Horticular News

To mark off the end of the launch week, this patch, while minor, contains quite a few fixes bundled with some QoL goodies.

Added

• Copy from the Spade and Placer tools has made its way to the Habitat tool. It lets you quickly track the species of the hovered habitat center.
  

Changes

• When tracking a new species, the habitat marker is now reset automatically.
  
• English (other languages localized at a later date) text for the Twitch channel setting now has a hint that it's the name and not URL that is needed.
  
• Added English (other languages localized at a later date) interactability hint to signpost.
  

Fixes

• Sometimes upgrade costs were slightly off when you had the upgrade to reduce allocated animal energy.
  
• Dance Ritual quest wasn't completable with stacked items.
  
• Some menus could end up in an uncloseable state if pressing the hotkey quickly enough after closing it.
  
• Currently dug tiles look strange in the main menu.
  
• Hortic Day showed the wrong value for Layout. It actually used an internal value and didn't correspond to the one you would see in the game details UI.
  
• Piranha was misspelled.
  

Modding

• Add support for setting a surface tag as forbidden.
  

Added

• Crash reporter now gives hint text if the problem seems to be an outdated graphics driver.
  

Fixes

• Fixed rare crash when using the signpost.
  
• Fixed issue with initial Mercury portrait.
  
• Fixed issue with Spender medal being way too hard to max out.
  

Added:

• Button to disable Games by Friends from the main menu without having to enter the settings.
  

Fixed:

• Tutorials had errors when using French.
  
• Some characters not showing in the letters when using French.
  

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This. Is. Not. A. Drill 🚨
Horticular is officially available!

After 3.5 years of development and love, we're so excited to be able to finally share the full game with you! Whether you've been supporting Horticular from the beginning or you're new around here, every single wishlist, share, and demo play means so much to us 💚

For those of you who have played the free demo, there'll be a tonne of new features you'll notice in the full game, so we'll go over some of the highlights for you. Shall we jump right in?

New Game Modes & Difficulties

First up, you'll notice that there are new game modes now available when you're starting the game; you'll have three difficulty levels for the Story Mode, and you can now select three variations of Sandbox Mode, too: Storyless, Peaceful and Creative.

New Decorations, Creatures, and Quests

Naturally, Horticular has expanded from the tutorial - now you'll have the full range of creatures, decorations, and quests available to unlock in-game, so you might see a few new additions during your gameplay this time around!

Mod Support

You'll now be able to access mods for Horticular using an in-game editor, so you're free to create or download any mods you like to the game. This includes Steam Workshop support, so we've made it as easy as possible for you to share any mods you might create - or download those that you're a fan of. We can't wait to see what you create!

Twitch Integration

Streamers and content creators can now enjoy full Twitch Integration in-game, allowing you to incorporate your community even more whilst playing. Viewers will be able to use Bits to add their name to the naming pool for all incoming creatures and Keepers to the garden, as well as sending mail for streamers to receive in-game.

Full Controller Support

For those of you who prefer to use a controller over keyboard and mouse, Horticular has full controller support. This also means you can play on your Steam Deck!

And, finally, if it's been a while since you've played Horticular, don't forget we've recently updated our free demo to include lots of new features - go and give it a try if you're wanting a little taste of the game to refresh your memory ahead of purchase!

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