Whiskerwood — patch notes and updates
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| Save 50% on Whiskerwood | 2026-10-02 | Whiskerwood is currently 50% off during the Hooded Horse Autumn Publisher Sale. In this city builder, you must establish your Whisker colony and build it into an industrious empire. Set up intricate production chains, optimize your cities, and tend to the needs of your mouse colonists. Serve your cat overlords faithfully, or defy their oppressive rule. Hooded Horse Autumn Publisher Sale |
| Patch #29: Optimizations, Optimizations, & More FPS! | 2026-10-02 | Patch #29Whiskerwood is getting faster! Now several weeks now since the big nautical update: we've fixed a ton of nautical bugs and balances. So instead players have grown their colonies and hit our eternal enemy: performance!You might remember a number of patches back we had a series of optimization centric patches..... Well, good news is here! We're calling this patch the king of optimization patches!The exact performance impact varies depending on save size, but for the largest save files: FPS IS DOUBLED!We tested both a reasonable 100 Whiskerwood save file and the current largest reported save file of 3,400 Whiskers. The smallest save fil |
| Patch #28: Storage Piers, Ship Scuttling, & Damage Reports | 2026-09-18 | Patch #28Welcome to Patch #28! We've got optimizations, features, bug fixes, and even crash fixes!Storage Piers!These new storage piers let you park any unused ship. They are cheap and require no workers so you can park ships for later use!Ship Scuttling!If you truly do not wish to keep a ship, you can even scuttle using the new "Scuttle Ship" mechanic!Crash Fixes!Big news for anyone prior impacted by the shadow pass crash! You can now set your shadow quality back up from low!Sorry for this persistent bug. It turns out it was a race condition in the Unreal Engine and that explains why our prior attempts to fix it were futile. Namely we rewrot |
| Patch #27: Exploration Dock, Ship Loadout Controls, Nerfed Cannon Taxes | 2026-09-11 | Patch #27Welcome to the Patch after the Nautical Update!My name is Daniel and I'm the lead programmer on Whiskerwood. I want to say thank you to so many players for starting Whiskerwood! Thanks to you and returning players we actually had more people playing Whiskerwood after the Nautical update than we did at our early access launch! The nautical update was a big undertaking for our team. Over the weekend we released 5 hotpatches and I appreciate everyone's patience during that buggy time.This patch brings both a ton of deeper bug fixes plus new features driven by player feedback. The two highlights I want to give are the Exploration Dock, a |
| Patch #26: The Nautical Update (Ships & Shipyards! Naval Battles! Trading!) | 2026-09-03 | Set Sail for the High Seas! Hello Everyone, My name is Daniel Dressler and I am the lead programmer on Whiskerwood. On behalf of myself and the team, I want to express our thanks for your support. About 4 months ago, I asked for your patience as we started work on our biggest update to Whiskerwood yet. And today is the day it ships! With the introduction of an expansive open ocean, this update charts a new chapter in Whiskerwood's core gameplay! Thanks to your feedback during Early Access, we've been able to design a better nautical feature that better integrates with our core in-island gameplay. Our original ideas for nautical gameplay misse |
| Major Patch #26 Preview: The Nautical Update! | 2026-08-26 | Hello, my name is Daniel, and I’m the lead programmer on Whiskerwood. Just over 3 months ago, I announced in our last update that we would spend the next 4+ months making a massive expansion to Whiskerwood’s gameplay... I am proud to announce that we are ahead of schedule and it'll go live on September 3rd. We have a clear runway to ship our update and are working on polishing and debugging. We still have many bugs to fix and many mechanics to iterate on, balance-wise, but the big features are written and implemented! Thus, I want to walk you through what we are adding to Whiskerwood and how it will change your gameplay. With special attentio |
| Save 35% on Whiskerwood | 2026-07-09 | Whiskerwood is currently 35% off during the Hooded Horse July Publisher Sale. In this city builder, you must establish your Whisker colony and build it into an industrious empire. Set up intricate production chains, optimize your cities, and tend to the needs of your mouse colonists. Serve your cat overlords faithfully, or defy their oppressive rule. Hooded Horse July Publisher Sale |
| Save 35% on Whiskerwood | 2026-06-26 | Whiskerwood is currently 35% off during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale. In this city builder, you must establish your Whisker colony and build it into an industrious empire. Set up intricate production chains, optimize your cities, and tend to the needs of your mouse colonists. Serve your cat overlords faithfully, or defy their oppressive rule. Hooded Horse Summer Sale |
| Whiskerwood News Roundup at the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale | 2026-06-01 | Spring is in full swing, and so is Whiskerwood's update schedule! Two recent patches have released for the game, introducing new music, new buildings, and even a new roadmap! Daniel and the rest of the team have continued to work on the improvements that their community is asking for most. Here's a roundup of all the update news you might have missed, and a look at the new development roadmap! Whiskerwood is also part of the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale at 35% off. Check it out, and the other games on sale during the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale. Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale Whiskerwood News Roundup Patch #24 brought a couple of very |
| Save 35% on Whiskerwood | 2026-05-26 | Whiskerwood is currently 35% off during the Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale. In this city builder, you must establish your Whisker colony and build it into an industrious empire. Set up intricate production chains, optimize your cities, and tend to the needs of your mouse colonists. Serve your cat overlords faithfully, or defy their oppressive rule. Hooded Horse May Publisher Sale |
