CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience

Released: May 1, 2020
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Last updated: 09 Sep 2026, 10:21 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

11 Jun 2025Developer post
Another hotfix
Super small one this time! More incoming! ^-^ Fixed the getting stuck in zoomed in mode bug
Super small one this time! More incoming! ^-^

Fixed the getting stuck in zoomed in mode bug
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16 May 2025Developer post
Hotfix Patch
Hey everyone, just a little mini patch here to bring a little more stability/polish to the game. Got some more mini patches (and medium ones) in the oven, stay tuned! ^-^ - Danny - Balancing When you obtain the tape player by any means, it now comes with a free tape. Other tapes
Hey everyone, just a little mini patch here to bring a little more stability/polish to the game. Got some more mini patches (and medium ones) in the oven, stay tuned! ^-^
- Danny -
Balancing

When you obtain the tape player by any means, it now comes with a free tape. Other tapes are still available via trading
Bug fixes and improvements

Fixed an error that could cause you to be stuck on the main menu
Updated save/load code to better handle cases of corruption
Fixed groups of teenagers appearing close to each other so much
Fixed Pencil Item being bugged
Fixed some Localisation errors
Fixed various issues with the tape player
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22 Mar 2025Developer post
Cloud Saving! Plus other improvements
Hey everyone, I'm back with another update! This time it's the long awaited cloud saving plus various stability fixes. I'm never giving up on this thing. Hoping to have some big news for you all soon! ^-^ - Danny - Changes and new stuff Cloud saving has now been added! Balancing
Hey everyone, I'm back with another update! This time it's the long awaited cloud saving plus various stability fixes. I'm never giving up on this thing.
Hoping to have some big news for you all soon! ^-^
- Danny -
Changes and new stuff

Cloud saving has now been added!
Balancing

Reduced difficulty for busking on the subway
Comic Books give more happiness for new issues, but price is slightly more
Bug fixes and improvements

Improved how interactables wait for your approach before interacting with them, interactables no longer wait forever and activate when near if you interact with something else. The short story is that it is now easier to cancel clicks.
Added extra snappiness to various elements while playing with a controller
Fixed the starving button possibly not working with mouse
Fixed the mouse cursor possibly still showing while playing on a controller when switching rapidly between mouse and controller
Fixed a bug that could cause you to not be able to enter buildings without pausing and unpausing, alt tabbing etc
Fixed Restaurant appearing closed when unable to enter due to low hygiene or being drunk
Fixed day labour truck following you after declining a pay raise
Fixed some soft lock bugs that could occur mid-late game
Fixed jobs not allowing you to work until exiting the menu sometimes
Fixed dog’s hunger showing as 0 temporarily until the first hunger tick right after getting a dog
Fixed white squares showing in the true ending for addict and mental illness characters
Improved true ending timing and pace
Fixed some issues with perk awarding in the late game
Fixed some icons appearing huge in some popups (bread roll)
Fixed: When buying newspapers from the paperboy to show the next city event on the same day you get a city event, it would instead show the event you just got instead of the next upcoming one. It now correctly shows the next event.
Fixed begging in front of other homeless trying to bed taking more reputation than it should
Some other minor stability fixes
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19 Nov 2024Developer post
9 Years of development anniversary: EVEN MORE!
Hey everyone, it's time for another update! More polishing and bug fixes/request fulfillments this time and some hefty balancing changes. A bit about me, things aren't great over here. CHANGE doesn't make as much as people might think; it's been enough to squeeze by each month bu
Hey everyone, it's time for another update!
More polishing and bug fixes/request fulfillments this time and some hefty balancing changes.
A bit about me, things aren't great over here. CHANGE doesn't make as much as people might think; it's been enough to squeeze by each month but I also gave a load of it away and its getting to the point where I probably can't keep doing this. I suppose that's my fault for not releasing new games in time and just working on this one for so long, and I still want to add to this game, but the reality is I can't afford it.
In fact... I may be about to lose it all. Delve isn't looking good. I may have to shut things down and I don't know what's gonna happen to CHANGE after that.
I don't wanna sing a swansong just yet, if just ONE big streamer does a play of the game before the end of the year that would literally be enough to save CHANGE and the company and me. You can also help by spreading the word or maybe trying out the Living City DLC?
Still, I'm so grateful that we even got to this point, so many other great games get buried on steam, and I'm here with thousands of people experiencing what we made and that's amazing and humbling. It's been something truly special that's almost taken a full decade of my life, and all the messages of people saying how affecting the game is has kept me going.
We can still do this, just gotta hope for lucky break. I'm finishing up a post mortem right now, so you can all read the full story behind CHANGE soon.
I hope there'll be more updates to come
Danny
Changes and new stuff

Controller - Y/Triangle is now mapped to the EAT button on the bottom right that shows when hungry, B is mapped to various Stop buttons, etc, various other UI elements on controller are better mapped and feels more intuitive
Taxi hailing whistle SFX added when hailing taxis
Balancing

