Patch notes:

• Trophies updated to say accessories instead of hats.
  
• Hats no longer unlock in My Room towards the achievement.
  
• Items bought in the sandbox mode now spawn at better spots.
  
• Fixed issue with kittens sometimes not correctly occupying the space they were standing it making it so that other kittens tried to stand in the exact same spot.
  
• Used my brain and math to update pathing in the game. This boosted performance in the entire game by a whole lot.
  
• Fixed crash when picking things up really quick and putting them down REALLY quick!
  
• Add french translation
  
• Fixed issue with usernames on the leaderboards clipping into the scores if they were too long.
  
• Poops in the tutorial level can no longer be removed by dropping them several times on the floor creating a soft-lock. (thanks Zaxtor)
  
• Fixed a rare crash.
  
• Updated the engine to a newer version this should improve performance a bit for everyone.
  
• Fixed issue with the the hat achievement being real easy to get ;)
  
• Rebuilt the tutorial messages, the old system was incredibly expensive.
  
• Added 50+ new random kitten names from twitter. Thanks to all who sent cute pictures and names to us.
  
• Optimized all glass shaders in the game, they might look slightly worse but cost a lot less now.
  
• Fixed issue with the fireman achievement not correctly updating.
  
• Optimized light maps on all levels, this mainly impacts the last half of the levels.
  
• Did a full optimization round on the kittens to, this should mean that you now can have EVEN MORE cats in “my room”.
  
• We now have trading-cards! They are adorable <3
  
• Update the some achievement descriptions
  
• Fixed issue with the cucumber scaring kittens so often the game couldn’t handle it. (tnx S1ege)
  
• Sandbox TV now have a smoother animation when updating the score and the change is shown. We also made the text larger to make it easier to read.
  
• Added helpful popups when kitten’s do something bad!
  
• Fixed green cats looking a lil spooky when they turned.
  
• Added LODs to everything!! So the game should now run a whole lot smoother.
  
• Added a new video option “Mesh Quality” settings this to low will make some parts of the game look a little less pretty but can improve performance.
  
• The unicorn hat now turns poop into rainbow poops. Rainbow poop doesn't leave stains and it tastes fantastic.
  
• You can now force controller options under the gameplay settings. This is useful if you want to play using for example the quest but the controllers aren’t correctly shown.
  
• Streamers can now setup the game to pull names from their twitch chat. This is done under settings -> gameplay -> twitch.
  The names that are chosen from chat can issue commands to their cat in the game and even change their look!
  If anyone cheers using bits a balloon will appear in the streamers game with the name of chatter that send the bits.
  
• Fixed issue where sometimes two kittens could get the same name from your steam friends.
  
• Added LIV VR support! Check out https://liv.tv/ for more information.
  

• Fixed an bug where tools wouldn't spawn into the level correctly if you pressed the "close" button on the controllers instead of the next button on the UI. (a.k.a the @BenPlaysVR's bug)
  

Howdy hi all you kittens!

• Fixed issue with fur-settings being defaulted to 0 instead of 2! Note that fur can be fairly expensive if you feel like the game is lagging behind turn it off in the options.
  
• Added a new option under “Gameplay” called “Arcade Mode”. When turned on each level is much shorter but the kittens are even more needy!
  
• Decreased time for the self-destruct button so that it shows it’s code more often and quicker.
  
• Fixed “Do I get a price” that was supposed to be “Prize”
  
• Fixed expensive gravity machine bubble material.
  
• When holding the glue gun you will now see a ghost image of what you can fix for easier fixing.
  
• Fixed bug where fixed stuff sometimes would come with you into the next level.
  
• Button levels now also name kittens after your steam/oculus/viveport friends.
  
• Increased sound of falling debris in world 3 and added a particle to make it easier folk players to see where it’s coming.
  
• Laser pointer level 2 now has a cute tail laser because.. more laser makes things better.
  
• Fixed a glitch where kitten’s could enter the balcony in 1-6 and escape the room.
  
• Holding two kittens who are happy can make the kittens fall in love! When in love kittens can’t get mad! It’s also adorable.
  
• Fixed issue with kittens sometimes playing without being close to another kitten.
  
• Throwing a ball or having lasers be close to two kittens playing can now distract the kittens and make them play with the toy instead.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause kittens to spin and blink really quickly.
  
• Fixed issue with kittens sometimes being rotated completely wrong and generally going bananas!
  
• Fixed a very rare crash on all headsets.
  
• Fixed a crash related to WMR headsets.
  
• Fixed issue on space levels where things could end up outside causing all kinds of craziness.
  
• Fixed issue where fire at times could start outside of the rooms.
  
