Hello Topians,
Update 1 is here!
We are so excited to push the first Early Access update to Hometopia! We have been listening to all of your feedback and have been heads down implementing everything we possibly could for this first push! In this update, we have some major improvements and fixes to the tech infrastructure, gameplay, and bugs. Let’s get into it with some patch notes!
Highlights
- Performance optimizations (with many more on the way!)
- You can now restart your game progress
- You can now play offline
- Numerous job and gameplay bugs have been squashed
Patch Notes In Full
Tech Improvements
- Removed the online requirement; the game is now fully playable offline
- Improved support for a wide range of display resolutions
- Improved CPU, GPU, and memory optimizations when painting large number of items
- Implemented rendering optimizations and fixes for vegetation in Plaza Lakes, Midtown Heights, The Palms, and The Gables, affecting both enabled and disabled vegetation
- Various performance optimizations
- Item physics optimizations
Gameplay
- Added a way for players to restart their profile in the 'account' section of the settings menu
- Rooms offered in outdoor construction projects should now be more varied
- Each active neighborhood now has a minimum of 1 job and a maximum of 3 jobs
- Removed 'Delete Home' button from the Starter Home until level 7
- Limited the character length for renaming homes
- Foundation tiles can now be mass-placed in walk mode and in unlimited numbers (Caution - can be laggy if you place too many)
- Minor item balance
- Increased font size for player notes
Bugs
- Fixed ivy not registering as an objective-completing item
- Fixed stair pivots
- Fixed item thumbnails not loading immediately in the store
- Removed half walls from career mode as they were causing bugs (still available in player homes)
- Fixed room labels hovering over flat foundations
- Fixed a laundry room in Gables displaying "room too small"
- Fixed some closet requirements displaying "room too small"
- Removed a room hidden under a roof in the Gables causing counting issues for tasks
Developer’s Note:
We are really appreciative of the Topian community’s thoughts, ideas, and bug reports. We’re already putting your feedback into action, as seen in Update 1. And you won’t want to miss what we’ve got planned for Sandbox Mode on November 8th! We’re looking forward to making Hometopia even better, together. Keep the feedback coming!