Camera & Visual Feedback

• Improved swinging and bounce animations; 
• Camera now subtly reacts when bouncing off parasols or looking around.,
• Character bounce animations updated for clarity and feel.,

NPCs & Dialogue

• Fixed bugs related to NPC dialogue flow and compass tracking.,
• Adjusted NPC positions and blocking volumes for better level flow and edge-of-world prevention.,
• Added new animations for Stella, including a stressed animation.,
• Dialogue box colour updated
• Compass is now introduced during NPC interactions.,
• Fixed issues with dialogue pivoting and re-entrance bugs.,

Environment & Level Design

• Added new environment elements: fireflies, water shader and textures, large pipes.,
• Adjusted foliage pivots, 
• Removed certain buildings.,
• Finalised textures for robot NPCs
• Added moving balloons for atmosphere.,
• Swing poles repositioned to match updated movement metrics.,

Gameplay & UI

• Removed input requirement for swing poles to avoid bugs.,
• Timer system overhauled: now stores time more accurately and saves/loads properly.,
• Retry menu and timer reset fixed for seek phase.,
• Objective update text and compass UI improved.,
• Compass system fully restored and refined to work in Hide and Seek mode.,

Optimization & Polish

• Slight performance improvements to crowd NPCs.,
• Bug fix for Stella’s premature animation state.,
• Soft lock collision areas reviewed and adjusted.,
• Hide UI system partially fixed (in progress).,
• Miscellaneous material and asset fixes (soda cans).