Wow! Launch day is coming to a close!

Coffees were made (and consumed, and made again, and consumed again;) emails were answered; support threads were replied to; videos and articles and direct messages and more went flying absolutely everywhere as you all were invited into the Wildwood for the very first time!

The outpouring of support for our silly cat game has been incredible, we are really feeling the love! Thank you to each and every one of you who has taken the time to try out Cattails: Wildwood Story. As we wrap up our tasks for the day (and prepare for some well-earned rest!) we are thrilled to see a 100% positive review rating on Steam, that just warms our hearts because we put our everything into the game and it's so nice to see our vision met with empathy and joy.❤️



Alright, first, some sleep; then it's back to work for the dev team! Stick around and we'll have some exciting news to share later this week. THANK YOU!!

-Tyler & Beka (the Cattails dev team!) 🐈

-Fixed an issue where the opening cutscene did not play properly
-Fixed an issue where it was impossible to come out of hiding in certain situations

※Thank you for reporting the bug.

Fixed an issue where Riptide wouldn't come back after being defeated

Greeting everyone! We're back with some news from the field!

Next Update
To start things off, we are almost done with the next update! We still need to add some stuff, but the update will be out before the end of the month. As promised, this update will give you the ability to choose a female MC. We've also overhauled the character creation code to make it easier to add clothing items and appearance options in the future. On top of the code, we've also added a zoom option for the character display part of the screen. Along with those additions, we've also added a new cheat option to edit staff stats and appearances. Right now, we're finishing up the translation part of the update and we plan to include a guide for those who wish to translate the game themselves.

Character Art
Skull Zombie and Rivrina are hard at work on getting more assets ready. Right now, Skull Zombie is working on Underwear assets for the female models while Rivrina is working on the breast-size assets for previously made clothes. Once the breast-size assets are finished, we will include them in the game ASAP.

Background Art
Mamacita is hard at work on the next background which will introduce another service to the brothel. Once Mamacita has finished that, I'll have them move on to do all the backgrounds for the second floor.

Animations
Thelawfulsock is working hard on some more "naughty" animations. We initially planned to get all of the female animations done before we started on those, but we realized that the game needed more variety. I can't wait to show off all the hard work that Thelawfulsock has put into these.

In other animation news, we are still looking for an animator for the climax scenes. I know this has been something that has sorely been missing and we're working hard to find someone that can not only do the work but also do it reliably.

Programming
As mentioned above, everything is going great programming-wise. With only a translation code and a couple of QoL additions left to do I'm almost ready to send out the next update.

Outro
With all the new and constant support, we are starting to see things take shape. We're constantly on the lookout for new team members to help with the game and it's all thanks to you. Your continued support is what makes everything possible and we can't thank you enough. We have some big plans moving forward and we can't wait to announce them once the time is right.

Just like every news post, we want to take the time out to thank all of our supporters. You're the lifeblood of this project and without you, we wouldn't be doing what we love. Your support, feedback, bug reports, and suggestions make this project easier and fun. Thank you.

Our Halloween special from 2022 has been released for free so everyone can enjoy a spooky time with vampires, werewolves and beautiful women!

This includes both the regular version and the retro black and white version.

Enjoy!

Ladies and gentlemen, Super Heroes and Super-Villains of Gotham and beyond: The moment is upon us!

This month, we are releasing not one but TWO Twitch Drops around the theme Green Lanterns Unite! How does it work? It’s pretty simple: creators will be able to unlock 2 different sets of Twitch Drops rewards for you, their viewers. The first one is available for every creator from the 20th of October, but they have to register via our Creator Discord to participate. On October 30th, those registered creators who have achieved the rank of Platinum or above on the Ranked Ladder will automatically be eligible for a second Twitch Drop to the delight of their viewers!

For more information about what's in the Green Lanterns Unite Twitch Drops, click here!

To see who's broadcasting live where you can earn, click here!

This is a maintenance update for the stable branch of Desktop+.

Added:

• Added optional offset for the dashboard overlay origin when the SteamVR 2 dashboard is active

I did previously write there wouldn't be a fix for the shifted overlays... and this offset isn't quite it either. However, I realized that users with lots of existing profiles would have a bad time fixing everything manually, so I came up with this at least.
It does works seamlessly as long as the new dashboard doesn't change further. May be not 100% correct depending on previous dashboard settings. And don't forget element positioning has changed in the new dashboard too.

But well, I also told everyone to reset their things by hand before, so for those who did that there's the option to disable this change (checkbox below overlay origin setting if "Dashboard" is selected).

If you're not using the current beta branch of SteamVR, this doesn't affect you.

Episode 5 is ready! What happens now?

All the children have been born safe and sound, Vito is imprisoned under Nonna's mansion, guarded by fierce Praetorians. It seems like things couldn't get better for the Borgia family with Sunny as the new leader. Could there anything that our protagonist overlooked?

We're close to the end of this story, don't miss it!

Added the option for the host of a lobby to change the size of the map. This will allow newer players the chance to learn puzzles/game mechanics in a much smaller environment before delving into the full-scale manor.

Since the large map is technically still the main game, most achievements are disabled for small and medium map sizes. Only 'Mastermind' and 'Runaway' will still be obtainable. This is only temporary as I do plan to add more achievements in the future.

The number of zombies and resources will also change depending on the size of the map:

Small Map

• 1 Floor (Around 40 rooms)
  
• 30 Enemies (1 special enemy type)
  
• 3 Ammo boxes per weapon
  
• 4 Puzzles

Medium Map

• 2 Floors (Around 65 rooms)
  
• 40 Enemies (2 special enemy types)
  
• 4 Ammo boxes per weapon
  
• 8 Puzzles

Large Map

• 3 Floors (Around 80 rooms)
  
• 50 Enemies (3 special enemy types)
  
• 5 Ammo boxes per weapon
  
• 12 puzzles

I also added an objective bar to the inventory screen that shows which escape route has spawned and the player's progress toward accessing it.

I'll be working on implementing a discard system, as well as a few other additions that were suggested. If you have any feedback always be sure to let me know in the Steam Discussions board, thanks!

• Added option in Display Settings to toggle coin errors on/off.
  
• Removed trial version text.