- [Community suggestion] There are now question prompts during the networking event that determine the number of publishers you meet.
- Networking events are now only available every 4 weeks.
- Book design dialog: New font/color options.
- New help popups: query agents/publicists, story outline, website, book design.
- Polishing: publish/store/write/website/work status dialogs, home backgrounds, bestseller event.
- Improved the way the final score is calculated.
- Existing saves are now backed up before being overwritten.
Drafting Tales
Early Access Update (v0.36.0)
Early Access Update (v0.35.0)
- Fixed Market Report bar colours when genre/topic demand is maximum
- Increased the area available to sales charts
- Replying to fan mail no longer stops the current task
- A warning message will pop up each time you reach the fans limit
- Message describing bonuses for Sequels/Multi-genre works
- New sticker for bestsellers
- Polishing: Charts, Write Dialog, Intro, SFX
Early Access Update (v0.34.0)
- The first time your balance turns negative you'll get the option to accept a job offer that will save you from bankruptcy.
- Increased inspiration bonuses for awards and bestsellers.
- Polishing: Various dialogs and SFX.
- New music tracks.
- Fixed book sales chart colours.
Early Access Update (v0.33.0)
- Gameplay rebalancing.
- [Community suggestion] Multiple save slots (one slot per game).
- Polishing: Tutorial dialogs, SFX and music tracks, topic icons.
Early Access Update (v0.32.0)
- [Community suggestion] You can now continue playing the game after retiring in Y30 (even if you get the bad ending) for a further 30 years*.
- [Community suggestion] Reduced the volume of some SFX that were too loud.
- New intro music.
- Minor game engine update.
* Even though we put a lot of effort into implementing this feature, there may still be bugs present, so please make sure to report them if you run into any.
Early Access Update (v0.31.0)
- You can now buy self-publishing perks directly from the self-publish dialog.
- Publisher's audience reach now linearly affects fan gains and book sales.
- Improved the randomizer algorithm for networking events. It will now give priority to publisher types you don't have any contacts.
- Fixed flickering issues experienced by some players.
- Minor game engine update.
Early Access Update (v0.30.0)
- You can now attend "networking events" to make contact with publishers, agents and publicists.
- The Publish dialog has been redesigned.
- The game now starts with 3 known topics.
- New topic: Old West.
- Until the Editing skill is unlocked (typically in Y2), the on-topic indicator is hidden and clarity is fixed at 50%.
Early Access Update (v0.29.0)
- [Community suggestion] Posting articles and short stories to your website generates passive income based on the number of visitors to your website.
- The game is now faster by default (previously saved games are not affected). You can reduce game speed by clicking on the "Slow time" option when starting a new game.
- Minor update to the game engine.
Early Access Update (v0.28.0)
- This update brings support for macOS platforms.
- Improved scaling for displays with more than 1080p resolution.
- Minor update to the game engine.
- Fixed the splash screen in Linux.
Early Access Update (v0.27.0)
- New topic icons.
- Major gameplay rebalancing: There's now less chance of bankruptcy in the early game and you should be able to afford the first house much earlier than before.
- Improved the tutorial.
- Publishers are now sorted by audience reach.
- The inspiration progress bar is now more accurate.
- Fixed a bug where more than 4 feedback comments would be generated when loading a save.
- Publisher names on previously published books are now displayed correctly.
- Various UI and SFX improvements.
