Patch 0.628: New Item: "Wishing Star" and Balancing + Bug Fixes

Ova Magica

Stardew Valley meets Pokémon! Experience a wholesome JRPG-farm game inspired by the classics! Train cute blob creatures, take care of your farm and make friends with the people of Clover Town.

[EDIT: Please update to 0.629 - it has a mouse cursor fix/improvement when playing in "Windowed" mode] Hello💚! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38620452/7ee175633d7db29e956731ad5fd31d1a2e63a199.png[/img] Another patch with several bug fixes and improvements is available! Please make sure to update to [b]0.628 version[/b]. (If Steam doesn't do the update automatic close and restart Steam. On Steam Deck sometimes the Deck doesn't start games after updates, in this case restart the Steam Deck.) [h3]New item: Wishing Star🌟[/h3] Have you ever gazed up at Clover town's night sky hoping to catch a glimpse of a shooting star? And in that quiet, hopeful instant, it feels like anything is possible and that maybe, just maybe, your ([b]blob egg[/b]) wish will come true 🌠! This part contains spoilers, so if you prefer finding out yourself do not click : [spoiler] We got a lot if feedback the current 2% egg drop rate from wild blobs is too low. This won't change and it is intended for blob eggs to feel rare and special. But there is now a new item in-game which will help you to 100% get your desired wild blob egg: During the shooting star event in addition to copper ores now also "Star Shards" fall from the sky. They can be melted with the furnace into a "Wishing Star". Using the Wishing Star on a wild blob will guarantee it 100% dropping an egg after the battle (careful: do not waste it on bosses).[/spoiler] [h3]New: Choose your difficulty for the Night of Roses festival game[/h3] We got a lot of feedback regarding the rythm arrow game being too hard - so hopefully the new change will help with this 💚 You can now choose between 3 difficulties: Easy, Normal, Challenging (was the only default before). Easy difficulty offers in addition to way less arrows also a bigger area/time window for hitting the arrows. (Note: You can get the same reward when scoring A , regardless of difficulty. The reward is not unique/missable in case you prefer not playing the game) [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38620452/6b5e937f382d3f1c494fce0cc4f28cf7b55a81f6.png[/img] [h3]Improvements + Balancing[/h3] [list] [*] mouse cursor is now only confined to the game window when playing with the settings “Fullscreen” and not for windowed modes. [*] items dropped during shooting stars have now an additional visual effect for better visibility + slightly bigger collect radius [*] basketball mini game is now slower [*] Replaced “Sleeping Powder” skill from Mystic Forest blob world boss to make it slightly easier [*] reduced Pirate Island blob world wild blob level by 3. [*] reduced growth level of unripe palm tree fruits in Pirate Island blob world [*] nerfed Treejuvenation blob ability + progress tree fruit growth from 2 to 1 day [*] added additional hint how to progress Saphir heart event 1 when talking to Oliver[/list] [h3]Bug Fixes[/h3] [list] [*] fixed sliding puzzle not stopping time when standing on an empty field [*] fixed that blob product, eggs and poops sometimes were moved out of the visible blob barn area and barnd couldn#t be cleaned/cleared [*] fixed that stew pot could be used after Blob Banquet festival event [*] fixed a bug with apple trees on Jades farm causing the game being stuck on loading screen when trying to enter Clover Valley [*] fixed bug that rose bushes were not recolored correctly in the different seasons [*] removed one duplicate/overlapping bush in Clover Valley (is gone when next season starts) [*] fixed cleaners Npcs sometimes overlapping with trainer family in blob league plaza [*] fixed crow and crab blob eggs having too long name text [*] fixed Emerald and Flint friendship when talking to them after the Sleigh Swap festival event [*] fixed some Npcs not being able to be photographed when in bed or in a selling booth [*] fixed several typos[/list] Thanks for reading and hopefully this update will make your turtle blob wishes come true🌠💚 The team continues to work hard to improve Ova Magica with the next upcoming patches. ~Claudia