Hi!

Today's update increases available farming space by a great deal! Instead of 3x5 unlockable areas, we've upped the number to 5x5, increasing total farm area by 66%. That's almost twice as much space!

All farms will be automatically expanded to the new size once you load them. There shouldn't be any issues, but if you experience problems, please let us know!

Today's Farm Showcase: "Hope i dont have to add new fishes soon..." by N3hu1s


New features:

• Increased farm size to 5x5 unlockable areas. Area unlock level threshold has been reduced a bit so it's easier to unlock chunks now.
  
• Created 10 new area layouts to fill the new space.
  
• New items:
  
  • Saanen Goat
    
  • Purple Hydrangea
    
  • Two aquatic decorations: Rubber duck and Boat
• New customization items:
  
  • Round Glasses
    
  • New cap
    
  • Kabuki face paint

Improvements:

• On 64bit versions of Windows, the game executable is now 64bits as well. It should help with some out-of-memory crashes in specific farms.
  
• Quest Discard key has been changed from Alt to Control.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed Goats model so they have 2 udders instead of 4.
  
• Fixed Quest rewards not counting towards the "Earn 500 Medals" achievement.

Hi!

We're pushing a tiny update today doing some changes that could be confusing people.

Improvements:

• Changed quest length icons to something that shouldn't be interpreted as a "remaining time" icon.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed pond tiles not being properly separated.
  
• (Maybe) could have fixed some save issues while moving items.

Hi!

Today's update main feature is the addition of a new animal, the Goat!

We're also adding plenty of new items in many different categories, as well as a number of quality of life improvements and bugfixes, so make sure to check out the patch notes!

Today's Farm Showcase: "Thank you for this cute dress!" by Lydia


New features:

• New farm items:
  
  • Coffea tree
    
  • Almond tree
    
  • Goats!
    
  • Red scorpion fish
    
  • Iridescent Shark
    
  • Blowfish
    
  • Blue Hydrangea
    
  • Pink Hydrangea
    
  • Venus Flytrap
    
  • Flax
• New customization items:
  
  • New skirt color
    
  • 2 new pairs of glasses
    
  • Cat face paint
    
  • New gesture: Thinking

Improvements:

• When placing crops on non-plowed land, the character will plow land without the need of cancelling placement, plowing and reselecting the item again in the shop.
  
• Improved overall CPU performance of big animal fields.
  
• Quests now have an icon telling their length.
  
• Number of items planted of something is shown on the shop window.
  
• Maximum allowed guest permissions for farms has been changed to "Plant".
  
• Reduced a bit the duration of the vehicle work animation (it was longer than initially intended).

Gameplay changes:

• Added a new quest for farms over level 20. The quest length has been changed a bit, the short ones should be obtainable in a single session.
  
• New quests will reward more Medals depending on the farm level.
  
• Changed the flower system: Now flowers will not stop growing if they run out of water, instead they will always take the same time to grow and the money earned will depend on how much time they had water. The minimum money they yield has also been increased.
  
• Adjusted experience values of some items.
  
• Farm visitors will now increase their boost meter by feeding animals or planting Quest crops (only crops).

Bugfixes:

• Character will no longer "walk in place" when performing a series of consecutive tasks.
  
• Fixed Map not working properly when using a gamepad.
  
• Fixed fence highlight being rotated wrong when moving them under specific circumstances
  
• Fixed being unable to sort items in the shop window when using a gamepad (by changing the Sort button).
  
• Fixed skybox issues in Photo mode.
  
• Fixed feeders not working properly upon farm load.
  
• Fixed being able to grant Full permissions to Guests on the Pause menu.
  
• Fixed steps on water being quieter than on land.

We also wanted to let you know that we're working on allowing bigger farms in the near future (probably 5x5 plots instead of 5x3 as it's now), as well as other major features that will still take a long time to be complete.

Hi!

Today we're bringing another hotfix, this time fixing the issue where the shop would show empty if you were playing in Danish, along with an useful Map key.

