Hi,

Feedback - thank you all for submitting it either on discord or in discussions here on steam. Here are the changes I made:

• Added VSync to options

• Added building rotations - Q and E on keyboard, mouse side buttons or L1 R1 on controller. You can now rotate all buildings while placing them.

• End turn has additional indicator when enemy would destroy main platform and end your run.

• Building names now shown when hovering on them.

• Tree and Rock info when hovering over them.

• Woodcutter starting relic (Seed of Eternal Growth) now shows where the tree will be placed. If built over it will pick another spot to place it.

• New tutorial info for adjacent placement to structures and energy not resetting between turns.

New Relics - Added 8 new relics to the game for more unique runs. These relics will be from the start of the game and no need to be unlocked:

• Boundless Storehouses - For each resource that you are producing max at the end of combat, increase it's max by 1 (Butcher exclusive)

• Wallbreacher - When playing a card of 3 or more Gem cost reduce enemy main structure Energy value by 3 (Woodcutter exclusive)

• Earthen Slab - At the start of combat produce 1 Clay for every pickup collected (Miner exclusive)

• Monument Charm - At the start of combat produce 1 Coal for every Monument in deck

• Talisman of Refinement - Discarded cards are upgraded for the combat

• Starstone - Draw 1 additional card at the start of each day

• Rubble Cache - At the start of combat produce 1 Stone for every card destroyed

• Witherleaf Bowl - After playing upgraded card, downgrade it permanently and produce 1 of each resource that you produced this combat

Balance - After playing more myself and from your feedback some changes were made:

• Levels:

  • Made Harder:

    • Swamp fight 3

    • Snow fight 4

    • River fight 4

    • River fight 5

  • Made Easier:

    • Mountains fight 2

    • Mountains fight 3

    • Forest fight 4

    • Wall fight 4

    • Swamp fight 4

    • Sands fight 5

• Cards:

  • Buffed:

    • Shelter

    • Crypt

    • Farmhouse

    • Vegetable Garden

    • Sawmill

    • Carpentry

    • Grinding Mill

    • Stone Quarry

    • Hunting Cabin

  • Nerfed:

    • Gemstone Mine

    • Woodcarver

• Relics - some relics changed rarity, but none where buffed or nerfed

Have fun playing,
Emilijus

Some very sad news today. The second season of Tales From The Unending Void, which was planned for release this year has been rejected and banned by Steam after review. There are no appeals to this process, so I'm afraid this it the end of the franchise of three season on Steam. I'm looking at other storefronts like GOG to sell the second season.

Some background to the whole process: I first submitted the second season game build in early July. The game build was approved apart from some technical matters (a mature content overview that needed updating and missing controller support) on July 13. After fixing those issues and resubmitting I got the final review today telling me that Steam has decided not to publish the second season due to "themes, imagery or descriptions that we won’t distribute".

I can imagine that you have been looking forward to continuing the story of Camran and his crew. While the game won't be available on Steam, all of the game builds are cross-compatible. So if you download or buy the game elsewhere, you'll be able to continue where you've left off. When alternative options of purchasing the game become available I'll be sure to let you know.

Very sad news today. The second season of Tales From The Unending Void, which was planned for release this year has been rejected and banned by Steam after review. There are no appeals to this process, so I'm afraid this it the end of the franchise of three seasons on Steam. I'm looking at other storefronts like GOG to sell the remaining two seasons.

Some background to the whole process: I first submitted the second season game build in early July. The game build was approved apart from some technical matters (a mature content overview that needed updating and missing controller support) on July 13. After fixing those issues and resubmitting I got the final review today telling me that Steam has decided not to publish the second season due to "themes, imagery or descriptions that we won’t distribute".

I can imagine that you have been looking forward to continuing the story of Camran and his crew. While the game won't be available on Steam, all of the game builds are cross-compatible. So if you download or buy the game elsewhere, you'll be able to continue where you've left off. When alternative options of purchasing the game become available I'll be sure to let you know.

The heart of your settlement lies not only in its buildings and resources but in the lives of the people who inhabit it. With this update, I’m excited to share several improvements that bring your villagers’ personal stories to life:

• Villagers now have improved screens where you can track their relationships.

