Desktop Farm news & patch notes

Hello, dear Desktop Farm players! I have exciting news for you: Expansion Pack, our first DLC, has just been released on the Steam platform! 🌱🚜 Expansion Pack is the result of collaboration with you, our loyal players. It was created thanks to your ideas and the requests of those who wanted to support my development by purchasing extra content. I truly appreciate your enthusiasm and dedication to our game! DLC includes: More animals - Alpaca, Goat, Ram, Pig. More plants - Sunflowers, Beetroot, Leek, Watermelon. More fences - White style. This DLC is also for gamers who would like to support my projects. Thank you very much! Best Regards, 3DM Greg

Hello, I have prepared for you a new package of corrections and additions to our bestseller DESKTOP FARM live wallpaper. Thanks to the wonderful community, we received problem reports and new ideas that needed to be implemented. I have published a large patch for 2024 that improves and beautifies Desktop Farm. This is my and the 3DM devs' thank you for 70,000 copies of the game sold. The patch includes: 1. Rewritten many lines of code for better optimization. 2. Replaced game shaders for better appearance and performance. 3. Fixed bugs reported by players. 4. New crops added. (Tomatoes, Onions) 5. New animals added. (Chicken, Duck) 6. Music added. (10 relaxing songs) 7. Added ability to change post-production effects. (4 types) 8. Improved buying and selling system. 9. Improved day and night system (real-time to your clock). 10. Improved game blocking system when you start another game, giving you 100% power. Thank you once again to everyone who believed in this project and to those who didn't, which made me want to do it even more ;) Making a functional game as a live wallpaper that works with Windows wasn't easy, but it was worth it. This patch had to be created. For all of you. Just press "Update" please ;D Best Regards, 3DM Greg

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38202331/83839842a854b3e89ecb06c25d02394ee3f69403.png Feel free to change your wallpaper to something interesting. This is the best time to download my unique designs at such a low price.

Hello everyone and we wish you a Happy Holidays and an awesome 2024.

My name is Greg and I am the founder of 3DM whose goal was to design and release unique designs as wallpapers on the Steam platform...and we did it. :D 3DM is not a company with offices and a team. 3DM has never had external financial support. I created 3DM as a single person who used my own funds to employ freelancers who coded my crazy ideas for you. I thank them very much for their support. Despite everything, we managed to publish 14 projects that appeared on many screens around the world. Countless problems, sleepless nights, sweat and tears. Over time, we got better and the designs were improved thanks to the support of players. Thanks to your support. Thank you with all my heart. As a thank you and on the occasion of the Winter Steam Sale, we are publishing big discounts for those who have just discovered my designs. I highly encourage you to try it and to support the micro developer.

I wish you a lot of health and joy with your loved ones.

I wish 2024 to be better for everyone!

Big love and thanks for support.

Best wishes, Greg 3DM

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Hi All,

3DM is a family-owned company that decided to do something different on Steam than everyone else. My little son, the hero for whom I created 3DM, is the driving force. Interactive wallpapers created on the normal Unity 3D engine turned out to be a bigger problem than we expected. Years of hard work and interesting ideas have allowed full working support for Windows designs as 3D interactive wallpapers. Investments in good programmers turned out to be the key to success for 3DM to finally start earning money for itself. :) Unfortunately, some time ago Steam changed the display of programs on the main page, which significantly reduced the reach of 3DM. Imagine, your family business goes down 80% in one day. :( Nevertheless, we have developed many unique designs that will go down in Steam history as 3DM is the only publisher of 3D interactive wallpapers worldwide. No one else in the world has created continuous 3D interactive wallpapers. That's why I strongly encourage you to support family 3DM by buying our designs at the Summer Sale. This is a great time to get our designs at a great price. Thank you for your support.

Best Regards,

3DM Greg

Desktop Mars will be released soon in Early Access. Please, consider adding it to your Wishlist to be on time. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1895410/Desktop_Mars/ Desktop Mars is my new project where we combined constructive game and live wallpaper, all in the style of Minecraft / Voxel. Build, collect, upgrade and expand your new population on Mars before Elon Musk does! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38202331/a7ad6d145124ac68f27df6020b83bfe200afe0af.jpg Main features: -No rush on time - Build your colony in your style and time. -Real day and night system - If you play at night, your colony will be at night as well. -Displayed as wallpaper - Build your colony on Mars on your desktop when doing other stuff. -Automatic pause - When you play your games, DesktopMars will pause for this moment. -Automatic start with Windows - Your colony on Mars will start working when you run your PC. -Steam disconnect - Hide your activity (game restart needed). -Optimised - Optimised to reduce PC usage to the minimum. -Settings check - The wallpaper will recognize your system setting and change it if needed. If not, please read "Community HUB/Discussions" or text me for help. If you like the idea of this game, please consider adding it to your Wishlist to be on time. Thanks for support. Best Regards, 3DM Greg

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Hello,

We decided to set up our Discord channel so that we could have even better communication. We've had a lot of inquiries about this platform, and we know many of you are using it. This is a great place to see what we are working on and you can ask questions to others and our team. :D Do you have any ideas or maybe some questions? We are also happy to respond to Discord.

