New Huge Patch goes Live and final Full Release Date - 10th March 2022!
New "No Place Like Home"!
Save game reset
In preparation for the Full Release Patch (coming 10th of March), we have just launched a massive update to our entire game. It is now live and your games should update automatically. We can't wait for you to try it but unfortunately, it came with a price - we had to erase all your current progress in order to make it work. We are very sorry that there was no other way and we promise that this was only a one-time thing and it will not happen again. We are extremely excited about all the new features in No Place Like Home and we hope that you will love them too!
So please accept our apologies and fully enjoy from the beginning a new and upgraded No Place Like Home! All new save games will carry on with the full release patch!
So what is new?
To be honest almost everything, we have been working on improving every aspect of the game and we are very happy about the results. There have been hundreds of changes to the game but we will try to summarize most important things and keep it short.
New Story and Quests
Whole story and quests have been completely rewritten and updated. We still need to introduce a new animated intro and story recap for full release but to give you glims of what is waiting for you please check out our teaser below:
You play as Ellen, a girl who is ready to move from a temporary space station to Mars after humanity trash the Earth and decided to abandon it. Just before the move she decides to make a final trip to her grandpa who stayed on earth and enjoy last holidays on his farm. However when she finally gets to her destination it turns out that her grandpa and all animals have mysteriously vanished and whole farm is completely trashed and overrun by strange malicious robots. She has to keep on cleaning trash and moving forward through world to find whole squad (all farm animals and her grandpa) and solve the mystery of their disappearance. All the clues lead to enigmatic sunken city that stretches out of the sea on horizon but she has no idea how to get there. Her first encounter is Cornelius, a one of a kind talking chicken who sends her on her quest to save all chickens and take a good care of them. She has to build them a house, grow food, give them funky outfits and make an awesome chicken disco party to make all their worries go away.
New UI
We have updated almost the entire game UI and is more polished, refined and as cute as it can get! You can check it out accross all other screen and as an exmaple on screen below!
New Trash
We have introduced a new Trash to game that looks bigger better and we feel is more enjoyable to clean. Main point behind this decision was optimization and we had to introduce it to game anyway but we are very happy about how it turned out.
New Save Game System
We have upgraded our save system and unstuck button. Now you can save game wherever you want or save game and return to home (as a fast travel option) You can still use bed to save your game and finish the day but its just an optional option.
New Balance (stilll wip)
We have updated costs of all the items in game to make trash more usefull and resources scarce. Please note that its still work in progress and we are looking forward to your feedback on how it works.
Controller Support (WIP)
We are still working on full implementation but you can already use game controller with our game.
New Items
We have introduced tons of new items with lots new coming soon. You can check a short summary below:
Naming Animals and Hats
You can now name your animals, track their happiness and give them awesome hats!
Animal Parties
Each animal building has its own upgraded version with a party option for your animals! Just check out how happy they get with all the beach balls, bubbles and disco lights!
Fun Interactions
We have also added some fun interaction with animals and we will be adding tons of more for full release. You can already setup a picnic for your animals or show your pigs the world by giving them balloons!
World Map and position tracking
We have finally introduced fully functional world map where you can track your character, other npcs and most important interest points.
Stickers
We have introduced a full sticker system where you get stickers for in game achievements and can claim various rewards for collecting them!
Collections
We have also created a new way to track all your progress and collections so you can see what else you can discover in game!
Sprint and Upgrades for Drill and Vacuum
We have made a more meaningful tools upgrade system and once fully upgraded it turns you into an unstoppable trash disposal machine!
Brand new Ellen's House!
We have updated the outside and inside look of Ellens house and now you will get full access to all rooms inside once you unlock them.
Sound overhaul!
We have added lot of new music tracks and sounds to game and we will keep on adding more for full release patch!
Ellen's new look
We really tried at update Ellens model completely from scratch but it proved to be a bit too big a task for us. We did what we could to improve current Ellen and we are very satisfied with the results, we hope you will like her too!
