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Genre: Simulator, Strategy, Indie

Drafting Tales

Early Access Update (v0.9.0)

Changes:


  • Visual improvements on the Write, Character, Work Status and Task progress dialogs
  • When working on Freelance Jobs you will now receive a warning message a few days before the deadline
  • When starting a new game the "Write" button will be initially disabled, until you get at least 1 additional Effort Slot
  • Books awarding Effort Points now have different textures than Topic books
  • Enabled tooltips for some icons (Money, XP, Fans, Inspiration)
  • The "Query" button has been renamed to "Publish"
  • Market Reports in the mail-order catalogue will display the year during which they are valid
  • The game should now load considerably faster on older computers


This update should not break old saves, however if you run into issues you should try starting a new game.

Early Access Update (v0.8.0)

Changes:


  • Effort points have been re-balanced for all genres
  • 4 new items available to purchase
  • Inspiration now recovers much faster when your character is idle
  • You now lose less fans when publishing an Article/Short-Story with bad reviews
  • XP is generated at a slightly slower rate than before during the first few years
  • You will now receive a mail message telling you how many fans you need to acquire before starting to get offers from Agents


This update should not break old saves, however if you run into issues you should try starting a new game.

Early Access Update (v0.7.0)

Changes:

  • Major update to the game engine
  • There is an option now allowing you to continue playing the game beyond year 6 and up to 30 game years, which is the same limit planned for the final release. Please note that beyond year 6 the game has not been well tested, certain features are not currently available and the experience might not be representative of what we are planning for the final release.


This update should not break old saves.

Early Access Update (v0.6.0)


  • You can now spend XP to boost your Inspiration
  • Modified the Vacation item to appear earlier in the game
  • When writing new genre/topic combos you now get reduced Inspiration drop as a bonus (-20%)
  • The game is now playable for up to 6 game years (+1 year)
  • Minor GUI changes

Early Access Patch (v0.5.1)


  • Fixes resizing issues in Windows when fonts and application scaling is greater than 100%