A fairly small update that adds difficulty selection options when creating new games (casual, standard and challenge difficulties) and three new show themes - crime, super hero and post apocalyptic!
This build shouldn't cause crashes if used with saves from versions 0.44 or 0.4401, but the new show themes won't work correctly without starting a new game in this version or later (world screen will show no other shows of these types, popularity and competition will be set to 0).
Functionality
- Added a difficulty select option when starting a new game - casual, standard or challenge. Difficulty settings affect starting resources, platform contract fees and requirements, resources and XP earned per episode
- Difficulty 0 counts as 2 (Standard) so 0.44 saves will still work in 0.45
Content
- Made three new show themes available - Crime, Super Hero and Post Apocalyptic. Each theme has its own set, with theme-specific show title generation and character name generation.
Balancing
- [Standard difficulty] Platform contract lengths made a little longer.
- [Standard difficulty] Interest requirement for highest ambition platforms reduced by 10.
UI
- Added a STATS view to the character list screen, which shows affinity scores and trait icons
- Adjusted the platform expectation stars on the platforms screen so that high expectation (high interest requirements) is depicted as more stars, not less!
- Added STATUS to character list screen
- Added TYPE to episode list screen
- Added a RECEPTION view to the episode list screen, showing review scores, show interest and viewer counts
- Hooked up the capacity element on the rooms sidebar so it correctly shows max room capacity and current number of staff in the room
- Game now starts paused during initial studio and show setup process
- Added an UNASSIGN button to the lead dressing room sidebar screen
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where the show contract bonus payment per interest gained wasn't being correctly added to the total paid to the studio when an episode is completed.
- Added saving of contract offer details to fix issues if the player saved the game after creating a new show but before accepting a contract for it.