0.9.14 - 21st November 2024 - 10:37pm

  • Removed the Autumn Festival and 4th Anniversary Party.

0.9.13 - 16th November 2024 - 2:10pm

  • Fixed a bug that would cause some chunks in the world to not render correctly.
  • Fixed a bug where furniture objects would pop in and out of view.
  • Fixed other minor issues.

0.9.12 - 31st October 2024 - 6:00pm

  • Minor bug fixes.

0.9.11 - 30th October 2024 - 8:00pm

  • The Autumn Festival is here! Get ready to collect as many sweets as possible! You will unlock some spooky themed clothing items! 🎃 👻

0.9.10 - 18th October 2024 - 11:41am

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements on the server.

0.9.9 - 15th October 2024 - 10:00am

  • Autumn is here! 🍂 🍁
  • Fixed a bug where smaller rooms would align to the left of the browser window. They now nicely centre align with the web browser window.
  • Redesigned some of the furniture objects around the world including trees, signs and plants.
  • Changed the blue tinge around the Cafe border to black.
  • Fixed a bug where new world chunks were not depth sorted.
  • Updated favicon.
  • Minor bug fixes.

0.9.8 - 1st September 2024 - 11:26am

  • Removed Summer Festival.
  • Minor text changes.

0.9.7 - 28th August 2024 - 11:45am

  • Enhanced performance of the tile map system. The world rooms now renders room tiles and furniture in chunks, rather than generating the entire map at once.
  • Added an additional zoom level, allowing you to zoom out further to a total of -4.
  • Fixed a bug where the zoom menu would occasionally display '-0' or '0' when the default zoom level was selected. It now correctly displays no value in this case.
  • Fixed a lighting flicker issue that occurred when switching to certain rooms, such as the Cave.
  • Other performance optimisations made.
  • Minor adjustments made to the room editing pencil tool.

0.9.6 - 26th July 2024 - 9:35pm

  • Fixed some issues with the world loading black screens.

0.9.5 - 24th July 2024 - 12:25pm

  • Fixed a bug in the shop where paid items you didn’t own were mistakenly identified as the free item available, preventing you from purchasing them by incorrectly requiring you to obtain the free item first.
  • Simplifed the room editor UI design.
  • - Reduced the size of the room editor UI size in the home system.
  • - Removed the text of the furniture items in the room editor UI tool and increased the icon of each furniture so it appears larger.
  • Fixed a problem with the left and right hedgehog angles that were not correctly aligned with the player shadow or chat bubbles.

0.9.4 - 23rd June 2024 - 2:24pm

  • Fixed layout problems.
  • Fixed a bug where buying a paid furniture item prevented you from claiming a free one. The shop now won't let you buy a paid item if a free one is available and you don't own it yet. The shop will also notify you to get the free item first.
  • Added new animated pictures of the characters in the shop menu.

0.9.3 - 22nd June 2024 - 6:00pm

  • Updated the layering of the hedgehog's arms, neck, head and hair layers so they animate better.
  • Updated the layering of the face for better glasses/eye wear fit around the nose of the hedgehog.
  • The world is themed for Summer.
  • Summer Festival is live.
  • Updated the grass and dirt tile designs.
  • Fixed a bug where the Coffee Collection yearly scores were not showing.
  • Rebuilt the entire loading screen with CSS animations instead of the canvas.
  • Fixed issues with the loading screen where it could sometimes break the layout on some devices.
  • Slightly tweaked the design of the loading screen.

0.9.2 - 4th June 2024 - 9:29am

  • Fixed a bug where Flint wouldn't give you the torch item.
  • Fixed a bug where the door in your house wouldn't teleport you to the Village.

0.9.1 - 3rd June 2024 - 4:00pm

  • Fixed some inconsistencies with the NPC dialogue menu UI.
  • Fixed some layout CSS styles with the website.

0.9.0 - 1st June 2024 - 3:45pm

  • The Cave is back!! The Cave now follows the art style of the rest of the world. The world is now fully converted to the tile system! It's even bigger than before. Just don't get lost!
  • Increased the travel distance between clicking/tapping.
  • Increased the travel speed. More speedier hedgehogs!
  • Added a water layer so you can swim in the cave lakes.
  • Fixed a bug where the background panning image that was on the "Join World" page would not be full size on larger screen sizes.
  • Slight adjustment to the furniture object detection in the room editor tool.
  • Improved the handling of duplicating notifications.
  • Improved the background music player for room music. On some browsers, the music wouldn't play at all. It should now play!
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the background music to load twice when switching between rooms.
  • Fixed a bug where the /sit command wouldn't make your hedgehog sit on the client side.
  • Updated the NPC dialogue with a new design. Letters are now animated. NPC characters are now also animated but just play the idle animation.
  • Fixed a bug where your character would play the walk animation when standing still when editing your house.
  • Fixed a bug where your hedgehog or others would not face the correct direction when joining a room, or they would not be sitting when they should.
  • Improved the sizing/scaling of the minigame popup window. The minigame window should now auto-size above or below any browser bars nicely on mobile/tablet devices.
  • Removed some unknown entities??

0.8.5 - 14th April 2024 - 2:32pm

  • Major changes to the hedgehog path finding. The game will now intelligently find the optimal route to the location you want to click.
  • Fixed a bug where you could navigate over non-walkable areas.
  • Fixed a bug where your player would walk backwards.
  • Adjusted the door in Cafe so you appear behind it when you leave.
  • Fixed a bug where scavenger hunt items like eggs would get stuck around the market stalls or doors.
  • Removed April Fools' message farts! 💨

0.8.4 - 1st April 2024 - 1:43pm UK

  • Reduced the found item notifcation sound. Maybe this might prevent some of the jump scares people had?
  • Changed the Scavenger Hunt item pop sound.
  • Fixed spacing issue on signout page.
  • Fixed a Patreon accounts where it could show the wrong tier.
  • Fixed a bug where Patreon members who are subscribed as "Free" would get the wording that they're an active member.
  • Added some silly things for April Fools' Day. 🤪

0.8.3 - 31st March 2024 - 12:40pm UK

  • Added another notification to the "Join World" page that shows upcoming events happening within 1 week.
  • Added total and monthly online tracking.
  • Added a scoreboard displaying the most active hedgehog for this month.
  • Fixed the centering problem of prizes in the Scavenger Hunt menu.
  • Fixed minor bugs.

0.8.2 - 30th March 2024 - 4:00pm UK

  • Mr Prickles and Hazel now both have their full outfits in the world. Before they only had their front facing angle artwork completed.

0.8.1 - 30th March 2024 - 8:10am UK

  • Fixed some minor bugs with the Scavenger Hunt system.
  • Add link in the Scavenger Hunt menu that takes you to the scores page.

0.8.0 - 29th March 2024 - 10:00am UK

  • Added a new Scavenger Hunt mechanism!
  • - Eggs are hidden at random around the Village.
  • - You must collect a certain amount of hidden eggs to unlock prizes!
  • - Compete in the leaderboard for your name to be shown for the total number eggs found!
  • - Added a new UI for the Scavenger hunt. Click the egg icon!
  • Rounded off the edges of the in-game navigation menu.
  • Improvements to the Scores page.
  • Added Spring Festival and the 2024 Egg Scavenger Hunt!
  • Adjusted the egg hats position so they're slightly higher and sit more above the eyes on the hedgehog character.
  • Added new furniture items.
  • Updated designs of existing furniture items.
  • Updated grass and dirt tiles and added a bit more variation.
  • Changed the hue of the grass tile colour.
  • Updated collision issue with trees.
  • Added more flora!
  • Added feedback response from empty /me command.
  • Modified notification size slightly.
  • Fixed a bug with the home page's event notification where it would show the wrong total of upcoming events and wrong amount of time.
  • Removed some unknown entities??

0.7.1 - 16th March 2024 - 10:50am UK

  • Fixed a bug where keyboard shortcuts wouldn't work if you changed rooms.
  • Fixed a bug that would cause wearable light items, such as the torch, to stop emitting light when transitioning between day and night.

