Snow Plowing Simulator News

[h3]We want to share our next plans for the development of the game. We are basing it on our vision and on your suggestions, which were given to us by a survey✏️ (if you want to see it, look for it in the 'news' penultimate post).
Without further ado, we invite you to take a look at the Roadmap!
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Map Legend:
- Start->Road to Release is the current stage. This is the development for the near future.
- Road to release->Final Release is the last straight to the game's release. Here we will finalize the most important developments that need to be in place by the time of release.
- Final Release (i.e. exit from Early Access) - these will be the solutions introduced for the release and after the release


[h2]❗️We are currently already preparing the first update - it will take place on March 20! I'm sure you will be pleased ❗️😎[/h2]

How to contact us with bugs?
Do it via discord 📢
https://discord.gg/76N77uHWkc

Or via the Steam discussion📢
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2096030/discussions/0/

How to support Snow Plowing Simulator?
The easiest way is to share your opinion of our game with others on Steam or among your friends. Thank you very much💗

Love You
SPS Team

[h3]Gardener: Master of Trees and Flowers is now available on Steam![/h3]

Watch the release trailer to know more:

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Now the game is 10% off but you can have it even cheaper in a bundle. Grab it now and play:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/51179/Gardener_and_Snow_Plowing/

Cheers!
FreeMind

[h3]For the past few months, you have helped us by completing the survey for Snow Plowing.

We are extremely grateful to you! We must admit that the results were surprising to us - but only in the positive sense. 227 responses to such a detailed survey and your activity in the open questions - we are very impressed by your activity and helpːsteamhappyː

THANK YOU❗️❤️So what do you say about starting the analysis? Let's go❗️

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The majority of players are against solutions that can hinder gameplay. This is why we choose not to introduce the possibility of carrying a single tool⛔️


By the same token, we are abandoning thieves in gameplay⛔️

As for the issue of owning your own home - we will consider introducing this. The feedback is rather neutral/positive✅

The next question was open for your completion (question related to the previous). We are inserting a link for you to view the answers for yourself:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17fOmyy_D4LhkBwIxdZ3wqFl59PhHGJsXl_KtZktMuis/viewanalytics
According to our analysis, what you expect most in home is: a resting place, the possibility to personalise your home, food storage with tools and vehicles, but also new mechanics like a weather forecast on TV.

This sounds very cool :) Before the introduction, we will analyse all the answers again to select the most important aspects.

The idea of running a company caused mixed feelings. Some people are in favour, some are not. We are sceptical about this solution and will probably not introduce it ⚠️

As a curiosity, you can check your answers about running a business:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17fOmyy_D4LhkBwIxdZ3wqFl59PhHGJsXl_KtZktMuis/viewanalytics


In the ski resort question, on the other hand, you were very much in agreement - the majority of you are in favour of the idea. In that case, we can confirm to you - we will introduce such an update!🎿✅


You are also rather in favour of introducing more plot threads. Therefore - this is what we will do!👾🛰️✅





In the tools section - we'll definitely let go of the flamethrower, but probably also the camera or radio - it's not a priority for you⛔️

We will definitely introduce a salt and sand spreader! So will navigation and mobile phone✅

The other things we are in favour of, while we prioritise the things that are most on the very important/important


You are most in favour of new vehicles and new ploughs. Then that's the direction we'll be going in!✅

More details can be found in the open questions at the link I pasted above.


You care most about manoeuvrability and vehicle suspension. I include the question as a curiosity because after the last January update the driving has been fixed!🔧 We will think about other things like colour change and changing speed.

There are also open questions in the survey, which I recommend reading. You point out, among other things, support for controllers and steering wheels - we promise to introduce this in next months!🕹️


And here's a surprise for you - the trailer will be introduced for an update in March!

