Hi All! I released patch 4093623 addressing some problems reported in the latest tests and introducing a new kind of furniture: the hostile bench.

Hostile bench

This bench was designed to be hostile to certain categories of people. Thanks to the presence of metal armrests placed where necessary, these benches are unusable for sleeping. Unless the metal armrests are removed, of course.

Fixed Player Collider

I fixed the player collider since it was glitchy and sometimes trashbins would remain attached to the player with no reason. The problem should be fixed now.

Larger NPC hotspot

I see some people had problems clicking the hotspot of NPCs, since it was too small. I made it larger, so that it should be more usable now.

Reduced flies audio volume

Flies were a real hassle since the audio fx volume was too loud. I reduced it consistently even if i should consider reducing it even more... :P These were the main changes i made in this last patch. Please get in touch if you have problems to report, suggestions, motivational speeches or insults you would like to share with me. Happy hard times! iv.

[ 2019-08-10 13:12:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hard Times is an extreme urban survival game where you have to put yourself into the shoes of a homeless man, taking on all the challenges that daily survival places in the great metropolis of indifference.

You will have to look into junk, beg for money, escape corrupt policemen and citizens maniac about decorum. You will feel hunger and cold. You will suffer in the long rainy nights and be glad when you can get a decent meal.

You will have to learn to build your own tools by yourself, craft and recycle objects to gain resources. You will make artifacts of all kinds, including furniture, work benchs, kitchens, beds, cardboard boxes, storage containers for your little treasures and much more.

You will probably have to give up your innocence to survive. Small thefts and looting will become a gesture of self-preservation, beyond any moral judgment. You will know the thrill of introducing into an abandoned property to take possession of it.

You can choose whether to become a squatter and build your base in the city, live in a homeless camp or move your stuff daily with a cart to sleep every night in a different place.

You will be hunting for rats and fishing radioactive fish to cook them in the live fire of an old rusty bin. You will contract illnesses, use drugs and experience on your skin as cold and indifferent the great metropolis can be for those who live Hard Times.






### 10% of all revenues created by this game will be donated to "L'alternativa Onlus" a charity ngo organization, active in homeless people support programs in the Ostia Lido (Rome - Italy) territory. ###