The City of Goodbury has a new look, and when putting the front page together, you now have the option to customize your very own desk. These are two of the major changes to Above the Fold in Alpha 9.8.

Dutch artist, Kay Lousberg, who also designed the reporter graphics, has drawn a whole new map of Goodbury. Where the city was very one-note before, it now has neighborhoods with unique buildings. As the game gets further towards release, these will play a more important part of the game. For now, the new map just makes everything look much better. Adding further depth to the map, new moving clouds also appear as you move around the city.

The ability to customize your Editor's Desk is just for fun. Different desk configurations have no direct influence on the game, however, as your game progresses, you may unlock additional elements, that you can use to make the desk your very own.

There are loads more changes under the hood. See a more complete list of changes below.

Changes in Alpha 9.8

• New city map of Goodbury with neighborhoods and unique buildings
• Customize Desktop-button added under Office Management
• New screen lets you pick from different backgrounds, notepads and decorative items, and that's what you'll see when putting your front page together
• Each new game stage unlocks 1 additional desk background to choose from*
• Clouds now traverse the Goodburian sky for added depth and a slight distraction
• Sidebar sprite on the Map now has a bit more texture on it
• Newspaper graphic on the Editor's Desk screen has a new texture.
• Events can now trigger on the same day, you level up (previously only leveling would trigger)
• Balance tweak: For each day without an event, the chance of a new event increases randomly by 2-3% (was fixed 2.5% before)
• New reporter name elements added
• New celebrity added, John Peter Boga-Boga, professional Karaoke singer.

*Will only work with new games, not existing saves.