrade current and future tools by completely rebalancing all enchantment costs – and we added a brand new tool for you to check out. And lastly, we have updated our Roadmap to give a better idea of what is to come. Thanks for playing, and happy mixing!

New Content

• Controller Support A completely new control scheme for controllers including an official controller layout for the Steam Deck.
• New Tool: Ronin’s Wakizashi By helping Hazel the rogue, you can unlock this herb-slashing, ninja-dashing blade.
• New Questline: Mixing It Up A new, short questline aimed to introduce new players to Distillers and the concept of mixing essences to create new mixtures.
• NPC Routines Griselda, Odie and Carla now actually have a life and a daily schedule, making them move around depending on time of day. We will add routines to other NPC’s when they get their quest chains implemented.

Changes

• All Tool Enchantment costs have been updated and should be more balanced. Moonlight Dust, which was a missing resource, has been removed from all upgrade costs, meaning that fully upgrading tools is now possible.
• Stones can now be crushed Crushing a Stone in a Crusher will yield either Pebbles, Mageroot or Fossils.
• Doubled Amber drop chance from Sandstone Deposits.
• Geodes no longer yield Fossils or Amber.
• The Valuables category has been renamed to Misc.
• Griselda now rewards more bottles during tutorial quests.
• We reduced the diamond cost of Arcane-O-Coil down from 5 to 1.
• We reduced the fiber cost of repairing the Cargo Lift down from 50 to 10.
• Workstations will now refuse to produce anything if they do not have any available recipe for combining all their content.
• The Lapis Crater area in Wilderness has received a visual update.
• Pulp has been removed from the game.
• The Furnace workstation schematic now starts out unlocked. However, it still needs to be purchased with coins.
• The Commercial Endeavours questline is now a main questline and now has help text in the quest tracker. Unfortunately, some players will have to redo this 4-step questline, but we were forced to make this change in order to add help text for new players.
• While in build mode/workstation move mode, workstations should auto-rotate in a much more intuitive manner.
• Moving a workstation that only has an adjacency connection no longer triggers a confirmation prompt.

Bug fixes

• When importing, the “Total cost” should no longer be stuck at 1337.
• The Workshop Expansion blueprint overview is now rotated correctly.
• The UI should no longer break when the Journal is opened while placing a Workstation from the Build Menu.
• Potions should no longer randomly disappear from the Shop Crate during the day.
• Button highlights should no longer randomly disappear.
• Placing a workstation on top of another workstation should no longer result in getting stuck.
• Using the hotkey to hide the UI should no longer break the pause menu.
• It is no longer possible to force a day to continue past midnight by releasing the interact key on the bed just as the clock hits 00:00.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, Magical Mixers! Now that most of our worst bugs seem to be out of the way, we are excited to add more content to the game! With this update, we aim to add another step of automation in the mid-late game through the introduction of the Summoner Crate and Repeatable Importing. We also wanted to make our first balancing pass on the in-game economy - without expecting it to be perfect yet. As always, your feedback is what helps us shape The Magical Mixture Mill and we hope to see you on our Discord to read your experience and suggestions!

New Content

• Bigger Workshop - We have added another 3 tiers of workshop sizes, which allows for a Workshop that is four times the current maximum size. - For work-safety reasons, Bogglewoggle insisted on adding some support pillars. Some of your workstations may have been dismantled as a result of this.
• New Workstation: Summoner Crate. - The Summoner Crate can summon resources from either Chests or the Import Storage. However, it requires Arcane Power to do so.
• New Workstation: Arcane-O-Coil. - The Arcane-O-Coil transforms Mixtures into Arcane Power for nearby Workstations.
• Advanced Importing. - The maximum daily import amount has been raised. - Import prices increase the more you import. - Imports can be toggled to be repeated daily. - Import expenses are no longer paid when the import order is made. Instead, coins are deducted at the end of the day. - Sticks are now a baseline import. This should reduce tree grind.
• New Investment: Emporium Exoticum
• New Investment: King’s Tavern

Changes

• Investment overhaul - Bob has retired from his blacksmithing business - Yeast importing is now unlocked from the tavern tier II investment. - All insect ingredients can now be unlocked for importing through the herbalist tier II investment.
• In-game economy rebalance - Brewing and selling potions should be the main source of income in the game. Therefore, we have reduced the value of most resources and increased the value of higher tier potions.
• Resources inside Workstations that are in production are grayed out in the interface to better indicate they can not be removed.
• Connection Mode now has on-screen help text to make it easier to connect workstations.
• Connection paths now transport resources a tiny bit faster so the Rusher Crate can run more smoothly.
• Dismantling a workstation now triggers a prompt.
• Moving a workstation that has connections now triggers a prompt.
• You can now remove resources from a workstation when they are not running a production.
• Changed the way geodes work. It is no longer possible to force them to make diamonds by clever use of game mechanics.
• We have simplified and toned down the Outskirts music to make it less dominant.
• Build Mode UI: It should now be more obvious when you do not have enough resources to build a Workstation.
• Settings: Resolution is now locked when playing in borderless windowed mode.

