You've worked so hard to make your townians in Tinkertown happy - you deserve a treat, don't you think? 🙏
We certainly do. And that's why we're launching the NPC happiness meter rewards today! When you meet the requests and build the dream homes for the townians, they will in turn give you sweet items as rewards!
With update 1.1.0, we have also continued to focus on fixes and bug chasing. More of that will come as well! Speaking of more, with this update Tinkertown also got a whole lot more shiny! Our artist has been working hard in their magic workshop, and come out with a lot of great particle effects. Aside from looking rad, they will also enhance the feeling of impact when hitting a goblin in the head or chopping wood. A li'l sneak peek below!
Next in line for Tinkertown is more fixes, and also the Holiday update, which will be live in the near future! Connected to the Holiday content, we're also going to give you a cool insight behind the scenes. We're preparing a few videos that will show how Tinkertown and it's characters are built, from a developer perspective.
A lot to look forward to! For a full list of what's in this patch, take a gander below:
Various minor bugs and issues fixed
The Happiness Meter System now rewards players for each filled heart at an NPC. Just decorate their homes or replace their old furniture, walls and doors with things they like, by adding Quest Items and checking their preferences in the Journal
A total of 57 Items can be unlocked including the brand new Spawner Items.
Spawners like statues and the chicken coop will spawn animals and friendly monsters, some of them can even fight when encountering enemies within their spawn area.
Upgraded and distinguished effects on enemy hits
Added effects when hit by enemies
Added missing weapon effects
Added effects for tools
Take care and thanks for supporting our game! <3
Your Tinkertown team
🚧Update 1.0.10 live! Fixes for decoration and final boss👹
Hey Tinkerers,
Hope you've been enjoying the Halloween vibes in Tinkertown! Also, thank you for the nice input you've had on the new skins, you are looking great in them! 🤩
We just wanted to pop in here with a small update. A few of you have ran into a bug with not being able to reach the last boss, and as much as we want to protect you from any harm, we still think it's fair to let you in there. 🤓
So, we squashed that bug and also changed the newly added effects for the halloween deco equipments - they are now correctly set on the character model and looks a bit better.
Some of you have already filled in our feedback form, but we're always looking for even more of your views on the game, so we can make Tinkertown the best it can be!
We will be back shortly, talking more about the NPC rewards and the Lava Biome. Thanks for being a part of our dear community! ❤️
Your Tinkertown team
👻Time for spooky season in Tinkertown!👻
Dear Tinkerers,
Only a few days ago we released a new patch with some minor fixes to make your experience of Tinkertown even smoother. We also invited you to leave even more feedback about how we can improve the game via a new feedback form: forms.office.com/e/02JjAgw2bq
Of course, you can also still send us your feedback the “traditional” way – via social media, in the Steam discussions, and on Discord. ❤️
Today, we have a spooky surprise for you! A little “thank you” to our wonderful community we are so grateful to have! – We added some cute Halloween skins to the game – three of which are submissions by you, our players. 🤗
Arachnia – What happens when you get bitten by a lava-infused spider? You, of course, get superpowers, but you need to hide your identity! 🕷️
Necromancer – You can rest when you’re dead! Oh, wait…This spooky scary submission from @Rabs begs to differ! 🧟
Fallen Elder – Elder isn’t feeling so good right now – she’s feeling ALMIGHTY AND POWERFUL! BOW BEFORE HER! 🙌 What an awe-inspiring submission from @Screech!
Jiangshi – This vampiric undead creature, the jiāngshī (僵尸) from Chinese folklore, is hopping right into your town 🧛 Thanks for coming up with this beautiful idea, @Raven
Meat Boy – Be the meatiest boy in (Tinker)town! 🥩 We’re paying homage to one of our favourite franchises with this skin. (Oh and btw have you checked out Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine yet? Wink wink, nudge nudge)
Pirate - One of the developers loves pirates and always wanted a pirate costume, which would fit well into the game because Tinkertown is an Island. 🏴☠️
Laika – A couple of weeks ago we released the motorvania “Laika: Aged Through Blood” for PC. In it, you play a coyote on a motorcycle, who fights to protect her daughter in a dystopian, western-inspired world. 🦊 Make sure you check it out!