Increased amount of paperwork given by the paperwork boost custom effect in the Living City DLC
Removing the Dirty Clothes or Injured maladies now gives 1 happiness
Increased the base minimum time between police spawns a little bit (they should be around almost as much, they just won’t appear practically immediately after the last one)
It’s harder to get the “Haggard” Malady
Depression now prevents you from working/studying if happiness is equal to or less than 30 instead of 40
Various trades are better balanced and usually more favourable
Bliss gives a bit less happiness
Significantly reduced chance of finding silver bracelet in trash
Certain negative night events cause more happiness drain
Bug fixes and improvements

Fixed a case where you could still get warmed in winter in shelters with the no heating status
Fixed “Go to park” option when talking to other homeless being bugged after moving areas
Fixed still being able to move cursor around in shelter menu while night event was showing on controller
Fixed vehicles possibly driving through the sky during the intro cutscene
Fixed cursor alignment being displaced after parts of the UI are removed in various menus on controller
Lowered placement of bus stops and increased the delay before input is allowed on the bus UI, to help with misclicks
When haggling with other homeless for day labour, their speech bubbles are no longer obscured due to bad placement
Controller support - Made the gambling UI in the Arcade building easier to use
Fixed a crash that could occur if a controller disconnects in the options menu
Fixed police scolding you for warming up at trash cans that are on fire after police funding event level 1 (They still don’t like it when actually starting fires)
Search button now hides when clicking on payphones if you’ve already searched that one that day
Floating cash gained text more prominent/better timed when searching payphones
Fixed a bug that could allow you to search trash cans that were on fire
Slightly increased payphone hitbox size
Fixed a bug where deselecting “Fast start” after having it enabled and skipping the intro scene could cause the intro start texts to show when you next moved areas
Fixed a bug where homeless characters in the park could have talk options you haven't unlocked yet
Fixed alt tabbing while using controller causing a graphical error with the cursor until you pressed a button
Fixed a bunch of issues with the Taxis
Fixed staying in shelters not warming you up sometimes
A bunch of other little fixes, tweaks, SFX additions, general polish
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09 Oct 2024Developer post
Another Update! Lots of fixes!
Hey everyone! It's me again! This time around we're just focusing on your reported bugs and general polish, plus one minor change to make paperwork grinding feel less... grindy. Sorry it's been awhile since the last update, full disclosure; my computer broke. It got hit with a su
27 May 2024Developer post
Controller Support Hotfix patch
Hey everyone, just a little hotfix patch here to deal with some of the reported issues, keep the feedback coming! ^-^ Bug fixes and improvements Fixed click movement being bugged with mouse after clicking on an object to interact with it Improved stick sensitivity when playing wi
Hey everyone, just a little hotfix patch here to deal with some of the reported issues, keep the feedback coming! ^-^
Bug fixes and improvements

Fixed click movement being bugged with mouse after clicking on an object to interact with it
Improved stick sensitivity when playing with controller
Fixed perk popups causing bugs when applying for jobs
Fixed some tooltips in the character customiser not showing, namely the ones describing the hope bar
Fixed some buttons in the character customiser being unresponsive (minus cash, defaults button, etc)
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15 May 2024Developer post
CONTROLLER SUPPORT! Plus, a bit of new content
It's finally here! CHANGE is now fully playable on controller! Hey folks, it's me again (And hello to our new players too), how've ya been? How in the hells did almost a year go by without an update?! Well, it turned out that adding controller support meant re-writing a ton of co
It's finally here! CHANGE is now fully playable on controller!
Hey folks, it's me again (And hello to our new players too), how've ya been? How in the hells did almost a year go by without an update?!
Well, it turned out that adding controller support meant re-writing a ton of code in the game, since it wasn't designed for controllers originally, a lot of stuff had be torn out and re-done. Of course, making changes to a lot of code for one feature caused a shedload of bugs, and they needed to be fixed. So It took a lot longer than originally planned, sorry about that.
I've also been spending time on work contracts to keep things going as well as on my secret-for-now other project that I'll be revealing soon! (Maybe I should be banned from using the word "soon", slap my wrist)
At least during this time I was also able to make a load of other fixes and improvements to CHANGE, and I actually have even more night events coming in an update soon.
One thing I wanna mention before I go, did you guys know about the Living City DLC? It adds a lot of new content including soundtrack lofi remix, loads of new perks/items, customisation, new buildings, etc. It's on sale right now, why not give it a go?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1845520/CHANGE_The_Living_City_Expansion/
I want to thank you all again for all the support you've shown me and this game, things have been a bit tough financially lately, but I have hope I'll get to keep making these things. ^-^
Until next time,
-Danny-
Changes and new stuff

Controller support! Both Xbox and Playstation controllers are now supported. Most other controllers should still work but haven’t been tested.
Some new night events added
Quality of life: You can now right click (Or press B/Square on controller) to exit menus and stuff rather than hitting the LEAVE or RESUME button
Balancing

