The Merry Fairy — patch notes and updates
Stored observation / content update:
Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Build 71: New radio channel, shiny text editing features and more | 2026-10-20 | Dear friend.The Merry Fairy is 60% off this week to celebrate the new update that brings...New FeaturesEdit your text once added in the journal: if you select a paragraph, you can now change the font, color and alignment Right-click to remove a decoration from the Decoration pages in the journal: if you gathered a bit too many decorations, you can now remove them one by oneMuch nicer lighting when you change the seasons and especially time of day: now, lighting candles and turning on the lamp is necessary! There is also a more noticeable difference both inside and outside the cottage, especially between early night and late night, but these t |
| A gentle contemplation on the summer and its golden end | 2026-10-01 | Dear friend,For an entire year after celebrating the Grand Opening of The Merry Fairy, I innocently allowed the fear of conformity to quietly push me around. I worked on many updates at a speed that, for me, is impossible to sustain. In one year, I launched 16 updates, and with every launch, a part of me felt like a failure, like I do not do nearly enough to succeed (whatever this success may mean). Then, summer came and took over my business duties. She did not allow me to behave as if I were competing in the so-called "rat race". Gardens demanded my attention, pumpkin domination plans were carried out, friends came to visit, then more frien |
| Small fix for when the newest decorations disappear | 2026-07-10 | Dear friend,This small build update adds a fix for when the newest decorations sometimes disappear from the journal in between saves. I also saw your reports and want to ask you once more to please include your save file so I can troubleshoot the problems. Thank you all for your wonderful birthday wishes!!! |
| Build 70: A change of Seasons! | 2026-07-09 | Dear friend,Time is a curious concept. I cannot quite believe it has been a year since I celebrated the Grand Opening of The Merry Fairy! At the same time, it feels like I just did that - like only yesterday was my birthday, and I pushed a little green button, thus launching this magical portal into my enchanted world. I don't truly count the time in days, months, or years. I count it in the number of new friends that have entered my life - many, many fairy hugs to you all! -, in the seasons that gently change in Fairyland, offering me countless days of awe and wonder, in the generosity of my garden and Fairyland, or in the endless number of |
| The Merry Fairy is 90% off during the Summer Sale | 2026-06-25 | Dear friend,One year ago, I had the great joy to celebrate the Grand Opening of The Merry Fairy, my enchanted cottage deep in the forest of Fairyland. To many, this looks like a video game, an entertainment product designed to invoke escapism and imagined goals. But to the few that remained and returned as cherished guests in my home, I hope it became clear by now: The Merry Fairy is real, it is my home, and I truly am a Fairy living in Fairyland. I am so very happy to welcome you here!The Merry Fairy still feels like a new home to me, one year after I opened its doors on Steam. It still feels surreal that I built it, all by myself, and with |
| Build 69: The ASAP ritual, spring pictures and a little Redo feature | 2026-06-01 | Dear friend,Once, I was in a constant rush and made all sorts of things as soon as possible. But when Fairyland found me, and I remembered my magic, everything slowed down. At first, I was simply too tired to accomplish anything. Then, I slowly started to build The Merry Fairy, guided by my tree friends, the forest, the garden, and so many little seeds and flowers. They are all teaching me patience, and the restful, powerful magic that comes with softly slowing down. What wants to bloom will bloom without a need to rush, without deadlines, and without stress. This is me now, and this is my cottage, The Merry Fairy. The focus of this small upd |
| AMA about The Merry Fairy, my enchanted life and the future of my cottage | 2026-04-24 | Dear friend,Since the grand opening that took place on July 9th, 2025, 1245 guests have been buying a ticket to visit The Merry Fairy. The gross revenues less returns, chargebacks, and taxes total as of now $6,759. In the video games industry, this is called a failure. But to me, this is a success, and I want to explain why.This year, I am turning 45 years old. For most of my life, I did not do what I really wanted to do. My life was mostly guided by obligation, fear, and shame, chasing fuzzy shoulds and trying to fit into other people's forcefully imposed realities. But at 40, awakened by the Covid situation, I decided to give myself a chanc |
