Drug Dealer Simulator 2 News

So what about that coop?

As you’ve undoubtedly heard (and if you didn’t, where the hell have you been hiding?!), DDS2 has a cooperation mode that allows you to play in 2- or 3-person groups.


If you tick the “allow joining” box while starting your session, players can join at any time during your game. While playing together, you can share tasks and responsibilities, and you can also officially assign clients to each player. If you can afford to buy a boat or a car, you can all travel together around the map. Or you can say “I take this part, you take that one” and make quick work of all the quests!

While we’re sure you’re gonna use Discord or something similar while playing, there is also a chat in-game that allows you to communicate with your friends in the session. Gotta make sure the dope gets delivered, right?


Ah, and remember that handy space we talked about in the previous devlog? Well, it’s a shared space for all the players in a session that can be accessed by everyone at the same time. No more waiting for your mate to finish browsing through, just get that money out and go buy some clothes! Or something like that.

Honestly, we can't wait to see what you and your buddies will get yourself into in the game!

Dealer, as a true businessperson, you need to make yourself presentable. So, what do you dress in, you ask? Well, let’s see!


First of all, you gotta customise your character! And yes, you can already do that in the demo. You can change your shoes, pants, tops, hats, backpacks and jewellery. And they’re not just a decoration: your clothes do impact your stats.

What stats get impacted by your great looks?

• Agility – impacts your overall mobility and performance of parkour;
  
• Visibility – impacts your visibility to others;
  
• Comfort – impacts the duration of status effects, both positive and negative;
  
• SWAG – helps in your negotiations and gaining more respect;
  
• SUS – affects how suspicious you look.

Some items of clothing can also add more storage slots and quickslots. And some clothes also add secret slots, which are handy when you get accosted by bandits trying to steal your stuff. All the items stashed in the secret slots are less likely to be discovered and taken away from you.


To buy new clothes simply visit the clothes shop. To change, interact with a wardrobe in your hideout or with the changing room in the shop.

What look will you be going for?

Dealers, time to look into one of the most important aspects of being a businessperson: your headquarters!

And in this case, hideouts.

You start your adventure with one hideout, your trusty bunker you wake up in. As you progress through the story, you unlock the option to buy more locations. Obviously, you’re not buying a pig in a poke – before deciding to spend your hard-earned money you can get inside the prospective hideout and take a good look around.


And take a good look around you should, as the place’s size and location is not the only thing that matters. Some hideouts will have running water which allows you to grow cannabis there without having to run to the nearest shop to buy some. Some hideouts will have phone cables you can use to set up a telephone and gain the ability to listen to recorded messages. It’s a very important decision you gotta make there!


As any good businessperson, you will want your headquarters to look their best. And be functional, duh. You can furnish your hideout however you like. If you invest in a bed, you can sleep in it to skip the time at night. And if you place the correct types of furniture, you can increase your handy space.

What is the handy space?
It’s a storage of a kind. But it gets better – handy space is available everywhere in your hideout. You don’t need to interact with a specific box to get things out. Just open your inventory when in the hideout and you can move things from the handy space and into your own inventory. Neat!

Another important feature of your hideout is substance storage. You can upgrade that storage to hold more varieties of substances by placing additional containers.


And there is also the very real-life matter of bills and waste! You make produce – you produce waste along with it. It’s gonna take the valuable space in your hideout so you will need to get rid of it. No littering and polluting the environment tho! We’re eco. Pay for the fee and professionals are gonna remove the trash for ya. And, of course, as you use water and electricity, you gonna pay your bills. If you don’t, you’re gonna lose your reputation very quick.

So, are you ready for furniture shopping?

There’s something brand new for y’all, Dealers.

There are now a lot of ways you can move around the map, and all of them have their pros and cons. You need not run everywhere on foot anymore if you don’t want to.

Time to show your status and buy a boat! Or something else.

[h2]Walking[/h2]
Pros: It’s free. You can get like that to nearly every spot on the island.
Cons: Takes time, duh. Also, you might encounter bandits who will try to rob you. Not fun.

[h2]Busses - Quicktravel[/h2]
Pros: Travelling by bus is relatively cheap and you can move between bus stops.
Cons: Busses drive only between 6 am and 10 pm, and there are not a lot of bus stops, actually.

Remember to buy a ticket!


[h2]Powerboat - manual control [/h2]
Pros: You can pack your entire coop party into the boat, there are no time restrictions, and you will not meet anyone who wants to rob you of your living. Oh, and you can stash some dope in your boat, too!
P.S.
There are different types of boats (smaller, bigger). In some of them you will be alone, sad but true. You have to earn a bigger boat.
Cons: Boats are EXPENSIVE. And if that’s not enough, you do need to refuel occasionally and you can dock only in permitted areas. Bummer.


[h2]Mainland transportation (car, bike) – Quicktravel[/h2]
Pros: Just like with a boat, you can travel with people, stash things in the car and travel at any point in time without a care in the world.
Cons: And just like with the boat, they are expensive, need to be refuelled, and you can’t just park anywhere.


So, time to sell a lot of dope and buy a boat! Or a car. Or you can be a cheap bunny and run everywhere on foot. The choice is yours!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1708850/Drug_Dealer_Simulator_2/

Yo, so what’s the deal? Or, how do you deal?

In DDS2, dear Dealers, you will become a true person of business. And, as a person of business, you will need to set meetings with your clientele. To do this, use your trusty early 2000s phone. You know, this indestructible little brick that’s eternally burned into your memory if you ever had one.



You can meet your clients between 9 AM and 8 PM. If you respond to their messages quickly, you will earn more reputation, but if you ignore them, you will lose reputation. JUST LIKE IN REAL LIFE.

Reputation is generally a thing you should care about. If you are slow or don’t deliver at all, you’ll lose clients. You can’t run a business without clients!

On the other hand, if you take care of them, and maybe give them something extra, then they’re going to love you.

But how to wrap your mind around meetings with these dummiyour beloved clients? Well, every business shark needs a calendar! And you do get one in DDS2. Just take a look.



It's not that easy to cater to everyone. Each region has its preferred products. Once you get bigger and expand, you'll need employees to handle deliveries. Just select where you want them to work on the map, and leave the product for them in a deaddrop. Your people will take care of the rest and give you money once you talk with them (or invite them to the hideout).

However, the dealers you hire will get a share of your proceeds! Yes, the life of a dealer isn't easy. At first, it ain't much, but it's dishonest work. Only after working hard you can reap your rewards and live a life of luxury.

Taste a bit of it in the demo - incoming December 18.
Wishlist below to not miss a thing.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1708850/Drug_Dealer_Simulator_2/