WARNING! Your city WILL regenerate with different buildings because of this update! Sorry! - decreased spawn rate of police stations, more shops instead
Addiction has been changed. The final and worst malady you get for abusing each addiction for a long time is now permanent, but it also takes longer/is harder to take addiction to that level. Base happiness gains from alcohol and cigarettes are also reduced by 1.
Welfare takes a bit less happiness
During winter, there’s now a low chance to come across a trashcan that’s already on fire to get warmed. Usually there’s two each day somewhere in the city
Nerfed some busking perks, mainly SHOWOFF(slightly lowered bonus) and MUSICIAN(Lower chance of triggering). Also base busking income nerfed very very slightly.
Novel item’s happiness boost is now boosted by the bookworm perk a little
Trade options with others on the streets now auto reroll after making a trade
You are no longer locked out of the bank from losing residency
Notes while busking have a slightly bigger hitbox
Base hygiene decay rate lowered significantly while working
Minimum movement speed increased. This isn’t a boost to default walk speed, it's just that debuffs that affect walk speed (low happiness, injury, freezing, etc) aren’t so crippling when you have a lot of them at once
Bug fixes and improvements

Fixed a typo “shleter” in one of the night events
Fixed a circumstance where unlockable buildings weren’t spawning sometimes when loading back into a game
Fixed click skipping when the main menu is fading in possibly causing it to be stuck with a white overlay
Fixed Novel item not using up time
Fixed cases where you could get multiple perm/special items from trading
Fixed some issues with taxis
Fixed some bug around welfare appointment times
Fixed some menu transitions being a bit slow compared to others
The “OPEN ALL DAY” Library event has now been appropriately named “OPEN LATE”, because it’s always meant it closes at 7pm rather than 3pm. I mean technically that’s the end of the day and the start of the night, but hey.
Fixed some minor bugs that could occur with talking to Joe and maggie at the park, namely the wrong talk options showing for your current relationship level with them.
Fixed shop item generation favouring DLC items a bit too much
Fixed a crash/softrlock that could occur during a night event
Fixed city regenerating a new city when loading into game
Fixed library saying “we’re closed after 3pm” when it’s actually closed because of pandemic closing times during pandemic mode.
Fixed the “Tarp” item showing wrong item info in shops
Made some UI improvements to the character/run customiser in the DLC.
When asking for directions via a person or your residency/welfare cards/phone, the directions shown are now much more obvious and stay up longer
Restaurant worker speech is more reactive/apt for your situation/stats
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18 Aug 2023Developer post
Yet another update, with content! Will I ever stop...?
Aha, bet you weren't expecting this! The main new thing here is Taxis, plus a load of fixes and quality of life stuff. Controller support and cloud saves next, I promise. ^-^ Thanks again to everyone's feedback, keep it comin' and I'll keep on improvin'! On another note, I'll be
Aha, bet you weren't expecting this! The main new thing here is Taxis, plus a load of fixes and quality of life stuff.
Controller support and cloud saves next, I promise. ^-^
Thanks again to everyone's feedback, keep it comin' and I'll keep on improvin'!
On another note, I'll be at WASD in London this September with CHANGE, if you're gonna be there too, come say hi!
Alrighty, that's it for now, I'll be back with more news on other projects soon too. Now, BEHOLD THE NOTES!
- Danny -
Changes and new stuff

Added Taxis. These can be clicked on when parked or passing by, if your hygiene is high enough you can pay to travel quickly in one direction until you hit stop. So it’s sorta like the bus but with more control and potentially more expensive. Your crime will increase if you can’t pay the whole fare at the end of your journey, and they may even call police.
Patch notes button in main menu changed to button displaying additional dlc/content you don’t have. These patch notes here are much better anyway.
Made it more obvious/easier to use different organisations with residency in shelters. You cannot apply to another shelter from the same organisation while already a resident at one, but full resident rewards are given for staying there. You’ll see the RESIDENT text in blue at shelters that are run by the same organisation but aren’t your actual main resident shelter. This should help massively with being locked down in one area in the mid/late game.
Balancing

Sort of a bug fix but also balancing, paperwork gained from applying for jobs (even failing an application is good for farming paperwork until you can get one), now also gives its paperwork bonus when you get the job as well, not just when failing. This should take off a day or two’s worth of paperwork farming time in a run.
Inflation city events are more severe
The difficulty of stealing multiple items in a row in a shop increased. First item steal chance in a shop each day is unaffected.
Busking on the subway is more difficult, makes sense, since it’s a moving train and the rewards can be greater.
Begging perks are earned a bit faster, especially from non typical pedestrians
Slightly reduced xp gained for shorter runs (less than a few winters survived). Don’t worry, a decent run will still get you through a few levels at once, just not like… 8.
Street vendors are more rare. You’ll still see some pretty much every day, just not several types everyday. The discount has also been very slightly reduced. They still have a good chance of appearing in the emptier street areas though.
Increased spawn chances of bus stops and benches a bit
Housing assistance in the welfare office is a bit more effective. Now adds +2 days to the residency stay counter in a shelter if going for residency instead of 1, and reduces rental price by 3% instead of 2%. (Even more if you have the notepad item)
Bug fixes and improvements