• Fixed issue where kitten’s could get stuck in places they shouldn’t be at causing freezing.
  

• Added a possible fix for the crash some players reported after the first level (thanks to almog0113,depotdepot and Jimmy NoShoes for reporting)
  
• Fixed some odd cat behavior in the first level
  

We have finally left early access!

• Greatly reduced texture memory usage.
  
• Pointing at a kitten now shows the kitten’s mood if it doesn’t have a specific need to show.
  
• Fixed issue with pointers and holding positions being offset from you controllers.
  
• Improved the VR placement of your controller with the IRL version for all controllers.
  
• Added some resistance when petting kittens.
  
• Fur now reacts on the kitten when you pet it.
  
• Added dynamic sound when you pet kittens that sounds like you are petting fur.
  
• Added a little bit of particles when petting kittens.
  
• The way the game calculates and gives you points for petting a kitten that needs love has changed.
  
• ( Big thanks to @fusedotcore for giving us feedback on this )
  
• FIxed poopiness calculations.
  
• Revamped the stats on kittens in my room a little bit to make them want to play more and poop a little less. (Thanks Rich and Alli)
  
• Removed the handheld laser pointer and added another laser tower instead.
  
• Laser tower 3 now moves the mirrors when lasering making it even more laser.
  
• Added one achievement per cat race when they are picked up.
  
• Fixed several issues with achievements.
  
• Oculus only: Added achievements to the oculus build.
  
• Oculus only: Picking up a cat in the oculus build and getting the achievement will not add the cat to your oculus home.
  
• Oculus only: Kittens will now be named after your oculus friends! <3
  
• Friend names now get clamped in a better way if they are too long.
  
• Improved leaderboard loading.
  
• Fixed a very expensive part when calculating scores.
  
• Oculus leaderboards should now work for both friends and global, oculus does not currently support a “get scores around rank” so instead we now show you your current placement and score.
  
• Fixed issue with the self-destruction button in world 2.
  
• Added a new separate startup screen to make it more clear that my room is a seperate gametype.
  
• Added different music to each world.
  
• Moved around level unlocks a LOT to make the progression with unlock through the story make better sense.
  
• You can now smack the UFOs with things you hold in your hands.
  
• Litter now correctly changes the color of the litter in the litter box.
  
• Glue gun is now a lot more fun to shoot.
  
• Added a limit for poop-smoke to avoid my room getting to steamy.
  
• Changed the startup process so that it fades from black instead of white to avoid blinding players.
  
• Fixed a issue where the persian turned very..horrible at times in my room.
  

We are getting really really close to the final release of Kitten’d!

• Buy new kittens.
  
• Decorate your room with furniture and other items.
  
• Color the interior with color guns.
  
• Buy more hats!
  
• Upgrade the floor,walls or outside to make your room prettier.
  
• Upgrade and buy new tools to make it easier to take care of your kittens.
  

• Taking care of your kittens like cleaning up their poop refilling food and petting them <3
  
• Selling items/hats/color guns you receive in presents from the kittens.
  
• Kittens can also give you stars in presents if they are really happy.
  
• Selling kittens (the happier and older they are the more stars you earn)
  
• Going to exhibitions (found in the kittens menu) and winning trophies.
  

• Fixed issues with the litter box not starting the big red button when placed on them.
  
• Added catnip (tool)! This neat little thing will spray catnip now and then and if cats are close it will make them happy!
  
• Added scratching tower (tool). When kitten’s get angry and want to scratch instead of ruining your sofa they get do it right here! (currently on available in “my room”)
  
• Fixed some levels leaking into other levels causing bad fps unless you restart Kitten’d.
  
• Fixed issue with some kittens not correctly getting colored by the color spray.
  
• Added a new item the cat bed. Cats that sleep in these wake up real happy! (currently on available in “my room”)
  
• Fixed issue with things in my room moving closer to you every time you left.
  
• Fixed issue with decorations in my room not always saving.
  
• You can now let one hour pass in my by clicking a button in my room
  
• Toy balls now make a sound when impacting.
  
• Toy ball level 3 now make a squeaking sound..
  
• All brushes now have impact sound.
  
• The skip button in the messages now works on every level you have played before.
  
• Improved the effects of the score screen.
  
• Changed the tooltips from “pour” to “shoot” for cat food and cat litter.
  
• Updated the effects of litter and food to shoot out from the object to make it more clear that you can fill from a distance.
  
• Added seperate volume sliders for volume of music,kittens and soundfx.
  
• Added more animation to the wallet when you get coins after a level.
  
• Laser pointer level 2 is now much better!
  
• Kitten’s that run away (out a window or by being abducted by aliens) cost 1000 minus points and gives you a score popup.
  
