Welcome to The Deseret Update! No, we didn't spell "desert" wrong, "deseret" is a Utah word that means "hard worker" or "honey bee," and you better believe we've been as busy as bees this past month on this update! Eh? See what I did there? I also had no idea what to call this update since there's a lot of disparate stuff going into it, so let's just buzz right on in, shall we?


The Final Biome

You know that mysterious and enormous desert region that's blocked off by those pesky Government Agents? Well, rumor has it that the Agents will now leave their posts should the camp achieve a five star reputation rating, and you'll gain access to this secretive, closed off desert region full of historical monuments, strange artifacts and shocking revelations that may reveal answers to some of the camp's many mysteries.

You'll have to find out for yourself what this final biome has in store...

Heat Waves

Remember, only YOU can prevent forest fires! Heat Waves now have a 30% chance of happening any given day, and when they occur, make sure you're being careful about how close you're placing fire sources to trees, or you may start a forest fire! Once started, forest fires set off chain reactions that will spread to any nearby trees, and are very frightening for campers to witness.

Steam Achievements

You've been asking for them, and now they're finally here! This month we've implemented a whopping 44 Steam Achievements for you cheevo hunters out there, so get hunting! These were a lot of fun to come up with, and I hope they will unlock a need to explore everything Camp Canyonwood has to offer! You can find the full list of achievements here: https://steamoss.com/stats/1374170/achievements

If you have any suggestions for achievements you'd still like to see, let us know!

Improved/Full Controller Support

Controller Support is now vastly improved, and Full-er than ever. Gamepad-friendly keyboards now pop up when entering text in Big Picture Mode, we now display four kinds of new visual gamepad prompts (Glyphs) based on auto-detected controller types such as Xbox Controllers, Playstation Dualshock Controllers, Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers and Steam Deck!

In addition, we've added a bevvy of other minor improvements and fixes you can find listed more fully in the next section below!

• Quick Inventory Button now available in Camper Status Menu, letting you open any camper's inventory for quick management any time.
  
• Added Ash item for burned trees and overcooked items.
  
• Cookable items can be cooked again to create more types of food (Popcorn, Charred Marshmallows) or will create Ash if overcooked.
  
• New rare items added to Desert Digging Spots (T-Rex Skull, Utahraptor Skull, Mystery Evidence)
  
• New custom visuals designed/implemented for Badges.
  
• Collection Menu now supports gamepad navigation.
  
• Intro "Job Application" sequence now supports gamepad navigation.
  
• Fixed several regressions for menus where gamepad support broke.
  
• Tip Popups now have a dedicated close button on gamepad.
  
• Control prompts added to Clipboard Menu.
  
• Added glyphs for keyboard/mouse control prompts.
  
• Fixed several bugs related to swapping between keyboard and gamepad.
  
• Improved visuals for gamepad-selected menu items to make it more clear/obvious what is selected.
  
• Improved visuals for Collection Entry notifications.
  
• Improved scrolling menus on gamepad.
  
• Fixed double input bug when switching tabs in Clipboard Menu.
  
• Fixed accidental initial purchase/sell when opening a Shop while using a gamepad.
  
• Poison items no longer affect Health or Energy, they now only make campers and the player play their puking animation.
  
• Re-named and doubled Fun buff for being outside the player's party, now called "Free Time."
  
• All Flowers now have a buff radius that increases Fun for campers around them.
  
• Agents now disappear upon reaching a five star reputation rating.
  
• Altered Vernon's five star reputation dialog.
  
• Altered the text of several Museum Displays to include additional story information. (No retcons happening here, no sir)
  
• Altered the text of certain Info Signs to include additional story information or fix incorrect information.
  
• Changed sound FX for a certain cave encounter. No particular reason, no need to read into it.

Welcome to the sixth major Camp Canyonwood update! This month, things are getting real wet with rainy days, a huge new wetlands biome to explore, and more!


New Wetlands Biome

Our biggest unlockable biome yet. The grassy, puddle and lake-filled wetlands of Beaver Basin and Claw Marsh are now available to explore! Go fishing at the abandoned Canoe Docks by Camp Canyonwood's largest body of water, The Sunken Lagoon, and then hunt for insects among the tall grass at Cattail Crossing! When you're done, set up camp by Claw Lake and watch the beavers work their little tails off.

