Sources for Dressmaker facts
Where the facts on this site come from, grouped by who published them.
Steam store and Steam data
- Steam Support: cloud sync errors, conflicts and cross-platform saves help.steampowered.com
- Steam's achievement list for Dressmaker steamcommunity.com
- Steam's appdetails price API, read for each region store.steampowered.com
- Steam's Deck compatibility report for Dressmaker store.steampowered.com
- the Dressmaker Steam store page store.steampowered.com
The studio's Steam posts
- Developer hotfix: mannequin zoom buttons and sewing-machine high-pitch sound discord.com
- October Patch Notes - Build 443: new controls, weighted composition, content and accessibility store.steampowered.com
- the studio's After Party Tea post store.steampowered.com
- the studio's April Tea post store.steampowered.com
- the studio's August Tea post store.steampowered.com
- the studio's Build 410 patch post store.steampowered.com
- the studio's first patch post, Build 403 store.steampowered.com
- the studio's July Tea post store.steampowered.com
- the studio's launch post, Dressmaker - Out Now! store.steampowered.com
- the studio's price announcement, Scalding September Tea store.steampowered.com
The studio's own pages
- a developer's reply on the Steam forum about AI steamcommunity.com
- a developer's reply on the Steam forum about more languages steamcommunity.com
- a developer's reply under the launch announcement steamcommunity.com
- Official bug-report instructions: retain save and log files discord.com
- the free Dressmaker prototype on itch.io elyaradine.itch.io
- the studio's community team on the Steam forum, about languages steamcommunity.com
- the studio's community team on the Steam forum, about menswear steamcommunity.com
- the studio's community team on the Steam forum, about mods steamcommunity.com
- the studio's troubleshooting steps on the Steam forum steamcommunity.com
- the studio's video on sewing real dresses from the game's patterns youtube.com
Developer replies
- a developer's answer on r/Dressmaker about controllers reddit.com
- a developer's answer on r/Dressmaker about quality reddit.com
- a developer's answer on r/Dressmaker about the seam ripper reddit.com
- a developer's answer on r/Dressmaker about the Steam Deck reddit.com
- a developer's answers on r/CozyGamers reddit.com
- a developer's reply in a Steam thread on zooming with a Steam Deck steamcommunity.com
- a developer's reply on a missing Finish Dress button steamcommunity.com
- a developer's reply on turning the mannequin steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about Family Sharing, with a developer reply steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread about gifting a commission dress steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread asking about sandbox mode steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread asking for quit without saving steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread asking for romance steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread listing early bugs steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on a commission that stopped coming steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on Adora's last commission steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on commissions vanishing from the sketchbook steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on GPU temperatures steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on heavy graphics steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on lag after the update steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on Mac and Windows saves steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on Prudence's first dress steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on spinning the mannequin steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the game not launching steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the hidden achievements steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the Max sliders steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on zooming steamcommunity.com
- the studio's reply on r/Dressmaker about a missing Finish button reddit.com
Steam community guides
- a Russian-language Steam guide to all 32 achievements steamcommunity.com
- a Steam community tips guide steamcommunity.com
- a Steam guide to adding your own fabrics with the ModLoader steamcommunity.com
- a Steam guide with tips for working with trim steamcommunity.com
- ModLoader author recovery instructions: loading failures, save protection and missing content; no local gameplay verification nexusmods.com
- ModLoader author-linked garment guide: base copies, OBJ panels, UVs, test checklist and unfinished Side Placket Top workshop; not locally tested threadbox.cc
- ModLoader author-linked troubleshooting: missing stock cleanup and backup restoration threadbox.cc
- the ModLoader author's Steam guide to installing and using it steamcommunity.com
- the Steam guide Dress for Success, which pictures a finished-commission history page by page steamcommunity.com
- Yuuma's ModLoader author description: Manage Mods renamed Mod Manager, pack installation, Fabric Creator and Steam Deck distribution; no local gameplay verification nexusmods.com
Recorded play
- a player's video guide to making money youtube.com
- a player's video of Dressmaker tips youtube.com
- Cem Black's recorded first playthrough on YouTube youtube.com
- Game Achie's no-commentary longplay on YouTube youtube.com
- Game Achie's second no-commentary longplay on YouTube youtube.com
- the studio's September community showcase short youtube.com
- the studio's short on making burlap mock-ups youtube.com
Player threads
- a player comment on Restart dress not returning fabric steamcommunity.com
- a player's Bellossom dress on X, made by colour blocking x.com
- a player's Mona Lisa dress on X, with the time in the replies x.com
- a player's Starry Night dress on X, with the time and accessory cost in the replies x.com
- a Reddit post about Elegant stuck short on Prudence's funeral dress reddit.com
- a Reddit post made with an unlimited-money mod reddit.com
- a Reddit post of a Birth of Venus dress, with a close-up of the trim reddit.com
- a Reddit post of a cel-shaded Alice dress outlined in black piping reddit.com
- a Reddit post of a monarch butterfly dress in piping and buttons reddit.com
- a Reddit post of stained-glass dresses drawn in trim reddit.com
- a Reddit post on a brooch-covered dress reddit.com
- a Reddit post on a dress that reached the 50m trim achievement reddit.com
- a Reddit post on a second brooch dress and its lag reddit.com
- a Reddit post on one dress for the trim and accessories achievements reddit.com
- a Reddit post with Not Haughty's panel at Quality 74 of 70 reddit.com
- a Reddit post with Vegetable Empire's panel stuck at Playful 48 of 50 reddit.com