ATTENTION! YOUR CITY MAY REGENERATE BECAUSE OF THIS: Tweaked city generation code to make identical buildings not appear on the same strip as much
There’s more car traffic during rush hour. This doesn’t affect anything, it’s just visual, and a nice hint for when rush hour is on besides the other things. This was actually always meant to be happening but there was a bug.
Beer is now represented as a few beers in the icon.
Fixed being able to interact with certain menus when you shouldn’t be able to, like being able to leave welfare office while waiting
Fixed being able to busk on subway with only a licence and not a guitar if you had a guitar but lost it
Fixed a bunch of other issues with busking on the subway
Fixed a bug that caused your player level to not update from previous run visually after beating a run
Fixed bonus item falling from vending machine popup having wrong title
Fixed issues with arcades perma-banning you after being caught looking for change in machines a lot, even after moving areas
Fixed certain custom stats such as hygiene not working in character customiser
Improved some clock timer popup timings
Finally fixed the Perk Collector achievement
Fixed a crash that could occur in night events
Fixed Juice not working in flask
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23 Jun 2023Developer post
I'm back with another update!
Hey everyone, I'm back with another update! I'm still goin'! ^-^ Bad news first, controller support is still in progress, there's a few things that just don't feel right yet playing that way, but I'm almost there. So, why's it been so long since the last update? Well I'm currentl
Hey everyone, I'm back with another update! I'm still goin'! ^-^
Bad news first, controller support is still in progress, there's a few things that just don't feel right yet playing that way, but I'm almost there.
So, why's it been so long since the last update? Well I'm currently working on multiple things, not just CHANGE, and the time is soon approaching when I can show off some teasers. But not quite yet...
There's also of course the other ports like the mobile release of CHANGE, which is coming in the next few months. The last thing is I've been quite unwell for some of the previous months, but doing better now so should be firing out updates more often.
Anyway, this update is all about reducing the mid-game grind a bit, as well as a load of bug fixes and other improvements. I've still got a bunch of your suggestions/reports to get to, don't worry I'll get to any remaining issues soon! Please do keep up the feedback! :)
- Danny -
Changes and new stuff

Two minor NPCS from the dlc are now available in the base game, namely the guy sometimes seen on a bench and the sandwich guy. I think this adds some value in variability within the streets to the base game while not taking too much from the DLC, since it still has tons of other characters, buildings, perks, items, customisation, remixed lofi soundtrack, etc.
Balancing

Base study gains increased, basically it's way less likely you'll only get 1-2 study
Residency gives +1 more paperwork, bank account gives +3 more paperwork
Max xp for a run is now 1800 (you can break past this cap with customisation/hope modifiers in the dlc), and xp calculation for runs is generally improved
Juice costs more
Lvs 25-27 now require 750 xp rather than 500
Welfare office drains happiness a bit faster
The dog loses hunger a little more slowly, even more slowly while working/studying/waiting.
Hunger loss ever so slightly reduced while working
Changing core stats such as starting cash, hunger, etc, now has less effect on your hope level in the customizer. Happiness and study still affect hope more though, of course.
Bug fixes and improvements

Fixed some generation cases that caused the city to regenerate on load with a new layout (THIS FIX WILL PROBABLY CAUSE YOUR CITY TO CHANGE ONE LAST TIME ON LOAD IF PLAYING IN PROGRESS SAVE)
Fixed speech bubbles disappearing when trading
Fixed a bug that could cause the true ending to not show when you had met the requirements
Fixed unlockable buildings (BAR, SUBWAY, etc) not generating when loading back into a game or changing city sometimes
Fixed things that award random perks (such as bill’s teaching or EUREKA/BURNOUT) sometimes awarding special/incorrect perks or an addiction.
Fixed one of the customisable traits having the wrong unlock text (beat game without recycling > beat hard state challenge mode. This still unlocked before if you beat hard challenge, only displayed text was wrong)
Fixed still being able to eat trash food with picky eater perk even with food in inventory
Fixed library book showing as a tradeable item
Fixed flask item containing drink from previous run still when you get one in a new run
Fixed being caught stealing not causing crime increase
Fixed Maggie’s tip special perk only working first day
Fixed a bug that could cause volume settings to change after completing a run
Fixed characters not taking you to park
Fixed abandoned having option for giving directions even when your rep wasn’t high enough yet
Fixed silver bracelet being a tradeable/buyable item. It should only be found in trash
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21 Jan 2023Developer post
More Improvements!
Hello again! Some of you were nice enough to point out some more bugs and stuff, so here's another mini patch! Back again soon! ^-^ - Danny - Fixed some new items not being buyable in the shop or showing wrong info in shop I also spent some time working on the pedestrians and the
Hello again!
Some of you were nice enough to point out some more bugs and stuff, so here's another mini patch!
Back again soon! ^-^
- Danny -