• Affection can be seen growing between individuals, showing how bonds form before they decide to become a couple.

  

• A new family tree view allows you to follow family lines through generations.

• See how households expand, intertwine, and give your settlement a deeper sense of continuity.

• Your villagers will now age gracefully, and in time, pass on.

• This brings a natural rhythm to the community — new generations are born as others leave their mark on history.

These additions aim to make your settlement feel alive, not just in its economy and buildings, but in the human connections that shape its story.

Stay tuned — there’s much more to uncover in Rise of the Settlement.

🎮 Please consider joining our community:

👉 https://discord.com/invite/WSdrFVX9Ys

See you in the next update,
— Luki

Patch notes 1.190 

• Added into the home basement a small laboratory (see spoiler in patch notes in Discussion forum- spoilers are not enabled in announcements)

• Removed a potential soft-lock in chapter 14 (see spoiler in patch notes in Discussion forum)

Patch notes 1.191 

• Fixed the descriptions of some items that were not listing their mana boosts when worn/held

• Removed shadows being cast from (some) ghosts

• Removed a potential soft-lock in chapter 9 (see spoiler in patch notes in Discussion forum)

Patch notes 1.192 

• Added a minion command “all followers move to…”

• Added shortcut (CTRL+Click on mouse+keyboard, or LeftTrigger+Click on game controller/steam deck) for a minion to follow/unfollow

• For game controller, mapped D-Pad left+right to move the mouse pointer across the control bar icons (except during conversation, or when then the D-Pad is being used to move through a menu, etc.)

• During combat, up+down on the D-Pad moves between the magic bar and the main control bar

• Fixed a couple of issues that could happen if you interact with someone too quickly after entering/exiting a building when a scripted sequence (cutscene) is about to happen

• Fixed a possible soft-lock during the 1st night drinking with Diedrik scene, if you’re clicking very fast through the conversation

• Fixed it so you don’t remove the death-shroud after Repair or Rejuvenate, if you were wearing it when starting the ritual

Patch notes 1.193  

• Added an ‘unstuck’ button in the Escape menu, to use if you’re stuck somehow on world geometry- you get moved to a nearby valid spot.

• Fixed a problem with Sofia or Albrecht following you at home and trying to walk into the basement

• Stopped Sofia getting stuck in the hug animation

Patch notes 1.194 

• Fixed a bug that made you lose story-mode (auto resolved) combats if your opponents’ total combat rating was negative

• Made it so that autosave doesn’t happen during an inventory-item-drag

• Fixed a logic error in the narrative that could stop you being able to cut Vittoria’s hair

• Added a message to explain why you can’t talk to (most) NPCs if you have undead minions nearby

• Fixed the internal door in the keep leading to the ballroom (it should be closed during chapter 9 and open during chapter 10)

-Player can no longer buy Buildings and Upgrades mid-Ascension

-Fixed Faith Pop Ups preventing the Player from clicking structures

-Fixed text in Higher Hardness II Upgrade

-Fixed an issue that caused Amusement Park to stop working when closing an reopening the game

-Click Damage now will not go below 1

Fixes

• Leaderboard is now visible even if the player has not played the level before

「Main Story II - Endless Corridor」Update:
•「i」by Ωμεγα [Original]
•「异闻」by 姜米條 [Original]
•「Daughter of Daedalus」by tn-shi [Original]
•「End Time」by Cres.
•「？？？」by ？？？ [Original]
•

Fix & Update
1. Added dark-themed UI, freely switchable in Settings.
2. New character "Lan" added: Unlocked after completing "Main Story II - Endless Corridor".
3. New outfit "Note - Futoko" added: Can be purchased with candy.
4. Adjusted Rating system and adjusted Nrk algorithm (Nrk will decrease differently after update).
5. Reduced candy acquisition penalty: When holding over 20,000 Candy, every additional 1,000 Candy reduces acquisition rate by 1%. The maximum penalty is 80%, when owning 100,000 Candy.
6. Changed character selection logic:
- Tap character to cycle through permanent outfits
- Tap blank area to confirm current outfit
- Locked characters/outfits shows unlock prompt when tapping blank area
7. Slightly decreased candy drops during gameplay; slightly increased avatar drop rate.
8. Added new song pack covers for some chapters.
9. Fixed abnormal max fps on mobile under certain conditions.
10. Optimized resolution settings.
11. Fixed other issues.

