Hey Merchants!
Thanks for your support during the game launch, it means a lot to both me and Helen. Over these two days, some issues that were not noticeable as much during early access became more clear. One of them is how the bankrupcy works and overall need of more guidance on that matter. This hotfix tries to make it more clear.
Bank adjustments
Here's how the bankrupcy process worked (and still works): first time you run out of money, you get a message telling you about it and asks to repay that sum, otherwise you lose the game. If the money have not been repaid to the bank and you lose again, the game is lost permanently. If you keep repaying your loans - then you keep getting second chances, even if you go bankrupt again. The #1 problem with this is it was not obvious enough + if this happened in the beginning, it was a bit of a struggle to find a bank on the map.
To address this, a few adjustments have been introduced.
First one. If you owe money and did not find the bank yet, the bank is still marked on the map. Even if you have not visited it.
The debt is also more clearly indicated in the bank descriptor window.
Reworded bankrupcy screen to tell you in clearer terms that you are going to lose the game if you dont pay back
New message Vs old message
Debt is not going to grow over time now, should make it a bit more manageable. Loan repayment got a bit of an overhaul too:
Bugfixes
- bugfix: if you tried to visit Turtlewise while it was moving, you'd get a blackscreen
- bugfix: switch green and red in fuel consumption comparison coloring (lower fuel consumption is actually better)
- various typos fixes (thanks to everyone who keeps reporting them, we do fix them)
- Post Office won't be offering Letter Delivery quests if you quest log is full
Hope it makes your experience a bit better and thanks to everyone who made suggestions on improvements!
Thanks to everyone who keeps posting suggestions and feedback on Steam forums. I am going to prioritize the bugfixes for now, but all other feedback is definitely recorded and evaluated for possible further use :)
Best,
Vladimir