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Today is a BIG DAY - The BIGGEST House Builder 2 update. Check our trailer🎬

What you can expect?🕵

💎 OLD SAVES

🔹 Existing saves load and are migrated to the new progression automatically but might break in one way or another and its highly recommended to start over.

🔹 Loading an older save offers to start over. A new playthrough is recommended, because the early game has new jobs, mechanics and tutorials.

💎 NEW BUILDING MECHANICS

🔹 Nailing: placed planks, boards and roof tiles have to be nailed down. Strike while the marker is in the green zone. A mistimed hit drives the nail in crooked.

🔹 Screwing: terrace boards and plasterboard are fastened with a Screwdriver. Hold to build torque and release inside the green band. Holding too long strips the screw.

🔹 Mortar: blocks and bricks are laid in mortar. Mix dry mortar and water in a Bucket or Concrete Mixer, stir, then spread it with the Mason Trowel before laying the next course. Mortar left standing dries out.

🔹 Tiling: floor tiles need a bed of tile adhesive, mixed and spread like mortar.
Insulation: fill wall cavities with the Foam Gun and trim the overfill with the Foam Knife before boarding over.

🔹 Plaster sanding: sand fresh plaster smooth with the Orbital Sander.

🔹 Mess and cleanup: plastering and painting too fast splatters the floor. Clean it with a Broom before the job finishes.

🔹 Step ladder: place it next to a wall to reach roofs and other high spots.

🔹 Existing jobs use the new mechanics too.

💎 JOB QUALITY SCORE

🔹 Work is graded as you do it. Nailing, Screwing, Mortar, Tile Adhesive, Insulation, Plastering, Sanding, Painting, Cutting and Cleanliness each get their own rating.

🔹 A live score panel shows during work, with a full breakdown when the job is finished.

🔹 Better quality means better pay.

💎 22 NEW JOBS

🔹 Garden wall repair, Beach deck, Garden office, Suburb garage

🔹 Roadside cleanup, Beach cottage repaint, Workshop wall, Hotel courtyard

🔹 Promenade kiosk, Town facades, Café terrace

🔹 Garden pond, Campsite slab, Campsite washblock, Villa driveway, Raised beds, Boardwalk, Garage partition

🔹 Sawmill order, Creek footbridge, Rockfall clearance, Old bunker

💎 PHONE

🔹 Opened with G by default, or D-pad up on a controller. Apps unlock as you progress.

🔹 Jobs: browse available work.

🔹 Perks: spend perk points.

🔹 Delivery: order materials for the current job without driving to the store, and reorder owned tools for a small fee.

🔹 Driver: the designated driver app.

🔹 Help: re-read any tutorial.

💎 WORLD, SHOPS AND PROGRESSION

🔹 The job chain was rebuilt around the new skills. Every job shows what it teaches, which skills it uses and what it unlocks before you accept it.

🔹 The base has moved to a new yard near your house and is cheaper. Stockpiles, the garage, the tow truck and the designated driver unlock through different jobs.

🔹 Vehicles unlock through different jobs, and some are parked in new places, including the Rusty pickup and the Backhoe.

🔹 New shops: a second full-range Fixtorama in town, a furniture store with 45 new furniture items, a sawmill timber row and a mine-supply shed.

🔹 Both Fixtorama stores are reorganised into a tool corner and material aisles.

🔹 New furniture placement stages at the end of some jobs.

🔹 New tutorial tips for every mechanic.

🔹 New Steam achievements.

💎 PERKS AND BALANCE

🔹 The perk tree is rebuilt, rebalanced and split into three tabs: Player upgrades, Tools and vehicles, Permits and jobs.

🔹 New perk lines include Premium Rate, Client Goodwill, Craftsman's Bonus, Safety Margin, Spring Step, Sledgehammer Power, Cleanup Efficiency, Delivery Logistics and Better Shop III-IV.

🔹 XP is rebalanced across all jobs. Story and dialogue stages no longer give XP, and the level curve lasts until the end of the game.

🔹 Base stockpile prices scale with the value of the material they produce.

💎 UI REFRESH

🔹 New look across all menus and panels: selection frame, slider value readouts, switch-style toggles and a dimmed backdrop behind open panels.

🔹 The settings menu is split into Display, Graphics, Audio and Gameplay sections.

🔹 New HUD elements: stage progress, required tools and an unspent perk points reminder.

🔹 The jobs list, map and accept prompt show the job's full pay, including the advance.

💎 FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

💠 Economy and shops

🔹 Shop discount perks now reduce the price you pay. Before, the discount only appeared on the price label.

🔹 Selling a pallet or bundle at the resell point pays for the whole stack instead of one unit.

🔹 Fixed an exploit where re-entering an accepted job's area let you accept it again, paying the advance again.

🔹 Jobs no longer ask you to buy materials the client already provides in the crate.

🔹 The car upgrade purchase prompt shows the upgrade's name and price.

🔹 The money counter no longer switches between "$1000" and "1000$", and prices no longer show decimal commas on some system languages.

💠 Jobs and tutorials

🔹 Tutorial progress is saved with your game, so tips no longer replay after reloading or returning to a job site.

🔹 Tutorial history no longer carries over between save slots.

🔹 Fixed a tip being skipped when two tips appeared back to back.

🔹 Finished tutorial objectives no longer stay on the side panel.

🔹 Fixed the last tutorial hint of a job staying on screen after its step was done.

🔹 Blowing up one stick of dynamite no longer destroys the whole bundle.

🔹 The concrete truck pipe no longer swings away when aiming at the sky or at something far away.

🔹 Cut pieces from the beam-cutting machine no longer fall through the ground or get stuck on the trestles.

🔹 The rubbish collection counter no longer shows "30/30" when revisiting a site.

💠 Map and navigation

🔹 The navigation route no longer flickers between roads, drags behind you, or breaks when switching between the minimap and the big map.

🔹 If no road route is found, a straight guide line is shown.

🔹 The inventory bar no longer covers the big map.

💠 controls and controller

🔹 Pressing Cross/A at a shop stand no longer buys and picks up an item in the same press.

🔹 Closing a panel no longer always opens the pause menu.

🔹 Designated driver: vehicle placement reaches further than 8 m, and placing a vehicle no longer fires the tool in your hand.

💠 carrying and placing objects

🔹 A quick tap no longer grabs and nudges objects.

🔹 Tapping the rotate key stands a held object upright.

🔹 Furniture rotates in 15° steps.

💠UI and text

🔹 Perk tree connection lines have the correct length at every resolution, including Steam Deck.

🔹 The garage upgrade panel fits the screen, the minimap no longer covers its Back button, and the HUD returns when the panel is closed with Esc.

🔹 Perk descriptions show upgrade values.

🔹 Changing the language updates the required materials readout immediately.

🔹 Items that showed internal names now have proper ones, such as Rubbish, Tall grass, Paint Roller, Finishing Trowel and Terrace Board.

🔹 Fixed the "Buy tool slot" typo, which was also mistranslated in every language.

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Let us know how do you like the game - in Steam Discussions or under the post! Thank you very much for your support and your comments.

If you have any problems - let us know. We will help 😊

Lukas & Adam

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