Spirittea: The Specquackular Update 1.6.5 is OUT NOW!
Hi everyone! We're back with our first ever content update for Spirittea - the SpecQUACKular Update!
Not only have we got a new update, but you can grab Spirittea for 25% OFF in the Steam Spring Sale!
Here's what you can expect to find:
DUCKS! You'll now be able to have cute, algae eating ducks in your bathhouse! 🦆
You'll find a brand new shop vendor called Ito who will have a few new things to sell! His truck will pass through town here and there, so be sure to keep an eye out!
You'll notice new seasonal mechanics in the bathhouse! Depending on the season, you'll find your baths filling up with algae, ice, and even fallen leaves! Keep the baths clean (with the help of the ducks!) to make room for your spirits! Maybe the new bathhouse heaters might help? Perhaps a net might help pick up those pesky leaves outside?
We gave Bruce some new animations!
We added a reticule to fishing, so now it's even easier to see where the bobber will land and where exactly you're fishing!
Not to mention a bunch of bug fixes:
Fixed error where items could be lost by placing them on shelves and tables
Fixed issues with items disappearing within inventory
Fixed issue where NPC’s would disappear behind the restaurant
Fixed bug where NPC’s would become stuck on a path upon reload
Fixed issue with Quill where on Saturday nights at the food stall he would ask if you want to stop hanging out with him
Issue fixed with NPC’s appearing on the map at a certain location but them actually not being there
Fixed issue where NPC’s couldn’t be found during tutorial quests whilst with Amelia if you had quit to main menu mid game
Fixed multiple issues in Miko’s quest around the mysterious rabbit and cake
Fixed issues with a softlock during Leigh’s quest if you spoke to the spirit behind the canvas
Doubled ugligrass spawn rate
Fixed issue with Clarence’s quest where the statues wouldn’t come back if you left the room
Fixed issues with the boar where they could hit the player when they were passing into another room
And there you have it! Console players, we're working on bringing these updates over to you ASAP, so hang tight!
Thanks again tuning in to this update, keep sending over your bug reports and feedback and we'll see you in the next one!
Spirittea Update 1.5.8 is OUT NOW! What's next for Spirittea?
Hello everyone!
We’ve got a new Spirittea update for you, which includes more bug fixes and small quality of life additions!
To kick things off and to tide you over until the next big update, you can grab Spirittea for 20% OFF right now!
Here's what you can expect to find in today's update:
Inventory stacking! We know you've all been waiting for this, and we're more than happy to deliver! Now, if you have more than one of the same item in your inventory, it'll stack instead of taking separate inventory slots! It'll stack in other places with storage too, like the chest in your house, fridges, etc.
And here's the full list of bug fixes and quality of life improvements:
Fixed issues with Morinoba’s dialogue when playing on Steam Deck
Added a sleeping animation for Fae
The poobirds now have sound effects!
The train carriage destroy event has been replaced with a clean up event
The boiler can’t be accessed until specific parts of the tutorial, to avoid unintended behavior
The invisible blocker during the bathhouse tutorial is now more prominent, to stop players from breaking the tutorial and accidentally leaving at the wrong time
Added more clarification to the bathhouse upgrades UI when you pay for an upgrade. It will now be indicated the day the upgrade will be finished and will inform the player that Fae will finish the upgrade at the end of her work day
The player can now run the bathhouse on the weekend, even when Fae has an upgrade scheduled, as she doesn’t work on the weekend
Fixed a crash relating to bath monkeys not being able to find a spot in the outdoor baths
Fixed a bug where Lord Spirit text would cause time to freeze when moving between rooms
Quests on the board and notebook will now complete regardless of whether you’ve spoken to the relevant NPC to tie up the quest
Fixed a bug where the selling shrine would display -1 as a price
What's next for Spirittea?
We have some big plans for Spirittea in 2024, so we thought we'd give you a sneak peek of what's to come in the next big update!
Seasonal factors! The changing in seasons is a big part of Spirittea, and we were thinking on how we could make this even better and more immersive. So, we thought, why not make the change in seasons even more obvious?
Now, whenever you're working in the bathhouse, you'll see the environment interact with you even more, depending on the season! In winter, you'll find ice in the baths, in Fall you'll see leaves falling into the baths, and in Spring you'll see Algae growing in them! (We know, more things to clean, sorry!)
Actually, we thought you could use some help with the cleaning, so how about some bathhouse ducks to clean up the Algae? 🦆
A new NPC vendor! The town can never have enough shops and vendors, so we thought we'd add another! This truck will drive through town occasionally, so be sure to be on time when it arrives!