Here is an invitation for you.

https://discord.com/invite/eh3mQuqeC4 See you on Discord. ;D 3DM

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Hello everyone.

We have a new pack number 5 with updates. Most of them coming from your comments so now the game will be even better. Thanks for all your feedback!

The list of changes:

Fixed notifications that been hidden under the menu bar. Rabbits and sheep will not eat the trees any more. The dog AI has been improved. Animals blocking on the fences - fixed. Probably more little things. :D Once again thanks for our feedback and suggestions. :D Best Regards, 3DM

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38202331/577d762baf75c7ecbea37ceb86fb8998ee81e355.jpg Hello everybody, Many of you have reported that you would like more content. After adding more animals, we had to add more crops and trees. Now you can make your farm even more varied. The new ones are: Carrots Lettuce Pear Tree Plum Tree {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38202331/8697463039e388ab33928cbcc6a2ca5d16056a8a.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38202331/0f3f1f0350c1dc867a509bbb2073e484c5a80824.jpg With them, your farms will be even more beautiful. Let me know what you think and how it works for you. Or maybe you have more ideas? Email me here or [email protected] Have fun updating your farm :D Best Regards, 3DM G

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Hello Everyone,

Many of you wanted more animals to spice up the gameplay. Although this game was supposed to be simple, we couldn't leave it at that.

We've added some animals that you can add to the game.

Sheeps

- sheep, similar to a cow, eats everything, so it's good to keep them in the yard, but it is not required.

Horses

- Horses love a lot of space, but keep them away from crops.

Rabbits

- these appear when we have more crops. Rabbits eat our crops quickly, so it's worth chasing them quickly with your cat.

Cat

- A cat can live in your house and chase away the rabbits that eat your crops.

Dog

- a dog added to the house will chase away the sheep that eat the crops. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38202331/4185385f43fab4d593f0f0a5ce168fee3e5a652f.jpg We hope you will enjoy the pack of new animals. Text me if there are any problems. Unfortunately, the animals must pass through the building. Now we will add more crops to make the game even more interesting. ;) The new update coming soon. Greetings from the 3DM team

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38202331/9c60bc51955f8bfd9426d418c2ef2a6fe1ee11e9.jpg Hey. We got a lot of comments from you about the cows and their blocking on the fences. We had to fix it. The problem mainly occurred when there were too many cows in one fence. The cow AI was replaced along with the fence blocking repair. The cows should now behave better and come out when blocked. We also improved some other mechanics and a slight change of balance will allow for a more addictive adventure. We haven't added new content like new trees, plants or animals. This is our first live wallpaper game and we immediately assumed it would be simple, relaxing and cheap. We are thinking about creating something new, similar to more content, but for now,, we have to publish MY WOLF on which we have been working for over a year. I highly recommend this project and I encourage you to add it to WISHLIST because it will premiere soon! There was also an amendment to Planet Evolution as if someone interested. We have a really tight schedule ... btw. I spend the last days in the hospital ..... my first son Victor was born! :D :...D :D Please make the update. All should be better now. ;) Thank you again for your feedback and suggestions. 3DM Greg

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Hey.

Yes, our translations are not great. We are a little team and it's really hard to fight with all words in many languages. Each is different and complicated. Maybe you would like to help? We have a list in Excel file with all of the used words. This way will be much faster. It's a simple game so there is not much to do.

If you want to help:

Please download the Excel file, fill with your language under "Translations" side by side. Please use uppercase letters if they appear in the English version. Some of the words have only uppercase letters. When all will be done, please send it to me at

[email protected]

and say hello. :D

File to download is here:

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AkAW1O8Ee78okD8lCm3awhc8XwTT?e=ADPnwj

!!! Do not edit an existing file, please.

We can add more languages if needed. :D Thank you for your support. 3DM

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Hi,

Yes, The BIG update 3 had to be the last one but we had to tweak a few things and add requests of our supporters. By my mistake, the previous versions didn't check and set your Windows settings properly. Some people had a problem with control over the game. This problem has gone. Every system will be checked now. The game will set everything for you, just follow the steps if the wrong setting will be detected. DesktopFarm needs it to work as interactive wallpaper.

List of changes:

Updated Chinese language.

