Hey ranchers! We’ve got some development updates to share with you :slimeamazed:

As you know, the next big Slime Rancher update will take you to the underwater lab of Viktor Humphries! We have jam-packed this update with some incredible new stuff and are aiming to release it this summer. Here's a in-development preview of what’s coming next for Slime Rancher!



Viktor's Slime-ulations
Join Viktor Humphries and test his simulated reality of the Far, Far Range. Well, a work-in-progress version anyway. You see, his work is hitting a wall because of the numerous bugs in the code as well as an unusual phenomenon: glitches that take the form of... slimes?


Glitch Slimes
Glitch slimes have been discovered living inside Viktor's Slimeulations and it's up to you to help him capture, quarantine, and research them before they spread! But it won’t be easy! Glitch slimes can be difficult to find as they are often hiding in plain sight, pretending to be regular slimes or real objects that were definitely there before... nothing to see here just a regular tree in its regular spot and not out of place.



Use Viktor's patented debug spray to reveal hidden glitch slimes and vac them up before they disappear! Be extra careful while exploring: taking damage could give those tricky glitch slimes a chance to wiggle out of your tank!

The Slimeulation is still full of bugs and will begin to degrade over time. Collect as many glitch slimes as you can before the corruption starts to spread. When the exit portal opens, make a break for it before things get out of control and escape the simulation safely!

Glitch slimes will turn into bug reports after you leave the Slimeulation. Turn in your collection of bug reports for some cutting-edge ranch tech designed by Viktor himself.





New Gadgets
It wouldn't be a very science-y update without new slime science gadgets! Viktor's update will include a smattering of fun and useful (and questionably useful) gadgets. Here are just a few of the gadgets Viktor has been working on:

Advanced Drones
These new-and-improved drones can handle not one, but TWO programs! Talk about advanced! Set a primary AND a secondary task to keep these busy bees busy while you’re busy being breezy.

Portable Water Tap
Water taps are a small, placeable water source that can be used to refill your tank if there aren’t ponds nearby.

Chicken Cloner
This is an experimental gadget constructed by one of Viktor’s scientific peers and, when it works, it creates a perfect clone of any chicken. When it doesn’t, well, that’s a data point at least!



The Decorizer
We’re adding a brand new storage device that will be unlocked via the 7Zee Rewards Club as a mid-tier reward. It allows you to store, clean up, and manage decorative ranch items (ornaments, echoes, etc.) with the press of a button!



Viktor's Experimental Update is shaping up to be a pretty big update and there's even more packed into it that we will be revealing soon! :slimehappy:



We’re developing some paid cosmetic DLC that will allow you to reskin every slime into an awesome, exotic form! Current designs include angelic phosphor slimes, tiger tabbies, and lilly pad puddle slimes. It even applies to largo forms!



We decided to do this DLC after reaching out to the community and discovering many of you would be interested in supporting us beyond the base game. This DLC is totally optional, and purely cosmetic, so if it’s not a fit for you, we’ll still have plenty of other surprises down the road.


That's it for now! Until next time, stay wiggly!

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We are beyond grateful of all the overwhelming love and support from our incredible community of ranchers!

Thank you from all of us here at Monomi Park <3

Celebrate the Season with Slime Rancher's Wiggly Wonderland!

Wiggly Wonderland is back this year and with it comes a new festive event to celebrate the end of another year on the Far, Far Range. Starting December 18, ranchers will receive daily visits from the mysterious “twinkle slime.”

Few ranchers have ever even glimpsed a twinkle slime, with most believing it to be a legend, but those that have know it's real! Some believe that if you find a twinkle slime it will leave you with a gift to collect.



The twinkle slime will appear somewhere on the Far, Far Range once per day between Dec 18 - Dec 30 (based on your local time). Follow the music to find the twinkle slime and collect its parting gift.

We’ll be posting hints on where the twinkle slime has been spotted, so check our Twitter (@MonomiPark) around 9AM PT throughout the event for a hint on each day’s location!




Last year’s Wiggly Wonderland was a blast and we’re excited to bring back another holiday giveaway for you to join!

Share your holiday adventures by tweeting us, posting on Instagram, or sharing on Facebook using #WigglyWonderland for a chance to win a Slime Rancher-themed ASTRO A40 headset!



As with last year, you can post as many times as you’d like throughout the event! So GIF, screenshot, and capture our hearts with your holiday spirit!!

Winner will be selected January 4th and will be contacted via comment or Direct Message. For full giveaway rules please go here.


Have fun! And happy holidays! :slimehappy:

Get the new Galactic Bundle - This DLC bundle includes a Steam exclusive fashion pod, slime toy, and chroma pack!