This vendor will sell a bunch of new in-game items, including heaters for the bathhouse to keep your spirits warm during the winter, duck nests so you have ducks in your bathhouse, and more!
Improved character portraits! The characters in Spirittea are a big part of the game, especially considering how much time you spend with them, so we wanted to give them even more life and personality!
We know how much you all connect with these characters, so to make them feel even more human, we revamped their portraits to make sure their personalities really shine through! Now, as you increase your friendships with them, you'll notice their character portraits change the better friends you become with them!
That's it for now! We hope that's enough teasers to tide you over until the next update! Thanks to your feedback and bug reports, Spirittea just gets better and better! We can't wait to give you more, we'll see you in the next update!
We couldn't finish the year off without putting out another big update, so... that's what we've done!
We're at the point now where the game is getting nice and stable, so we've been thinking a lot about what new content can go in. In fact, new content is already being created!
We have so many wide-ranging, ridiculous ideas, some that are nice little additions, and others that completely change elements of the game for the better. Lots of end-game content ideas too that we think will be a hit. It's likely that Spirittea will look quite different a year from now, if our plans are anything to go by! Here's a little sneak peek of something we've been working on:
Anyway, update 1.5.6 is now LIVE! Here's the list:
Pumpkins will now grow all year round!
New UI elements for the Spirits section of the in-game menu
New UI elements for the Collections section of the in-game menu
New UI elements for the Friendships section of the in-game menu
New button prompts for when an item can be used
The Queen figurine is now easier to get
Fixed a bunch of NPC pathing issues
Fixed some more bathhouse weirdness
The snowmen quest is fixed for those people who were encountering some weirdness
Figurines can now be sold for more Moolags
Fixed Eric's quest, where he'd stand next to the restaurant for some reason
NPCs will follow you slightly better now
NPCs hobbies no longer show as "1" in the notebook
Seaweed isn't called "seaweed soup" in the shop anymore
You don't lose your bike when you get hit by a snowball anymore
You can't pass through the bridge on the east side of town anymore
Fixed the bath monkeys. Stupid monkeys
Swapped two of the dig sites that were incorrectly interchanged
DEFINITELY fixed Sujin's quest this time
Fixed NPCs being missing or stuck during Meet the Townsfolk
Made 2 of the books purchaseable more than once in the shop
Loads of other stuff
See you all in the new year!!
No More Robots and Cheesemaster Games
Spirittea Update 1.5.3 is now LIVE!
Hi everyone!
We've got some more bug fixes and quality of life improvements for you! We're still going through our list and working on bringing more fixes for you, but we hope this new update will make Wonyan happy at least... moody kitty...
Update 1.5.3 is now LIVE for Spirittea! Here's what you can expect:
Fixed a bug where Leigh won't talk to the player during his quest (when he's not painting)
Fixed a bug where the home cooking UI doesn't recognise the new doubled storage and fridge sizes
Added Juso, Flitt, Lunariss and Avanis as spirits which appear around the town if you’ve completed their quest
Fixed a bug where the "Fall is Coming" painting was appearing EVERYWHERE once up on display
Levelling up while sweeping the bathhouse won't cause bugs with the brooms anymore
The baby boar doesn't move during a loading screen or if time is paused
Fixed a bug where players couldn't get into the tunnel by the temple due to an invisible barrier
Removed the ability to eat as a tanuki, which was causing a soft lock
Fixed a bug where Quill's sand castle wouldn't appear
Fixed a bug where the pamphlet was showing Jillian & Yari's friendship as 0 if they were out of town
Your bike will now appear outside of your home when you sleep or become exhausted, so it will never get lost
The repair kit used to fix the shrine for Bruce's quest will now be destroyed after repairing it 3 times
Added more quest hints for Leigh
Julian's knife now has a name!
Cooking elixirs at home now produces 3 of them instead of 1
Ensured that plants regrow their fruits
Fixed a bug where Fonuki wasn't revealed in-game after the reveal sequence
Fixed a visual bug with large text and boxes when looking at recipe ingredients in the bathhouse recipe book
Fixed a bug where the spirit's countdown timer in Clarence's quest was displaying too large in other languages
Fixed a bug where NPC hobbies appear as "1" instead of a word
Fixed a bug where berry bushes were growing odd items rather than berries? weird
Thank you all once again for sending in your bug reports and issues! Be sure to keep reporting to us - the easiest way to do that is through the Steam forums or the official Discord!
See you soon!
- Cheesemaster Games & No More Robots
10 things you might not know you can do in Spirittea!
Hey everyone! We hope you've been enjoying your new mountain homes and have been managing to help all of your new neighbours, both mortal AND immortal!
