Howdy everyone, it's time for the weekly update tuck in:
Australian Spy Balloon Hints:
Community member WordCobbler and others put forth the idea of potential hints or direction to find the last remaining Spy Balloons in their city. Players can now talk to "Jed", a prospect of the "No More Emus coalition", and tenant of Weltys garage to purchase a hint for any remaining balloons in your version of Rockhaven. The hints aren't cheap, they come in at $1000 a pop, but if you've only got a few more Balloons to go, Jed's your guy. He'll be in Welty's shed whenever you need him, he's not the type of guy to go anywhere.
New Store: Kitschen Green Island
It's the grand opening of Kitschen Green Island, and with it, some more interesting pieces to place in your homes. We plan to add multiple locations for all homeware stores to stop you from having to travel to one spot, and Kitschen Green Island's the first step in that direction.
New Home Food Items:
Available now in Kitschen and Kitschen Green Island are:
- Gummon Gumball Vending Machine
- Personal Goorana Vendor
- Pizza Oven
- Coffee JR machine
- Food Inc Oven
And thanks to last weeks update, they all have uses! Get in and try 'em out.
Expanded set of Reward Chest Items:
We got Rugs, we got Paintings, we got a neon lit Mirror, and we got a mountable giant Marlin because we can't stop adding Fish decorations to the chest. Beyond those, the potential AsbestOS items from chests has now doubled in variety. Good luck with your spins!
Reduced VRAM usage (Continuing process)
We've done some more work on optimisation, and while there's still plenty to do, players on lower end GPU's should see some appreciable performance and a whole lot less crashing. Feel free to let us know if there's still severe issues and we'll keep chipping away at it.
Chapter One Preview: Meet EBE
Don't forget we're still hammering away at It's Only Money Chapter One. There's been a tiny hint of confusion for some folk, so to clear it up: Chapter One is not a separate game, nor is it something you purchase. Chapters are major updates to It's Only Money throughout our Early Access journey.
Chapter One's coming in with a batch of fresh content, including a new Villain: Maude, A new Crookbook game "Gorb Rush", A new system "Open World Puzzles", a new Business to buy and manage, a Mayor business to destroy and takeover, a redesign to the tenant system entitled "Homies", and of course, a bunch of missions. One new mission giver is EBE, or extra terrestrial biological entity.
While most people imagine Aliens to be advanced and indistinguishable from magic, EBE comes from a planet of absolute dropkicks, and thus, has crashed his ship right into Rockhaven Nature Reserve. Help EBE repair his craft, and because EBE is a lazy dropkick, take over his mandated abduction shifts in a new minigame. EBE has his own reward track, and it wouldn't be It's Only Money unless we let you move an alien into a property among other cool unlockables.
Bugs/Other Fixes:
- Fixed clients being able to pick up items that the host is currently placing in asbestOS
- Fixed clients being able to sell the host's placed items in asbestOS. Items placed by the client will be theirs to sell until they leave the session.
- Misc Text corrections on items
- Fixed some Puzzle elements appearing in Chapter Zero
- Fixed some home-made items providing too much cash value
- Fixed Slimeway entrance and upgrades not appearing for clients when unlocked.
- Fixed snail exploding VFX not showing for clients.