Bug fixes

• Creating circular connection networks now actually works!
• End-of-day-screen music now no longer triggers if you click on the bed.
• Resources in crates now no longer randomly spawn underneath the floor.
• Workstations now no longer stop working after 25 in-game days if you have high FPS.
• Inventory stacks no longer merge when loading a game.
• Dismantling or moving a Workstation with an active connection should no longer randomly break the Workstation.
• You should no longer get stuck between the burned house and the wheat fields.
• Triggering a “conversation” with Lapis no longer starts a dialogue with Chunk.
• Randomly selecting in-game objects while in the main menu should no longer be possible.
• While in connection mode, magic trail pathing should now display correctly.
• Pinetrees now no longer randomly spawn in Wilderness.
• Kilns no longer create a clone of a potion when burning away the mixture.
• The furnace now properly registers charcoal when it has a potion input.
• Getting stuck on the first big tree stump in Old Woods should no longer be possible.
• Getting stuck on stump-gate leading to the Old Woods Ruins should no longer be possible.
• Odie’s dialogue now matches the objective in the Unfortunate Son - Part 4 quest.
• Quest tracker toggle hotkey now functions in the inventory screen.

Woops! The bugs you reported to us after the release of the first update should be fixed. These 3 bugs have actually been present since launch and were very complicated to solve. One of them (inability to progress to a new day) was rare, but for some reason, our first content update made its frequency much higher. Sadly, this meant it was not prioritized highly enough from our side since we already knew about it but thought it was very rare. Sorry about that - but now it should be fixed for good! Bug fixes

• The game should no longer get stuck on the end of day/customer progress screen.
• The game avatar should no longer randomly get stuck in the ground when a new day starts.
• Resources should no longer randomly fall through the workshop floor. Failsafe: Resources that somehow find their way past the game’s bounding boxes should now be teleported to the bed.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! Again, we want to say thank you for playing our game and giving us so much great feedback. We feel the passion and have our work cut out for us. We have been brewing our first update and are ready to share it with you. This will be our first content update post Early Access release. Our main focus was bug fixing and quality of life improvements - the biggest of which is key bindings! We also have some new crates that will help with the logistics around the workshop. Future updates, we will be adding more content as outlined in our first roadmap.

New Content

• Keybinding. Accessible from the in-game pause menu.
• Workstation: Sorter crate. The sorter crate has three outputs, each with a customizable filter so you can better sort your resources.
• Workstation: Rusher crate. The rusher crate functions as a normal crate, except it moves resources at four times the speed.
• Added more map markers in Old Woods to help with navigation.

Changes

• The Bottler workstation no longer throws empty bottles on the floor. An intentional design decision that we have gone back on. It just was not the fun kind of chaos we intended.
• We increased the interaction range. You can now interact with a workstation that is more than a tile away and on the other side of an adjacent workstation. This should make workstation management a lot more convenient.
• Removed coin cost from building workstations - increased coin unlock cost instead. Workstations costing coin when built and not being refunded when dismantled worked against one of our core tenets: Experimentation.
• Slightly changed the HUD so the Build Mode can be opened while outside the shop.
• Resources now no longer exist in a “limbo” state between two workstations.
• Swapped optimal ingredients for Vitality and Charisma mixtures.
• Right clicking while in workstation placement mode now takes you back into the build mode interface.
• Adv. Distiller now needs 3 mixtures to start production.
• Added various prompts to the game - like when exiting the game and dismantling workstations.
• Volumetric Fog now has its own setting.
• Made various changes to environments to make paths more obvious.
• Updated some workstation descriptions to make it clear how certain materials are made.
• Added a hotkey to toggle the quest tracker: Q
• Ingredients can no longer be cooked. This makes edibles more unique.
• Music breaks are now shorter.
• Fermenter and Flavorizer now go idle if they have a mixture but no resources.
• Customer level is now capped at 30.

