Fixed a slew of issues that existed due to the new 1.7.0.0 patch.

Happy gaming!

Hey everyone! Happy new year!

[h2]New Patch Notes[/h2]

[h2]ADDITIONS[/h2]

• Added the fun fun ability to PAY RENT!
  
• ----> Rent has to be paid at the start of each month.
  
• ----> Rent is prorated for your first month you start in based on today's date.
  
• ----> If you reach 6 months past due on rent, you get evicted.
  
• ----> Rent is paid in the new Rent panel (house icon)
  
• Added icons to the jobs that require educations for clarity.
  
• Added starting Cash and Debt for different difficulties.
  
• Pay Down Debt area disappears when you have 0 Debt.
  
• Added click sounds to the customization screens.
  
• Optimized backend systems with accessories on the player to behave properly.
  

• Removed some weird pitchbending for audio.
  

• Fixed a bug where stocks would not save between playthroughs.
  
• Fixed a bug where stock prices would not save between playthroughs.
  
• Fixed a bug where the objective that showed how many items were bought always said there were 0 items max.
  
• Fixed a bug where scratch cards would not show as a winner and just award you the money.
  
• Fixed a super bug where you could not get achievements anymore.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Quit in the Game Over screen would not go back to the Main Menu.
  
• Fixed some weird graphical UI issues.
  
• Fixed a bug where you could not sell stocks if you had no money.
  
• Fixed shopping panel layouts to look more appealing and less trashfire.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Keep Playing button would appear on game loss.
  
• Cleaned up some translation issues.
  
• Adjusted the camera to sit better on game and not cut the bottom of the screen of in different resolutions.
  

Hey everyone,

It's been a long time coming, but we're reconfigured a lot about this game as well as added some new and exciting content!

Patch Notes
=========

[h2]Additions[/h2]

• HOLIDAY CONTENT CHANGES
  
• ---> From December 15th to January 15th every year, the game will switch into Holiday mode.
  
• ---> Some items will have a new look!
  
• ---> There's an unlockable Santa hat!
  
• CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION IMPROVEMENTS
  
• ---> The Character Customization screen has been drastically improved.
  
• ---> There are now shirts, pants, hats, or full out costumes that you can wear for a playthrough!
  
• Debt amounts are reduced by 30% on Easy difficulty.
  
• Revamped the options menu to include a Resolution / Fullscreen option.
  
• Russian is now an added language!
  

• Game now starts at 50% master volume if first time opened.
  
• Darkened the wallpaper of the room slightly to ease the eyes.
  
• Life Events have been updated for balance.
  
• ---> Copyright Lawsuit event reduced from 29k debt to 22.5k.
  
• ---> Stolen Credit Card event reduced from 10k debt to 7.5k.
  
• ---> Television Shorting Out event reduced from 2k debt to 1.75k.
  
• ---> Local Magazine event increased from 2k cash to 2.5k.
  
• ---> Child Borrows Credit Card event reduced from 10k debt to 5.5k.
  
• ---> Family Dies Funeral event reduced from 7.5k debt to 6.5k.
  
• ---> Meteor event reduced from 7.5k debt to 5.5k.
  
• ---> Concert Trample event reduced from 2.5k debt to 1.95k.
  
• ---> Dustmite Allergy event reduced from 5k debt to 4.85k.
  
• ---> Relative Inheritance event increased from 5k cash to 6.5k.
  
• ---> Wall Mirror Sofa event increased from 400 debt to 650.
  
• ---> 1st Place Game Jam event increased from 1k cash to 1.5k.
  
• ---> Amsterdam Basement event increased from 391 debt to 457.
  

• Fixed a bug when you load a saved game where the Newspaper Classifieds do not say your correct job or salary.
  
• Fixed a bug when you load a saved game where sometimes the entire game would "erase" and show everything generic.
  
• Fixed a bug that occurred after receiving a promotion, the job and salary would no longer show correctly in the Newspaper Classifieds.
  
• Fixed German localization issues.
  
• Fixed a game breaking bug where you were unable to complete the game even though you had all the items.
  

Hey, quick chat!

As we never expected, the 1.5.4.0 update broke the game in a bunch of different ways.

We're here to fix that!

[h2]New Patch Notes[/h2]

ADJUSTMENTS

• Intro Logos will now continue playing when minimized.
  
• Some graphical inconsistencies were adjusted to feel better.
  