• Presents received from kittens are now color coded depending on how valuable what is inside them is.
  
• Added LOTS AND LOTS of new presents you can get from the kittens!
  
• There are now more decorations for you to decorate “my room” with!
  
• You can now color all of the parts of “my room” using the color guns.
  
• Fixed language buttons being ugly when hovered.
  
• Made it easier to put hats on the kittens.
  
• Objects that only can be used a couple of times now disappear when empty.
  
• Pushing kittens too close to your body will now make them transparent instead of clipping.
  
• Rebuilt how toy balls work to make it easier for cats to track them down and use them after they have been thrown.
  
• Cats in my room are now a lot more active and need more attention. They however calm down when you are not in the room.
  
• Rebuilt the intro animation.
  
• Fixed a memory leak that would make the game run slower after a while.
  
• Fixed issue with tooltips sometimes staying in the world.
  
• Unlocking hats in single player will now spawn a free hat in “my room”.
  
• Unlocking cats in single player will now have a cat move into “my room” instead of unlocking the option to adopt one.
  
• Fixed issue with particles now correctly resetting to the left on the score-screen after completing a level.
  
• Changed how laser pointers worked they should now be more effective!
  
• Cats playing with lasers or toy balls now looks better.
  
• Fixed issue with kittens that played with kittens that were too far away.
  
• Kittens now bury their poop!
  
• Rebuilt the shop interface.
  
• Added sounds when skipping one hour in my room.
  
• “Rigan Translate” translated the game to russian!
  
• Added new music tracks for the different worlds.
  
• Added a lot of new sound effects
  
• Updated the engine to version 4.21
  
• Improved placing of objects such as food bowls, litter boxes etc.
  
• Improved the usage of the fire extinguisher
  
• Added better effects when putting out a fire.
  
• Added animations to a lot of objects that were missing them
  
• Improved in-game gui and gui design.
  
• Rebalance a lot of the levels.
  
• Made it easier to pet your kittens.
  
• Remade the effects for laser-cats and cats that have been drinking energy goo.
  
• Improved all world transitions.
  
• Greatly improved the performance in world 2 and 3.
  
• Built a proper video and sound settings with individual sliders.
  
• Improved tutorial texts so that they are split up into two if the message is too long.
  
• If you quit the game in “my room” you will now start in it when starting up the game again.
  

• Change to triggers on the consoles to make them a little bit smaller (consoles in world 2)
  
• Made consoles in world 2 have a timer giving the player a bit of time to remove the kittens before they trigger them. This is also used to avoid kittens re-triggering the same console over and over again.
  
• Fixed issue with kittens in “my room” not starting in the correct spot.
  
• The “my room” button on the main menu now correctly says “minutes” if you have been away for less than an hour.
  
• Removed the function to move items you can use to avoid confusing the player as you can use all of them from afar.
  
• Added a option under “video” called screenshot mode. When this is checked oculus players can press the right thumbstick down and vive players can press grip 1 to take a high-resolution screenshot! This will slow down the game for a second or two but you will have a pretty picture.
  
• Fixed kittens sometimes leaking from the sandbox into the other levels.
  
• Fixed issue with level 1-7 not always saving the score.
  
• Fixed issue where players would sometimes start on top of a cat box and falling down a little bit when they opened it.
  
• Fixed an issue where players wouldn’t be in the correct level when starting the game.
  
• Fixed an issue that made it so that you couldn’t replay the first level on a new world.
  
• Fixed an issue where spray bottle could be used indefinitely.
  
• UFOs now gets removed once the level is completed and no more will spawn.
  
• Filled up bowls and litter boxes now have the correct filling.
  
• Tweaked score targets for world 2
  
• Fixed the rockstar achievement
  
• Fixed the “complete X levels without breaking anything” achievements
  
• Fixed the “Put out X fires” achievements
  
• Fixed the “Throw 5 poops into the trash” achievements
  
• Fixed the “Happy Cat” achievement
  
• Shadow casting for kittens are now on by default.
  
• Cheating not correctly turns of achievements.
  
• Fixed leaderboards for world 3 not updating.
  
• Fixed issue with the menu on 3-2
  

• Coin: This gift will give you one more coin to spend in the shop!
  
• Kittens: This gift contains a new random kitten! You can even get kittens you haven’t unlocked yet.
  
• Decorations: Lots of small decorations you can place around your room to make it look nice.
  
• Temporary food: like muffins,chicken etc. You lose no points when kittens eat these things in “my room”.
  
• Poop: It’s a poop given by angry kittens. So rude!
  
• Color guns: You can use these once to change the color of furniture in your room.
  
• Kitten Token: Pick it up and you can have one more cat in “my room”.