| Build 68: sacred mandalas, new Soul Candies & a cozy Pieced Together collab | 2026-04-20 | Dear friend,For the past month or so, my focus was largely absorbed by the sacred geometry of mandalas. I have been fascinated by mandalas for as long as I can remember, but now that I finally gave myself permission to draw them to my hearts content, I understood their magic. For a very long time, mandalas have been used by various religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism as a form of meditation. The gentle exercise of composing a beautiful geometric structure, and then adding colour and details, feels a lot like a reverie, not at all unlike how it feels to take a stroll in my beloved forest. So the highlight of this content update is a spread |
| What happiness is for fairies | 2026-03-11 | Dear friend,These days, I feel a profound sense of happiness. I feel so incredibly wonderful, and there are no words to describe this accurately, but I want to try, because I suspect this feeling is catchy. Are you ready? Is your heart ready for this?You see, many think that fairies have wings like butterflies, and when they fly, they go up in the sky. And I reckon it kinda feels like that, only, it also doesn't. I suspect us fairies have some kind of butterfly-like wings in our hearts, and this lets us fly so very high in our inner worlds, experiencing frequent, abundant moments of extraordinary happiness, awe, gratitude, excitement, and joy |
| Build 67 - Add your own decorations & 60% off during Women's Day Sale | 2026-03-06 | Dear friend,I am so glad to tell you that I cleared up the drawer in my enchanted desk, so you can add your own pictures and decorations! I also wrote you a brand new letter, or better said, an instruction note describing everything that I am leaving on my desk for you to use. And I even made now one, but two videos explaining these new features myself! The first video is also made for the wonderful event called Women's Day Sale, which starts today and features many wonderful games made by women and other marginalized developers, such as, I guess, fairies like myself! This video will stream on The Merry Fairy Steam page. I am so happy that th |
| Build 66 - new photos, bug fixes and a 30% discount | 2026-01-19 | Dear friend,I made some tiny fixes in my cottage, and I wanted to use this update occasion to add a few more pictures of Fairyland. Besides, I am able to add a discount, so I am happy to carry out the magical strategy that I have described here! Some of the fixes that this build contains are:The Bold One achievement should now be obtained properly as per its descriptionSome backgrounds had annoying export artefacts, but I found the source files that I thought I forgot to save, so now they are fixed More typos have been corrected, though this by no way means that there aren't any typos left - please continue to report them, as without your hel |
| Build 65 - Fairy's photo camera and Alan Watts' wisdom | 2026-01-01 | Dear friend,When I released the winter update (build 64), I promised myself a little holiday. Most people would define that as "stay away from work", and I did my best to keep myself out of my serene office. That is, until I remembered that I am a fairy, and my definition of a holiday (or work, or office, for that matter) might not fit the common understanding. Several exciting things came out of this realisation:In my efforts to "have a holiday", I took my old camera for several walks in the forest and attempted to capture the beauty of Fairyland. I failed, of course - my home is far too magical and beautiful to be captured in a still image |
| Build 64 - A magical winter update | 2025-12-19 | Dear friend,The Winter update for Fairyland is finally here!Here is what the cryptically named build 64 brings to my enchanted cottage:Snow! You can now choose to experience a snowy, magical winter Fairyland. You may choose the snow tight before entering my enchanted cottage, or switch the weather by using the Weather HouseYour choice of weather is now savedYou can now finally pet the fox! In truth, I told the fox a long time ago that many magical creatures who visit would love to hug and cuddle with him, but he is quite shy. However, when winter arrived, his heart softened, and now he simply cannot have enough cuddles, so please pet him as m |
| Winter Sales discount and a tiny teaser | 2025-12-18 | Dear friend,The Steam Winter Celebrations are starting today, and The Merry Fairy will be discounted by 20% until January 5th. I had been eagerly anticipating this day because I wanted to release a fresh new update on this occasion, but sadly, I cannot yet get a stable build. However, I am hopeful all the issues will be fixed rather soon, and until then, I made a little teaser for you:With the next update, I will be sharing a powerful ritual that I will do very soon. It's my own version of what is sometimes called "Rauhnächte" or "The 13 wishes", and I will initiate it on the Winter Solstice, which is happening during the longest night of the |
| New decorations, new features and 60% discount starting today | 2025-12-01 | Dear friend,It is the 1st of December, a day filled with hope and anticipation for many of us. This is why I am very excited to share with you a fresh new update, together with some happy news!Build 63 - finally, lots of new decorationsA new update is finally here!As you might already expect from me, I did not write down precisely everything new and fixed with version 63. Notably, I want to mention that I am working on reorganizing the Decoration collection in a more useful way, and that this work can be seen in the first book of decorations on the shelf. The shiniest updates are:Bookmarks for the Decoration book, leading to several types of |