Fixed some new items not being buyable in the shop or showing wrong info in shop
I also spent some time working on the pedestrians and the hitboxes for begging from them, so now it should be much harder to accidentally click on one when you were going for scrap. Let me know how it feels!
Original post
19 Jan 2023Developer post
More fixes! Also, Welfare works properly now!
Hey everyone, sorry it's been awhile! Here's another patch giving some much needed love to the game, still to come is controller support, mobile version, cloud saves and more languages! Oh, and of course, there's also some new games I'm working on... more news on that soon hopefu
Hey everyone, sorry it's been awhile!
Here's another patch giving some much needed love to the game, still to come is controller support, mobile version, cloud saves and more languages!
Oh, and of course, there's also some new games I'm working on... more news on that soon hopefully! ^-^
- Danny -

Fixed welfare! (For this time, I think/hope)
Fixed more issues with new items in the shop
Fixed a few freezing issues
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13 Dec 2022Developer post
New items hotfix patch #2
Hey everyone, got a new patch finally done that fixes most of the major issues (especially with the new content). Still got some work to do on welfare, but I'm making progress! Should have yet another update out later this week. ^-^ - Danny Fixed various issues with new items Fix
Hey everyone, got a new patch finally done that fixes most of the major issues (especially with the new content).
Still got some work to do on welfare, but I'm making progress! Should have yet another update out later this week. ^-^
- Danny

Fixed various issues with new items
Fixed freezing issues if your player level got to a certain amount
Original post
19 Nov 2022Developer post
Hotfix patch
Hey guys! So I managed to add some more bugs with all the new content, so here's another patch of fixes! (I've also been secretly doing other mini patches in the meantime). Keep the reports and feedback coming guys! We're so close to making this game perfect... See ya soon! - Dan
Hey guys! So I managed to add some more bugs with all the new content, so here's another patch of fixes! (I've also been secretly doing other mini patches in the meantime).
Keep the reports and feedback coming guys! We're so close to making this game perfect...
See ya soon!
- Danny

Fixed buildings and things buildings contain being regenerated on load
Fixed some crash issues
Fixed city changing on reload
Fixed shelter charity/conditions changing on reload
Fixed quit button in main menu
Original post
10 Nov 2022Developer post
Big content update: So many new items!
Well, I keep saying I’m done with this game, then I go and do something like this. It’s another big content update! For both the base game AND the Living city dlc! Sorry it took so long, had a lot of stuff going on in my personal life that threw a spanner into the works, and the
Well, I keep saying I’m done with this game, then I go and do something like this. It’s another big content update! For both the base game AND the Living city dlc!
Sorry it took so long, had a lot of stuff going on in my personal life that threw a spanner into the works, and the trouble with being solo on this right now, is I can't tap someone to replace me when I'm out of sorts. But, we're here now!
So what's been going on lately...
Well I went to EGX with CHANGE, that was fun, especially getting to see some of you in person. I shall have to rise from my hermit cave of darkness/code to come meet ya more often!
Then I had flu....
And about a week after that got covid...
Then had a breakup... (things repaired since)
Now I'm moving because I can't afford my rent anymore, but that's not so bad. I really should live somewhere with heating anyway. Winter is coming...
So yeah, sorry it's been longer than usual and I've been a bit silent, but I'm back and full of fire now! So here's a massive update as a reward for all your patience.
Next up I'll have some news about the MOBILE version of CHANGE, as well as maaaaaybe a trailer or screenshot of our NEXT GAME... I've actually got 2 games in development besides change now...
Thanks again for all your support and feedback guys, we may yet turn CHANGE into a sleeper hit if you guys keep sharing the game... every share helps! Please keep telling your friends so we can keep the game studio (me) alive! ^-^
Changes and new stuff

We’ve added 27 items! These can be unlocked by getting through the new player levels you’ll need to beat with EXP by playing. One of them… is a MAP!
The base game now has: 10 New items & max player level increased to 25!
The Living city now has: 17 New items have been added & max player level increased to 32!
Added a NO CHALLENGE button to the challenge selection menu, and updated a few other bits of UI in the DLC menu sections.
Balancing

Slightly increased begging perk earn rate
Fixed searching trash causing barely any hygiene to be lost
Spending time in the Arcade or restaurant now provides warmth
When you beat a run, you now get 400 bonus xp
Bug fixes and improvements

