Hello everyone!

Thank you for your continued support of “Aeruta”.
As we've been teasing for the past weeks, the free Fall Major Update has been added as of today!

This update features a new adventure in new stages, the “Second Island.”
Additionally, we have added various elements such as encounters with new powerful enemies,
new systems to help your adventures, and even more unique breads.

Whether you have played before or want to play in the future, we hope you will enjoy the world of Aeruta, which we are always working hard to improve!

Besides the new content, we are also improving the specifications and adjusting the balance of existing content.

Please see below for more details.

• New area “Second Island”: new map, new monsters, new bosses, new ingredients, new bread, etc.
  
• Badge system: A new system has been added that allows players to customize their play style by equipping badges.
  
• Friendship system: We have added a system that allows you to bond with characters and learn more about their stories.
  
• Character behavior system: characters now appear randomly on the adventure map.
  
• Calendar system: A system that has different effects depending on the calendar date in-game.
  
• Mini-games: Additional mini-games that can be enjoyed during the main storyline.
  
• Additions to the skill ability system: A new system has been added that allows for additional abilities to be added to weapons.

• Adjusted the speed of scene changes.
  
• Adjusted the consumption of coins and resources when performing Bread Research.
  
• Coin consumption when changing additional abilities in the skill tree has been eliminated. *Instead, coins are required to reset skill levels.
  
• Added the option to automatically launch a series of attacks by holding down the attack key.
  
• Added an option to display a notification when a skill's cool time ends. (Very useful!)
  
• Fine-tuned the placement of the water column and the score position in the Watersong Festival mini-game.
  
• Cleaning up trash during bakery operations was adjusted to delight nearby customers and increase wait times at the cash register.
  
• Adjusted the experience required to level up bread made with boss materials.
  
• Adjusted the material consumption of some breads to be less.

• A treasure chest stage has been added, where gifts for friends and ingredients can be obtained.
  
• A "Patti Defense Battle" stage has been added that rewards you a large amount of patti dough when cleared.
  
• Adjusted the timing to display the results screen when Chaya faints.
  
• The number of attacks required to destroy objects in the stages has been reduced to one hit. (Time-saver!)
  
• Adjusted the required level to use take-out bread on adventures to be lower.
  
• Adjusted the amount of wood obtained to be higher.
  
• Adjusted resources obtained from boss battles to be higher!

• Adjusted the balancing for various skills of both the whip and rolling pin.
  
• Adjusted the HP and attack power of boss Rock Golem to be slightly easier.
  
• Adjusted Kocori's post-nap ferocity by reducing the attack power and hit points of certain attacks.
  
• Adjusted the hit detection border for the water pillars.
  
• Adjusted speed when getting off platforms.
  
• When using Bread Energy to revive, one additional loaf of bread is replenished.
  
• Adjusted base crit rate and critical damage.

• Materials not yet acquired on the adventure preparation screen are now indicated with a grayed out "?"
  
• Added coin icons onto the Training screen.
  
• Added a numerical display of Chaya's HP.
  
• Adjusted the way buffs are displayed. Important ones are now displayed above Chaya's head, while others are displayed below the HP bar.
  
• Improved calendar display: days of the week added. Days Monday to Saturday are shown, but not Sunday.
  
• Adjusted audio sound effects of obstacles: it should not play when moving between stages.
  
• Audio of off-screen traps has been made less choppy.
  
• Improved visibility of high rarity materials.

• Fixed a bug that caused villagers to take off their hats when going out.
  
• Fixed interaction bugs.
  
• Fixed a bug that unintentionally increased the damage of certain skills.
  
• Many other minor bugs were fixed!

To celebrate the big update, a sale will be held until Wednesday, December 4th.
Don't miss this opportunity to save 20% off the regular Early Access price!

◆Duration
Wed. Nov. 20th 10:00AM ～ Wed. Dec. 4th 10:00AM (PST)

◆Sale Price
$11.99


We'd like to give a big THANK YOU to everyone for always supporting Aeruta.
The whole team is very happy to be able to offer you all new expansions to your adventure.

We will continue to improve and modify existing content and adjust new content based on your feedback.
Please continue to provide us your honest thoughts and feedback to make Aeruta the best game possible!

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Hello everyone!
This is the Aeruta Team.

Thank you for always supporting Aeruta.

As of today, the Steam Playtest has officially begun!

During the Playtest period, all Early Access owners of Aeruta will have the chance to get an early look at the Big Fall Update.
We really wanted to do this as an expression of gratitude for all of your amazing support until now, so we’d be very grateful if you took the chance to play!

At this time, we’re still in the process of developing the final version of the update, so we apologize in advance for any inconveniences caused by performance issues or errors during gameplay.

Check below for further details.

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◆ Duration
Friday, November 8th 2024 (7:00AM PT) to Sunday, November 10th 2024 (until 7:00PM PT!)

◆ Target Group
Users who have purchased the Early Access version of Aeruta

◆ How to Participate
① Right click Aeruta in your Steam library
② From “Properties...” select “Betas”
③ In the “Private Betas” section enter the following code: bakerypreopen202411
④ Click “Check Code”
⑤ Click “Opt into: ea_playtest – for Playtest 241108”
⑥ Aeruta [ea_playtest] will appear in your Library

◆ Regarding Save Data
While you will be able to pick up from your Early Access save data in the Steam Playtest, please be aware that progress made in the Steam Playtest will not be transferred when the finalized Big Fall Update is implemented.

◆ Steam Play Test Contents
・Addition of the second island, the next stage of Chaya’s missions
・Addition of mastery skills for the whip and rolling pin, be even stronger than before!
・Addition of new stages to challenge you during your adventure
・New powerful enemies added to the dungeons
・New friends to meet in Bakersfield
・Addition of a gift giving feature as well as friendship events
・Research even more unique and tasty breads
・Friends can now assist Chaya in running the bakery
・Further development of the bakery and facilities for an even more lively Bakersfield
・Addition of new minigames

◆ Disclaimer
・Those who purchase the Early Access version of Aeruta during the test play period will be eligible.
・The duration of this test may be changed or cancelled without prior notice due to various reasons.
・This is a version of the game currently under development and does not guarantee the most comfortable version of the gaming experience.
・During test play, unexpected behaviors or issues may occur for which we do not provide support.
・If there are any serious issues or adjustments that need to be made, we may update the software during the test play period.

◆ Survey Participation
We would like to kindly ask everyone who participates in the test play period to fill out a survey.
There are only a few days left until the update, but we would greatly appreciate your cooperation in making Aeruta an even better game!
*The user survey will be made available during the test play period.

Access the survey
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If you have any suggestions or feedback, we would appreciate it if you shared with us through the survey above or on Aeruta’s official X account below.

To everyone considering live streaming or posting videos on video platforms, here’s a quick note!
For Aeruta, there are no specific restrictions on either live streaming or video uploads for both this test version and the full release version. Please feel free to enjoy and share your experience with your viewers and followers!

Just a small request: since this test version may differ from the final release in some aspects, it would be greatly appreciated if you could note this in the video description or somewhere visible.
(Example: “This stream is based on the Steam Playtest version.”)

Once again, we would like to express our sincere thanks to all of you who have supported us so far. We are currently adding the final touches to fully implement the update, so please stay tuned!

Thank you for reading until the end, we hope that you’ll continue to support Aeruta.

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