Hey Portians!

The newest content update for My Time At Portia is now officially live!

If you have been playing on the 'open_test' branch, you will need to switch back to the default branch in order to update your game. However, don't worry about your save file, this will continue to work once you've switched back.

If you're unsure on how to switch between branches, we have the info for you right here.

If you haven't played on the 'open_test' branch, you won't need to do anything as your game will update as normal.

We recently showed you the new camera feature for My Time At Portia, and we’re very excited to share with you what else is included in this update…




In this update, we’re adding more story content relating to the bus station, the desert, news camera, and Pa’s debt. We have also added more story and side quests about Phyllis, Ginger, Gust, Paulie, Albert and Emily – but you’ll have to play the game to unravel those stories!




We added the horse renting and riding feature in the last update. We’ve expanded on this so that you will now be able to buy your own horse and train it. We’ve also added other interaction options, and the ability to sprint and jump.

In addition to this, the horses in this update will have different attributes, which can all be improved by training, feeding and petting them. Once you’ve purchased a horse from MacDonald, you’ll need to train them to increase their attributes. While training, you’ll also need to be aware of the loyalty of your horse. Low loyalty will make the horse disobedient. For example, when you dismount and want your horse to follow or stay, a horse with low loyalty will probably go back home. Or, when you are riding and you want the horse to turn left, a horse with low loyalty may turn right, or stop walking altogether! Feed and pet your horse to increase the loyalty number.

Please note: the animation of the horse being disobedient, and the petting will be added in a later update.




We’ve had a lot of feedback from the community regarding the ability to move storage boxes by holding them. We’ve added this ability in this update – so you’ll be able to pick up and reposition your storage box without needing to use your axe first!




Do you remember our first trailer? In the last scene, you and Emily were riding in a hot air balloon, flying across Portia town – so romantic! In this update, you can access the hot air balloon in a new mini-game. Ride with your friends, lovers, or even by yourself. We’ve included 5 routes for you to take and look at the world of My Time At Portia from a different angle.




A new hazardous dungeon named ‘Ingalls Apostrophe’ has been added into the game. Here, you will encounter new monsters. We’ve also added a new abandoned ruins. In this dungeon, you can mine new materials like aluminium and magnesium, and you’ll have a chance to find new relics too!




While we’re on the subject of mining, we have to mention an awesome new mining tool added in this update – the drill. This tool will mine faster than a pickaxe, and can mine more materials too. Everyone loves an upgrade, right?




Finally, we’d like to congratulate the winners of our #MyPortiaArt contest again! We picked two winners who created amazing pieces of art, and have added their artwork into the game in this update.

So that’s everything for this update, we hope you enjoy all the new features we’ve added – seeing you all enjoy your experience in My Time At Portia is what we love the most!

Below is a full changelist for this update. Have fun!

Changelist:

• The relationship points between the player and NPCs will only decrease a little after breaking up or getting divorced. (This will change back on full release of the game)
  
• Added four main missions, relating to: bus station, desert, news camera, and Pa’s debt.
  
• Added side quest for Phyllis.
  
• Added side quests for Ginger and Gust.
  
• Added side quests for Paulie and Albert.
  
• Added side quest for Emily.
  
• Added main story for the hot air balloon.
  
• Added ability to move furniture by holding them directly.
  
• Added a new hazardous dungeon and new monsters in the desert.
  
• Added a new abandoned ruins and new relics.
  
• Added a new mini-game – ‘Inspection’. There will not be new commissions at the guild on weekends. Workshop points for NPCs will not increase on Sunday.
  
• Added new items, decorations and gifts.
  
• Added electric furnace, and can extract aluminium and magnesium.
  
• Added two semi-automatic machines that can deal with raw materials.
  
• Added two new outfits for players.
  
• Houses can be upgraded to level 3.
  
• Added Irrigation Flooring and Irrigation Tower, and players can exchange items at the Church Store.
  
• Players will receive the letter from the Research Center at the beginning of the second year, with the missing blueprint from the Tree Farm mission attached.
  
• Added NPCs wishlist
  
• Players can change their fences and doors.
  
• Added tips for placing furniture (items cannot be placed facing the wall anymore)
  
• Added four kinds of elite monsters: Poppycock, Vampanda, Courteous Bunny, and Cotton Llama.
  
• Added drill for mining.
  
• Added stable.
  
• Added the icon when dating and having dinner in the restaurant.
  
