There is now a "Quick game" option when starting a new game, which is about 50% faster than the normal game.
Write Dialog: Effort slots that have not been unlocked yet are hidden and you'll only receive feedback on the ones that have been unlocked.
[Community suggestion] Your fans now have different genre preferences, which are displayed in the Market Report. The more you publish in a specific genre, the more fans you gain in that genre.
Market Report: Added a help button.
[Community suggestion] Milestones: You no longer have to publish a perfect non-fiction to unlock novels.
Minor UI polishing and gameplay rebalancing.
Minor update to the game engine.
Early Access Update (v0.25.0)
Changes:
Major update to the game engine.
[Community suggestion] If the game is over due to bankruptcy, it will now return to the main menu instead of quitting to the desktop.
Bankruptcy conditions are now evaluated at the end of each day, so as to take into account income from book royalties.
When a new game version is released, old saves are backed up to allow players to fallback to a previous version of the game if required. Old saves can be found in: %APPDATA%/DraftingTales/backup (Windows) ~/.local/share/DraftingTales/backup (Linux)
Fixed a bug where the character animation would sometimes fail to resume when loading from a saved game.
Fixed a bug where the game would crash when trying to resize the window during the yacht scene.
Early Access Update (v0.24.0)
Changes:
Improved animations during outlining, feedback and writing (on the notepad or typewriter).
Considerably reduced memory usage.
Fixed an issue in Windows preventing the splash screen from displaying in fullscreen mode.
Minor UI polishing.
Early Access Update (v0.23.0)
Changes:
New Milestones: Perfect Fiction, Perfect Non-fiction.
There is now a Create Sequel button in the Write dialog. Books that are part of a series will have a "Series" sticker on the cover.
The Publish Dialog has been redesigned.
Novel publishers now require at least 50 quality to publish your book.
Agent reputation now determines which publishers you can query for your works.
Updated the game engine. Should help resolve some common issues.
Gameplay rebalancing.
The Mansion has now a limit of 1.5M fans. You can have unlimited fans only after you buy the Yacht.
Fixed a bug where the letter from the Yacht Broker would not be deleted after completing the milestone.
Early Access Update (v0.22.0)
Changes:
You can now create your story's outline during the "outlining" writing stage. You can buy outline options by spending XP in the Character Dialog. Not all outline options are good matches for your genre/topic, so you'll have to ask for feedback to determine the right combinations.
You can now write multi-genre fiction once you reach genre expertise 4. Multi-genre works have +20% audience demand.
Minor UI changes.
Early Access Update (v0.21.0)
Changes:
Work length options are now Short, Medium and Long, which are unlocked at expertise levels 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
New promotion options that can be used when self-publishing your books.
You can now view the audience demand for each genre/topic combination in the Write dialog.
[Community suggestion] New topics: Aliens, Archaeology, Zombies.
XP is now awarded after the work is completed. The awarded XP is constant and depends on the work type/length, but the cost for acquiring new skills increases as you progress in the game.
Market Report: Audience demand is color-coded. Red if less than 50, Yellow if less than the maximum value.
Publicists are unlocked at 400K fans.
If a publisher requests corrections while you are working on another task, the task won't be interrupted anymore. You can resume corrections at a later time.
Improved the Purchase/Character dialogs. Stats now include previous years' Awards.
New Milestones: Self-publish books, Retire.
Other minor UI updates.
You should be able to continue playing by loading a previous save. If you run into issues, it is recommended to start a new game.
Early Access Update (v0.20.0)
Changes:
New Game intro.
There are now Milestones that guide you through the game and award you with XP once you complete them.
New end game goal: Buy a Yacht.
2 different endings. You have to complete all milestones to get the best ending.
Minor UI updates.
Early Access Update (v0.19.0)
New items available to purchase: Laptop, Modem, Website.
You can now self-publish your articles and short-stories on your website.
"Telephone" bonus is now -20% feedback cost.
Minor UI improvements.
Early Access Update (v0.18.0)
Changes:
UI polishing: New icons, SFX.
The backgrounds for the Apartment and House have been updated.
[Community suggestion] You will now receive fan mail after publishing your work. Replying to fan mail awards bonuses. You can hire a publicist to auto-reply to your fan mail.
Genre expertise reduces inspiration drop.
While writing, the on-topic area is reduced if you have no inspiration.
You will now have to read certain skill books to unlock effort slots.
You should be able to continue playing by loading a previous save. If you run into issues, it is recommended to start a new game.
Early Access Update (v0.17.0)
Changes:
There's a new avatar available that you can select when starting a new game.
Book design dialog: Removed some options that have not been implemented yet. You can now publish non-fiction books with a hardcover (currently, there's no impact on sales/cost).
Improved the end game screen.
Fixed a bug where autosave would trigger just after the game was over.
