So another month has passed by and its time to dive into all the areas that I have been working on for the game. As the screenshot above shows, I have added stock markets to selected stations. This is stations on planets with a high teck level and on planets with a decent amount of civilization. On the stock markets you can buy and sell shares to help increase your wealth. Shares doing great will payout dividend once a year.
The main focus of this months development have been to add music and sounds to the game, but also to add a lot of missing information dialogs. I will briefly go through some of them below.
Service ship and compartments
It is essential that you service your ship at regular intervals or it will start to fail at the most crucial moments. You can risk misjumps when you fly to other planets or systems, you can risk loosing cargo or even your life, is service is neglected. So pay attention to the service intervals.
Bank
Some stations contains a bank where you can get a little extra money at (maybe) affordable rates. Choose the loan you wish to take and enjoy that extra cash. But be warned. Not paying back a bank loan will get you some nasty ships on your tail.
Revised the commodity market
I've changed the way you buy and sell commodities on the market. Now its done using a slider, giving you better precision on how many you want to buy and sell.
Income/Expense report
All income and expenses are now saved in the income/expense report, so you can keep track of your money spendings and income. It will show the last 60 entries.
Cargo hull inventory
The cargo hull inventory shows what you currently have in your cargo hull and it gives you the possibility to jettison some of it. Jettison'ing some cargo can be a great getaway if you have pirates on your tail.
Other additions and improvements
In addition to sounds and dialogs, I have also worked on other areas of the game:
- Changed the way NPC's fly. They now use newtonian physics meaning that they use their thrusters to break and turn just like the player
- Added a new NPC passenger carrier. It will fly between stations or between planets with passengers
- Added more key bindings and options for the options-screen
- Added pause mode, where you can either save the game or change options
- Added new star system discovery - Once in a while new star systems gets discovered, expanding the universe
- Translated the game to German and Spanish. More languages are in the pipeline. I'm using Localizor for crowdfunded localizations
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I believe that is all for this devlog. Hope you enjoyed reading it and as always give a thumbs up or a comment if you have anything on your mind.