0.7.0 - 16th March 2024 - 7:45pm UK

  • Furniture items are now pixel perfect when selecting/clicking. Before neigbouring furniture items could overlap their boundries and thus making it harder to move furniture around in your homes.
  • Testing wakelock browser features.
  • Improved room editing move and delete controls on touch devices.
  • Added a weather system where now it will rain at random intervals. Snow will only be present when the world is set for winter.
  • Added rain sounds. Depending on if you are inside or outside the rain will sound different.
  • Updated the in-game navigation menu to include:
  • - A live clock of the in-world time.
  • - World zoom controls.
  • - Current weather status is shown in the navigational bar.
  • - Added Twitter/X and Discord social media links.
  • - Added changelog version and when when clicked takes you to the changelogs
  • - Esc key will close the in-game navigation menu.
  • - Fixed a bug where the menu could be too big for certain screen sizes.
  • The world on Mobile and Tablet will appear more zoomed out.
  • Spring has sprung! The world is no longer in winter!
  • Improved the Ui safe area zones where the Ui could be under microphones, pin hole cameras or rounded screens on mobile or tablet devices. For those that play in horizontal mode it should be better! Let me know!
  • Updated the favicon icon and fixed an issue where it would not appear on the Safari favourites bookmark menu.
  • Updates open graph graphic.
  • The site and game Ui has had some spring cleaning! I've re-designed and rebuilt the main home page, login and register pages. The main nav bar has also been changed. Old media has also been removed and improved image optermisation. I hope you like it!
  • Redesigned the Chat log Ui. You can now click on hedgehog names in the log to open their player card so you can add them as a friend!
  • Fixed bug in friendlist where customisation data like colours and facial expressions wouldn't show on the full size friend card.
  • Improved event notifications that appear above the "Join World" button. It will now show the upcoming events and live events correctly. The events button will also indicate to show how many upcoming events there are. Before it would get stuck at 1 or not count correctly.
  • Updated Hedgehog Creek's logo.
  • Added new font.
  • Improved the performance of the Friends List.
  • Added a search feature to the friend list.
  • Increased maxium friend limit from 50 to 80.
  • Fixed issue where the player shadow would be positioned wrongly on first join.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause your world time clock to lose time resulting in different hedgehogs experiencing the day and night cycle at different times.
  • Fixed bugs with the Ui and world not adapting to orientation changes on mobile and tablet.
  • Fixed a bug in the Cafe where your hedgehog would over hang the walls/border.
  • Fixed a bug where other online hedgehogs could be in the wrong location when the browser window was hidden.
  • Removed some unknown entities??

0.6.2 - 6th January 2024 - 11:30am UK

  • Added simple tags to player cards. Shows what Tier or role a hedgehog has.
  • Updated Spike's outfit and design.

0.6.1 - 2nd January 2024 - 4:42pm UK

  • Removed back-left and back-right hedgehog angles. Trying out if this feels better without them. Let me know!
  • Updated the Coffee Collection Trophy artwork and removed years so the asset is reusable.

0.6.0 - 23rd December 2023 - 5:00pm UK

  • Testing a new tile based world system. Let me know what you think!
  • The Village and Cafe rooms have been reworked and redesigned.
  • Added Winter and the Winter Festival!
  • Added an early concept for a weather system. It's snnowingg!
  • Added toggle for weather effects in the settings.
  • The cave is currently unavailable. Flint has reported a major cave collapse caused by this cold weather!
  • The Desert is no longer accessible. 💛
  • Fixed some bugs and added some more!!!
  • Removed some unknown entities??

0.5.5 - 8th December 2023 - 9:52am UK

  • Removed Halloween/Anniversary decorations.
  • Fixed minor bugs.

0.5.4 - 11th November 2023 - 12:10pm UK

  • Added a new /me command to share your emotes or actions! A special bubble and chat log indicator will show in the chat log.
  • Added a new /think command to share your thoughts! A special bubble and chat log indicator will show in the chat log.
  • Fixed a line issue in the chat bubble where they didn't always draw correctly.
  • Slight modification to the way hedgehog rotation works.
  • Slight modifcation to logic when you reach a world border.
  • Added a bigger close button to the "Found Item" UI.
  • Slight modifications to the friend list UI.
  • Added a hint message to hedgehogs with an empty friend list on how to add new hedgehogs.
  • Fixed a bug with game commands where they might not always work.
  • Coffee Collection updated to 0.5.5 - Fixed a bug where the background music would duplicate on replay.
  • Changed the typing bubble animation speed.

0.5.3 - 7th November 2023 - 4:30pm UK

  • All Characters/NPCs hedgehogs for now have Tier 3 status.
  • Added blur to corners of expression/action hotbar to indicate it can scroll on smaller screen.
  • Hazel's goggles were found! Thank you to Spike who found them.
  • Updated the clicked hedgehog player card to allow for Characters/NPCs to have the option to talk to them when they are online.
  • Fixed issues where the scrollbar would show on some parts of the UI where it shouldn't.
  • Fixed an issue where sliding or swipping could cause the game to navigate back.
  • Fixed and issue where the hover effects on shop items would cut off from the border.
  • Fixed typos and other minor bugs.

0.5.2 - 3rd November 2023 - 6:10pm UK

  • Added the 3rd Year Anniversary Party event. Happy Birthday Hedgehog Creek! 🥳 🎈 🎂
  • Hedgehogs in the overworld have been made a little bit bigger so more details can be seen.
  • Fixed face items like the face mask not being equiped.
  • Fixed issue where the Large Marshmallow Sombrero wouldn't equip.
  • Fixed other minor bugs and added some more!

0.5.1 - 1st November 2023 - 8:27pm UK

  • Fixed typos.
  • Fixed issue where the Combat Card Game would crash and become unplayable.
  • Fixed sizing issues with the inventory menus.

0.5.0 - 28th October 2023 - 10:20pm UK

  • Added new animations to the hedgehogs! The entire hedgehog character code has been rebuilt from scratch to work with the new animation system.
  • Added a new hotbar with character emote and action expressions.
  • Added waving action.
  • Added sitting action.
  • Added happy expression.
  • Added sad expression.
  • Added a new facial expression system to the inventory. You can now customise your hedgehogs face!
  • Modifications and slight deisgn changes have been made to parts of the inventory.
  • Added /wave command to wave.
  • Added /sit command to sit.
  • Added "w" short cut key to wave.
  • Added "s" short cut key to sit.
  • Added new loading screen.
  • Added player shadow.
  • Added Chai and Flint npcs.
  • Added a new Patreon thank you message on the home page logged in screen.
  • Added new layering so hair/wigs can now be worn under hats.
  • Added the ability for Furniture catalogue items to be placed in the main rooms. (For ScreenCactus only).
  • Added Halloween Event!
  • Added red dot to events button on home page.
  • Fixed a horizontal scroll issue with the chat log.
  • Fixed issue where the chat bar could be smaller than the send button.
  • Fixed a bug when in room editing mode where dragging would cause your player to click and move after hiding the room editor UI.
  • Fixed 404 error page showing when you're offline and become online again.
  • Modified the friend list UI. You can now scroll naturally through the list.
  • Modified the position of the chat bar and chat log.
  • Modified the UI icons, placements and size.
  • Modifications to the home page.
  • Modifications to the account page.
  • Improved the /screenshot command. (For ScreenCactus only right now).
  • Improved on certain clothes design. Some clothes will look different.
  • Changed the "Items" route to "Clothes".
  • Improvements made to the day / night cycle where it could appear too bright in rooms such as the cafe.

0.4.12 - 27th October 2023 - 5:35pm UK

  • Improvements were made to the settings page.
  • Added the ability to toggle newsletters in the settings.
  • Improved verification email.

0.4.11 - 25th April 2023 - 4:30pm UK

  • Egg hunt has been removed.

0.4.10 - 7th April 2023 - 8:00pm UK

  • Added an events button to the logged in home page and slightly adjusted the layout.
  • Modifications to world marker generation.
  • 2023 Egg Hunt is now live. 🥚
  • Added new artwork to the community page.
  • Added new items to the world.
  • Removed matcha tea (slime 😝) cups from the Cafe that were left in from Halloween.

0.4.9 - 2nd April 2023 - 4:59pm UK

  • Improved the layout of the events page.
  • The /help information has a little animation where each line shows up after the other.
  • Added a /names command. This will toggle hedgehog names in the world.

0.4.8 - 1st April 2023 - 8:14pm UK

  • Fixed the in-game menu bar where the text could overflow when using Google Translate or other translate extensions.
  • Added some silly things for April Fools' Day. 🤪

0.4.7 - 30th March 2023 - 8:14pm UK

  • Added a new events page.
  • Changed sent message sound.
  • Minor text changes.

0.4.6 - 27th February 2023 - 12:42pm UK

  • Fixed a bug where the hedgehog character would appear blurry during animation bounce.

0.4.5 - 25th February 2023 - 6:40pm UK

  • Added more community artwork photos. Thank you to all the amazing artists!
  • Slight modification to website styles.
  • - Improved font render readability across different browsers.

