Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator News

[p]Hello Traders,

After our four weeks of new and exciting ways to short a baby, today we have a small one. Just a quick update that fixes a bug and adds a beta version of a new accessibility option.

Bug Fixes [/p]

• [p] Streaks were locking at three days and not tallying correctly. Those now work and display your current streak on the main menu when you have a new daily challenge available.[/p]

[p][/p][hr][/hr][p]We’ve also added a beta of our OpenDyslexic implementation, which can be toggled in the Settings menu under the Misc. Tab. We hope this will make the font more readable for folks and feedback is encouraged! [/p][p][/p][p]Default Font [/p][p]
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Thank you all again for all your feedback and for leaving reviews and telling your friends about the exciting opportunity that is baby trading.

See you out there,

- Chris @ Strange Scaffold.[/p]

[p]Hello, Traders!

It’s already been four weeks since Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator launched and it’s been a ride which, honestly, we didn’t expect to go as far as it has! We loved and believed in our little gremlin of a game but you really never know how something is going to be received. Especially when that little gremlin is called Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator.[/p][p][/p][p]The game has more than doubled the amount of stuff it launched with and all the while you’ve been out there shorting babies, making videos, posting about the game, leaving reviews and telling your friends. So here at the jump we really want to say a huge thank you for everything.

But it’s not over yet, today we’ve got a new mode for you…

Daily Challenges[/p][p][/p][p] You'll find these at the top of the Scenarios menu, with a new challenge available each day at 2 PM GMT / 9 AM ET / 6 AM PT. During daily challenges, you'll have planets lock and unlock, consultants come and go, and market conditions emerge to create new opportunities and complications.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]You'll be able to earn up to three trophies per day and these, along with your money, contribute to your Scenarios level. Also, your play streak is tracked so you can earn three new achievements. So, grab your intergalactic guide to the markets, power on your FutureSee Terminal, and test your mettle against procedurally generated Daily Challenges.[/p][p][/p][p]We also have some bug fixes…[/p]

• [p]VSync Fix - Trading babies was turning some PCs into an engine and as interested as we all are in new forms of propulsion, we wanted to fix it.[/p]
• [p]Zombie Babies - Turns out, there was more room in hell. The unusual arrival of zombie babies during Interesting Times has been fixed. [/p]

[p]If these, or any other issues, persist for you please leave a report here on the Steam forums or over on our Discord.[/p][p][/p][p]As I mentioned at the top, it’s been a wild four weeks. Our little gremlin has been streamed by some big creators and enjoyed by a whole bunch of you. And here, at the last of our weekly free content updates, we’re going to take a little break to recharge and focus on quality of life issues you have been reporting, along with a few other surprises. But, that’s a story for another day. For now though, again, thank you, and make sure you tell all your friends to…[/p][p]
SHORT THAT BABY!

See you out there,

- Chris @ Strange Scaffold[/p]

[p]Hello, traders!

Oh Grumble, while I love that I got to write the subtitle "Citizen Grumble will no longer make you grumble", this is not what I wanted for any of us. So, we have a very quick hotfix for you all that should fix the issue many were having playing the Grumble campaign.[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Citizen Grumble Campaign will no longer skip to Day 9 and be unplayable.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Again, thank you all for being quick to report the bugs and working with us to find the problem! If you find any other issues, as usual, right here on Steam or on our Discord are the best places to report them.

See you out there,

- Chris @ Strange Scaffold[/p]

[p]Hello, traders![/p][p] [/p][p]Fire up your FutureSee Terminal because we’re back with Content Update 3! We’ve got two new campaigns and two new scenarios for you.[/p][p][/p][p]So first up, let’s meet our new friends and find out how awful they are what opportunities they have ahead of them in our new campaigns![/p]

• [p]Avett Clime - Galactically-renowned documentarian who has turned her camera lens on the Baby Trading market. You've got one week to finish your documentary, and you need to visit each of the seven planets once. Once you've visited a planet, you can't trade there again during this campaign.
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• [p]Citizen Grumble - Member of The Method, which is not a cult. It's a family. Xe's a former military officer from Gooble Gibby, and now xe's Baby Trading in The Pit. Oh, and xe's on some serious uppers. Xe trades FAST, which means you will too.[/p][p][/p]

[p][/p][p]These are some “advanced” campaigns, so if you’re just joining the exciting world of Baby Trading today, maybe wait until you have the basics down. Or you know, jump right in. I have zero control in this situation, only advice.[/p][p]
Our new scenarios will also test your Baby Trading acumen.[/p]

• [p]The Sandbox - 15 days and a trust fund will let you go far, unfortunately, but possibly great for you! See how much money you can make![/p][p][/p]
• [p]Random Consultants - We've been excited to get this one in front of you (and some of you were asking for this specifically, and there is nothing cooler than seeing a feature request and knowing you’re already working on it). You've got seven days and a random roster of consultants each day. Good luck! [/p]

