CAPITALISM The action board game for one player News

Greetings Capitalists. A small patch arrives today to fix a couple of bugs and optimise how the game runs. The game engine has also been upgraded and the splash screen has changed.

Greetings Capitalists. 2024 is now here and so is a new update for CAPITALISM The action board game for one player. Today you get five new minigames, a couple of extra features and I've even fixed some bugs for you. Let's have a look at what's new:


[h3]Money King[/h3]
In this arcade game, inspired by the greats, you have to reach the top of the tower and avoid barrels along the way. The main challenge is that the slopes are slippery so you will slide down them just like the barrels. Plus you must jump on the head of the greedy capitalist at the top in order to reach the platform with the prize.



[h3]Balancing Act[/h3]
Also using the new construction site theme, this minigame is all about the new unicycle powerup. The movement physics are completely different here and realistic to an actual unicycle, meaning that absolute precision is required to navigate this platforming challenge.



[h3]Putting out Fires[/h3]
Featuring another new item, I really am spoiling you lot today. This minigame includes the brand new water pistol, which must be used to put out the fire and reveal a prize. But watch out for the more deadly fire balls that fill the screen, the water pistol is no match for these.



[h3]Spinning Stones[/h3]
A riff on the existing Stepping Stones minigame but with a revised layout and spinning asteroids that you must jump between.



[h3]Orbit[/h3]
Making use of the previously introduced High Jump powerup, in this minigame you must fall dangerously low to grab a prize from around the orbiting asteroid. Survival is then a case of using the powerup to boost back to safety before you are crushed by the rock.


[h3]So what else is new?[/h3]
You can now delete cards by right clicking on them from your deck, which is a handy time-saving alternative over dragging them to the bin. If you're using a controller it's also possible to bring up the right click prompt by pressing LB when hovering over a card.

Plus you get the following bug fixes:

• Fixed some issues with minigame sound effects playing when the game was paused
  
• Fixed a couple of issues with the Prize Drop icon
  
• Fixed some issues switching between fullscreen and windowed mode
  
• Fixed an issue where the mouse would display twice on Mac if using the new fullscreen 'Game Mode'
  
• Minor text and geometry changes
  
• Fixed an issue with the character creator fill button not working properly with a controller
  
• Engine upgrade
  

[h3]One more thing...[/h3]
This is advanced notice that I'm going to be removing the demo for CAPITALISM The action board game from Steam in a few weeks. Once I've done this, the demo will not be playable even if it's in your Seam library. So if you'd like to 'try before you buy', I'd recommend doing this sooner rather than later.

The reason why I'm removing the demo is twofold:

1) I actually thought I'd done this already. It's been active for over a year longer than I intended.

2) The demo was made for Steam Next Fest and therefore it was a pre-release build of the game. Not only has the game now been released, but it's since received several content updates and patches and as such the demo isn't an up-to-date showcase of the game in its current state.

Greetings Capitalists. Summer is now here and so is a new update for CAPITALISM The action board game for one player. The summer holiday update adds in 5x new summer/ water themed mini-games plus an extra non-summer mini-game too. So you get the following six new mini-games in total:


[h3]Wetsuit[/h3]
Wetsuit introduces new underwater physics as well as a new 'Wetsuit' powerup. Underwater you can jump higher and with the power up you can swim by repeatedly pressing the jump button. Swim through the maze and avoid the obstacles to collect rewards.


[h3]Prize Drop[/h3]
In Prize Drop you must use the wetsuit to ascent the water tower and then try and collect a prize on your way back down.


[h3]Water Park[/h3]
Waterpark is an underwater platforming challenge where you must avoid dangerous spinning obstacles whilst attempting to collect prizes.


[h3]Lido[/h3]
A small 2D platforming level where you must jump off a tall tower and then slide around on a float collecting prizes. Be careful not to fall off.


[h3]Beach Party[/h3]
Okay, so Beach Party technically used to be the second half of the Lighthouse mini-game. But reviewing this it felt like that level was far too long and this part was difficult to get to. Because of this I've moved it into a separate mini-game.


[h3]Bonus: Asteroids[/h3]
I wanted to do 5 new mini-games, and Beach Party felt like a bit of a cop-out, so you also get the bonus mini-game Asteroids, where you have to collect money whilst avoiding the spinning rocks.

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This update also includes a set of 5 achievements for you to try and unlock when playing CAPITALISM.

Greetings Capitalists. A small update is here which does a few things to optimise the character creator and fix some bugs. Changes are as follows:

• Saving and loading characters is fixed on Mac
  
• The grid and background state saves between sessions
  
• Wait cards can now be stacked, drag one onto another on the board and wait for longer!
  
• The clear grid button now works properly in the character creator
  

A wild patch appears to fix an issue with the cursor not displaying correctly on Windows.