Merchant of the Skies News

Hello Merchants! We're happy to say that thanks to our fans and players, 天空商人 now supports simplified Chinese language. Hope you enjoy the game! If you find any mistakes in the translation - please let us know and we'll fix them as soon as possible.

Hey Merchants!

By popular request, we've worked this whole day to remove screen resolution restrictions and add widescreen support.



Not gonna lie, the game looks pretty cool, but I might be the biased side here.

The giants feel a bit lonelier though
We've also pushed some typo fixes and language adjustments, thanks to everyone who point these out. Thank you for supporting the game so far and we're really working hard on bringing further quality of life adjustments and minor bugfixes. If you find something else - do let us know on Steam forums and please share your widescreen screenshots, I'd love to see how the game looks on your monitors!

Best,
Vladimir

Hey Merchants!

Thanks for your support during the game launch, it means a lot to both me and Helen. Over these two days, some issues that were not noticeable as much during early access became more clear. One of them is how the bankrupcy works and overall need of more guidance on that matter. This hotfix tries to make it more clear.

[h2]Bank adjustments[/h2]

Here's how the bankrupcy process worked (and still works): first time you run out of money, you get a message telling you about it and asks to repay that sum, otherwise you lose the game. If the money have not been repaid to the bank and you lose again, the game is lost permanently. If you keep repaying your loans - then you keep getting second chances, even if you go bankrupt again. The #1 problem with this is it was not obvious enough + if this happened in the beginning, it was a bit of a struggle to find a bank on the map.

To address this, a few adjustments have been introduced.

First one. If you owe money and did not find the bank yet, the bank is still marked on the map. Even if you have not visited it.



The debt is also more clearly indicated in the bank descriptor window.


Reworded bankrupcy screen to tell you in clearer terms that you are going to lose the game if you dont pay back
New message Vs old message

Debt is not going to grow over time now, should make it a bit more manageable. Loan repayment got a bit of an overhaul too:



[h2]Bugfixes[/h2]

• bugfix: if you tried to visit Turtlewise while it was moving, you'd get a blackscreen
  
• bugfix: switch green and red in fuel consumption comparison coloring (lower fuel consumption is actually better)
  
• various typos fixes (thanks to everyone who keeps reporting them, we do fix them)
  
• Post Office won't be offering Letter Delivery quests if you quest log is full
  

Hope it makes your experience a bit better and thanks to everyone who made suggestions on improvements!

Thanks to everyone who keeps posting suggestions and feedback on Steam forums. I am going to prioritize the bugfixes for now, but all other feedback is definitely recorded and evaluated for possible further use :)
Best,
Vladimir

Thanks for your support so far! We are overwhelmed and want to show our gratitude, thank you personally and hang out online a bit. On April 18, 15:00 GMT (In six hours after the moment this event has become visible), Helen from Coldwild Games is going to be streaming Merchant of the Skies live while both of us answer your chat questions.

You are welcome to join us and find our more about the game or just hang out together!

The game graduated early access on Friday, April 17. You can read the full release log here:
https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/1040070/view/3336547284123646630
Cheers and we hope to see you there!

Hey! Just noticed that wisemen say that giants are in the South-East. I'm _very_ sorry, they are actually in the southwest. Hotfixed it just now and uploaded the new version. Thanks for everyone who pointed it out!