Calico — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Calico Art Book Release! | 2026-01-07 | Hey Calico friends and fans!As a DLC to the main game, we have released Calico's Art Book. The art book features 57 beautiful pages offering a deeper look into the world, characters, and development of Heart Island. - Kells |
| Small Bug Fix Patch | 2025-04-18 | Fixed some bugs in the DLC and base game: - Fixed Sundae Potion breaking clothing upon save and reload - Fixed achievement for getting all animals not activating (DLC not required to get achievement) - Fixed rubber duckie neat thing starting in the wrong place - Fixed dog statue neat thing missing first step - Fixed Arcade game default volume being too high and volume sliders not working - Fixed mermaid music boundaries - Various little visual and performance fixes |
| Calico - Neat Things Out Now! | 2025-02-06 | Hi, Calico fans! We have something special to share today! A new DLC, Calico - Neat Things, is now available to play! The Neat Things DLC introduces new quests, a new character, new mini-games, and, of course, cuddly new friends to invite to your café! Check out Calico - Neat Things on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3298220/Calico__Neat_Things_DLC/ Here's what you can expect in Calico - Neat Things: New Quest — Neat Things Scavenger Hunt: Your beloved aunt has a mission for you that takes you across the whole island in search of some really neat things! New Area and NPC — Mermaid’s Cove: Visit Clover Cove to uncover a new area, and |
| Fixes for Pawsome Update | 2023-01-16 | Fixed designs not being unlocked in clothing designer Fixed animals regaining hats after removing hat and reloading the game Fixed not being able to select some design sliders with controller Fixed bug with Owl Club quest that caused player to become stuck Fixed update popup not closing when button is pressed Fixed owl and chicken making crow sounds Fixed one of the clothing tops being unobtainable, now available in clothing store Fixed spoon catapults not working in some recipes Fixed bagel stretching taking much longer than intended when fps is high Fixed scritches minigame being uncontrollable when you have an animal on your head Fixed cra |
| Calico Pawsome Edition | 2022-12-22 | Feature Updates Added over 25 new cooking minigames! Added sales bonuses based on minigame speed and score Added new animals! (Owl, Cow, Goat, Opossum, Chicken, Alpaca, Sheep) Added ability to customize wallpaper and floor of café Added new "Outline Potion" rewarded by Prism Break Quest (if you previously finished this quest it will appear in your inventory) Bug Fixes Fixed player getting stuck in swimming animation Fixed falling through the ground while dismounting birds Fixed inventory preview of some garden furniture Fixed some animals appearing to sink into the ground Fixed some cases where animal physics and petting were configured wrong |
| Free Update! Calico: Pawsome Edition Out Now! | 2022-12-22 | Whether you've been away from the café for awhile or you've yet to stop by, now is the purr-fect time to pounce on Calico. With new animals to befriend, new cooking minigames to play and more, this fresh-baked free update is sure to be a treat! If you'd like to hear more about what's new, the full patch notes can be found below. Calico: Pawsome Edition (Ver 2.0) Patch Notes: Feature Updates Added over 25 new cooking minigames! Added sales bonuses based on minigame speed and score Added new animals! (Owl, Cow, Goat, Opossum, Chicken, Alpaca, Sheep) Added ability to customize wallpaper and floor of café Added new "Outline Potion" rewarded by Pr |
| Limited Edition Pudgems Plushie! | 2022-04-26 | Hello Calico pals! We're really excited to be working with Makeship to bring you a Pudgems plushie! You have 17 days to preorder Pudgems, and if we hit the goal they'll be made! Link to Pudgems here! (cat for scale) Keep a lookout for more announcements about a huge update coming up in the summer! We've been working very hard to add more polish, more gameplay, and more animals! Thank you as always for supporting us. 💖 - Kells |
| Nominate Calico As the Most Cozy and Chill Game 💖😌 | 2021-11-24 | Hey Calico friends! The Steam Awards has opened its nominations for this year! Since we launched in December of last year, we qualify for this years awards! We would love love love if you would nominate us for their "Sit Back and Relax" category, which celebrates cozy and calming games! If Calico made you feel cozy, or helped you destress, please consider nominating us. 💖 |
| Bug fix and polish patch | 2021-09-23 | We're in the middle of working on a big update to expand the gameplay! but in the meantime, we wanted to give you this smaller update with a bunch of bug fixes and quality of life improvements. Enjoy! Added Korean and Latin America Spanish localization Added unique icons for every animal in the animal journal Fixed NPCs getting stuck in some situations and made NPC movement smoother Fixed stores selling clothes, potions, toys, and recipes that the player already owns Fixed animals getting stuck falling on furniture Fixed Freya running to the wrong place when owl club quest starts Fixed credit sequence getting stuck sometimes, and improved cre |
| Small fix for customization update! | 2021-06-28 | A few issues arose with the customization update and loading old saves, causing all of the controls displaying as "Mount", and the menus not working. This patch should fix that problem, and the problem with creating multiple new games. Let us know if you still experience these issues! |
