Hello gardeners,
It’s been a while! Can you believe March is already here? Time sure flies! But it hasn’t gone by without tons of tweaks and work for The Garden Path! But before we dive into the game updates…
Thanks for 50,000 wishlists!
We’ve made it! The Garden Path is an indie game made with tons of care. Reaching this milestone means the world to our garden. Thank you all for your patience and support, this garden would not bloom without it!
Game Updates🗒️
Since we've arrived in 2024 The Garden Path has seen a number of quality-of-life tweaks and optimizations for the game to run smoother on particularly low-end hardware. But, that isn't to say there aren't a few new arrivals to look forward to.
Introducing: Aime! 🏕️
Aime has heard word that there's new gardeners afoot, and as adjudicator of the Goodly Green Gardens Society, he wants to see if your garden is up-to-snuff. Aime will visit just as your Garden comes into full bloom in the warmer weather
Quality-of-Life Feature Updates 🪓
The Designer can now be accessed from the dash, allowing you to make changes to your Garden without needing a contextual item or object to enter the mode.
Also, a new shovel indicator shows the plants that are small enough to unearth and move around the garden. You can also now scratch away the grass to create paths and flowerbeds.
Pinning the map has seen a revamp, allowing you to place as many pins as you'd like, as well as choosing an icon from a new dropdown menu that helps customise the reminder. Map pins will always appear while playing the game to the side of the screen, letting you know you are close.
New Vegetable Residents! 🥔
More residents have arrived in the Garden - say hello to Clair the potato, Theo the lemon, Grant the carrot, and Glenn - a fan favourite!
Fun fact: Grant is the first ever resident designed for The Garden Path back in 2018 - it's great to see them finally in-game. Just like all the other residents, you'll need to make sure the Garden meets certain requirements before they decide to call it their home. You might still catch them wandering around day-to-day.
Gardener Glow Up! 🌟
Those aren't the only new faces now in the Garden, there's new player faces too! A range of different features are now possible on the player model. This will be particularly important for multiplayer to help differentiate one another. When starting a new game, your determined face will be random, but there may be someone in the Garden you can talk to who can help roll that dice again.
Your usual reminder
And as always, here is your reminder that you can join our official Discord Community server, which you can join here. Here you can chat with the team, meet fellow backers, and help me shape The Garden Path. And of course, we encourage you to share your real-life gardening with your fellow gardening gamers.
Thank you all your patience and support, this garden would not bloom with out it!
Until next time…
Louis, carrotcake
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