Hello Plant Parents~
This is a nice chunky update with a bunch of new features, some quality-of-life improvements, and some bug fixes. We've been hard at work prepping and releasing the iOS version of Plant Therapy. It is out now! Search for Plant Therapy: NYC Edition. Like Steam, the base game is completely free and free of Ads. The same DLCs are available and can be bought in-app. Now that we have that behind us, all the goodness we put in there is rolled into this update.
New
Latin American Spanish Localization
Plant Therapy now supports Spanish in addition to English. You'll be prompted the first time Plant Therapy starts to select your preferred language. You can change your chosen language anytime via Settings.
Locking items in place
You can now lock items in place to prevent accidentally picking them up. Locked items will glow red when you hover over them with the gloves. Lock and unlock items by clicking on the item to show its details and then clicking the lock icon.
Special visitors
Your apartment may be visited by a special visitor bearing joy and rewards. Look for them just after midnight.
New icons
We've replaced many of text labels on buttons with snappy new icons. Not only does this help with localization, they look great and allow us to add more options without crowding out the space available.
Variable placement
We've greatly increased the wiggle room you have in placing items. This gives you the ability to align and nudge things just how you want on your way to your perfect apartment. This includes hanging pots. You can now adjust them vertically. Stagger away!
Tip: hold down the `Ctrl` key while you click if you want to snap an item directly to the dot you are hovering over. This can come in handy when you are trying to stack items.
Candles
Candles can now be sold. Clicking on them now brings up the familiar item detail box. From there you can sell, light and snuff your candles.
New lights
There is now a simple single bulb light for sale. You'll also get one in your starter Brooklyn apartment when you begin a new game.
Fertilizer Count
We've added a fertilizer count marker atop the fertilizer so you know how many you have left.
Quality of life improvements
- Deliveries and purchases are now more spaced out in your apartment if possible.
- Detecting the plant you want to water or fertilize has been updated to be less finicky so that there are fewer missed clicks.
- Claiming a reward will now trigger the next reward available for claiming so that you don't need to go back and click on the award button again.
- Street doors now glow to better let new players know where they can go. This glow goes away after you've visited that store twice.
Bug Fixes
- Flipping or selling the purple sofa (take advantage of that awesome resale value for some early game coinage) caused it to disappear sometimes.
- Some placement locations would errantly light up for a held item when you passed over them even though you could not place what you are holding there.
- A couple rare tutorial bugs were corrected that were very frustrating to those caught by them.
- Some laying issues of items were found and corrected.
Have fun with these new improvements!
XOXO//The Short Leg Studio Team