Fixed the sun wiping out the screen during heatwaves when playing in EXTREME WEATHER challenge mode
Fixed DLC perks not displaying names
Fixed the parent and child walking backwards
Made an improvement to the Special/Perm item inventory, items are now ordered based on how often you use them, so the items you use the most/daily will always be near the top and you don’t have to scroll around so much
Fixed challenge mode buttons not displaying as completed until you deselect them
Fixed some of the newer food items not being detected as food to show the starving quick eat button when starving
Fixed some issues with speech bubbles dismissing too early sometimes on interrupt
FIXED WELFARE!
Fixed some medical/utility items possibly showing in certain circumstances before you unlocked them
Fixed street savvy showing as a perk selection twice sometimes
Fixed Big pasta pots being endless (sigh)
Fixed still being able to use some welfare office options when your crime level is too high
Fixed final perk for perk collector achievement
Improved timing for welfare clock popups
Original post
24 Aug 2022Developer post
The shop has 4 slots now!
Hey there, here's another mini patch with more improvements and fixes based on your feedback, including a 4th slot for shops! Be back soon! ^-^ - Danny Changes and new stuff Added a 4th slot to shops that shows a particular use item permanently. (This is often particular items ne
Hey there, here's another mini patch with more improvements and fixes based on your feedback, including a 4th slot for shops!
Be back soon! ^-^
- Danny
Changes and new stuff

Added a 4th slot to shops that shows a particular use item permanently. (This is often particular items needed for certain runs like dogfood, alcohol, sanitaries, sandwiches etc)
Balancing

Reduced dog hunger decay when studying/working/passing time a bit
Slightly increased city density, so more buildings spawn on average and there’s less walk time between buildings on average. (WARNING: This means your city will generate differently if continuing a run)
Bug fixes and improvements

Fixed issues selecting new perks with certain customisation/challenge/character selection combos
Fixed Slow player perk as final perk being bugged
Original post
20 Aug 2022Developer post
Hotfix Patch
Hello again! You've been great reporting any remaining issues, so here's another patch of fixes! I'll be back soon! ^-^ - Danny Bug fixes and improvements Minimum amount to gamble in the arcade is now £2, since that’s what it is in the menu… Paperwork tooltip in jobs menu now dis
Hello again!
You've been great reporting any remaining issues, so here's another patch of fixes!
I'll be back soon! ^-^
- Danny
Bug fixes and improvements

Minimum amount to gamble in the arcade is now £2, since that’s what it is in the menu…
Paperwork tooltip in jobs menu now displays higher up so it’s not cut off
Fixed the trading menu not updating after rerolling the tradeable items with the Lucky Coin item until you close the trade popup and ask to trade again with that character
Fixed Welfare office being assigned when player doesn’t have welfare after moving areas
Fixed Unlocks for challenge modes and challenge mode completion still being reset!
Fixed the new hygiene decrease rules via trash not working as intended
Original post
15 Aug 2022Developer post
Big patch of new stuff and many improvements
Hello! I’m sorry I stopped putting out updates for over a month, here's a big one to compensate! Also, there’s been some developments… I'd like to begin by announcing that the price of CHANGE will be increasing a little bit sometime in Autumn. Not much, but I do feel that CHANGE
Hello! I’m sorry I stopped putting out updates for over a month, here's a big one to compensate! Also, there’s been some developments…
I'd like to begin by announcing that the price of CHANGE will be increasing a little bit sometime in Autumn. Not much, but I do feel that CHANGE has a lot of content now compared to when it first released, and it's currently going for lot less than many indie games with less content. Still plenty of time to buy the game at the current price though!
On news and developments: First of all, I’m sorry to say that Jack, the composer for our games and co-designer/founder will be taking a break from Delve Interactive for a while. It’s been a lot of hard years for us, years that have really taken their toll on us both. Don’t worry, he won’t disappear completely, maybe working on a little something here and there, but he will be taking a step back to focus on other things and I truly wish him the best and will always be ready to welcome him back.
Let us all raise a toast in his honour for all the beautiful music and work he’s done!
The other development that slowed me down a bit this month was catching a bad cold, then after two days of wellness I caught covid and now I have long covid it seems. Both the covid and long covid have been pretty mild for me, mainly just needing an extra nap every now and then, but I’m back to working now!
Anyway, that's all from me for now, onto the patch notes! Still got some requests and things to fulfil, so I've got at least a few more patches in me for CHANGE. Unless the game explodes in popularity... tell your friends about it! ^-^
- Danny
P.S New game announcement next month...?
Changes and new stuff

Certain texts have been updated/improved
(LC) These are really bug fixes, but since this content is now working it may come as a surprise to some players:
Fixed one of the new homeless characters not functioning as they should (the bearded one with blondish hair). He makes begging less successful in his area and may berate you if your reputation isn’t very good. He may distract the police if your reputation is high. He does other stuff too…
Subway busking is now working! (All because the “Buy busking licence” button was hidden due to a bug…)
Balancing

