Whiskara — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Whiskara 1.2 is released | 2025-06-06 | Surprise!Here it is, Whiskara's (possible) last update! This is the biggest update the game will ever get (because there probably won't be anymore, besides patches)! However future content updates cannot be promised, this update was originally going to be way bigger, but this whole project was just too ambitious for one person to complete.So I have been doing some edits to that version, and I present you with a cut down version of that cancelled update, with only some features cut (mainly side content and the whole caves segment). And as stated in previous announcements, future games that I will work on will be much less ambitious.There are s |
| Thank You, Whiskara | 2025-05-21 | I wanted to take a moment to share some important news about Whiskara. After a lot of hard thought, I’ve made the difficult decision to the project on hold indefinitely. When I first started working on Whiskara, I was passionate, excited, and full of ideas... but also still fairly inexperienced. Over the 8-ish month development time, I’ve grown a lot as a developer, and through that growth, I’ve come to realise that the scope of Whiskara was simply more than I, a single developer, could realistically manage. I bit off more than I could chew. Whiskara will never be forgotten. It is a huge milestone in my development journey, and one I’m incred |
| New Cat Type and Clothes - Developer Update #2 - Whiskara | 2025-04-06 | Hiya everyone! A few days ago I started doing developer updates to let you all know how development is going, and I have done so much. I have created a new type of cat that'll appear in game, a humble tabby cat. This cat type will exist within the valley alongside the other characters. image showing the new tabby cat type without clothing. Clothing, you may have already noticed that both Charlie and Dad both wear a knitted cardigan, however they don't wear any lower concealment, and other characters don't wear any clothing whatsoever. So in Alpha 1.2 all characters will be wearing clothing, however, upon release you won't be able to customise |
| Developer Update #1 | 2025-03-29 | I am really embarrassed to make this announcement again, but Alpha 1.2 will not be releasing this March, I am no longer going to make any promises on a release date for this update, I still have a lot to do, and I've not had the time to work on the project for personal reasons I don't want to get into. However I can say it will 100% be out this year, I will start taking this much more seriously, and I will start doing these developer updates to let you all know how the project is getting along. Unfortunately I am a perfectionist when it comes to Whiskara, for better and for worse. I am hyper-focused on making the game as good as I'm capable o |
| Whiskara is now 50% off as part of the Steam Spring Sale! | 2025-03-14 | Whiskara is now 50% off as part of the Steam Spring Sale! Don't miss this chance to get the game at half the price. Later this month Alpha 1.2 will release, so this is a nice opportunity to pick up the game for 50% off. |
| New Changes for the Upcoming Whiskara Alpha 1.2 | 2025-02-12 | Hello everyone! Last month I announced the changes for Whiskara A1.2, and since making that announcement, I've decided to add extra features. These features were originally going to be added in A1.3, however I thought it would've been better to add it to A1.2 instead. New Changes: Caves Area - Finally, after many months, the caves will be added to the game. Saving System - Alpha 1.2 will include a saving and loading system, so if you need to step away from the game, you will be able to continue where you left off. Skills - A new agility skill will be added, this skill will improve the your stamina and running speed, there are a total of 10 ag |
| Whiskara Alpha 1.2 - What Will Happen In This Big Update | 2025-01-04 | Hello everyone! Last week I made an announcement, I said that Whiskara was going to change a lot. I completely forgot to follow it up with another announcement to tell you all what will actually be changing, so here is that late announcement post. Big Changes: The game engine will be updated to Unity 6, as it is more stable and faster, so development will be easier. As you may already know, some of the story will be rewritten, same goes for some character backstory. The quest system in the game will be completely overhauled, the old one was fine, but it has it's limits and is very janky. This new one is much better and has many new features. |
| Whiskara Is Going To Change | 2024-12-28 | I thought I should let everyone know that Whiskara will be changing a lot. To me, it feels like the general story falls a bit flat, and just drags on for no real reason. Recently I've been playing Atlyss, that amazing game has totally changed my perspective on what a proper ARPG should be, I will be rewriting a lot of the game's story for better pacing, and in later updates, the gameplay itself will be greatly improved. This means Alpha 1.2 will be delayed to at least mid to late February 2025, but I can assure you that this will be worth the wait. Later I will release an updated announcement talking about what will change. but basically, 1.2 |
