Hello, witches!

Alongside bug fixes and gameplay improvements, we've been dedicating our time to working on our next big update.

This upcoming update will have a wholesome new feature that we know many of you have been requesting: Gardening! ✂️🌳

This is all very much a work in progress, but we wanted to give you a little sneak peek into where we're at so far.


We're really excited about the watering can design...

This screengrab shows how your indoor garden could look (again, work in progress! 🧡)

And also on the natural ground:

We'll share more with you very soon! Thanks so much for being part of our development journey, we really hope you'll enjoy the next big update.

Talk soon,

Emberstorm x

Hello, witches! 🧙‍♀️

Thanks so much for all your feedback on the latest Beta branch patch. We have two things we’d like to let you know in advance:

Tomorrow we’ll be updating the Beta branch again with some of the fixes we’ve made so far from your bug reports. This update will include:

• Fixed discord art contest winners Building Blocks (Painting of a Cake & Painting of green hills) not showing in your inventory (If you had found them before you will have to find them again)
  
• Adjusted and reduced the small offset that is added to every building block as you place it
  
• Dynamic Resolution is no longer active by default
  
• Minimum Dynamic Resolution is set to 50%
  
• Fixed a bug where switching displays between play sessions would break the game.
  
• Fixed the map screen showing no biomes or rivers.
  
• Default resolution is now FullHD 1920x1080 (When you open the game for the very first time on a computer)

Next Thursday we’ll be putting this update on the Main branch, so everyone can experience these new improvements.
The issues with the save files (you’ll need to complete quests and move to a new map otherwise you’ll lose quest progress) will still apply to the Main branch. If for any reason you’d prefer not to update your game, we’ll be creating a new branch that you can switch to, the Legacy branch. You can choose to play on this branch if you’d like to keep your game the way it is. (Please note: We won't be adding any future updates or enhancements to the Legacy branch. This branch is simply for if you'd like to keep playing at your own pace before you move back over to the Main branch.)

Any questions do let us know and we’ll do our best to answer. Thanks so much for your continued support and feedback, it’s really helping us develop REKA! 🍄‍🟫

Talk soon x

Hello witches! 🧙‍♀️

Our latest patch featuring loads of fixes and improvements is out now on the Beta branch! We really hope you'll enjoy the improvements we've made and that your journey through the woodlands will be an even better experience. 🧡

To read the full patch notes, click here.


For this patch only, due to a much bigger optimisation issue, your save file will be affected when you download this patch. Here's what will happen:

- You'll lose progress on any incomplete quests. If you haven't finished a quest, you'll have to start these from the beginning. (This includes the tutorial)
- House builds won't be affected.


- Complete any outstanding quests.
- Save your game and move to a new map.
- More info on backing up your save can be found here.
- Download the patch on the Beta branch!


We're putting this patch on the Beta branch first as we'd love to get your feedback before we add it to the main branch. This is totally optional though. If you'd rather wait until it comes to the main branch then that's fine too. 😊


- Right-click REKA in your Steam library and select Properties.
- Go to the BETAS tab.
- Enter the code: REKAopenBeta in the Private Betas section, then click Check Code.
- Select Community Beta from the dropdown, update the game, and enjoy!
- Please note: If you notice your game looks a lower quality than usual, go into the Settings - Graphics -- Turn off Dynamic resolution.

We check Steam, our socials, and Discord regularly and are always tracking your feedback, but filling in this form is the best way to help us organise any bugs you spot: https://fireshinegames.jotform.com/242213662397357

Thank you for helping us improve REKA! Your feedback is invaluable as we continue working on the game. 🌿

Your continued support means so much to us. We're now working on a much bigger update that we can't wait to share with you!

Speak soon.