Bug fixes

• You can now cook mushrooms in the kiln - just like other edibles.
• Picking up, rotating, and placing a workstation on the same tile should no longer break the workstation.
• Map markers now have their correct titles.
• Breaking connections should no longer break workstations.
• Trigging the “unlimited potions” bug should no longer be possible.
• Time should now stay consistent after multiple in-game days.
• You should now always be able to progress past the Daily Tally and Customer Leveling Screen.
• Customer quest rewards should now line up with the potions they demand.
• You can no longer roll under the pier south of the city gates.
• Valuables now have their fluff text displayed.
• Levitation and Brief Invulnerability potions and mixtures should now be named correctly.
• Tree stumps should no longer pop in and out of existence.
• Griselda now only asks for Haste Potions after you have unlocked Old Woods.
• Customers no longer make a secret stealth purchase when they reach the teleportal.
• New customer demands trigger immediately after finishing their quest.
• Workstation output resources should no longer get stuck in the air when the workstation is moved.
• Trees now reflect in the water.
• Removed some unfortunate resource spawn locations.
• Zen the wizard no longer gives Barb the druid’s quest.
• Certain un-implemented resources no longer prevent the game from saving.
• Bees should no longer follow some players forever.
• Repaired bridges should no longer go back to having broken map markers when some players go to bed.
• Mandrake sonic scream effect no longer lingers after the mandrake has been harvested.
• Wizard origin ability should now work on bridges.

As always, we invite you to join us on our Discord Channel where we are very active and can have more in-depth discussions. Thanks for playing!

Greetings Magical Mixers! Today, we are proud to share with you all a new goal we achieved: The Magical Mixture Mill won the Gold award for the PC Game | Indie category! The NYX Games Awards is an international competition that recognizes creativity and technical excellence in the Gaming Industry, and we had the chance to show our game to a talented jury made up of passionate industry veterans. With this message, we’d love to take the opportunity to kindly thank the jury of the NYX Games Awards and to thank all of you for keep supporting us and having fun! As always, please consider join our Discord server to celebrate this goal with the whole community, Let's walk this journey together! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/1ec1a6528726f314a42d9ec43d5ccffbda0ca9c6.jpg

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey Magical Mixers, We are finally ready to share with you part of our Roadmap for the Early Access journey! In these days we have collected all your valuable feedback, and this has helped us to plan our next steps to improve the overall experience in The Magical Mixture Mill. We will update the following roadmap in a couple of months to reflect changes and future plans. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/9db1b89cfd7efc9dc46030437c23980fb1cb87ab.jpg We are working hard to fix all bugs you reported and - after the hotfix patch we released a few days ago - we are working on the next update that will add some features, like keybindings, a new workstation, and hopefully fix more of the remaining issues. Then, we will focus on bringing you new content to enjoy. Please consider joining our Discord server to chat directly with us, share your suggestions and be part of our kind and welcoming community! PS: Sharing your favorite clips and screen captures on social media would help us a lot <3

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey Magical Mixers! First of all: Thanks for playing our game so much and for reporting so so so many bugs. We have just pushed an update where we attacked some of the worst and most urgent bugs and imbalances. Moving forward, we plan on doing monthly updates filled with a healthy mix of new content, bug fixes, balance tweaks, and quality-of-life improvements. Expect the new update within three weeks. Also, we are looking forward to sharing our roadmap with you soon’ish! Now, the following are all the changes made for this update.

Changes:

• Tweaked the drop count on various resources. Most importantly: doubled the amount of sticks being dropped by trees and gems now have a chance to drop from any mineral deposit - but worth less coin

• Changed the Ideal Ratio for most Tier 3 mixtures so they are actually achievable

• Made it more clear which features are not fully implemented yet (Tools and Workshop Expansion 4)

• FPS capped at 60 and Vsync on by default to reduce the GPU heating people were experiencing. This can be manually changed in the settings menu

• Fixed a bunch of spelling errors and outdated text

• Some resources should now be easier to hit

• Added “Saving…” text to the customer screen to indicate when saving is taking place

• Quest: Commercial Endeavors - Part 3 objective slightly changed to avoid an unrecoverable bug

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bunch of missing holes in the environment

• Fixed environment objects disappearing in Wilderness

• Made Hazel the rogue less picky

• Quest: Scaling Production - Part 4 should now properly trigger as long as you have one Extractor->Pipe->Bottler setup as intended

• Fixed a bunch of bugs that would be triggered by destroying certain resources

• You should now always be able to dismantle crates at the end of the tutorial

• Strawberry bushes should now spawn as intended

• The Mixing Mixtures page should now no longer overwrite itself when updated

• Unlocking more inventory space ACTUALLY costs coin now (sorry)

• Ability cooldowns now pause when game is paused

• Trees should no longer randomly reset to sprouts

• Swapped Brief Inv. Potion and Levitation Potion so they fit their mixture

• Mageroot is now the Optimal Ingredient for mana potions as intended

• Mushrooms now always disappear when you harvest them

• Magic Connection Paths should no longer randomly stop working

• Fixed the dialogue for Zambie the necromancer’s quest 5

• You can now start an import when you only have exactly the coin needed

• Quest tracker should now always show quests even though you aren’t tracking the main quest

• And a bunch of other minor stuff!