- a Reddit thread asking whether a commission can be redone reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on A and D scrolling the fabric while holding a piece reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on a brooch-covered dress for sale reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on a fan fabric mod and the Steam Workshop reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on a Pigeon Adoption dress delivered without its jewel reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on a pigeon letter taken mid-commission reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on a wrong measurement and the mannequin reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on being short of money reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on Chilly Overtime reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on commissions missed in a playthrough reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on designing with your own measurements reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on Fiona's colour count reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on floating lace trim reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on friendship stars after a failed commission reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on getting no achievements at all reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on hiding the red pins while checking accessories reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on hiding the seam allowance reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on losing fabric after Restart dress reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on playing after the story reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on revisiting past dresses reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on Rose's second commission reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on scrolling the fabric roll and its 10 m limit reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on used trim left in the inventory reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on what happens after the story reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on where the save file is reddit.com
- a Reddit thread on which way trim faces when dragged reddit.com
- a Reddit thread pointing to a fan Brazilian Portuguese translation reddit.com
- a Reddit thread with Adora's green frog card reddit.com
- a Reddit thread with the Crowning Glory card passed reddit.com
- a second Steam thread on Rouge Crushed Velvet's tags steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about a commission missing after a reload steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about a commission paying less than its budget steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about a commission that wants low quality steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about a pattern piece disappearing after unpicking steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about accessories not raising Daywear steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about commissions vanishing after Make a New Dress steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about Daywear stuck at 48 of 50 steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about failed commissions paying nothing steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about how much sequin fabric Sequin 10 takes steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about recycled pieces not returning fabric steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about the Corset Bodice piece labels steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about the Finish button not appearing steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about the measuring box jumping steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about when off-the-rack dresses open up steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion about which lace counts as lace trim steamcommunity.com
- a Steam discussion asking about a PS5 release steamcommunity.com
- a Steam reply on having several dresses open at once steamcommunity.com
- a Steam reply on material lost when a dress is restarted steamcommunity.com
- a Steam reply on opening the pattern list window steamcommunity.com
- a Steam reply on Rose's first commission after a sale steamcommunity.com
- a Steam reply on saving, quitting and loading again to find a commission steamcommunity.com
- a Steam reply on selling the tutorial dress instead of completing it steamcommunity.com
- a Steam reply on turning every piece the same way from where it starts steamcommunity.com
- a Steam reply pointing to fan-made mods steamcommunity.com
- a Steam review on the mannequin turning only half way while trimming steamcommunity.com
- a Steam review on the parallax jump when a piece does not fit steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread asking to read the newspaper again steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread asking to see clients in their dresses steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread asking to see the back in the sketch steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread asking whether commissions can be redone steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread noting client measurements are saved steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on a 13k-material dress steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on a bluescreen when opening a saved dress steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on a bust measurement that will not register steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on a dress stuck at Quality 80 steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on a dress stuck just under its Quality steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on a high-pitched sound at the sewing machine steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on a launch fix via the D3D12 folder steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on a mannequin dial that stops too high steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on a removed piece vanishing when dragged while zoomed in steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on a Unity error box and pink fabric textures steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on Adora's Quality 95 card steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on collars that only some bodices take steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on colours counted as one steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on Crowning Glory and a wrong measurement steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on cutting gradient fabric steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on cutting gradient fabric across the grain steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on fabric texture shrinking at the waist steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on fabrics counting as the same colour steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on how friendship stars fill steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on how to zoom steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on