🎄✨ Happy New Year’s Eve, Zookeepers! ✨🎄

As we count down to 2025, we want to take a moment to thank all of you—our amazing community! ❄️ Today, we’re rolling out the **final patch of the year**, shaped by your invaluable feedback and support. 🐾

Your love for **Zoochosis** inspires us every step of the way. ❤️ Here’s to an even more thrilling year ahead! 🎆🍾

See you in 2025! 🥂🎊

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## 🛠 **Patch Notes – Final Update of 2024**

### 🔧 **Fixes and Improvements:**
- 🛠 **Doctor in Tutorial:** Adjusted Doctor’s appearance trigger in the tutorial. This is a hotfix to make his appearance easier to activate.
- 🛠 **New Game+:** Added an NDA signing (or not signing) sequence at the start of all New Game+ runs.
- 🛠 **Audio Settings:** Fixed an issue where some sounds weren’t affected by volume settings.
- 🛠 **Hippo Gas Bug:** Resolved an issue where the hippo wouldn’t release gas while climbing out of a hole if hit at the same moment.
- 🛠 **Animal Scars:** Fixed a bug where the appearance and placement of scars on infected animals would change after loading a save.
- 🛠 **Parasite Collector UI:** Added **Control Hints** to the parasite collector interface for better usability.

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🎉 **Thank You for an Amazing Year!** 🎉
Here’s to even bigger and better adventures in 2025. We couldn’t have done it without you! 💚

💚 **Your Clapperheads Team** 💚