0.4.4 - 24th February 2023 - 2:30pm UK

  • Added improvements to the minigame loader system. You can now see the loading progress of a game rather than just a blank window.
  • Coffee Collection is now version 0.5.4 with changes to loading game assets.
  • Added a limit to how many chat logs will be shown in the chat log. Older messages will get purged.
  • Updated the exit, minimise and check/tick icons due to the icons being clipped wrong.
  • Updated the offline and error pages.
  • Fixed a bug where it was possible to wear items that you didn't own.
  • Fixed a bug where light items could flicker on the player first joining a room when the lights are starting to transition on or off.
  • Fixed a bug on Safari web browsers where the minigame box would not show unless you clicked the exit button.
  • Fixed a bug where closing the minigame on a slow connection would cause the game to crash.
  • Fixed a bug where the keyboard on mobile would automatically appear when the minigame was closed.
  • Fixed a bug where some UI icons would get highlighted.
  • Fixed some bugs that would occur when the user has lost connection to the internet.

0.4.3 - 20th February 2023 - 9:24am UK

  • Fixed a bug with the pop-up modal on small phone screens.

0.4.2 - 19th February 2023 - 4:40pm UK

  • Fixed a bug where the friend limit wouldn't always work correctly.
  • Fixed a bug where other players light items wouldn't always be on when you joined a room.
  • Fixed a bug where removing a light item from the player would leave the light in the room.

0.4.1 - 18th February 2023 - 2:45pm UK

  • Adjusted the typing indicator size so the animation appears more seamless.
  • Performance improvements added to the shop.
  • Fixed a bug where the chat log could crash your game.
  • Fixed a bug where the coin UIs wouldn't always reflect the correct amount after buying an item.
  • Fixed a bug where the word "buy" would appear when getting a "free" item from the shops.
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn't unlock free items if you didn't have enough money for the sale price.
  • Fixed a bug that would disable your chat bubble balloons after you have finished editing your home.

0.4.0 - 17th February 2023 - 8.30pm UK

  • Added new and improved shops.
  • - Shops now have a new design.
  • - You can now talk to the NPC directly from the shop UI.
  • - Shops can now hold more items.
  • - Furniture items can now be sold through the shop.
  • Major improvements made to the Village! The Village is now expanded with newly improved art.
  • Added a new sound track to the Village room!
  • Added new room markers to make minigames and NPCs more noticeable. NPCs can now be distinguished from real players as they have a circular icon above them.
  • Added a typing bubble indicator so you can now know when people are typing!
  • Added a new alert icon to the chat logs to notify you of new incoming messages.
  • Added the ability to locate your friends from the friend list.
  • Added transition effects to holdable lights and furniture lights in the room.
  • Added a new introduction modal.
  • Added new artwork to the community page. Thank you to all the amazing artists we have!
  • Improvements to the day/night cycle system. It will appear smoother on day-to-night transition.
  • Changed the colours and schedules in the day to night cycle.
  • The room lighting (day/night cycle) will be on by default on desktop devices.
  • Increased the coin rewards in the Coffee Collection minigame.
  • Updated Hazels gear. She now has a new look!
  • Updated the favicon/icons.
  • Updated the auto-zooming of rooms. Some rooms may appear less zoomed in than before.
  • Fixed a bug where the chat bar input focus would scroll down leaving extra space on mobile browsers.
  • Updated the logged-in home page.
  • Updated the supporter tier colours so they're more vibrant.
  • Fixed a bug where resizing your browser before the game has connected would sometimes cause a crash.
  • Fixed a bug on mobile and tablet devices where changing the screen orientation would sometimes cause the world not to adjust properly, resulting in a cut-off white box.
  • Fixed a bug where pushing the shortcut key "T" to activate the chat bar would sometimes leave the letter "T" in the chat bar.
  • Chat bubbles will not render outside the view area.
  • Fixed a bug where the chat log would force scroll to the bottom on new incoming message.
  • Fixed a bug where some icons would accidentally get selected with the cursor.
  • Fixed minor bugs with the friend list where online friends wouldn't always be shown.
  • Fixed a bug where the "virtual scene camera" on move would make the world blurry or distorted.
  • Removed festive event.
  • Slight improvement to game asset resolution.
  • Fixed more minor bugs and added a load more! Whoopsie!

0.3.5 - 3rd January 2023 - 11:15pm UK

  • Added a new "Yearly Scoreboard" and removed the "All Time scoreboard".
  • Added a new scoreboard design.
  • Fixed minor bugs to the blog.

0.3.4 - 27th December 2022 - 11:38am UK

  • Added a new layout to the blog page. Blog articles now have their own page route.

0.3.3 - 22nd December 2022 - 11:08am UK

  • Improvements to the blog page. Each blog post now has their own page.
  • Fixed minor bugs with the landing page where the nav bar would not be visible under the new hero header.

0.3.3 - 22nd December 2022 - 11:08am UK

  • Fixed a bug where the site would fail to redirect you to the logged-in page once you created a hedgehog.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause new hedgehogs to have other people's furniture synced into their homes.

0.3.2 - 21st December 2022 - 3:20pm UK

  • Fixed a bug where new hedgehog homes would be empty and not have the starter layout.
  • Fixed a bug where home starter furniture items would disappear on the first edit.
  • Minor text changes.

0.3.1 - 20th December 2022 - 9:18pm UK

  • Added performance enhancements to live edits syncing in your home.
  • Fixed a bug where rooms could fail to load.
  • Fixed a bug where the friend list or friend online notification could cause your game to crash.
  • Fixed a bug where the hammer tool would keep panning the room after deleting an object.
  • Fixed a bug where furniture would sometimes duplicate and allow you to place more furniture items than you own.
  • Fixed a bug where the lights would not activate if you toggled on the lighting setting while inside your home.
  • Fixed a bug where you would sometimes freeze and the world could become unresponsive.
  • Fixed typos.

0.3.0 - 19th December 2022 - 3pm UK

  • Major restructure to the room generation system.
  • Added a house system! Hedgehogs now have a place to live. Time to decorate your own home!
  • - Added the ability to live edit rooms.
  • - Added the ability to place and move furniture.
  • - Added a brand new UI to edit your home.
  • - Added the pencil tool which allows you to move, rotate, place and pan around your home.
  • - Added the hammer tool which allows you to remove furniture from your home.
  • - Added a virtual onscreen joystick to allow for panning around your house on mobile, tablet or touch screen devices.
  • - Added individual light effects to furniture objects.
  • - Added a home icon to teleport to your home.
  • Added new improvements to the clothing inventory.
  • - Added touch and mouse wheel scrolling functionality to the clothing inventory.
  • - Increased the size of the hedgehog character inside the clothing inventory.
  • - Added new slight minor design changes.
  • - Fixed minor bugs with the inventory.
  • - Fixed minor bugs with the hedgehog character inside the clothing inventory.
  • Added a new render system for the hedgehog profile avatar pictures.
  • Added a hedgehog profile avatar picture to the navbar.
  • Added the ability to close notifications.
  • Added new improvements to the friends list.
  • - Added automatic sorting to the friend list so online hedgehogs are always at the top.
  • - Added a new green dot icon to online friends.
  • - Added slight design changes to the UI.
  • - Added a new notification to alert you when a friend joins the world and is online.
  • - Added the ability to click on friends in your list. You will see a small card profile.
  • - Added the ability to see pending requests in your friend list. They are highlighted in orange.
  • - Added the ability to remove friends. :(
  • - Increased the limit of the friends list from 30 to 50.
  • Added UI tweaks to the settings model.
  • - Added a Graphics Quality setting with a dropdown for Normal, Good, and Auto.
  • Added a new NPC called Hazel.
  • Added new artwork to the community page. Thank you everyone for the support and amazing drawings!
  • Updated hedgehog avatar image to the new avatar renderer in the Combat Profile in the Combat Card Game.
  • Added the Festive Event!
  • Added new design changes to buttons on the site.
  • Added new design changes to in-game notifications.
  • Added increased radius of the torch item illumination.
  • Added a new design to the landing / home page.
  • Improved the message and colour for disconnect alerts.
  • Fixed a bug where the wrong state would show when clicking between different hedgehogs to send them friend requests.
  • Added more bugs to the world. Whoops!

0.2.11 - 25th November 2022 - 10:51am UK

  • Added a friendlier error message page rather than "client-side exception blank screen".

0.2.10 - 21st November 2022 - 1:37pm UK

  • Fixed minor bugs with installing PWA.
  • Improved Lighthouse performance scoring.

