Hydroponics Farm & Store Simulator News

Hello, Hydroponic Enthusiasts! 🌱

We’re happy to share that Hydroponics Farm & Store Simulator is part of the Steam Autumn Sale, running from November 27 to December 4, 2024. During this time, you can grab the game at a 10% discount!

To everyone who has already purchased the game during its Early Access phase, thank you for your amazing support. Your feedback and encouragement have been vital in helping us grow and improve the game.

If you’ve been enjoying the game, now is the perfect time to invite your friends to join in! Let them know about this special deal so they can get the game at a discounted price and experience the fun alongside you.

Let’s keep growing together—grab the game now and don’t miss this limited-time offer!
Thank you for being part of the community, and happy farming!

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Hello, Hydroponic Enthusiasts! 🌱

First of all, thank you so much for playing our game and for being an incredible part of our journey. We’re happy to see so many of you completing Chapter 12 and sharing your experiences. Your feedback, whether through discussion comments, in-game feedback, livestreams, video content, or other channels, has been invaluable to us. We truly appreciate your passion and insights as they help us improve and grow together.

Now, we’re excited to bring you the latest update for Hydroponics Farm & Store Simulator—the Chapter 13: Market Expansion update! This patch will include exciting new features and challenges. Here's what's new:

1. Marketing Campaigns: Reach New Heights in Sales!


Marketing campaigns are here to revolutionize your business strategy. With this feature, you can invest in campaigns to generate lucrative contract offers. It’s your chance to attract new opportunities and expand your reach in the market.

2. Contract System: The Risk-Reward Challenge


Every day during an active marketing campaign, you’ll receive contract offers—special orders requiring specific quantities of unique commodities.

- Complete contracts within the time limit to earn reward bonuses.
- Miss a deadline, and you’ll face a penalty fee.

This system adds a layer of strategy and risk management, challenging you to balance production efficiency with your market demands.



3. Multi-Slot Save System


With the new multi-slot save feature, you can now manage multiple game progressions. Whether you’re experimenting with new strategies or replaying your favorite chapters, this feature gives you complete control over your gameplay experience.

4. Documentation & Tips: Your In-Game Encyclopedia


The tablet in-game now includes a Documentation & Tips section. This handy feature provides detailed explanations of game mechanics and features. As development progresses, this section will expand to cover upcoming content and features, giving you a deeper understanding of your farming empire.

5. New Commodities to Grow and Harvest


Expand your hydroponic repertoire with the addition of four new commodities:
- Bok Choy
- Cucumber
- Red Bellied Pacu
- Murray Cod
These new options add variety to your farm and diversify your market offerings!

6. New Settings for Run/Walk Controls


Customize your gameplay experience with a new option in the settings menu. You can now choose between Hold to Run or Toggle Run/Walk, giving you more control over your character’s movement.

7. Improved UX with Helpful Tooltips


Navigating your farm has never been easier! New tooltips now display:
- Employee Stats, giving you quick insights into their performance and efficiency.
- Plot Tree Status, showing you which trees or crops have completed their growth cycles.

As part of our commitment during Early Access, we always open to all feedback and suggestions to make this game as mature as possible. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, don’t hesitate to share your thoughts. 🌿

And, if you’re enjoying the game, we’d love to hear your thoughts in a Steam review. It really helps us grow and improve the experience for all.

Thank you for being part of the community, and happy farming!

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Hello, Hydroponic Enthusiasts!

We’re excited to bring you the latest update for Hydroponics Farm & Store Simulator. Here’s what this patch includes:

1. Wallpaper
We can now modify the visual appearance of the store with the wallpaper feature. In this version, there are 9 types of wallpaper available for purchase once the required chapter has been reached. Currently, wallpapers don’t affect sales but focus more on changing the ambiance, allowing each player to customize their own atmosphere. Hope you enjoy it!



2. Customer's Reaction
We received some feedback on the importance of customers reacting more specifically when purchasing commodities, rather than just shaking their heads if prices are too high. We have now implemented this, and we hope it will enhance the gameplay experience.



3. Selling Growbeds without having to empty them first
Now, we can sell growbeds even if there are commodities planted on them. However, please note that selling a growbed with commodities still on it will not provide any compensation for the discarded commodities.

As part of our commitment during Early Access, we always open to all feedback and suggestions to make this game as mature as possible. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, don’t hesitate to share your thoughts. 🌿

And, if you’re enjoying the game, we’d love to hear your thoughts in a Steam review. It really helps us grow and improve the experience for all.

Thank you for being part of the community, and happy farming!

Hello, Hydroponics Enthusiasts!

We’re truly grateful to everyone who has joined the Hydroponics Farm & Store Simulator Early Access journey and helped us grow this community.

We have completed optimization in Part 2, which provides another improvement in frame rate (FPS) compared to Part 1. We hope this effort further enhances your experience.

In addition to the optimization efforts, we have also made several improvements and bug fixes as follows:

• Added the function to cancel move of growbed and rack with right-click.
  
• Eliminating the collision between the player's character and the customers and employees. The player's movement can now be more agile.
  
• Fixed the white box issue where more than 12 plants could be harvested.
  
• Fixed a bug where commodities appeared not to grow after nutrient was added.
  
• Fixed a bug where racks containing commodities were never visited by customers.
  
• Fixed data loading for daily reports.
  
• Fixed cashier legend appearing outside of cashier mode.
  

As part of our commitment during Early Access, we’re always open to feedback and suggestions to make this game as polished as possible. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, don’t hesitate to share your thoughts. 🌿

And, if you’re enjoying the game, we’d love to hear your thoughts in a Steam review. It really helps us grow and improve the experience for everyone.

Thank you for being part of the community, and happy farming! 🌿🐟

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Hello, Hydroponics Enthusiasts!

We’re truly grateful to everyone who has joined the Hydroponics Farm & Store Simulator Early Access journey and helped us grow this community.

We have optimized various aspects of the game, resulting in a significant increase in frame rate (FPS), especially during high-density scenarios in the store and greenhouse, with active employees engaging in multiple activities. We hope this enhanced optimization effort provides a better experience for those of you who have been playing consistently.



On another note, we are pleased to report that the game now has 350-550 DAU (daily active users), with an average of 20-50 concurrent players at any given time. We deeply appreciate and thank you all. While these numbers might still be modest compared to some other simulator games, we are incredibly grateful and will continue to improve the quality and capacity of the game to the fullest, especially during this Early Access phase.

Returning to the topic of optimization, this is just part 1. Some areas still need further optimization, which will be addressed in part 2. This will take additional time, as it requires careful work. Therefore, if you encounter any issues in this optimized version, please feel free to use the discussion forum to share your feedback.



We look forward to more adventures and growth with you all. Keep sharing your feedback, and happy farming! 🌿

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