Emberstorm x

Here's the latest changes that have been added to the Beta branch for you to test. Thank you! <3

Changes:
- Optimized the way points of interest spawn, so that they are distributed further apart on the map

Performance:
- Slightly improved RAM usage by destroying submeshes of paths that are no longer necessary after the environment generation is completed
- Added “Quadtree Culling” a system that disables Meshes based on distance and where the player is looking
- Decreased size of Save Files so new saves you create from now on will load faster
- Added new Performance Settings
* Cloth Simulation Quality
* Render Distance
(Note: This will only take effect if you set it from the menu, restart the game or travel to another area.)
* Grass Distance
* Grass Density
* Reimplemented Dynamic Resolution Settings
* Implemented point light culling at 50m

Fixes:
- Fixed Button Remapping not working with controller
- Fixed various bugs in the button remapping screen
- Fixed the loot you receive from bludnik shrine only being fly agaric mushroom after a while
- Fixed Raven Coat and other wearables vanishing (it should reappear if you have completed the quest)
- Fixed a bug where you sometimes couldn’t walk through your doors in the chicken hut
- Fixed a bug that caused the screen to flicker, when near the mirror
- Fixed spamming Escape while jumping forward freezing the game
- Fixed outfit “Layered Burgundy Gown With Lace Accents” missing arm decorations
- Fixed outfit “Layered Burgundy Gown With Lace Accents” sleeves clipping through some coats
- Removed deprecated Hairstyle “Two short braids”. If you have previously selected this hairstyle, you will now be bald and can choose a new hairstyle at the mirror
- Removed deprecated shoes slippers. If you have previously selected these shoes, you will now be barefoot and can change your shoes at the mirror
- Fixed a bug that would cause paths to lower the terrain under Points of Interest, causing some objects to float
- The “three crowns” and “plon” book now have the correct icons when receiving them or viewing them in the building UI
- The “sparkling” effect will now properly fade until no longer visible over some distance
- Fixed a bug that could cause multiple Points of Interests to spawn on top of each other
- Fixed Candle Maker behaving weirdly, swallowing items, or not working at all
- Fixed not getting your wax back when storing a candlemaker
- Made error message when you cant store something more apparent
- Fixed a bug that would cause the grass to jitter, when standing on it for longer than 15 seconds
- Fixed the collisions between the Abandoned Mirror Point of Interest and the Chicken Legged Cottage. - You can no longer walk through the building with your chicken legged cottage
- Fixed a bug that could cause two babushkas to spawn in the same place, making it impossible to interact with one of them
- Fixed a bug where players could add more than 1 item to bludnik shrine
- Guidance popups for active quest, travelling and cooking will now not show again after loading a save if you have seen them already.
- Fixed a variety of saving & quest bugs
- Fixed not being able to cleanse the graveyard after saving and loading in tutorial.
- Fixed a saving bug in the Forgetful Villager Quest
- Fixed the deer group not saving correctly
- Fixed the mirror reflection causing flickering
- Fixed a bug that caused villagers heads to disappear
- Fixed a bug that would cause the “Pick Up” prompt to remain, when bringing a hare home, resulting in the carry animation to break when interacting with it.
- Fixed a bug that caused the player to not get a pine branch from a crooked pine while also removing the branch from the tree, if their inventory was full.
- Fixed being able to double dip on the lutkis. You now have to decide whether to do the offering or take back the loghive.
- Fixed behavior of the merchant’s scale
- Fixed various bugs concerning the villagers requesting food

Happy New Year, witches!

We hope you’ve had a peaceful beginning to 2025, and we hope you’ve been keeping warm and cozy this winter. ❄️

We’re back at our desks and feeling refreshed and ready to work hard on REKA! We can’t wait for what this year has to come. To kick things off, we have news on the next patch!


Next week we’ll be releasing our new patch to the Beta branch, and we’d love for you to test it and let us know if everything works well for you! This is totally optional though, and if you’d rather continue playing as normal until we update the main branch then that’s more than okay.

Before updating your game, we’d like to mention something important:

• Once the patch is downloaded, the map you are currently on will reset when you load a save file (this includes the tutorial)
• This means any unfinished quest lines will need to be restarted
• House builds won't be affected.

• Completing any quests you’d like to finish.
• Once you’ve done this, move to a new map
• Save and close your game
• Download the new patch 🧡
• (But to confirm, opting into the Beta branch is optional - so if you don't want to have your save file affected then you can stay on the main branch)

Sorry for this inconvenience! When investigating the bugs you had reported, we found a much bigger optimisation issue that needed fixing. We've since made lots of progress on this, and going forward all future patches will be much more simpler and won't affect your save files.


