More Tutorials and Feedback

Demo Update 0.4

In this update, Rookie receives a credits page, a new tutorial, and additional player feedback.

Community Credits

I stream most of my game development and Rookie is no exception. This gives me lots of ideas, feedback, and early criticism — not to mention an entertaining time with the chat.

As a small thank-you, I want to offer my community members the chance to be mentioned by name in the game.

New Tutorial: Bribery & Escape

Unfortunately this mechanic was not explained in the game until now. So Players had to figure it out through trial and error. To address this there is now a tutorial that explains the mechanic.

I also learned something: Unlike the journalist tutorial this tutorial is NOT tied to a specific round — so everyone gets to see it.

Lucky are those who wouldn’t have survived their current round and now get another chance thanks to the tutorial :-).

Change: Journalists

To avoid overwhelming new players with information, journalists have been moved to round 3. Previously, they spawned in round 2.

This means the tutorial will also explain them only in the third round. The goal is to make the game’s introduction a bit more pleasant.

Feedback: Agents Who Are Waiting

“Agents” here refers to workers, machines, and trucks. They can take on various states. Almost all of these states are communicated visually in some way — except for the “Waiting” state.

Because of the missing feedback, it wasn’t clear why clicking on the corresponding agent did nothing.

With this update, this state is now clearly communicated.

I have ideas — how can I contribute?

It’s simple: become part of the community. There is a Discord where you can share your ideas at any time.

The easiest way, however, is Twitch: [dynamiclink href="https://www.twitch.tv/tomate_salat"]. There you can tell me your ideas directly and we can talk them through. My streaming times are:

• Monday: 18:00 → 21:00 CET

• Wednesday: 18:00 → 21:00 CET