• Added mini-game for playing/dating – hot air balloon. (Player can also play this alone)
  
• Added camera feature. Player can take photos with NPCs. Taking photos of a monster can unlock the collection feature.
  
• Players can pick up nicknames for their partner after marriage.
  
• Added the reminder feature to the calendar – this can be customized.
  
• New features for the horse riding system:
  
  • Horses can be purchased.
    
  • Horse can jump while riding.
    
  • Stamina of the horse and the player are separate while riding.
    
  • Added sound effects for horse riding.
    
  • Player can improve different attributes of the horses.
    
  • Player can name the horse.
• Ack can make multiple dishes at once.
  
• Added sound effects for when NPCs get hit.
  
• Added the behaviour control of player’s spouse in the Home panel settings.
  
• Romantic interactions with other characters will trigger the jealous behaviour of your spouse.
  
• More NPCs will help players doing housework after marriage.
  
• Added new scene sounds.
  
• Added one new winter themed track.
  
• Added the smart follow for camera.
  
• Players can now get divorced.
  
• Added pet names after marriage. Purchase the sweetheart cake from the Mysterious Man to change the pet name.
  
• Added art contest winners artwork into the game.
  
• Optimized the way NPCs collect products.
  
• Optimized the way monsters are generated.
  
• Optimized the model of several buildings and items.
  
• Adjusted the position in hands when holding an item.
  
• Side quests can no longer be discarded.
  
• Adjusted the favor point change after sparring.
  
• Players can date Merlin (but will need to complete specific missions).
  
• The gifts that will change a relationship will not count as regular gifts.
  
• Added a new conversation with Siwa when playing/dating.
  
• Fixed the display error affecting some of the guides.
  
• Fixed the bug preventing marriage with Mei.
  
• Fixed the bug that Mint will not come home after marriage.
  
• Fixed the bug where Lucy and Ack were missing.
  
• Fixed the bug where the Mysterious Man was missing.
  
• Changed the appearance of the flooring and wallpaper.
  
• The mission in Phyllis’ new story can only be triggered after you divorce her.
  
• Adjusted attacking speed of heavy boxer glove and giant hammer.
  
• Added a ‘completed’ tab for the commerce commission.
  
• Adjusted the number of roses for sale – one bunch per day.
  
• Fixed album UI issues.

Hey everyone,

We know that you’ve been waiting for the next content update, and we’ve been working really hard to get everything ready for release. We were aiming to get this out by the end of the month, but we want to make sure that all our planned content works fine in this build, so we decided to release the official update a little bit late. But we offered a way called open test that you guys can experience the new content before the official update.

If you want to know how to do that, please go to the discussion board, and find the thread named Open Test Branch, you’ll find the details of how to switch the branch.

If you don’t have time to get to know the new Portia by yourself, then you can check the content that we wrote in this article and get more details of what we’ve been adding in this update. For example, there are more stories and missions – that’s what you guys expect most , new features in riding system, moving items by directly holding them, the most romantic mini game – ride hot air balloon, new hazardous dungeon and abandoned ruin, new monsters, new mining tool, and etc. Let us introduce new main features one by one for you. By finish reading this post, you’ll know what you’re expecting.


I believe stories and missions are the part that you guys, at least most of you guys expect most. Well then, in this update, you can expect more new stories that related to the bus stations in the South Block, wind from desert, News camera, and Dada’s debt. Besides, you’re also gonna see more stories and side quests about Phyllis, Ginger, Gust, Paulie, Albert, and Emily.




In the 5.0 version of Portia, you can ride horse already. But the horse can only be rented, and the horse can only walk but not dash or jump. It feels like the riding system has been castrated. So, in this update, you can buy the horse, train your horse, and have more interactive options with them.
In addition, the horse in this update have different attributes, which can be improved by training, feeding, or petting them. The whole procedure is that once you buy the horse from the McDonalds’, you can train your horse till all their attributes reach the max. While you train your horses, you’ll also need to be aware of their loyalty of your horses, cause the low loyalty will make the horse disobedient. For example, when you dismount or you want your horse follow or stay, the horse with low loyalty probably will go back home. Or when you’re riding the horse, and you want them turn left, the horse with low loyalty might turn right or stop walking instead. Feed and pet your horse can increase the loyalty number (but the animation of horse being disobedient and the petting will not be added into this version).




