1.1.8 Patchnotes - The "Good Tidyings" Update
Well, it's been a busy 1.5 months since launch and the response has been absolutely wonderful for A Little to the Left! It's been a joy to watch players connect with the game, and we really appreciate everyone who has reached out with feedback and bug reports. Thank you!!
Features
Implementation of the "Good Tidyings" limited-time Daily Tidy holiday event, featuring 6 new free holiday-themed puzzles releasing one per day, over the span of 6 days from December 22nd to 27th.
Achievements & Data
Modals for outputting data save/load errors
"Streak Resolver" to repair streaks that were broken due to getting an unsolvable variation of the Bread Tags or Spice Jars Daily Tidy's
Hint Hunter and What is Will Be achievements stability fix and now supports unlock on subsequent playthroughs
Campaign achievements now award at end of credits or if credits are aborted, instead of awarding as final level completes
Reset on Eggs level no longer negates Exacting Eggs achievement
Exacting Eggs and Keep Away achievements no longer awarded on level skip
No longer able to trigger the "consecutive Daily Tidy's played" achievements through uninstall/reinstall of game
Daily Tidy-related achievements descriptions now indicate that puzzles must be completed, not just played in order to qualify for achievement
Added indicator to Hint menu for when a hint has been adequately revealed to qualify for hint-related achievements
Stats reset count when starting a new game save (this won't affect existing awarded achievements)
Gameplay
Added interaction feedback to freeform Symmetry puzzles (Shells, Seed Pods, Clovers) to better communicate puzzle criteria
Updated hints on freeform Symmetry puzzles (Shells, Seed Pods, Clovers) to communicate puzzle logic rules instead of showing singular solution
Updated artwork for improved player feedback in Front of Fridge: Postcards, Workbench, and Lamp levels
Goal height reduced by 33% in Tupperware Tower
Shuffle objects (Books, Spice Jars, etc) will no longer result in overlap with quick drag interaction
Items can no longer be forced out of frame in the Storage Boxes level
Storage Boxes level can no longer be solved with an object outside of the box
All panable objects now support pan drag beyond confines of object bounds
Corrected cursor sprite state when releasing swabs after a level reset in the Medicine Cabinet level
Shade in Lamp level will no longer snap to opposite side when being tilted to far left
Added SFX on heart-shaped pod in Seed Pods puzzle
Daily Tidy
Resolved rare bug in Daily Tidy "Bread Tags" puzzle that would cause failure to load, resulting in a blank white screen
Daily Tidy "Bread Tags" level now allows for tags to be placed regardless if another object is inside the placement detection area
Resolved rare bug in Daily Tidy "Spice Jars" puzzle that could result in a variation where top row jars abide by both solutions simultaneously, preventing "surface curves" solution from being detected
Outputting level index and randomizer seed to Daily Tidy menu for reference
Daily Tidy menu will no longer change immediately to next days Daily Tidy interface if the player is in the menu or actively playing a Daily Tidy puzzle at the time of a new day start (12:00am)
UI & Languages
Fixing error that could cause the hint eraser to grow in size and fill screen on the Wet Paw Prints level
Corrected eraser "drop" interaction for Radial Dance Party "Food" phase hint
Title screen menu buttons active clickable area now confined to menu item text length
Fixed translation text for "Daily Tidy" title for Traditional Chinese
Repaired missing glyphs in "minutes" text for Chinese languages
Fixed overlapping "minutes" text in Daily Tidy menu for Turkish
Fixed missing glyphs in Good Tidyings title for Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) and Korean languages