Dev Update #10 “Big fish (or bear) in a small pond”
Hello Owners!
For this new update, we focused on adding more personalities & characters to the game.
It’s the big comeback of our favorite bear, Ant’ny Barr! But as good (or bad?) news never comes alone, he comes with Nat Kiddin the ferocious police officer. They both might bring you a lot of money, but beware as these two could be trouble, more than you can handle.
If you were starting to be bored by miners destroying your slot with their pickaxes, the mobster threatening everyone around, and the tourist spending most of their time taking pictures rather than playing, you’ll be happy to welcome some new clients! The police officers are good clients but don’t mix well with mobsters. Choose which baseball team you’ll support, and their fans will spend in your casino. Finally, the rockabillies will bring some fun and dancing and start the party!
Welcome your newest clients!
Each client type comes with special tastes and expectations!
The Rockabilly
Welcome the slicked fur, leather jacket, and swing dresses, a new style is in town! They’re young and they want to have fun.
The baseball fans
Baseball is big in the area. Almost everyone has a favorite team that they support wholeheartedly. Bringing baseball fans in is good for business, but you’ll have to choose a team, there is no neutrality in baseball.
The Police Officers
Where you find mobsters, you find police officers. Like anyone they just want to have a good time, but they sometimes have trouble leaving the job behind. Difficult for them to do nothing when witnessing misdemeanors around. That might get your other clients on edge.
VIPs grand comeback
Ant’ny’s back
The luckiest among you already met Ant’ny a couple of playtests ago. He is back and here to stay. This big bear is the head of the new crime family who just "ousted" (read: murdered) the Rheeves family. Oddly enough he's not a high roller. When he's around he plays very tight, but he loves to be served by his favorites. If you don't have a staff that he approves of... expect trouble... big trouble. Broken items, maybe even a dead staff member or two... clean up in slots!”
New in town: Nat Kiddin
This ferocious cheethat is no other than one of the most feared police officers in town. Her motto: “shoot first, talk later.” When it comes to law and order, she sees the world in black and white. Her itchy trigger finger gets results, which is why the Sheriff’s department keeps her on the payroll, but there’s always collateral damage, and the department has to do damage control after Hurricane Nat has come through. Expect some unhappy customers if she finds people and things not to her liking.
When Nat shows up, make sure she's got no reason to suspect anything underhanded is going on, or you'll be cleaning up broken glass and having to give free drinks and free chips to upset customers, if she doesn't shut you down.
“Swiper no swiping”
Plants will wither over time, and if you don’t take care of it, it will lower the casino beauty
You can water them yourself, or hire custodians to do so
New level
A new level has been added, available from the level selector. It comes with new challenges, mostly focusing around the new clients: the baseball fan, the rockabillies and the police officers
Bugfix:
And that’s all for this update. As always, do not hesitate to share your thoughts and questions as we make progress to the development of Blooming Business: Casino. We want to share with you how we progress and are always keen for feedback!
Click here to join our Discord!
The Homo Ludens team.
For this new update, we focused on adding more personalities & characters to the game.
It’s the big comeback of our favorite bear, Ant’ny Barr! But as good (or bad?) news never comes alone, he comes with Nat Kiddin the ferocious police officer. They both might bring you a lot of money, but beware as these two could be trouble, more than you can handle.
If you were starting to be bored by miners destroying your slot with their pickaxes, the mobster threatening everyone around, and the tourist spending most of their time taking pictures rather than playing, you’ll be happy to welcome some new clients! The police officers are good clients but don’t mix well with mobsters. Choose which baseball team you’ll support, and their fans will spend in your casino. Finally, the rockabillies will bring some fun and dancing and start the party!
Welcome your newest clients!
Each client type comes with special tastes and expectations!
The Rockabilly
Welcome the slicked fur, leather jacket, and swing dresses, a new style is in town! They’re young and they want to have fun.
- They love arcade games, with all the noise and the excitement that comes with it. They love using the photo booth to take romantic pictures, fun memories, and sometimes some little pranks.
- They are breaking the old traditions, old fashioned is out of fashion. They go for anything sweets, soda cocktails, and milkshakes for the win.
- Obviously, they are huge music fans and love dancing. The more jukeboxes, the happier they are. But they have very peculiar tastes and won’t hesitate to change songs for their favorite genre, the Rockabilly.
The baseball fans
Baseball is big in the area. Almost everyone has a favorite team that they support wholeheartedly. Bringing baseball fans in is good for business, but you’ll have to choose a team, there is no neutrality in baseball.
- Even if they don’t play it themselves, baseball fans like to picture themselves as great athletes. They will play anything that implies some agility skills to prove themselves.
- Their team is everything to them, and they will expect the same from you. Try to show some support with your decorations colors and theme, it will make them happy.
- Used to the stadium, they might not take care of their surroundings as you’d like. Be prepared to hire a few more custodians to deal with their dirtiness.
The Police Officers
Where you find mobsters, you find police officers. Like anyone they just want to have a good time, but they sometimes have trouble leaving the job behind. Difficult for them to do nothing when witnessing misdemeanors around. That might get your other clients on edge.
- Police officers are serious people and prefer cards and dice games.
- As they are a little uptight, they don’t like laziness or clumsiness. They’ll however be very happy to see employees performing well and being thorough in their tasks.
- Mobsters are their natural enemies. And even in this little place of truce, they won’t resist making some arrest if they see some misfit.
VIPs grand comeback
Ant’ny’s back
The luckiest among you already met Ant’ny a couple of playtests ago. He is back and here to stay. This big bear is the head of the new crime family who just "ousted" (read: murdered) the Rheeves family. Oddly enough he's not a high roller. When he's around he plays very tight, but he loves to be served by his favorites. If you don't have a staff that he approves of... expect trouble... big trouble. Broken items, maybe even a dead staff member or two... clean up in slots!”
New in town: Nat Kiddin
This ferocious cheethat is no other than one of the most feared police officers in town. Her motto: “shoot first, talk later.” When it comes to law and order, she sees the world in black and white. Her itchy trigger finger gets results, which is why the Sheriff’s department keeps her on the payroll, but there’s always collateral damage, and the department has to do damage control after Hurricane Nat has come through. Expect some unhappy customers if she finds people and things not to her liking.
When Nat shows up, make sure she's got no reason to suspect anything underhanded is going on, or you'll be cleaning up broken glass and having to give free drinks and free chips to upset customers, if she doesn't shut you down.
“Swiper no swiping”
- Some clients now have the ability to cheat at your attractions, making you lose money
- You can catch them yourselves, but it will be more efficient to hire guards to do so
Plants will wither over time, and if you don’t take care of it, it will lower the casino beauty
You can water them yourself, or hire custodians to do so
New level
A new level has been added, available from the level selector. It comes with new challenges, mostly focusing around the new clients: the baseball fan, the rockabillies and the police officers
Bugfix:
- Clients can no longer go in staff-only areas
- Fixed some missing text in clients’ log panel
- Fixed some bathroom issues where clients didn’t satisfy their need
- Fixed an issue where bartenders wouldn't restock if they were assigned after the end of the month
- Fixed issues with glass walls rendering
- Fixed a lot of issues with the French localization
And that’s all for this update. As always, do not hesitate to share your thoughts and questions as we make progress to the development of Blooming Business: Casino. We want to share with you how we progress and are always keen for feedback!
Click here to join our Discord!
The Homo Ludens team.