Hi everyone!

You can find the latest patch notes below. I\'ve been hard at work on the romance update, which should be available in December. You can find more details about the romance update on the Discord.

I do have a quick surprise for all of you...

Orchestral Recording

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About 3 weeks before launch me and James (the composer) sat down to decide what to do with the last of the music budget.

We had to decide whether to spend it on marketing... Or fly out to one of the best orchestras in the world for video games.

We concluded that what matters in the long term is to put every effort into making the game as good as possible. And so the decision was easy...

You can find a video of the recording session here:

Patch Notes

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• Fixed wheat shelf wideness

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• Fixed walking through manor house

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• Fixed controller always selecting first item in shop

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• Eggs will now show on the shelf

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• Fixed craft prompt incorrectly showing for goose egg

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• You can now move the utility box

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• Elsie\'s painting will now show in her coffee shop when you complete her commission

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Other News

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Someone posted a review of the game on the CozyGamers subreddit where it got over 400 upvotes! It\'s one of the most upvoted posts of the month. Thank you to everyone who has shared the game!

And finally, thank you all for your continued support. I hope you are enjoying my game.

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Hi everyone!

I\'ve been worked hard to bring the game up to \'SteamDeck Playable\' standard and after a Steam review we have passed!

I\'m going to be focusing on the next big patch now. You can find the latest patch notes below.

Changelog:

• Fixed time not pausing on receipt.

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• Fixed some grammar & typos.

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• Added 8GB ram support.

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• Fixed furnaces smelting instantly.

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• Fixed the hover tooltip.

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• Fixed hidden x-marks not removing.

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• Fixed receipt total price.

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• Fixed zoom controls on Steam Deck.

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• Made bee keeper collection more obvious.

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• Adjusted artisan good prices.

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• Brought the game up to SteamDeck playable standard.

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Hello everyone! I have a surprise for you:

After a lot of form filling, we\'ve finally published the soundtrack as an album!

You can listen now on Apple Music , Spotify and YouTube Music .

Huge thanks to my good friend James Smith for his patience, talent, and work on this.

More updates coming soon!

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The Home County v0.1.65 is here! This patches focuses on bugfixes, visual improvements and quality-of-life features requested by the community.

New Features

• Added snowy grass & paths

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• Redecorated multiple scenes (beach, lake, 2 others)

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• Added more tutorials & hint to the intro

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• Added more items in Jons shop

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• Unfilled hearts are now grey

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• Clearer furniture rotation & surface placement rules

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• Added inventory sort button

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• Added moonstone to copper mines (requires reset)

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash

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• Inventory tooltip no longer goes off screen

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• Cutting nettles is now instant

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• Fixed Steam cloud issues

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• Fixed infinite prize-winning items

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• Fixed animals not moving

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• Fixed camera flickering

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• Fixed murder mystery crash

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• Fixed Wiz-Woh saving & loading

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• Fixed Theodore party invites

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• Fixed furnace pathfinding

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For the full changelog, or to share suggestions and bug reports, join my Discord!

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The Home County v0.1.61 is here! This patches focuses on bugfixes and quality-of-life features requested by the community.

New Features

• Added zoom controls.

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• Added a cooking animation.

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• Added the tent to the map.

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• Added new music to Wiz-Woh.

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• Hid soap around the world.

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• Improved mine tutorial, minimap and intro flow.

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• Redecorated the shops area. (More visual improvements to come!)

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed quest tracking and achievement issues.

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• Animals now produce products faster.

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• Boosted movement speed.

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• Fixed some trees staying forever.

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• Fixed 3 crashes.

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• Smoothed collisions and tilemap gaps.

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• UI scaling fixes.

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• +25 more bugfixes.

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For the full changelog, or to share suggestions and bug reports, join my Discord!

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I am thrilled to announce that after 3 years in development, The Home County is now available in Early Access!

With over 2030 hours of content ready to play, Id love for you to give it a try and I look forward to your feedback.

If you encounter bugs, or would like to share feedback, please join my Discord:

https://discord.com/invite/ncqjyqzWUZ

The Home County Roadmap

[u]1st Major Update - Q4 2025[/u]\n(exact date TBA)\n\n Story & Romance

• More detailed background stories - raising hearts from 2 to 4.

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• Protective characters, jealousy, and rivals to enrich social dynamics.

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• Romance social actions, like kissing and flirting with select characters.

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\n Hobbies

• A writing hobby & library room in the Crystal Garden.

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• More variation in hobby tasks and outcomes.

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\n World

• Proper ceremony cutscenes for becoming a Lord/Lady.

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• More secrets hidden around the world.

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• More decor options to fully personalise your village.

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Outfits

• New hats & outfits.

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• Beards, dynamic beard growth & shaving.

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Technical

• 8GB RAM support.

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[u]Future Updates[/u]

• Multiplayer.

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• Localisation.

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• A knitting hobby.

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• An orchardist villager.

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• If you have any burning ideas that you would love to see in The Home County, please join my Discord and I\'ll try to make it happen!

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Note: This roadmap is a reference for update goals and is subject to change.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your support.

I hope that you enjoy your time in The Home County!