Thanks to one of our user from China we could improve translations. The full list of used words is published in the News section. Fill it if you want to help us with your language. Thanks!

Proper System check.

The game will detect your Windows10 settings and will change it if needed.

Steam Connect fix.

Fixed Steam Connects. Uncheck it and turn off and on the game. Desktop Farm status will be hidden on Steam.

Clear road.

Now you can build a road without any lines.

Camera rotation and angle fix.

Now the camera rotation will be more smooth. Changing angle will keep the camera level to avoid upside-down position.

Camera reset icon.

Now you have the icon to reset camera angles.

Map reset warning.

Now you will see a warning before you reset the entire game. Probably something more.... Thank you for all information, feedback and ideas. Best Regards 3DM

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Hi.

We have another patch package for you. This will probably be the last BIG update as everything has fixed.

The current update includes:

- Change the camera angle.

Now you can rotate the camera with the right mouse button. You can change the camera tilt angle with the middle mouse button.

- We improved restoring the previous wallpaper.

Fixed a bug where the game would restore your previous background, mainly a solid colour.

- We fixed the cows.

We have slightly changed the way we pay for them and loading them after the sale.

- We improved road construction.

The icons have been fixed. Probably something else, but I don't remember now. Thanks for reporting bugs, issues or interesting ideas. :D Peace, 3DM

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Hey.

The project turned out to be quite a success so we got more feedback from you with new ideas and bug fixes. We are very grateful for any suggestions or reporting bugs.

What we improved/fixed:

- The saving system is new.

Unfortunately, there was a problem with the fencing, so a new recording system was created to avoid this problem.

! We recommend restarting the map from the menu.

The reset will restart the wallpaper! then you will lose your current farm. We do not require it but recommend that you restart the map.

- The auto pause system is new.

We've improved game pause so you have full computer power for your normal games. When you enable them, DesktopFarm will save and stop. After returning to the desktop, Desktop Farm will start working again.

Automatic pause recognizes most games but some require pausing from the main menu.

-Grow plants and cows.

We have slightly improved the system responsible for growing plants and cows. The system is so efficient that it will allow you to quickly harvest your crops and earn money.

-Sliding and removing the house.

Now you can move and delete the main house. The improved system will allow the house to be better adapted to the map. -probably some more and new update will be soon.

FAQ

DesktopFarm doesn't work. Windows 10 needed. Can't manage the game. Don't use any live wallpaper before. Restart Windows if you had some. They block our wallpaper to run. Fences fixed? Yes, fixed. Use your map but we recommend to start a new map. All these corrections were made possible with your help. Thank you very much. :D If something is wrong, please write and we will certainly quickly correct it. 3DM

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Hello our Desktop Farmers :D

I admit that we did not expect such a big interest in our Desktop Farm. This is our first game, but we have many other projects in the library and we are already working on new ones. This, unfortunately, meant that we did not notice a few bugs when testing different settings. Fortunately, many of you have helped us by locating the problems and proposing slightly different solutions. Thank you very much for that. We corrected everything that was reported: Fixed Multi-screen support Fixed Camera Fixed Apple Trees Fixed Roads Fixed Fences Fixed Cows Fixed Grass Fixed Save and Load and a few more tweaks. Additionally, we would like to thank the users: .✪ illestXVolkswgn Two Gun Bob イ モ 刀 刀 ㄚ Who even led us by the hand showing what we can improve in Desktop Farm. Thanks a lot! We have freebies for you if you contact us on a private chat ;D Of course, if someone notices any problems, please report them to us and we will fix them right away. Thank you again for all your help. We are a tiny team (very busy) and it is thanks to our users that we can improve our projects.

BIG THANKS,

Best Regards, 3DM Team

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Hello.

This time we prepared a game displayed as an interactive wallpaper of the system for you. Desktop Farm is a relaxing builder style game where you can create your own farm in the background while doing other things. Each map is procedurally generated so each farm will be different. Desktop Farm gives you the freedom to create your wallpaper where you don't have to rush and your crops will grow with time. This project has a Real-Time system that changes the time of day according to your watch. When you play by day, the farm will be by day. When you play at night, the wallpaper will also be at night. Thanks to this, you will not get a sun blast on your face during the night, which will also have a positive effect on your eyes. At Desktop Farm you can plant plants, trees or raise cows. Plants require water sprinklers, but rain can also hydrate them. Cows eat all the plants, so keep them in the yard. Remember that more cows require more land with plants to eat and grow. The video tutorial is on Store Page and inside the game in the menu. We hope you like this idea. We already got some feedback so soon we will fix the bugs and generally improve Desktop Farm.

Desktop Farm is for WINDOWS 10 only !

Thanks for your support. 3DM