Slowed down the default pace of time a tiny bit more.
Made various changes to homeless reputation and your relationships with Joe, Bill and Maggie, making it easier to build friendships with them and sooner.
Various jobs have additional work hours (more time used, but also more pay), have slightly lower paperwork requirements and slightly higher study requirements
Successful job applications increases paperwork more
When cheap items come up for trading, you’ll have to give over more on average, so you can’t cheat the previously broken system by trading 2 snack bars for a winter coat or something. Now it’ll probably take as much as, ahem, 5 snack bars…
Jobs with lower paperwork requirements have a much higher chance of showing in the job office when you don’t have much paperwork yet
Base begging success chance slightly increased, but pedestrians who notice you commit a crime will be less kind/generous
Pedestrians carry a tiny bit more cash on average
Reduced base hunger loss over time while studying in library a bit
Searching trash now takes a little less hygiene from you when below 50 hygiene. It takes more when at full hygiene.
Updated the amount of perk points required for new perks at certain levels, mid-late game perks are earned slightly faster
When bargaining for day labour, your competitors won’t keep offering to do it for less until it’s just not worth it
Significantly increased the number of benches that spawn in cities
Hunger/happiness ticks can no longer happen within the first and last few minutes of each day, so you won’t tick over just as you enter/exit a building on time at certain times
The previous patch reduced how long you remain drunk for quite a bit. Added a few seconds to how long you are drunk for this time.
Having the freezing status has a tiny bit less effect on walk speed
(LC) “ALL ALONE” Challenge now has way less people on the streets
(LC) You now need a minimum of £3 to start gambling in the arcade
(LC) The fence will be tradeable if you’ve been arrested once, regardless of reputation
(LC) Dumpsters now only have 3 uses by default, as intended
Bug fixes and improvements

NIGHT EVENT CHANGE - The game now remembers what night events you’ve seen the most across runs, and makes those events less likely to show in the future so that rarer events have a better chance of showing, and making runs more unique overall.
(LC) Fixed the 3rd shop item possibly being a newspaper token or silver bracelet, which would break stuff
(LC) Fixed the 3rd shop item showing it was discounted by a newspaper token when it wasn’t
(LC) Fixed the charity assistance in the welfare building possibly pointing you to shelters with no current event that would have an event the next day instead
(LC) Fixed being able to enter the gambling menu in the arcade when you didn’t have enough to actually gamble, causing stuckness
(LC) Fixed the wise trader sometimes breaking if you had max perks or near max perks
(LC) Fixed challenges not being set as complete after completing them
(LC) Fixed xp bonuses/negatives from custom games not always working
Fixed the True ending not always showing under certain circumstances
(LC) Fixed newspaper coupon not showing what item it discounts when you hover over it in the inventory, as well as some other newspaper coupon related bugs
Fixed a bug that could cause you to be assigned a random job when moving areas under some circumstances
Fixed the daytime marker under the time getting stuck
Some little extra improvements for immersion, the fence and dealer characters won’t talk with you while police are nearby
Fixed pedestrians not speaking when reacting to crime
Fixed getting stuck zoomed in if certain popups or events happened at the start/end of the day
Fixed Music starting near the end of tracks too often
Fixed being able to reselect an already selected character, which just made the char name text unhighlight
Fixed cases where starting a new run after abandoning a challenge one could have you start the new run with the previous run’s selected challenge
Fixed issues with arcade ambience/music being heard when moving to another building after going to arcade
Fixed the Illness cured popup showing text for Injury cured popup
Fixed tooltips from the pause menu still showing after closing it
(LC) Fixed “Go to park” option incorrectly showing for Abandoned character in street when talking to them
(LC) Fixed Addict character in street using text “Ah I shouldn’t but i’ll take it” after talking to them first time
(LC) Fixed z positioning of some new street characters
Fixed issues with perk collector achievement and max level busking perks. Lots of things have changed or become available in terms of changing the perk cap over the last several updates, and busking doesn’t have as many perks as the other categories. The max cap for busking is lower if you increase the max cap too much in a custom game to compensate for this, up to the limit of how many busking perks actually exist.
OFTEN music mode now plays music… more often.
Updated sfx mixing, so sounds sound better
The dogs walk speed has been improved so he can keep up when you have loads of walk speed buffs
Fixed food stamp icons incorrectly showing in shop sometimes
Fixed the MARTYR perk icon having crime colours when it’s a begging perk
Fixed beg reactions in the subway showing broken text in non english languages
Fixed flask item showing a water bottle icon when it contains nothing
Fixed charity events reading “in 2 days - in 2 DAYS” twice
Fixed not being able to hear the guitar when playing it
Tips in the loading screen now stay up for a minimum time to make them more readable
Fixed text of map buttons in phone menu
Fixed music mix/mode text in the options menu initially reading as the wrong mode text
Fixed cigarettes not showing a proper description in various menus
Fixed the music mode button being hidden when initially loading into the main menu
Fixed being able to spam the rest button in shelter to get additional hunger
Fixed shelter regular perk also applying to shelters with the same company/owner
Fixed more issues in some translated text in certain languages
Fixed inventory not being sorted correctly when first opening it
Fixed perks not being scrollable until you visit other left side menus
Fixed Defaults button in character customizer causing you to not be able to add traits
Original post
05 Jun 2022Developer post
New night events! Also more improvements
Hello again! As promised here's a new patch, complete with more night events and a bunch of other improvements. Still got a few more things to come in yet another patch, stay tuned! - Danny Changes and new stuff (LC) Added a “Defaults” button to customiser, so you can easily rese
Hello again! As promised here's a new patch, complete with more night events and a bunch of other improvements.
Still got a few more things to come in yet another patch, stay tuned!
- Danny
Changes and new stuff