[p][/p][p]We've made the decision to delay the Daily Challenges, which we wanted to include in today's update, by one week. This, like scenarios, is another chunky one for us, so we want to make sure it’s as perfect as we can get it. Fortunately, as mentioned, Content Update 4 is out next week so the wait isn’t too long.
[/p][p]We’re also throwing in some fixes and improvements while we’re here as well[/p]

• [p]We changed the menu flow to make it less cluttered and easier to get to the mode you want to play.[/p]
• [p]You can no longer spam the buy button to get a few shares at a huge discount.[/p]
• [p]We've addressed the weird issue with the cursor locking out keyboard functions.[/p]
• [p]Adjusted unlock requirements for Campaigns[/p]

[p][/p][p]Now we have a total of 11 campaigns (how have only three weeks gone by since we launched with six?!) adjusting the unlock conditions felt like a wise move. Don’t worry though, if you’ve unlocked everything already these new conditions won’t lock you out.
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• [p]You'll still start with two available campaigns (Pixem and Mr. Zip-It).[/p]
• [p]Two Bronze Trophies -  Wenbill and Holmit Miske unlock.[/p]
• [p]Three Bronze Trophies, - Nuria Voll and Representative Hoddle unlock[/p]
• [p]Four Bronze Trophies - B'ho Maximum and Fulds unlock.[/p]
• [p]Five Bronze Trophies - Avett Clime's tour of the galaxy becomes available.[/p]
• [p]Six Bronze Trophies - Citizen Grumble's adorable Fuzz butt and Wengrave Shup round out the current roster.[/p]

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We'll continue to tweak unlock conditions as more campaigns are added in the future.[/p][p][/p][p]We are also aware that some of you have found an exploit in the trading terminal. Enjoy it while it lasts, because the BTC (Baby Trade Commission) is investigating.[/p][p][/p][p]I want to take a second to thank all of you who have been reporting bugs here and on our Discord and then helping us figure out why it’s happening. We’re a small team so your help has helped us find things even combing through the game we didn’t spot. So again, thank you![/p][p][/p][p]And what’s that, another thank you?! Yes! THANK YOU to everyone who has been playing, talking about and enjoying this game. It’s not lost on us that you have spent your money and chosen to spend hours of your day on the little gremlin of a game we’ve made when there are so many other things to do. Behind every game there are multiple people, all with a love and passion for the thing they are creating. Buying any game helps keep the lights on for those people.[/p][p][/p][p]Telling folks about it, leaving a review, streaming it, making videos about it, writing about it, all help it spread further than we ever could alone. It’s getting harder out there for everyone and I’ll say it again, your support of this game and our studio means the galaxy to us. So until next week…[/p][p][/p][p]See you out there,[/p][p][/p][p]- Chris @ Strange Scaffold[/p]

[p]Hello, traders!

It’s a glorious day that you don't need to pay Chad Shakespeare a cut of, it’s SCENARIOS DAY plus some some additional fixes*! “What’s a scenario”, one may reasonably ask, well, if you don’t think I’m about to tell you then our relationship has got off on the wrong foot. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Scenario mode is our sandbox for providing you new challenges, each of which has a twist. Unlike the campaigns you’re not making money for someone else, this is pure baby trading. Pick your portrait and your title and get trading. [/p][p][/p][p]We’ve got six scenarios to start with, which you'll unlock once you complete Pixem and Mr. Zip-It's campaigns. Here's what we have waiting for you in this first batch:[/p][p][/p]

• [p]Get In, Get Out: You've got three days to make as much cash as possible.[/p]
• [p]Adopted Hometown: Pick any planet on Day 1, but that's the only place you can trade for the remaining five days.[/p]
• [p]Red Ocean: Every day, you'll have random planets removed from your trading terminal. Weave your way through to make bank.[/p]
• [p]Galactic Disease: To a trader, a disaster is an opportunity to make even more money.[/p]
• [p]White Knuckle: No consultants, no side bets, and the trading moves FAST.[/p]
• [p]Quota: Over 20 days, our longest challenge yet, every five days, you'll need to exceed a target that increases throughout the run. Oh, and we're taking 80% of your money on those days, too! Good luck![/p]

[p][/p][p]Scenarios mode also has a running tally of how much money you've earned for extra “I truly am a Baby Trader” cred to share with folks. As you win trophies, you'll unlock new portraits and titles to use in Scenarios mode.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]This is just the beginning for Scenarios mode! We have ideas. More scenarios will land along with new campaigns in next week's free content update. But until then… [/p][p][/p][p]See you out there, [/p][p][/p][p]- Chris @ Strange Scaffold

*Which sounds less exciting but neither are beans. Nobody is cheering for beans but I'll tell you, you miss them when they aren’t in a stew! The game is the stew.[/p]