Artist Life Simulator news & patch notes

• Increased painting value of ideas and some memories
• Increased painting time penalty of some crimson conditions (like frustration)
• Updated painting value of some generic memories
• Changed Temptations to have more interesting effects
• Opportunities to buy guns in Cakes & Guns DLC last longer before vanishing
• Smaller fixes

• Added new events across all locations
• Added new injury type: The Allergy (cannot visit Park or Mountains).

• New DLC available, steam link also in the game main menu (fully save-compatible)
• Ultrawide monitors can now use fullscreen mode
• Windowed mode is now resizable
• Added “hover text keepout” hint
• Upgrades panel can now be panned to the top regardless of zoom level
• Escape keys now only opens/closes the main menu
• Added more (start action) functions to Enter key
• Fixed highlighted cards sometimes showing relation when there was none

• Added 15 unique new background images for various Job Opportunities
• Added some new events across various locations & activities
• New visuals for mystery artist actions
• New visuals for The Good Listener skill
• Added “final number of paintings” to certain endings

• The game is now more clear about why some actions can't be done (in card hover info and in before action panel)
• Changed unwanted condition hovertext instructions for removing them
• A lot of refactoring behind the scenes to make the game more stable and easier to support in the long run. It has already fixed some rare and infrequent bugs
• Fixed texts that said the painting is incomplete when it was complete
• Fixed effects that give multiple cards of the same type (eg "get 3 feelings" used to give one feeling that was leveled up 2 times)
• Fixed some paintings getting finished as white blanks
• Fixed paintings getting the same illustration as the player already has
• Non-painted paintings now usually won't be portraits
• Fixed some ending texts

• There are now 2275 illustrations for various results, including painting (added 1000+)
• The game now has large painting illustrations, accessible by hovering
• Some new small features (Erotic paintings and any alcohol can be sold in Dark Alleys)
• Added hundreds of new events
• Added new effects to some feelings
• Added intro voiceovers

• Made only 4 narrative cards paintable
• The game now asks intro to be only played once, not for all playable characters
• Increased font size in action panel and popups, thus making panels slightly larger
• Removed abstract paintings from the game, replaced them with genre paintings
• The game now uses separate set of action card images for playable characters
• Changed music playlist logic to play more longer tracks
• Changed "box of soap" and "mechanical silver watch" card sprites
• Tuned cards “relation particles” to be more visible
• Changed card effects when cards can be solved, to be more visible
• Optimized art file format and game statup speed

• Fixed the game overwriting savegames if Steam library was shared, or when demo and full game were both installed
• Fixed Alchemical Experiments card not working properly
• Fixed a handful of issues causing stuck cards after action completion
• Fixed some issues with upgrades not unlocking or not being available
• Fixed Cravings card effects not working as intended
• Fixed some soundfiles that were playing on game start
• Fixed #first tag issues if there we multiple of these per action result deck

• Added over 1219 new illustrations for visiting results
• Added a new playable artist: The Mystery Artist (starts with random cards)
• Added new locations: Mountains, The Corner Doctor
• Added two new “opportunity” type cards
• New side-job: drawing tutor
• Expanded the event base for most locations
• Expanded the selection of flowers & fruits symbolizing friendship
• Expanded the friendship interaction content (it gets more attention soon)
• Expanded the successful painter victory progression

• All visiting results are now illustrated with oil paintings. Soon, other results will be similarly illustrated.
• Added ironman mode
• Dark alley can be now visited with erotic paintings
• Playable character name can now be changed on game start
• Solver/solvable card pairs are now highlighted when hovered
• Clicking on filled card slot removes the card
• New full screen effects (for example, when losing health)

• Some unwanted conditions were made a little more challenging
• Some cards, such as “Mortally Wounded” now instantly autocomplete all other ongoing actions.
• Some conditions may now consume feelings and memories (e.g. Apathy and Bitterness).

• Overwrite-savegame popup now show what it will overwrite
• Many UI and UX improvements, including card effects/animations
• Made new game buttons more user friendly
• Card hover text coloring an wording improvements
• Fixed wrong card stack number being shown on a card sometimes
• Fixed Emotinarium texts for feelings (those that went missing in v0.16)
• Fixed how the upgrade panel looks in the demo (Salvadari character)
• Fixed "Load game" sometimes erraneously not being clickable (if there were cards in the popup panel while saving)
• Fixed card highlights going wrong when a card was dragged over another
• Fixed some card-giving effects never happening
• Fixed before-action-panel sometimes breaking alltogether
• Fixed apparent game hanging while starting up

* New, expanded victory progression for the Color That Should Not Exist * Updated game intro and victory texts * New card graphics to replace some victory-related temporary visuals. * New game may now have additional starting cards/effects from the previous game * Demons of the Psyche can now lead to two different endings.

