Hi everyone, Ivan's here! In this update i'm releasing the new command line console, which is an aid tool intended to help out for testing, modding and everything you want. There are also other implementations and a number of fixes. So let's list them all: · The new console is available to the public branch from this update. Use F6 to open it and type 'Help' to start with a list of all the avai…
Hi everyone! Ivan's here. In this latest patch i'm going to address some fixes but also i will introduce some new features regarding items and modding. So let's start! · robbery_effect: the effect fired when robbing a shop is not fixed anymore but can be modified and changed by modding. Every shop now has a "robberyEffect" property that defaults to "robbery_effect" but can be changed and set to…
Hi everybody! Ivan's here. In this big new patch the game is receiving a good amount of fixes and improvements, focused especially on modding. So let's start the dance: · Added support for scripting custom state machine actions for Npc's ai behaviours. Those new actions can be scripted in c# and can be attached to player effects and executed on player interaction. This opens up a whole new worl…
Hi Everybody! Ivan's here. I am pushing this new patch today which addresses some problems which were pointed out in the forums and some new stuff: the support for bigger containers. · Tooltip bug: some users are having problems with in game tooltips. Those users experience all void tooltips. I have seen a couple of videos of the problem but i wasn't able to reproduce the problem, not on window…
Hi everybody! Ivan's here. In the latest patch i have released a small number of improvements, thanks to all the suggestions and hints given to me by players on the forum and on the discord server! · Fixed the "spare metro ticket" miniquest image, which was wrong · Lowered consistently the wallets and bags spawn rate in all of the game scenes. · Now the drop rate of shops being robbed is much l…
Hi everybody, Ivan's here. I just pushed out a small patch addressing a problem existing in the weather system which caused some players to end up in a loop of ever raining weather which was very hard to break out from. I should have corrected the issue and now the weather in game should be way more balanced. Also remember that the weather system is fully moddable via the WeatherDescriptor.json…
Hi everybody, Ivan's here. I'm writing this patch note for the last two bugfix patches released in the last days. I've been correcting some issues as reported from users on the Steam forums, including: · removed the possibility to pack up containers containing items. You have to emty them up before. · fixed a problem with hammers not showing up correctly in shops and spawners · fixed a number o…
Hi Everyone! Ivan's here. In this latest Hard Times patch I'm pushing some bugfix to the game (thanks to user plank'st for pointing them out). -- The first bug was an horrid and blasphemous problem concerning the drag system, letting ghostly images remain on screen when someone initiated a drag action and then suddenly closing the original inventory. In that case ghostly images remained on scre…
Hi everybody!!! Ivan's here! HARD TIMES GOES FREE TO PLAY The great news here is that starting from 1st february 2020 Hard Times is going to be released as a Free to Play game. Open and free for everyone to play. I'm gonna close the Early Access phase, in which copies were sold and every single cent of any revenue coming from it have been donated to L'Alternativa Onlus to support their projects…
Hi everyone! Ivan's here. With this new patch I am introducing the scriptable quests, a new api which let's modders script their own custom quests type to be played in game, along with the base quest types already present in the game. So lets start with the awesome change list: · Scriptable quests Now you can extend the BaseQuest class with your own custom quest class scripts and use them in th…
Hi everyone! Ivan's here. In this brand new update there are a number of juicy news regarding modding with the HTSA (Hard Times Scripting Api), particularly about creating new scriptable items in game which can add unforeseen radical changes to the game, further expanding modding support in game. Also I created a brand new mod on the Hard Times official mod repository on mod.io , to better expl…
Hello all! Ivan's here. In this lates patch i am finally introducing a couple of important new things which i was working on since quite a while. So let's start dancing and let's introduce Patch #4312836 new features: · LINUX SUPPORT : I've finally managed to release also the native Linux version of Hard Times, following the OSX and Windows version wihch were already released earlier. I am also…
Hi everyone, Ivan's here. In this latest patch i am addressing a number of important bugs. Other than that i am introducing a new poster entity. It is moddable via json, as everything else around here... Lets start with the list of things addressed in this patch: · Furniture overwriting mechanism In Hard Times mods are loading in a additive manner. Also i am implementing a overwriting approach…
Hi everyone! Ivan's here. In this small update i am fixing a number of pesky bugs which should be banned from the game. Or at least i hope so! · The infamous 'equipped item bug' Thanks to Mastadans for pointing it out! When you had equipped items and corrupt cops took your stuff some infamous bug appeared making you equip a non existent item. It should be corrected now and not happening anymore…
Hi everyone! Ivan's here. So i'm pushing this small update with some new features and a small improvement. In the church of Father Squid Have you ever been in the church of father Squid? In case you haven't yet you should go and check it out, cause you could find different ways of helping your street survival there. Go and look for it in the big metropolis of indifference. A new furniture type…
Hi everybody! Ivan's here. This patch introduces the Player effects log panel. It sits on top of the healt panel and will display all effects activating or disactivating. Easy enough. It's meant to have a way to get an overall idea of whats going on. I am planning on expanding this feature in the future. Who knows? The logging can be turned off and on in the options panel. I made some adjustmen…
Hi everybody! Ivan's here. I have just released Alpha 0.0.2 b.4204364, which fixes a number of small issues with scene components, adds the Credits section in the main menu and fixes the Discord button. It's been three days since the Early Access release and I am quite happy about how the game is going. I see people is having fun with it and players are giving me some good feedbacks. Don't hesi…
I've finally made it! Hard Times is now available for everyone on Steam Early Access!! I will continue to do my best to keep up with the community, gathering feedbacks and suggestions as new players will try the game. Please, feel free to get in touch with me, for any kind of tought, suggestion or bug you might happen to find while playing Hard Times. You can use the Official Discord Server , o…
Hi all! I just released patch 4102034 which is meant to introduce a new element and to fix a small, existing, problem. Introducing the tutorial panel I felt the need, fueled by some feedbacks, to create a small and unobtrusive tutorial panel. It will show up at any given fresh game starting, unless you check the "Don't show anymore!" checkbox to hide it permanently. In case you wanted to activa…
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 Pla…
Hi all! Ivan's here. Not only hard working in this hot summer days. As release on Early Access approaches, we also need to cool down and relax a bit, from time to time. So here it is, Hello My Name Is performing a song from Hard Times OST before an audience of friends @ a super cool wedding party!! Special thanks to Cri&Simo!! <3 And don't forget to stay in touch and wishlist: Bye! Ivan
Hi everyone! Ivan's here, and I'm writing this to say hello to our great soundtrack artist: "Hello my name is" , who created the beautiful music of Hard Times! At the moment I'm using some pre-mix and temporary masters in the game, waiting for the work to be properly mixed, mastered and finished. Then I will proceed to update the music present in the game as well. In the meantime you will have…
Hello everyone! I'm Ivan, and I'm the developer at work on Hard Times. While I am posting this announcement I am working on the last iterations before the launch in Early Access, later in September, something that makes me very nervous and excited, since this is my first big project being published in a store!! I look forward to starting to interact with the community to get feedback, suggestio…
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