Version-Only Event
1. "Nota - Radiant Negative" Rerun:
- Available during v2.5 after clearing Main Story II
- Unlock with 10,000 Candy (never available again after v2.5
2. "Note - Futoko" 50% Discount:
- During v2.5, unlock for 6,000 Candy after getting original Note.
- Price reverts to 12,000 Candy after the event.
3. Double Candy for 10 first plays daily during v2.5.
4. First Play Bonus: Extra Candy for first plays of any song during v2.5.
5. Login Reward:
- 2,000 Candy for all players during v2.5
- Additional 10,000 Candy for players on platforms where v2.0 was inaccessible.

Jay Ingle - lead developer, designer, and artist:

Sometimes I wonder what this devlog should be about. Is this a bullet-point list of what I have spent my work hours doing this week? Do I really want to tell you everything? There needs to be surprises!

Sometimes I feel like talking about broader issues in independent game development. How do you learn to code? What tools do you use?

Sometimes I want to talk about more personal things. Motivation, inspiration, work ethic.

I did a lot of things this week. I spent time working on automatically adjusting particle effect colors for new environments. I created some lava for you to fall into. I created an enemy that rises up out of the lava and spits at you. I also added the ability to switch the music to the next song by hitting a hotkey, for me and the playtesters as well. I also installed a Godot plugin, called G.U.I.D.E., which handles input. Remapping keybinds in Godot can be a massive pain, and G.U.I.D.E. does a great job at providing a much simpler framework. It also has full documentation, as well as several video tutorials on Youtube, created by the developer. Highly recommended.

This week, I studied a lot. If you are looking for the best overall pixel art course that I have found online, check out Pixel Art Master Course on Udemy. It's very thorough and helpful. I spent time reading a game design book called Level Up! by Scott Rogers. It is very good at breaking down all of the details of game design. I read Beginning Game Development with Godot (2021). I did not learn much. I am not THAT much of a beginner. I also read some of a French comic book called "The Obscure Cities" and the mysteries in the stories are very much inspiring my subversive creativity.

Here are some tools I use for game development. The Godot game engine. Very nice, open-source, constantly being updated, and learning resources are abundant. Pyxel Edit. This is the best tool for creating tilesets, period. It is not as fully-featured as Aseprite, lacking powerful features such as custom brushes, but for simple pixel art, tilesets, and animation, it is extremely useful.

Now how is my personal game development journey going, for me? Well, I am motivated. This is my dream job, since I was a little kid, and I have a huge drive to create worlds, craft stories, and provide unique experiences to players. I want to create games that are infused with my own personal creativity.

Once upon a time, I watched Twin Peaks season 3. I thought it was the single most uniquely creative visual project I have ever seen. Everything single moment of the show was pulled from the depths of David Lynch's creative mind. And I was ashamed. Why am I not putting ALL of my creativity into everything that I am doing with my life? I remember this moment, and I continue to work to release the unique vision that I have inside.

We did it. YOU did it.

Paws and Leaves is officially funded.
This little dream that lived in my heart for years… is going to become reality.

Every single one of you made this happen. Whether you backed for a dollar or became a Co-Publisher, you carried us here.

You believed in a small, heartfelt game about memories, love and the fleeting beauty of life.
And in believing… you gave it life.

Our Kickstarter is running till 04. September 2025. You can still join and become a part of the foundation!

Yes, we will be at Gamescom this year.

I talked about prices for a booth at Gamescom already on the old campaign in one of our updates (Click to read old Update).

For everyone who will visit us: 

We have very special goodies and you can also win a 3D-printed figure of Paws and Leaves. 

If you play our demo, you get a ticket for our raffle to win that big Paws and Leaves statue which was handpainted by Vanessa. Everyone who wants to win needs to be there in person but has the chance to take home something special!

Bring a friend, lets talk, celebrate, laugh and have a wonderful time at Gamescom!

Thank you for giving Paws and Leaves a future. Thank you for making our hearts feel so full. And thank you for reminding us that even the smallest voices can be heard when enough hearts beat together.

Florian 🦊, Vanessa 🎨 and the whole team