* Solver card now has 50% chance to become memory and 50% chance to remain. * Goal/Narrative cards can be now used as inspiration for paintings * Requirements/cost for starting an action is now shown earlier * UI and animation tweaks, including card highlight

* Fixed saving the game whenever there were disabled cards on the board * Now whenever save&exit fails, the game won't quit automatically * Fixed "souvenir painting" cards not working at all * Fixed unlocking seconds and third tier upgrades for Andre and Charles

• New upgrade tree (unlockable by tiers), with unique upgrades for playable characters.
• New feature: clicking on card will put it to the leftmost highlighted action panel slot.
• New music: added 5+ feeling-related background music tracks.

• Some character descriptions now have better hints about what cards they want to interact with, in order to level up the friendship.
• Some skills that were single-use now instead have very long cooldown times.
• Slots for starting an action now explicitly lists counter cards if any are available.
• Characters now always become memories with painting value 2 or more.
• Solving a condition won't destroy solver card any more.
• Counters now add 15% chance vs conditions again (was 10% for a short while).
• Conditions are now also countered when painting an unfinished painting.
• The game now behaves better when the aspect ratio is anywhere between 4:3 and 21:9.
• Disabled card hovertext now shows what/why disabled it. Some reasons may be kept hidden.
• The game now runs faster and uses less VRAM when run on lower than FullHD resolution.

• A couple of new cards have currently temporary graphics, the real ones will be added in the next update.

• Fixed: Concert Hall won't eat the character that you visited with any more.
• Fixed: New game couldn't be started if the Windows used non-Gregorian calendar (this was broken since 0.11)
• Made game intro texts more readable
• Minor UI tweaks

• New Location: Concert Hall
• New feature: Clicking on a emotion in Emotionarium now also plays one of the musical tracks associateed with that feeling or condition.
• 8 new musical tracks
• Various balance changes (and the current balance is still subject to change)
• Added save/quit confirmations
• Clarified wording in painting value calculations, Exhibition Opportunities
• Fixed painting erotic paintings, it is now possible again.
• Fixed minor issues both in the game and in demo

• New action: Begging. Only available during destitute poverty.
• New content: 12+ new background images.
• Better music: dynamic music tracks now have greater variety thanks to cross-using some tracks for multiple related emotions, plus some totally new tracks.
• New feature: many painting types now allow painting 1 of each card type, instead of excluding using certain card types entirely.
• New feature: some card slots now have indicators showing if they consume, merge or reset cards (this feature will be further expanded).
• Friendship progression levels now have updated visuals.
• The highest level of friendship is now represented as a variety of different fruits.
• The game now shows artist lifetimes in playable character victory legacies

• Drinking routine, alcoholism and cravings now consume wealth or any alcohol, instead of just wealth.
• Updated the image representing the Cravings of Charles Eiffel.
• Some card timers sometimes displayed incorrect numbers, now fixed.

• Certain locations now show a hint about the feelings originating from these locations
• All very good friends (the highest friendship level) can be now visited
• Added 13 new background images for visitable locations
• Added 2 new achievements, related to new traits of Andre and Charles
• Added visual “liquid fill” progression bars to traits, habits and addictions
• Updated loss condition sounds

• Rebalanced alcohol consumption effects
• Rebalanced location visiting result chances
• Significantly optimized game loading times
• Fixed Alcoholic Downfall not triggering after drinking alcohol and losing sanity/health
• Made sure that receiving consumable medicines gives also the consume action
• Fixed issues that prevented advancing certain victory ideas or victory plans

• New feature: The Previous Paths. This allows you to keep track of your victories and defeats, and an option to review them.
• New feature: Character friendship progression. Talking to people about their personal interests (by talking about passion, or other relevant topics) can now improve your relationship (from acquaintance to very good friend). Becoming very good friends with someone allows you to visit or paint them, give you a victory idea or provide other benefits.
• New feature: dynamic background images (30+ individual images, more TBA).
• New feature: dynamic music. Most unwanted conditions now change the background music to a specific track associated with that condition (more tracks will be added later).
• New feature: Unfinished paintings. In about 22% of cases (might be modified by upgrades later), trying to paint gives you an “unfinished painting” that requires further work before it’s ready to be sold.
• New feature: player-specific traits for Andre & Charles. Charles for example has the Cravings trait, a lifelong addiction that demands regular consumption of alcohol (with serious effects to sanity if these cravings are not met). It can be only removed by a special Charles-specific upgrade in the life upgrade tree.
• New feature: Larger studio upgrade now allows simultaneously working on two different paintings (the life upgrade tree will change in the coming versions).
• 16 New pawnable items.
• 4 medicines now represented as cards.
• New (rare) side job: The Shady Opportunity.
• All 17 ending types are now implemented. Victory ideas can be found either as visiting results from various locations, or from people after becoming good friends with them.
• New updated effects for various feelings, memories and ideas.
• New updated sounds for many ingame events (such as losing health, gaining wealth etc)

• If countering an unwanted condition with counters during painting/thinking/talking is unsuccessful, the used counters will be lost.
• Updated effects of various unwanted moods and feelings
• countless smaller issues

• Dark Alleys can now be painted like other locations.
• Minor updates to some results and message illustrations.
• Fixed game loading issues caused by Windows language and location settings.
• Fixed sounds not playing for some locations like Bookstore and Drugstore.
• In case the game load fails, it now shows an error on screen. Compared to locating Player.log, it is more convenient to just screenshot the error for sending to devs.

