The new update is here!
This time we're bringing in the long awaited mental illness character story and a bunch of other stuff, as well as a load of community request fulfilments!
Sorry for the wait on this one, a lot of this content had to be added in one go for it to work, and we've also been hard at work on the ending cutscene in the background.... hopefully it'll be done soon!
We're going back to multiple patches a week now, so stay tuned and don't forget to leave feedback! Next up is more night events, item and story features.
Phew, well I haven't slept for a couple days, so... I'm gonna go do that. Onwards to the patch notes! :D
Changes and new stuff
⦁ Various new artwork & animations added
⦁ New SFX added
⦁ Mental illness character story added! My personal favourite, this character can be the most challenging; you get 2 random mental illnesses/maladies that are common among the homeless at the start of the game, from a pool of several different kinds. These maladies are unique to this character. Getting past winter in your previous/current run will give your character new random maladies in your next run.
⦁ Some new night events!
⦁ Day Labour system added! Look out for billboards in the street, here you can compete with others waiting for risky temp work from trucks that pass by.
⦁ The park has had some updates!
⦁ New interactions available with other homeless in the street. Each character now has unique interactions, depending on your relationship with them and your street reputation. They may also wander around the city and have a wider variety of behaviours they enact depending on various factors like time of day! We're going to be developing these characters a lot more in the next update.
⦁ 12 new perks added!
Balancing
⦁ Coffee & energy drink have been nerfed a bit (slightly less walk speed increase)
⦁ Increased number of bus stops, benches and trash cans that get generated slightly
⦁ Magazines have been nerfed very slightly (1 point less happiness/study on average)
⦁ Having a high street reputation (>50) now also slightly decreases chances of being mugged
⦁ Veteran nerfed a bit, now starts with £7
⦁ Late game perks are earned slightly faster
⦁ "HIKER" perk buffed, now also greatly reduces hunger decay while in park
⦁ "CROWD PLEASER" perk nerfed, now multiplies multiplier by 1 + 1 for every 4 people watching (previously 2) < This was probably the most OP perk in the game...
⦁ Novel item now gives slightly more happiness & study
⦁ Hot chocolate item now only gives 1 happiness
⦁ Hot chocolate now gives you a cup when you drink it (this was actually always meant to happen, so more of a bug fix)
⦁ Various shop prices updated
⦁ "Secure bag" nerfed, now greatly reduces chances of pests in the night instead of being practically immune
⦁ Pests have a higher base chance of appearing in the night and taking food when sleeping in the street, but now they only take some of your food... most of the time.
⦁ STUDENT perk nerfed, now only your first study each day is shorter :(
⦁ You can no longer study if you're drunk
⦁ Fountains and toilets appear slightly less often
⦁ You now cannot get positive work buffs from a job while your happiness is less than 60 (previously 50)
⦁ Increased job study requirements
⦁ Adult learning charity event nerfed, now gives base 8-12 study (previously 10-15)
⦁ Increased base wages for street cleaning job
⦁ Longer work hours for Fast food and shop jobs
⦁ Base chance of being mugged significantly decreased
⦁ Stealing is slightly easier
⦁ You now cannot have the DISLIKED work buff if you already have TRUSTED and visa versa.
⦁ The residency system is now more lenient (takes longer to lose residency & takes longer to lose access to your bank account when residency is lost)
Bug Fixes & Improvements
⦁ Fixed various issues with magazines
⦁ Fixed various misc crash bugs
⦁ Fixed residency being lost when loading back into the game
⦁ Removed one of the NPC homeless characters from street generation (the one who wasn't Joe, Bill or Maggie), he's going to be our dealer in the next update...
⦁ Updated and improved various menu and UI elements
⦁ Fixed "New Clothes" text being wrong in the shop (now "Smart shirt")
⦁ Updated various texts and text formatting
⦁ Fixed warnings from poor job performance not always correctly dealing with number of warnings to be fired
⦁ Fixed sometimes getting the "DISLIKED" work debuff even when working with high hygiene
⦁ Fixed "Healthy" perk not being applied when auto-eating food from the shop
⦁ Vending machines and street vendors now have text describing item details
⦁ Fixed the white square graphic bug in certain night events
⦁ Fixed other homeless not always scolding for begging near them
⦁ Fixed clicks going through certain menus and other UI items that could activate street vendors and vending machines
⦁ Fixed some bugs with selling daily issue
⦁ Fixed cake not restoring happiness when auto eat is on and you buy it in the shop
⦁ Fixed not always entering buildings when clicking on them and moving
⦁ Fixed certain stats not displaying their amounts when less then 1 sometimes
⦁ Fixed Hunger/Happiness ticking down while in certain parts of the park and not currently travelling
⦁ Fixed buggy tutorial window
⦁ You cannot enter the toilet menu after 8pm, rather than showing it and not being able to do anything
⦁ Subway commuters will now sometimes complain about you begging there during rush hour
⦁ Fixed cups not appearing in inventory until after reopening inventory sometimes after drinking coffee and other items
⦁ Fixed speech bubbles showing over the pause menu sometimes
⦁ Fixed other homeless characters slurring when you're drunk
⦁ Fixed being able to rent/return library books if the library is closed
⦁ You don't need to hold down - & + buttons in the bank menu for as long to rapidly increase amounts
⦁ Fixed a bug that caused you change to a strange position after using benches
⦁ Reduced volume of "Item placed in inventory" sfx
⦁ Perk and inventory menus now reset their scroll values when opening/closing the pause menu (defaulting to top)
⦁ Fixed only being able to scroll the perk menu with drag by clicking and dragging on perk icons, now click and drag anywhere
⦁ The "Go to work" button no longer displays if you can't actually go to work for some reason (like having already worked that day)
⦁ Fixed bank not displaying funds you had the first time you enter it after loading the game or after losing residency and regaining it
⦁ Fixed scrap and cups being possible "give" items when making a trade... that was a bad exploit!