Hey there landlords!
We have been working hard to bring you the next big update on our roadmap these past few months. The landlord update will mark an important milestone for all of us as we pass the roadmap's halfway mark and are getting closer to the 1.0 version! This major update brings many new features, content, excitement, and a little something that happens to be a very highly requested system by the community.
Let's start with the little something, which is, well, not that little. We're introducing a new Phone App to manage your properties and look at ones available for purchase; no more scrolling endlessly through the whole map to find that green dollar symbol! What's more exciting is that along with the new app, we're changing up how properties are bought and sold (yes, sold!).
All properties will now be available to purchase via auctions. Each purchase will now involve more gameplay elements as Uncle Steve himself will now dress up for the occasion! You'll be able to walk around the property first, evaluate how much it's worth, before you take part in a bidding war against other landlords. Finally, the update will also allow you to sell your own properties through a similar system, this time featuring Steve as the auctioneer himself.
But let's move to the next item on our list. A vast assortment of new jobs, which includes new Elite jobs and a newly introduced type of jobs, will be added with this update. For example, there’s a new Elite contract job for a botanist who will want their place to be full of plants and other exciting items as if it was the Palmenhaus Schonbrunn itself! Overall, we will be adding over 90 new jobs altogether, which should alleviate some of the repetitive gameplay issues. Of course, we plan to still keep adding even more new jobs throughout the development, so don't worry about that!
With the addition of new jobs as we mentioned we would be bringing you the new type of job called Puzzle jobs. These jobs are for the more challenge-seeking players or simply those who want a break from the complete renovation jobs. With the Puzzle jobs, you will have less room to work with and yet more items to put in. Note you will not be able to edit the room layouts to make them any bigger. These jobs are where the challenge begins to see if you can fit all the listed items in the room, which may require you to think outside the box and use that reset button a few times here and there until it all just fits. Are you up for the challenge?
Since we've been putting more jobs and Elite contracts in the game with each update, we decided that Elite contracts needed a little more spice to them. So instead of just taking them for the money, you will now be able to unlock Elite job items each time you complete them. To unlock the full set of job items, you will need to complete each one three times. After unlocking these items, they are yours to use as your own furniture. You will notice these items scattered around in your renovation tab when renovating for jobs or your properties.
Another thing that's going to be touched up in the update is the main storyline. To make the early game smoother we added two new objectives and tweaked the cash flow quest to be less of a hurdle. Moreover, the update features important quality of life changes, including refreshing the prestige value in the room panel with each item purchase, double-clicking the item to move it, and, oh, improved loading times! Certain configurations should see up to a 50% improvement on the new patch.
And that's it for today's teaser! Landlord Update will go live in a few weeks' time and we can't wait to hear your thoughts about it! Until then, stay tuned!
Thank you,
The Tenants Team