I was asked recently if you can play Crypterion only as a visual novel. You certainly can, if that means you don't want to worry about money. It is possible for your money to work for you or find secrets that will lead to quick wealth so that money is not an issue. Even getting in debt can be part of your story.
This tycoon is less about numbers and graphs and more about experiences. For example: As a businessman, you attend auctions, invest in a fun zone and rare antiquities that increase in value, and even go on T.V. (Mind Melt is our most popular show)
Once you hire members for your crew, they will help you earn money by participating in adventures that appear randomly in the galaxy. You also build your relationship with them that way... if you manage to catch them.
Of course, if you are able to earn an extra bit of coins, you can purchase items from a shop located on each planet. Teslor's shop is under construction.
The collection room now includes a new set of achievements that represent important milestones. Except for one that will appear at 1.0 release titled "Discover Iclantia", all others are unlockable.
For players who have completed objectives already, their achievements should unlock when accessing the collection room. *crosses fingers they work properly. All achievements are seen in-game accept for two representing our protagonists.
The achievements are as follows:
(not in any particular order)
- A rank celebrity
Become a T.V. show star
- Capture a bounty
- Choose your love
Complete Astra's story
- Love your choice
Complete Moxie's story
- Collect 3 Artifacts
- Collect 6 Artifacts
- Fill the gallery
- Fill the treasury
Gold and all investments
- Find the hidden ring
- Go on a date
Date a crew member
- Fix the teleporter
- Get into debt
- Give a gift
- Become the most powerful
- Hire part-timers
To manage your business
- Find the lost city
Discover Iclantia
- Own a planet
- S-class ship
Upgrade all the way
- Survive one year
- Survive two years
- Together forever
Get married or stay friends
- Upgrade fun zone
- Beat secret arcade
Beta test version
After the main story:
You can certainly beat the main story without completing most of these achievements. They serve as a guide to continue more of your adventures. I am working on updating the 'time room' with more hints to hidden adventures.
Fixes & Troubleshooting:
Fixed - various word and grammar edits
Fixed - Several instances where your chosen name was not displayed correctly
In progress - Sometimes achievement don't unlock immediately, but they seem to trigger when entering collection room.
[IMPORTANT]
1) Because the game saves automatically, if you ever encounter a major bug, please ctrl/alt/del the game and load back in so you don't corrupt your game progress.
2) I continually add markers that record what type of choices you make and then sometimes go back to previous conversations to implement reactions to these. As such, when continuing an older save, you miss out on some of these although I try to future proof it as much as possible.