This update is quite a big one. We’ve been working on it for a while now: Expert Mode. This new campaign will add a chunk of replayability to the game. Something that you (and we) have wanted for some time. Expert Mode is essentially the same campaign but the AI is much tougher. Be prepared to lose!

To highlight that, there are 4 new characters that you will encounter in Expert Mode: Henry, Lisa, Jim Bob and Larry. Each of these characters has a nice Perk that you, the player, can play with. Expert Mode is playable from the main menu during Early Access. At release players will have to finish the normal campaign first before it unlocks. Besides Expert Mode the Audio in Turmoil has also gotten substantially better this week. We’ve added ambient sounds for every Area. We added a dozen or so new SFX and polished a few as well. So overall the experience has really improved. We’re excited to know what you guys think about it. Here are the specifics for Update #21: New

Expert Mode – Challenge yourself. This also introduces new playable characters with personal perks: -Jim Bob little cousin will run ahead and mark your first oil field before you even get there. -Larry likes to live large and takes $2500 to each plot instead of $2000 -Lisa charms her way into Barney’s life and never has to pay Spillage fines. -Henry is a Mole's best friend. They will spot a Diamond for him without effort.

And

Audio – Ambient sound for every Area. NOTE: this is separate from SFX and Music and does NOT have it’s own volume slider YET.
Audio - Lots of new Sound FX like Thermal expansion, Stock Auction counter, Drill sounds, end-game stats and more.
AI – improved balance in NPC earnings after each round.
Anthony – can now always be found in the Saloon at the start of Area 3 and 4. This makes him much more powerful

Bugs

Fixed the end of level screenshot not functioning properly on Fast Forward. (Thanks Asuman1179)
Dowser animation now properly speeds up when Fast Forwarding.
Mole animation now properly speeds up when Fast Forwarding.

[ 2016-03-02 13:35:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America. Get a taste of the rush and rivalry of the time as you earn your way to become a successful oil entrepreneur. As you make money digging up and selling oil, the town will grow along with you.

Lease land at the town auction and search for oil. Build a rig, create an efficient pipe network and bring up the oil to store it in silos. Sell the oil at the best times to maximize profits. Then buy essential upgrades in town to cope with rock, gas and ice. Acquire more town shares than your competitors in a bid to become the new mayor.

A campaign where you build your rags-to-riches oil baron career and beat your rivals.
Dozens of upgrades and new tools to improve your oil mining operations.
Meet the town’s characters in the saloon and make shady business deals.
Play single game mode to get one of literally millions of procedurally generated levels and earn as much as you can in one year.
Steam Achievements, Badges, Trading Cards and Cloud Saving.
Lease land at the town auction and search for oil using a dowser, mole or scanner.
Maximize your profits by using natural gas to boost the oil price.
Outbid your competitors at the stock auction.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04 and up. or the latest version of SteamOSMemory: 2 GB RAMStorage: 150 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Other Linux distributions will probably also work.
Memory: 2 GB RAMStorage: 150 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Other Linux distributions will probably also work.
Storage: 150 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: Other Linux distributions will probably also work.

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