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A new update is about to be released today onto the public branch.
As last time I am going to release the announcement before the update.

Attention I reverted the inventory control scheme back to its old setup.
You use numbers [1] - [7] to iterate through the inventory.

Use the scroll wheel to hold your item farther or closer to you.


The Sandbox Mode has been added into the game!
You play it by starting a new game and choosing a mode from the select menu!


Buy costumes at your local 6/12! See how people react, or how you look in it by spying out yourself.



Hmm... weird I don't remember this blueprint from the epilogue quest. Most have added and forgot about it...




Work on Edward's sewer adventure goes into the post production phase and voice recordings.
It will tell the story of Edward's venture into the sewers as a youngling.

Click here to follow the game before it comes out on GameJolt :D


Here is the full changelog.
Enjoy the update :)

August 21st 2021 0.695

• Reverted the inventory control scheme to the old layout by pressing the numbers on the keyboard. Scroll Wheel is back to being the farther/ closer item control.
  
• Added costumes for the player to wear, people react accordingly sometimes. You can see your full costume when looking at your past self.
  
• Added free mode (Basically sandbox, no quests or story, more to be added soon)
  
• Added a secret chip during the epilogue quest, which will lead you to a save house (Don't tell Erathor -Mim)
  
• Added three time line chips to be unlocked (Blueprints hidden inside the save house)
  
• Added auto save and time wipe sliders to control how often they trigger in the gameplay options
  
• Increased the inventory cap and the save slot cap by 2 more slots
  
• Fixed the agents in the Escape Quest in the sewers from popping up in front of you
  
• Fixed some typos for the ACT III "Back to the Past" Quest Description
  
• Fixed rockets shot by turrets in ACT III from following you through time travel
  
• Fixed the suppression field, which block hover cars in the alt future, to function properly
  
• Fixed the bug of dropping an item and scrolling at the same time, causing the inventory from not removing the item from the ui
  
• Fixed the bug where in the player could glitch himself into the car while at the end of ACT I
  
• Removed Mim
  

Thanks to the help of XylanXS & DeloreanDMC_88 and Averie, who have aided me in testing thoroughly, I have spent the last few weeks trying to repair the save system bug, which sometimes overrides your save to auto save

I really hope that we finally solved this problem. In case it does persist, please comment immediately and I will try to get in contact with you as soon as I can.

Again I apologize to anyone who did encounter this bug. It is something that I really try my best to be resolved. And I hope that is :)

This is a list of the last few patches, which have been made public.
Enjoy the new updates and stay also tuned for Edward's Sewer Adventure!
Wanna find out more about ESA? Follow this link, to the games page on Gamejolt!
https://gamejolt.com/games/EdwieSewie/624613

Make sure to always press the red bug button in the pause menu, in case any other bug needs to be resolved. This way you help me the developer in making the game more and more a finished product!

Cheers and God bless
-Erathor

p6

• Fixed the massive overhead for future players during the CORE section in ACT III. For current players, delete your time story. That will fix it also for you :)
  
• Fixed the floating item issue at the diverting actions quest and during the last stage with the virus chip (Credit goes to Tristan for his reports)
  p7
  
• Fixed some of the glitches when giving items to npcs during ACT III
  
• Added a 300BC craftable chip after you acquired the chip in ACT III
  
• Fixed the floating items on the table at the beginning of ACT II
  
• Fixed the loss of any item you held before ending ACT I
  
• Fixed the slot from automatically switching to the next item instead of having a free hand after dropping an item
  p8
  
• Fixed an issue at the last stage quest which would get you booted up in the accelerator tunnel sequence
  
• Increased overall performance due to a change of settings
  p9
  
• Fixed the bug where the important files would still be displayed in your inventory slot after you gave them to Edward
  
• An adjustment to when Edward tells you to take a step back in the Escape Quest (changed it to "stay behind me")
  
• At last the Save System issue has been rooted out (Credit goes to XylanXS & DeloreanDMC_88 on Discord for aiding me in extensive bug testing and debugging)
  
• Minor Fixes to the Aurora Quest, credit goes to Mattomo for testing
  

Hello fellow players.

Here is the patch list from the past few days.

There have been many reports about the save system glitching out every now and again. I am currently figuring out, what the cause of it might be.

Todays patch is going to revolve about this issue, so if the problem persists (the save system being stuck or always saving in auto save) please let me know.

