Offworld Trading Company News

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Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV lead Designer, Soren Johnson. Campaign Length: 3-4 hours per CEO (9 total). Skirmish Length: 20-30 minutes.

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Add some flare to your game with custom art, animations, and audio lines

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Check out the new building versions:

Hacker Array: Well, it ain't Vegas, but it'll have to do. Take your chances and make luck your mistress while styling the goofy roulette version, or embrace the retro feel with an old-style radio tower.

Offworld Market: The colors, Duke, the colors! Launch your goods offworld and hope the popsicle rocket doesn't melt, or change to a sleek retro rocket to make your opponents envious of your sweet ride.

Pleasure Dome: Disco Inferno, baby! Tear up the dance floor inside a giant disco ball, or leave your platform shoes at home and enjoy some space burgers at a retro-styled diner. Just...don't order the special.

Optimization Center: Careful not to burst anyone's bubble while you optimize your resources in a silly bubble machine, or give your opponents a little shock with the retro-styled Tesla coil.

Patent Lab: Research some science inside a giant Rubik's cube (we DARE you not to get distracted trying to match the sides!), or get ahead of your opponents in a building that looks suspiciously like the robot's head from "Forbidden Planet."





Conspicuous Consumption is now available on Steam.

To learn more about Offworld Trading Company, visit www.offworldgame.com.

Changelog:

Patch 1.16.17762 adds 4k support and a large number of UI optimizations to Offworld Trading company. The team also continues to support the game with balance, stability and performance updates to continue to improve the game for all players.

Balance

• Increased profit from Elite Pleasure Domes by +50%
• Return Claim black market now gives 2 items
• Patent time penalty is lowered with >4 players.
• Lowered base market demand slightly

Fixes/Perf

• Fixed some AI sabotage bugs and AI is less likely to target human in Practice Challenges
• Fixing built-in mods failing to register on start up
• Buying out an unfounded player no longer gives them shares after they found
• Fixing bug where loading a map doesn't check if a mod is required.
• Fixing replay's overwriting previous match history
• Fixed an issue where some text elements were not updating due to being enabled and disabled in one frame
• Disabling claim canceling in the last two tutorials to fix a bug related to doing that.
• Fixing strange map number return on the infinite challenge screen
• Fixing issue with lobbies not refreshing properly because Steam thought we were still in a mod
• Optimizing Tile network message performance by 2x
• Reduced network message sizes by 50%
• Loaded games now wait for the loading screen to finish before progressing
• Optimizing AI found performance by 2x

UI

• Added 4k support
• Game Option size is no longer hard-coded
• Fixed random prices bug, added warning when player has X% of the money to buy you out
• Added Options Toggle for muting the menu music when application is out of focus
• Made location nodes on io appear less blurry
• Adjusted ceres lighting fog
• Made sure Banner Notification scales uniformly as it animates in and out
• Fixed splotchy outline text on banner notifications by scaling uniformly
• Added higher poly version of io
• Adjusted scaling for glowing text on tutorial check buttons
• Adjusted "Compare Players" text to scale correctly in the charts and graphs screen
• Added layout element to pagination text on daily and infinite map challenge pages so they  scale properly
• Slight adjustment to Infinite Map Challenge updating leaderboard current page (so it stays the same when a button is pressed, and switches to first page onEnable)
• Fixed scaling issues for the auto sell indicator and the espionage arrows
• Patents now highlight for perks in campaign mode
• Clicking on the Infinite Map Challenge Leaders will now take you to that map number
• Mod dropdown menus now have tooltips so users can read long mod names
• Adjusted credit text and unity image to scale with larger monitors
• Changed width of object so the help button (campaign screen) would display onscreen in 1920x1080 and other resolutions
• Fixed alignment of banner notification text
• Styling Loading Screen progress bars
• Adjusted auto sell icon to scale with aspect to prevent squishing
• New text-tutorial info regarding placement of scientific buildings on ice (text provided by Dorian)
• Fixed tooltip blocking map number for infinite map challenge

  

“Jupiter’s Forge expands on Offworld Trading Company, taking you to Jupiter’s moon, Io. With this area comes two new factions, a range of new buildings and a whole new way in how to manage resources. Io is a try planet, there is no water to pump and the game will challenge you in a way that makes it feel fresh.” -Chris Wray, wccftech

See the full review here: http://wccftech.com/review/offworld-trading-company-jupiters-forge/

https://youtu.be/d1EbK-gdVD4
Prudent business decisions take you to Jupiter's moon, Io, to harvest its resources and keep an edge on your competition. Io's 42-hour days and lack of an atmosphere means that you'll have to change your strategy and choose what to build very carefully! Radiation storms, sulfur frosts, tremors, and harsh landscapes threaten your business model and force you to adapt in order to survive.

