In this first larger update for Cloud Gardens, we set out to fix a lot of playability suggestions that players submitted. This package of tweaks should make the game a lot more comfortable to play. We also improved the tutorial to make it easier for new players to get into the game.

We present to you the full changelog:

• [Feature] 🖱✨ Sticky Selection: Click once to grab items, right-click to release
• [Feature] Grab seeds directly from the Incubator
• [Feature] Grab seeds directly from the scene
• [Feature] "Vacuum": hold down the mouse to harvest multiple fruits
• [Feature] Allow rotating props with keyboard (Q/E)
• [Feature] Improved Tutorial
• [Feature] Improved save window (delete/rename/overwrite saves)
• [Feature] Show "Energy Radius" of props before placing them
• [Feature] Improved Water Bubble VFX
• [Bug Fix] Empty Water bubble despawns abrubtly
• [Bug Fix] Rain SFX keeps playing after water bubble is empty
• [Feature] Improve "batch blips" (the little indicators that show how many batches of items you are still getting)
• [Bug Fix] Sign model has no back
• [Bug Fix] Newly revealed seed is grabbed while card screen is open
• [Bug Fix] Revealing two new seeds at once locks the game in the card view
• [Bug Fix] Reloading a scene on the same level that is currently being played prevents any plants from growing
• [Bug Fix] Moss is destroyed when loading a game
• [Bug Fix] Birds sometimes sit in mid-air
• [Bug Fix] Screen doesn't fade out while loading a game
• [Bug Fix] Camera snaps back when starting recording
• [Bug Fix] Bamboo gets fruits before it is fully grown
• [Bug Fix] First page of catalog always shows question marks
• [Bug Fix] Interacting with the UI (e.g. the catalog) while holding a prop, will then place that prop (behind the UI)
• [Bug Fix] Seeds bounce off scene for unknown reason
• [Bug Fix] The receiver of the Water Bubble's rain energy is finnicky/unclear
• [Bug Fix] Water Bubble energy does not flow back into Seed

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