Well, moving items by directly holding them, we believe, is also the feature that you guys want most. In the 5.0, if you want to move the item and re-position it, you’ll need to use the axe to recycle the item first and re-position it. But now, you can just press F to hold it directly and move it to anywhere you want it to be. Plain and simple.




Do you remember our first trailer? In the last scene, you an Emily were taking the hot air balloon, flying in the sky across the Portia town. How romantic it is. Well, you don’t have to be jealous about it. In this update, you can take the hot air balloon mini-game with your friends, your lovers, or even by yourself. We provide 5 routes for you to take a look at the Portia world in different angle.





A new hazardous dungeon named Ingalls Apostrophe has been added into the game, where you can meet new monsters. Besides, a new abandoned ruin has also been added into the game. In this dungeon, you can dig out new types of mine like aluminum and magnesium, and you’ll have chance to find out new relics too.




Speaking of mining, there’s one new awesome mining tool in this update that we want to mention is drill. This is a tool that has a faster speed and can dig out much more materials than pickaxe in the same time. What a cool tool!




In the last, we want to cognate again to the winners of our Fan Art competition. We have picked out two great works from tons of marvelous submissions. And as we promised, we’ve added them into the game (we did some minor changes of course to make the picture fit in).



So that’s it - the summary of the new features in this update. We really want you guys can have a great fantastic game experience in Portia. So, we’ll try to add as many fun features as possible, just to make sure you don’t feel boring in Portia. Hope you really enjoy the game.

Hello everyone!

We’ve had a lot of feedback from people all over the world who would like to play My Time At Portia in their native language.

We’re very pleased to announce that My Time At Portia now supports two additional languages! The latest update adds French and German translation to the game.










We’ll be working on support for more languages ready to be implemented on the full release of My Time At Portia.

Also included in this update is a change to the keyboard customization. We have added customization features for a WASD keyboard layout. Please note: All previous custom keys will be reset.

There’s still lots more content to come, and the next update will be released very soon – stay tuned for more info.

In the meantime, keep sharing your experiences and feedback in the forums!

Hey Portians,

The time has come to announce our art content winners!

Before we announce our winners we just want to say THANK YOU! We were blown away by both the volume and quality of entries we received for the My Time At Portia art content. It's clear we have an incredibly passionate and talented community here in Portia and we are in awe of your talents.

We were so impressed with the entries that we couldn't pick just one winner, so we chose two!

The following winners will have their artwork added into the game! We'll let you know when they go live.



itsbeebees



Behold Pinky, in all her feline majesty!

itsbeebee's Twitter


Sleppu



Who wouldn't appreciate this adorable Oaks - Colorful Llama combo?!

sleppu's Tumblr


A huge well done to our runners-up too! Honestly, it was so hard picking our winners and we loved your art too! The runners-up below will get to choose a digital copy of a Team 17 game of their choice!




mademeapirate



Our eyes can't help but be drawn to this vibrant piece!

mademeapirate's Instagram


rotcorpse



Arlo looking exceedingly handsome!

rotcorpse's Instagram


trugschluss



This brilliant painting took our breath away, it's almost as if we're in Portia ourselves.

trugschluss's Instagram


KairiUchiha



We could feel the commanding aura resonating from this recruitment poster staring Arlo!

KairiUchiha's Twitter


Like what you saw? Be sure to check out the artist's page using the links below their artwork!

Hey Portians,

Today we’re excited to reveal a new feature that’s coming in April’s content update - Camera Mode! This new feature will allow you to take pictures with a camera and store them in an album, giving you the opportunity to document your adventures in Portia! Camera Mode will allow you to not only take a photo of a scene or NPCs, you can also take selfies and pose with the various residents of Portia!







Currently in My Time At Portia, if you see something you’d like to take a picture of, you’re limited to using external software or Steam’s F12 button. We felt this was too restrictive on our players as it doesn’t allow you to hide your character, change the camera angle or stop time to get the perfect shot. Our aim with the new Camera Mode is to make all of this right and support our picture taking enthusiasts in Portia! When using Camera Mode, your character and UI will disappear, and time will stop. We feel that this will take off a lot of pressure off the player when it comes to taking a good photo, far more convenient in our opinion!





To help introduce this new feature, we’ll also be adding some camera related stories/missions in the April update. These will be designed around snapping pictures of several NPCs, some specific items, as well as some of Portia’s scenery.

