Hello,
It's been three days since the demo has been released.
I thank you all for playing the demo, and providing wonderful feedback on the game's direction.
Speaking of Feedback...
Many users have been negatively reacting to several events, especially the Manipulator, which changes your tokens by +/-10 depending on the stock price. Although I have temporarily nerfed this specific event in this patch, I will quickly seek ways to completely overhaul this and other events.
Another issue that was commonly brought up was the inability to buy stocks when the price exceeded $1,000. Many players thought this was a bug, or an unpleasant mechanic. Similar to events, I have added a temporary UI to warn players when the price exceeds $1,000, but in the long term, I will seek ways to change this mechanic.
Major updates regarding these problems are soon to come, but for now, this update focuses on quick bug fixes, and QoL patches.
The changes are as follows:
QoL
Added a small UI displaying each card's effects as they trigger (can be switched on and off in settings)
Added more QoL settings, including an option to enlarge tooltips and tooltip texts
Added tooltips for each option in the settings
Broke down graphic settings into more detailed criteria
Capped minimum price to $0.0000001
Added a warning tooltip when the price exceeds $1,000 or reaches the capped minimum
Balancing
Nerfed Monkey Business to buff other monkeys by +1.5x, effect stacking linearly with each trigger (previously exponentially). This will keep the card's power at about the same level in lower trigger counts, and weaken it in higher trigger counts.
Nerfed Manipulator event to modify tokens by +/-7 (previously +/-10).
Bug Fixes
Fixed sound adjustment not functioning properly
Fixed Steam initialization, causing crashes for certain users
Recentered 'Game Over' screen
Reduced the frequency of background animations in the start screen
Fixed the crash happening during the tutorial
Fixed certain cards modifying stock price by more than -99%, causing an overflow in the balance
I will constantly be fixing bugs or balancing issues as they come up; but I expect the next patch log to consist of larger changes, mainly touching on the core mechanics.
If you have any suggestions to give, or bugs to report, please do so through our Discord channel.
Again, thanks to all of you for playing Insider Trading.
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Discord: https://discord.com/invite/AxcWFHCDn5