As always, we invite you to come join us on our Discord Channel where we are very active and can have more in-depth discussions. Thanks for playing!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey Magical Mixers, The first week of Early Access for The Magical Mixture Mill has passed and the first thing we want to say is… THANK YOU! Your support has been incredible and the feedback you are sharing with us here on Steam and via Discord is beyond helpful. We are hard at work fixing all the wonderful little bugs you have found for us, and we are preparing a roadmap to share our next plans with you. For this reason, we have prepared this short survey to gather some impressions from you all and know better which areas to focus on moving forward. Please keep sharing your experiences, suggestions, and feedback with us to make The Magical Mixture Mill better and better <3 Camilla {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/812977b2982a5f07e6f15f3b0b0c40a4aef79341.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hi Magical Mixers, With a lot of excitement we are happy to announce that The Magical Mixture Mill is out now in Early Access! The journey has just begun, and we can’t wait to see you make your first steps to bring the world-renowned ‘Griselda’s Magical Mixtures’ shop back to its former glory <3 Jump into a colorful world full of automated production lines, gather new ingredients, create exotic concoctions and maximize potion potency for your loyal (and demanding) customers!

ABOUT THE MAGICAL MIXTURE MILL

Any adventurer will tell you that Griselda’s Magical Mixtures is the go-to shop for travelers and heroes in search of performance-enhancing concoctions, be it to obtain mighty strength, incredible intelligence, enviable beauty or... less heroic needs. Griselda, an elderly mushroom-loving witch, has always run the business with great dedication, but time has taken its toll, and it's time to train someone who can replace her. In short, her knowledge must be handed down, and YOU - a former adventurer whose career was cut short by mixture intolerance - will be the perfect candidate!

• Accessible, automated potion brewing - Create fully automated production pipelines from a varied catalog of workstations to produce potions. Balance liquid ratio, maximize potency, pick the right ingredients, balance flavors and pour it all on the fanciest bottle you can craft to create the potion!
• A Vibrant, Cozy, and Colorful world! - A mix of colorful illustration designs with a pinch of cheeky classic fantasy humor but still an alchemically-cozy experience. Different environments to explore and gather your ingredients. But be careful! Some flora and fauna will fight back…
• Happy customers always come back! - Not all heroes want the same potions, so take your time to get to know your customers. As they level up, their demand for stronger and more advanced mixtures grows, turning them into very loyal customers - and turning your pockets heavy with coins!

SPECIAL OFFER

The Magical Mixture Mill is out on Steam Early Access today for £17.99/€19.99/$19.99 with a limited time 20% launch discount! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1883800/The_Magical_Mixture_Mill We can’t wait to hear your feedback and opinion about The Magical Mixture Mill, so join our Discord server if you want to share your experience with us! Let’s start this new journey together <3

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hi Magical Mixers, After careful consideration, we have decided that the Early Access version of The Magical Mixture Mill will be available in English only. We are anticipating community feedback may require more new text and edits than we originally imagined and this decision is taken to ensure the quality of the localization, both in terms of text and integration into the game experience. Plus, working in English during EA should help our small team streamline the processes and smooth the way to 1.0. More languages will be added at a later stage and many of you will be able to experience The Magical Mixture Mill in your native language for its full release! The good news is that - as a thank you for your support over the last few months - we've decided to offer a 20% launch discount! We can't wait to hear you knock on the door of Griselda's shop on the 5th of April <3