One of our favourite things we've seen in discord and across social media are people sharing tips and secrets with other people, so we thought we'd share a few of our own!
Here are 10 things you might not know you can do in Spirittea!
1 - Clean up the bathhouse
Fed up of all the dust and grime in your bathhouse? Housing more spiders each day than spirits? In your kitchen... uhh... prep area... there are two brooms - one downward broom and one for your ceiling. These are not just for scrubbing your spirits, but you can also use them to scrub your bathhouse (it's ok, we won't tell the spirits!). Spirits will still arrive if your bathhouse is a mess but... what will Wonyan think?
2 - Chase squirrels for seeds & start growing them!
Looking to start a new hobby alongside your bathhouse? How about chasing squirrels! The squirrels on the mountain near the bathhouse will drop little seed bags if you're quick enough (we're not just doing it to be mean, honest!!) and once you've upgraded your kitchen, you'll be able to grow your seeds in the kitchen garden on the windowsill to the south! What neat cooking ingredients can YOU grow?
3 - Investigate strangely coloured patches of ground
Headed out digging with your favourite townsperson, but not sure where to start? If you use your spirit vision around town, you might see some strangely coloured patches on the ground! I wonder which spirit left those behind? Either way, they seem to be a great way to kickstart your digging adventures, especially with a friend!
4 - Follow the Yellow Poo-Birds
Why do they call them Poo-Birds anyway? The townspeople seem to think they have a keen eye for treasure - they certainly seem to uhh... 'mark' a certain area once you've followed them around enough! I think they say bird poo is lucky?
5 - Harvest ingredients around town
There are SO many foodstuffs around town to include in your cooking, from ugligrass over near the beach to the east to the peppers and pumpkins further north! It's definitely worth investigating what you can pick up around town - you might be suprised at what you can find and what you can use in your cooking recipes! I know a fair few of the spirits are fond of these ingredients too, so you might need them for quests or shrines!
6 - Use bug traps to trap difficult insects
Are there some insects that avoid you at every step? Keep getting whacked by scary beetles with too many legs? Pick up some bug traps from Song's store, set them down in your nemesis' path and see if you can draw them over the traps! Your bug problems will be solved, and your pamphlet will get more full - win win!
7 - Leave offerings at shrines to appease the spirits
If you're looking for more spirits to help, there are four shrines around the map where you can leave various offerings! These are all tied to four particular spirits who seem to have been forgotten and neglected to the townsfolk, so are great guides to both finding more things by exploring the town and picking up a new spirit friend for the bathhouse!
8 - Catch rare fish by taking a friend
Did you know fish spawn more often when you have a friend fishing with you? If you're hunting down specific rare fish, make sure to take a friend to maximise your chances of finding them, and try fishing in some strange places, like near the hot spring!
9 - Steal people's slippers to decorate the bathhouse
The first 'feature' I fell in love with in Spirittea is definitely that people will just ALLOW you to take things from their homes (I'm a bit of a loot goblin!). I always leave these along with the smaller friendship items in the bathhouse as decorations, and honestly, you should too! They really brighten the place up, and you can make these spaces your own!!
10 - Regain some stamina by resting in your home bath
Phew, after such a long list my stamina is running low! If yours is too, you can use the little bath in your house to regain some before you head back out on your adventures!!
What are YOUR favourite tips and tricks for Spirittea? If you have one we've missed, share it in the comments <3
Spirittea 1.5.2 Update is NOW LIVE!
Hey everyone!
We really hope you've been enjoying the updates (and fixes) we've been putting out, because we have ANOTHER for you!! Not only that, but we've also been looking to the future of Spirittea and planning what COULD come next!
With that, Spirittea 1.5.2 is now LIVE! It includes:
Separated Miko and Amelia more when they're preparing kimchi in front of the shop in the mornings (this one was especially tough, never get between a lady and her kimchi!!)
Removed using joystick as an option for karaoke minigame as inputs were too inaccurate and we were failing you for no reason (sorry!)
Removed penalty of losing points if you mistime in the karaoke minigame, making it a lot easier
Ensured one-of-a-kind shrine items cannot be sold (making completing the shrines impossible)
Fixed Sora's bug-catching text to use the correct player name
Fixed spirit vision teapot blinking and not resetting after sleeping
Fixed issue where if you close the bathhouse, NPC helpers with towels in the main room will not spawn their towels unless you go to another room and come back. Now the towels will appear where/when they should
Fixed the stinker statue being misnamed sun melon(??)
