Version 0.46 Irrigation AI, Spectator Mode, and Reputation
Oh boy, do we have a patch for you! While work continues on the Stores & Street Dealers content update, we got some other improvements ready for prime-time. Read on for details...
New Features
- Crew AI has been upgraded to use sprinklers. Your quirky crew finally got the hang of juggling sprinklers on and off. When plants need water, available crew members will prefer to use near-by sprinklers before resorting to hand watering. Crew will operate one sprinkler at a time, but will later be upgraded to operate more.
- Spectator Mode/Farm View: Ready to let your farm run itself? Use the new button in the upper righthand corner to go into Spectator Mode. Doing so puts ALL crew under AI control and detaches your camera for tycoon style gameplay – freeing you to manage contracts, research, wholesale, and think about your farm as a whole.
- Reputation: Do you treat your clients and vendors well, or do you haggle for every penny you can get? Your farm now has a Reputation score (0 – 100) which changes based on the Contract terms you demand. Building a positive reputation rewards you with access to more, and better, contracts. While being disliked results in fewer people offering you work. You can find this information in the Contracts menu.
Improvements
- Contractors respond in real-time while you negotiate terms, emoting complaints like “I’ll have to run this by my boss.” when terms are too aggressive and “I can’t believe this deal!” when you offer generous terms.
- Reputation and inventory indicators added to saved game files
- “Weeks remaining” of cash is now displayed on your cash balance tooltip.
- Adjusted the inventory panel for better visibility while the Contracts and other menus are open.
- Crew names and current AI duty is now displayed on their portrait’s tooltip.
- Savvy replanting: Crew now que up seeds to replant after they harvest, returning to replant after trimming is complete.
- Crew occasionally take spontaneous actions; topping off water or fertilizer levels, instead of taking breaks.
- Text message warning when your farm’s Heat climbs above 40.
- Text message notification when new Contracts are available.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an exploit which let players MIN/MAX Contract negotiations for arbitrary profits.
- Fixed a bug which broke Matthias and Heady’s images on saved games.
Known Issues
- The Field view will not resize to accommodate very large plots.
- The Field view may get confused when the DEA confiscates plants.
Version 0.45.5 Summer the Plumber & A Sneak Peak
New Features
- New character, Summer! She’s the kind of plumber that makes Mario look bad. Summer starts with all irrigation techs unlocked and a small stash of cash.
- New Farm Status UI: Farm Status UI has been reworked to make Heat and Strikes more prominent. Removed some redundant text and changed the color scheme. The overall UI is smaller as well
- Text Messages (Passive Notifications): This is a step towards a notification queue and is great for communicating information to the player without interrupting you with a phone call. Complete with scrolling text, and vibrating sfx and animation. Will add a small portrait too, at some point.
Coming Soon
- Open stores and hire dealers. For a small investment they sell your bud so you don't have to - providing passive income but with their own twists. Keep your stores well staffed and stocked so they remain profitable while your dealers sling bud on the down-low. We plan to great expand this gameplay in the future.
Improvements
- Crew AI and crew skills have seen major improvements
- Crew now use trimmers to reduce stress
- Hoses have been buffed again and water plants even faster
- Some minor GUI elements have been pruned.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a player reported bug that caused your crew to work on the incorrect field.
- Fixed a player reported bug with Fine Print.
- Fixed a bug with crew and accelerating the game's clock.
Known Issues
- The Field view will not resize to accommodate VERY large plots.
- The Field view may get confused when the DEA confiscates plants.
- Summer's shirt isn't consistent in all frames of animation.
Version 0.44 420 Bonanza
It’s that special time of the year again! Around our farm, we’re celebrating the occasion with a BIG OL’ patch.
Happy 420!
As we continue to squish bugs, please let us know if you’re being pestered by any of your own creepy crawly experiences by reporting them here.
New Features
- More sprinkler updates. Quickly toggle sprinklers on/off with a mouse-over and keystroke!
- Custom key bindings are now supported! You can change your setup on the “Input” tab of the game launcher,
- Graphics update including anisotropic textures, anti-aliasing, and softer particles. Default quality settings have been improved, with two advanced settings available. You can change these settings on the game launcher.
- Added Guerrilla Growing to the Dealer staff member (reduces heat from planting over your limit). This stacks with Duke's passive ability.
- Your cellphone now acts as a quick menu.
Improvements
- Hoses, watering cans, and buckets have been improved to be more distinctive.
- Starting funds have been increased and the entire Cash Crop economy has been tweaked.
- Starting perks for several characters have been tweak.
- The upgraded hose "Hosemaster 9000" has a new sprite set. We also buffed it to water plants 25% faster
- In the character select screen locked characters now tease their perk, in their tooltip.
- Adjust Heat gameplay, no longer receive jail for the first strike.
- Distinctive SFX for each size of harvest bud. Small amounts have a high-pitch ding, large amounts have a lower sound.
- Language and tooltip improvements.
