Back Porch

[Sketchazoid]

TL;DR: Back Porch looks bare. Is there more to it?

So I haven't had much of a chance to play the new update today, I'd wager many others haven't either since it just dropped. I plan on waiting till tomorrow when my wife and I both can play at the same time, but I have a question.

I logged into our save to see if our base was still standing, it was, and then I climbed the top of our zipline tower to look around. Obviously there is a lot of new things to explore, especially regarding the shed and pond area. However I noticed the back porch by the house looked like it always does. Just a couple of paint cans and a chair that I can't remember being there. Is that it? I haven't had a chance to go over there so maybe there is more to it than what I could see in a far away glimpse but I remember there being yellow tape of sorts saying "Under Construction".

I never had any hopes of going into the house, maybe a DLC or something but not for 1.0. Just figured the porch would have had more work done to it, seems so bare in comparison to the rest of the yard.

[hand sanitiser]

Old-ish post but I was wondering the same thing. I decided to build up to it from the hedge area, aaand nothing. The only mildly interesting observations I had were:
1) There's an invisible wall preventing you from actually touching the door. I haven't noticed that anywhere else, you can touch every wall and border everywhere, just not there.
2) The bench is slightly levitating; it's model doesn't fully touch the porch. lol
3) Running across the entire thing will put you in three different music-changes (biomes?)
And, I guess the experience of being up there? The caution sign says the same thing on both sides, but I guess it's a closer look at it. Ominent branded.
I looked at an interactive map someone made and when you see it, the whole map is covered in stuff except for the porch. It's just the only dead zone. I wish there was just a cool easter egg or anything, but I guess it only exists for the look + the labs that run under it. Slightly disappointed but not surprised

[Tymon]

I know at some point in the past there was a jack-o-lantern on one of the porches for a halloween event. But beyond that...