Hello, everyone!

Ninano: Dream Ranch Version 1.1 is now live!

This update took the longest time to develop so far. I focused on adding more dialogue for the villagers and improving quality-of-life features based on feedbacks.

Thank you all for playing and supporting the game! Below are the patch notes.


Highlights

• Approximately 24,000 words of new everyday dialogue added.
  
• Birthday gifts from residents.
  
• Gifts when residents' heart level increase.
  
• Gifts for every 10 kinds of fish donated.
  
• 140+ new items.
  

Quality of Life Improvements

• Increased the range of pickaxe and shovel usage.
  
• The shipping box has been moved outside, allowing earnings even on holidays of 'Get All Wholesale Store'.
  
• Ingredients stored in the refrigerator can now be used when cooking with recipes.
  
• Added sorting options (by name, by craftability) to the 'Follow Recipe' cooking UI.
  
• Added various quantity selection buttons when cooking with recipes.
  
• Animal details UI now displays affinity levels numerically.
  
• Recipes and blueprints can now be used directly from the inventory.
  

Text Readability

• Improved item name readability by changing text color to a darker shade.
  
• Increased font size for difficulty selection descriptions in the new game menu.
  
• Increased font size for Elena's reverse confession event.
  
• Increased font size for Kana's red heart event.
  
• Increased font size for tool crafting UI.
  
• Increased font size for animal purchase descriptions.
  
• Added an outline to the map name displayed in the top-right corner for better readability.
  
• Adjusted UI so that consumable item effects with more than two lines do not overlap with icons below.
  
• Item descriptions now automatically adjust direction to prevent text from being cut off.
  
• Increased item description UI size to prevent from being cut off.
  

NPC Updates

• You can receive gifts when heart levels increase.
  
• You can receive birthday gifts from NPCs with purple hearts or higher.
  
• Approximately 24,000 words of new everyday dialogue added. Total dialogue count now includes:
  ● ~80 lines per romanceable NPC.
  ● ~20 lines per non-romanceable NPC.
  
• Favorite items for some NPCs have been added or changed.
  
• Romanceable NPCs now have orange hearts as their maximum level before marriage.
  
• In difficulty of Fast, NPCs now start with half a gray heart instead of a purple heart.
  
• Schedule Additions and Changes
  ● Miya’s schedule changed after marriage.
  ● Koby has additional dialogue while performing specific actions.
  ● Koby visits the restaurant terrace on weekends.
  ● Haru plays instruments and music after marriage.
  ● Ria’s fishing shop visit changed from Monday to Saturday.
  

New Items

• 90 Recipes and Dishes
  
• 10 Mushrooms (can be obtained by digging cracked ground with a shovel)
  
• 3 cooking ingredients available at the general store Brown
  
• 10 magic accessories.
  
• 4 floorings, 4 wallpapers, 1 frame.
  
• Oven can now be purchased at the restaurant.
  
• Cauldron can now be purchased at the potion shop.
  
• 2 type of truffle oil can now be crafted using the oil extractor.
  
• 20+ furnitures (gifts from residents)
  

Adds

• You can now receive a gift for every 10 kinds of fish donated.
  
• Refrigerator customization available (10 types).
  
• The mountain’s colors now change with the seasons.
  
• Cloud and reef background objects to the lighthouse observatory.
  

Changes

• Adjusted UI in the calendar app to prevent festival names from overlapping with dates.
  
• Cafe construction reward changed to a magic accessory.
  
• Changed 2 heart flooring design to a more readable color.
  
• Changed production tools so each crafted item has different production times.
  
• Fixed lighthouse observatory flooring so it no longer appears cut off.
  
• Butcher shop now provides a sausage recipe instead of meat fat.
  
• Restaurant now sells a rotating selection of 10 different meals and recipes each day.
  
• Food and recipe selection at the restaurant expands as Edward's heart level increases.
  

Bug Fixes

• The number of raised animals not increased by one each time the game was loaded.
  
• Text now visible when entering a nickname after starting a romance.
  
• Text now visible when changing the ranch name at the Community Service Center
  
• Correct ingredients for blueberry ice cream.
  
• Lloyd’s Christmas duplicate dialogue no longer appears.
  
• Chris no longer moves to an inaccessible area after marriage.
  
• Buying multiple tools at once not caused them to share durability anymore.
  
• Players can throw animals onto locations occupied by held animals.
  
• The reward for donating all fish was incorrectly set and can now be reclaimed at the counter.
  

UI Fixes

• Calendar app not overlapping seasonal graphics at 1600x900 resolution.
  
• Adjusted Residents app position for heart levels at 1600x900 resolution.
  
• Spouse titles now appear in the Residents app.
  
• Mine floor UI now disappeared even if the player stayed overnight in the mine.
  
• Save file selection text now not broken in some languages.
  
• Title screen and pause menu backgrounds not cut off in certain resolutions.
  
• Language selection UI on the title screen displayed too large depending on resolution.
  
• Items for sale at the aquarium names translate immediately.
  

Controller Support

• Aquarium donations.
  
• Refrigerator.
  
• Changing ID Card at Community Service Center.
  
• Wholesale store's shipping box.
  
• Animal purchase.
  
• Cat Paw Gloves.
  
• Fixed inverted up/down movement when using chest.
  

Thank you. I hope you enjoy update!
NABI