• Greatly increased the odds to win the lotto. (Still will be difficult, but not unexpectedly impossible).
  

• Fixed a bug where you were unable to pay a bill that has only one month left of payment.
  
• Fixed a bug where paying a bill in full would sometimes not remove it from your bills screen and then mess with your total expenses. You'd also be paying negative months due.
  
• Fixed a bug where you were unable to buy lotto tickets after a certain amount of cash spent.
  
• Fixed a bug where the items in the shop were incorrectly displaying how many items were purchased.
  
• Fixed a bug where jobs were not resetting each month.
  

Here's a quick hotfix that fixes playability from the new patch! Read on!

FIXES

• Fixed a game breaking bug did not load 3 of the 4 stock options.
  
• Fixed a bug where the mouse was not showing a cursor during the intro logos. (mouse is now hidden)
  
• Fixed a bug where the shops jobs ticker would move into negative days instead of updating the shop / month / jobs / etc.

Hey, long time no see!

So, finishing the game has been brought to our attention as an issue more than once. So here are some modifications that hopefully make things more fair but seem not to.

[h2]New Patch Notes[/h2]

• Modified how items now appear in the shop (you will not see the same item for 2 months).
  
• You can no longer buy or sell stocks when the stock is at $0.
  
• You can no longer attempt to buy if you have less cash than the stock that you want.
  
• You can no longer attempt to sell stocks if you have zero in that stock.
  

Hey, long time no see!

New Patch Notes - Fixing some issues with the Bills/Finance Sector

- Fixed a bug in the challenges section of the main menu causing the entire challenges mode to break.

- Fixed a bug that did not let you pay or pay off any late bills.

- Fixed a bug where the shop panel's exit button would hide behind the objectives tab.

- Adjusted the wording for when a bill is late from "due in -6 days" to "6 Days Late".

Thanks guys, rock on!

Josh

Static City Games

Hey all of you cool cats!

New Patch Notes at your screenstep (like doorstep but your monitor... no? worth a shot)!

- Fixed a massively gamebreaking bug where the game would completely break and you couldn't buy anything.

- Fixed a massively gamebreaking bug where you were unable to purchase Basic Education and the game would break when you saved after attempting to purchase it.

- Fixed the UI sorting, life alerts now appear on top of the shop pages instead of behind.

- Fixed an issue where the Study button was unclickable.

- Fixed an issue where taking a job would not close the job panel.

- Due to the ridiculousness of the above bugs, Life and Debt will be on sale for 25% off for the next two weeks!

In other news...

On March 16th, we released a BRAND NEW GAME called Chronicle: Unit Eight.

Chronicle is a top down arcade space bullethell with roguelike elements thrown into the mix! Imagine if Ikaruga and Rogue Legacy had a baby!

You can currently only pick it up on Steam Early Access over here:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/1221990

Thanks as always for the support and keep rocking!

Josh

Static City Games

What's up cool people?!

Here's a quick update that fixes a large issue during a continued save game and some adjustments! Read on!

FIXES
- Fixed a game breaking bug that did not let you buy more education if you purchased the basic education and then saved the game and continued.

CHANGES
- Owning a clock reduces your chance of losing a job by 5%.
- Owning a coffee maker reduces your chance of losing a job by 3%.
- Every education that you purchase reduces your chance of losing a job by 5%.
----> A grand total of a 48% reduction if you own everything!

- Game now saves on force close as well as "Save & Exit"

Enjoy!

Josh
Static City Games

Hey guys!

It's came to our attention that people who downloaded the Windows build for Steam have been having troubles with running the game. We took care of that! :)

Enjoy!

Josh
Static City Games

Life and Debt is back with some real awesome updates!

Saving.... Finally!
- Saving your game will actually save your game between sessions now, all of those bugs associated with saving and loading have been eliminated!

The Killer Has Bought an Apartment
- You can now play as a Killer! Get a job as a grocery store bagger and dress him in bright pink!

Stocks Fixed
- Fixed the stock market issues and now it should reach $0 for stock price less often (if at all).

More hype and more with some stabilization fixes!

Excited to hear your feedback on the new updates!

Josh
Static City Games

Hey there everyone! Sorry for the lack of communication but we've been hard at work on a new RTS game.

Patch notes for Life and Debt are as follows!

///PATCH NOTES///

BUGFIX: Pay Down Debt buttons now work as intended and no longer awkwardly remove your money without showing you it did.

