Steam Community :: Horticular

Horticular

All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews

Horticular

0 in Group Chat

You have been magically summoned by mysterious gnomes to restore a long-lost garden. Attract adorable animals, build a lush environment, and immerse yourself in this relaxing garden-builder. Will you manage to reclaim the wasteland or succumb to a looming corruption?

Visit the Store Page

Most popular community and official content for the past week. (?)

Demo Update 💚🌿

Jul 5

Hey Keepers!

With Horticular's full release fast approaching (less than a week to go, ahhhhh!), we've decided to bring you a demo update to tide you over until the game launches on July 11th!

Keep reading for all the details about what you can enjoy in the latest version of the demo! Spoiler: there are a lot.

New Creature Tool
We're sure a lot of you will be excited for this big addition to the demo; we've now added a creature habitat tool to your toolbar, which will help you to build the correct habitat for the creature you're targeting, instead of having to rely on the overlay (although your creature overlay will still be available).

Story, Decoration and Animal Adjustments
We've made some adjustments to how the story progresses in the demo, which also means you'll notice some differences in the quests, which animals you have available, and which decorations are obtainable in the demo. We've given you some new decorations and animals too, so there's still plenty to do - this just makes it a little simpler to progress in the demo story.

Keeper Upgrades
Your Keepers are now better than ever at helping maintain your garden - especially when they've been upgraded! This should make handling any decay much smoother in-game, giving you a little more freedom to focus on your overall garden health. Decay has been overhauled, too, so you'll be very grateful for this adjustment - trust us on that one!

Major Polishing
Almost all of the UI and in-game assets have had an overhaul in this patch, giving a lot of Horticular a brand new look and feel. We're excited to see what you think!

Of course, there are lots of new QoL updates and bug fixes in this update, too. You can see the changelog below, and all you have to do to enjoy these improvements is update your version of the demo.

If you'd prefer to stay on the older version of the demo for now, you can do so by clicking on the settings next to Horticular in your Steam library, then selecting 'properties' and 'beta', then choosing 'beta3' from the dropdown list.

If you have been enjoying the demo so far and haven't had a chance to wishlist the game yet, please do - it helps Horticular massively in the run-up to launch, plus you'll get notified as soon as the full game is available to purchase on the 11th of July!

Changelog:

Fresh lick of paint: Most assets and UI elements have had some polishing.
Story adjustments: While most things remain the same, a quest or two have been replaced, and some aspects have been tweaked.
Item adjustments: Some items have been moved to further in the story and have fallen off the demo. But there are a couple of new additions to look at as well.
Animal adjustments: The game has a larger overhaul to animal habitats, and we've replaced the demo moth with the snail to match the story progression.
New creature tool. Habitat planning can now be done with a bespoke tool to help you design habitats. This replaces the awkward overlay usage (but the habitat overlay is still there).
New item selector grouping: All your yarrows now live in the same place.
New contact page in the notebook that lets you see your contacts and their completion.
New photo album viewer. Browse your captured screenshots from the game.
Decay has been overhauled to be less annoying but also potentially more dangerous.
Keepers are really good at their job now and even better when upgraded!
You can now pause time in-game if you need to think a bit.
There's a copy button that lets you copy the hovered surface/item without entering the catalogue.
Rumble on gamepad.
Curbs can be manually adjusted if you don't like the auto-selection.
See names of creatures when zoomed out.
TONNES of polish and touching up the experience. From bug fixes to QoL and performance boosts.
BETA Twitch integration. Let chat interact with the game.
More settings to tweak including Mouse Size and Alternative Fonts (latin languages).
Automatic crash reporting: should the worst happen, you will get a prompt to send an automatic crash report.

Horticular

How much will it cost?

Hi! I'm curious how much the game will cost when it releases.

Lucki

18 hours ago

General Discussions

June Round-Up 💚

Jun 27

Hi again Keepers!

Phew...you might have already seen, but June was a huge month for Horticular! Not sure what we're referencing? Luckily, we've got another monthly round-up for you, so let's recap everything that's happened with Horticular in June!

Launch Date Announcement 🎉

Yep, that's right - June was the month we officially announced our official launch date for Horticular! ICYMI, Horticular will launch on 11th July (this year)! If you haven't added Horticular to your wishlist yet, make sure you do so you're alerted as soon as it's ready to purchase.

You can read all about what's coming in the full release here, if you want to get even more hyped.