| The Merry Fairy Discount Spells | 2025-11-14 | Dear friend,Someone once asked me what is my relationship with money. The question really puzzled me - I did not know how to answer, and I thought about it for a very long time. That is, until I realised that the answer was so simple: I do not have a relationship with money. Money is not real. It is just an arbitrary number that too many of us still believe means value, and it is our belief that allows so many of us to play such funny games with each other. I learned these lessons through fear. But now that I am in Fairyland and can freely fly and experience what I call true value - love, friendship, belonging, kindness, generosity, joy, curi |
| Resize - a small, but mighty tool | 2025-10-31 | Dear friend,It is with great joy that I announce this: the Resize spell is here! Any decoration you can gather can now be made bigger or smaller by using the newest Resize spells available in your enchanted journal. Please be aware that this small, but mighty spell has no limits - it is up to you and your creativity how to use it. This means that some small decorations will be pixelated if you choose to greatly increase their size; but pixel art is a playful medium as well, and I look forward to being inspired by your designs!The Resize spell has been a popular request, and I hope that it will bring joy to many of you. There are more new feat |
| Quick Decorations save fix | 2025-10-15 | Dear friend, Some of the new decorations were not properly saving in between game sessions. Hopefully this is fixed now! |
| Improved sorting, The Abbess Garden and Halloween! | 2025-10-14 | Dear friend,I fell in love!This always happens to me at the turn of the season, and this time I fell in love with Autumn! She painted my beloved forest in so many lovely, incredible colors, that I have a really hard time being inside. All I want is to go for a walk and gather a lot of leaves. I even learned that if you marinate lovely autumn leaves in a solution composed of 1/3 glycerin and 2/3 lukewarm water, the vibrant colors will last for a very long time. My leaves are still marinating, but I hope that in a few days, my office will look and feel just like the forest!Inspired by this beautiful Autumn, I fell in love once more with waterco |
| Remembering Dr. Jane Goodall | 2025-10-04 | Dear friend,Of all the magic that exists, my favorite kind is the magic of hope. Hope is where every good thing can begin. To hope is to trust your dreams, to imagine something good and have the courage to summon it into reality. Without hope, I dare say no seed would ever be planted, no bread would ever be baked, no book would ever be written, and no cottage, or game would ever be done. And yet, hope is perhaps the hardest magic to yield, especially when the modern world seems so enchanted by the magic of destruction. This is why I mourn the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall, whose wisdom and courage have been inspiring me for as long as I can rem |
| A heartfelt letter for you | 2025-09-29 | Dear friend,Last night, my Caretaker picked bluebells for me and left them on my desk, so that I could start my day feeling loved and happy.But I did not notice them.I started my day focused on the latest update, impatiently checking the impact of the events The Merry Fairy takes part in. Spelkollektivet got 24 hours of front page featuring on Steam, and the Summer Postcard is such an amazingly well-planned event. Could these actions bring me more sales? Will I get more positive reviews and enough visibility so that my game becomes popular?These thoughts robbed me of the joy of noticing these beautiful flowers. And I caught myself on the verg |
| Flip, Stamp and Celebrate! | 2025-09-22 | Dear friend,Starting today, September 22nd, and until September 29th, The Merry Fairy takes place in not one, but two Steam fests: The Spelkollektivet 8th Anniversary Showcase and the Summer Postcard celebration! Sadly, I am unable to offer a discount on these wonderful occasions, so instead, I focused on releasing the biggest update I have ever done until now. Shiny New Things in The Merry Fairy Build 60You can now choose between a Simple or Realistic way of gathering decorations; the Simple way functions as a kind of stamp, allowing you to gather a decoration only once and then use it in your journal pages as many times as you wish. You may |
| Scholarly discounts, tiny adventures and no updates! | 2025-08-25 | Dear friend,It is with great joy that I announce this: The Merry Fairy participates in the Back to School Steam Celebration event, which will take place starting today, August 25th, and until September 1st, 2025. This week, the game features a 10% discount, effective as of today at 7 pm CET. I had been hoping to prepare a rich update for this wonderful occasion, but I realised one thing: since July 9th, when I had the great joy of celebrating the Grand Opening of The Merry Fairy, I had not really allowed my heart to slow down. This is no good way for a Fairy to nurture her magic! Last week, I left all the unfinished new things to rest, and I |