What is coming up next?
There are tons of polishes, refinements, adjustments and new features coming up in the upcoming weeks and the biggest topics are:
Drowned city - final chapter
There is also small new chapter coming up for full release featuring drowned city and your final encounter. We do not want to spoil too much so you will have to wait and see for yourself ;)
Language Versions
As a reminder, those languages will be available for Full Release: German French Russian Polish Spanish (European) Chinese (Simplified)
Food buffs:
Those are coming in the following few weeks as we did not manage to introduce them with this patch.
Bug reports:
As always you can report all the bugs here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1472660/discussions/0/3178981452986638078/
More and better - Full release
We have an awesome 4 weeks ahead of us that we can fully use on polishing our title and introducing new exciting features and we can wait to show you No Place Like Home in its full glory! See you all on March 10th 2022 for full release!
New Major Patch is live!
Hey guys!
New Major Patch is Live!
Thank you so much for taking part in our Patch Beta and posting all the feedback! We have fixed most of the recent problems and we are ready to launch it live!
We have already announced all new additions coming to game in previous updates but you can find a recap below:
As always it features new zone, npc, quests, animals, structures, plants produce and more!
New Zone – Desert
We have prepare a new sandy zone for you with new adventures, challenges and of course more trash to clean and recycle! You will need to repair broken pipes, refill water reservoirs, plant new bushes and release the water from the damn to get by boat to final destination - sunken city. You can check few zone shots below:
New NPC – Designer
We have made a new NPC to help you and guide you across the desert. She will also have a lot of cosmetic items for you to craft and place in your cozy home!
New farm animal – Goat
Goats are stuck in dry dirt and require your hosing skills to release them from their traps! They are a great farm companions and produce goat milk that can be turned into goat chesee!
New wild animal – Fenneck
Those extremely cute foxes will need you to help them find their home under tons of trash and clean their habitat.
New Structures
We have also prepared few new structures and structure upgrades. Greenhouse that will be used to farm most exotic plants. Oil Press, New Lamma house model, Coweshed lvl 3 and Coop lvl 3
New plants and produce
As always we have also prepared new plants and produce for your farm and greenhouse: Watermelon, Cranberry, Olive, Olive Oil, Goat Milk and Goat Cheese
We hope that you will enjoy it and we can't wait to share a progress on next features!
For full list of whats coming next please check our earlier announcement: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1472660/view/3109166146173146567
Please note that we are still having few issues with Greenhouses but we should fix them soon. As always we should also have a new hot fixes coming after patch within next few days!
Thats it for today! Thank you for reading and see you in around a month with new update!
Pre Major Patch Beta is Live!
Hey guys!
We have another patch almost ready and we need your help in testing it ;)
If everything goes well we will publish it live in next few days or latest by 23rd!
How to enter:
To enter beta tests of new patch just follow those instructions:
You can also copy beta passcode here:
NPLHEAbeta2009
How to play on old save games:
Just click on this button to export your save games from live version:
Please remember that once it closes all progress in beta will be lost!
How to return to live version:
To return to your base game just repeat the process and from beta options choose "none" Please note that all your progress in this branch will be lost after switching to live branch.
We hope you are doing well and we are very excited to announce that new major patch will be coming around 16th of November. As always it will feature new zone, npc, quests, animals, structures, plants produce and more! We have also lots of new features coming in Decemeber and January as we are in preparation for full release patch. So without further introduction check out what is coming next!
New Zone – Desert
We have prepare a new sandy zone for you with new adventures, challenges and of course more trash to clean and recycle! You will need to repair broken pipes, refill water reservoirs, plant new bushes and release the water from the damn to get by boat to final destination - sunken city. You can check few zone shots below:
New NPC – Designer
We have made a new NPC to help you and guide you across the desert. She will also have a lot of cosmetic items for you to craft and place in your cozy home!
New farm animal – Goat
Goats are stuck in dry dirt and require your hosing skills to release them from their traps! They are a great farm companions and produce goat milk that can be turned into goat chesee!
