Dear players,

As the Steam Next Fest comes to a close, we want to express our sincere thanks to everyone who participated in the Demo and Playtest. Your feedback and encouragement have provided us with immense motivation, and Miino and the entire development team are truly grateful for your support! Thanks to you, we continue to improve and optimize the game, and we are excited to present the final version to you in even better shape!

This update not only introduces new features but also addresses many of the issues players have provided feedback on. Here’s what’s new:

• Digital Tablet Mode for Cats: A smoother experience for drawing and interaction with the game.

• 6 New Headgears: Includes 4 Legendary headgears — thank you to all the players who shared their suggestions!

• Study Room & Pool Party: You can now view chat logs, making it easier to see all interactions.

• Create Friend-Only Rooms in Study Room: Create private rooms where only friends can join.

• 12 New Scene Decorations: Some decorations will be unlocked in the full version, but you can try them early!

• Mini-game Right-Click Zoom: You can now zoom out the mini-game interface to a much smaller size for easier operation.

• Achievement Auto-Claim Feature: Achievements will now automatically be claimed after completing tasks, saving time.

• Study Room Clean Mode: Hide UI for a more immersive and focused learning experience.

• Pool Party Immersion Mode: Hide UI to enjoy an immersive pool party experience.

• White Noise Clean Mode: Optimized white noise experience with UI hidden for better relaxation.

• Gift Box Position Adjustment: Adjusted the gift box position so it no longer blocks the cat.

• Taskbar Snap Optimization: More precise snapping for the taskbar, reducing accidental clicks.

• Music List Sorting Adjustment: More rational sorting for an improved user experience.

• Digital Tablet Issue with Dual Screens: Fixed issues with using a digital tablet on dual screens.

• Scene Decoration & Floor Item Layer Adjustment: Improved layering of decorations and floor items for better display.

• Fixed a bug with Meow Code items not giving coins correctly.

• Fixed the issue where the cat’s hand position was incorrect when pressing the left ALT key.

• Fixed the issue where the left and right arrows were missing when claiming Daily Tasks.

• Fixed the mix-up between "Discovered" and "Owned" tags in the album.

• Fixed the issue where adjusting volume in White Noise mini-mode caused the entire window to move.

• Fixed the issue where scene decorations couldn’t be dragged when placed at the far left.

• Fixed the issue where the cat would be dragged into the UI when interacting with the window.

We’d like to clarify the data inheritance situation as we move towards the full version:

• Meow Code Items: Any items obtained through Meow Code (such as the Strawberry Cat headgear, decorations, etc.) will carry over to the full version!

• Demo and Playtest Headgear Data: Headgear data (including those from idle drops and synthesis) in Playtest and Demo versions will not transfer and cannot be inherited in the full version.

  • This is due to Steam Community Market rules that prevent items from being shared between different Apps.

• Other Game Data: All other game data (such as Cat Coins, Cat Coin purchases, achievements, playtime, house decorations, etc.) will carry over to the full version.

We are incredibly grateful to every player who participated in the Demo and Playtest, provided feedback, and offered suggestions! Your support keeps us motivated to continually improve and refine the game. After Next Fest ends, we will continue working on enhancing the game’s quality and experience and will announce the full version release date when it’s ready.

Thank you once again for your support, and Miino and our whole team look forward to sharing more fun moments with you in the future! 🐾

We can’t wait to meet you in the full version!

• The Demo and Playtest are just the beginning—we’d love to hear from you. Thank you for every message and all your support; it keeps our three-person indie team going through the intense polish cycle. We’re shipping daily updates but publish weekly patch notes. Please join our official communities (Discord/X/Bilibili/QQ ), share suggestions, chat about cats—we genuinely read everything!