New features:

• Map key: By pressing the M key you can open the Farm map and quickly travel to the Bus Stop or any Point of Interest you've built.

Improvements:

• When using a PS4 gamepad, button face icons should change accordingly.

Gameplay changes:

• Sprinkler Flower effect changed from 65% to 80%. Many people were against the addition of this mechanic, but we still feel it's necessary, so we've toned it down.

Bugfixes:

• "Grass" roads will no longer be shown in the map.
  
• Fixed shop showing empty when playing in Danish language.

Hi! Today's update is just a hotfix for some issues introduced in yesterday's one.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed last selected shop item not being remembered.
  
• Should improve draw distance related issues.
  Last update reduced the number of items enabled behind you, but increased draw distance by ~50-60% as a side effect. This caused some performance issues specially on high/very high quality settings, since the draw distance increase is more noticeable there.
  
  This bugfix just reduces the draw distance back to numbers closer to what they were before.
  
• Fixed draw distance being 20% higher after entering and closing photo mode.
  While in Photo mode, draw distance is increased (so more items are shown for a better picture), but it wasn't being set back to the original value, potentially lowering framerate.
  
• Fixed face paint not being shown on Very Low detail settings.
  
• Limited max Render Scale to 120%.
  While not exactly a bug, setting Render Scale to values higher than 120% wouldn't increase the crispness of the image by much, but could incur in a huge performance drop, so we've removed the ability to do it.

Hi! Today's update features a nice amount of new items, as well as a much requested feature: The farm map! It's currently shown instead of the old Point of interest selection dialog. We're still working on it so expect some changes in the future (including a key to directly open it from anywhere).

Today's Farm Showcase: Parkland by 3iQz


New features:

• Now you can see a map of your farm when interacting with points of interest or the bus stop (once you have at least one point of interest built). We'll add a map key in the future.
  
• New items:
  • Kiwifruit
    
  • Cacao tree
    
  • Olive tree
    
  • Harlequin Rabbit
    
  • Carp
    
  • Salmon
    
  • Hydrangea
    
  • Lavender
    
  • Residential fence and door
    
  • Playground fence and door
  
  
• New customization items:
  
  • Girly skirt
    
  • Militar face paint
    
  • Assorted tractor antennas

Improvements:

• You can now sort items in the shop by level ascending or descending
  
• When opening the shop window at night, the preview item will be lit.
  
• When placing/moving items, you can now rotate them by pressing the Move key, without the need to orientate your character (you can still do it that way). Each press will rotate 90 degrees.
  
• Items behind the character are removed earlier. More items in front of the character will be shown (please let us know if this causes a big performance hit on your computers).
  
• If the game finds a problem while saving farm data, it will go directly to the main menu and let you know of the problem.
  
• The lock icon in the shop is now closed, not open :)
  
• Video settings are no longer synchronized on Steam Cloud.

Gameplay changes:

• New quests will now give bigger medal rewards on higher farm levels.
  
• Most achievements can now be unlocked while visiting other farms, as long as the event is triggered while you're on it.
  
• Flowers no longer require to be watered on specific seasons, they will need to be harvested on their specific seasons instead.
  
• Flowers being watered with sprinklers will only grow to 65% of their max growth.
  
• Reduced requirements for some accumulative achievements.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed all animals in a plot starting to walk at the same time.
  
• Fixed gamepad input not being ignored while the game is in background
  
• Should have fixed the "white screen with big black areas" issue.

Hi! As many of you had probably guessed, today's update features achievements! While most of them are easily obtainable and should be achieved in a few hours, some of them are tough ones and will require dedication to unlock!

As usual, we're eager to hear your feedback, so feel free to express your opinion on them!

This update also includes new Emotes to unlock and select on the Customize section of the main menu. Check them out!

Today's Farm Showcase: Unnamed by นอนห้านาที, TAN-SAM-ARROW, NNikk


New features:

• Achievements! A total of 42 achievements to unlock. For people with a farm that already meets some of the conditions (such as farm level or fields unlocked), the achievements should unlock right away when loading the game
  
• Emotes: Now you can unlock and customize the 4 emotes you want to use. Also some emotes now have sound (such as clapping).
  