0.2.9 - 11th November 2022 - 10:30am UK

  • Removed the Halloween and 2nd Anniversary events.
  • Fixed alignment with the background loading screen.

0.2.8 - 4th November 2022 - 6:09pm UK

  • Added a pop sound for when incoming messages are made.
  • Fixed a bug where the room hit markers would not work correctly if you resized your browser window.

0.2.7 - 3rd November 2022 - 5:08pm UK

  • Added the 2nd Anniversary decorations to the Cafe.
  • Fixed minor bugs with Discord accounts not connecting.
  • Fixed minor bugs to the furniture objects.
  • Fixed a bug where new shop item purchases would sometimes be put as your last item in the inventory.

0.2.6 - 2nd November 2022 - 8:35am UK

  • Fixed a major bug where the combat card system could crash when you engage in battle with a creature.

0.2.5 - 1st November 2022 - 12:28pm UK

  • Fixed a major bug with the card inventory possibly crashing and being unusable.

0.2.4 - 21st October 2022 - 3:00pm UK

  • Added the Halloween Party! This is an extra spooky update!!!
  • Added a "Remember Me" login checkbox. Your device will stay logged in for one week if you click the checkbox on the login page.
  • Added a new /help command that prints some useful commands into the chat log.
  • Added a sound effects for sending a message and finding an item.
  • Added a new chat bubble design. Older messages will stack above and slowly fade away. Let me know if you like this! Also the bubble will now account for the width of the message. Words will no longer fall outside of the chat bubble! Chat bubbles will also last half a second longer.
  • Fixed a bug where room markers may not always work or be detected.
  • Rooms now have set light schedules.
  • Improved the shop keeper NPC. Mr Prickles now generates correctly as a hedgehog object rather than a furniture object.
  • Improvements made to the file size optimisation tool.
  • Fixed friends list usernames and count from translating with Google translate plugins.
  • Improved the friends list with new animations, button sizes and the close button is now contained within the UI.
  • Improved chat bar with new sliding animation and fixed the width to match the chat log.
  • Improved the chat log box with new sliding animation and adjusted the close button placement. Also including a new greeting message.
  • Improved the game settings box with new sliding animation and adjusted the close button placement.

0.2.3 - 30th September 2022 - 12:33pm UK

  • Added new room editing commands which is only for ScreenCactus for now :).
  • Fixed a bug with larger rooms crashing or not loading on Android and other mobile devices. This includes the Cave room which would appear black on Android mobile devices. A new room and spritesheet loading system has been added to fix this.
  • Fixed a bug where collision markers would not work in large rooms on some mobile devices. The collision marker system has been optimised.",
  • Fixed a bug in the Combat Card Game where your deck would be off-screen on some mobile devices.
  • Fixed a bug in the Combat Card Game where you couldn't drag a card to attack enemy creatures.
  • Fixed a bug in the Combat Card Game where you couldn't drag a card to your Combat Profile to recharge your energy or add a defence card.
  • Fixed a bug with the energy recharging system where not all players energy bars would regenerate.

0.2.2 - 5th September 2022 - 10:24am UK

  • Fixed a server crash bug when playing the Coffee Collection minigame.
  • Fixed layering texture issue in the Cave room.
  • Fixed lighting issue where the lights would flicker during a new day-cycle.

0.2.1 - 3rd September 2022 - 12:31pm UK

  • Fixed a bug where typing a question mark would clear the chat bar.
  • Fixed a style problem on some of the pages where the text boxes would not be aligned.
  • Fixed a crash that would only occur if another hedgehog in the same room would leave or disconnect while holding a light object such as a torch.
  • Fixed the card game vignette not loading on mobile devices and leaving a black screen.
  • Fixed issue with the card game system where some cards may not apply all their stats values.

0.2.0 - 1st September 2022 - 7:24am UK

  • Added a new improved Card Battle System.
  • - Added new design changes to the player inventory with tabs so you can see your cards and set your card deck.
  • - Added a new energy system. Energy is displayed on your profile board. Your energy will decline when you are in combat.
  • - Added the ability to re-energise your energy bar when you relax in the Cafe room.
  • - Added enemies that re-spawn every hour in the Cave room.
  • - Added hidden cards around the world for players to find and build their card deck.
  • - Added a new slime sprite artwork.
  • - Added a new spider sprite artwork.
  • - Added new cards.
  • Added a new renderer system for the hedgehog sprite shown in the clothes inventory.
  • Added a list of monthly prices to the Coffee Collection scoreboard on the scores page. Check each month to see what prices can be won.
  • Added a new loading screen when first joining and connecting to the world.
  • Added back the missing 404 page. Spoooky!.
  • Added PWA (Progressive Web App) support, this is a work in progress. The site now has offline support (warns you are offline) and can be installed as a PWA depending on your browser or device.
  • Added forward slash keyboard shortcut to activate the chat bar.
  • Added performance improvements to speed up page loading.
  • Added days old to the account settings page.
  • Added a new "Manager" NPC to the Cafe. Send ScreenCactus ideas for what we should call this NPC!
  • Added Support with the Paypal option. You can now support Hedgehog Creek with PayPal! Testing with Tier 1. You can support Hedgehog Creek for 3, 6 or 12 months.
  • Added a new Discord bot called "Hedgebot" which manages the Hedgehog Creek Discord Server.
  • Added the option in account settings to connect your Discord account to your hedgehog. This will allow you to have access to more channels on the Hedgehog Creek Discord server once the Discord "Hedgebot" verifies the account is connected.
  • Added a credits page. Thank you to everyone that has helped support me with Hedgehog Creek!
  • Added a username check to only allow hedgehogs with approved usernames to enter the monthly and all-time scoreboards.
  • Added new Cave expansion artwork. More to explore in the Cave!
  • Added support for loading larger rooms. The room generation system can now handle larger sizes.
  • Added a day-night cycle.
  • - Added a lighting system that adjusts to the day-night cycle. This is currently off by default as it's experimental. Turn it on in the settings to try it out!
  • - Added a /time command to check what hour of the day it is.
  • - Added the ability for items to contain light levels such as the torch. The torch will light up your surroundings as you explore the world.
  • Added a new work in progress community page. Submit Hedgehog Creek related artwork to ScreenCactus to have to have it featured on that page.
  • Coffee Collection Updated to 0.5.3
  • - Changed the coin icon.
  • - Fixed a minor sound bug where sound may not be played.
  • - Minor bug fixes.
  • Fixed minor issues with the login system.
  • Fixed issue where the inventory would sometimes be too big for some mobile devices.
  • Fixed the wrong icon appearing in the information notifications.
  • Fixed bugs with the Patreon account connection setting.
  • Fixed the world zooming on mobile and desktop. The world should appear less zoomed in than before.
  • Fixed a bug where hedgehogs on joining a room would sometimes be floating above objects.
  • Fixed a bug where Usernames could get translated by Google Translate and in some cases break the UI.
  • Fixed a typo in the join text when you first join the world.
  • Fixed NPCs from spawning off from their centre point.
  • Fixed a bug where hand items would vanish from your hand when you move around the world.
  • Fixed CSS styles and layouts on mobile devices.
  • Fixed minor bugs in the game server and improved performance.
  • Changed the coin icon.
  • Optimised the path-finding algorithm.
  • Optimised room loading speeds.
  • Added a load more bugs including a spider, scary!

0.1.2 - 27th February 2021 - 9:20am UK

  • Fixed issue with Patreon chat box colours where Tier 2 and Tier 3 patrons would have Tier 1 colour instead.

0.1.1 - 24th January 2021 - 11:57am UK

  • Added account link to the in-game hamburger menu.
  • Added version number to the settings panel.
  • Added the hedgehog NPC system back to this new rewrite of the game world.
  • - Added the Construction Hedgehog with new dialogue to the Cave.
  • Improved room creation code.
  • Improved the NPC dialogue bubble.
  • Improved NPC dialogue name tag.
  • Improved Cave's walk mesh radius.
  • Fixed the "Found Item Pop Up" background where on some browsers the background would be transparent with no blue background blur.

0.1.0 - 23rd January 2021 - 4:05pm UK

  • The first version of the "Experimental" Changelogs.
  • This version of Hedgehog Creek includes:
  • - Full-screen playable world.
  • - Inventory with a clothing item editor.
  • - Village, Cafe and Cave rooms.
  • - Shop system.
  • - Chat and Chat log.
  • - Coffee Collection MiniGame 0.5.2, earn coins and compete on the scoreboard.
  • - NPC dialogue system.
  • - Lite friends system.
  • - Settings panel.