• There’s still plenty to refine in the test builds; thank you for your patience and for helping us improve. We’ll do our best to make NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws the most soothing companion for study and life. 🐱💖

👉 Come talk to us in the community and help make the game even better!

https://discord.gg/s4NtYPffV2

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• We currently have a Demo (core gameplay, relatively stable) and a Playtest branch (feature testing, less stable). Coins, coin purchases, items, achievements, and levels will carry over to the full release. However, Headgear from regular drops will not carry over, except for event-limited gifts.

• For test rewards & FAQ, please see the pinned announcement (includes multiple Meow Codes).

Test Rewards and FAQ

Hello! This is Iroha, the developer.

Thank you for enjoying "Jewel Spirits."

The following update was implemented today.

*All adjustments are intended to provide an advantage to players.

• Spinel can now target herself with "Attack Down," "Shield Down," and "Inferno Curse."

• Pearl's "Guard Heal" has been removed.

• Pearl's "Resurrection" now costs 1 more MP and has been reduced in rarity from ★★ to ★.

• Pearl's "Cure Link" has been changed to "Cure Heal." While the recovery value is small, it can remove adverse states from all allies within range.

• Pearl's "Life Trade" has been added. This skill incapacitates one ally within range, and then revives that ally.

• Black Diamond's "Daikokuken" has been changed to "Drawing a Deal." This is a powerful attack skill, but it has a large recoil. If the HP of the incapacitated ally reaches 0 due to recoil damage, the ally will be incapacitated.

  • Hint: The attack power increase from Black Diamond's "Self-Harm" ability continues even if the ally is incapacitated.

• Morion's "Trinity Bomb" and "Rainbow Burst" have been removed.

• Morion's "Trinity Bomb" has been removed.

• Added "Mortal Burst" to Morion. This is an extremely powerful attack skill, but the ally will be incapacitated after using it.

• Added "Genocide Nova" to Morion. This is an extremely wide-area, high-powered area attack skill, but the ally will be incapacitated after using it.

• Added the "Light Blue Ribbon" relic. Even if an ally is incapacitated at the end of battle, their MP will not be reduced to 0, but will instead be reduced by 25% of their current MP.

• The effect of the "Gray Pendant" relic has been changed from 15 HP recovery to full HP recovery.

• The effect of Morion's "Elemental Link" has been changed from 5 to 6 to match the description.

• Fixed an issue where Charoite's attack move "Disarm" would deal 0 damage.

• Fixed an issue where the target of the effect of the treasure "Elemental" did not include substitutes.

We will continue to make updates based on user feedback and gameplay data to increase the "fun to play over and over again."

We hope you continue to enjoy "Time-Traveling Gem Spirit."

Fixed keyboard settings issue

Modified Chapter 1: Revive the entire team after defeating the Green Forest boss

Fixed Collision issues in territory castles resolved

Adjusted Minor tweaks to indoor DOF effects

Added Keyboard guide prompt added at the beginning of Chapter 1

-Fix issue where Site of The day was not being properly selected at game start.
-Fix issue where saving a launch site would sometimes save the wrong starting rotation.
-Fix issue where deleting a site wouldn’t clear the active site just deleted.
-Fix issue where non multiplayer host could change the weather.
-Fix issue where VR laser pointer could not reach button icons on the earth when zoomed out.
-Fix issue where clicking a button would sometimes click other buttons if there was one behind it.

Hi Riders!

The long-awaited Early Access Demo is back online and ready for new downloads!
It was previously taken down for maintenance and updates, but it’s now live once again with major improvements.

NOTE: The demo is a limited version of the final game, and many features present in the full release have been disabled or are not included in this build.

Join the official Discord here: https://discord.com/invite/vaJArsEKDW

Thank you all for your patience and continued support!

-FunkyMouse :)

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Fixed a critical issue with the game handling French text that was causing crashes.

Updating car spawning orders

Vishnu Studio, which used to work fine now upsets virus checkers something fierce. The checkers interrupting the unpacking appeared to cause some issues and made files go missing.

I have now updated the game with a different packing method that seems to be less twitchy. As ever, let me know if things work or don't!

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