Keep Driving news & patch notes

Patch notes: - Hitchhikers whose quests you haven't completed will appear more frequently - Upgrade menu (from trunk) now visible when you are at a garage (once again) - Increased encounter rates of some events - Being an alcoholic increases drunk-timer during road events - The Songwriter's perk "Center of Attention" won't trigger if he is asleep - Fixed some of the map rendering. Should prevent the scrambled map on steam deck that some players have experienced. - Adjusted how the "memories" in the book of the main menu is drawn so it's easier to read. - When ending your turn during a road event, you will now get prompted before the turn ends. - Fixed the dark background behind the inventory/hitchhiker menu to stay dark when using a gamepad - Window reflections in the cities now move slower - Telephone poles in the foreground in cities should no longer suddenly appear - Fixed some typos - Some minor bug fixes Thanks for everyone's continued support of Keep Driving

We are happy to announce the release of the localization update!

Now you can play Keep Driving in the following languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified) and Japanese! It's been a lot of work to get this done, and we want to thank all translators, QA testers and programmer Juju Adams who helped us with a great localization system. This update also adds some new content to the game (including a new ending). Thanks for everyone who's enjoyed and supported the game! Cheers, Christopher & Josef Full patch notes follows:

LOCALIZATION: - Added new languages to the game:

- German

- Swedish

- Spanish

- Portuguese (Brazilian)

- Chinese (Simplified)

- Japanese

- Ukrainian

- French

- Russian

(You can change language in the options menu)

NEW CONTENT:

- Added a new hitchhiker

- Added a new ending

BUG FIXES:

- Fixed bug where the garage-screen could be seen behind the inventory screen when using the muscle car

- Fixed bug where the shop in pubs/cafe wouldn't display correctly

- Fixed weird audio bug "clicking-sound"

- Fixed bug where if you got a black-out when in the music-menu, the music menu would be locked on the screen

- Fixed bug where, if exiting the junkyard by walking out, the map would instantly close down when trying to open it.

- Fixed bug where the little junkyard-avatar would be walking when you opened the junkyard

- Fixed some typos

- Fixed bug where if you couldn't afford paying at a hostel and used a gamepad, you would soft-lock yourself

- Fixed several instances of formatting errors (i.e. displaying text such as §armor etc)

- Fixed issue where the wrong tooltip would sometimes be displayed when hovering the legend-icons in the map

- Working at night in the desert won't give you the cold status anymore

- "music blasting" event-effect effect is now tied to stereo/subwoofer upgrade.

- You will now lose the cold-status when day breaks in the desert

Build 1.2.0.0 Live! This patch adds new content to the game as well as some fixes. For those looking for the localization patch, you'll have to wait a bit longer, but we are making lots of progress towards it. With help from programmer Juju Adams the game is now ready to be translated and we're aiming for August to release the localized patch. Thanks for your patience! Languages planned for Localization patch are: German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Ukrainian , Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and Russian

We plan to have a sale up when that patch drops as well, but maybe not as deep as the Summer Sale.

New features:

- Added some new Traits

- Added some new items

- Added new junk-upgrades. You can find them at junkyards and abandoned cars.

- Updated some car-sprays and added some more.

- Added new Road events

- Added new two new threat warnings:

Clone: Instead of damaging you, creates a new threat of the same type

Change: After attacking, randomize threat type.

- Changed some details in the Mechanic's quest. Added a new reward.

Bugs/Fixes:

- Fixed bug where you could lock the game when closing the gas-interface when having journal opened at the same time.

- Hovering your occupation/loadout in character creation now shows you the corresponding trait/item list

- Slightly changed first road tutorial

- Fixed the bride's sleeping mask so it fits her better.

- The Kid gets back into the car if she is peeing while you get a black out

- Fixed the Songwriter's skill "Power Chord" not working correctly

- Fixed bug where text were sometimes weird-looking at pubs/cafes Cheers, Christopher & Josef

• PC Gamer - 90/100 "A management RPG that perfectly captures the feel of a long and memorable road trip."
• Polygon - recommended "This road-trip sim is a great storytelling system about a joyfully wasted youth"
• Rock Paper Shotgun - recommended "A free-wheeling RPG road trip that pushes all the right buttons. Manage spare tires and drink endless coffee while you trundle to the other side of a pixel pleasant country."
• Gamerant - 10/10 "Keep Driving's setting is nothing spectacular, but that's precisely the point."
• The New York Times - recommended "Although Keep Driving has a profoundly hopeful message, it also captures the raucous plasticity and vivacious drive of youth, reminding us that we all once wound up stranded without gas on the side of an empty road."

New Update - Controller support and Steam Deck verification

Patch notes for build 1.1.0.0:

New content:

Bug fixes and tweaks:

• April - content and controller support
• May - smaller content update
• Late summer/early fall - localization
• Late fall/early winter - consoles

Hey everyone, it’s Christopher and Josef! Today’s finally the day: Keep Driving is OUT NOW!!

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We’ve been waiting to make this announcement for a long time now: Keep Driving is officially launching on Thursday, February 6!!!

See you for launch day soon!

Hi again everyone! Christopher and Josef here again.

You can watch the reveal trailer below if you missed it previously.