Timeflow News

Please report any bugs you find here in comments or via clicking “report bug” in game menu and describing the issue. Thank you!

Remember that you can still get a free mobile version if you leave a review and send us a screenshot at [email protected]

New
+ Possible to write 3rd bestseller
+ You can be a donor
+ You can have garage sales

Changes
* Gold prices rise during a fin crisis
* Family events now depended on the character’s age
* Lowered requirements for blogging and corporation

Fixed
- Blogging
- Achievements bugs
- Deposit bugs
- Interface bugs
- Large sums bugs
- Freeze bus
- Numerous smaller issues

A large update that we’ve been working on since January. After PC testing, the build will be available for mobile. Please report any bugs you find here in comments or via clicking “report bug” in the game menu and describing the issue. Thank you!

Remember that you can still get a free mobile version if you leave a review and send us a screenshot at [email protected]

The main changes are new functions, balance edits, and better translation (still not perfect but we’re on it).
New content will be available later.
Multiplayer game is still available via Steam Remote Play only.
Using old savegames may be buggy due to new functions and data.

New
+ Dividends
+ Dividend gap
+ Custom currency and multipliers
At the first launch or in the settings
+ Stress resilience
Increased by family, sports, rest, dream
Decreased by bad habits
Depended on game difficulty
+ Achievements
+ Slider instead of text input at stock purchase
+ Cryptocurrency
+ Premature loan payments decrease monthly payments
+ Easy game restart and reload from the menu or end game
+ Restart lost character without restarting the entire party
+ Log height control
+ Red Major event cell is available only once a year, 1.5 or two years (depending on difficulty)

Changes
* Translation
* Routine expenses are rebalanced
* Blogging is rebalanced
* Crisis progress is more realistic
* Family help treat depression, and bad habits too
* Stocks portfolio shows gains or losses via colors

Fixed
- Other player’s expenses no more copies to other players
- Too fast Depression bug
- Numerous smaller bugs
- Tutorial bugs

... Achievements

Some highlights of our progress and the upcoming release. This is our last week of internal testing, now we only have one critical bug, public testing on Steam comes as soon as we fix it. And if that goes well, the mobile is next.

BTW, if you haven't heard, you can still get a free mobile version if you publish a positive review on Steam and send us the proof at [email protected]

On screenshots (these are just some of the tweaks, obvi):



Soundtrack. You've been asking since forever, and here it is – from mp3 to lossless. If you want to support us, you can buy it (we'll be real happy). 80 minutes. For now, it's only available on the new Steam Soundtracks native player (but we may upload it somewhere else, too): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1284500



Dividends. How it works: Every company may or may not pay out dividends once a year. How much you get depends on how volatile the current company is. In the case of a short position, it is the player who pays the dividends. After the payment of dividends comes the ex-dividend date: a stock's price falls down and slowly rises back up. We also added a highly volatile cryptocurrency and dropped silver. You still can't buy any stocks at any time though (it'll come later).



Custom currency. You can fine-tune the numbers (raise or lower) and pick any currency symbol you like. This will NOT change the game balance, so this feature is purely visual. Maybe somebody wants to see his wage as $20/hour, not 100T as it right now.



New map(s). Still under construction. You can see the concept art on the screenshot. We have it in 3D, but can't show it just yet. We want to add multiple maps from various areas to make things interesting, but the cost of 3D art is ridiculously high for an indie game. We now get why pixel art and low poly are in. So, for now, we're trying to strike a balance between cost, speed, and quality.

Every feature is a ton of game design, interface, coding, and UI tweaks. It goes something like this: come up with an idea, draw it, explain it, code it, test it, revise it, repeat x10, and only then turn it in and move on.

We've resolved the biggest issue with the freeze during the balance rows deletion. And also some minor internal bugs.

Something else:

- Easier to pay off loans
- Localization fixes
- The mood events are rebalanced to keep you focused
- Family takes 5% of income
- Fixed some artwork
- Different day job penalties now taken not from cash but from the upcoming salary

We're fighting with bugs and sometimes even successfully. Although there are many different systems and variations, and your help is necessary.

The rules are simple:

1) You have to have a Timeflow purchase
2) You have to have bugs is 1.8.4 version
3) Bugs are present when you start a new game, not loading an older savegame
4) Email us to [email protected]
5) We're sending you a test code activation
6) You play the beta version, looking for the bug you previously experienced
7) You send us a bug and balance report
8) We're grateful and thankful =)