Bug Fixes
- Sprinklers will turn off when their pipes are removed, or the sprinkler is otherwise disconnected from its water source.
- Corrected an issue where sprinklers would not fire their watering effects.
- DEA now correctly confiscate your over limit plants. Preventing a variety of bug from occurring.
- Fertilizers now apply the correct amounts.
- Fixed a bug with contract negations reported here (https://steamcommunity.com/app/662910/discussions/1/1698294337792605429/)
Known Issues
- The Field view will not resize to accommodate very large plots.
- The Field view may get confused when the DEA confiscates plants.
Version 0.43 Waterworks Update - Live!
In this patch we’ve made the first of several updates to irrigation gameplay. Players are now able install water sources, called “spigots”, on their farm. A well-running irrigation system is key to a cost effective grow operation and makes consistently watering your plants a breeze!
We’re getting closer to the next Cash Crop update. In this patch, we’re improving the irrigation system so you can install water sources for your sprinklers and hoses anywhere on your farm.
Gone are the days of being tethered to your trailer’s single water spigot, running yards of expensive piping between fields – instead you can spread out and design your irrigation systems in whatever way you’d like.
More info to come as the patch gets closer – stay tuned!
Announcements & New Team Member
Woah! We're back. After a fun and productive trip to California, we're back and have some good news to share.
We've found some partners who are interested in helping Cash Crop continue to grow, It's too soon to release details but our team is excited about the prospects of bringing on new talent and stuffing Cash Crop with even more fun content.
Speaking of expanding the team, we're bringing on another developer! As you know our little team is working mightly so having another set of hands around the farm goes a long way.
We'll spend some time on-boarding him and then we'll introduce him to y'all in the next week or so.
WIth the wind in our sails and a new developer coming aboard we're fired up and looking forward to releasing our next batch of patches and updates.
Cheers!
On the Road! Game Connection and GDC
Hey Cash Croppers,
While you’ve been busy running your farm and trying to avoid the DEA we’ve been working behind the scenes preparing to take Cash Crop on the road next month!
We’re loading the tour bus with our best buds and heading to Game Connection and GDC in California in March. This is a fantastic opportunity to show off our great game and connect with publishers, media, and other indie developers.
Stay tuned over the coming weeks for community updates, pictures from the conferences, and other exciting announcements.
Cheers!
Version 0.42 What Does My Plant Need?
In this week's update, we wanted to reward all of our loyal Cash Crop fans with a lil' somethin' somethin'. Plants now indicate what their immediate needs are with a rotating carousel above the leaves.
- Plant needs indicator now appears when plants are in need of attention.
Version 0.41 Fielding Requests
Out by popular demand, we’ve got some updates to the field tool! There’s also been some inquiries about touching up the Finances screen, which we’ve also made sure to include in this build.
Go forth and reap those plants!
As we continue to squish bugs, please let us know if you’re being pestered by any of your own creepy crawly experiences by reporting them here.
New Features
- Field tool now supports dragging in any direction.
- Field tool now supports canceling field construction by right clicking while creating a field.
Improvements
- Finance panel summary properly stack transactions. Multiple seeds purchases now show up as a single, simplified transaction.
- Money now format large sums of money better.
- The Save & Exit app on the Pause menu now quits to the main title screen instead of leaving the game.
- Added a tooltip on Quicksave icon in the Pause menu.
Bug Fixes
- Dead plants can are no longer revived with fertilizer.
- Corrected contract misspellings.
- Homie Hookup displays both metric and imperial measurements.
- Crew shadows are now consistently drawn correctly.
- Small decorative plants to no longer respawn on fields when loading saves.
Version 0.40 Smoothing Out The Farm
Hello Cash Crop Enthusiasts!
This week we focused on stomping quite a few bugs that had tried to nest into our game. Thanks to our meticulous players, we were able to evict those freeloading bugs quickly. Here's to making our way well into the new year with a fresh take on this build.
Enjoy!
Y'all know the deal. Find a bug, report the bug. They have no business being on the farm if they aren't paying rent! (Hint, bugs can't afford to take residence on the property, so let's get them out of there!)
Updates
- Updated Crew AI to make sure they follow field assignments. They now will prioritize the plants in their assigned field. The AI will also attend to the closet plant that requires their attention first.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/662910/discussions/1/1621724915775283924/
http://steamcommunity.com/app/662910/discussions/1/1621724915780934689/
- Optimized field code to reduce memory issues.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an bug were wholesale prices could create infinite money
http://steamcommunity.com/app/662910/discussions/1/1621726179561350526/
http://steamcommunity.com/app/662910/discussions/1/1621724915775283924/
- Fixed bug where plants were not being recognized sometimes.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/662910/discussions/1/1621724915775283924/
- Fixed bug where field tool would not properly create fields.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/662910/discussions/1/1621724915780928723/
- Fixed bug where Crew would get stuck.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/662910/discussions/1/1621724915775283924/
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