• New decorations: Pine and Forge
  
• New building: Nut Market
  
• New animals: Silver Rabbit and Akhal Theke Horse
  
• New customization face paint: Apache

Improvements:

• You are now able to plow land while in "planting crops" mode, no need to cancel, plow, open the store and choose the crop again.

Gameplay changes:

• Withered plants now yield the same money amount as non-withered ones, but with no resource or experience benefit. They also count towards quest completion. The skull icon is no longer shown.
  
• Increased a bit money earned with high level animals.
  
• Reduced a bit some item unlock requirements.

Hi! Today's update brings new features to the table. Some of them may be controversial, so please bear with us and let us know of your thoughts!

Today's Farm Showcase: Unnamed by NNikkkZ


Honorable Mention: This is Jimmy. The buzzing bee by Auptismo


New features:

• Experience boost: Visiting other farms and helping with the harvest will increase your boost meter, which allows you to get double experience for a farm you own.
  
• Many farm items now have more complex unlock requirements (reach a specific level of another farm item). Note that quests currently in progress may ask for a locked item. It's up to you to discard them or unlock the item and complete them. New quests won't show this issue.
  
• New items:
  • Thrianta Rabbit
    
  • Egg Market
    
  • American Paint Horse
    
  • Bonsai
    
  • Weeping Willow
• New customization face paints and makeup.
  
• New avatar clothing: Shorts and t-shirt

Improvements:

• You can now see the resource inventory by pressing the Tab key (no need to open the Pause menu).
  
• When harvesting items and there's no more room for a resource it will show "Full".
  
• You can now recycle 9 tiles of animals and ponds with the tractor.
  
• Animals are reset to their base position when hidden. This should fix the "animals getting out of fences issue", and possibly reduce the number of "cow castles".

Gameplay changes:

• Reduced a bit resource requirements of Feeders.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed fish going through the ground when placing new pond tiles.

Hi! Today's update brings two of the most requested features into the game: Benches you can sit on (you can also sit on other decorations such as the tables) and animal Feeders that you can use to increase the amount of food animals can have.

Today's Farm Showcase: "My fav hair" by Average Medic


New features:

• New building: Feeder. Can be used to add more food to animals (triples the original food capacity).
  
• You can now interact to sit in specific decorations
  
• New decorations:
  
  • Two benches (Wood and Stone)
    
  • Hot dog stand
    
  • Ice cream stand
• New animal: Friesian Horse
  
• New hair for girl models (it's the last one in a while, promise!).

Improvements:

• Improved camera behavior when too close/behind big buildings
  
• Added visual/sound effect to bee hives

Bugfixes:

• Fixed visual problems regarding weather effects
  
• Fixed sprinklers splitting flower tiles

Hi! This week's update main feature is the Rabbit, a new kind of animal you can bring to your farm. We're also adding a new resource type, the Mushrooms, along with its own building to trade them for crystals.

Today's Farm Showcase: "Farming or Gardening" by gothkittymimi


Honorable Mention: "Labyrinth" by Maximus


New features:

• New resource: Mushrooms (added to mushroom crops and the Dead tree)
  
• New customization hairstyles for girl bodies.
  
• New animals: Rabbits
  
• New flag: Iran
  
• New crops: Parasol Mushroom,Shiitake Mushroom
  
• New buildings: Fish Market, Mushroom stand
  
• New decoration items: Planters and Pots (you can show any crop/flower in these and they will act as decoration).

Improvements:

• The "Customize" button in the main menu will now show an exclamation mark if there are new customization items available.
  
• You can now add players to favorites and look for them in the Find Farms section
  
• You can now look for players that have recently played with you in the Find Farms section.
  
• The Bus Station acts now as a Point of Interest (you can travel to/from it).
  
• You can now scroll in the text chat with the mouse wheel.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed quests not autocompleting when having deprecated items (old Poppies/Roses)
  
• Fixed player level up not showing the proper number