lace having no Duplicate button and no undo steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on laying lace flat steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on measurements and Quality steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on measuring a client again steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on motion sickness while sewing steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on not being able to turn the dress fully while trimming steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on pattern pieces hidden behind the fabric stats box steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on playing with a trackpad steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on quality-of-life wishes, with a reply about the mod loader steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on removing an accessory on a Steam Deck steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on removing piping steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on resizing trim steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on rotating pieces to the grain steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on rotating the mannequin when zoomed in steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on Rouge Crushed Velvet's tags steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on running out of money steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on sketch swatches locking after a commission steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on skipping a second measurement steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on story achievements not registering steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on tassels and bells hanging upside down steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the 100% quality achievement not unlocking steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the mannequin's smallest and largest sizes steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the mannequin's smallest sizes steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the PC shutting down during sewing steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the sewing machine not returning steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the shop quantity slider and selling fabric back steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the sketchbook's folded page corner steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the smallest dress to make for sale steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the story stopping steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on the whole PC shutting down after a long session steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on when the budget is paid steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on whether the game teaches real sewing basics steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on which controllers can play it steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on which way a pattern piece faces steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread on zooming with a Steam Deck steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread sharing a controller layout steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread sharing a fan Spanish translation steamcommunity.com
- a Steam thread with a full Steam Deck button layout steamcommunity.com
- Alternating floral prints across tiered skirt panels reddit.com
- Another Encore Quality80 despite resewing and costly fabrics; diagnosis uses existing Dress.GetQualityScore and QualityRequirement, not the reply's incremental-score explanation steamcommunity.com
- Budget discussion: independent players distinguish buying fabric, using stock and sale receipts; arithmetic tool does not adopt claimed guaranteed profits steamcommunity.com
- Creative prompt generator and actual attempts: avoiding both Eclectic and Romantic in a sequin design; no guaranteed solution reddit.com
- Discord bug-channel report summary: ruffled bow collar without a seam icon (individual report, not reproduced) discord.com
- Dress panel became transparent and remained missing after restarting; mannequin image with green card checks reddit.com
- Dress Requirements and Notes: request for personal design targets and inspiration notes (suggestion, not an existing game feature) discord.com
- Edith order and Off the Rack book navigation steamcommunity.com
- Finding a Marie order after free creation reddit.com
- Finding the Materials cost in the sale preview and returning to work reddit.com
- Fiona hedge-maze dialogue vs card: checked against Dialogue_en line045520c and FionaHedgeMaze requirements in extracted Build410; no current-build playthrough steamcommunity.com
- First mannequin sizing tutorial: tape before turning the gears reddit.com
- Flutter Sleeves duplicate Right Cuff Frill labels: player workaround using shape and placement preview; not locally reproduced steamcommunity.com
- Goat Mediation Formal ceiling discussion steamcommunity.com
- Godet Skirt Sewing Assist corner report, M2 Mac; no confirmed fix discord.com
- Gothic collar availability discussion reddit.com
- Gradient grain penalty discussion: players confuse panel grain, overall sewing and commission Quality; scenarios checked against extracted Build 410 Dress.GetQualityScore, not gameplay steamcommunity.com
- Low-vision sewing accessibility feedback, review 237976530 steamcommunity.com
- Marie dress with Formal above its maximum reddit.com
- Opening the cutting table: independent Windows and Steam Deck crash reports; file verification did not resolve the Windows report; no confirmed fix steamcommunity.com
- Pattern preview and matching discussion: players explain recycling an individual panel steamcommunity.com
- Piping frog dress and detail reddit.com
- player comments on sewing lag after Build 410 steamcommunity.com
- Players report 150% sale Quality Bonus but 80 commission Quality steamcommunity.com
- Players report Elegant at 59/60 and Flowers at 20/25 steamcommunity.com
- Question about aggregate style tags and Quality on off-the-rack and gift dresses; no confirmed in-game display workaround reddit.com
- Recent review: original run no longer loads after a crash store.steampowered.com
- Save disappeared after a freeze: local copies and Steam Cloud; recovery not confirmed steamcommunity.com
- Silk and Lace sidebar percentages and the missing displayed percent reddit.com
- Sketchbook Question: Why are accessories so huge? Original question and replies; sample behaviour checked against game code reddit.com
- Strawberry trim orientation and opposite-direction redraw reddit.com
- the Dressmaker section on Nexus Mods nexusmods.com
- Unfinished dress recovered by changing sketchbook pages; replies distinguish Restart Dress and discarded scraps steamcommunity.com
Press
- Into Indie Games' commission walkthrough intoindiegames.com
- TPose Gaming's Dressmaker characters guide tposegaming.com
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