BUGFIX: Fixed the way that Cash works and is shown. You'll no longer go less than zero and then not receive the full amount of money when you gain from that negative point. Zero is now definitely zero.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where education you purchased would not show that it saved after exiting the game and then continuing. You were able to re-buy it and lose an extra chunk of cash.

BUGFIX: Fixed an issue with saving your custom character.

BUGFIX: Fixed an issue with saving your current purchased education.

- Added "PayDay" to the floating text when you make money from a job and not other sources!

//

Good luck and happy shopping!

Hey everyone,

This is a mega content update for Life and Debt!

///Patch Notes///

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where the end game stats screen was showing game length incorrectly.

- Added a save game warning for erasing data on new game.
- You can now own more than one puppy.

- CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION
--- New player character!
--- Choose male or female
--- Choose your character's name, hometown, and clothing color!

- DAILY CHALLENGES
--- Everyday, three new challenges will appear in a new harder, challenge mode.
--- Good luck. This mode is not for the faint of heart.

- LEADERBOARDS
--- Any points accumulated due to finishing Challenges will be sent to Steam Leaderboards!
--- Max of 3 points per day.
--- Can you be number 1!

- STOCK MARKET
--- The stock market calculations have been revamped.
--- Four companies await for you to buy in to their investments.
--- Will you be profitable?

Hey guys!

We're getting close to the final update for Life and Debt!

Here are these patch notes!

///PATCH NOTES///

BUGFIX: Sell One buttons on stocks will now say $0 if you have no stock owned in that stock.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where Pear Inc's "Buy One" stock button was not working as intended.

- Added stats screen for when you win and lose

- Minor localization bug fixes

- Minor quality of life changes

We're looking for a translator for Simplified Chinese and Italian, if anyone knows of someone who would be interested please email info@staticcitygames.com

Thanks again guys!

Hey guys!

We're getting close to the final update for Life and Debt!

Here are these patch notes!

///PATCH NOTES///

BUGFIX: Sell One buttons on stocks will now say $0 if you have no stock owned in that stock.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where Pear Inc's "Buy One" stock button was not working as intended.

- Added stats screen for when you win and lose

- Minor localization bug fixes

- Minor quality of life changes

We're looking for a translator for Simplified Chinese and Italian, if anyone knows of someone who would be interested please email info@staticcitygames.com

Thanks again guys!

Hey everyone!

New patch coming at ya! Should fix some key issues as well as introduce a way to track your profit for Stocks!

PATCH NOTES
---------------------

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where sometimes items would not populate in the shop on start.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug that showed placeholder text instead of job promotion information for the life event.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where some jobs would not show their education requirement and still be unclickable.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug that stopped you from going back to main menu while in game.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where income taxes (April 15th) were not showing up.

BUGFIX: Fixed small grammatical errors.

- Tweaked stocks to move within a range instead of a percentage. LootBox Inc should now actually lose and gain money!

- Changed the name of the object showing from immediate to a 2 second hover time. Now longer will you be attacked with object name spam when having lots of objects!

Enjoy and thanks again for playing and supporting us!

Josh
Static City Games

Hey everyone!

New patch coming at ya! Should fix some key issues as well as introduce a way to track your profit for Stocks!

PATCH NOTES
---------------------

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where sometimes items would not populate in the shop on start.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug that showed placeholder text instead of job promotion information for the life event.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where some jobs would not show their education requirement and still be unclickable.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug that stopped you from going back to main menu while in game.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where income taxes (April 15th) were not showing up.

BUGFIX: Fixed small grammatical errors.

- Tweaked stocks to move within a range instead of a percentage. LootBox Inc should now actually lose and gain money!

- Changed the name of the object showing from immediate to a 2 second hover time. Now longer will you be attacked with object name spam when having lots of objects!

Enjoy and thanks again for playing and supporting us!

Josh
Static City Games

Hey guys, here comes another hotfix of love right into your eyes.

PATCH NOTES
---------------------

BUGFIX: Redeeming scratch off tickets now bring you back to the lottery window as intended.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where the tooltip about increasing debt would keep showing up.

BUGFIX: Exit button on top of shop no longer sends you back to the shop window, and closes the entire window as intended.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where items financed would not save.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where educations you purchased would not save.

Hey guys, here comes another hotfix of love right into your eyes.

