Tutorial Update

House and Home Fest

It's here!

This is the Festival I've been working towards since the start of the project!

The Demo will be a great experience for new and veteran players

Tutorial

For newcomers, starting your new Hearth can be slow going - others seem to build mansions while you learn to place tables.

Now the first day building you home isn't so heavy - We added tutorials to introduce

• The Catalog

• Placement

• Destruction

• Fine Editing

• Building Expansion - Push / Pull walls and floors

You should have everything you need to start your Hearth!

Quality of Life Improvements

Outlines

Outlines now show what the action will do

• Select = White outline and Fill

• Attach = Blue outline when an asset will attach to another when dropped

• Edit = Shown Grid and Outline only

• Remove = Red outline and Fill

The bottom left UI also shows which mode you're in.

Catalog Hierarchy

We noticed there were too many items in single categories, so now the Catalog has been updated with nested categories!

• Simply put you can go multiple layers deep now.

• Added Decor - Tableware, Shelf wares, Misc and Ornaments and other

• Added Produce - Food, Drink (to split those up)

Building Effects

I added new building sounds and visual effects to make that gameplay more juicy and responsive when adding and removing walls freely. Sounds and Dust add A LOT to the feel!

Modifier Keys and New Key Bind Actions

The ALT key modifies each mode to add extra functionality.

• Place Mode Modifier = Mass Placement, just keep clicking!

• Edit Mode Modifier = Solo toggle, i.e. don't move this group, just the selected asset

• Remove Mode Modifier = Mass Remove, drag your mouse to remove many assets (with care!)

• Duplicate! = CTRL + D, that's right, once you have the perfect angle, just duplicate and move!

• Undo! = Escape key, and coming to a Ctrl + Z soon because I realize that's way more usable!

All Modes by Key

Switch between any mode with keys at anytime (previously you had to be in Build mode to access edit mode etc, now its way more seamless)

• Place Mode = 1

• Edit Mode = 2

• Paint Mode = 3 (coming soon)

• Build Mode = 4

• Remove Mode = 5

• Edit > Move = Q

• Edit > Rotate = E

• Edit > Scale = R

Place Mode Modifier

ALT + Click during Place Mode

Duplicate Key

CTRL + D while Editing and Asset (Move, Rotate, Scale mode)

Remove Modifier

ALT + Drag Mouse during Remove Mode