Meadow
New project from M&D - Tiny Echo
We've been holding on this announce for a while, and we're excited to tell you all about our latest project, Tiny Echo!
In this lovingly crafted point-and-click game, you task yourself on delivering letters to the spirits. Make your mark in the silent narrative - with a Tiny Echo.
As some of you may have noticed, subscribers of Humble Monthly have already gotten this in their June bundle. But there isn't too much of a wait for everyone else - it's coming to Steam and other online stores at the end of August.
There's a trailer, some screenshots, and more info up on the brand new coming soon-page, so check it out and wishlist it if it seems like your cup of tea!
//Team Might and Delight
http://store.steampowered.com/app/629770/Tiny_Echo/
Content Update 24/5 – Tobii Eye Tracking
Features
- Move the camera with extended view – the camera will turn where your eyes and head move.
- Clean UI – the UI fades away when you're not looking at it.
- Object Highlight – collectable objects lights up when you look at them.
Do note that for now, eye tracking only works on Windows.
Content update 2017-05-17
- 4 new emotes for the Eagle
- The Eagle is now available to the top 100 instead of the top 10 on the leaderboard
- The Eagle now have access to commands
- A new skin for the Goat
- A new skin for the Fox
- Finnish localization is now available thanks to Patrik Selin!
Would you like to see your language implemented? Look here!
Other changes
- Mud point sounds are now reworked
- The rain 3D emote (from owning Fables from the Den) now washes away mud
- Peek names (Alt Gr as default) is now a toggle instead of a hold
Bug fixes
- Fixed a shader problem with the water flowers (they were glowing regardless of the ambient light)
- Various localization bugs solved
- Various level bugs (flying grass etc.) solved
Hotfix
- The Eagles emote bindings are no longer being reset.
- Number 6-0 are no longer showing emotes when expand emotes is off.
- The hotkeys for emotes (the numbers) are now bindable in the Controls settings menu. There's now an arrow in the bottom right corner that leads to a new page controls settings, which now has the emote hotkeys.
Content update 2017-04-26
- Mud puddles
Several mud puddles have appeared in the Meadow. - A new skin for the Frog
- A new skin for the Rabbit
- 2 new Rabbit voices
- Dutch translation is now available thanks to PaperPaws!
Would you like to see your language implemented? Look here!
Bug fixes
- Several reported localization faults solved
- Font changed for cyrillic letters (russian)
- Faulty collision in the gameplay settings menu solved
- Sound from 3D emotes not disappearing when returning to tree solved
- Various level bugs (flying grass etc.) solved
Hotfix 1
- The show-button disappearing solved
Hotfix 2
- In character options: If someone else got you muddy, you can now press "clean me" to get rid of it.
- The Eagle getting muddy solved
Hotfix 3
- In character options: The "clean me" button is now visible if you're muddy, regardless if it was by yourself or by someone else.
- In gameplay options: Option to toggle whether others should be able to get you muddy or not.
- Restructuring of the gameplay options menu
We have also had an idea contest going the last week hosted by our delightful community moderator Bō / Toni, where everyone have had the chance to express what they like and dislike about Meadow, as well as suggesting one thing they would like to change about Meadow.
There is no guarantee that the suggestions that the winners posted will be implemented, but they are selected as winners because their answers were thought-provocing, charming, and well-written.
For a well articulated answer that analyzes and builds around the cooperative spirit of Meadow, eSKEUsme is one of the winners.
For digging into activities that can make the game interesting besides the core of collection and social interactions, FringeTech is one of the winners with their well-written post.
A poetic lynx, zirconflux
In a contest of ideas
Serves concept with a side of charm
And takes home the price that is
Content update 2017-03-29
- Combo emotes
You can now show two different emotes at the same time. - Localization
You can choose another language for the interface from a rolldown in the connect view. Choose from English, French, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Portugese (brazil), Chinese (simplified), and Japanese! - Pheasant skins
The pheasant now have 2 more skins to unlock.
Other changes
- In-game interface is now smaller than before for 21:9 resolutions
- You can now hold down the jump button to continuously jump again
Bug fixes
- Several cases of other players sliding on the ground when doing special animations (sitting, waving, sleeping, etc.) should be solved
- Graphics menu showing incorrect values after declining a resolution change solved
- The Lonesome Fog 3D emote now have a face again
- Sliding on the ground after respawning after having jumped off the world should be solved
- Initiating events that lock controls (falling animation, jumping into water) will continue to turn the player's animal if they were holding a turn button prior to doing so should be solved
Finding faults in the translations? Report here!
