EA Premiere Livestream - Car Trader Simulator - 7 days left!
Hello Car Traders!
Livestream for the Early Access Premiere of Car Trader Simulator:
🕑Time: 6:00 PM CET 🗓️Date: 04.11.20 🎥Live on: Twitch and Steam
Be sure not to miss it!
Early Access is almost upon us and we are happily awaiting the moment when you will all be able to play through our newest creation. As that is the case we would like to let you know that we are preparing a special livestream on the day of EA Premiere where you'll be able to join us and ask questions regarding the game. We will be more than happy to answer them so don't be shy and ask away. Join us and have fun!
Hey! Remember that our community challenge is on-going! Just to remind you here are the goals you need to reach in order to receive rewards! Good luck!
Car Trader Simulator Devlog #51 - "More about special events!"
Hello Car Traders!
Many days ago we have talked with you about random game events - a special little occurrences in the daily life of car traders that spice them up. We would like to revisit it for a while.
As we have said previously there will be many random events in the game that will make each playthrough of the game a little bit different ensuring a replayability of the game. Random game events might be strictly positive, negative or they can be mixed - offering a little bit of advantage here, and a little bit of disadvantage there. The choice is ultimately yours.
Positive game events are especially fun since they provide you with an opportunity to gain something. What you'll be gaining will differ from event to another event but for the sake of example let's say that it's not just the cash that you'll get this way...
Negative game events often have you face some problematic situation and will make sure to add that little extra spice for you. There's nothing more horrifying when you're already barely meeting ends and then it turns out that your cars were stolen or your garage burnt down... Maybe it's time for a loan?
Mixed events combine both of those two aspects often leaving you with a choice where you'll be forced to make some compromises. See the example below - as you can see every choice brings something positive and negative to the table and depending on your needs and preferences you should make an appropriate choice.
While very similar you need to differentiate between random game events and consequences of your choices. Let's say that you have sold a car without fixing or checking it altogether, you have lied to your customer saying it's absolutely fine and it does not require additional fixes. Don't be surprised if that customer calls you later to yell at you for lying! However that is not a random game event - it is merely a consequence of your actions.
Remember that at the start of the game you can select how frequently random events will appear in the game!
Hey! Remember that our community challenge is on-going! Just to remind you here are the goals you need to reach in order to receive rewards! Good luck!
Sometimes when you're working through your day a certain opportunities tend to arise out in the city and if you're lucky to be near them you might profit from them! Let's talk about boosters!
There are three types of boosters in the game that you can collect and each of them grants you a different boon. You can see them on the city map indicated by a small symbol with an "x" in it. As boosters are different and grant different benefits they also differ in colour. In order to collect them - simply send any of your employees to the place where they appeared.
This one is an experience booster - this particular little fellow grants the employee who picked him up a small boost in the experience he owns. You can think about it as being in the right place and a right moment to learn something new and useful. Its colour is yellow (though some would argue it's orange).
Another one of the boosters - the green one - is the reputation booster. If you pick it up your company will receive a boost in their reputation, as per its name. In this particular case we like to think that whoever picked it up managed to do something grand or important while working their shift and through that managed to change our reputation positively.
The last one of the boosters is called lawfulness boosters and it's proudly represented by a blue icon. In case of this booster, were we to pick it up, we would enjoy a small gain in our lawfulness score. Perhaps we aided Police at that time or help prevent theft from a local store? Either way after picking it up Police might see us in a better light.
Boosters are a great way to add some changes to your gameplay so remember to pick them up from time to time!
Hey! Remember that our community challenge is on-going! Just to remind you here are the goals you need to reach in order to receive rewards! Good luck!
Car Trader Simulator Devlog #49 - Community Challenge Update!
Hello Car Traders!
Early Access is getting closer and closer and we are not forgetting about the Community Challenge that we've started over a week ago. Let's take a closer look on the current state of the Challenge!
Just to remind you - the challenge has multiple parts - below you will find both the information about the rewards that you will unlock through fulfilling requirements for the first tier of all challenges. After reaching those a new ones will get unlocked enhancing the initial reward. What does that mean? It means that after reaching first tier there's still a lot to do and it's wise to remain active to make sure that the whole community will gain a lot!
After quickly checking the state of our challenge we can see that you are pretty close to unlocking first tier of most of the challenges - especially so in case of our Twitter-related challenge. Let your friends know so they can join the challenge too - giveaways, car pack and a sweet discount are at stakes!
The challenge is on-going and it will be finalized on the day of the Early Access release. Stay strong and good luck, we know you can do this!
Car Trader Simulator Devlog #48 - "I'll fix it in a second!"
Hello Car Traders!
Listen, man! I've got a perfect car for you! It's one of the new models, only few of them on the market. There's just one thing... it's not working completely fine... but you can take care of it, right?
Mechanics are very important people for car industry and any aspiring car trader should have at least few of them in their ranks. Without mechanics any car you get that is at least a little damaged will stay that way and surely that fact will got reflected on the face of your clients when they spot the fault.
Mechanics work as you tell them - they can either repair the whole car or just some parts of it - depending on how much you want to invest in the whole fixing business. As seen in the screenshot above you can make a selection regarding particular elements of the car that you would like to fix. If you prefer to sell some of your cars not in an entirely perfect condition - that is also a choice you can make. Maybe the customer will simply not ask and forget to check?