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey, magical mixers! Firstly, we really want to thank you for playing our demo, joining our discord and giving us valuable feedback on our game. Your support and suggestions motivate and help us make the right decisions so we can turn The Magical Mixture Mill into the best game it can be. Today we have a special announcement… We will be releasing it into Early Access on April 5th and we are super excited! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/15bc5333e5b8ffb81b4a2a0a3ca724889282c25c.png It is a very special, fuzzy feeling to see a vision come to life. The original idea for The Magical Mixture Mill was sparked four years ago. It started as simply “Hey! Wouldn’t a potion brewing automation game be cool?” but the idea slowly evolved and crystalized as the years went on. We set out to make an automation game that was approachable and easy to pick up while still challenging you, the player. Easy to learn, hard to master. You know the deal. Our main inspirations were Factorio and Stardew Valley; borrowing some ingredients from both while also adding our own special sauce. Oh yeah, and we also wanted everything to be a bit weird since…well, there are a lot of magical mushrooms and mind altering brews in our game after all! Making a game is a huge undertaking. Especially so when you are a small team like us. Glowlight consists of two programmers and two artists - each with our own specialisations and focuses. Being just the four of us, our biggest limitations are time and mental bandwidth. That means that getting a good idea is the easiest part - executing it within time is the real challenge. Especially since testing new features is so vital but can be quite time consuming depending on the feature. And, for some insane reason, we decided to make a game with a lot of overlapping systems that all need tweaking and calibration before they come together to create something bigger. This is the main reason we decided to release our game in an Early Access state: to get feedback and to help iron out the kinks. We are NOT releasing into Early Access to get an early revenue to fund the rest of the game. Our funding is secured and the game will reach a 1.0 state - unless a big meteor hits earth or something, in which case I am sure you can forgive us. So, as we work towards our full version over the next many months, our goal is to gather a dedicated player base that will help us test our features and give us the feedback we need to improve them. That’s where you come in! Our core systems are already in the game and we only plan on adding minor features going forward. The main focus will be split between bug fixing, core system tweaking and content. Stability and critical bugs are our top priorities. In terms of content, we want to make more biomes, more ingredients, more workstations, more quests and - of course - more hats. So yeah! We will keep you all updated as much as possible and will answer any questions and discuss any feature with you all. We are happy to have you along for the ride and promise to do our best work! See you on April 5th!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hey Magical Mixers, Do you know what can make your ingredients even better? Rain! And what about cute pets following you while potioning around? Your support and feedback on the demo have been very helpful and many things have been added to our Road Map already, following your suggestions. Early Access is around the corner, and we'd love to do so much more! We have set some wishlist goals that we would like to achieve to add some fun additional features to the game. These features were not in the initial scope of the project but we believe getting enough wishlists will give us the confidence to stretch our effort a little and add them on top of our Early Access pipeline! Let's see them in detail: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/98203a4ca7c9d6789991729a4b164ba485aed47f.png

• 10.000 Wishlist: We are so close! We’ll implement Environmental Weather effects. Rainy days are great to brew indoors by the warmth of the stills and the next day you’ll notice how vegetation seems to bloom. Time to pick up more resources!

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• 18.000 Wishlist: We’ll offer pets! Some sort of jolly critter to accompany you on your harvesting trips. Can it be a dragon?? Absolutely not, don’t be ridiculous! It shall be small creatures or ethereal presences. But we’ll also offer a 10% launch discount on Steam!

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• 25.000 Wishlist: You’ll get the weather effects, pets plus… plus… FISHING! We’ll add a fishing dynamic that will allow you to get some savory ingredients for the more elaborate potions. Mmmhh… it’s an acquired taste! And we’ll top it with a 20% launch discount on Steam.

So, would you help Griselda put The Magical Mixture Mill back on it's feet and better than ever!? Click on "Add to your Wishlist" and spread the word! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1883800/The_Magical_Mixture_Mill/ Your support will always be the secret ingredient in our special recipe <3

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif To celebrate our participation in the Steam Next Fest we have scheduled a new broadcast that you'll able to watch throughout our Steam page during the event. GamerZakh will be the voice behind this The Magical Mixture Mill demo playthrough, who has kindly allowed us to use its content for the festival! If you want to share your experience with us remember to join our Discord server or open a discussion on our Steam page to share your feedback and suggestion. Thanks for your support!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43157888/4811a6b4a879364b85db879e7e3966bf5264f10b.gif Hi Magical Mixers! Thanks to your feedback in the past few days the dev team was able to spot some bugs and start working on improving the in-game experience. The demo is now updated with the following adjustments:

• The game now has a smoother camera
• The game has Vsync enabled by default. This will be a setting in the EA release.
• Daily quest requirements were tweaked
• The XP that customers need to level up has been reduced
• All workstation unlock costs have been reduced
• You can now open the map by pressing M
• Quest and help text have been tweaked
• Some missing icons and portraits were fixed
• There is now a slight auto-targeting feature to make gathering smoother
• The pick special ability is now stronger
• Outskirts now has ambience sound and all sound level have been tweaked
• All potion prices have been tweaked so they now make more sense
• Fixed a couple of dozen bugs.

Remember that your feedback is the secret ingredient to The Magical Mixture Mill recipe, so we're waiting for you in our Discord channel to hear your suggestions!