A lot went into 2023 so here is a breakdown of some of the features.

Features

• Be a tree
• 3rd "person" camera
• Stretch your roots and move around.
• More cosmetic items similar to the "Red tie"
• Small handcrafted map now with a new area
• Select from 31 trees
• Many configurable tree settings
• Customizable weather system (Rain, Snow, Wind, Fog, Overcast)
• Day night cycle
• Seasons (As the seasons change, the trees appearance, weather, and environment will change)
• Save settings
• Multiplayer
• Server admin support
• Server browser that helps you easily connect with other players
• Private game support
• Password required servers (optional)
• Built in text based chat
• Halloween mode
• Christmas mode
• Ultra-wide monitor support
• Windowed support (a little wonky)
• Wallpaper engine support
• Xbox Controller support
• PS4 Controller Support

Multiplayer

Be the best forest you can be! Invite up to 250 glorious trees to join your forest. You can host a server and set the amount of trees that can join along with passwords and making the lobby private. Servers that are public will appear in a lobby list when trees click "Join". If a server is private you will only be able to join if that person is on your friends list or by invite.

For transparency, multiplayer is tested with 4 trees, but it should support up to 250.

There is no built-in voice chat. It is recommended that Discord or Steam chat be used.

You can join a game in various ways:

Host a game

1. Host tree clicks "Host"
2. Host tree configures various desired settings or leaves them as default (Server name, private, password required)
3. Host tree clicks "Confirm"

Join a game from the menu

1. Tree clicks "Join"
2. Tree observes desired lobby in the list
3. Tree clicks "Connect" on desired lobby

Join a game from an invite

1. Host tree presses [Esc] on the keyboard
2. Host tree clicks "Invite"
3. Host tree uses invite dialog to invite other trees
4. Other trees start Tree Simulator 2023
5. Other trees press [Shift]+[Tab] to activate the Steam overlay
6. Other trees click "Play Game" in the Steam chat window

Join a game from your friends list

1. Tree observes friend tree playing Tree Simulator 2023
2. Tree immediately tells everyone they know
3. Tree starts Tree Simulator 2023
4. Tree presses [Shift]+[Tab] to activate the Steam overlay
5. Tree clicks "Join game" in the Steam overlay from their friends name