| Whiskara Alpha 1.2 - Development Begins | 2024-12-19 | Hello my community, Today Alpha 1.2 will start development, this update will focus on more technical stuff to make future development a lot easier, so a lot of code will be rewritten (and optimised). The biggest changes that you all get to experience will be the sound of the game, I will be adding subtle ambient music that plays during gameplay. On top of that, there will be lots of new sound for the player, including footstep sounds. The NPC voices are going to be re-recorded, personally, I hate the way Miss Lecheuse sounds. Each unique character will have their own unique voice, that sounds relatively human (except the characters are cats, |
| Whiskara Alpha 1.1.3 - Patch Update | 2024-12-16 | Collecting dad's journal before Quest 4 would break the game, dunno how I never checked before, but it was an easy fix Fixes: Collecting dad's journal before Quest 4 is no longer possible this update was supposed to come out yesterday, but I was feeling unwell thank you all for the positive support! |
| Whiskara Alpha 1.1.2 - Patch Update | 2024-12-14 | I wanted to add some button prompts to dad's journal during the 4th quest. And the exit game button was visible over the loading screen, I didn't notice it until after the Alpha 1.1.1 was released. So I fixed it! Fixes: Dad's journal now has button prompts Exit game button is no longer displayed over the loading screen thank you all for the positive support! |
| Bug Fixes - Whiskara Alpha 1.1.1 | 2024-12-12 | it has came to my attention that there were some bugs, so i fixed them! Fixes: The game will no longer softlock if you open the skill menu or pause the game during dialogue Objects occlusion culling will now function properly thank you all for the positive support! |
| Whiskara Alpha 1.1 - Now Available! | 2024-12-10 | Hey everyone, To mark 20 days since the Early Access release, I thought it would be a good idea to add a bunch of new content and features to Alpha 1.1.0! Major Changes: New skill level system, levelling up will now give a skill point, points can be spent on a speech skill that can affect dialogue (more skills will be added in later updates) Added 2 new main quests Added 9 Gold Chunks to collect Added 3 achievements, 2 of them hidden, good luck finding them! The player will now respawn after death Enemies can now respawn TAB key on Keyboard to access the skill system screen, kill enemies to level up and get skill points Minor Changes: Massive |
| Whiskara Alpha 1.1 Coming Very Soon! | 2024-12-10 | Hiya everyone, I thought it would be a good idea to tell you what's going to be in the Whiskara Alpha 1.1 update! The update will come out very soon, as of writing this i am playtesting the game to make sure everything is in order, expect the update to drop within the next few days Alpha 1.1.0 Update Highlights: Major Changes: New Skill Level System: Gain skill points by leveling up; currently, spendable on a speech skill affecting dialogue. More skills will follow in future updates. 2 new main quests 9 collectible Gold Chunks 3 new achievements (2 are hidden) Gameplay Enhancements: Player respawns after death Enemies now respawn Minor Change |
| Whiskara Alpha 1.1 coming soon, here are the details! | 2024-11-25 | Hey everyone, I've been working hard on Alpha 1.1 and it is going well. I can't guarantee a release date, however it will be a very good update first, there will be new quests, i do regret launching the game with only 3 quests, so to make up for the lack of quests, i will be adding at least 3 new quests to the game. second, collectables will be added. The collectables will be Golden Chunks, getting all of them will give you an achievement, yay. there will also be some adjustments to the environment, such as rocks, lots of rocks. And a water well in the village. Quite a lot of the other changes will be quality of life changes, such as respawni |
| Patch Notes for Whiskara Alpha 1.0.1 | 2024-11-21 | Hey everyone, This is a big moment for me, the first update for my first game on Steam. I’ll be honest, it’s been a tough start. Not much in revenue so far and no community feedback yet, it’s clear I’m still at the very beginning of this journey. But every big project starts somewhere, and I’m proud of what I’ve built so far. I’ve made some small improvements in this update to polish the experience: Patch Notes: - Fixed an oversight in dad's first dialogue: after dad says "I want to make sure my little princess is healthy", it now has three full-stops instead of commas - Fixed an oversight in Charlie’s first dialogue: the caves are now proper |