Road to Dog Sled Saga 1.0

This is the sixth of several upcoming updates themed around major changes to the game. We've mapped out the rest of the game's development looking towards exiting Early Access and releasing our mobile versions. We'd love your feedback as we go! Keep your eyes open for the rest of the final stretch.

View this update on our website

Previously:
5) Employee Update
4) Informed Decisions Update
3) Sponsorship Update
2) Operating Cost Update
1) Dog Dynamics Update

Changes

We've always felt that some skills, especially those that provide a speed boost, overpower all of the other ones. We enacted a long-planned change to help bolster the other skills. Introducing Star & Support skill classes! Also introducing the German Shepherd breed!

• Skill Class
  •  Star skills only apply to the dog whose skill triggers
    • Star skills include: Speed Boost, Competitive, Charge Up, Block Speed Drop

  •  Support skills apply their effect to all dogs on the team for the duration of their dog's skill trigger
    • Support skills include: Light Eater, Good Catch, Tangle Free

• German Shepherd breed added

• Journal screen reworked
  • Unified Journal and Mentor screen with mode switching
  • Improve navigation UI
  • Added journal entries per dog breed
  • Fixed a few journal prompt triggers
  • Edited some journal entries and prompt

• Various other fixes and improvements

 
This looks to be the last or second to last of these updates before the final release!
Let us know in the comments, forums, Twitter, or Facebook if you have any feedback on this update.

-  Dan and Lisa