You're now NOT able to be holding a towel (clean, wet, dirty), open your bag and swap to a different item (resulting in towel ending up in backpack)
The game now checks that there are at least 10 towels (the starting number) available to you in the bathhouse somewhere. If you lose any towels in a shift, they should now reappear!
Added some code for players who collected the bard and prisoner figurine before the bug where they weren't counted as collected was fixed. Now you can get the achievement!
Fixed a bug where player health was below 0, meaning they couldn't move
Fingers crossed that's fixed up even more for you, and we can now start to look up and on to the future!
See you again soon for more news and updates! – Cheesemaster Games and No More Robots :D
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UPDATE: Karaoke is easier! New recipes! New localization! That dang skeleton!
It's that time again, everyone!
We're back with even more STUFF. Spirittea 1.5.0 is now LIVE, and it includes:
Karaoke is finally easier!! Basically, we removed a bunch of the center drum prompts, and reduced the number of presses needed on the various directions. It's still tricky! But maybe doable now?
The recipes for Butterfruit Pie and Mixed Veg Pizza can now be found in the shop rotation
The demon pepper spawns
way* more now
Ling's skeleton! It turns out it was sometimes parking itself
under* the bridge to the right of town. So it was there, but you umm... couldn't see it. The skeleton will stop nearby now, rather than under the bridge. If you're still struggling to find it, maybe try hitting the interact button under the bridge!!
Amelia and Clarence's quests can't clash anymore
Added a TON more localization to the game
Insects now make a flutter noise! Lovely
Towels won't get stuck in impossible to reach places anymore. Stupid idiot towels
Generally fixed more issues with spirit bathhouse placement
The final 2 figurines will be recorded now!
Fixed a bunch more various crashes!
We're going to take a break over the weekend to DECOMPRESS from the two weeks of constant updates, and then be back next week to do EVEN MORE stuff.
We'll also start thinking about what the next new bits of content could be -- it's be extremely exciting to actually add some new stuff to the game, rather than fiddling with what's already there.
See you next week! – Cheesemaster Games and No More Robots
New Update with LOTS of bugs fixed and even more coming later this week!
Hey everyone!
Wow, it’s been a busy few days of bug fixing and addressing feedback.
I’m happy to say Spirittea 1.4.9 is now LIVE! It includes:
Fixed some open cutscenes weirdness
Items given to you via friendship won't sometimes disappear anymore
Fixed a ton of crashes
If you're eating when you hit 0 stamina, it won't explode anymore
If you're hanging out with an NPC and they have a different activity to do, they'll keep doing your activity instead
You can catch fireflies and cloud cats in your bug trap safely now!
Spirits shouldn't randomly disappear when placing them in the bathhouse now
Baby monkeys can't swim in hard to reach places
NPCs working your bathhouse won't lose towels anymore
You can now put wet towels on the wet towel table!
You can now put dry towels on the dry towel table!
Fixed a bug with spirit vision getting stuck during the weird popup text box quest
Song now has art asset changes based on her mood
Fixed issue where people were getting a black screen when loading the game (sorry!)
Added missing localization for Spanish, Chinese and Japanese (still a few bits to fix up though!)
Made fishing easier!
Doubled the amount of items you can have in the world at once (for all those extra fish you’re going to be catching!)
Tripled the size of your house and fridge storage (for all you hoarders)
AND Steam Cloud issues between Steamdeck and PC are now sorted!
Phew, that was a lot! We’ll be back later this week with more bug fixing and feedback tweak updates!
See you then! – Cheesemaster Games and No More Robots :D
Another update, and... introducing the Wonyan Plushie!!
Hey everyone,
double whammy of news today!
First off: We have a new update for you! It includes:
UPDATE: Steam Cloud is GO! Play on your Steam Deck, then switch to your PC. Lovely
Fixed the issue where Fae never finishes her bathhouse work! Just jump to the next day and she should FINALLY finish up
Fixed the issue where you can sometimes get locked in place while fishing!
Fae doesn't randomly call you Dan anymore! Who the
heck* is Dan anyway?!
The book will say your town name now instead of some other place
Fae can give you her map properly now!
Moby has a soaking animation when he goes in the hotspring now!
Some other bits and pieces
You should download that automatically from Steam. We'll be back at the start of next week to fix up even more THINGS!
Now onto the second bit of news (which has already been spoiled by the news post title + image above)...
Look at his cute little spirit-y face. It's your favourite spirit cat, in plushie form! Now whenever you decide to go spirit hunting, you can take Wonyan with you, wherever you go! Be careful not to lose his coin though (did we mention it's detachable?) because he's gonna need that for his usual whacking! Good luck finding all the spirits!
That's all for now -- thanks for sticking with us for launch week! We'll be back next week with more news :)