| Build 59 - Announcing a new Fairyland Radio channel | 2025-08-16 | Dear friend,I perceive the world as magical. Every tree that I see speaks to me; every animal shows me wisdom and kindness; every time the wind caresses my cheek, I feel cared for and alive. I truly feel my wings fluttering, and more often than not, I can conjure amazing things, like The Merry Fairy.For most of my life, I convinced myself that feeling this magic is simply a maladaptive result of a too vivid imagination. And yet, what most people I knew called a "normal life" never really worked for me. For four decades, unable to get much joy from a rather decent existence, I reached a point where I had to make a drastic change. I decided to |
| Build 58 - New Content & Debut Festival 2025 | 2025-08-07 | Dear friend,The modern world is often overwhelming for a fairy like me. I enjoy simple adventures, small pleasures and calm ordinary moments. My everyday life is quite solitary, which is something I treasure a lot. One of my favourite activities is to take slow and mindful walks around Fairyland and spend as much time as I need to observe everything that lives here. I am curious about the turning of the seasons. I adore looking at flowers, but sometimes I find myself even more fascinated by leaves. With this beautiful summer coming to an end, I find myself captivated more than usual by the changes my tree friends are about to experience. I wa |
| Build 57 - My favourite Epicurus quotes, Demo updates and of course, bug fixes | 2025-07-28 | Dear friend,I believe that the entire world is magical and that every place can become as abundant and as enchanted as my Fairyland, with a little love and kindness. Sadly, most places are not like that today. Some places witness a history of extreme sadness, hunger and atrocities. My heart becomes very heavy when I think about this. The past week in particular has brought a lot of rain and thunder in my heart. It is very little that I can do, and I really wish I could do a lot more - but a little is always better than nothing. And I hope this inspires you to do what you can, as well. Epicurus, a favourite philosopherBuild 57 brings new quote |
| Build 56 - Fixes, decorations and gentle butterflies | 2025-07-21 | Dear friend,The latest update for my cottage is ready now, and it is called "build 56". Several fixes come with this update, most notably: the decorations that you gather in the journal should no longer disappearthe sound controls in Settings is now workingthe last achievement is now correctly grantedThe cottage now also welcomes Butterflies! They are very gentle and sometimes may keep you a little bit of company. They prefer sunny, warm days! There is also a fresh new decoration spread in the last book on the shelf, called The Scrapbooking Emporium. I added a floral themed collection and tried a slightly different way to present new decorati |
| Journal with Fairy and win Steam keys as she attends a Slumber Party! | 2025-07-17 | Dear friend,The wonderful team at Dames 4 Games is organizing a Slumber Party starting July 17h, 2025 - 12PM PT // 3PM ET. I am glad to let you know that The Merry Fairy will be attending this wonderful party and that 10 x Steam tickets for my enchanted cottage will be given away in various ways.I made an entire new video for this wonderful occasion where the inspiration allowed me to create two scrapbook journal spreads. If you feel inspired, or if you feel like you could inspire me, please do tell! I continue to be extremely amazed by the wonderful screenshots this cozy and wonderful community of magical souls are sharing on The Merry Fairy |
| New Decorations and a few little fixes | 2025-07-14 | Dear friend,After a few days of resting and celebration (there was more cake over the weekend!), I am very glad to be back in my beautiful digital cottage with a few new things for you! Please make sure that your cottage is refreshed (your build is updated, as a developer might say) and that you see the number 55 in the lower left side of the screen.I added a brand new page of decorations for the Guestbook. This artwork is a tribute to something really close to my heart. It will also become available in the Demo version, which can be enjoyed freely, IF my world domination plans work properly and it is indeed super easy to freshen up the Demo |
| Watch Fairy make her scrapbooking journal spreads | 2025-07-11 | Dear friend,Time started to work in a truly strange fashion since I celebrated the Grand Opening of The Merry Fairy! Part of me feels like it happened just a few hours ago, and yet it also feels like I have been welcoming magical souls at my enchanted cottage for ages.I cannot thank you all enough for the outpouring of love and amazing birthday wishes since the 9th of July. I had an amazing birthday, with Cherry Cake and Fairy sandwiches, all provided by my garden who seems to have decided to celebrate with me! It was the first day that I picked ripe tomatoes, one cucumber and a good deal of delicious lettuce. It was also the day when the for |