0.9.14 - 21st November 2024 - 10:37pm

  • Removed the Autumn Festival and 4th Anniversary Party.

0.9.13 - 16th November 2024 - 2:10pm

  • Fixed a bug that would cause some chunks in the world to not render correctly.
  • Fixed a bug where furniture objects would pop in and out of view.
  • Fixed other minor issues.

0.9.12 - 31st October 2024 - 6:00pm

  • Minor bug fixes.

0.9.11 - 30th October 2024 - 8:00pm

  • The Autumn Festival is here! Get ready to collect as many sweets as possible! You will unlock some spooky themed clothing items! 🎃 👻

0.9.10 - 18th October 2024 - 11:41am

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements on the server.

0.9.9 - 15th October 2024 - 10:00am

  • Autumn is here! 🍂 🍁
  • Fixed a bug where smaller rooms would align to the left of the browser window. They now nicely centre align with the web browser window.
  • Redesigned some of the furniture objects around the world including trees, signs and plants.
  • Changed the blue tinge around the Cafe border to black.
  • Fixed a bug where new world chunks were not depth sorted.
  • Updated favicon.
  • Minor bug fixes.

0.9.8 - 1st September 2024 - 11:26am

  • Removed Summer Festival.
  • Minor text changes.

0.9.7 - 28th August 2024 - 11:45am

  • Enhanced performance of the tile map system. The world rooms now renders room tiles and furniture in chunks, rather than generating the entire map at once.
  • Added an additional zoom level, allowing you to zoom out further to a total of -4.
  • Fixed a bug where the zoom menu would occasionally display '-0' or '0' when the default zoom level was selected. It now correctly displays no value in this case.
  • Fixed a lighting flicker issue that occurred when switching to certain rooms, such as the Cave.
  • Other performance optimisations made.
  • Minor adjustments made to the room editing pencil tool.

0.9.6 - 26th July 2024 - 9:35pm

  • Fixed some issues with the world loading black screens.

0.9.5 - 24th July 2024 - 12:25pm

  • Fixed a bug in the shop where paid items you didn’t own were mistakenly identified as the free item available, preventing you from purchasing them by incorrectly requiring you to obtain the free item first.
  • Simplifed the room editor UI design.
  • - Reduced the size of the room editor UI size in the home system.
  • - Removed the text of the furniture items in the room editor UI tool and increased the icon of each furniture so it appears larger.
  • Fixed a problem with the left and right hedgehog angles that were not correctly aligned with the player shadow or chat bubbles.

0.9.4 - 23rd June 2024 - 2:24pm

  • Fixed layout problems.
  • Fixed a bug where buying a paid furniture item prevented you from claiming a free one. The shop now won't let you buy a paid item if a free one is available and you don't own it yet. The shop will also notify you to get the free item first.
  • Added new animated pictures of the characters in the shop menu.

0.9.3 - 22nd June 2024 - 6:00pm

  • Updated the layering of the hedgehog's arms, neck, head and hair layers so they animate better.
  • Updated the layering of the face for better glasses/eye wear fit around the nose of the hedgehog.
  • The world is themed for Summer.
  • Summer Festival is live.
  • Updated the grass and dirt tile designs.
  • Fixed a bug where the Coffee Collection yearly scores were not showing.
  • Rebuilt the entire loading screen with CSS animations instead of the canvas.
  • Fixed issues with the loading screen where it could sometimes break the layout on some devices.
  • Slightly tweaked the design of the loading screen.

0.9.2 - 4th June 2024 - 9:29am

  • Fixed a bug where Flint wouldn't give you the torch item.
  • Fixed a bug where the door in your house wouldn't teleport you to the Village.

0.9.1 - 3rd June 2024 - 4:00pm

  • Fixed some inconsistencies with the NPC dialogue menu UI.
  • Fixed some layout CSS styles with the website.

0.9.0 - 1st June 2024 - 3:45pm

  • The Cave is back!! The Cave now follows the art style of the rest of the world. The world is now fully converted to the tile system! It's even bigger than before. Just don't get lost!
  • Increased the travel distance between clicking/tapping.
  • Increased the travel speed. More speedier hedgehogs!
  • Added a water layer so you can swim in the cave lakes.
  • Fixed a bug where the background panning image that was on the "Join World" page would not be full size on larger screen sizes.
  • Slight adjustment to the furniture object detection in the room editor tool.
  • Improved the handling of duplicating notifications.
  • Improved the background music player for room music. On some browsers, the music wouldn't play at all. It should now play!
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the background music to load twice when switching between rooms.
  • Fixed a bug where the /sit command wouldn't make your hedgehog sit on the client side.
  • Updated the NPC dialogue with a new design. Letters are now animated. NPC characters are now also animated but just play the idle animation.
  • Fixed a bug where your character would play the walk animation when standing still when editing your house.
  • Fixed a bug where your hedgehog or others would not face the correct direction when joining a room, or they would not be sitting when they should.
  • Improved the sizing/scaling of the minigame popup window. The minigame window should now auto-size above or below any browser bars nicely on mobile/tablet devices.
  • Removed some unknown entities??

0.8.5 - 14th April 2024 - 2:32pm

  • Major changes to the hedgehog path finding. The game will now intelligently find the optimal route to the location you want to click.
  • Fixed a bug where you could navigate over non-walkable areas.
  • Fixed a bug where your player would walk backwards.
  • Adjusted the door in Cafe so you appear behind it when you leave.
  • Fixed a bug where scavenger hunt items like eggs would get stuck around the market stalls or doors.
  • Removed April Fools' message farts! 💨

0.8.4 - 1st April 2024 - 1:43pm UK

  • Reduced the found item notifcation sound. Maybe this might prevent some of the jump scares people had?
  • Changed the Scavenger Hunt item pop sound.
  • Fixed spacing issue on signout page.
  • Fixed a Patreon accounts where it could show the wrong tier.
  • Fixed a bug where Patreon members who are subscribed as "Free" would get the wording that they're an active member.
  • Added some silly things for April Fools' Day. 🤪

0.8.3 - 31st March 2024 - 12:40pm UK

  • Added another notification to the "Join World" page that shows upcoming events happening within 1 week.
  • Added total and monthly online tracking.
  • Added a scoreboard displaying the most active hedgehog for this month.
  • Fixed the centering problem of prizes in the Scavenger Hunt menu.
  • Fixed minor bugs.

0.8.2 - 30th March 2024 - 4:00pm UK

  • Mr Prickles and Hazel now both have their full outfits in the world. Before they only had their front facing angle artwork completed.

0.8.1 - 30th March 2024 - 8:10am UK

  • Fixed some minor bugs with the Scavenger Hunt system.
  • Add link in the Scavenger Hunt menu that takes you to the scores page.

0.8.0 - 29th March 2024 - 10:00am UK

  • Added a new Scavenger Hunt mechanism!
  • - Eggs are hidden at random around the Village.
  • - You must collect a certain amount of hidden eggs to unlock prizes!
  • - Compete in the leaderboard for your name to be shown for the total number eggs found!
  • - Added a new UI for the Scavenger hunt. Click the egg icon!
  • Rounded off the edges of the in-game navigation menu.
  • Improvements to the Scores page.
  • Added Spring Festival and the 2024 Egg Scavenger Hunt!
  • Adjusted the egg hats position so they're slightly higher and sit more above the eyes on the hedgehog character.
  • Added new furniture items.
  • Updated designs of existing furniture items.
  • Updated grass and dirt tiles and added a bit more variation.
  • Changed the hue of the grass tile colour.
  • Updated collision issue with trees.
  • Added more flora!
  • Added feedback response from empty /me command.
  • Modified notification size slightly.
  • Fixed a bug with the home page's event notification where it would show the wrong total of upcoming events and wrong amount of time.
  • Removed some unknown entities??

0.7.1 - 16th March 2024 - 10:50am UK

  • Fixed a bug where keyboard shortcuts wouldn't work if you changed rooms.
  • Fixed a bug that would cause wearable light items, such as the torch, to stop emitting light when transitioning between day and night.