Patch 2017-03-15
- The pheasant can now tap the jump button while falling to fly, or while flying to start falling down
- You can now turn off music mixing (other soundtracks you own mixing into the meadow music) in the audio settings
- The third grove on all servers is now a dedicated roleplaying grove (which it now says in the interface in the den)
Bug fixes
- Several issues related to player shadow and player light should be solved
- Achievements stats sometimes not registering should be solved
- Achievement 'Full Wardrobe' not triggering for some animals solved
- If going to sleep of inactivity while sitting, you now don't sit down again after rising up
- Some level bugs (flying grass etc.) solved
Edit: Hotfix
- Eagle shadows solved
- Being able to move too soon after making the paws soundtrack roar solved
Content update 2017-03-08
- New unlockable animal: Pheasant
Including 3 new achievements. - New area
I think many of you know where it is ;)
Other changes
- Lynx voices 2 and 4 are not the same anymore
- Bear Cub voices 2, 3, and 4 are not the same anymore
- Music now fades out when the set home-sfx plays
- Emote bindings now also respond to the numpad numbers
Bug fixes
- Graphics settings presets sometimes not working solved
- Sleep animation locked after jumping and activating sleep just before entering water solved
- Solved: While standing on an edge that would cause a faceplant if fallen from, pausing causes faceplant to happen in-place.
- Collision issue in gameplay settings with the top button should be solved
- One case of fog turning entirely white solved
- Radar now always shows up if coupled with sense, and sensing in a grove where you are alone
- Various level bugs solved (flying grass etc.)
Also, we have a Steam sale on the Shelter titles this week!
Content update 2017-02-15
- 10 new achievements
Some related to unlocking obeslisk and quite a few hidden ones to be discovered!
Other changes
- 2 new Fox voices added
- Feedback sound effects (pickups etc.) now have their own volume slider in audio settings
- Footprints and certain particles can now be turned off in graphics settings for better performance
Bug fixes
- Holding the jump button while falling far no longer interrupts the recovery animation
- Animals spinning when holding left/right and starting sit/sleep should be solved
- Opening the pause menu while falling no longer makes the animal land in air
- Dust cloud and face plant sound effect no longer triggering when falling far into water
- Area settings for caves lingering when going to home solved
- Rabbit being stuck for a second after face plant landing solved
- The "Enter world" button having a faulty hit box in 21:9 resolutions solved
- Various level bugs (flying grass etc.) solved
Content update 2017-02-01
- New feature: Flower Collection
Now, you can view which types of flowers you have collected in a Collection menu the Den. The flowers you have found also appear in your den.
- More flower types added
- Water flowers (lilypads) added
- New skins
The Frog, Rabbit, Goat, and Fox each have 2 new skins.
- 6 new achievements
Achievements related to the Flower Collection, the Water Flowers, and a few others to be discovered.
Other changes
- Gameplay option added: You can now choose to expand the bindable emotes to 10.
- Gameplay option added: Disabling unloading in run time is now an option in the gameplay settings menu (Should solve the frame freezing / crashing on go to tree for those who have had those problems since the last patch. For most though, unloading in run time gives better performance.)
- Snowing cloud seasonal 3D emote removed.
- Added support for 21:9 resolutions (2560x1080 and 3440x1440 added).
- Windy atmos added on certain peaks.
- New goat voice.
- Low texture quality option added.
Bug fixes
- Optimization
- Reduced sliding from steep walls.
- Solved a few cases of daylight in caves.
- Solved animation twitch when landing from a jump and turning.
- Sometimes ending up upside down when jumping should be solved.
- Parts of interface lingering when hide is on, but you've been to the pause menu solved.
- BearCub stuck a few seconds in sit after crash landing solved.
- Various cases of level bugs (flying grass, misplaced spawns etc.) solved
Congratulations to the winners of the art contest!
It was really difficult to choose the winners, so we have a few honorable mentions as well:
Edit: Hotfix went live
- Not being able to turn in air solved
- Non-bound emotes getting hidden when pressing hide and then show in the in-game interface solved
Content update 2016-12-14
- Action Wave added (unlocks at 9000 essence)
- Snowing cloud 3D emote added (available until the January update)
- You can now steer your head with the camera! Look left, look right, shake or nod with the camera to get your animal to do the same. (On all animals except for the Frog and the Eagle)
Other changes
- Added options in the controls menu for inverting the camera axises
- Keybindable button added for toggling hide/show in the interface
- Camera tweaks
- Wind tweaked
Bug fixes
- Graphics optimization
- Memory usage optimization
- Reflection sometimes getting stuck solved
- A few cases of atmospheric audio disappearing solved
- Home position not saving for some players should be solved
- Glitching name tags solved
- Toggle emotes works again
- Getting stuck after falling far into water solved
- Camera modes sometimes resetting solved
- Game sometimes disconnecting after a while of inactivity should be solved
- Several cases of level bugs (floating grass etc.) solved
Edit: Hotfix just went live
- Camera stopping when animal slides down solved
- Turning and jumping being off solved
- Inconsistencies in the interface options solved