Fixed some bugs in the DLC and base game:
- Fixed Sundae Potion breaking clothing upon save and reload
- Fixed achievement for getting all animals not activating (DLC not required to get achievement)
- Fixed rubber duckie neat thing starting in the wrong place
- Fixed dog statue neat thing missing first step
- Fixed Arcade game default volume being too high and volume sliders not working
- Fixed mermaid music boundaries
- Various little visual and performance fixes

Hi, Calico fans!

We have something special to share today! A new DLC, Calico - Neat Things, is now available to play! The Neat Things DLC introduces new quests, a new character, new mini-games, and, of course, cuddly new friends to invite to your café!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3298220/Calico__Neat_Things_DLC/

Here's what you can expect in Calico - Neat Things:

New Quest — Neat Things Scavenger Hunt:
Your beloved aunt has a mission for you that takes you across the whole island in search of some really neat things!

New Area and NPC — Mermaid’s Cove:
Visit Clover Cove to uncover a new area, and meet a mythical new friend — Nahla the Mermaid!

New Animal Companions:
Become best buds with new cuddly friends, including a mischievous raccoon, a smiley axolotl, a playful elephant, a loveable golden retriever, and, of course, a very familiar cat!

Two New Mini-Games:
The Cutie City arcade has two new activities to enjoy, so be sure to pay it a visit!

New Café Decorations:
Create your dream aquatic-themed café with furniture!

And More to Discover:
Have a wander around the island and explore the world around you to uncover some fun new interactions, such as playing in piles of fallen leaves, making a wish on dandelions that have gone to seed, and more!


Calico - Neat Things is now available on Steam for $4.99, or as part of the Calico Complete bundle, which includes both the base game and the DLC.

We hope you enjoy all the new content to come to Calico!

• Fixed designs not being unlocked in clothing designer
  
• Fixed animals regaining hats after removing hat and reloading the game
  
• Fixed not being able to select some design sliders with controller
  
• Fixed bug with Owl Club quest that caused player to become stuck
  
• Fixed update popup not closing when button is pressed
  
• Fixed owl and chicken making crow sounds
  
• Fixed one of the clothing tops being unobtainable, now available in clothing store
  
• Fixed spoon catapults not working in some recipes
  
• Fixed bagel stretching taking much longer than intended when fps is high
  
• Fixed scritches minigame being uncontrollable when you have an animal on your head
  
• Fixed crashes that happen on Switch and some computers
  
• Made cat scritches indicator easier to see on low graphics settings
  
• Added keyboard controls to new color picker
  
• Fixed boba balloon being able to get stuck in cups

There were some urgent bugs to fix, so they took priority over the mac version. The mac version is still being worked on and once it's done it will release with all the fixes included

Feature Updates

• Added over 25 new cooking minigames!
  
• Added sales bonuses based on minigame speed and score
  
• Added new animals! (Owl, Cow, Goat, Opossum, Chicken, Alpaca, Sheep)
  
• Added ability to customize wallpaper and floor of café
  
• Added new "Outline Potion" rewarded by Prism Break Quest (if you previously finished this quest it will appear in your inventory)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed player getting stuck in swimming animation
  
• Fixed falling through the ground while dismounting birds
  
• Fixed inventory preview of some garden furniture
  
• Fixed some animals appearing to sink into the ground
  
• Fixed some cases where animal physics and petting were configured wrong
  
• Fixed issues with teleporting or entering furniture mode while player was in a chair or bed
  

Miscellaneous

• Improved graphics and new outlines
  
• Added setting for automatic camera rotation
  
• New improved UI for character creator
  
• Improved furniture mover selection, and the ability to place furniture on top of other furniture
  
• Improved player movement and jumping
  
• New, improved sound effects, and rebalanced sound effect volume
  
• Character creator now closes faster if you don't change skin or face texture
  
• Renaming animals no longer reloads entire animal journal
  
• New redesigned café kitchen
  
• Added new grass
  
• Animals now run faster
  
• Improved textures for some animals
  
• Made all menus compatible with mouse clicking
  
• Improved button prompt images when playing with an Xbox controller
  
• Improved performance

Whether you've been away from the café for awhile or you've yet to stop by, now is the purr-fect time to pounce on Calico. With new animals to befriend, new cooking minigames to play and more, this fresh-baked free update is sure to be a treat!

If you'd like to hear more about what's new, the full patch notes can be found below.

• Added over 25 new cooking minigames!
  
• Added sales bonuses based on minigame speed and score
  
• Added new animals! (Owl, Cow, Goat, Opossum, Chicken, Alpaca, Sheep)
  
• Added ability to customize wallpaper and floor of café
  
• Added new "Outline Potion" rewarded by Prism Break Quest (if you previously finished this quest it will appear in your inventory)

• Fixed player getting stuck in swimming animation
  
• Fixed falling through the ground while dismounting birds
  
• Fixed inventory preview of some garden furniture
  
• Fixed some animals appearing to sink into the ground
  
• Fixed some cases where animal physics and petting were configured wrong
  
• Fixed issues with teleporting or entering furniture mode while player was in a chair or bed

• Improved graphics and new outlines
  
• Added setting for automatic camera rotation
  
• New improved UI for character creator
  
• Improved furniture mover selection, and the ability to place furniture on top of other furniture
  
• Improved player movement and jumping
  
• New, improved sound effects, and rebalanced sound effect volume
  
• Character creator now closes faster if you don't change skin or face texture
  
• Renaming animals no longer reloads entire animal journal
  
• New redesigned café kitchen
  
• Added new grass
  
• Animals now run faster
  
• Improved textures for some animals
  
• Made all menus compatible with mouse clicking
  
• Improved button prompt images when playing with an Xbox controller
  
• Improved performance

Hello Calico pals! We're really excited to be working with Makeship to bring you a Pudgems plushie! You have 17 days to preorder Pudgems, and if we hit the goal they'll be made!




