Hello everyone
Things are getting exciting with Sol Trader as we head into November! 1.2 is now feature complete and has just entered a bug testing phase, with only Steam Achievements left to add to the game before we go live in a few weeks.
Overall, I'm very pleased with how the new version has turned out. Salaries and the possibility of being fired from your job provides early direction to the game. It also gives you a reason to stay close to home and build relationships with co-workers. The UI improvements and extra tooltips have really streamlined gameplay. The new missions provide a more interesting and rounded set of things to do for characters. New conversation questions and a 'meet me' option makes finding people that much easier. Finally, being able to ask characters for transit between cities and planets helps with mid-late game ship management.
If you'd like a sneak preview on the new build, watch this space: I'll be posting information on how to get on the 1.2 beta to the discussion forums soon.
To mark the new release, and to help people learn the game, I've started posting my own series of Developer Let's Play gameplay videos. In the series, I've started a new game completely from scratch, with the aim of teaching the basic gameplay and to point out new 1.2 features.
The first one is up right now, with more to follow over the next few days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaeVCr-w3iI
Until next time,
Chris