Garden Paws News

We are introducing a new character, The Human as a free Garden Paws DLC. We have decided to introduce the character in this way so that if anyone doesn't want human character in their game they can simply not download the DLC.

The character DLC is also bringing in several new hair styles that can be used on any character. These hair styles can by dyed and can be placed in the existing hair equipment slot or the second hair equipment slot that has been added with this update.



The human DLC can be downloaded right from Steam here. We'd love to hear what you think about this character and hope it brings new life to your Garden Paws game.



Malu has a new quest which leads her to opening up a new shop selling special dyes. The dyes change clothing items, accessories and hair styles. The special dyes include the water, galaxy and a series of void colours.





There are 2 new items that can be found in Kozita; the Dragon Habitat and the Gem Pillar. To obtain the items you must trade Dragon Statues to Mina or the miners.

These items can be painted with the furniture paint brushes to change the color of their Crystals and when the gem pillar is painted its light changes colors as well.



We have updated the locations of the Dragon Statues so they're slightly easier to find as well as increased their size. The Dragon Eggs have also had an increase in size. Happy searching!





Listening to many player requests there are now 5 World and Character slots available! That should help players that already had 3 worlds but wanted to explore the new River Island map that was released in the last update.





There is a new set of items to unlock from Roman that make great building pieces! These include bridges, a ramp, a pillar and a new wooden tunnel.





When you have a hotbar full of tools it's sometimes annoying to accidentally swing your axe at customers at the store when you're simply trying to sell them items. With the new Paw Hotbar Slot you can run around without swinging your axe or scaring away all your customers.





We're always excited to see what the talented players in the community have been coming up with in the new Steam Workshop section! There have been many new skins, faces and even new craftables and quests shared there! If you haven't checked it out yet you can find the workshop here.



In this update we've made some changes both to the modding system, mod manager and the skin tester tool to make the creation of mods even easier.

In case you haven't checked out the modding tools yet, here's how to find the ModManager and the Skin Testing tool:



This update also makes some changes to make it even easier to create clothing items for the game, we've created a little instructional video on how to do so:

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[h2]Here are other changes made to the modding system:[/h2]

• The Skin Tester Tool can now import models to be used as clothing. It comes with some models that are pre-made and available in the game without having to import it into your mod. This includes Dresses, Sweater, Shirts and more.
  
• It is now possible to paint skins and clothing items directly inside the Skin Tester Tool
  
• When importing clothing there are options to fine tune the placement of clothing items, and a button to automatically create the necessary .json file for the item with those values.
  
• It is now possible to Launch the game, enable/disable modding console and enable/disable modding sandbox straight from within the Mod Manager app.
  

• Winter terrain visuals have been updated. The first 10 days of winter will have a grassy snow terrain, as well as the last 10 days of winter. Days 11-19 will remain the same as it was.
  
• Forest habitat now takes dark and fairy dragons.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Hatchery that sometimes prevented progress on hatching.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Crafted Beehives that prevented it from giving honey.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the White Shirt to showing up on the player.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Ruins Puzzle parts/door not moving.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Stained Glass Tortoise.
  
• A new face has been added to the game.
  
• Sierra now sells 6 items instead of 3.
  
• The new purchasable house in town can now be painted with paintbrushes.
  

Fixed many "not harvestable" trees/rocks/ferns.
Fixed floating objects. (Berry bush, trees/rocks/etc)
Fixed shop table height.
Added no build zones to the town and future castle area. Player can build in "strategic" spots in town; around their home and player homes.
Added merch link to the start screen.

- New Island Shop Level 5 floating items should now be on the ground
- New Island teleporter to purchasable home should be fixed now.
- Problem preventing mods from being installed from the in-game menu should be fixed
- New Island one of the treasure dig spots that was inaccessible inside a mountain has been moved
- New Island Invisible collider near Miners has been fixed.

The dev team; Dan, Kristina and Thiago, want to give a HUGE Thank You to everyone that has been supporting us making our dream game over the past little while. Your steam reviews, twitch streams, tweets, feedback, and really everything is so helpful at making Garden Paws as good as it can be. Spreading the word about Garden Paws brings in more people and let's us continue to work on it, adding new content and expanding the GP world, so we just wanted to say how grateful we are. The game wouldn't be what it is today without you. Alright, time for the important stuff.



Starting with the Switch update we're happy to say Garden Paws is running smoothly, all quests are working, bugs are squashed and visually it's really pretty (at least we think so). We had to change the water and grass to be optimized for the Switch while keeping the Garden Paws feeling. We went through the entire project and removed anything that drained performance as well as optimized textures, shaders and anything else we could find.



We've sent it in to Nintendo and are waiting to hear back, if all goes well we'll have great news soon. Many people ask for an eta and we're sorry but we still don't have one as it depends on the certification process.