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Keep a lookout for more announcements about a huge update coming up in the summer! We've been working very hard to add more polish, more gameplay, and more animals! Thank you as always for supporting us. 💖

- Kells

Hey Calico friends!

The Steam Awards has opened its nominations for this year! Since we launched in December of last year, we qualify for this years awards! We would love love love if you would nominate us for their "Sit Back and Relax" category, which celebrates cozy and calming games! If Calico made you feel cozy, or helped you destress, please consider nominating us. 💖

We're in the middle of working on a big update to expand the gameplay! but in the meantime, we wanted to give you this smaller update with a bunch of bug fixes and quality of life improvements. Enjoy!

• Added Korean and Latin America Spanish localization
  
• Added unique icons for every animal in the animal journal
  
• Fixed NPCs getting stuck in some situations and made NPC movement smoother
  
• Fixed stores selling clothes, potions, toys, and recipes that the player already owns
  
• Fixed animals getting stuck falling on furniture
  
• Fixed Freya running to the wrong place when owl club quest starts
  
• Fixed credit sequence getting stuck sometimes, and improved credit sequence route
  
• Fixed autosave saving while player is in food minigame
  
• Fixed duplicate dialogue response options
  
• Fixed birds being unable to land if they were too close to the ground, and made it so player can dismount birds while flying
  
• Fixed bug that caused NPCs not to follow their schedules sometimes
  
• Fixed UI not updating the day of the week name
  
• Fixed bug that made it so player couldn't enter furniture mode sometimes
  
• Fixed money display getting stuck at 1,000 sometimes
  
• Fixed Broomstick getting stuck when following player, and fixed broomstick getting stuck at an angle when respawning
  
• Fixed "Succulent Chair" not actually being a chair
  
• Fixed small animals stored on big animals floating away
  
• Fixed position of small animals put on capybara heads
  
• Fixed animals pushing you back when you remove them from your head
  
• Fixed cafe music vocals being cut off when they weren't supposed to, and increased frequency of when vocals play
  
• Fixed item previews of pangolin and witch toys
  
• Fixed large animals not being mountable after removing float potion effect
  
• Made "Hide UI" also include button prompts and quest log
  
• Made credit sequence repeatable after saving and reloading game
  
• Made furniture bounce to indicate when it's selected
  
• Made it so that multiple carpets overlapping won't cause graphical glitching
  
• Made it easier to reach animals with the unfloat potion
  
• Made remote control toy change speed depending on size of animal chasing it
  
• Removed turning animation delay from player movement for better control
  
• Added sitting direction indicator to chairs that needed it
  
• Gave names to unnamed animals, only applies to new save files. Crow:Inkwell, Raven:Poe, Rabbit:Harvey, Snow Dog:Marshmallow, Snowy Deer:Tap Dancer, Arctic Fox:Sugar, Raccoon:Trash King, Pigeon:Flappy, Piggles 2:Wiggles, Piggles 3:Jiggles, Boar:Country Oinks, Deer:Dear, Fox:Focsimile, Black Cat:Unfamiliar
  
• Made Tiny tinier

(Mac version will be ready as soon as we can get it!)

More news on the gameplay update in the coming months~

A few issues arose with the customization update and loading old saves, causing all of the controls displaying as "Mount", and the menus not working. This patch should fix that problem, and the problem with creating multiple new games.

Let us know if you still experience these issues!

A big expansion to clothing and furniture customization, along with autosaving and some bug fixes!

• Added autosaving every 5 minutes or when you enter furniture mode. It alternates between 2 autosave slots that you can select from the load menu
  
• Added color presets to character customization to save your favorite colors
  
• Added design option to clothing. Allows you to select a design and control the pattern. Designs are unlocked from meeting the townsfolk, finding animals, and buying recipes and items
  
• Added color gradient option to clothing. Allows you to select two colors, and set gradient size, direction, and position
  
• Added furniture color customization. All copies of furniture share colors (All "Cute Chair" will share colors). Currently only works with untextured furniture (not things like the plants and trees)
  
• Added the ability to choose from several running animations
  
• Greatly reduced the time it takes to launch the game to the main menu
  
• Added German and Brazilian Portuguese to language options
  
• Made it easier to talk to a specific NPC when 2 are standing next to each other
  
• Made jeans texture grey instead of blue for better color customization
  
• Made item previews in store, inventory, and character creator stay fully lit even at night
  
• Fixed dialogue sounds that were broken by the previous update
  
• Fixed the outline of the player showing on top of the outline of their clothes
  
• Finally fixed the item names of the Crown and Sailor Hat
  
• Fixed a freeze that was sometimes caused by opening the clothing store

Preview trailer

6/22 Edit: Added a few more fixes

• Fixed localization UI problems
  
• Made Owl Club members teleport into their position when player arrives to avoid waiting and possible bugs
  
• Added saving animal hats and the hat's customization
  
• Fixed animals sometimes continuing to walk while you are trying to petting them