0.7.0 - 16th March 2024 - 7:45pm UK

  • Furniture items are now pixel perfect when selecting/clicking. Before neigbouring furniture items could overlap their boundries and thus making it harder to move furniture around in your homes.
  • Testing wakelock browser features.
  • Improved room editing move and delete controls on touch devices.
  • Added a weather system where now it will rain at random intervals. Snow will only be present when the world is set for winter.
  • Added rain sounds. Depending on if you are inside or outside the rain will sound different.
  • Updated the in-game navigation menu to include:
  • - A live clock of the in-world time.
  • - World zoom controls.
  • - Current weather status is shown in the navigational bar.
  • - Added Twitter/X and Discord social media links.
  • - Added changelog version and when when clicked takes you to the changelogs
  • - Esc key will close the in-game navigation menu.
  • - Fixed a bug where the menu could be too big for certain screen sizes.
  • The world on Mobile and Tablet will appear more zoomed out.
  • Spring has sprung! The world is no longer in winter!
  • Improved the Ui safe area zones where the Ui could be under microphones, pin hole cameras or rounded screens on mobile or tablet devices. For those that play in horizontal mode it should be better! Let me know!
  • Updated the favicon icon and fixed an issue where it would not appear on the Safari favourites bookmark menu.
  • Updates open graph graphic.
  • The site and game Ui has had some spring cleaning! I've re-designed and rebuilt the main home page, login and register pages. The main nav bar has also been changed. Old media has also been removed and improved image optermisation. I hope you like it!
  • Redesigned the Chat log Ui. You can now click on hedgehog names in the log to open their player card so you can add them as a friend!
  • Fixed bug in friendlist where customisation data like colours and facial expressions wouldn't show on the full size friend card.
  • Improved event notifications that appear above the "Join World" button. It will now show the upcoming events and live events correctly. The events button will also indicate to show how many upcoming events there are. Before it would get stuck at 1 or not count correctly.
  • Updated Hedgehog Creek's logo.
  • Added new font.
  • Improved the performance of the Friends List.
  • Added a search feature to the friend list.
  • Increased maxium friend limit from 50 to 80.
  • Fixed issue where the player shadow would be positioned wrongly on first join.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause your world time clock to lose time resulting in different hedgehogs experiencing the day and night cycle at different times.
  • Fixed bugs with the Ui and world not adapting to orientation changes on mobile and tablet.
  • Fixed a bug in the Cafe where your hedgehog would over hang the walls/border.
  • Fixed a bug where other online hedgehogs could be in the wrong location when the browser window was hidden.
  • Removed some unknown entities??

0.6.2 - 6th January 2024 - 11:30am UK

  • Added simple tags to player cards. Shows what Tier or role a hedgehog has.
  • Updated Spike's outfit and design.

0.6.1 - 2nd January 2024 - 4:42pm UK

  • Removed back-left and back-right hedgehog angles. Trying out if this feels better without them. Let me know!
  • Updated the Coffee Collection Trophy artwork and removed years so the asset is reusable.

0.6.0 - 23rd December 2023 - 5:00pm UK

  • Testing a new tile based world system. Let me know what you think!
  • The Village and Cafe rooms have been reworked and redesigned.
  • Added Winter and the Winter Festival!
  • Added an early concept for a weather system. It's snnowingg!
  • Added toggle for weather effects in the settings.
  • The cave is currently unavailable. Flint has reported a major cave collapse caused by this cold weather!
  • The Desert is no longer accessible. 💛
  • Fixed some bugs and added some more!!!
  • Removed some unknown entities??

0.5.5 - 8th December 2023 - 9:52am UK

  • Removed Halloween/Anniversary decorations.
  • Fixed minor bugs.

0.5.4 - 11th November 2023 - 12:10pm UK

  • Added a new /me command to share your emotes or actions! A special bubble and chat log indicator will show in the chat log.
  • Added a new /think command to share your thoughts! A special bubble and chat log indicator will show in the chat log.
  • Fixed a line issue in the chat bubble where they didn't always draw correctly.
  • Slight modification to the way hedgehog rotation works.
  • Slight modifcation to logic when you reach a world border.
  • Added a bigger close button to the "Found Item" UI.
  • Slight modifications to the friend list UI.
  • Added a hint message to hedgehogs with an empty friend list on how to add new hedgehogs.
  • Fixed a bug with game commands where they might not always work.
  • Coffee Collection updated to 0.5.5 - Fixed a bug where the background music would duplicate on replay.
  • Changed the typing bubble animation speed.

0.5.3 - 7th November 2023 - 4:30pm UK

  • All Characters/NPCs hedgehogs for now have Tier 3 status.
  • Added blur to corners of expression/action hotbar to indicate it can scroll on smaller screen.
  • Hazel's goggles were found! Thank you to Spike who found them.
  • Updated the clicked hedgehog player card to allow for Characters/NPCs to have the option to talk to them when they are online.
  • Fixed issues where the scrollbar would show on some parts of the UI where it shouldn't.
  • Fixed an issue where sliding or swipping could cause the game to navigate back.
  • Fixed and issue where the hover effects on shop items would cut off from the border.
  • Fixed typos and other minor bugs.

0.5.2 - 3rd November 2023 - 6:10pm UK

  • Added the 3rd Year Anniversary Party event. Happy Birthday Hedgehog Creek! 🥳 🎈 🎂
  • Hedgehogs in the overworld have been made a little bit bigger so more details can be seen.
  • Fixed face items like the face mask not being equiped.
  • Fixed issue where the Large Marshmallow Sombrero wouldn't equip.
  • Fixed other minor bugs and added some more!

0.5.1 - 1st November 2023 - 8:27pm UK

  • Fixed typos.
  • Fixed issue where the Combat Card Game would crash and become unplayable.
  • Fixed sizing issues with the inventory menus.

0.5.0 - 28th October 2023 - 10:20pm UK

  • Added new animations to the hedgehogs! The entire hedgehog character code has been rebuilt from scratch to work with the new animation system.
  • Added a new hotbar with character emote and action expressions.
  • Added waving action.
  • Added sitting action.
  • Added happy expression.
  • Added sad expression.
  • Added a new facial expression system to the inventory. You can now customise your hedgehogs face!
  • Modifications and slight deisgn changes have been made to parts of the inventory.
  • Added /wave command to wave.
  • Added /sit command to sit.
  • Added "w" short cut key to wave.
  • Added "s" short cut key to sit.
  • Added new loading screen.
  • Added player shadow.
  • Added Chai and Flint npcs.
  • Added a new Patreon thank you message on the home page logged in screen.
  • Added new layering so hair/wigs can now be worn under hats.
  • Added the ability for Furniture catalogue items to be placed in the main rooms. (For ScreenCactus only).
  • Added Halloween Event!
  • Added red dot to events button on home page.
  • Fixed a horizontal scroll issue with the chat log.
  • Fixed issue where the chat bar could be smaller than the send button.
  • Fixed a bug when in room editing mode where dragging would cause your player to click and move after hiding the room editor UI.
  • Fixed 404 error page showing when you're offline and become online again.
  • Modified the friend list UI. You can now scroll naturally through the list.
  • Modified the position of the chat bar and chat log.
  • Modified the UI icons, placements and size.
  • Modifications to the home page.
  • Modifications to the account page.
  • Improved the /screenshot command. (For ScreenCactus only right now).
  • Improved on certain clothes design. Some clothes will look different.
  • Changed the "Items" route to "Clothes".
  • Improvements made to the day / night cycle where it could appear too bright in rooms such as the cafe.

0.4.12 - 27th October 2023 - 5:35pm UK

  • Improvements were made to the settings page.
  • Added the ability to toggle newsletters in the settings.
  • Improved verification email.

0.4.11 - 25th April 2023 - 4:30pm UK

  • Egg hunt has been removed.

0.4.10 - 7th April 2023 - 8:00pm UK

  • Added an events button to the logged in home page and slightly adjusted the layout.
  • Modifications to world marker generation.
  • 2023 Egg Hunt is now live. 🥚
  • Added new artwork to the community page.
  • Added new items to the world.
  • Removed matcha tea (slime 😝) cups from the Cafe that were left in from Halloween.

0.4.9 - 2nd April 2023 - 4:59pm UK

  • Improved the layout of the events page.
  • The /help information has a little animation where each line shows up after the other.
  • Added a /names command. This will toggle hedgehog names in the world.

0.4.8 - 1st April 2023 - 8:14pm UK

  • Fixed the in-game menu bar where the text could overflow when using Google Translate or other translate extensions.
  • Added some silly things for April Fools' Day. 🤪

0.4.7 - 30th March 2023 - 8:14pm UK

  • Added a new events page.
  • Changed sent message sound.
  • Minor text changes.

0.4.6 - 27th February 2023 - 12:42pm UK

  • Fixed a bug where the hedgehog character would appear blurry during animation bounce.

0.4.5 - 25th February 2023 - 6:40pm UK

  • Added more community artwork photos. Thank you to all the amazing artists!
  • Slight modification to website styles.
  • - Improved font render readability across different browsers.