| Patch #25: Construction Yards! Roadmap to next update! | 2026-05-08 | A Bigger Scope for the Next UpdateThank you everyone for playing our game! I want to give you all a heads up about our intermediate plans. You see, we've noticed players asking for a bigger scoped updates. A much bigger scope. Thus we've decided to focus for the next 4+ months on landing these big gameplay expansions.Why we are doing thisIf you are reading this during this development period: I want to reassure you that we are working hard! Whiskerwood is our passion project and we appreciate everyone who has given us their play time. For background: exactly 6 months ago we released Whiskerwood into Early Access. At that point we started doin |
| Patch #24: Delayed Mod Loading, New Music, & More Optimizations! | 2026-04-24 | Patch #24Thank you everyone for playing our game :)I want to thank Lucas for returning to contribute more music to Whiskerwood's OST. This patch we've added a grand song which will play randomly for larger islands. You can check out the full song on Lucas's youtube: The whole team this patch again has been focused on optimizations. Compared to last patch this batch of optimizations should be even more impactful. Our optimizations have focused on gameplay CPU logic. This does mean computers limited by rendering will not see a significant change. Meanwhile saves at high whisker populations should see a decent jump in FPS.DanielLead Programmer o |
| Whiskerwood News Roundup at the Hooded Horse April Sale | 2026-04-20 | Like the hardworking Whisker colonists, the Whiskerwood Dev team has been hard at work creating and releasing new patches. Recent updates have allowed players more control over the function of many buildings, allowed these settings to be copied and pasted on most configurable buildings, and, as always, made a few optimizations to ensure these new systems run at peak efficiency, much like your colony should be. Here's a roundup of all the recent development news for Whiskerwood that you might have missed! Whiskerwood is also part of the Hooded Horse April Sale at 35% off. Check it out and the other games included in the Publisher Sale. Hooded |
| Save 35% on Whiskerwood | 2026-04-12 | Whiskerwood is currently 35% off during the Hooded Horse April Sale. In this city builder, you must establish your Whisker colony and build it into an industrious empire. Set up intricate production chains, optimize your cities, and tend to the needs of your mouse colonists. Serve your cat overlords faithfully, or defy their oppressive rule. Hooded Horse April Sale |
| Patch #23: Optimizations, Optimizations, Optimizations, and Heater Settings | 2026-04-10 | Patch #23Performance improvements is a constant struggle for us. Every time we improve the performance: players just build bigger islands! We like that. It is an honour as a game dev to have players push our games to its limits. Going forward we will continue to work on pushing those performance limits further.While I have your attention, I want to direction you to this incredible new mod made by our first time modder Green Grove!Players have asked for metrics and charts for a while, and it is impressive to see it arrive as a mod.DanielLead Programmer on WhiskerwoodChangelogv0.6.188 Patch #23FeaturesAdd configuration for heater auto-pause tem |
| Patch #22: Reduced Pillars Underground, Copy & Paste Building Settings | 2026-03-27 | Patch #22You can now quickly copy settings from one building to other buildings of the same type! Most configurable buildings now support Ctrl+C for copying, and Ctrl+V for pasting the building's configuration! A new masonry styled long stone stairs are now available as the default variety to the stone long stairs. Being a variety this does not replace any existing stairs, but instead is now an option you can use when building new stairs.Now for the bigger details: Reduced Pillars!I need to explain what this means exactly. It does not refer to supports, the things built out of wood underneath buildings or paths. Instead this refers to the pil |
| Save 35% on Whiskerwood | 2026-03-19 | Whiskerwood is currently 35% off during the Hooded Horse Spring Sale. In this city builder, you must establish your Whisker colony and build it into an industrious empire. Set up intricate production chains, optimize your cities, and tend to the needs of your mouse colonists. Serve your cat overlords faithfully, or defy their oppressive rule. Hooded Horse Spring Sale |
| Patch #21: Relocate Dock & Warehouse, Ban Warehouse Eating, Raft under bridges | 2026-03-13 | Patch #21For this patch we've worked on addressing a few of the long term popular player requests. The biggest two of which is a method to stop whiskers from eating at warehouses, and a mechanic to allow relocation of the central warehouse and trade dock. Bridges and arches also got an upgrade. Now once raised 1 cell high they will allow Rafts to navigate below. This allows you to connect islands by bridge without blocking Raft traffic.The Central Warehouse and Trade Dock are the first two buildings you ever construct when starting in Whiskerwood. Until now their placement was permanent. Now with enough Approval you can relocate them.For eati |
| Whiskerwood News Roundup at the Hooded Horse Publisher Sale | 2026-03-12 | Much like their hardworking Whisker colonists, the development team for Whiskerwood has been quite industrious with creating and releasing patches. Recent updates have added a number of new buildings and improved key simulation experiences. Here's a roundup of all the recent development news for Whiskerwood that you might have missed! Whiskerwood is also part of the Hooded Horse Publisher Sale at 35% off. Check it out, and the other games that are included in the Publisher Sale. Hooded Horse Publisher Sale New Belts, New Mechanics, & Tons of Optimization In Whiskerwood's most recent patches, lead programmer Daniel has been focused on implemen |
| Save 35% on Whiskerwood | 2026-02-27 | Whiskerwood is currently 35% off during the Hooded Horse Publisher Sale. In this city builder, you must establish your Whisker colony and build it into an industrious empire. Set up intricate production chains, optimize your cities, and tend to the needs of your mouse colonists. Serve your cat overlords faithfully, or defy their oppressive rule. Hooded Horse Publisher Sale |