Collision of vehicles and refueling vehicles is unlikely to be introduced⛔️

We will consider the introduction of expensive teleports to reduce the time it takes to move between locations. We are keen not to knock you out of the immersion experience, so either expensive💸 or not at all⛔️

The rest of your opinions from the open question are in the survey. You focus on improving driving physics (this has already been fixed), increasing warning lights, more vehicles and customisation, also criticising teleports and wanting to introduce GPS.


You are in favour of introducing multiple save slots, but also of adding achivements. In addition, you want to fix the appearance of snow, which is still sometimes buggy🛠️

In addition, we intend to introduce the possibility of using a pad, as I mentioned earlier. You also care about further improving performance↗️

In the last section of the open-text question you focus on:
- the possibility of viewing the aurora borealis, constellations
- additional activities such as rescuing cars from snowdrifts, clearing snow from railway tracks
- different types of snow such as powder, ice and slush
- more NPCs, better sound
- possibility to work with AI, more NPCs
- introduction of additional statistics
- more artefacts, finds, easter-eggs
- Steam Deck configuration

Thank you for your suggestions - this is the part that caught our eye. Read the rest for yourself! We are, of course, analysing everything you have reported to us.






❗️Remember - Snow Plowing is still in Early Access. Gameplay errors can happen! Therefore, we look forward to your feedback. Most bugs are being fixed thanks to your reports❗️


How to contact us with bugs?
Do it via discord 📢
https://discord.gg/76N77uHWkc

Or via the Steam discussion📢
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2096030/discussions/0/

How to support Snow Plowing Simulator?
The easiest way is to share your opinion of our game with others on Steam or among your friends. Thank you very much💗

Love You
SPS Team

[h3]Now version with fixed crashes is on default branch[/h3]

If you played yesterday on Beta:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2096030/view/499438606930150670?l=english

Please switch version to default now.

If you encounter any crashes - let us know! They should not occur, however, if they do - write to us immediately.


In addition, in this version, we have added an additional tab on how to support us:


Over the past few weeks, the in-game car repair and Fatal Error fix have halted our work on bugs and adding new content to the game.

However, we can now say:
We are already working on the next update which fixes the bugs you have recently reported and introduces new content - stay tuned!

Love You💗
SPS Team

[h3]We have published a beta version for you that significantly reduces crashes - you must try it!🏔️[/h3]

We have been getting reports from you about Fatal Errors. We've been working very hard to resolve the problem and we think we have a solution.


Corrected version of the game is available in the Beta branch now, feel free to download it and check if everything is OK now - ❗️how to play the Beta version?❗️

1. go to your game library on Steam.
2. right click on Snow Plowing Simulator and select Properties.

3. go to the Betas tab.
4. Select beta.

5. great, you've successfully loaded beta✅. wait for the game to update and you can play! (if the game does not start to update itself, do a Steam relog) ːthebuilderː



So far, a small group of players from discord and ‘Steam Discussions’ have already had the opportunity to test the game.

The tests and your reports indicate that the game has been improved. If everything will be OK, we will switch to the default version tomorrow (we may still do some small modifications if someone is experiencing crashes)🛠️

Please note, this version includes the possibility to send us an automatic report which will run after a fatal error and which will allow us to analyse the errors faster and more accurately in the future. (reports are anonymous, we can simply see what the crashes were combined with the actual game situation which makes it easier to locate the problem)
Thank you very much for your help, we could not have fixed this without you!

By the way - if the fatal error still occurs, please go to menu->settings->fatal error fixed and check - then critical functions which cause crashes will be disabled.




[h3]❗️Remember, do this if there is a continuing problem with crashes on this version - if not, leave it unchecked❗️[/h3]


If you have any comments, questions - please write ːsteamhappyː



Love You💗
SPS Team

PS
However, if you have weaker hardware, Fatal Errors may continue to occur. Yesterday we received a report from a gamer with an Nvidia Geforce GTX 550 Ti. This is well below the requirements of the game as shown in the steam store. The only thing that will help in this situation is a hardware upgrade.