0.4.4 - 24th February 2023 - 2:30pm UK

  • Added improvements to the minigame loader system. You can now see the loading progress of a game rather than just a blank window.
  • Coffee Collection is now version 0.5.4 with changes to loading game assets.
  • Added a limit to how many chat logs will be shown in the chat log. Older messages will get purged.
  • Updated the exit, minimise and check/tick icons due to the icons being clipped wrong.
  • Updated the offline and error pages.
  • Fixed a bug where it was possible to wear items that you didn't own.
  • Fixed a bug where light items could flicker on the player first joining a room when the lights are starting to transition on or off.
  • Fixed a bug on Safari web browsers where the minigame box would not show unless you clicked the exit button.
  • Fixed a bug where closing the minigame on a slow connection would cause the game to crash.
  • Fixed a bug where the keyboard on mobile would automatically appear when the minigame was closed.
  • Fixed a bug where some UI icons would get highlighted.
  • Fixed some bugs that would occur when the user has lost connection to the internet.

0.4.3 - 20th February 2023 - 9:24am UK

  • Fixed a bug with the pop-up modal on small phone screens.

0.4.2 - 19th February 2023 - 4:40pm UK

  • Fixed a bug where the friend limit wouldn't always work correctly.
  • Fixed a bug where other players light items wouldn't always be on when you joined a room.
  • Fixed a bug where removing a light item from the player would leave the light in the room.

0.4.1 - 18th February 2023 - 2:45pm UK

  • Adjusted the typing indicator size so the animation appears more seamless.
  • Performance improvements added to the shop.
  • Fixed a bug where the chat log could crash your game.
  • Fixed a bug where the coin UIs wouldn't always reflect the correct amount after buying an item.
  • Fixed a bug where the word "buy" would appear when getting a "free" item from the shops.
  • Fixed a bug where you couldn't unlock free items if you didn't have enough money for the sale price.
  • Fixed a bug that would disable your chat bubble balloons after you have finished editing your home.

0.4.0 - 17th February 2023 - 8.30pm UK

  • Added new and improved shops.
  • - Shops now have a new design.
  • - You can now talk to the NPC directly from the shop UI.
  • - Shops can now hold more items.
  • - Furniture items can now be sold through the shop.
  • Major improvements made to the Village! The Village is now expanded with newly improved art.
  • Added a new sound track to the Village room!
  • Added new room markers to make minigames and NPCs more noticeable. NPCs can now be distinguished from real players as they have a circular icon above them.
  • Added a typing bubble indicator so you can now know when people are typing!
  • Added a new alert icon to the chat logs to notify you of new incoming messages.
  • Added the ability to locate your friends from the friend list.
  • Added transition effects to holdable lights and furniture lights in the room.
  • Added a new introduction modal.
  • Added new artwork to the community page. Thank you to all the amazing artists we have!
  • Improvements to the day/night cycle system. It will appear smoother on day-to-night transition.
  • Changed the colours and schedules in the day to night cycle.
  • The room lighting (day/night cycle) will be on by default on desktop devices.
  • Increased the coin rewards in the Coffee Collection minigame.
  • Updated Hazels gear. She now has a new look!
  • Updated the favicon/icons.
  • Updated the auto-zooming of rooms. Some rooms may appear less zoomed in than before.
  • Fixed a bug where the chat bar input focus would scroll down leaving extra space on mobile browsers.
  • Updated the logged-in home page.
  • Updated the supporter tier colours so they're more vibrant.
  • Fixed a bug where resizing your browser before the game has connected would sometimes cause a crash.
  • Fixed a bug on mobile and tablet devices where changing the screen orientation would sometimes cause the world not to adjust properly, resulting in a cut-off white box.
  • Fixed a bug where pushing the shortcut key "T" to activate the chat bar would sometimes leave the letter "T" in the chat bar.
  • Chat bubbles will not render outside the view area.
  • Fixed a bug where the chat log would force scroll to the bottom on new incoming message.
  • Fixed a bug where some icons would accidentally get selected with the cursor.
  • Fixed minor bugs with the friend list where online friends wouldn't always be shown.
  • Fixed a bug where the "virtual scene camera" on move would make the world blurry or distorted.
  • Removed festive event.
  • Slight improvement to game asset resolution.
  • Fixed more minor bugs and added a load more! Whoopsie!

0.3.5 - 3rd January 2023 - 11:15pm UK

  • Added a new "Yearly Scoreboard" and removed the "All Time scoreboard".
  • Added a new scoreboard design.
  • Fixed minor bugs to the blog.

0.3.4 - 27th December 2022 - 11:38am UK

  • Added a new layout to the blog page. Blog articles now have their own page route.

0.3.3 - 22nd December 2022 - 11:08am UK

  • Improvements to the blog page. Each blog post now has their own page.
  • Fixed minor bugs with the landing page where the nav bar would not be visible under the new hero header.

0.3.3 - 22nd December 2022 - 11:08am UK

  • Fixed a bug where the site would fail to redirect you to the logged-in page once you created a hedgehog.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause new hedgehogs to have other people's furniture synced into their homes.

0.3.2 - 21st December 2022 - 3:20pm UK

  • Fixed a bug where new hedgehog homes would be empty and not have the starter layout.
  • Fixed a bug where home starter furniture items would disappear on the first edit.
  • Minor text changes.

0.3.1 - 20th December 2022 - 9:18pm UK

  • Added performance enhancements to live edits syncing in your home.
  • Fixed a bug where rooms could fail to load.
  • Fixed a bug where the friend list or friend online notification could cause your game to crash.
  • Fixed a bug where the hammer tool would keep panning the room after deleting an object.
  • Fixed a bug where furniture would sometimes duplicate and allow you to place more furniture items than you own.
  • Fixed a bug where the lights would not activate if you toggled on the lighting setting while inside your home.
  • Fixed a bug where you would sometimes freeze and the world could become unresponsive.
  • Fixed typos.

0.3.0 - 19th December 2022 - 3pm UK

  • Major restructure to the room generation system.
  • Added a house system! Hedgehogs now have a place to live. Time to decorate your own home!
  • - Added the ability to live edit rooms.
  • - Added the ability to place and move furniture.
  • - Added a brand new UI to edit your home.
  • - Added the pencil tool which allows you to move, rotate, place and pan around your home.
  • - Added the hammer tool which allows you to remove furniture from your home.
  • - Added a virtual onscreen joystick to allow for panning around your house on mobile, tablet or touch screen devices.
  • - Added individual light effects to furniture objects.
  • - Added a home icon to teleport to your home.
  • Added new improvements to the clothing inventory.
  • - Added touch and mouse wheel scrolling functionality to the clothing inventory.
  • - Increased the size of the hedgehog character inside the clothing inventory.
  • - Added new slight minor design changes.
  • - Fixed minor bugs with the inventory.
  • - Fixed minor bugs with the hedgehog character inside the clothing inventory.
  • Added a new render system for the hedgehog profile avatar pictures.
  • Added a hedgehog profile avatar picture to the navbar.
  • Added the ability to close notifications.
  • Added new improvements to the friends list.
  • - Added automatic sorting to the friend list so online hedgehogs are always at the top.
  • - Added a new green dot icon to online friends.
  • - Added slight design changes to the UI.
  • - Added a new notification to alert you when a friend joins the world and is online.
  • - Added the ability to click on friends in your list. You will see a small card profile.
  • - Added the ability to see pending requests in your friend list. They are highlighted in orange.
  • - Added the ability to remove friends. :(
  • - Increased the limit of the friends list from 30 to 50.
  • Added UI tweaks to the settings model.
  • - Added a Graphics Quality setting with a dropdown for Normal, Good, and Auto.
  • Added a new NPC called Hazel.
  • Added new artwork to the community page. Thank you everyone for the support and amazing drawings!
  • Updated hedgehog avatar image to the new avatar renderer in the Combat Profile in the Combat Card Game.
  • Added the Festive Event!
  • Added new design changes to buttons on the site.
  • Added new design changes to in-game notifications.
  • Added increased radius of the torch item illumination.
  • Added a new design to the landing / home page.
  • Improved the message and colour for disconnect alerts.
  • Fixed a bug where the wrong state would show when clicking between different hedgehogs to send them friend requests.
  • Added more bugs to the world. Whoops!

0.2.11 - 25th November 2022 - 10:51am UK

  • Added a friendlier error message page rather than "client-side exception blank screen".

0.2.10 - 21st November 2022 - 1:37pm UK

  • Fixed minor bugs with installing PWA.
  • Improved Lighthouse performance scoring.

