From the feedback so far we noticed you like the airstrip idea, but are also wondering why we went with planes.
There are multiple reasons for that. We figured planes fit nicely into the workflow on the gas station since you are already dealing with fuel and some light repairs. And planes would really work well to provide some variety, especially as they aren’t meant to be a frequent occurrence like cars.
Another reason is to expand on something we started doing. As you might have noticed, by adding Halloween content to the game earlier this week, we also made sure that if you bought the Can Touch This DLC that you see a difference between having the DLC or just the base game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2137370/Gas_Station_Simulator__Airstrip_DLC/
With the Airstrip DLC we’d like to take it a bit further. As you might know, the rather large Shady Deals DLC is scheduled later next year after Airstrip. What we want to do is having Shady Deals offer some additional content if you also have the Airstrip DLC. Thematically it’s just too good a fit to pass it up. Not many things go so hand in hand with shady deals then small private planes. Every good drug movie teaches us that :P
To get the Shady Deals DLC to use the Airstrip DLC when available is the reason we decided to switch some things around and release it way earlier.
There were always two ideas for how to expand the gas station that were on our minds from very early on: an airstrip and a junkyard. We always planned to do those, but never right away, more like way, way later down the road. Before that we wanted to add more conventional content like handling electric vehicles, trucks etc.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1992100/Gas_Station_Simulator__Shady_Deals_DLC/
But just because we switched things around now, it doesn’t mean we aren’t still perusing the other ideas as well…