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• Patch Notes·23 Oct 2025Official

  v1.3.0 update

  Hey everyone! Thanks to Felix, we're pushing another update for Lyca that improves things significantly under the hood: - Performance overhaul: The terrain system has been reworked into a tile-based system that drastically improves performance, especially on lower-end PCs - Controller support overhaul: The controller functionality has been completely reworked to make it much smoother and intuitive to play! - Other smaller fixes and tweaks This update brings the Steam (Windows) version up to date with the Switch version. Speaking of which,Lyca is now available on Nintendo Switch (and Switch 2)! If you're wanting to relax, run through a meadow as a dog (or cat) and listen to chill lo-fi music, you can now do it on the go! (or in your bed or couch or wherever you play your Switch). It's been a dream of mine to have my game on the Switch, so I'm really grateful to be able to achieve that today! This couldn't have happened without Felix, who handled all of the porting, and Pretty Soon, who are handling the testing and publishing. But most of all, it's thanks to all of you, the players, who have supported the game and helped get it where it is now! See you all soon, - Shaun (dev)
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• Patch Notes·15 Sept 2025Official

  Major Update: CATS!

  Hi everyone! It's been a while since the last update, and I'm really excited to share that Lyca has surpassed over 30,000 players in its lifetime! It's been amazing to see how far this tiny game has come, and to celebrate, we're doing a few things: - A new update (v 1.2.0) is live now with 4 new cat skins! The last one is Donuts, my own beloved cat who unfortunately crossed the rainbow bridge earlier this year... I really wanted to add him to the game :) The update also includes a number of fixes, including a potential fix for a crash that a small number of players were experiencing when launching the game (related to loading the save file). If you were experiencing this issue, please download the update and let me know if it's working now (in the comments of this announcement)! - The game is currently 40% off and we've partnered with Steam for a Daily Deal, which is live now! If you've not picked up the game yet, this is the best time to do that! - We've partnered with the dev of a new amazing incremental game Piñata Go Boom, which released today, for a bundle! If you enjoyed Lyca, definitely give it a shot, and you can pick it up for an extra 10% off as part of the bundle: - I wrote a little blog post last week about how I developed Lyca! If you're interested in reading about it, you can find it on www.syphono4.com! - Lastly, in case you missed it, here's my new game Hear The Bell Toll! I'm working with Pretty Soon again to bring it to you soon, and you can wishlist it here: I wanted to thank you all for being part of this journey, and for playing the game! Until next time, see you all soon! - Shaun (dev)
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• Announcements·7 Aug 2025Official

  Lyca - 4 Months later

  Hey everyone! It's been a while, I wanted to make a check-in post to celebrate the success of the game and show my appreciation to you all for it! Lyca released exactly 4 months ago on April 7, and I made the game alone in about 4 months (mostly part-time). I never expected the game to resonate so much with people, but over 28,000 people have bought the game as of today, which is far beyond my expectations! I'm really humbled by all of the support and feedback I've gotten, and will definitely use it to make more (and better) games! :) I plan on having a dev-log and a port-mortem on my newsletter/blog about Lyca soon as well, so if you'd be interested in reading about how I made the game and the journey through launch and post-launch, you can sign up to the newsletter at syphono4\com. In order to celebrate the many milestones of Lyca since release, we're doing a bunch of things!: Starting today, Lyca will be part of the Wholesome Games Celebration 2025 on Steam, that you can find here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/wholesomegames Lyca is also part of the East Asia Indie Games Celebration, which will go until August 19!: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45543967/sale/EastAsiaIndieGames If you're an incremental games fan, check out the new bundles with Keep On Mining! and Astro Prospector, 2 amazing games that released recently: Lastly, I wanted to highlight a couple of games that might be of interest to you all: First, I recently announced my next game, Hear The Bell Toll! It's a roguelike city-building game and I'm aiming to deliver the same kind of dopamine hits from that game as I did with Lyca! You can wishlist it here: Finally, my friend and developer of Minutescape (another awesome incremental) has announced a new mining+automation game, Chipmatic! Please wishlist it here: I wanted to thank you all again for the overwhelming support, feedback and for just being awesome. It helps me keep making more games for you all and keep growing as a dev :) Alrig...
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• Patch Notes·21 May 2025Official

  Major Update: Performance and Skins

  Hey everyone! Thank you for your patience, I'm excited to say that a major update for the game is live now! This update includes: 1. A substantial optimization patch: I was pretty much at my wits end trying to make fixes for weeks with no results, when I turned to Felix Borchert AKA BinaryCounter (the programmer of Backpack Hero) for help. With his wizard-like skills, he has reworked the grass shader in the game from scratch to look and run much better than before! He has also made a bunch of other changes and fixes that improve the performance. All of your feedback has been invaluable in making the game better! 2. Low-FPS mode has been removed: This is due to the new grass shader, as it no longer works the same way. The button still exists in the settings menu but won't do anything if enabled. 3. 5 new skins have been added to the game! These are all special doggos that I've wanted to put in the game since I came up with the game concept. I know there are a lot of skin requests, and I'll try to add more over time :) (A lot of people have asked for the DVD logo, but that's trademarked so I don't think I'll be able to put that in, sorry!) 4. A few smaller fixes and tweaks {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45417884/9904b752ac630c5c2d01ab77821f0eccb4398be3.gif To celebrate the release of the new update, the game is currently on sale for 20% off! We are also bundling with two wonderful games: - Spirit City: Lofi Sessions, which is one of my favorite idle games to chill with while working! If you want even more incremental dopamine along with more chill lofi music, you can pick the game up through the bundle for an extra 10% off! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/53041/Lyca__Spirit_City_Lofi_Sessions/ - Backpack Hero, which is especially awesome considering what I mentioned above! If you’re in the mood for some roguelike fun, you’re in for a treat! This one comes with an extra 10% off, too. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/52318/Run_on_Repeat/ Please try out the game with the ...
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• Announcements·7 May 2025Official

  1 Month of Lyca

  Hey everyone, It's been 1 month since Lyca released on Steam! In this last month, the game has surpassed all my expectations and I'm really humbled by the response. Thank you everyone for playing the game and for giving me really valuable feedback. I'm really grateful that something I made is being played and enjoyed by so many people! I'm still hard at work on the next update, which will improve the performance further as well as include the locked skins in the game! Please stay tuned for the update :) Thanks again and talk to you all soon, - Shaun (dev)
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