New Wildlife + Secrets

With a new biome once again comes new wildlife! New cute-and-busy Beavers will go looking for trees to chop down, while rumor has it that the Ghosts of those who drowned in the lakes still haunt these forgotten shores. Was it the Lagoon Monster that took them under? Or were they dropped into the lake by the gargantuan Mosquito Man that supposedly flies through the camp looking for lost campers? Neither, of course, because these are just stories!

Rainy Days

Each in-game day, there is now a 30% chance of the day becoming a Rainy Day! On rainy days, as you might expect, it rains throughout the camp! You'll find that the camp staff often has unique dialog on rainy days, so be sure to talk to them to find out how they feel when the clouds begin to weep.

• Re-balanced bug distribution across entire map. Many species of bugs are now exclusive to certain regions, and new spawners have been created to make more concentrated hot-spots for certain species, such as bees, butterflies, and mosquitos.
  
• Grey now has a chance of spawning every night in Jack's Bluff, instead of only on certain nights. UFO Encounters have also gone up in frequency as a result.
  
• New Sound FX created for Yeti and Ghost Vanishing FX.
  
• Ghost Vanishing FX tweaked to be more subtle.
  
• New ambient sounds implemented for the snow biome.
  
• New Evidence has been distributed through the map. Some other pieces of Evidence have been moved.
  
• Certain ghosts have been relocated.
  
• New Collection Entries written for new wildlife, cryptids and ghosts.
  
• New Plant: Cattails can now spawn on muddy terrain.
  
• Puddles are now also Fishing Spots with very small catchable fish.
  
• New "No Swimming" signage has been added throughout the map's various lakes.

Welcome to the fifth major Camp Canyonwood update! This month, we've been fleshing out a cold and wild new biome to explore, creating an absolute ton of collectable entries, and getting a bunch of new fixes in! Check out the full details below!


New Snowcrest Summit Biome

The northern snow-capped regions of Camp Canyonwood are now available to explore! Accessed via newly unlockable ramps in Marriage Ridge or Jack's Bluff, you can now venture into the snowy, evergreen wilds of Snowcrest Summit. Here you can go fish for unique catches in Sister Lake and Brother Lake, explore the thick forests of the Yeti Backwoods, or gaze into the night sky over in Angel's Clearing.

New Wildlife + Secrets

With a new biome comes new wildlife and secrets to discover! New adorable Snowshoe Rabbits are known to populate these colder climates, but is it true about what they say comes stomping around at night in the Yeti Backwoods? What about the rumored Hidden Bunker? Ghosts? Guess you'll have to find out.

Collection Guide

With all these plants, animals, fish, insects and ghosts to discover in Camp Canyonwood, we thought it was finally time to introduce a Collection Guide for those who wish to track their various discoveries! Accessed via the Clipboard Menu, you can now read about each new discovery as you find them in the handy Collection Guide sub-menu!

• Fishing is now performed exclusively on docks. Additional fishing spots have been added to each dock, new docks have been added to the map, and some docks have been resized or extended.
  
• Campers' stats now deplete/increase at roughly half the usual rate. Camper emergencies should happen far less frequently now as a result.
  
• Campers now display a "Heart" and "Broken Heart" above their heads to indicate a change in their relationships with each-other and the player.
  
• Added Fast Travel Bonfires to Disguised Hoopers' shops.
  
• Map Signs updated to reflect new content/landmarks added.
  
• All Bugs have received updated Inventory Icons.
  
• New evidence added, and some older evidence has been relocated.
  
• Relocated certain ghosts.
  
• Created new biome-specific loot tables for Digging Spots, Fishing Spots, etc. Now every biome has unique drops.
  
• Taking an item away while it's cooking no longer makes the smoke and grilling sound play forever.
  
• Fixed some instances of auto-to-dos not checking themselves off correctly.
  
• Water and waterfall visuals overhauled.
  
• Dock and ramp visuals overhauled.
  
• Fixed instance of campers duplicating items when using storage or leaving for the summer.
  
• Fixed Digging Spots disappearing from the map after loading a saved game.
  
• Removed "small" and "large" digging spots for mechanical clarity.
  
• Fixed instance of "black screen" hangup/input freeze after the Nightmare sequence.
  
• Fixed Hooper sometimes not being interactable.
  
• Fixed an instance causing time to stop when a quest was given.
  
• Fixed NPC Shops causing input to freeze after opening.
  
• Fixed a few more instances of OutOfRange errors being thrown by expandable inventories.
  
• Fixed an instance of saved games failing to load in certain circumstances.