New beta testing branch, as we start to mess with perk and trait balancing, and maybe add some more. Let us know what you think the weakest perks and traits are, or the most overpowered. You can either type that here, or on our Twitter account: Rocketcat Games Twitter Longer time passed since last update that I expected, mostly because we're still tracking a weird bug down. Hoping to get back on track with more Testing Branch updates this week! I will post additional builds and changes to this announcement, so check back here if you're interested in the latest changes. Or just wait until the next post next week. INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT NOTE: The testing branch and the retail version use different save files! Testing Branch saves also get cleared out on occasion. HOW TO INSTALL: Right click Death Road to Canada on Steam. Go to Properties. Go to Betas. Select Testbranch, no password necessary. 8/23 NEW CHANGES

• Vsync support added in Options
• Nurturing and Inventive now give +1 to the maximum of mechanical/medical, respectively!
• Civilized gives 1 point less each to mechanical/medical
• Over-max medical (7 or higher) now lets you heal up to 5 times, previously 3!
• Over-max mechnical now gives a tighter repair variance, 71-100%, up from 50-100%
• Top Seller now gives you more food, generally about 50% more than base. Let me know if this should be even higher, dimly considering making it double the food
• Travel Light now gives a point of fitness, just a little buff to make it more enticing
• Ex-Wrestler loses the -1 penalty to Strength and Fitness maximums, now gets -3 to max shooting
• Bow and Arrow now gets +2 strength as a freebie
• Groundwork for adding in weak temporary characters for multiplayer, so that everyone can play even when your survivor group is wiped out. Not accessible yet!

• Bugfix for the game getting stuck in singleplayer due to not changing characters properly if the main character dies
• Adding support for car headlights/taillights
• The PRONOUN BUG in the endings finally fixed, maybe
• New pop-up character selector for multiplayer mode, to handle players taking over follower AI. Could use feedback so we can refine it
• Extra hat support added. What this means is currently a MYSTERY
• Long hair options for characters now draws over the back properly, instead of getting hidden
• New button in New Game Start to randomly pick custom characters for the leader and buddy
• Added extra smileys for over the usual max or under usual minimum levels, with flashing effects
• New randomization options for randomizing specific character parts, instead of the whole character
• Changes to chars_recycle() function. This should hopefully make the game become less buggy in very long playthroughs, such as Endless Mode. Needs more testing to see if this screws anything up
• Some small tweaks to character customization graphics.
• New weapon added, but not accessible yet, with a new secret effect
• Fix where the status smiley changes weren't showing up properly