The Simultaneous Turns Update

Simultaneous. Simultaneity. The Simularillion.

What a mouthful! What a complicated utterance! All to convey that something is happening at the same time as something else. Geez.

Anyway. We have another content update for you lot! Here are some of the highlights.

Simultaneous Turns

The new game mode is live! During simultaneous turns, all players act at the same time rather than one after the other. This leads to fast-paced games where speed and tempo trump the need to nosily observe everything your fellow players are up to.

We have been testing this new game mode both inhouse and on the newly introduced testing branch, and the results have been fantastic with many players clamoring that this is just what their group of friends needed to be able to play games with higher round counts.

There might be some wrinkles that need to be ironed out, so be sure to let us know if you run into any issues, but until then, have fun with the simultaneity!

Role Tweaks

This update also brings tweaks to several of the playable roles.

• The Workaholic has gained a rare new combo bonus that combines all the other bonuses into one!

• The Mystic's Taurus sign has been buffed to grant a health on top of the existing stress reduction!

• The Shopaholic has a fancy new coupon card for the gym!

• And the Senior has been granted two new complain actions, at Vexcorp and the Arcade!

We'll be tuning the other roles in the coming weeks with fun new additions, so stay tuned!

Other Stuff

Just read the changelog if you want the nitty gritty of all the changes. And be sure to leave us a Steam review if you haven't already! That's it for now, laters!

• Simultaneous turns is a new way to play online games. No longer must you wait and ponder all the terrible decisions you've made in the game so far, now you all make terrible decisions at the same time!

• The Kaiju Battle global event was not triggering for users, this was our fault and has been fixed.

• The decorative elements of Chailand have been revamped and moved around. Feng shui increased by 53%.

• Score screen polish, runs faster and has more details, you can now hover over a score to see how much you got in each category

• Swapping homes when you still owed rent on another home was causing confusion, bugs and rioting. So now you need to pay any owed rent before changing apartments.

• The Mystic Role has been tweaked. The Taurus sign has been made more powerful to increase its value in the early game.

• The Senior Role can now complain in Vexcorp and the Arcade. Those damn whippersnappers and their Computer Games will now get their talking to!

• The Shopaholic Role now gets coupon stamps in the gym too.

• The Workaholic Role can now get a rare Mega Combo

• The Hacker's Heatmeter was given some visual tweaks.

• Map and Game Mode is now visible on games in the Server Browser.

• Fixed Coupon Cards randomly hiding for Shopaholic Bots.

• Bots AI has been tweaked so they now use their time more efficiently.

• Bots are now shown correctly on the Bathroom Break and Rejoin menus.

• Bots now pause correctly when Bathroom break starts and they are playing.

• Fixed a bug that caused the Apartment view to rarely get stuck on screen.

• Fixed multiple bugs with the Senior Role's complaining actions and its Role Quests.

• Fixed "Master Fishing with Bait" showing the wrong Icon.

• Fixed a bug where Job Traits were not removed correctly if you were fired from your Job.

• Fixed the Magic Mirror furniture item not working in Online games.

• Fixed the "That's a Wash" achievement (Handwashing one) not being unlockable while playing in Chailand.

• Fixed multiple issues with the "Valued Customer" achievement (Cluckers one).