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Renovation Update: First Look & A Community Contest

Hello there, Landlords!

How has everyone's Summer been? For us, well, after releasing our first big update a couple of months ago, we've been hard at work gearing up for our next major release called the Renovation Update. We're still a few weeks away from launching it, but today we'd like to take the opportunity to give you a little tease of what's coming down the pipe. Moreover, to celebrate the upcoming update, we'll be running a community contest this weekend with exciting prizes to be won. Stay tuned until the end of the teaser for more information!



One of the most requested features that's been seemingly on everyone's mind when playing the game is the ability to customize furniture color scheme. Well, we've gone and done it! We went through every single piece of furniture in the game and gave each at least a few different color variants, so you can finally find the perfect color combination for your next project!



To make renovation less repetitive and more challenging, we'll be adding several new core features to the game. First and foremost, all furniture in the game will be assigned a list of furniture tags that best describe their look and vibe, matching which will be taken into account when rating your designs. Job clients and tenants might have their preferences though, so you'll have to be on the lookout to pick and choose the items of their dream style.



Not only will the choice of the items matter more in the next update, but so will their placement. We'll be introducing the so-called proximity bonuses, which are special modifiers that give you additional points or even penalties based on next to what other items you placed your furniture. For instance, if you place the plunger too far away from the toilet, its overall value will be greatly diminished and your clients will notice that something is wrong. All of this will be neatly displayed by the in-game UI, which will dynamically highlight all the connections that each item has as you hover over it.

Another highly requested feature was the option to edit windows in your properties. With the new update you'll now be able to both remove any window you find in the property and even build new ones! Say goodbye to those annoying window sills blocking your go-to shower placement.



As mentioned in the intro, throughout this upcoming weekend we'll be running a community contest on our Discord server. Join our community on Discord (click here) and learn more about the rules and prizes.



That's it for today! Let us know what you think of the development progress in the comments down below. Stay tuned and follow the game for more updates!

The Tenants Team

The Tenants Patch 0.63

[h2]General[/h2]
  • Fixed an issue with renovation and cleaning becoming unavailable until restarting the game after using certain Services.
  • Fixed an issue with babysitting jobs sometimes breaking the game due to late phone notifications.
  • Fixed an issue with wrong apartment names being displayed in the finances panel for apartments located in a different district than the player was in.

The Tenants Update 0.62

[h2]General[/h2]
  • Fixed an issue with uncensored items being shown in the room settings context menu panel at all times.
  • Fixed an issue with being able to start cleaning an apartment with active workers inside.
  • Fixed an issue with trashing complaints getting auto-resolved when ignored.
  • Fixed a minor issue with tenant clothing visuals.
  • Fixed an issue with service and sabotage props not always disappearing when the interaction is complete.
  • Fixed an issue with service and sabotage sound effects not stopping after kicking the tenant out.
  • Fixed an issue with Open House guests getting stuck on rating only garden objects.
  • Fixed an issue with the long red rug blocking pathing.
  • Tweaked the visuals of the apartment highlight.

[h2]Balance[/h2]
  • Disabled item spam penalty for funeral chairs and tables.
  • Introduced a major reduction in prices of a few of the Slums' properties to allow for quicker progression in the early game.
  • Tweaked how the room prestige score is calculated. It should now be easier to reach higher ratings in bigger rooms (like gardens or big interior rooms), and at the same time it should be harder to reach higher ratings in extremely small rooms.

[h2]UI[/h2]
  • Added apartment names display to appropriate UI panels.
  • Fixed an issue with the phone notification counter not always refreshing when opening the phone through a push notification.
  • Fixed an issue with incorrect coloring of reply option buttons in the Texting app.
  • Fixed an issue with level display in the Player app.

The Tenants Update 0.61

[h3]General[/h3]
  • Disabled the ability to clean properties that have an Open House in progress.
  • Reworked Research so that a started Research task is still being worked on even when switching to a different district.
  • Spamming the same item will now come with diminishing returns and even a penalty, if taken to the extreme, when calculating prestige.
  • Added unique sound effects to a number of Services and Sabotages.
  • Certain sound effects' playback speed will now scale with the in-game speed.
  • Fixed a few game breaking issues which would result in the Uncle getting stuck.
  • Fixed a few game breaking issues which would result in tenants getting stuck mid-action.
  • Fixed a game breaking issue which would result in tenants cloning themselves when reloading the game.
  • Fixed an issue where a Research task wouldn't get canceled when the tenant in question moved out.
  • Fixed an issue with the common renovation requirements not always refreshing at the beginning of renovation.
  • Fixed an issue with some of the Services and Sabotages not always ending.
  • Fixed an issue with the new tenant interactions not finishing properly when the tenant moves out mid-interaction.
  • Fixed an issue with the rent payment notifications not always being ignored even when toggled off.
  • Fixed an issue with the bank loan interest upgrades not working properly.
  • Fixed an issue with the noise complaint event sometimes being triggered even after the tenant in question has already moved out.
  • Fixed a few issues related to some of the furniture.

[h3]Renovation Requests[/h3]
  • Added a space requirement for renovation requests. Players should no longer be asked to perform complex renovation work in a 2 square bedroom.
  • Bedrooms in renovation requests are now linked to tenant bedrooms.
  • Fixed an issue with the Garden Work renovation request requiring a non-existent item type.

[h3]Jobs[/h3]
  • Fixed a rare issue with jobs sometimes ending up stuck in review when returning to their district of origin.
  • Fixed an issue with Open House jobs failing even when all requirements have been met.

[h3]Trashing[/h3]
  • Added the ability to send in a janitor for $350 to handle a trashing complaint automatically.
  • Ignoring a trashing complaint no longer boosts tenants' happiness.
  • Fixed an issue with the complaint message appearing multiple times when reloading the game.
  • Fixed an issue that made targeting trash piles difficult when spawned on top of a rug.

[h3]UI[/h3]
  • Added a scrollbar to the open house and negotiations UI room list panels.
  • Adjusted door's exit marker rendering position.
  • Removed the old unlock popups which had already been moved to the new skill tree.
  • Fixed an issue with the tenant's offer being sometimes displayed out of bounds when renegotiating a lease agreement with an active Loyal trait.
  • Fixed an issue with the Uncle Steve tutorial speech box UI blocking mouse input even when the text was not fast-forwardable.
  • Fixed an issue with the apartment context menu panel not always refreshing the cleaning button when the panel was opened.
  • Fixed a few layout issues in the mobile phone UI.

The Tenants Update 0.6b

[h3]General[/h3]
  • Adjusted animation positions for all services and sabotages.
  • The skunk will now stop by a few spots in the apartment to do its deed when performing the skunk sabotage.
  • Locked the ability for tenants to break the lease agreement on their own until the lease renegotiations tutorial is completed.
  • Locked the ability to use the new tenant interactions on Cindy until the apartment events tutorial is completed.
  • Cindy has now preset traits and likes.
  • Fixed a few issues related to the Shack job.
  • Fixed a few issues related to the new tenant interactions not ending properly when the tenant's lease is up mid-interaction.

[h3]Tutorial[/h3]
  • Safeguarded apartment events tutorial in cases where the Uncle is sent before the player finishes reading all instructions.
  • Fixed a rare case where the apartment events tutorial wouldn't register players using the Anti-Bug Spray via a keyboard bind when reloading the game (thanks @vritto!).

[h3]Balance[/h3]
  • Toned down trashing frequency by about 50% for all tenant archetypes.