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After 4 years in development and almost as long in Early Access, the full release of Above the Fold is finally here, in the form of its biggest update yet! This update covers everything, from some much needed stability and bug fixes to loads of new content to unlock and play thro
Writing continues on the next major updates, but in the meantime here is a minor update with a few balance changes and bug fixes. Changed: Increased the overall chances that personality traits trigger a new event Changed: Reporter personality traits have much greater influence on
This minor update fixes a crash, which happened in certain instances, where an in-game celebrity was associated with a random event. Once again, thank you to everyone who takes time to report bugs. You are helping to make the game better for everyone! ːfh4crownː
The features added in this update are the last major additions to the game play before Above the Fold's full release. Zooming The number one requested feature for a long time was being able to zoom in and out on the city map. That’s in the game now, and it adds a whole new layer
This is a major update to Above the Fold. It comes with 5 new storylines to unlock, more than 3 dozen new events and visual updates from improved buttons and notifications to complete redesigns of several menus and screens. There are quality of life improvements, balance adjustme
As Above the Fold gets ever closer to leaving Early Access, the last couple of beta releases is where your feedback will be key to deciding what to prioritize and expand on. It also gives a good indication of what parts of the game needs improvement - but it all comes down to get
This is a relatively small update, but nevertheless features an important change to the game. Specifically, the strategic goals victory condition has been cut in half. If you complete 25 strategic goals, you win the game - where before you had to complete 50 goals. Strategic goal
There is some new content in this update, but first, this patch continues where the last one left off, with more stability and bug fixes. Thanks to the added debug tools and a few dedicated fans of the game, some tricky bugs were finally tracked down and eradicated. Breaking News
This mini update includes some important bug fixes, including causes for some reported crashes, and some new ones discovered while fixing the aforementioned ones. In other words, your game will be more stable after this patch. Huge thanks goes out to those who have submitted log
The 21 new achievements added in this update range from the very easy to very challenging. Alongside these, we have another 6 new story lines to trigger, and a nice, new office background. In other words, Beta 8 adds more content and fleshes out the game. Story lines There are hu
There is a lot of new content and other changes to cover in this update, so let us start with a TL;DR : Beta 7 introduces the concept of friends and rivals among your reporter staff, along with a number of new in-game events, both repeatable events, and 2 new 5-event storylines.
Small(ish) update, longish post. Scroll to the bottom of you want the TL;DR version. The last couple of updates were focused on making the game more stable, easier to learn and user friendly. Huge improvements were made but there were more, little things that didn’t make it into
Beta 6 of Above the Fold focuses on quality of life, starting with squashing a several bugs reported by all those amazing people, who took the time to let me know. I apologize for the fact that this release took longer than expected - some of those bugs proved quite tricky to sol
Welcome, Editors, to the 5th Beta update of Above the Fold! This update has a huge improvement for new players - we have Beginner Tips! It's not a traditional tutorial that holds your hand, but 18 contextual tips to point and guide you - every decision is still yours to make, tho
A total of 20 new in-game events , spread over 4 new story lines , make up the bulk of this content update. It also contains a few balance adjustments and quality of life fixes. Chief among the quality fixes is the addition of a "Saving" icon, to indicate when the game is auto-sa
More meat on the bones! That is the shortest way to describe this update to Above the Fold. Continuing the trend from the previous two betas, there are 4 brand new story lines - more than 20 new events total - each with 3 different endings and consequences for your newspaper. Cel
In this second Beta update, more content is added across several parts of the game. 5 new story lines, each with 3 different endings, make up the bulk of the content, but wait - there's more! The Editor's Desk screen is still a work-in-progress, but in this update it has gotten s
Important: Beta 1 is not fully compatible with Alpha save games. It is highly recommended that you Retire any existing games and start fresh with this update. The first beta took much longer to put together than I wanted, and for that I apologize, but here it finally is! Many of
The first beta is a few days away at this point (provided no new game breaking bugs appear!) so I thought, I would share some details about what is to come, and why your save game won't be compatible after the new patch. Storylines In its simplest form, a story is a series of lin
Reporters are crucial to the direction and specialization of your newspaper. Each reporter has a number of attributes that can influence your paper, from the obvious numeric Skill and Level, to personality traits of all sorts. Some have kids, some don’t. Some are very political,