(LC) Added a “Defaults” button to customiser, so you can easily reset everything
Over 20 new night events have been added!
Balancing

When competing for day labour, you can’t just accept the new values if someone bargains for their own work, you have to change your bid.
Pedestrians walk slightly slower. While this makes it easier to not beg accidentally, it does reduce crowd volume a tiny bit.
Bug fixes and improvements

Improved clock icon timer timing in popups
Fixed getting stuck at water fountain with the pristine perk (YEEEEEEEEEESSSSS!)
Fixed various issues with welfare appointments
Fixed main character not doing their end day speech
Fixed title of talking ui being too big when talking to certain characters
Fixed certain characters having options to take you to the park when they shouldn’t
Directions shown for buildings now stays on screen longer, like when using the phone map or asking someone
Fixed some cases or events where a random perk could be awarded and this could possibly be a dlc perk when you don’t own the dlc, which would break quite a few things…
Fixed various issues with challenges and unlocks in the character customiser
Fixed the welfare office mentioning your hygiene is too low, when it’s actually your crime level being too high that’s stopping you getting in
Fixed issues with popups causing a hang if they occur right at the end of the day
Fixed winter happiness decays effects occurring in certain new buildings
Fixed multiple versions of the same story character type showing up in one day (like seeing two veteran characters in the same day)
Fixed certain hygiene effects not restoring as much hygiene as they should when you had increased your max hygiene
Fixed the 3rd shop item bugging out
Fixed more issues with the parent and child pedestrian
Fixed some new item icons being too small compared to the rest
Fixed some typos
Original post
19 May 2022Developer post
Another patch of improvements based on your feedback
I'm back again with yet another patch of improvements, bug fixes and implemented feature requests! Here are your patch notes, I'll be back again soon with more... the next patch has new content too! ^-^ Until next time, Danny Changes and new stuff If you are friends with both Joe
I'm back again with yet another patch of improvements, bug fixes and implemented feature requests!
Here are your patch notes, I'll be back again soon with more... the next patch has new content too! ^-^
Until next time,
Danny
Changes and new stuff

If you are friends with both Joe and Maggie and have joined their syndicate, sometimes they’ll give you some minor items if you pay over the average into the pot
Updated the new item icon on the bag
CLINIC UPDATE: The clinic is one of the least used buildings in the game and has been in need of an update for awhile, even though it is one of the minor buildings. Here it is:
If you have particular maladies like being on your period or illness, the clinic may give you a free item to help with it once when you visit.
If you don’t have any of the item on sale in the clinic within your inventory, your first purchase will come with a free extra. This can only trigger once per day.
The pool of items that clinics sell has been increased slightly.
Balancing

Perks are earned Slightly faster at various levels
(LC) The first welfare appointment now occurs 2 days later rather than 5. However, it’ll take longer to get welfare again if you lose it by being arrested or anything like that.
(LC) Welfare now gives even more based on how many appointments you’ve had, and the maximum possible cap has been increased.
Bug fixes and improvements

Fixed the red car graphical bug
Improved click boxes for pedestrians and scrap to make accidental begging less of a thing, working on some new control schemes as feedback suggests though!
Increased base volume of guitar sfx
Fixed that sitting homeless character’s positioning so it didn’t look like they were floating sometimes
Various optimisations have been made, so the game uses up 100-300 mb less ram at all times
Fixed some cases where you couldn’t increase hygiene past 100 even though your max hygiene was more than 100
Further improved bus positioning when dropped off
Bus: res shelter button now takes you to in progress shelter if you have one, so you don’t have to be resident before it shows in the bus menu
Fixed toilet bugging out late in the day
Fixed vsync issues, vsync options have been removed, but now it’s set automatically based on your hardware.
(LC) Fixed parent and child moonwalking
(LC) Fixed not being able to move after begging from the parent and child (Woops, forgot to add these fixes too when I first posted the patch notes)
(LC) Welfare system has been made more obvious in various UI.
(LC) Also fixed some welfare appointments bugs
(LC) Small bell - Fixed this bugging out the inventory.
(LC) Added bus option to current welfare office and arcade
(LC) Fixed unlocking stuff for challenges and character customiser
(LC) Fixed challenge mode being turned off if you loaded back into a saved game after going back to the main menu
Original post
10 May 2022Developer post
I fixed it!
Another patch here, finally got that black screen bug sorted, so that should be all good now. Also made some optimisations to reduce ram usage. Got more patches still coming! ^-^ Danny

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