Botany Manor news & patch notes

Hey botanists! We're super excited to announce our participation in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase! You can purchase our game at a 10% discount from 23d of May till the 30th. Don't forget to drop by the livestream that will kick off today! Happy puzzling everyone! Laure from Balloon Studios

Hello everyone! We have another botanical patch for you all! This patch includes a small amount of fixes: * If you're holding an item when saving, you'll still be holding the item when you later load the game. * Added a fix for disappearing items, and any previously disappeared items will be in the spot they were placed. Have a great Tuesday! The Botany Manor Team

Hey botanists! We’re so happy to see you all enjoying Botany Manor! Thank you all for communicating and reporting issues, we have fixed up a bunch and listed them below. Please understand we are a very small team and are still addressing other issues, which will roll out in due time. Full list of fixes: * Replaced ‘move up’ with ‘move down’ on the tower lever. * Added a collider to the kitchen wall so the interaction dots of the scale weights don’t see through. * Some localisation fixes. * Make sure saving doesn’t happen while sitting down, causing a potential locked player state on resuming the game. * Fix a typo in the letter from Arabella’s sister in the Flower Room. * Fix a typo on the squirrel card in the Boat House. * Make sure the letter lock is correctly localised in Traditional and Simplified Chinese at the start of the game. * Trigger the plant growth achievement after growing a plant, so players with missing achievements can trigger it even after completing the game. * Added a chapter select to main menu, so you can easily restart/replay a chapter. This should help currently soft-locked players while we work on more fixes. * Fix an issue where the Formal Garden key would be missing when resuming the game, if it was not picked up in previous session.

* Prevent players from exiting the tower while it's going up, causing them to soft lock the game. * Make sure the game doesn't autosave on resuming in main menu, overriding their save data.

Hello Botanists, We're so excited to announce that Botany Manor is out now on Steam! Join Arabella Greene in her quest to grow all the plants inside her botanical research book 'Forgotten Flora' and discover the many clues scattered around the grounds of the manor. Don't forget to join our Discord for any puzzle hints or feedback, and we also made a handy bug reporting form should you experience an issue.

Hello fellow botanists! There are only a few more days before you’ll get to explore the grounds of Botany Manor! Just before we launch on the 9th of April, Balloon Studios' creative director Laure De Mey has put together a new video, taking you through one of the enchanting puzzles you’ll encounter. Pixie Tears are one of the rare forgotten flora that retired botanist Arabella Greene has collected as part of her long years of research. Like many of the plants in her collection, this specimen requires a very specific set of circumstances in order for it to bloom. Laure walks us through Arabella's research collection to determine just how to make this mysterious flower flourish. You can learn more about the Pixie Tears by watching the video below (spoiler alert!): Thank you all so much for all your support during development. We can’t wait for you to play Botany Manor next week, so please give us a wishlist and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok to make sure you’re kept up to date.

Hey botanists! We’re excited to share that Botany Manor will be making its grand return to PAX East with an updated demo just ahead of launch! If you’re attending the event, drop by the Whitethorn Games booth — booth 18037, located on the show floor of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center — from March 21st through the 24th to meet with the Whitethorn Games team and check out the latest demo! If you’re not headed to Boston, don’t worry! Botany Manor will also be part of the PAX East Steam event, so you can check out the demo there! As always, don't forget to wishlist Botany Manor to keep up to date with any more announcements. You can also give us a follow on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram.

Hey botanists! During Whitethorn Winter 2024, we revealed that the majestic doors of Botany Manor will be opening to the public on April 9! To celebrate the news, we put together a new trailer showing off some more of the flowers and puzzles you’ll get to experience in the game very soon! You can watch that below: If you’d like to see more regarding the development of Botany Manor, check out our feature during the Whitethorn Winter 2024 showcase. We hope you enjoy!🌱 As always, don't forget to wishlist Botany Manor to keep up to date with any more announcements. You can also give @botanymanor a follow on Twitter, TikTok and Instagram.

Hey botanists! Steam Next Fest is here and the updated demo is ready for you to explore! If you'd like to see some of the gameplay you'll find in the demo, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the process for creating the flowers you'll be growing, you can stop by our stream throughout the event! We hope you enjoy!🌱 As always, don't forget to wishlist Botany Manor to keep up to date with any more announcements. You can also give us a follow on Twitter, TikTok and Instagram.

Hey botanists! Steam Next Fest is here and the updated demo is ready for you to explore! If you'd like to see some of the gameplay you'll find in the demo, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the process for creating the flowers you'll be growing, you can stop by our stream throughout the event! We hope you enjoy!🌱 As always, don't forget to wishlist Botany Manor to keep up to date with any more announcements. You can also give us a follow on Twitter, TikTok and Instagram.