| The Customization Update! | 2021-06-19 | A big expansion to clothing and furniture customization, along with autosaving and some bug fixes! Added autosaving every 5 minutes or when you enter furniture mode. It alternates between 2 autosave slots that you can select from the load menu Added color presets to character customization to save your favorite colors Added design option to clothing. Allows you to select a design and control the pattern. Designs are unlocked from meeting the townsfolk, finding animals, and buying recipes and items Added color gradient option to clothing. Allows you to select two colors, and set gradient size, direction, and position Added furniture color cust |
| Small fix for garden furniture! | 2021-04-20 | - Fixed some furniture items getting duplicated upon saving and loading. If you've noticed a gradual decrease in performance since the garden furniture update you may have a large number of duplicated furniture items. You can check by trying to move a piece of furniture and see if there were actually multiple in the same spot, and put any duplicates in your inventory. - Fixed not being able to pick up some furniture items after exiting furniture mode. This mostly affected flowers and wall decoration furniture |
| Garden Furniture Update! | 2021-04-09 | Added outdoor furniture, you can place furniture anywhere inside the cafe's fence Added plants to furniture, you can even put them inside if you want Made number of items available in stores increase with main quest progress Made furniture menu remember which set you last selected Fixed hair color being reset to white by hair potions Made teleport potion reset player swimming state Fixed clock graphic flickering and stretching Fixed furniture item stacks getting capped at 4 Fixed big animals getting stuck standing in one spot in cafe yard Added more degrees of furniture rotation Fixed player getting stuck from construction cat conversation bu |
| Calico is the Daily Deal! 20% off for the next 48h! | 2021-02-13 | Calico is the Daily Deal! For the next 48h get 20% off. 🥰 If you've been waiting for a sale to pick up this cute and cozy game, now is the time! |
| 1.05 Update - Japanese Localization, New Face Items and Control Remapping! | 2021-02-13 | Hello friends! We have another update! This update adds some new clothing options, including accessories for your face and eye area! Right now we have added items that will be available as the start of the game (and anyone currently playing will have them automatically to their inventory). These items include some facial hair options as well as glasses! We’ve also added basic control remapping for mouse/ keyboard and controllers! (In this build the on screen controller UI may show in the wrong positions for now, this is a known issue.) Added Japanese Localization! If you would like to see more details, as well as previous patch notes, visit t |
| Patch notes for February 12th | 2021-02-12 | Added Glasses, Beard, and Mustache accessories Added control remapping for mouse, keyboard, and controllers (the controller UI may show remapped buttons in the wrong position for now) Added Japanese localization Fixed Golden Grove getting re-locked if you didn't talk to Kai to finish the quest Fixed player map icon which was accidentally reverted in previous patch |
| Calico Update 1.04 | 2021-01-27 | Hello we have another update! Stick with us as we take community feedback and bug reports to continue to improve Calico! One big change in this version is the face options! We added some new options to allow for a more sharp jawline and thinner lips, and a few more facial hair options. We're coming to the point where we will hopefully be putting out updates more focused on usability improvements and new content, so look out for that in the future. :) -Performance improvements for lowest settings on PC -Reduced stutter and lag from spinning camera around or loading new areas -Added a few more masculine face options in character creator -Split |
| Now playable on Mac | 2021-01-08 | Just a fast update to let you all know that Calico is now playable on MacOS. Minimum specs have been added. Report any bugs in the forums. Thank you again for your constant support and warmth! |
| Calico 1.03 | 2021-01-07 | Calico 1.03 Feature Updates ⦁ Added player direction indicator to map, and made it easier to see where the player is ⦁ Added cafe notifications that shows when food is purchased and the NPC that bought it ⦁ Added support for navigating menus with the D-Pad Bug Fixes ⦁ Fixed player entering mount animation with no mount and getting stuck ⦁ Fixed another cause of NPCs getting stuck at the cafe gate, there were a lot of different causes of this one bug ⦁ Fixed NPCs getting stuck in animations while traveling between locations ⦁ Fixed Golden Grove getting re-locked after reloading game in some circumstances ⦁ Fixed setting colors on face bandage |
| Happy New Year and And Patch Notes! | 2021-01-01 | Happy New Year friends! We have some new updates coming through. These are the patch notes. v 1.03 Feature Updates ⦁ Added player direction indicator to map, and made it easier to see where the player is ⦁ Added cafe notifications that shows when food is purchased and the NPC that bought it ⦁ Added support for navigating menus with the D-Pad Bug Fixes ⦁ Fixed player entering mount animation with no mount and getting stuck ⦁ Fixed another cause of NPCs getting stuck at the cafe gate, there were a lot of different causes of this one bug ⦁ Fixed NPCs getting stuck in animations while traveling between locations ⦁ Fixed naming animals with contro |