Reel Life
Steam News 7 January 20264mo ago

Build 1.0.24 Update

Updating with character customization, mail system, fossils and artifacts, and Flower Temple payout changes. Added: Mail system to send letters and gifts to met residents, as well as respond to received mail. (Open the…

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changedAdded:Mail system to send letters and gifts to met residents, as well as respond to received mail. (Open the interface to the mail system by clicking on mailbox outside of the player's house. Letters and gifts from met residents may be received periodically, based on current friendship level. An alert will be active when received mail is waiting, until the mailbox is opened for that day.)
addedAdded:New cutscenes for all residents upon reaching friendship levels 3 and 4.
addedAdded:Dirt piles now occasionally appear in many scenes which can be dug up when a shovel has been bought (available from Tessa). These piles contain artifacts and fossils, which when acquired now show up in the new journal pages.
addedAdded:New slot machine token type use in the new slot machines found in the flower temple.
addedAdded:New character customization screen on new games started to adjust not only the player's appearance, but to select three interests and a favorite type of food to determine gifts received from residents.
addedAdded:Clothing items for the player which can be purchased from Tessa, won in the flower temple slot machines, or crafting in the sewing bench after clothing recipes are found. (To use, drag clothes item onto the player avatar and the current clothes will be switched with the new ones.)

Updating with character customization, mail system, fossils and artifacts, and Flower Temple payout changes.

Added:

  • Mail system to send letters and gifts to met residents, as well as respond to received mail. (Open the interface to the mail system by clicking on mailbox outside of the player's house. Letters and gifts from met residents may be received periodically, based on current friendship level. An alert will be active when received mail is waiting, until the mailbox is opened for that day.)

  • New cutscenes for all residents upon reaching friendship levels 3 and 4.

  • Dirt piles now occasionally appear in many scenes which can be dug up when a shovel has been bought (available from Tessa). These piles contain artifacts and fossils, which when acquired now show up in the new journal pages.

  • New slot machine token type use in the new slot machines found in the flower temple.

  • New character customization screen on new games started to adjust not only the player's appearance, but to select three interests and a favorite type of food to determine gifts received from residents.

  • Clothing items for the player which can be purchased from Tessa, won in the flower temple slot machines, or crafting in the sewing bench after clothing recipes are found. (To use, drag clothes item onto the player avatar and the current clothes will be switched with the new ones.)

  • Slot machine open failure SFX when clicking a banned machine.

Changed:

  • Itemized shipping receipts from daily shipped items now received at mailbox outside of the player's house at 6 AM the following day with the rest of the daily mail. To receive the gold earned from that shipment, make sure to select and open the receipt.

  • The slot machines found in the flower temple now contain varied mystery items whose quantities and grades vary as well.

  • Improved framing and timing of existing friendship cutscenes.

Source

Steam News / 7 January 2026

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