CHANGE is back with it's biggest patch yet, new things to explore, more items, new music, graphics and many improvements, fixes and balancing changes!

Unfortunately, a lot of our promised story content is a bit too buggy right now, so we're going to be patching that in in pieces for each of the other homeless over the next few weeks, expect a lot of night event expansion! We're gonna be doing some mini patches almost daily for a little while again.

Sorry for the long wait on this one too,we don't usually take weeks to deliver an update.

Alot of this wouldn't be possible without your help guys, you're a great community and have provided a ton of lovely bug reports and feedback. Cheers!

Now then, onward with the patch notes! :D

Changes and new stuff

⦁ The Park is now open! More coming to this area later as we develop the story.

⦁ Meet Joe, Bill & Maggie. For now, they can be seen in the park and streets, with some minor interactions available. They will be developed much more in the coming story updates.

⦁ The shop has had a UI rework!

⦁ Item trading! You'll need to build a decent reputation first.

⦁ New Music added

⦁ New levels added

⦁ New items added

⦁ You can now use the bus to get to the toilets, as well as taking a bus to a new area of the city!

⦁ Street reputation is now a much more important stat, it opens up even more night events, new park features and interactions with other homeless. We'll continue to expand this part of the game as we go forward.

⦁ You can now rent books from the library if you have a library card. These give temporary bonuses!

Balancing

⦁ Building density slightly increased (less walking time between buildings, though the more empty layouts will soon be filled with other things)

⦁ Winter now only lasts 2 days

⦁ Shelters appear slightly less often

⦁ Hunger decays 5% faster

⦁ Some starting bonuses have been adjusted

⦁ Walk speed during winter is reduced quite a bit

⦁ Walk speed during rain is slightly reduced a little

⦁ Various prices have been updated

⦁ Base illness chance from trash food reduced

⦁ Happiness decays slightly faster during winter (unless warm)

⦁ Some interactions with pedestrians now take less time

⦁ You now lose a small amount of happiness when sleeping outside

⦁ Base scrap carry limit increased to 25

⦁ There are less police around at the beginning of the game

⦁ It rains more often

⦁ Base hunger gain from trash food increased

⦁ If you go to Jail, you now skip winter

⦁ The dog is now much more likely to show if you're carrying food

Bug Fixes & Improvements

⦁ Fixed hygiene not decaying while working

⦁ Fixed a bug where buying a normal item in the shop would refresh the item in slot 3 if the last item bought was a special/perm item

⦁ Fixed a bunch of crash issues

⦁ You can now buy library cards at the library!

⦁ Fixed a bug where a couple of items wouldn't always restore as much hunger as they said they would

⦁ Music is now more reactive to events

⦁ Adjusted various SFX volume levels

⦁ Fixed a bug where your job could be swapped for a different one when reloading the game

⦁ Fixed a bug where clicking on scrap and then walking away could make it so you couldn't pick up the scrap ever.

⦁ You can now steal from shops even when you can afford the item

⦁ Fixed charity events not showing if you stay in an area long enough

⦁ Fixed moving to a new city generating the same city as before

⦁ Fixed some reality levels being bugged under certain conditions

⦁ Fixed various issues with winter coming and going

⦁ Fixed a bug where ending the day or reloading the game could reset the timer for deciding when it rains

⦁ Fixed the daycount and some things related to daycount being wrong when going to jail (some things still are, we'll get to those shortly).

⦁ Fixed a bug where you couldn't enter a building sometimes around other homeless

⦁ Fixed the laying low popup repeating

⦁ Fixed resolution settings getting reverted

⦁ Fixed some cases where reloading or moving to a new area could reset some values