Another day, another patch! This time we're toning down the difficulty a bit again to re-balance the previous patch, as well as making some general improvements, bug fixes and of course, more night events!

Changes and new stuff

When you buy a special item in the shop, the shop now replaces it with a new item! More police might be encountered as your crime level increases Removed the grain component from our post processing. It was using up way too much memory compared to the other effects and caused stuttering in places, will be re-added when we update our post processing code in general. Several new night events have been added

Balancing

Hunger decay has been reduced veeeeeery slightly to make things a touch easier Busking has been nerfed heavily, so you can no longer generate hundreds in one day.... it was way too OP! The difficulty has also been increased, though busking will be getting a rework in general at some point. Increased the price of the Bigger Bag to 7.29 (Sorry, we know you all love this item) Reduced the chances of the "Clothing Drive" charity event appearing, it was way too common for it's power Happiness loss as a result of low hunger has been decreased slightly. When caught by police, your crime level now increases more if you're drunk as well The chances of the "Dog" night event occurring has been increased slightly Hunger decay from walking too much has been increased slightly

Bug fixes

Fixed a bug where you could buy multiple special items (The effects never stacked before anyway) Fixed a bug where you're forced to leave the shop after buying a special item Fixed a bug where the Tent and Sleeping bag items didn't always reduce the chances of bad night events when sleeping outside Fixed a bug where shelters that aren't currently running a charity event will never be able to run one. Now they might get one on a new day... Fixed speech bubbles remaining on screen when inside a building sometimes The length of time that a speech bubbles stays on screen before fading out is now increased based on how long the text is (maybe now people will be able to read what the other homeless in the street are saying).

[ 2018-10-10 20:00:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

If you became homeless... what would you do?

CHANGE is an emotional homeless survival experience set in a randomly generated city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items and more to develop your character and escape to a new life.

20% of Delve Interactive's profits from this game will be donated to charities focused on the issue of homelessness.

• An endless city to explore filled with randomly generated items, events and environments, unique to every playthrough
  
  
• Develop perks by experimenting with different methods of survival
  
  
• Beg, busk or work your way to finding a new home
  
  
• Randomly generated "night events" lets you develop your own abstract story
  
  
• Find companions, find shelter, find kindness
  
  
• A complete weather system will force you to adjust your survival strategy in rain and snow
  
  
• Build your own inventory with food, items for survival and more.
  
  
• Unlock new items for your next playthrough as you progress
  
  
• Buy items or steal from shops, spend a night in police stations, parks or shelters, spend time at bars, visit the clinic, study in the library, recycle scrap and more as you discover new areas and buildings
  
  
• Experience a beautifully composed emotional soundtrack

Manage your hunger, hygiene, happiness, crime levels, street reputation, study levels and other stats as you try to survive and escape the homeless life. But you can only do so much in one day... what will you do?

Will you spend the day begging, depending on the kindness of others?

Will you find shelter in the night?

Perhaps you're moved out of the area by the police for loitering. Unable to find shelter, you end up on the streets at night, and you meet a dog. Is it a stray? Could it be a friend? All your actions affect your happiness in some way, and it's up to you to manage your stats accordingly. You could turn to drink, but risk addiction. You could hope for a fortunate event, or make some progress towards your survival.

But you will have to choose. It could all be over if a bad event occurs in the dangerous night streets. Especially during winter.

Every run is different, and with each run comes more ways to explore CHANGE.

PLANS

Our goal with this project is to raise awareness on the issue of homelessness, as well as raise money for it. We have done a ton of research for this project and while our wish is to portray the reality of homelessness, various aspects of sleeping rough have been abstracted for the sake of gameplay. We hope you'll support us during our early access journey as we quickly approach the full release currently planned in January.

Join us in the community section to discuss the game with the team!