• New, ever-changing visuals in the main menu.
• Minor balance improvements
• Victory fade animation is now white
• Fixed game not being able to start if Windows language is Turkish
• Fixed an issue that hovering a card on board didn't properly highlight suitable card slots for paintable cards
• Fixed screen fade animation stuttering on game load (and in other similar situations)

• New alcohol mechanics. You can now buy alcohol from Bar Avenue, Dark Alleys or Liquor shop, and consume it alone or together with someone. You can also become addicted to it.
• New poverty mechanics. Cost of life can now evolve into Creeping Povery and beyond
• New City mechanics: you can now sell up to 5 paintings together in the city streets
• New Bar mechanic: It is now possible to visit the Bar Avenue with reputation instead of wealth, relying on your fame for drinks
• New locations: Liquor Store, Pawn Shop (names self-explanatory)
• New ending type: entrapped by poverty
• Added almost a hundred new outcomes for selling paintings in the City
• Added many new outcomes for selling paintings in the Bar Avenue
• Added some new outcomes for visiting Dark Alleys
• New achievements for every loss and victory type
• Some job opportunities have new (positive) results added to event pool
• Updated or changed many ending texts
• Game end animation is much smoother now and features music.
• Cards in action and result panels now use grid layout where all cards/stacks are fully visible.
• Action cards panel will now only show other slots when the first is filled (can be changed back in Settings).

• Charles Eiffel now starts with the "Drinking Routine" habit.
• Finding job opportunities is now more common when visiting the city
• Shops can now be paid directly with wealth, without using the visiting action.
• Value of locations as inspirations is now “0” (but using a 0 value inspiration still increases the painting max value by 1, because the extra inspiration uses extra passion, which creates the increase).
• Reduced timecosts of upgrades
• Increased chance to meet characters in Bar Avenue
• Wealth is now more important because of the risk to become entrapped by poverty

• Fixed an issue that caused cards used in an action not being able to evolve sometimes.
• New game and load game now start as paused and camera panned to the center of the board.
• Fixed wrong card stack numbers shown in action results.
• Fixed card cycle timer filler not appearing when it should.
• Fixed memory card cycle timer values, there was no variation.
• Fixed some minor hover text readability issues.
• Cards that were left unusable due to errors in game data are now recovered on game load (Paying on Personal sacrifice card, for example)

• Improved the highlight signifying Interaction between cards
• Many card types have new sizes now, indicating importance
• Unwanted conditions have show full descriptions in hovertext
• Characters now have full descriptions in hovertext, hinting at their talking interests (this is the first step for implementing character relation developments)
• Injuries now have full descriptions in hovertext

• Victory requirements have been changed (need more work and less luck)
• Using the Jobhunt skill does not spending sanity any more, has 40% success chance
• Increased chance to meet characters in Bar Avenue

• Fixed a bug that sometimes made incorrect amount of cards shown in action results
• Fixed some cards lacking UI elements after loading game
• The Agent upgrade now gives you a new “skill”, as intended

• Some victories now have new victory images
• Feeling hover texts now show relevant descriptive texts from Emotionarium
• Improved hover text for many cards (conditions, feelings, and more)
• Reconnection skill info text is more informative now
• Ending texts are easier to read now
• Added hover text descriptions to job opportunities

• Increased chance to meet characters in Bar Avenue
• Ocean now has reduced likelihood of bad events (was slightly too much before)
• Working on some job opportunities is easier now, and has more informative texts

• Fixed cards getting stuck under an action card if no action result was possible.
• Fixed loading of savegames that have stuck cards (they appeared as disabled cards in the center of the board).
• Fixed issues with The rising star upgrade unlocking.
• Card timer modifier effects (like +10s and +10%) now work and combine more intuitively
• Reduced build size and increased game load speed by excluding unused card sprites..
• Fixed Cost of Life erraneously appearing while Expensive Life was thought about.
• Fixed all victory plans incorrectly being shown as “minor victory plans”

• New improved background
• The Park provides health more often now
• Higher chance to meet new people in the Bar Avenue
• Added more (positive) results to selling paintings in the City and Bar Avenue
• Improved the introduction
• Improved hover texts for conditions, and many others
• Fixed a rare unlocking issue with the life upgrade tree
• Fixed issues with loading a game caused by action cost cards not being saved
• Counters for conditions are now more intuitive (all counters are now a single feeling type, for example, Shame can be countered by “green feelings”. Solvers for conditions remain unchanged).

The first hotfix

• Memorable impressions upgrade won’t get stuck any more, and should be unstuck for those who had it
• Savegames won't break due to Memorable Impressions bug any more.
• Park now has a greater chance to boost your health, especially if you have less than 5 health
• Tutorial is now more break-proof now (new action cards won't be openable inside result windows)