Take your adventure to Io
Explore Jupiter's volcanic and volatile moon where energy is plentiful, but life support is so difficult that it makes Mars look like a paradise.

Adapt to new Resources
On Io, production works a little differently. There are plenty of new sources of power, but basic human needs - like water - simply don't exist. Priorities for what you build and harvest on Io are vastly different from Mars or Ceres. New resources like basalt exist only on Io and will let you build new structures and adapt to the lack of other materials.

Attempt the Infinite Map Challenge
Compete against the rest of the community in this unique set of challenges. Each map evolves, becoming more difficult than the last - can you fight your way onto the leaderboards? Push yourself past the competition and see how many maps you can conquer before the harsh environment of space gets the better of you.

Conquer the New Campaign
Show that you have what it takes to build your business on the harsh environment of Io. Snag your resources before your adversaries do and prove to everyone that money talks: you made it on Mars, and you can make it on Io, too.

New Faction: Diadem Trust
An elite business group with grand visions, they are ready to crush any other corporation that gets in their way. Advanced buildings like Hacker Arrays and Patent Labs are top of the line and grant them an edge on competitors. The patent race also means nothing to them - they can purchase a patent at any time, even if its already been researched by another player. It's all legal, they assure you - read the fine print.

New Faction: Penrose Collective
Highly adaptable and influential, they intend to thrive on the harsh environment of Io. With the ability to found 2 headquarters at the start of the game, they are able to spread their operations across an already depleted environment in order to afford them access to more resources. When resources deplete on a claim, the Collective simply trades it in for a more profitable spot.

Get Offworld Trading Company: Jupiter's Forge on Steam today!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/561150/Offworld_Trading_Company_Jupiters_Forge_Expansion_Pack/

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Offworld Trading Company is an economic strategy game from Civilization IV's lead designer, Soren Johnson. Competition on Earth has grown as resources have started to deplete, so businesses have turned their attention to Mars in order to turn a profit. Hire pirates to raid your enemies' assets, research patents to gain an edge over your competition, ship resources back to Earth for massive profits, and more in this fast-paced RTS!

Jupiter's Forge takes you to the volcanic moon of Io, where life is much harsher than it was on Mars. 

It expands on the features and gameplay from the base game, adding:

• New Location: Io -Explore Jupiter's volcanic and volatile moon, where you'll need to re-learn everything you thought about making life work on Mars if you want to survive.
  
• New Resource System - Io has plenty of power sources, but lacks certain basic human elements necessary for life - like water.
  Priorities for what you build and harvest on Io are vastly different from Mars or Ceres. You will need to build structures specifically for creating and purifying sources of water and other basic needs.
  
• Infinite Map Challenge - Fight your way onto the leaderboards with other Offworld players.  The never-ending slew of maps constantly evolves, each map becoming more difficult than the last. See how many maps you can conquer before the harsh environment of space gets the better of you.
  
• New Campaign - Show that you have what it takes to build your business and survive on Io. Snag your resources before your adversaries do and prove to everyone that money talks: you made your business work on Mars, and you can make it work on Io, too.
  
• New Faction: Diadem Trust - An elite business group with grand visions, they are ready to crush any other corporation that gets in their way. Advanced buildings like Hacker Arrays and Patent Labs are the top of the lime and grant them an edge on competitors. The patent race also means nothing to them - they can purchase a patent even if it's already been claimed by another player. It's all legal, they assure you - read the fine print.
  
• New Faction: Penrose Collective - Highly adaptable and influential, they intend to thrive on the harsh environment of Io. With the ability to found 2 headquarters at the start of the game, they are able to spread their operations across an already depleted environment in order to gain access to more resources. When a claim is no longer necessary, the Collective simply trades it in for a more profitable spot.

https://youtu.be/Qo7dS9q7iMc