Shark - Also, from one of the developers who thought it would be funny to have a shark costume after watching people dressed up in shark costumes running around in malls. 🦈
Also, as a first-of-its-kind in Tinkertown, we are adding a decorative effect that you can equip in your hand slot. Equipping it will grant you the Wings of the Fallen! Although it was initially part of a costume, we felt it might also suit a lot of other outfits and decided to include it as its own thing.
To gather these fabulous costumes, you will have to defeat the witch within the forest cathedral. She has a slight chance to drop any of the 8 new skin sets and the Wings of the Fallen.
Cheers and have a spo0o0o00ok-tacular Halloween,
Your Tinkertown team
Update 1.0.8 and the way forward! 🛣️
Dear Tinkerers,
It's been a few weeks since our latest dev blog, and we wanted to give you an update on where we are currently at. We’ve been working hard to optimize the overall experience of Tinkertown, especially from a technical perspective, and we will continue to do so for some time.
This means that our programmers are putting almost all their time into transforming the game backend towards a database structure, and optimizing the performance. Still, we're taking what time we have left to improve other features in the meantime.😊
Therefore we’re now releasing patch 1.0.8.!
Looking at your feedback on Steam and Discord, you mentioned that new quests and follow-up quests were hard to spot. In 1.0.8, we’ve added an indicator on each NPC to show whether there’s a new quest, and updated the icons within the quest UI.
One of the other bigger requests from you was some sort of guidance system that helps players through quests. A way of making it easier to find the right places, monsters and required materials and items. Unfortunately, the current Tinkertown backend does not support such a system, but the new database structure in development will let us add it. This support feature will be implemented from the start when we release the new backend in the future!
What’s next for Tinkertown?
The 1.1 update will include the promised NPC Rewards, from decoratives to friendly critters, monsters and whatever more we can cook up until then!
We also have a certain creepy holiday coming up soon, maybe that will be reflected in Tinkertown…
That brings us to the last, and most important bit: your feedback!
We’d love to focus our work on the issues you feel need to be tackled the most, please let us know your thoughts in this feedback form. Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we will make sure to follow up on the results of the form in a future Steam post.
Thanks for your continued engagement!
Your Tinkertown team
Developer update September
Hey dear Tinkerers!
Thank you so much for your support from this summer's 1.0 launch up until now. We are humbled and thankful for having such an awesome community!
We have been working very hard with the game, based on the feedback you've given us since we left Early Access. One of the major things on the horizon is the database update, which will enhance the performance of the game.
The Lava Biome is of course also a big thing coming up, and we wanted to give you a little glimpse behind the curtain! Here's us getting into a unfortunate situation with a Watcher, one of the new mobs introduced with the biome. Watch out for that (glorious looking) beam!
As you can see on the map below, the structure of the biomes changes up a bit when we introduce the Lava area. Instead of having two desert areas, there's now one of each - forest, desert, ice and lava.
Do you have any hopes or wishes for what to see in the new area?
Talking of content updates, we also have Halloween around the corner. For that, expect some fun in-game stuff and also multiple community events on the Tinkertown DIscord.
Look forward to more upcoming dev updates in the near future, until then - take care!
Your Tinkertown team
🍂Building contest: Cozy Fall!🍂
Tinkerers!
Thanks for taking part in our storytelling event on Discord, it was a blast to see your different styles.
Let's continue to be creative, with another building contest! Autumn is around the corner, so cuddle up in the couch with a hot coco and try to create the coziest building.
The maximum tiles you can use for this contest is 16x16 (including exterior), post a sreenshot of your cozy home in the Tinkertown Discord before the deadline, on Monday September 25th.
Winners are voted on by the dev team and the prizes are:
1st: Two Tinkertown Steam codes, plus two games of your choice from the Headup library
2nd: One Tinkertown Steam code, plus one game of your choice from the Headup library
3rd: A Tinkertown Steam code.
Happy tinkering!
Your Tinkertown team
Hotfix 1.0.7 Out now!
Greeting Tinkerers,
Thank you for reporting the new issues after the update yesterday. We worked hard to release a hotfix promptly to resolve those issues. Your quick feedback is greatly appreciated. You are truly amazing!