This has been in the works for a few months now and we're ready to ship it out to players! This will not replace your current map, it is a completely separate map option to play on. When you create a new world you now have the option to select the "Classic Map" or the "River Map".



This map has many similarities to the Classic Map, the main differences being the player home and town locations. On the River Map the town has moved to where the player home used to be, and the player home has moved to a more central location with a beautiful view of town and the surroundings.



Pamela has also moved closer to the player as opposed to being on a faraway island. Geographically the map hasn't altered too much apart from the forest and small changes.
We hope new and old players will enjoy the refresh this map brings to Garden Paws.

[h2]Tips for playing the new map: [/h2]

• Start with a brand new character for a fresh start
  
• Bring your character and some workbenches to the new island for a speedy beginning
  
• Bring your character but drop off your coin by turning your coins into bags with Mayor Wilson
  
• Want more tips? Join our Discord to chat with the Garden Paws community!

• There are a few new dragons flying in, including the monarch, snowflake, and galaxy dragon.
  
• There is also a new Tortoise to find, this is the stained glass tortoise. It has a 30% chance to spawn from a regular tortoise egg.
  
• The castle interior items can be moved using the hammer. This has resulted in a slight visual change.
  
• The owl nests are larger and have moved, making them easier to find.
  
• Bred Horses now keep their colors after growing up.
  
• Sierra now sells decorative flower display trays that can hold up to 20 flower items.
  

Steam workshop is live! We are excited to see what mods become available to the Garden Paws community!



We had the ability to make your own character skins since Day 1 but we've now added it to the initial game files. If you'd like to make your own skins you can find the Skin Tester Application and files in the same folder as the game.



To access this folder from Steam head to your Steam Library, right click Garden Paws then access Properties. From here click on "Local Files" and then "Browse".
This will open your file explorer with the location of the skins and the application "GPSkinTesting".

Please note: Custom skins will not be visible to other players to ensure Garden Paws is family friendly. However, if everyone in the lobby has the skin installed from Steam Workshop you will be able to view it on other players.



We're excited to announce our Rainbow Dragon Plushies are available! They have some beautiful details to perfectly capture the in-game Rainbow Dragon. The plushie is 17cm tall, super soft and squishy! There are limited quantities, if you'd like one you can find them in our Etsy store.




Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/BittenToastGames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GardenPawsGame
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bittentoastgames
Discord: http://www.discord.gg/bittentoast

In this next update we're excited to bring you more creatures to breed, the tortoise, farm plots and more. We have been having a great time connecting with the community through Twitch and have added Garden Paws avatars for everyone to use while streaming! Twitch integration can be activated by typing in your channel name, once you are connected you can turn on "viewers on bottom of screen".
Your chatters will be able to interact by typing "hype", "love", "jump", "dance" and do other fun emotes while you're playing! They can even change their character by typing in the character type, (Ex. Dragon).

We recently did a stream on Twitch play testing Garden Paws on the Switch and are glad to say it's running smoothly! We can't share much past that other than Switch is getting closer every day! We really appreciate everyone's patience as it's been much more difficult than we presumed with how large Garden Paws has become. Huge Thank You to this amazing community!





There are 5 new creatures to breed, the quests will start with a letter from Poppy. These creatures are the same as the past creatures that we're able to breed meaning they'll have many different colours and size variations when bred!





Kozita has a new egg to search for, the Tortoise egg! This egg has the same mechanic as the previously introduced owl and dragon creatures. Once you've found the egg simply place it in a Hatchery, take care of it until it's an adult and then ride it around!







Who doesn't want more dragons in what started as a shop/farming simulator! We're so glad we have this amazing community that enjoys the fantasy creative world we've built and are always expanding! With that our developers got a bit carried away and made a few more dragons.







With farming being such a large part of Garden Paws we wanted to introduce Farm Plots! These plots come in 4 different sizes and come with their own watering systems! The farms can be painted with any wall paintbrush to make your farm your own! These items can be purchase from Sierra or crafted after the elizabeth quest line.

Other new items added and how to find them:

• Animal Planters: found at Sierra's shop from day 1.
  
• Heart couch and chair: Can be purchased from Herb on Kozita.
  
• Building Stone Blocks (2) : Crafting blueprint is received after a quest that starts with Elizabeth.
  
• Stone Bridge and Stone Overpass : Crafting blueprint received after gaining Stone Building Blocks.
  
• Door: This door can be built from day one and can be opened and closed by interacting with it.
  
• New Cooking Recipes: Dragon Fruit Cake, Baked Eggplant, Blueberry Cake, Devilled Chicken Egg, Devilled Duck Egg.
  
• Turtle Succulent Statue: Can be purchased from Herb on Kozita.