Steam News11 February 20264mo ago

We've hit ALPHA!

🐾We’ve Reached Alpha!🐾 We’ve officially crawled out of Pre-Alpha and into the Alpha stage! A ton of new features have been implemented and are currently under heavy testing.

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changed🐾We’ve Reached Alpha!🐾We’ve officially crawled out of Pre-Alpha and into the Alpha stage !

added🐾We’ve Reached Alpha!🐾A ton of new features have been implemented and are currently under heavy testing. We’re getting closer to Beta , where we’ll start sending keys out to testers 👀

changedMain Game Loop: (Almost) Locked InThe core gameplay loop is now nearly 100% complete — which means our main focus has shifted to what really matters:

addedMain Game Loop: (Almost) Locked InNew items

addedMain Game Loop: (Almost) Locked InNew playable characters

addedMain Game Loop: (Almost) Locked InNew enemies

Whiskers In The Sand changes

changedWe’ve officially crawled out of Pre-Alpha and into the Alpha stage !

addedA ton of new features have been implemented and are currently under heavy testing. We’re getting closer to Beta , where we’ll start sending keys out to testers 👀

changedThe core gameplay loop is now nearly 100% complete — which means our main focus has shifted to what really matters:

addedNew items

addedNew playable characters

🐾We’ve Reached Alpha!🐾

We’ve officially crawled out of Pre-Alpha and into the Alpha stage!

A ton of new features have been implemented and are currently under heavy testing. We’re getting closer to Beta, where we’ll start sending keys out to testers 👀

Main Game Loop: (Almost) Locked In

The core gameplay loop is now nearly 100% complete — which means our main focus has shifted to what really matters:

New items
New playable characters
New enemies
And… a few surprises we’re not ready to fully reveal yet

Content mode: ON.

Meet the Newest Character

Have you seen the newest addition to the roster?

Here’s a sneak peek:

But that's not a cat... Or is it?

New Gameplay Trailer

We’ve also dropped a brand-new gameplay trailer showing off the latest updates in action.

Check it out here:

Thanks for following the development of Whiskers in the Sand! More chaos, more sand, more whiskers soon.

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