A Chaotic Mini-Competition

If you're following us over on Twitter[x.com], the fact that we've done another slightly chaotic thing on the platform...this time, in the form of an impromptu competition! We asked our followers to photoshop one of the Keepers into another game and got some...interesting results. You can see them here[x.com], or enter yourself to be in with a chance to get a Steam Key!
You've got til tomorrow to enter, so get photoshopping...

That's everything we have for you for June, but be sure to check back next month, after our official launch!

As of July, we'll be sharing some of our favourite screenshots and videos from your gardens in each of our monthly round-ups. Want a chance to be included? Be sure to send us your screenshots on Twitter, Facebook[www.facebook.com], or Discord[discord.com] if you'd like the chance to be included!

Horticular

Possible auto-defense against corruption attacks?

I realize that the point of the game is to give the player things to manage, and that the corruption attacks are an aspect of that just as much as curing sick animals is. But I've played to the available late game twice now, and I generally lose all will to keep going for that session once I start getting a lot of attacks. They're fiddly, you can easily hit your own people by accident, there's no change of side-indicator for if the particular attack instance is about to spawn or has spawned already, and g...

trisscar05

Jul 8 @ 3:33pm

General Discussions

Horticular has a launch date (and it’s soon!)

Jun 14

We're very excited to announce that Horticular will be launching into 1.0 July 11th 2024! To celebrate, we've released a brand new trailer for the game!

If you're new here Horticular is a cozy garden-builder in which you have been magically summoned by mysterious gnomes to restore a long-lost garden. You’ll be tasked with attracting adorable animals, building a lush environment, and utilising ancient magic to keep your garden thriving and fight off looming corruption.

The full release of Horticular on 11th July 2024 will also include new features for the game, including full mod support and Twitch integration.

Full Release Highlights:

Complete Story: Launching straight to 1.0 - Through the course of the game you will receive letters from The Council, a collection of garden gnomes that will guide the player and allow them to defeat a mysterious entity known only as The Nemesis.
Varied Game Modes: Alongside the main story mode the game will feature a story mode with 3 different difficulty balance settings as well as a storyless sandbox mode with a further 3 play styles such as Storyless, Peaceful and Creative.
Controller Support: Full controller support means that you can sit back, relax, and experience the game from start to finish without needing to touch your keyboard and mouse - perfect for those lazy TV days. This means it also plays great with the Steam Deck!
Twitch Integration: Streamers and content creators can now incorporate their community into their Horticular gameplay like never before. Viewers will be able to use Bits to add their name to the naming pool for all incoming creatures and Keepers to the garden, as well as sending mail for the streamer to receive in-game.
Mod Support: Horticular will feature full mod support on launch via an included editor, allowing the community to contribute their own additions to the game. Steam Workshop is also fully integrated, meaning installing mods will be quick and easy.

If you haven't already be sure to wishlist the game to be notified when the game goes live!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1928540/Horticular/

Horticular

Guide

Official Mod Guide

This is the official guide for creating modifications to Horticular. An easily read PDF version is included amongst the game files in the Mod folder.

inDirection Games

View all guides

text display and saving

please add a toggle or a separate volume setting (speech, since it imitates that) for the incredibly annoying gibberish that almost made me alt+f4 after the first sentence of the intro. and there should be one more setting for text speed after very high: instant. should remove the also annoying typewriter effect completely and just show sentences at once. it should also be possible to save anytime, not just at the end/start of a day. manual over multiple slots ideally, but at the very least saving on exi...

Dohi64

Jul 8 @ 2:00am

General Discussions

UI issues on steam deck

Part of the display is cut off from the screen on the steam deck, and i find that the controls don't work that well. Left thumbstick is way too sensitive to comfortably maneuver for placement etc.. And then there is the odd thing that you have to double press to get to the interaction menu for tiles, which can then not be exited without accidentally taking an action. The whole thing left me confused......

Fierman

Jul 8 @ 1:56am

General Discussions

No new animals visiting?

First off, I just want to say that I absolutely adore this game - I've never seen such an amazing game demo and I'm definitely going to be buying the full game when it comes out! I've been wanting something like this for a long time - perfect blend of cosy gameplay, management and decor (as well as nature of course)! And the support and communication from the dev is awesome, you can see how passionate he is and how amazing this game is going to be when it comes out in full However, I'm having issues attr...

Sparrow

Jun 25 @ 11:17am

General Discussions

See More Content

No more content. So sad.

You can help: share a screenshot, make a video, or start a new discussion!

Returning to where you were last on this page...

Cancel