We’ve made it as easy as possible to take pictures with your fellow Portians, just look out for the prompt in a new interact bubble. Oh, and by the way, the closer you are with the NPC in question, the more poses you’ll be able to do!







What kind of poses do you think you’ll be able to do when Camera Mode launches? Tell us your guesses in the comments section!

That's all for now, we look forward to seeing what you make of Camera Mode when it launches later this month.

After this patch, we’ll move on to our next big update coming near the end of April. There will be a patch in between to add in German and French translations.

Optimized the electrical grid in the home
Fixed crash while playing darts
Changed Emily’s gathering logic when married so that she doesn’t harvest a plant anymore
Fixed some English translations

After this patch, we’ll move on to our next big update coming near the end of April. There will be a patch in between to add in German and French translations.

Optimized the electrical grid in the home
Fixed crash while playing darts
Changed Emily’s gathering logic when married so that she doesn’t harvest a plant anymore
Fixed some English translations

Hey guys, here's the hotfix for March update part 3. In this patch, you'll see more issues that have been fixed. But there're some of them are still pending.We'll need more time to fix them in April's update. For example,
1. When you ride and climb, you'll find the camera is shaking. We'll need to add one camera mode to make sure the camera will not shake.
2. Mint will not come back home after marriage.
3. The lag when you recycle the floor.
Besides, in the April's update, we'll also add the feature that you can move the furnitures directly instead of cutting them first.

Changelist:

Fixed the bug that the house and the assembly station will disappear for no reasons (you can re-build both of them in AG construction company and PLEASE PLEASE do re-build them first when you start the game after updating, or else the game may crash).
Fixed the bug that the mission Rescue in Ingall's Mine
cannot be triggered.
Adjusted the position of drying rack's position.
Fixed the time pause after the hugging.
Reduced the harm effect when got poisoned.
Added the lubricant as a dropping item in hazadous dungeon level 3 and level 4. And increased the dropping rate of lubricant in abandoned ruins.
Fixed the bug that the museum reward can get repeatedly.
Fixed the wrong room in hazadous dungeon.
Fixed the bug that the icon of the picture is different from what it really looks like.
Fixed the bug of Merlin's path finding.
Fixed the display error of the character's skin color after wearing worker's suit.
Fixed the bug that the leather sofa could make the character stuck in.
Added the tips for the items which can be displayed in museum.
Fixed the bug that Emily and Ack both stuck in character's front door.

Hey guys, here's the hotfix for March update part 3. In this patch, you'll see more issues that have been fixed. But there're some of them are still pending.We'll need more time to fix them in April's update. For example,
1. When you ride and climb, you'll find the camera is shaking. We'll need to add one camera mode to make sure the camera will not shake.
2. Mint will not come back home after marriage.
3. The lag when you recycle the floor.
Besides, in the April's update, we'll also add the feature that you can move the furnitures directly instead of cutting them first.

Changelist:

Fixed the bug that the house and the assembly station will disappear for no reasons (you can re-build both of them in AG construction company and PLEASE PLEASE do re-build them first when you start the game after updating, or else the game may crash).
Fixed the bug that the mission Rescue in Ingall's Mine
cannot be triggered.
Adjusted the position of drying rack's position.
Fixed the time pause after the hugging.
Reduced the harm effect when got poisoned.
Added the lubricant as a dropping item in hazadous dungeon level 3 and level 4. And increased the dropping rate of lubricant in abandoned ruins.
Fixed the bug that the museum reward can get repeatedly.
Fixed the wrong room in hazadous dungeon.
Fixed the bug that the icon of the picture is different from what it really looks like.
Fixed the bug of Merlin's path finding.
Fixed the display error of the character's skin color after wearing worker's suit.
Fixed the bug that the leather sofa could make the character stuck in.
Added the tips for the items which can be displayed in museum.
Fixed the bug that Emily and Ack both stuck in character's front door.

Here is the hotfix part 2. And we'll have more fixes coming next week.

Changelist:

Fixed the bug when load the save in which the recycle machine was working.
Deleted the broken mirror in store (if you already bought one, please do not use it because the divorce feature is not completed).

Besides, please do not interact with Ginger in Gale's house, for it will cause time pause for some reason. But if you did (interacted with Ginger in Gale's house), then don't worry, you'll just need to take a snap to moving forward.

If you still met any bugs (items missing, and the favor point got empty), please tell us and send your save files (the last good save before it went wrong) to admin@pathea.net.