Early Access .8007

--- Features ---

- Drag/Drop monsters in party to reorder them

- The hotbar can now be moved up in settings

--- Other Changes ---

- Key rebinds save online now and other settings that were missing

- Quest items no longer get destroyed if on the map

- Tree seeds can no longer be planted in the mines

- Monsters can no longer trigger the teleporter

- Tutorial hints added at start

- Some text sizes increased for readability

- Tools missing now checks other inventory items in the farm besides chests

- For new games, south and east buttons automatically chosen based on controller being used

- Tablet VS screen with raiders fixed for out of bounds

- Tablet Hotbar scale decreased

- Dotbot and Lumibot added evolutions duel path

- Hovering over item in inventory now show if upgraded

--- Bugs ---

- Monster renaming themselves on evolution to base name

- Settings not loading in on cloud load

- Auto-work by holding down being unreliable

- Swapping control while player sitting causing graphical issues

- Some areas with black maps when zoomed all the way out fixed

- Dying while monster is in control and in another map causing void

- Loading farm trees and rocks in from previous update

- Issue soft-locking battles while in mines

- Cutscenes that call out monsters issue when you don't have any with you

- Random mine levels will soft lock sometimes when entering

Dear friend,

I recorded myself giving a gameplay walkthrough for The Merry Fairy. I am quite camera shy and way out of my comfort zone, but I hope you will enjoy creating a journal spread with me. If what you watch feels cozy and nice, I hope you will try The Merry Fairy Demo and don't forget to wishlist!

Thank you!

Hello everyone, Nick here. It's been almost two months since we released The Ghost of Alcantra. A huge thank you to everyone who has read our work so far. Your positive feedback has been heartwarming to see. 

This weekend is actually a special one for us. In our hometown of Houghton Michigan, it is Bridge Fest, which was the direct inspiration for the Summer Festival used in The Ghost of Alcantra. In fact, the background images used during the first scene were all taken during Bridge Fest. 

To celebrate, we have a content update for you all! The Ghost of Alcantra now has a replay feature. Now, every time the date changes in game, it unlocks that scene in the Replay Library. Unfortunately, this will not work retroactively, so scenes witnessed before the update will need to be viewed again before unlocking. We also addressed some minor script errors while we were at it. 

Until next time,

Nick

P.S. We at ACatBox Productions have started work on our next Visual Novel! We have big things planned for this one. I won’t get into the details here, as we are still in the script revision/ directorial comment stage. However, we will hopefully have more details to show sometime in the near future. Follow us on our socials for future updates!

🧩 1899: Secrets of the Maze v0.1.4.3 Update is Live!

🎯 Highlights:

🌐 Font Fixes for Asian Languages
Font issues in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean have been fixed.
However, some UI elements — especially those showing Q (Examine) and E (Use) prompts — may still display incorrectly.
No font problems were found in story-related notes. All tested both in the editor and on Steam builds.

💾 Autosave System Added
The game now features an autosave system. Reaching certain coordinates will trigger automatic saving, helping players avoid major progress loss after unexpected deaths.

🛠️ Steam DRM Issue Resolved
An issue caused by Steam DRM that prevented the game from launching correctly for some users has been fixed.

🚪 Quit Button Exit Bug Fixed
An issue that caused problems when exiting the game via the Quit button has been resolved. The game now exits cleanly.

🔮 Coming Soon in v0.1.4.4:

🧧 Story-Linked Items Will Gain Unique Abilities
Certain key items tied to the story will receive special functions — similar to the lantern mechanic.
These items include:

🪓 Axe

🔪 Knife

🔥 Lighter

🎒 Inventory Balance & Lantern Limitation

The number of excessive inventory items will be reduced.

Lantern fuel will now be limited to a maximum of 3.
This change is being made because the lantern currently acts as an extremely powerful defensive tool.
With it, you can survive even if 40 zombies attack you at once — and this will now be rebalanced.

🧟‍♂️ Increased Zombie Density

The number of zombies will be increased between coordinates A1 and A9-9, making those areas more challenging and intense.

🧍‍♂️ NPC Count & Placement Adjustments

NPC count will be increased between coordinates E9-9 and E1.

Their positions will be strategically reorganized.

Some NPCs will become immune to bullets, encouraging players to explore alternative strategies.

🪓 New Special Function for the Axe
To deal with bullet-immune NPCs, the axe will gain a unique effect or interaction mechanic.
This will give players new tactical options during encounters.

🌴 The Jungle Escape Event is about to end on June 18th at 7AM UTC! 😱

🏆 Collect as many Jungle Escape Event Rings as you can and use all your Jungle Escape Entry Keys before the event is over! After that, your Jungle Escape Entry Keys will be unusable. ⏳

-Your Governor of Poker 3 Team

1. After unlocked talent \[Card Vendor]，prices will be shown on buttons

2. Added confirmation prompt when discarding Karma Cards

3. NPC Gift exchange now available at Game Room

4. Added \[E] shortcut key for instant scratch ticket

1.Significantly tuned down NPC difficulty in Luck Mode (Normal Mode unchanged)

2.Reduced item requirements for "Trash to Treasure" quest

3. Reduced item requirements for "Old Fridge" quest

1.Fixed numerical alteration bug when using \[Four suits] Karma Card

2.Patched value-changing glitch with \[Crimson suits] Karma Card

3.Resolved stat corruption issue on \[Ebony suits] Karma Card activation

4.Fix crash bug in the money battle.

5.Optimized Unstuck feature.

6.Corrected progression blocker in "Five Consecutive Victories" quest

7.Prevented repeat acceptance of completed "Feline Linguistics" quest

8.Repaired dialogue silence bug with Amo at Old Rain Alley

9.Rectified miscellaneous text description errors

10.Collision adjustments - bike pathing at Old Rain Alley shops no longer blocks doors

11.Fixed price display error when purchasing from beverage carts over-shoulder

- speedup weapon holsters so switching weapons is now quicker

- client reload animation workaround when reloading at higher pings

- shorter bomb plant teleport range

- performance adjustments to meat materials

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PATCH NOTES - VERSION 0.0.0.104
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OVERVIEW
- Balance Changes
- Other Changes

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BALANCE CHANGES
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Psy Crab
- Removed from main menu
- Replaced with Sardines in a Can

Ant
- Is less aggressive when targeting Piggy Banks

Salt Cannon
- Lowered HP from 80 to 60

Bumbler
- Increased attack from 5 to 10

Garl-ICBM
- Increased HP from 2 to 4

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OTHER CHANGES
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- Reformatted the layout of main menu units
- Updated mode select menu

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Hi Maplers,

We will be performing an unscheduled server maintenance starting on Saturday Afternoon PDT, June 14, 2025 to address the Sia Astelle Erda Link issues.

Maintenance will be starting on Saturday Afternoon PST, June 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM PDT (4:00 PM EDT / 10:00 PM CEST / 6:00 AM AEST June 15) . We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 4 hours, concluding around 5:00 PM PDT (8:00 PM EDT / 2:00 AM CEST June 15 / 10:00 AM AEST June 15).

Times:

Saturday, June 14, 2025
PDT (UTC -7): 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
EDT (UTC -4): 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CEST (UTC +2): 10:00 PM - 2:00 AM June 15
AEST (UTC +10): 6:00 AM June 15 - 10:00 AM June 15

What will be unavailable:

• All MapleStory game servers.

Changes and Updates:

• Resolved an issue where the Erda Link nodes of Sia Astelle were intermittently being reset.