Hello botanists! Exciting news: Steam Next Fest has officially begun and our newly updated demo is available right now! In the demo, you'll be able to grow the Windmill Wort and the Fulguria, as well as explore the beginning section of the manor and gardens. Since our last demo we've added a few improvements: :plant: The plants and manor have received a make-over. :read: There are more clues to interact with, telling you a little more about Arabella's life. :bench: You can sit down on benches and chairs! :key: You can try out our new key-unlock mechanic. :tool: We added general bugfixes, optimisation and polish. If you enjoyed the demo, have any feedback or issues, feel free to comment below or join our Discord for help: https://discord.gg/UYrxF85cVQ. You can also wishlist the game to show further support for the game. Happy planting! Laure from Balloon Studios {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43187138/34ce65de24d346ff864074a3a692d2c7de11eaa7.png https://store.steampowered.com/app/1425350/Botany_Manor/

Hey botanists! Grab your gardening gloves, because Botany Manor is taking part in Steam Next Fest - February 2024! That means you'll be able to play a newly updated demo, going live on the 5th of February. You'll also be able to watch a few developer livestreams during the event, so make sure to keep an eye out for those! As always, don't forget to wishlist Botany Manor to keep up to date with any more announcements. You can also give us a follow on Twitter, TikTok and Instagram. We hope you'll enjoy pottering around the manor :plant: :Sunflower: Cheers! Laure from Balloon Studios {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43187138/ade4762f0d0591d2e3baf145ee20ee0aa3b9e49c.png

Hello, fellow botanists! We have a short but very exciting announcement today: Botany Manor will be opening its glorious gardens, graceful greenhouse, and dignified doors to players in Spring 2024! We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to make sure that we deliver the best possible version of the game to our players, and we can’t wait to get it into your hands next Spring! We’ve put together a new trailer showing off some of what you can expect from Botany Manor at launch, which we’ve shared below: Thank you all so much for all your support during development. We will have many more exciting things to share with you in the new year, so please give us a wishlist and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok to make sure you’re kept up to date.

Hello, fellow botanists! As we prepare for the glorious gardens, graceful greenhouse, and dignified doors of Botany Manor to open, we wanted to reveal a special look at some of the clues you’ll need to seek out in the beautiful manor in order to help Arabella Greene bring long-forgotten flora into full bloom! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43187138/5cb6e735b6c8a24c68cb6c515057957ff698935f.png Arabella’s stunning historical English homestead is filled to the brim with a lifetime of memorabilia and research just waiting for you to uncover and explore. As you uncover the long-forgotten seeds she intends to research, you will need to explore the manor in search of these clues to help her determine the precise conditions required to help each rare plant grow. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43187138/194bf97dd30d29f6ca644d1a648fd98861ce05bb.png Some of these clues will come in the form of books, letters, postcards, poems, and assorted other pieces of botanical research and scientific data, including cell samples, charts, and much more. With each new clue you uncover, you’ll be able to piece together the puzzle to bring each flower to its full growth. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43187138/f9ca0eaff7edde4c97513a7153ceae4cc8f9bd6b.png Each clue is interactable; by turning bottles, examining both sides of letters or postcards, and turning the pages of books, you’re invited to thoroughly investigate each item. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43187138/4fd0faf0a81a0764550a792da33a43ee990c0614.png As clues are discovered, you can document them in your very own herbarium that you can access at any time as you uncover the mysteries surrounding these plants. We hope you enjoyed this brief introduction to some of the clues you’ll find in Botany Manor! We’ll have more things to show and some big announcements in the coming months, so if you’d like to stay up-to-date we’d love it if you would drop us a wishlist, and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.

Today we are excited to reveal the first look at Botany Manor, as during Wholesome Direct, we announced its first Steam demo! If you're eager to get your hands on Botany Manor - you're in luck! Starting today until June 19, you can explore the manor and help Arabella research the unique way to make each flower flourish. We hope you enjoy it! We also presented a brand-new trailer during the showcase, which offers the first look at the Herbarium, a book that documents botanist Arabella Greene’s research into the mysterious plants she uncovers, and an essential tool to help you track the clues discovered to solve each puzzle. You’ll also get a sneak peek at four of the flowers from the game: Windmill Wort, Fulguria, Phoenix of the Forest, and Sapphire Gloom. In case you missed Wholesome Direct, you can catch the new trailer here: https://youtu.be/AMHBEg9cogM Thank you for all your support, and if you enjoyed the demo, don’t forget to wishlist the game!