PATCH NOTES
---------------------

BUGFIX: Redeeming scratch off tickets now bring you back to the lottery window as intended.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where the tooltip about increasing debt would keep showing up.

BUGFIX: Exit button on top of shop no longer sends you back to the shop window, and closes the entire window as intended.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where items financed would not save.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where educations you purchased would not save.

Hey guys,

Just a quick fix for today's patch.

///PATCH NOTES///

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug that allowed players to finance items and not pay for them.

BUGFIX: Fixed some localization issues for Spanish and German.

BUGFIX: Fixed some other small bug fixes / nuances.

- From today's patch but the notes did not make it in, SAVING now works and is perfect!

- Added hotkeys to open Shop (Alpha 1), Lottery (Alpha 2), Study (Alpha 3), and Stocks (Alpha 4)!

Enjoy and best of luck on your adventure through Life and Debt!

Hey guys,

Just a quick fix for today's patch.

///PATCH NOTES///

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug that allowed players to finance items and not pay for them.

BUGFIX: Fixed some localization issues for Spanish and German.

BUGFIX: Fixed some other small bug fixes / nuances.

- From today's patch but the notes did not make it in, SAVING now works and is perfect!

- Added hotkeys to open Shop (Alpha 1), Lottery (Alpha 2), Study (Alpha 3), and Stocks (Alpha 4)!

Enjoy and best of luck on your adventure through Life and Debt!

Hey guys,

Hope you've been enjoying the release of this game as much as we have! It's really been a blast recently with all of your feedback.

So here's a mega content update!

PATCH NOTES:

BUGFIX: Can no longer win by financing the final item.

BUGFIX: Optimized title screen when sitting on it for a long time.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where some jobs weren't updating with certain educations.

- Major UI Rework!

- Added silhouettes, no longer will you see floating waterbottles!

- Added a note to the pause menu

- You can now get a puppy in the game!

- Added a new achievement

- Changed Repo time to 60 days from 90.

- Added a STOCK MARKET
---- Buy and Sell!
---- Generate Profit!
---- Lose money!

- Added localization for Spanish and French!


Thanks guys and happy playing!

Josh
Static City Games

Hey guys,

Hope you've been enjoying the release of this game as much as we have! It's really been a blast recently with all of your feedback.

So here's a mega content update!

PATCH NOTES:

BUGFIX: Can no longer win by financing the final item.

BUGFIX: Optimized title screen when sitting on it for a long time.

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where some jobs weren't updating with certain educations.

- Major UI Rework!

- Added silhouettes, no longer will you see floating waterbottles!

- Added a note to the pause menu

- You can now get a puppy in the game!

- Added a new achievement

- Changed Repo time to 60 days from 90.

- Added a STOCK MARKET
---- Buy and Sell!
---- Generate Profit!
---- Lose money!

- Added localization for Spanish and French!


Thanks guys and happy playing!

Josh
Static City Games

Hey guys, wanted to get a couple more things fixed before the weekend!

PATCH NOTES
----------------------

BUGFIX: Removed any keyboard interaction with UI, it caused weird effects within the game (pressing space to open the options menu on accident, or pay down debt, etc)

BUGFIX: Fixed a bug where the Camera was saying locked sometimes on continue.

- Added new beat the game achievements (sorry, there was no way for us to tell beforehand whether you already beat the game once. Now you have to prove it!)

- Changed year anniversary achievements to now happen on the exact day that you started the game each year instead of the same month.

Thanks as always and happy shopping!

Hey everyone!

Thanks for all the support, launch day has been a ton of fun!

Here are some quick hotfixes and changes after getting a bunch of feedback!

PATCH NOTES

BUGFIX: Pay down debt by $100 button now works as intended.

- Explanations for difficulties have been corrected to show as intended.

- Changed minimum winnings odds for all scratch cards from 1 in 25 down to 1 in 10.

- Adjusted minimum possible job lengths to 14 days from 5 days.

Thanks so much guys and hope to see a Hard Difficulty win!

Josh
Static City Games

Hey everyone,

If you're like any of us here at Static City Games, you're as excited as we are as we launch our newest game, Life and Debt: A Real Life Simulator to Steam on the 28th of February!

We started a thunderclap for the release and we would really love it if you clicked through and supported it! All it takes is a Twitter account, it's totally free and it will only tweet that one post.

Here's that link: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/68258-life-and-debt-steam-release

Can't wait for the 28th! Hope you guys have a blast with the game. It's been so much fun to make it!