This new patch includes lots of bug fixes and optimisation improvements, with a focus on fixing the Witching Hour issues. We’ll release the patch notes soon, but here’s a little look at what’s coming next week!

• Fixed Candle Maker behaving oddly, swallowing items, or not working at all
• Fixed a bug where players could add more than 1 item to bludnik shrine
• Fixed the loot you receive from bludnik shrine only being fly agaric mushroom after a while
• Fixed Raven Coat and other wearables vanishing (it should reappear if you have completed the quest)
• Fixed a variety of saving bugs
• and many more!

Thank you for all your help with finding these bugs. Your feedback has been amazing and we feel so lucky to have such a supportive community.

Talk soon!

Emberstorm x

Hello witches 🧙‍♀️

REKA is on sale until the new year! If you haven't already begun your cozy and calming adventure in the woodlands, now couldn't be a better time.


We just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who has supported us this year. We'll be taking a small break for the holidays to refresh and then we'll be back in 2025 to work full steam ahead on REKA! 🧡

We hope you all have a wonderful week - whether you're celebrating Christmas, taking time out for yourself, or enjoying the winter season - we can't wait to speak again in the new year.

Talk soon!

Emberstorm x

Hello, witches!

We hope you are all keeping well and enjoying the winter season. ❤️

We wanted to give you a little update on where we’re at with our bug fixes and a little insight into the future of REKA. We know so many of you are eager to find out what’s coming next and we want to be as transparent as possible with what to expect.

As you know, we are working on the fixes for the Halloween update as well as general optimisation issues. The good news is that we’ve sorted the issues you were experiencing with The Witching Hour (including the Bludnik only giving mushrooms as rewards and the candle making table will be easier to use!).

Unfortunately, we can’t release this patch as soon as we’d hoped. We were aiming to release this patch by the end of the year, however while we were making all these fixes and improvements, we found a much bigger optimisation issue which we need to address before releasing any patches. Fixing this bigger issue will make future game updates much easier for us to implement, as well as improving the overall optimisation and health of REKA.

With this in mind, the next patch will be coming in January. We’re so sorry for any disappointment this causes, but please know we are working super hard to fix this. We are a small dev team so it takes a little longer for us to investigate issues and figure out how to fix things – but we’re so close to getting to the bottom of this now!

Your feedback has been so helpful to us since our launch into Early Access. Reading through all your comments and reviews has shown us what’s important to you and where we should be putting more content into REKA. We’ve decided to make changes to our roadmap to reflect features you’ve been requesting.

We’ll be able to share more with you in the new year, but we wanted to let you know about a feature we’re very excited about and currently working on…

In 2025 a big content update will be coming to REKA, and it will include gardening! Gardening is something that fits perfectly into the cozy vibes of our game and we can’t wait to see how creative you can be with it. 👨‍🌾✂️🌳

Thank you so much for bearing with us through everything, your support has been amazing and we’re feeling so positive about the future of REKA.

Any questions please let us know and we’ll do our best to answer! Many thanks ❤️

Emberstorm x

Hi witches,

We hope you’re all keeping warm and well in this colder autumn weather! 🍂

We just wanted to pop a little message about the 2024 Steam Awards. If you’re enjoying the cozy escapism of REKA we’d be over the moon if you could nominate us! ✨

Being a nominee in the Sit Back & Relax category would be an absolute dream come true, so if you’ve been enjoying our witchy little game please consider nominating us: https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations

We also just wanted to say a BIG thank you to everyone who has been filling in the bug report form and letting us know about anything strange they’ve noticed in their game! We’re working through a priority list of things we’re tweaking and fixing and will hopefully have something to share with you very soon.

Thank you so much for bearing with us, we are a small (but dedicated!) dev team and we’ll be working super hard throughout Early Access and beyond on delivering you the best REKA experience possible! <3

Thank you everyone for all your support, we’re super excited to grow REKA with you.

Emberstorm x

Hi witches,

The evenings are cold, the leaves have fallen and it's the perfect time to stay inside and play cozy games! 🍂


We couldn't say no to an autumnal Steam sale, and there's loads of other wonderful games to discover. Click here to find your next play.


A quick thank you to everyone who has supported our game so far! We're still working hard on all the feedback we've been receiving and will have an update for you soon on what's coming next. <3

Emberstorm x