Hello everyone!

My new game is now out from Early Access! While it is a different type of game from Lakeview Valley, it still continues the story from Valley and evolves on its characters. This time without a single written word...

Check it out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1291790/Lakeview_Cabin_2/

The Lakeview-universe is expanding! A sequel to Lakeview Cabin Collection is releasing on Halloween 2023!

It has four Episodes, all currently out on Early Access, with a sweet discount to entice you!
The full release is planned for October 2023, so now is a good time to get your input in!
Or just add it to your ever expanding wishlist! That helps me too more than you might think.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1291790/Lakeview_Cabin_2/


I'm trying to not repeat my mistakes from the development of Lakeview Valley, so I'm trying not to rush things. So I'm currently moving onto a serious polishing state, so if you're interested in helping me with that, getting the game and letting me know of bugs (and you know there are bugs... It's me after all...) would be TREMENDOUS HELP! I'm only one man, I'm too little butter on a too big of a bread.

Yours forever and always,
Roope

Hello!

Little patch for the weekend! I have to admit that I've been working on Lakeview Cabin 2 a lot this week and Valley has taken a step back. That, and I also finally build a pc and I've been slaying some demons... Been good for the mental health during these damned times. I hope everyone's doing well despite all of the stuff that's happening. Because hearing it from a random lone game developer is totally what you need...

Anyway, I still got some bugs squashed, here's the biggest ones:

• Increased “Pogo's” reach
  
• Tried a little fix for the black screen in cutscenes, they might load a bit longer now but at least they LOAD…
  
• Made sure the Preacher knows if you’re lying about being violent
  
• Tried a little fix for that one specific butterfly ruining your hobbies with other butterflies
  
• Sheriff shouldn’t stay clapping anymore
  
• Changed some lines in the Russian translation

Hello everyone! Sorry for taking so long with a new patch, but I've been working on the translations, along with some of the nicest people I have ever had the privileged of working with!

But a few bug fixes did find their way into this patch too! Here's everything that was changed:

v1.25

• Added Russian language
  
• Added Chinese language (Still needs some work, but it’s already better than nothing!)
  
• Fixed background and fading issues with some cutscenes
  
• Fixed the cutscene where only your nose was showing
  
• Fixed an issue wtih the “sauna challenge” not activating as it should
  
• Tried another little fix for the butterflies staying on till the next day
  
• Fixed a problem with transitioning from the southern beach area to the town area that allowed you to travel out of map bounds
  
• Escaping BumBum through lake should not lower your popularity anymore

v1.24
A little patch for the weekend! Small list but big fixes!

• Fixed problem with some flowers not growing properly
  
• Fixed the wings appearing ripped after bringing a new butterfly to the table
  
• Hopefully the state of the flowers will now save properly
  
• Added a new cheat “allmyseeds” which gives you 99 units of each seed
  
• Fixed the transition from Stuarts house north that caused some players to glitch out of the map
  

Hello everyone. I was down with the flu (still am) and wasn't able to get a patch up sooner. But here it is now, more fixes coming later this week!

List of changes:

• Fixed the muscle sore problem. It was actually giving you more stamina… (This is why, when someone asks me what I do for living, I still kinda cringe when I have to say I’m a game developer…)
  
• Fixed another muscle sore problem regarding the big flies
  
• Tried a little fix for the butterfly stuff not saving properly
  
• Fixed Donna’s butterfly
  
• Made sure the whole wing collection is visible…
  
• You can now find the jar and mug in the town, so you won’t lose them if you “travel” without them. They still might not be around on older saves.
  
• Fixed the butterflies staying during daylight
  
• Fixed some more stuff in that secret place that nobody seems to be talking about
  
• Tried a little fix for the underwater distortion staying on screen if you wait until midnight underwater
  
• Made sure the good doctor has his dialogue during _the_ rampage
  
• Fixed some portrait issues

Ooookkay here's some more fixes. Feeling a bit hungover but I had to get these done today. I'll be back with more fixes tomorrow!

v1.2

• Made muscle soreness go away by sleeping
  
• Fixed the villagers spawning from the bottom of the map… Embarrassing bug, sorry!
  
• Fixed the mailbox not giving necessary items
  
• Made the “pogo” killable
  
• Reduced the amount of days some flowers need to grow

This is not all the stuff that has changed but here's the big ones:

• Added flowers that you can grow
  
• Added alcohol into the game
  
• Made time skipping faster
  
• Made the doll into an item you do NOT want to find. Now it randomly changes places, but with a bit of investigation you can determine where it is.
  
