🌸 Sakura DLC is OUT NOW! (+ Free "Buyers 2.0" Update!)

🏯 Sakura DLC is now available!

After months of passionate development, we're finally ready to share this carefully crafted DLC with you!

Here at Frozen District, lots of the devs are extremely passionate about everything Japanese - constantly learning about the language and the culture. Our team traveled to Japan on a couple of occasions - most recently with inspiration for this very DLC in mind!

We can confidently say that this was a passion project for many of us here, and we went above and beyond to bring you a special kind of experience with this one! 💙

We really hope you'll enjoy our work:

Watch on YouTube https://store.steampowered.com/app/4351410/House_Flipper_2__Sakura_DLC/

Let's see what Sakura DLC has to offer:

(🤝 = Items were inspired by the community)

New:

• Akamatsu Valley - the Japanese valley environment of your dreams, with 3 different surroundings to choose from!
• 5 jobs ranging from cozy tearoom to abandoned primary school
• 5 characteristic Japanese houses to renovate
• 🤝 3 empty lots to build out your own vision
• 🤝 5 new buyers who set their sights on living in the valley
• 3 intricate wooden assemblies
• A set of new, surprising achievements
• New loading screens, loading tips and music 🌸
• 5 collectibles to find around, which get unlocked in the Store. Some buyers might like them! 😉

Item highlights - 600+ new items:

• Materials:
  • Tan bricks
  • Bamboo wood, lacquered acacia, weathered mahogany and weathered red birch
  • Yellow, brown and green bamboo
  • 🤝8 japanese patterns
  • 🤝Tatami tiles
  • Japanese roof tiles

• Items:
  • 🤝Shoji doors, windows and walls! These can be paper or glass - check the customization options!
  • 🤝Tatami mats - learn the proper way to set them down from Miharu in the jobs 😉
  • Round windows with japanese muntin bars
  • Japanese food sets - sushi, ramen, tea ceremony and matcha
  • Hobby sets - calligraphy, pottery
  • 🤝Samurai decorations like katana. (Put the scabbard on the katana and mount them!)
  • A plethora of decorations including a kimono, noren, fans and figurines
  • 🤝Bonsai trees alongside matching pots
  • Ikebana centerpieces
  • Beautiful paper lamps and lanterns
  • Kotatsu and other low tables, complete with low chairs and pillows
  • Make your own zen garden, complete with gravel, stones, bridges and stone lanterns
  • 🤝Irises, wisteria, ginkgo, cherry blossoms, bamboo
  • Futons, school equipment, vending machines, kei cars and much much more!

📢 At the same time, the free Buyers 2.0 Update is here!

We're substantially expanding the buyers system! On top of that, we're also bringing you lots of gameplay improvements, like the long-awaited empty plots for Story Mode, tweaks to roofing mechanics, motion blur quality of life features, and some extra items on top!

Check it all out:

(🤝 = Items were inspired by the community)

Additions and changes:

• 🤝 Buyers 2.0 - a complete rework of the original system
  • 🤝 Commenting on homes (over 30 000 words were written for this update! 😮)
  • 🤝 New way of counting profit which allows for Empty Parcels in Story Mode!
  • Buyer satisfaction has a BIG impact on the price 😉
  • Moodboards for each buyer
  • 🤝 New perks, including pinning buyers 📌
  • You can buy information about especially elusive buyers 😎
  • Buyers look at many aspects - environment, building size, the items inside and even what tags the items have! Cozy and ornate or futuristic and simple? See who shows up!
  • 3 new base game buyers including Tom Marino who will guide you through the process

• 🤝 4 new empty lots in Story Mode
• 🤝 Store improvements
  • 🤝 "New items" category
  • 🤝 Search algorithm rework - now "Door" gives you "Door" instead of "Outdoor trash bin" 🙈
  • The search suggestions now include item series, companies and categories
  • Filters are visible in the Store
  • Filters work with the Search function i.e. "Sakura DLC" filter + searching for "Door" results doors from the DLC at the top

• 🤝 Experimental Motion Sickness help, found in Settings/Gameplay
  • 🤝 Crosshair customization - size, color and type
  • 🤝 Third-Person Perspective Mode
  • Motion Blur is off by default

• Before and After now has 3 settings - Ultra, On and Off. The Default is On i.e. your Graphics Settings. If photos seem worse quality than before, please try out Ultra.
• 🤝Phone calls have their own slider in the Settings/Sound tab
• 🤝 Roof building improvements
  • Building now takes 3 clicks instead of 2, and is more precise
  • You can build another roof without exiting Fly mode
  • Flying to build or edit a roof should be less confusing (added tips how to fly, auto-fly height is lowered etc.)
  • Exiting from flying drops you directly below where you were, so you can easily edit the roof again
  • New roof profiles and roof bend settings which let you make East Asian roofs, domes and more!

• 🤝 Item Assembly changes
  • 🤝 The timer has been completely removed from Assembly
  • Completing assemblies unlocks the assembled item in the Store
  • The discount for completing assemblies is higher

• The Main Menu layout has changed to accommodate our future plans 😉
  • Continue game will bring your office in Story Mode
  • Sandbox Mode can be found under Play
  • DLC will show if you have DLCs added to your account

• Job improvements
  • 🤝 More items have green highlights for where they should be placed (fences, stairs, pools etc.) This also works on Jobs from mod.io 😄
  • The quest list will collapse when all items are sold or bought
  • 🤝 The quest list will now say if all tasks are completed in a room

• Item improvements
  • All jungfrau pieces and all constructions (stairs, pools) are now concrete instead of brick. You can still paint/tile them!
  • 🤝 Decorative wall lamela can be resized sideways, as well as upward
  • Kitchen jars can be filled with rice, mint, sugar etc.

• Discord Rich Presence

Item highlights - 100+ new items:

• Items:
  • 🤝 Clothes which hang on hangers
  • 🤝 Wall panel pieces to fill out 20cm gaps
  • Bathrooms doors with 3 types of vents
  • Persian carpets with different patterns available
  • Store counter set
  • Karaoke set
  • Japanese paper lamps
  • Waterfalls
  • Path rocks (press V to randomize!)
  • Japanese maple, Japanese quince, Spider lily and Creeping phlox

• Materials:
  • Gold leaf metal
  • Soft fabric and denim
  • Standing seam roof
  • Braided wicker
  • 2 new types of paint - Limewash, Textured plaster

Fixes

• 🤝 Durham paper lamps now light up fully
• 🤝 Blue ghosts of objects when moving an object are only visible to other players. When playing solo they will be invisible
• Pie menu can be used only with the right joystick
• Price formatting in the Store
• Misc. roof fixes for cutting out grass and virtual walls
• Fixed freezes when selling fences
• Reflection probe refresh optimization

Known issues

• Button tooltips will not update when changing bindings in the settings (changed buttons will work, just the graphics is wrong). Fix is on the way.

🚨 A new Community Contest arrives!

After a short break, we're back with a brand-new challenge, doubling down on the Japanese vibes - and we can't wait to see your projects!

Make sure to read the contest page carefully, as we also updated the ruleset quite a bit!
In there, we also described the new contest format as well as talked about some caveats of Community Contests in general!

To read more, visit the main contest page on Mod.io or click on the image below:

Thank you all so much for being here with us!
This DLC has a special place in our hearts, and we hope it'll find a special place in yours too! 💙