Good day everyone!
Before we start closing down the game version for the upcoming Steam Playtest this weekend, it's a good time to make a nice update of the public demo version as well!
One of the highlights of this update is unlocking of nearly all planned languages for Patron. So far, players of the demo came from all over the world and we're trying to bring the game closer to everyone, as much as possible. There might still be glitches and missing words, but that will be further improved until release version.
We couldn't add everything that we worked on since the demo is limited, but there are still some great additions:
- Added a number of different languages (except Japanese for now). Still needs some polish but they can be selected and used from game launcher
- Added character animations for people working in production buildings
- Added influence of social issues to behavior of characters
- Added a number of notifications, linked to upcoming problems because of some emerging social issue
- Added riots (in front of Town Hall) when certain social issue drops below acceptable level
- Added several new buildings for production and beautifications (different town banners, Oil mill, Shrine, Cemetery, Mushroom farm, Fishery…)
- Added several items for production and trading (sunflower, oil, medicine, lamps...)
- Added another balancing pass for production and consumption
- Fixed influence and benefits of several buildings (like wells)
- Animals on ranches are now consuming oats for food
- Added shortcut mapping in the in-game options
- Added new data graphs on the Stock panel with overviews for coins and food
- Fixed numerous glitches linked to the Jobs board panel
- Fixed numerous bugs that were detected or reported by players
Please note that from this updated version, old save files will unfortunately not work anymore. Some of the changes were profound and a de-sync of the version couldn’t be avoided this time. Since it had to be done, we’ve decided it is better sooner rather than later, and it is better to do this on the demo version than later on the full version. Sincere apologies for this, but we had to make a more significant step with the version this time.
As before, we welcome your continuous feedback. If you encounter any issues, please let us know in the bugs&technical subthread on Steam community forum, and if you’re sending us log and save files, please make sure they come from the latest demo version. It really helps us nail problems faster!
And, in the end – if you have an interest and haven’t already, apply to participate in our Playtest this weekend. All those selected (randomly by Steam) will receive access to the unlocked game version for two days, and we’d love to know your thoughts!
Enjoy!
Overseer Games