• Fixed the “ineedmytools” cheat screwing up the cheat input
  
• Fixed the stalls and the npcs not working properly on the second Sunday
  
• Fixed Frank only warning you about collecting the sauna rocks, now he will attack after the first warning
  
• Fixed the “gym” not giving stamina
  
• Buffed the zombies a bit, but I think I need to completely rework how they behave in the future…
  
• Fixed your seed and flower collection not depleting correctly when used
  
• Changed all the status effects you get from drinking or smoking flowers
  
• Tried a little fix for the issue that caused the Sheriff or the Doctor to not appear at the hospital, causing the game to soft lock

Hey all. I just updated the game. Lots of new stuff. More bug fixes coming soon. Sorry I don't have time to explain. I'm just slightly impaired, and I'll probably regret this "news" in the morning. I'll be back after the weekend with a better explanation on what has been changed. Maybe we can just pretend this is some elaborate PR thing to appear more mysterious.

Sorry!
I love you all!
Roope

Hello everyone! Some good news and some bad news! I've talked about this on the Lakeview Discord, but I thought I'd write something here too. Good news is that it's the holidays and we're soon moving to a bigger apartment. Bad news is that it's the holidays and we're soon moving to a bigger apartment, which means that I haven't been able to work on the game as much as I have wanted. I know I promised the big update before Christmas, but life got in the way... I'm so sorry for not being able to deliver that...
Buuuut I decided to upload a Beta for everything I've been working on for Lakeview Valley, which you can access from the games properties. A lot of the new stuff is still WIP, but there's some improved stuff to the base game (or at least I hope they're an improvement) so I feel like it's a nice patch in it's own. I'm just so sorry I wasn't able to get everything done I wanted. But now I need to take a breather and focus on the other stuff for a moment.
I hope you all have great holidays! I'll be back full-force in January!


For now, here's all the stuff that has been changed in the beta:

• Added flower-planting
  
• Added a pipe to smoke the flowers out of (status effects are not hooked up yet so it doesn’t do much)
  
• Added a teamug to drink some flower-tea out of (same issues as the pipe)
  
• Added a mailbox so you can receive letters, and maybe a gift or two
  
• Added butterflies
  
• Added more stuff to that trash thing
  
• Added more stuff to that big thing
  
• Added more stuff to that thing that scares the crows (this is very unfinished)
  
• Nerfed all the melee weapons
  
• The villagers will now get a bit stronger and faster every time you “travel”
  
• Added new stat “Base damage”, which affects how much damage you do (duh).
  
• Added new stat “Metabolism”, which affects how quickly you need to eat after gaining stamina.
  
• Added new stat “Sauna Skill”, which affects how much heat you can take in a sauna
  
• Added new stat “Mojo”, which affects how well you perform during THAT minigame
  
• Added new stat “Blood thickness”, which reduces the amount you bleed from wounds.
  
• Added new stat “Luck”, which affects how easily you find seeds with the shovel
  
• Another fix for the speed boost staying into the next day
  
• The doors at the town won’t lock anymore. It’s easier on the players this way, and nothing bad ever happens at the Valley so why would they lock them anyway…
  
• Extended the overworld theme, even though I believe a shorter loop makes people more murderous…
  
• Added a mute button for the overworld music in the pause menu
  
• The “murder-theme” will now play when near any corpse, instead of only when near the bus accident victim
  
• Added a thermometer to the sauna, which will show just how hot it is. Taking a good sauna will increase your metabolism stat.
  
• Tried to optimize the beach area so it will load faster (this was happening because of the stage updating the pathfinder map every time you entered the area, it might still happen since it’s required, but not as often.)
  
• Getting killed by the Sheriff won’t immediately subtract from your popularity points
  
• Changed the “ineedmytools” cheat to give you only tools
  
• Added cheat “greenthumb” to give you all gardening items
  
• Added cheat “imhangry” to give you some food items
  
• Added cheat “dontlookatme” to give you all the masks and Amy’s face
  
• Added cheat “eenymeeny” to give you a selection of weapons
  
• Added cheat “thatstuff” to give you misc. items that didn’t fit into the other item cheats
  
• Added cheat “movethatbus” that gives you all the furniture (in white color)