As you might have seen in our previous post, we are heading to Cologne for Gamescom 2025. The event runs from 20 to 24 August and if you are also attending, you can come meet us in person.
We will be at The Indie Arena Booth where you can try out Forklift games, chat with the team, pick up exclusive giveaways and snap some fun photos with us. We will be there in full leaf blowing spirit and would love to meet you.
But there is more. Steam is already featuring all Gamescom participants today and to celebrate we have updated the Leaf Blower Co. Demo. This update is based directly on your feedback and we are incredibly grateful for all the suggestions, bug reports and ideas you have shared. They have helped us make the game even better for everyone. Thank you!
And as special treat, we've even switched out one of the Freeplay levels - jump into the calming zen of the new Japanese Courtyard location now!
New job selection board: all jobs are now represented as postcards on a map, including bonus jobs
Mushrooms added (similar to weeds) to burn on ground and trees
New level unlocked after first area cleared (not seen before in the demo)
New "No Zones Mode" Prototype available in HUB — play without zones
Bonus Work now has random weather and time
Air now blows along the ground instead of just at leaves which are pointed at directly
New butterflies added to the Mayor’s house
Clean wipes happen in each zone for every 25% of total leaves collected in that zone
🎮 Gameplay Changes
XP now earned twice as fast
Leaves are randomly dispersed on each level every time you play
Crows are random across all levels they’re in
Weeds are random across all levels they’re in
Leaves will not get kicked forward in first person mode but will in 3rd person mode
Tarp bag stacking improved
Bins now have a cluster mode that counts leaves blown into them continuously until 3 seconds have elapsed without any getting blown in, then displays and awards points
Bins count down the number of leaves remaining
Ground Circle on for Shredder, off for Leafblower (default setting)
🎨 Visuals and UI
New animations and floor wipes for cleared areas (every 25% cleared) with on-screen indication
UI updates to show progression
Ground circle indicator off by default, can be enabled in Settings → General
FOV now available as an option in Settings
The TAB key now toggles the HUD on and off
Cursor reverted to standard cursor to avoid input lag issue on menus
Emissive leaves always off even at night
🔊 Audio
Lots of sounds removed for a more zen experience
🏠 World Interactions
Shower can now be turned off in Mayor's house
💡 Quality of Life
Update to pop-up tips
Random jobs no longer set in pitch dark (can still be called from freeplay)
🐞 Bug Fixes
Snow no longer collects on pipes so numbers can always be seen clearly regardless of weather
Coconuts no longer play audio for too long when under water
Boxes in suburb fixed so they no longer disappear
POV bug fixed
Weeds and crow counts fixed so they match the objectives
Mushroom counts fixed on the side underneath the level indicator
Bug with "mushroom taken care of" text on the UI causing the level radial wheel to be the wrong size is now fixed
— The Leaf Blower Team
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