Hotfixes:
Fixed a bug where players would not be able to talk to the NPCs
Fixed a bug where sometimes townian quests would not proceed after building the house
Fixed a bug where it was not possible to interact with fast travel stations
Known Issues:
The dialogue windows cannot be closed properly. (Rare issue: A small chance to encounter)
Workaround:To close it, you can either use the Tab or the ESC button (back or menu button on Gamepads, respectively)
After closing the window this way, chances are that you are in the wrong Input State and cannot interact with anything.
Workaround:Press the inventory/menu (Tab) button until the window opens.
We apologize for any inconvenience that these issues may have caused and appreciate your ongoing support.
Have a wonderful weekend! The Tinkertown Team
Tinkertown Update 1.0.6 Out Now
Greetings Tinkerers,
We're thrilled to announce an exciting new update! Now, players can access the world map using a hotkey before opening or closing the minimap. Additionally, this update includes various enhancements and quality-of-life improvements. Your feedback is crucial to us, and we'll keep you updated regularly.
Fun Note: We accidentally created a new "feature" while fixing some of the issues. Who knew that bamboo fences could fly away like that!? 😅
Full Changelog:
Added the World Map to the Players Hotkeys: (New Feature!)
Players are now able to open the World Map when using the Hotkey previously reserved for opening and closing the minimap
Once the Globe has been crafted and players can see Dungeon Entrances, the Player World Map will be updated accordingly showing the Dungeons as well
As with the Minimap toggle, the World Map Hotkey can be bound to any other key.
Fixed Equip/Unequip issues some players experienced
Armor Effects will now also be visible when equipped in the cosmetic slots.
The Elder Dragon Beam Attack is now shown correctly where Players will be hit.
Fixed items with visual effects sometimes not showing up when carried
Adjusted the Room players find the NPC Siamun at, to make sure he can be interacted with any time, when walking inside it.
Fixed Tina the Farmers Reward Items. Some of the NPC's items crafted did not work as intended.
Fixed Bestiary entries in Journal
We hope the new feature and recent changes are to your liking. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact us on our Discord channel. We value your input and will do our best to implement any ideas you may have.
Have a safe adventure! Your Tinkertown Team
Thank you dear Tinkerers!
Dear Tinkerers,
Our team has had an eventful month since we launched Tinkertown into the wilds of version 1.0. We spent over three years developing this game, and the amount of love, support, and hype we have received since its release has been truly amazing. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Our Discord and Steam forums have been overflowed with your enthusiasm, ideas, and questions. We are truly thankful for all your engagement, and we have once again seen how special the Tinkertown community is!
When we say engagement, we mean ALL engagement. Feedback is the cornerstone of not only Tinkertown but also of the entire company of Headup Games. So besides all encouragement and love, we also value constructive criticism very highly. That's what makes us better and keeps us in touch with our dear community's wishes!
With the full release of Tinkertown, there's still a long way to go and plenty of exciting new content to come. We'll be making both big and small updates, including quality-of-life changes and improvements based on the suggestions you've provided since launch.
It means the world to us that you are on this journey together with our team. Thank you for being Tinkerers!
Your Tinkertown team
Tinkertown Update 1.0.5 Out Now
Greetings Tinkerers,
We are excited to announce that a new update has been released! We appreciate all the feedback we have received in the past few days, and our team is working diligently to fix any issues and make improvements to enhance your experience.
If you have any great ideas or suggestions, please feel free to join our Community Discord. This is a great opportunity for you to directly communicate with our team.
Fixes and changes:
Fixed a bug where Quests would be shown wrong/not shown at all in NPC's dialogue windows + could not be completed/did not give rewards
Changed NPC state to no longer be dependent on housing state but on the state of their housing quest
Added recipes for quest rewards so that players that were not actively involved in questing are still able to obtain the reward-items
Added rooms with portals to the boss rooms of the God of Death and Heart of the Forest that teleports the player back out
Also added said portal to the Haven area players get teleported to after fighting the Shrine Maidens in the Ice Dungeon.
Re-worked the Forest Dungeon layout to be more streamlined + placed Juggernaut inside the prison area in front of the door that leads to the Castle
Fixed a bug in Forest Dungeon with weird and unexpected knockback behaviour when fighting Skeletons on the bridge before the castle
Fixed some issues with our font in certain languages