Mechanics are also invaluable if you would prefer to fix all cars but without spending a dime on it. As you have some contacts on local scrapyards you can send your mechanics there to check for any still working and usable components and use that scrap to repair the cars without using any of your hard earned cash. Make sure to find some time and send them to a scrapyard from time to time.
Mechanics are your best friends! Take care of them and they will take care of you!
Hey! Remember that our community challenge is on-going! Just to remind you here are the goals you need to reach in order to receive rewards! Good luck!
What is a mechanic without his wrench and tools? What is a thief without lockpicks? What is a driver without a car or a truck? In this devlog we will talk about equipment available for our employees!
After hiring employees for your fledling car trading empire you will need to remember one thing - only that much can be achieved by your workers alone without proper equipment.
There is no use getting angry with your thief for not outrunning police cars if he has no navigation system. A mechanic equipped with a whole toolset will achieve much more than one without them. That is why you might want to equip your employees with appropriate tools.
That of course means that you will have to pay for additional equipment but benefits can be easily seen in the appropriate menu (above you can see some of the tools you can buy for your drivers, on screenshots below you will have the chance to check equipment for other employees). Remember - you can buy equipment on the very same window where you hire your employees.
You quickly will be able to see the effect those tools will have on your workers. For example - your mechanic equipped with a big tool box will be quite faster with all repairs thus you will have quicker access to your cars and that $1500 you spent on the equipment will be back very soon!
While some of the tools are really expensive they are also designed in a way to give you a huge boon to your work. Imagine - you only have to buy the three bed tow truck once and you will be able to transport three cars with one driver all the time. Unless they get into accident, of course... but let's not talk about that!
Remember to drag and drop the equipment on the appropriate employee for them to equip it!
Hey! Remember that our community challenge is on-going! Just to remind you here are the goals you need to reach in order to receive rewards! Good luck!
In the last devlog we talked a bit about the usage of thieves and benefits you can receive when you use them correctly. But what if they get caught?
If you're very mindful of how you use your thieves it is quite possible that you will avoid being detected and caught. However police in the city can be very unpredictable and fast. What you thought is a great place to perform your not-so-legal activities might just turn out to be swarming with police officers!
If your thief gets caught they are naturally send to prison and you lose some points on your lawfulness meter. Fortunately - that is not the end of the story for them as you can help them get out of the prison by bribing your way to their freedom. With appropriate amount of money a lot can be achieved and thief's name can be cleared of all charges. That is... if you decide to use your money.
Yet you might not always have the appropriate amount of cash or perhaps the thief that got caught has been known to get caught so often that you are simply fed up with him. If you decide to not pay for their crimes after some time the thief will get sentenced - this time meaning a very real end of his story.
Make sure that you are not letting an experienced thief rot away in prison!
Hey! Remember that our community challenge is on-going! Just to remind you here are the goals you need to reach in order to receive rewards! Good luck!
Car Trader Simulator Devlog #45 - "Community Challenge!"
Hello Car Traders!
We are all waiting impatiently for the Early Access release date - to make those moments feel more endearing we have prepared a challenge for all of you traders that should make days remaining until the release pass faster!
Note that the challenge has multiple parts - what you are seeing right now above is the first part of the challenge. By achieving the tiers described above you will make sure that the reward linked to the tier will be unlocked but also you will receive additional tiers of the challenge making it possible to reach even better rewards!
The challenge is starting right now and it will last until the game is released in Early Access - 4th November. The results will be given on the very next day!
Here's hoping that you will complete all the challenges and receive all rewards we have in store! Good luck!
Today we have a great news for all of you impatiently waiting to fully start your car trading career. The game will be available to be purchased in an Early Access starting from 4th November.
As we have received a lot of feedback and opinions during few last weeks we have been trying to make the game as perfect as it could be. At the same time we have heard the community asking for a quicker release of the game - some of you really want to start trading cars left and right right away and we are happy to hear it.
In order to find a suitable common ground we have decided to release the game in an early access model to accommodate both needs - yours and ours.
We would love to see you play the game right away. There is nothing that makes us happier than seeing you enjoying yourself with our creations. That is why we have decided to pursue the early access - well, that and some of the messages we received asking for quicker release. As we do understand your interest and enthusiasm we just needed to properly answer them.
At the same time the early access gives us a great opportunity to do two things - work on the further development of the game and respond quickly to your feedback. After the EA release of the game, more than ever, we will be happy to see your opinions, remarks, feedback and criticism regarding the game. We will be excited to welcome positive opinions and humbled to hear what we can still improve in-game.
Start getting ready to fight other traders for the best deals and be on the lookout for more information from us very soon!
Car Trader Simulator Devlog #43 - "Help! It's a thief!"
Hello Car Traders!
As you already know you have many different employees waiting for an opportunity to work for your company. Among them you will find some shady but very efficient individuals - thieves!
Thieves can work in areas where normal rules do not apply!
While you can play the game without using thieves they might make the game a little bit easier although using them is tricky. After hiring a thief they will first need to be sent on a patrol within the streets of the city.
When the opportunity arises they will be able to help themselves to a car of an unlucky fellow who perhaps forgot to take care of safety of his own car.
Taking the car is just the beginning though! Now you have to safely navigate the thief to one of your garages... Don't think it will be easy! Police might wait for you right at the end of that narrow alley or might surround you the moment you feel safe...
Appropriate usage of your thieves might help you out a lot with the business but it will also test you, remember that!
