Hi all!
# Progress Report
Since last time there have been another large batch of changes, fixes, and optimizations in anticipation of release on Steam Early Access soon!
Special thanks to RyanMcleod and Plot_ArmoreD for their feedback which is where a lot of the focus for these changes came from!
## Release notes:
Feature: Add graphics preset settings in options menu
Feature: New random travel events! Including:
Common cold
Dysentery
Flu
Ebola
Measles
Sepsis
Concussion
Enhancement: Random event pooling
This should resolve most situations where you could encounter many of the same event repeatedly, especially ones that are supposed to be more rare like tornados
Enhancement: Lots of new sound effects added for UI interactions and in-game events
Enhancement: Show family wealth on initial travel inventory screen
Enhancement: Bandit ambush event has an additional option for dealing with it
Enhancement: Certain event types will roll for avoiding injuries
Fix: Fix incorrect fonts in certain panels
Fix: Help text in exploration scene had an incorrect label
Fix: Tree collision in mountains
Fix: Tree collision in tundra
Fix: Fix incorrect result text for purchasing from traveling salesman (ammo and equipment)
Fix: Injury and sickness severity counters were still using old values for reference
Fix: Boons/banes expiration in party was broken
Fix: Clear weather boon had inverted effect modifier
Fix: Hide unneeded sprite if foreground text is blank in explore the area page
Fix: Inventory item randomization was giving the same items every time
Fix: Girl sprite portrait had a wonky eye
Fix: Item quantity counting in inventory was incorrect
Fix: Destination was not added to codex on journey completion
Fix: Problematic cleanup resolved after journey completion
Fix: Character creation buttons didn't scale well when the sprites were changed
Change: Greatly increase payouts for journeys
Change: Make various UI text larger for legibility
Change: Remove old unused code
Change: Party status page UI cleanup
Change: Event probabilities tuning
Change: Help text in exploration will stay up indefinitely
# Project Status Update
Journey to Alpha: Arrived!
Journey to Playtesting: Arrived!
Journey to Early Access: Coming soon!
Journey to Release: Coming soon!
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Thanks for reading!
- C