The Galactic Playset will let you dress your slime up as an intergalactic hero off to save the planet with their trusty Beeper Bot. We're also adding special, platform-exclusive Ruby Chroma Pack which you can use to give your ranch house, vacpack, and ranch tech a shiny, new paint job!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/982310/Slime_Rancher_Galactic_Bundle/


Beeper bots are best for booping


Wiggly Wonderland 2018:
Last year’s Wiggly Wonderland was a blast and we can’t wait to share with you what we have planned for this year. Part of 1.3.2 prepares the game for the incoming holiday event and we will do separate update once we get a little bit closer! :slimeamazed:

We think this year is going to be a lot of fun and we’d appreciate it if you would keep any surprises you find a secret until you see the official reveal. No one wants to get a blog of tarr in their stocking, do they?

Stay tuned for a full announcement later this month!


(PC Only) Message of the Day:
You may notice a new pop-up message on the main menu of the game. This new feature is a way for us to keep you up to date on all sorts of things. For example, we will send you messages when we release a new update, if there’s big news about Slime Rancher, or when new plushies have been added to our merch catalog!

Our goal with this is to keep you in the loop when there’s cool new things happening! It’s quite surprising, but apparently not everyone uses Twitter. But if you want to make sure you never miss a beat, we recommend following us on your preferred social channel (links below) and subscribing to our monthly Newsletter.

Follow us:
Twitter.com/MonomiPark
Facebook.com/SlimeRancherGame
Instagram.com/Monomi_Park
Blog.MonomiPark.com


Other Changes:
- Puddles be praised! The pond received a makeover!
- Gilded Gingers now appear in two locations daily and, if you listen closely, are easier to locate. Happy hunting!
- Game credits got a little longer because our team got a little bigger :)
- Special event slimes (ie: Party Gordo) are now hidden until discovered and are no longer required in order to complete the “Pro Style” achievement.
- Adjusted fruit and veggie growth to make sure they’re always ripe when entering a certain secret area.


Fixes:
- Fixed colliders in the lab and docks that were causing drones to do gymnastics while navigating and interacting in those areas.
- Fixed a bug where the shop occasionally wouldn’t add a slime key to your inventory after you purchased it.
- Addressed some input issues for non-steam controllers.
- Fixed a visual bug where drones appeared to be shrinking items rather than vacuuming them up.
- Fixed an issue where scareslimes sometimes weren’t scary enough. Scareslimes are back to being 2 spooky 4 slimes.
- Fixed a bug where Playset Slime Toys were not properly reducing the agitation of slimes dressed in the corresponding Playset Fashion Pods.
- Fixed a bug that caused tarrs to stop chomping if you stood still. The best ways to deal with tarr is to blast them with water or to RUN!
- Fixed a bug where the slime key count on the map did not include keys that you had already discovered.
- Fixed an issue with the Newbucks UI where it could get stuck on the screen.
- Minor localization fixes and improvements.


Dec 5, 2018 - 1.3.2b
- Fixed a bug related to activating/deactivating Steam Overlay

There's a new way for you to play with some of your favorite slimes in this free VR Playground DLC!

The Slime Rancher: VR Playground is a free, standalone add-on for Slime Rancher that lets you vac, feed, and play with slimes like never before! Get face-to-face with some of your favorite slimes like: pink, tabby, and phosphor :slimehappy:



There are three unique VR playgrounds for you to explore: play a game of Slimeball in the Dry Reef, relax by the pond in the Moss Blanket, and (cautiously) play with boom and quantum slimes in the Ancient Ruins.

The VR Playground is available to download—FOR FREE—right now! :slimeamazed:


https://store.steampowered.com/app/939480/Slime_Rancher_VR_Playground/

The Party Gordo is giving out a special Halloween treat to any rancher who is brave enough to find him! Pop the Party Gordo and break Party Crates to get a burst of Jack-o'-lantern ornaments.

Don't miss your chance

This unique ornament will only be available Oct 30-Nov 1!



Plus, have an extra happy Halloween and save big on Slime Rancher during the Steam Halloween Sale! Slime Rancher will be a whopping 50% off now through Nov 1st :slimehappy:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/Slime_Rancher/

Slime Rancher v1.3.1 represents a significant overhaul to the way that a lot of backend systems work and while overall it should produce significant gains in performance, it may produce unexpected issues that we did not catch in our testing process. Should you experience any issues with v1.3.1, please email support@monomipark.com and we’ll be sure to help you right away!


The Optimized Update is here to improve overall performance of Slime Rancher. Yes, even though we're nearly 3 years out from initial release, we're still hard at work to make Slime Rancher the best possible experience for everyone!

Game Optimization:
We have upgraded Slime Rancher’s game engine which will bring performance improvements for a majority of players!

