Update 11

Update 11 features

Custom game rules.

Set own goals for Cash, Happiness, Education and Career.

Options to disable game features like electricity or life setback cards.

Two slots to quickly save & load these settings.

Hovering over education widget gives you info about jobs it unlocks.

You will need to visit jobs building to get accurate salary - without it salary shown is just a 'guess' between base and real salary. If you visited Jobs this week, salaries shown in University are accurate.

Hidden Goal (can be disabled in standard game)

Additional hidden life goal for player, random out of 40. When it's unlocked, you can reveal it by reading a newspaper.

• Goal can be anything from "have good mood for 3 weeks straight" or "I want to be a Surgeon".

• You need to finish it to win a game.

• Some goals can be failed (-150-300 points from Happiness Goal, bonus scales with Game length).

• On completion gives bonus points to Happiness.

• Goals are easy but you need to remember about them. If goal is to go to doctor for 3 weeks straight, it will reset if you have 2/3 steps completed and forget to do it in a last turn.

Mini quests (can be disabled in standard game)

60 mini quests as articles in newspaper.

• On completion gives flat 10-15 bonus points to Life Happiness goal

• a steam achievement.

• Example of quest: click on buildings in order; hover over certain items; rush to xx building in next 10 seconds;

Newspaper coupons

Sometimes you can find coupons by reading a newspaper.

Some give discount to food items, pawn shop items, electronics or courses.

Making newspaper more relevant

• reading newspaper takes half of previous time.

• You can buy a subscription at market.

• If you're subscribed, bought or was given newspaper thru work perk, you can read it in your house.

• mini quests in newspaper

• coupons in newspaper (discount for food etc)

• stocks page

Reuse player names.

Every time you change avatar name, it's saved. I've added option to reuse players' custom names every time you run a game. Additionaly you can also click main avatar button to switch to next avatar (instead of clicking on small green button)

Other stuff

• separate audio slider for VOICES

• green theme for Randomville

• you can highlight/click any house and you will walk to your house

• limited items in mall price reduced

• house buttons gamepad shoulder navigation

• game tips in home screen

• education widgets with time clock

• rent pay day (every 4th day) disables auto-rent pay for that day, so you need to go to bank to pay rent. Previously you would pay rent by working like everyday. (in short: "You forgot to pay rent" card will spawn if rent is not paid in bank)

• Evil defamation letter (lost jobs) also reduces other players dependability

• Evil Brain Fog - work xp gain reduced by 90%. Unless you're wearing Brain Fog Helmet

• A pop up will spawn onscreen week before "Person of the month" voting

• Success of Art exhibition much higher

• reduced bot salary cheats to zero on higher paying jobs

• visual aid: umbrella when raining, if you have rain clothes

• additional animations

• players won't stack on each other on low rent's building

• alot new animations for players, pets and other events

Courses additional tweaks:

• AddedNegotiation skills courseadded "Pawn shop visit takes half time perk"

• Leadership course: gives also +10% work xp perk

• Home repair basics course: gives also -50% house fire event chance perk

• Finished course gives +5 mood +1 dependability

Bug fixes:

-multiplayer stuff...again

-german translation breaks some cards

-newspaper images blurred

-clicking fullscreen mode in options going wild?

-correct bonus weekly stress based on vehicle used in turn (OMG)

-bugs after loading a game

-fatal bug on randomville map regeneration different after quit/reload savegame (OMG^2)

-fatal bug: on art exhibition wrong items removed from player?

-spellcheck dependability not depedibility?? who knew...not me