I decided to not make my previously planned "autobot" DLC that would play for you if turned on while you were AFK. Instead, I've made other changes that I believe will make the game more interesting for those who find themselves at a near-zero balance frequently...
* Now, if you have a balance under zero, or even near zero, the game still wants you to 'try" and work your way out of the hole you're in yourself before offering you "free money". After playing just five hands, or waiting five minutes (being AFK for example), you'll be given the already seen "Low Moral question" such as robbing elderly people or scamming people for easy money. Every morality decision has it's own karma loss penalties, so watch your karma to the left of your balance closely!
* Your Karma now has a good or bad color indicator. With a 70 of above, you'll see a dark blue background, and below a 70 will show a dark red background.
* If you ever have a karma below 70, you'll run a risk of "God's wrath" with this update! God's wrath means that at any second, even in the middle of a hand, lightning could strike you and your balance that you've used others to help you obtain! The risk of God's wrath lightning is higher the lower your karma level, and it will burn more of your total money the lower your karma is as well!
* Karma points are now earned back at a rate of one point every five minutes of game time (previously one karma point every 30 minutes of game time). ..So karma is earned back much faster now just by simply playing the game!
* Choosing to accept any low morality offer to obtain easy money will now make the screen flash red and give a dramatic doom sound effect as well to let you know you've lost karma.
*** God's Wrath One-In-A-Million Lightning Bolt ***
With this update, every time you get bolted, there is also a true one-in-a-million chance that you'll lose all of your money (you need to have a minimum of $100) and if this happens, you'll earn the "God Hates Me" Steam achievement! ...Not only that, but your game screen will PERMANENTLY change to look like this with a "One in A Million" banner on the right side of the screen as well!
Here's the code to show you that once a bolt strikes down, it TRULY is a ONE-IN-A-MILLION chance for this to occur!
This is Risk VS Reward gameplay that I love to design into my games, and now it has been introduced in my Blackjack game!
Obviously, you can always avoid the risk of lightning zapping your hard earned balance by never accepting any low moral offers for 'free and easy money" and keeping your karma in the blue (70 or above).
I think that is about it for this new update, which happens to fall exactly one month after the launch of "The Best BJ" and also on the "21"st day of August as well.
Oh, the game will also prefix your Steam user name with things like "Toxic", "Loser", and "Scum" for having a karma in the red. I of course didn't code that in. I think it was done by a higher power angered by players who will happily do devilish deeds in a game for a few virtual dollars, but that's just my best guess. *shrugs*
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I hope you enjoy my new update! ..Be sure and let me know in with a comment below or in my forums here for this game! - Thank you for your time!
ZaxtorGameS (Solo Indie Game Developer)