New wild animal – Fenneck
Those extremely cute foxes will need you to help them find their home under tons of trash and clean their habitat.
New Structures
We have also prepared few new structures and structure upgrades. Greenhouse that will be used to farm most exotic plants. Oil Press, New Lamma house model, Coweshed lvl 3 and Coop lvl 3
New plants and produce
As always we have also prepared new plants and produce for your farm and greenhouse: Watermelon, Cranberry, Olive, Olive Oil, Goat Milk and Goat Cheese
When will you launch Full Release Patch?
We have pushed Full Release to February 2022. This has been a crazy year of us in terms of how much we had to learn and do to finish this game and we feel that those 2 extra months will have a really big impact on overall polish of the game. So far for the last year main focus was a production of new content. We should have reduced the scope earlier and work more on improving already published content but this is our first project ever and we didn't know yet how to properly estimate the content. We really wanted to bring you as much as we could. Now as we are just about to finish all core game content we can finally start working on improving all game aspects and bringing new exciting features! So what's next?
What's coming up next in January?
As we are now getting finished with all the must-have core content that we wanted to include in the game in terms of npc, items animals and zones together with sunken city (although it wont be released until full release patch) we can shift our focus to improving the whole game.
As mentioned in earlier announcements main focus now is: Major rework of quests and content on all zones. Major optimization update. Introducing story and dialogues (everything related to story in the moment is a placeholder) Major Economy rework (at the moment all costs are placeholders) New features
We are now basically fixing whole game from the very first minute of gameplay, through all the zones, quests, trash, materials, crafting and blueprint costs. We are also rewriting whole story and it should be finished next week to implement into game. You can expect an engaging main story that will push you forward on your adventure, some mysteries, a bit of drama and even unexpected plot twist!
New features for January:
Oh boy we can't wait for January to share those new features with you. We decided to make some spoilers right now so you can know what else is coming your way ;)
Controller Support
We are working on it right now and it should be available for full release
Language Editions
So far we can confirm that game will launch in: French, German, Spanish, Polish and Simplified Chineese We are also working on Russian and Portuguese but they will most probably launch 1-2 months later.
World Map
We are now finishing working on in game world map that will track your position, major npc, points of interests and quests. You can check out work in progress below:
Save games
You will be able to go to menu and save game without going to bed. Our game world is already huge and although fast travel helped we fell it wasn't enough. Once you open menu you will be able to save game that will finish your day and transport you back to home. We hope it will greatly improve your exploration experience.
Food Perks
Food will give you useful buffs such as sprint, more damage against trash and enemies and some wacky abilities such as super saiyan chickens. We really wanted to make food more useful outside of bigger Jars gain and we hope that you will enjoy its new benefits.
Naming Pets and Pet happiness
We have introduced pet happiness to game, the bigger happiness the bigger chance for more rewards. You will be also able to name all your animals and keep track of their happiness level.
Hats for Pets
You will be able to dress farm animals in fancy hats and cloths. How else can you send them to pet parties if not properly dressed?
Pet Parties
We are adding to lvl 3 coop and lvl 3 cowshed pet party equipment that you will be bale to use to make awesome pet celebrations. Chickens will get funky discos, cows foam parties and pigs beach parties with beach balls. They are now heavy under development but you can check out some WIP dances below!
Furniture and Cosmetic Items
We are working on tons of new furniture and cosmetic items. Check out just a few for Japanese Set and garden items:
Stickers
Stickers system will be a big part of the game and will reward you for all your game achievements. Once you complete certain goals such as preparing certain amount of meals you will be rewarded with sticker. Once you gather all stickers from a category you will get special reward and achievement poster to hang in game! Oh and did we mention how wholesome they are?
Loading Screens
Last but not least we are working on new loading screens. Check out the cutest art that we are preparing for those and we hope that each one of them will make you smile and compensate any loading time!
Thats it for today! Thank you for reading and see you in 3 weeks with next major patch!
