Hi, this is Hoochoo Game Studios.
It's already been 2 weeks since our studio released No Umbrellas Allowed through early access. Over the past 2 weeks, our studio has been able to hear your feedback and find many improvements. Also, we were able to experience a variety of things that you are looking forward to in the game. Among them, there were two things our team members agree to be supplemented.
First of all, we felt the need for a major improvement on the way to and from work. The original commuting route was designed to help you immerse yourself in the world and use it to run the store. But we also felt that the current level of the route is not achieving that goal. So we've decided to add features to eight stores nearby the store and let you visit each of them. Each store will complement the functional limitations of Darcy's or help you operate the store better. For example,
- Auction House: It's a place that you can have another chance to sell the items that seem to have deeper story and value in a higher price.
- Flower shop: Here you can buy flowers that can make a positive difference to your customers.
- Citizen Discourse Data Store: All conversations in the city are recorded in Citizens Discourse Data. We will use various rumors in the data as quests.
Next, we would like to give the player more chance to control the story. In other words, the main character in the game will have a greater impact on the world and we will show it in a more direct way. In the new story, the Association of Victims of Avarice Crimes sets the number of Avarice criminals the citizens have to search every week. If the citizens fail, the Association will drop the Fixerain. In the fear of the Fixerain, you can report some of your customers who seem greedy. However, it is not easy to press the Report Button without a hitch. This is because not only the reported but also all citizens will begin to get wary of you from the moment you are announced to the whole city as an excellent reporter.
The Early Access period of No Umbrellas Allowed will be a little longer to include these two new functions in the game. However, we changed our plan to open the story of the 26-40th day during the Early Access period, which we promised to open with an official release. Our schedule is as below, and as always, we are going to keep distributing the updated version including bug fixes. Thank you!
