Hello, Renovators! 👷♂️👻
We are back with a big update! 🛠️
We've been reading tons of your messages, ideas, and suggestions and we can't thank you enough for being such a creative and passionate community. It really means the world to us that so many of you want to help make Haunted House Renovator the best it can be! 💙
Today, we're proud to present a completely new tutorial experience!
We have created an entirely new location designed specifically to guide you step by step through the game's core mechanics. Whether you're learning how to remove stains, banish ghosts, or redecorate haunted rooms, this tutorial will make sure you're fully prepared for the challenges ahead. For seasoned players, you can choose to skip the tutorial at any time via the pause menu.
Here's the full list of changes and fixes included in this update:
- A new tutorial!
Start a new game and you'll find yourself in a new, dedicated training environment. This carefully designed location introduces all the basic mechanics in a structured way, so that future hauntings won't catch you off guard! Don't worry, experienced renovators can skip the tutorial if they want to jump straight into the action.
- New haunting: Maidus Notsohelpfus
Our amazing Kickstarter community helped design this one through a series of votes! This ghostly maid may be more of a nuisance than a help, but she certainly brings character (and a bit of chaos) to the Painter's and Financier's locations. Keep your eyes peeled!
- New haunting: Poltergeistus Victorianus
Inspired by an idea from our most generous Kickstarter supporter, this poltergeist has made its home in the Red Riding Hood and Entomologist's locations. As per our backer's request, this spirit is very interested in electronic devices so watch out for your lamps! And yes, it will act like a normal clock from time to time to avoid suspicion. Expect vintage spookiness!
- New furniture has been added to the shop!
- Fixed a rare case that caused an infinite loading screen.
- Lights in the entrance halls of most locations are now turned on by default.
- The Wraith icon now disappears properly after a successful banishment.
- Improved animations for the gremlin haunting.
- Added some previously missing Cat Lady items to the shop.
- Fixed the door placement in the Cat Lady's Apartment.
- The cursor no longer loses focus after drawing a magic circle.
- Added an option to reset the orientation of an item moved via Teleportation.
- Wraiths reappear faster after possessing the player.
- Fixed incorrect sizes for newly placed paneling.
- Reworked the scale option for wallpapers to improve detail visibility.
- Fixed an issue that caused keybindings to reset in some cases. Note that if you played in the last few patches, this fix may require you to reset keybindings to their default settings once in order to take effect.
- The teleportation grid toggle now cycles through levels of precision for more control.
- The game should no longer ask players to add more lamps after the light requirement is already fulfilled.
- Fixed an issue with "missing string entry" text appearing in the summary screen
- Increased the resolution of wallpapers
- Dansus Bouncus Nonstopus will no longer disable the music for the entire location it's in. Instead, it will only work if the player is nearby.
- Fixed broken materials for paneling.
- The function to change item preview in shop has been rebound to the mouse wheel to resolve a conflict that prevented the player from rotating purchased objects.
- Buzzer Filther's nice banishment method has been simplified and its bestiary entries changed accordingly.
- UI icons pointing at collectibles now no longer disappear after saving and loading the game.
- Partial fix for an issue that broke the preview functionality of the wallpaper settings menu. It may still occur but not as often.
- Wraiths can no longer change essential collectibles into ducks.
- And of course many other small fixes.
We're incredibly grateful to have you with us on this journey, your support and feedback help shape the future of Haunted House Renovator. This game is truly a collaborative effort, and we love building it together with you!
As always, if you encounter bugs or have a cool idea you'd like to share, let us know on Discord or the Steam forums. We're reading everything! 👀
Join our discord to chat with us directly!
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