- We did a lot of technical wizardry, but the short of it is we upgraded the game engine to Unity 2018 and all game data has been reorganized to optimize the way we store data and manage certain game states.
- Most PC players, as well as all Xbox and PS4 players should see improved performance and overall frame rate.
- DirectX 9 is no longer supported. More on this here.

Drone Improvements:
Drones got a nice little update that allows them to deliver to the Refinery and improves how they interact with some targets/destinations!

For plorts only:
- Refinery and Refinery Link have been added as a destination—for science!
- Updated “Outside Plots” to a new “Free Range” option. Drones set to “Free Range” will collect the target item from anywhere on the ranch expansion that is not in storage (e.g. Silos, Plort Collectors).
- Updated programming interface to clarify that drones can deliver to the Plort Market via Market Links when you’re in another ranch expansion. The destination will dynamically update to either read “Plort Market” or “Market Link” depending on where you are.

Miscellaneous:
- Updated incinerator programming so they now serve the sole purpose of feeding fire slimes rather than infinitely destroying items. Drones will only deliver food to incinerators until the ash trough is full. If you’re looking to burn two thousand carrots because you really hate carrots, you’re going to have to do that manually. But come on, they’re just carrots.
- Drones are now able to deliver food directly from silos to corrals.



New & Updated Translations:
- Added Korean translation! 어떻게 지내?
- Completely overhauled the French translation!
- Updated the Chinese translation!

Other:
- Updated the super secret Party Gordo schedule. Wondering who the Party Gordo is? Check out the details over in the Party Gordo Update notes.

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where fruits and veggies would almost always be unripe in an area that you haven’t visited in awhile.
- Added a fix that will prevent some cases of items getting stuck below ground in Ogden’s Retreat.
- Fixed drone trail artifacts upon re-entering areas with drones.
- Fixed it so that drones would stop grabbing carrots out of gardens instead of odd onions while you’re not looking.
- Fixed a bug where certain other slime types were counting towards the Omnivorous achievement.
- Fixed gamepad bindings buttons being invisible in certain resolutions.
- Fixed an issue where the ash trough was not correctly remembering its fullness after a save/reload.
- Fixed a few instances where some game translations would overflow in the UI.
- Fixed the “Reset Defaults” button on the gamepad options panel leaving the invert-y-axis option in an inconsistent state which was resulting in some players not knowing what was up and what was down.
- Fixed an issue where plorts didn’t know if they should stay or they should go after a save/load.
- Fixed ferals sometimes cooling off after jumping into water while chasing you. This involved delicately balancing their ‘Hangry’ parameter. Game development is fun.
- Fixed a bug where gold slimes were leaving an incorrectly, unfabulously colored splat.

Again, if you encounter any oddities with this update please contact us at support@monomipark.com

Happy ranching! :slimehappy:

For the last couple of months we've been working with VR Studio, 3lb Games, to create a fun, new way to experience the Far, Far Range! We're really excited to announce that you will be able to play with some of your favorite slimes in our free VR Playground DLC!



The Slime Rancher: VR Playground is free DLC that will let you vac, feed, and play with slimes like never before! You will be able to enjoy unique VR playgrounds based off of the Dry Reef, Moss Blanket, and Ancient Ruins.

It's coming to Steam - for free - this Fall!

Wishlish now!



And yes, you can absolutely boop a tabby on the nose :slimeamazed:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/939480/Slime_Rancher_VR_Playground/

Bring home a lucky slime with the new Slime Rancher Collector’s Edition set by our friends at Fangamer! :slimeamazed:

Each Collector's Edition includes the following items, all packed up in a Kitty-Carrier window box:

• Lucky Slime coin bank and satin display pillow
  
• Beatrix bandanna
  
• Puffy slimes sticker sheet
  
• Newbuck collector's coin

You can pre-order now for PS4, Xbox One, PC, or standalone HERE!

But that's not all... :slimescared:




Our friends at Fangamer worked with the infamous Kari Fry to create the official Slimepedia Guidebook which you can pick up at a discount alongside the Collector's Edition or on its own HERE!

It's jam packed with ranching tips and hand-drawn notes from Hobson Twillgers himself! Worth a read if you want to go from newbie ranch-hand to veteran plort-producer!



Fangamer also recently released a vinyl of the OST, has all other Slime Rancher merchandise currently on sale, and is seriously the coolest merch partner.

You can see the entire collection at https://www.fangamer.com/collections/slime-rancher

Okay, that's all for today! No other crazy announcements happening this week. Promise. :slimehappy:

Today is Slime Rancher 1.0's birthday! Thank you everyone for supporting us this last year, the year before that, and all the many years to come!!

Stay wiggly~ :slimehappy: