Patch Notes

Patch Notes detail all of the notable changes during each update of A Short Hike.

Version 1.8.14

 * Brazilian Portuguese language support
 * Fixed a few small bugs.

Version 1.8.7

 * Japanese language support
 * Fixes a few bugs.

Version 1.8
Added a rental boat.

Version 1.7

 * Official French and Spanish translations have been added.
 * Fan translations can easily be added without having to mod the game.
 * Auto-saving has been added. This can be disabled in the options menu.
 * Three save slots are now available in the options menu.
 * Various bug fixes and optimizations have been made to the engine.
 * The mouse is hidden in game.
 * The game detects if you fail the fishing tutorial.
 * Button mashing has been made more effective when reeling in fish.
 * Physics have been tweaked to make the player less slippery.
 * Momentum is no longer cancelled if you flap your wings after jumping on a bouncy flower.
 * Terrain rendering has been optimized.
 * Fixed another round of typos.
 * When speedrun mode is activated, you can hold the right bumper (or backspace on keyboard) to automatically skip text.
 * The splash screen has been updated.

Version 1.4

 * Added advanced controller configuration.
 * Remap any of the buttons or axes on the controller.
 * Calibrate the maximum and minimum range on joysticks.
 * Invert any of the axes.
 * Rename any of the button prompts.
 * Test a controller to see the raw input values.
 * Disable devices that are incorrectly detected as controllers.
 * Save different settings for different controller types.
 * Added the option to activate "high resolution mode" without having to use a cheat.
 * Added an opportunity to recolor the ribbon on the sunhat.
 * Fixed an issue where text would overflow in the interaction pop-up bubble.
 * Fixed a bug that allowed you to collect infinite feathers.
 * Fixed text overflowing in fish menu.
 * Fixed some more typos. (Thanks for reporting them!)
 * Switched the macOS rendering API to use OpenGL (instead of Metal) by default.
 * This should fix a rare issue where the game freezes on Nvidia graphics cards on Mac.

Version 1.3

 * July 30, 2019
 * New characters and activities across the island - one of which is fishing
 * Some ares of the mountain have been refined and updated
 * Added new discoveries.
 * Game polishes
 * Added player feedback
 * Improved the water shader
 * Added accessibility feature for pixel scaling
 * Fixed an issue with the "Crispy" achievement.
 * Fixed some typos.
 * Fixed animation issue while reeling in fish.
 * Fixed a bug where you could get stuck underneath a lake.
 * Fixed rare soft-lock in the fishing tutorial.
 * Fixed a rare crash that could happen when casting the fishing rod.