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Dev Diary - 5/8/20 - Haulin Oats And The Dope Game Remaster

Hello there, my dear friend. Welcome back to another development diary for Haulin Oats and The Dope Game remaster. As per usual we will dig right into all the newest things.

Haulin Oats

With the Steam Game Festival right around the corner, much work has been put into getting the games demo ready. It does include, however, necessary work for the next alpha build too.

The screenshot here shows the implementation of the achievements and statistics; as well as the new menu layout which probably doesnt look a whole hell of a lot different. It is now centered. Stats and achievements will be active in the next alpha but, obviously, not the demo. Multiplayer may not actually be in the game until alpha v0.0.3 depending on time. Right now the focus is getting the demo and alpha v0.0.2 done by Valves May 15th deadline. That being said, if it doesnt then v0.0.3 will be along much faster than v0.0.2 was / is. The store page is ready as well but a trailer is also being put together before I make that live. Nonetheless, itll be ready for you to check out and wishlist by next weekend.

The Dope Game Remaster

The Dope Game also got a lot of love this week. There was a lot of polish for the remaster beta testing and an update to the warning screen that Google loves so much.

All the main menu stuff got their face-lifts finished and systems tweaked. The major difference besides graphical is the leaderboards will now show the top five players in each category instead of the top player. Also Steam backed-up statistics were removed due to long-standing issues with keeping them synced correctly. The game will rely on itself and CoaguCo servers to track everything. Now that its all out of the way, the last push to polish up the main game loops is on. Most likely the holiday events will not be active in the remaster version until the each holiday happens; then its back to normal afterward. Also the Russian translation will be delayed for a bit as new text will require new translations to be made. However, pushing some graphical elements to text elements (based on Haulin Oats design) will allow localization to be easier. Thats it for this week. There should be much more to show next week thanks to a crunch session and quarantine!

[ 2020-05-09 00:16:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Dope Game
CoaguCo Industries

Developer

CoaguCo Industries

Publisher

2016-05-30

Release

Casual Simulation Singleplayer

Tags

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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Controls

Very Positive

(190 reviews)

Review Score

https://coaguco.com/games/dope

Website

https://store.steampowered.com/app/466800

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

The Dope Game: Linux 64-Bit [111.04 M]The Dope Game: Linux 32-Bit [111.04 M]

Public Linux depots

The Dope Game: The Stash

Available DLCs

To escape the city of Starkham and start your new life, you get your friend Preston to set up a meeting with the local loanshark, Sweaty Mike. After foolishly borrowing $2,000 to start your fledging drug dealing career, you embark on a timed mission to sell as many drugs as possible throughout the city. However, you must evade the police, make sure not to ♥♥♥♥ off the locals too much, and navigate an ever-changing drug market.

Visit locations like Crockfort, Pinky's Gun Emporium, Murphy's Lake, The Noose & Rafter Bar, Hillside, Saint Jaysus Memorial Hospital, and more to interact with people and buy or sell a variety of drugs. Almost everyone you meet can be fought or bartered with in some manner.

The Dope Game, the newest game from CoaguCo Industries, It is a take on John E. Dell's 1984 classic game Drugwars, where the player goes around New York City trying to make as much money as possible selling drugs while evading the police. But this isn't New York City. Or 1984. The Dope Game takes place in the fictional city of Starkham, Blannington, most infamously known from our previous games One Way To Die and Raise Your Own Clone.

The game features original music by Macabre Gandhi and fully hand-drawn art assets by GP Garcia. For those of you unfamiliar with the premise, here is a fancy list of game features:

15 locations around Starkham
16 different drugs to buy and sell
10 (barely) different weapons
8 different game lengths to play
Listen to the old lady say lots of things on the bus (unlocks stuff sometimes)
Borrow money from the loanshark (and maybe pay it back)
Interact with (and fight) a variety of townspeople
Randomly lose drugs, money, or weapons and possibly find those of other players
Hire crew members to fight with you
Random generated crew members: names, weapons, health, damage
Full soundtrack by Macabre Gandhi
22 Achievements
Fully hand-drawn game assets
A variety of random mechanics to make each game unique(ish)
Back up statistics on CoaguCo's server (requires account) and Steam

Owners of One Way To Die (dude, it's free) and/or Raise Your Own Clone will have access to two additional locations, The Finningan Brothers Fun Park and Dr. Stansfield's Cloning Lab, respectively. The Fun Park provides a new NPC to interact with, Bill Finningan, as well as allowing you to sell your wares to park-goers. The Cloning Lab provides another new NPC, Dr. Stansfield's Nephew, who allows you to stash drugs there for your next run. However, he may just do some of them.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 18.04 or Higher (most other distros too)
Processor: AMD or Intel
Graphics: OpenGL 3+  CapableSound Card: Not necessary but you'll miss out on the musicAdditional Notes: An okay memory or notepad
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 18.04 or Higher (most other distros too)
Processor: AMD or Intel
Graphics: OpenGL 3+ CapableNetwork: Broadband Internet connectionSound Card: Pretty much anyAdditional Notes: A good memory or spreadsheet app

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