Chowdown Kitty Patch Notes – v1.0.3

Hi everyone!

Thank you for continuing to play Chowdown Kitty and share your feedback with us. This update includes a large number of improvements, quality of life updates, bug fixes, visual polish, and performance optimizations across the game.

We've focused on making the experience smoother, more polished, and more enjoyable whether you're matching treats, collecting cats, decorating your lounge, or exploring Adventure Mode.

✨ New Features & Visual Improvements

• Added new boat and spaceship travel animations when moving between islands.

• Added a special space travel sequence when heading into space.

• Added a new title screen.

• Added a new scanning animation.

• Added explosion effects and additional visual polish throughout the game.

• Added subtle animations to cat ratings, island titles, and various UI elements.

• Added new animations when opening the cat selection screen.

• Added a slight growth effect when matching treats.

• Added a subtle shake animation when holding treats.

• Added new Play and Return icons.

• Added a Swap feature for cats and furniture.

• Added a Reset Story Data option with confirmation prompts.

• Updated credits.

🐱 Lounge & Cat Improvements

• Cats are now easier to click thanks to larger and more responsive hitboxes.

• Cats now adjust their hitboxes when sitting.

• Cats are slightly smaller, allowing more room in the lounge.

• Improved cat positioning and sitting behavior throughout the lounge.

• Additional furniture, including pillows and couches, can now be sat on.

• Improved furniture alignment and placement.

• Fixed several issues related to furniture movement and rendering.

🌎 Adventure Mode Improvements

• Free Play progress no longer resets after playing Adventure Mode levels.

• Island scrolling is smoother and easier to follow.

• Island titles now feature improved animations and readability.

• Campaign mode now features its own unique music.

• Various dialogue and story progression issues have been fixed.

• The game now saves after every dialogue exchange to prevent replaying conversations you've already seen.

🛍️ Quality of Life Improvements

• Camera screenshots now let you choose where files are saved.

• Cursor automatically hides when taking screenshots.

• Shop flow has been improved.

• Purchasing items now saves properly when leaving the shop.

• Clicking "Edit Name" now automatically selects the text field.

• Transitions throughout the game are now smoother.

• Added UI improvements across multiple menus and screens.

🐛 Bug Fixes & Performance

• Fixed several story progression issues.

• Fixed shop issues that could occasionally prevent rewards from appearing.

• Fixed island rendering and scrolling issues.

• Fixed text rendering and dialogue formatting issues.

• Fixed various visual glitches involving shadows, water effects, and backgrounds.

• Fixed multiple crash scenarios.

• Fixed several interaction and collision issues throughout the lounge.

• Fixed issues that could allow levels to be entered multiple times.

• Added numerous performance optimizations, stability improvements, and code cleanups.

📱 Portrait Mode Improvements

Portrait Mode received a significant update, including:

• Improved UI layout and readability.

• Improved dialogue portrait rendering.

• Better camera controls and scrolling.

• Improved shop formatting.

• Improved text scaling and visibility.

• Improved island, cloud, and water rendering.

• Better support for mobile devices.

• Numerous bug fixes and visual improvements.

🎴 Bonus Mode Improvements

• Improved card rendering and visibility.

• Fixed Match 2 related crashes.

• Improved portrait mode support.

• Fixed several bonus stage issues and softlocks.

• Improved reaction test visuals for player comfort.

• Updated curtain animations.

• Additional performance improvements and bug fixes.

Thank you again for helping us improve Chowdown Kitty. Your feedback continues to help us make the game more polished, more cozy, and more fun with every update.

🐱 Happy matching, and keep feeding those Chonks!