That's right, it is time to get into The Dope Game! The game is now available on Steam with a 15% discount for the first week. At the end of that week the price will go up and we will release the demo version so people can try it out before buying, if they wish. We have more to talk about so let's get into it!
Update
We have updated to version 1.0.0! Granted we posted the release candidate change log earlier, it was incomplete. Here is the real change log for the official release version:
- Added: 'Demo Locked' to demo version of the game, for days selection
- Added: The Finnigan Brothers' Fun Park to the game
- Added: Fun Park background to game over module
- Added: Sweaty Mike now accepts bribes to remove current police heat levels
- Changed: police presence algorithm
- Changed: increased cost of crew hiring
- Fixed: crew running away during combat seems to duplicate crew members
- Fixed: glitch where you could keep getting loans from Sweaty Mike, over and over
- Fixed: dialog for Bill Finnigan, two options were switched around
- Fixed: issue where interact screen popped up when combat was initiated at Fun Park
- Fixed: Sweaty Mike coming after you a day early if loan isn't paid
Giveaway!
We are doing a giveaway currently on The Dope Game community hub! We are giving five people sets of keys to all our of games in celebration of this game's release! Head over to the giveaway here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/466800/discussions/2/357287304438328841/ and good luck!
Future Updates
We are planning two big content updates: The Doped Update and Hard Case Update. To expand upon that, The Doped Update will add Dr. Stansfield's Cloning Lab to the game where you can deal with Marsch and stash drugs. It also adds an effect that takes place if the old lady stabs you with a syringe... you'll see what we mean. And lastly it will add in more fluctuations of drug prices around the city.
The Hard Case Update focuses mainly on combat and adds in more effects as well as crew members for NPC's and police. Fighting right now is kind of easy compared to how it will be so get in while the getting is good.
We will also be adding controller support at a later date.
Desktop Edition Axed
Wait, what? Yes, we are axing the stand-alone desktop edition in favor of the Steam edition. How does this affect you? It doesn't. It just means instead of maintaining two versions we are only doing the Steam one. We will update the leaderboard and stats layouts in the next update to reflect this. Our Itch.io page will also be changed out.
Speaking of, the leaderboards are currently topped by in-house testers and pre-order folks! Sets you up with a good challenge.
That's it! Go play!