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Steam News25 February 20264mo ago

Demo Update: Patch Notes v0.1.8

We made a week-one update for the demo to fix some issues and add improvements! Notable Changes More settings available, like disabling sounds and some accessibility, e.g. zoom in lessons. Balancing, e.g.

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What changed

20 fixes8 additions12 changes4 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Store
  • Balance
  • Fixes
addedWe made a week-one update for the demo to fix some issues and add improvements!
changedNotable ChangesMore settings available, like disabling sounds and some accessibility, e.g. zoom in lessons.
changedImprovementsAdjusted volume for "wrong correction sound" in lessons.
changedImprovementsChanged gait gate success & fail sounds.
removedImprovementsLesson and lunging sounds can be disabled in the options.
addedImprovementsAdded option to decrease background movement while riding/lunging.

Horses of Hoofprint Bay changes

addedWe made a week-one update for the demo to fix some issues and add improvements!
changedMore settings available, like disabling sounds and some accessibility, e.g. zoom in lessons.
changedAdjusted volume for "wrong correction sound" in lessons.
changedChanged gait gate success & fail sounds.
removedLesson and lunging sounds can be disabled in the options.

We made a week-one update for the demo to fix some issues and add improvements!

Notable Changes

  • More settings available, like disabling sounds and some accessibility, e.g. zoom in lessons.

  • Balancing, e.g. exercise cost for training courses.

  • Pause riding and lessons on Esc.

  • Horses can be switched between full stable groups.

  • More QoL stuff.

  • A lot of bugfixes.

Full Changelog for v0.1.6

Improvements

  • Fade out music when course ends.

  • Adjusted volume for "wrong correction sound" in lessons.

  • Changed gait gate success & fail sounds.

  • Lesson and lunging sounds can be disabled in the options.

  • Added option to decrease background movement while riding/lunging.

  • Yard music also plays at breeder and store.

  • Replaced pitchfork in jumping obstacle with a spade.

  • Zoomed in riding lessons.

  • Updated horse dirt texture at hooves.

  • Save files are now deletable.

  • Added visible dirt from the outside when there is dirt/stones in the hooves.

  • Added hooves getting dirty when coming back from a trail ride.

  • Remember selected statistics values.

  • Esc now pauses the riding instead of instantly aborting

  • Changed the jeans jacket / black blouse slightly so it looks straight while riding (important for lessons)

  • The hints for which key to press now use arrows instead of description for arrow keys.

  • The hint for Spacebar now shows a wider key.

  • Adjusted how much exercise the training and trails cost.

  • Settings accessible from yard menu.

  • Added popup to offer jump-off indicators.

  • Shortened tiny forest trail.

  • Boarders now have icons instead of (Ext) in their name. (Only for new boarders, not existing ones)

  • Explanation for body condition in stats book in library.

  • Show remaining duration of stay for boarders in the horse book.

  • Show toast when discovering special horse color.

  • Show available trailer space for competitions.

  • Increased training fee for boarders.

  • Show arrows to indicate there's more than 3 horses at the game start.

  • Removed boarders from the riding instructor's list of horses.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed horses you just bought not properly disappearing from the breeder.

  • Disable lunge line when not wearing a bridle.

  • Adjusted girth for pregnant mares while selecting tack.

  • Fixed some typos.

  • Fixed Esc not working in riding scene (due to disabled actionMap).

  • Fixed boarders getting hungry too much.

  • Fixed tobiano horse mane graphics in sidescroller.

  • Snuck in a LogError for the 10k surprise money and removed a likely culprit.

  • Fixed: Missing warning popup when foals grow up.

  • Removed a bunch of unused sprites from Ui-stuff.

  • Fixed cut off background graphics in tutorial.

  • Fixed: double clicking on End of Day Summary OK makes days skip.

  • Fixed: lesson tutorial counted as exercise, often leading to exhaustion that was not warned about.

  • Fixed: You could get stuck if horse was explosive, but you didn't yet finish the first training.

  • Even less likely to hit the ledge in the forest.

Changelog v0.1.7

Improvements

  • Added pause on Esc for lessons.

  • Lessons can now be zoomed in and out.

Fixes

  • Fixed: Starter horse not selectable.

  • Fixed: Skipping 2 or more days if using Esc on the end of day screen.

  • Fixed: Lesson/lunging feedback sound and background scrolling settings not displaying true value.

Changelog v0.1.8

Improvements

  • Increased the rotation at the breeder from 1 horse per day to 3.

  • Slight animation tweaks (horse walk, head hungry, head idle).

Bugfixes

  • Fixed: Impossible times of competitors & missing time penalties.

  • Fixed: Can't upgrade stable if boarder is about to leave.

  • Fixed: You can "undo" exercise by backing up.

  • Fixed: Autojump for water jump in showjumping training 4 and for gridwork.

  • Fixed: Hoof boot missing from trail ride.

  • Fixed: Can click through to the background on the End of Day screen.

  • FixedMissing new translations.

Source

Steam News / 25 February 2026

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