0.2.9 - 11th November 2022 - 10:30am UK

  • Removed the Halloween and 2nd Anniversary events.
  • Fixed alignment with the background loading screen.

0.2.8 - 4th November 2022 - 6:09pm UK

  • Added a pop sound for when incoming messages are made.
  • Fixed a bug where the room hit markers would not work correctly if you resized your browser window.

0.2.7 - 3rd November 2022 - 5:08pm UK

  • Added the 2nd Anniversary decorations to the Cafe.
  • Fixed minor bugs with Discord accounts not connecting.
  • Fixed minor bugs to the furniture objects.
  • Fixed a bug where new shop item purchases would sometimes be put as your last item in the inventory.

0.2.6 - 2nd November 2022 - 8:35am UK

  • Fixed a major bug where the combat card system could crash when you engage in battle with a creature.

0.2.5 - 1st November 2022 - 12:28pm UK

  • Fixed a major bug with the card inventory possibly crashing and being unusable.

0.2.4 - 21st October 2022 - 3:00pm UK

  • Added the Halloween Party! This is an extra spooky update!!!
  • Added a "Remember Me" login checkbox. Your device will stay logged in for one week if you click the checkbox on the login page.
  • Added a new /help command that prints some useful commands into the chat log.
  • Added a sound effects for sending a message and finding an item.
  • Added a new chat bubble design. Older messages will stack above and slowly fade away. Let me know if you like this! Also the bubble will now account for the width of the message. Words will no longer fall outside of the chat bubble! Chat bubbles will also last half a second longer.
  • Fixed a bug where room markers may not always work or be detected.
  • Rooms now have set light schedules.
  • Improved the shop keeper NPC. Mr Prickles now generates correctly as a hedgehog object rather than a furniture object.
  • Improvements made to the file size optimisation tool.
  • Fixed friends list usernames and count from translating with Google translate plugins.
  • Improved the friends list with new animations, button sizes and the close button is now contained within the UI.
  • Improved chat bar with new sliding animation and fixed the width to match the chat log.
  • Improved the chat log box with new sliding animation and adjusted the close button placement. Also including a new greeting message.
  • Improved the game settings box with new sliding animation and adjusted the close button placement.

0.2.3 - 30th September 2022 - 12:33pm UK

  • Added new room editing commands which is only for ScreenCactus for now :).
  • Fixed a bug with larger rooms crashing or not loading on Android and other mobile devices. This includes the Cave room which would appear black on Android mobile devices. A new room and spritesheet loading system has been added to fix this.
  • Fixed a bug where collision markers would not work in large rooms on some mobile devices. The collision marker system has been optimised.",
  • Fixed a bug in the Combat Card Game where your deck would be off-screen on some mobile devices.
  • Fixed a bug in the Combat Card Game where you couldn't drag a card to attack enemy creatures.
  • Fixed a bug in the Combat Card Game where you couldn't drag a card to your Combat Profile to recharge your energy or add a defence card.
  • Fixed a bug with the energy recharging system where not all players energy bars would regenerate.

0.2.2 - 5th September 2022 - 10:24am UK

  • Fixed a server crash bug when playing the Coffee Collection minigame.
  • Fixed layering texture issue in the Cave room.
  • Fixed lighting issue where the lights would flicker during a new day-cycle.

0.2.1 - 3rd September 2022 - 12:31pm UK

  • Fixed a bug where typing a question mark would clear the chat bar.
  • Fixed a style problem on some of the pages where the text boxes would not be aligned.
  • Fixed a crash that would only occur if another hedgehog in the same room would leave or disconnect while holding a light object such as a torch.
  • Fixed the card game vignette not loading on mobile devices and leaving a black screen.
  • Fixed issue with the card game system where some cards may not apply all their stats values.

0.2.0 - 1st September 2022 - 7:24am UK

  • Added a new improved Card Battle System.
  • - Added new design changes to the player inventory with tabs so you can see your cards and set your card deck.
  • - Added a new energy system. Energy is displayed on your profile board. Your energy will decline when you are in combat.
  • - Added the ability to re-energise your energy bar when you relax in the Cafe room.
  • - Added enemies that re-spawn every hour in the Cave room.
  • - Added hidden cards around the world for players to find and build their card deck.
  • - Added a new slime sprite artwork.
  • - Added a new spider sprite artwork.
  • - Added new cards.
  • Added a new renderer system for the hedgehog sprite shown in the clothes inventory.
  • Added a list of monthly prices to the Coffee Collection scoreboard on the scores page. Check each month to see what prices can be won.
  • Added a new loading screen when first joining and connecting to the world.
  • Added back the missing 404 page. Spoooky!.
  • Added PWA (Progressive Web App) support, this is a work in progress. The site now has offline support (warns you are offline) and can be installed as a PWA depending on your browser or device.
  • Added forward slash keyboard shortcut to activate the chat bar.
  • Added performance improvements to speed up page loading.
  • Added days old to the account settings page.
  • Added a new "Manager" NPC to the Cafe. Send ScreenCactus ideas for what we should call this NPC!
  • Added Support with the Paypal option. You can now support Hedgehog Creek with PayPal! Testing with Tier 1. You can support Hedgehog Creek for 3, 6 or 12 months.
  • Added a new Discord bot called "Hedgebot" which manages the Hedgehog Creek Discord Server.
  • Added the option in account settings to connect your Discord account to your hedgehog. This will allow you to have access to more channels on the Hedgehog Creek Discord server once the Discord "Hedgebot" verifies the account is connected.
  • Added a credits page. Thank you to everyone that has helped support me with Hedgehog Creek!
  • Added a username check to only allow hedgehogs with approved usernames to enter the monthly and all-time scoreboards.
  • Added new Cave expansion artwork. More to explore in the Cave!
  • Added support for loading larger rooms. The room generation system can now handle larger sizes.
  • Added a day-night cycle.
  • - Added a lighting system that adjusts to the day-night cycle. This is currently off by default as it's experimental. Turn it on in the settings to try it out!
  • - Added a /time command to check what hour of the day it is.
  • - Added the ability for items to contain light levels such as the torch. The torch will light up your surroundings as you explore the world.
  • Added a new work in progress community page. Submit Hedgehog Creek related artwork to ScreenCactus to have to have it featured on that page.
  • Coffee Collection Updated to 0.5.3
  • - Changed the coin icon.
  • - Fixed a minor sound bug where sound may not be played.
  • - Minor bug fixes.
  • Fixed minor issues with the login system.
  • Fixed issue where the inventory would sometimes be too big for some mobile devices.
  • Fixed the wrong icon appearing in the information notifications.
  • Fixed bugs with the Patreon account connection setting.
  • Fixed the world zooming on mobile and desktop. The world should appear less zoomed in than before.
  • Fixed a bug where hedgehogs on joining a room would sometimes be floating above objects.
  • Fixed a bug where Usernames could get translated by Google Translate and in some cases break the UI.
  • Fixed a typo in the join text when you first join the world.
  • Fixed NPCs from spawning off from their centre point.
  • Fixed a bug where hand items would vanish from your hand when you move around the world.
  • Fixed CSS styles and layouts on mobile devices.
  • Fixed minor bugs in the game server and improved performance.
  • Changed the coin icon.
  • Optimised the path-finding algorithm.
  • Optimised room loading speeds.
  • Added a load more bugs including a spider, scary!

0.1.2 - 27th February 2021 - 9:20am UK

  • Fixed issue with Patreon chat box colours where Tier 2 and Tier 3 patrons would have Tier 1 colour instead.

0.1.1 - 24th January 2021 - 11:57am UK

  • Added account link to the in-game hamburger menu.
  • Added version number to the settings panel.
  • Added the hedgehog NPC system back to this new rewrite of the game world.
  • - Added the Construction Hedgehog with new dialogue to the Cave.
  • Improved room creation code.
  • Improved the NPC dialogue bubble.
  • Improved NPC dialogue name tag.
  • Improved Cave's walk mesh radius.
  • Fixed the "Found Item Pop Up" background where on some browsers the background would be transparent with no blue background blur.

0.1.0 - 23rd January 2021 - 4:05pm UK

  • The first version of the "Experimental" Changelogs.
  • This version of Hedgehog Creek includes:
  • - Full-screen playable world.
  • - Inventory with a clothing item editor.
  • - Village, Cafe and Cave rooms.
  • - Shop system.
  • - Chat and Chat log.
  • - Coffee Collection MiniGame 0.5.2, earn coins and compete on the scoreboard.
  • - NPC dialogue system.
  • - Lite friends system.
  • - Settings panel.