If you lost your save file I am very sorry. If you want I can personally try to reproduce your save file just lemme know in the comments.

p1

• Fixed the geography from being replaced by the comic book
  
• Fixed the remote controller from not functioning properly due to the new auto brake feature
  
• Fixed the car from activating hover mode if pressing space when holding the remote controller
  p2
  
• Increased Mr. Crafties detection range of your items
  
• Fixed the ranger from switching random faces
  
• Fixed a possible out of bounds exception for the inventory (if by a glitch you happen to have more than six items in your inventory at start)
  p3
  
• Fixed the bug where in you would be able to drop items when entering a password into a computer
  
• Fixed the 3rd person cam for the car, which most often glitches like in the instance of parking the car inside the mechanics shop
  
• Fixed The shilling bag from not transferring your money once used
  
• Money bags now display the (Use Info Tag)
  p4
  
• Added another condition so that the auto save, so that it cannot save while another save is currently processing
  
• Added a cooldown to the trigger of the Time Events at start, so that everything can load in properly
  
• Fixed some digestible items from displaying a fully green circle even if consumed partially
  
• Fixed the pack of eggs lying on the ground in the store
  p5
  
• Changes to the workflow of the save system to see if it fixed the present saving problem
  

New update around the corner!
Before it releases I want you to be introduced to the new inventory handling

Use your mouse weel to scroll through the inventory, which has at the moment up to six slots.

Use the [1] and [2] number buttons to move your item farther or closer to you.
This means a change in the controls, but as I have seen from other players, you can get accustomed to it pretty quick.
Your prior inventory items won't get lost, no worries there.

NOTE: I also increased the rate of auto saving. If your auto save triggers at a sequence or something similar (essentially during important parts of a story or when the black cinematic bars appear, which would break the save normally since sequences don't get saved) please report it to me in the forums so that it can be dealt with it.

Bugs? Eww... Report them by clicking this button! It will redirect you to the steam forums. If anything with the new inventory handling or auto saves seems broken, report it to me as fast as you can say noodletornadoearinfection!

Wanna learn more about pine island and the surrounding geography and lore?
Check out the new books in jasons store!

Visit PIne Islands National Reserve! Maybe you'll meet the friendly park ranger.




Work on Edward's Sewer Adventure is approaching the climax of the story.
After that comes a phase of voice recording and bug testing, before it gets released onto GameJolt and Itch in the following month or two.

You can already follow the game page here :)
https://gamejolt.com/games/EdwieSewie/624613

There have been many more additions with the recent update,
but I'll count them down in the change log. Stay tuned for the update to release today!

God bless.

June 30th 2021 0.69
-Revamped the Inventory System (via Mouse Scroll)
-Added an option to flip the car if it turns out to flip on its head
-Added a Pine Island geography book
-Added a park ranger at the pine island reserve to the south east
-Added a potential auto hand break if outside the car and the car being parked and not moving (it works best on not too steep hills)
-Added a bug report button in the pause menu (redirections you to the steam bug forum)
-Holding Items closer or farther is now controlled by the number 1 and 2 buttons
-Improvement in color of the ocean water
-Localized all Map Markers
-AutoSaves are set now to trigger every 15 minutes under the condition that nothing major is happening (be it a sequence, or a dialogue)
-The Cinematic Key have to be toggled now in the control menu
-Lowered the color intensity in post processing by a slight margin
-Fixed the car glitching or flipping after time travel by setting the car a few centimeters higher in the air after reentry
-Fixed the brick textures for the sewer base
-Fixed the staircase at the school from blocking you
-Fixed from being able to jump while crouching
-Fixed Car Stop Trigger
-Fixed the steering wheel from displaying "Enter Car" if sitting inside
-Fixed massive overhead during the "Diverting Actions" quest. (For those who already are in the quest and have lag, I suggest you purge your time story. That should fix it for you)
-Fixed more typos
-Removed Mim

Hello fellow players!

Here are the patch notes for the last few updates.
Enjoy!

p1
-Fixed Jason's little EMP tutorial dialogue from not taking rebound keys into account
-Fixed the floating aurora on Pine Island
-Fixed a missing space typo for the sell button
-Fixed the car from doing back flips if entering the save/load system
p2
-Fixed a bug in ACT III where edward would not respond to you in the 1980s in the Back to the past quest
-Fixed the camera from glitching if having reloaded from the third person view
p3
-Fixed the save system button triggers
-Fixed the chair from displaying the "kneel" phrase instead of "sit"
p4
-Gave Erombur a jacket
-Fixed the gun from being locked when aiming at the training bot
-Fixed UI button triggers from not being clickable in the Craft Menu
p5
-Fixed a rock from blocking the way in Act III's bunkers
-Time Agents have now bandit voices
-Made Speechboxes scaled based on distance
-Revamped the Ale Item's appearance
p6
-Altered the Dude quest, so you can alternatively also give the Dude a stack of twenty crabs
-Fixed a few more typos