Hello Contractors!
We're back once again with the ContractVille developer diary.
As you know, in our previous announcements, we announced that we will introduce NPC Workers with Full Release.
We are very close to Full Release and we wanted to share the latest status of NPC Workers with you.
We will announce our roadmap after Full Release very soon. Exciting new features are waiting for you!
Before we move on to the NPC Workers DevLog, I would like to emphasize that the following are not the final versions that will be available to you and that mechanics and visuals are subject to change.
NPC Workers - Breaking News!
In DevLog #1, we mentioned that the UI is not ready yet, it has not been updated. In this article, I would like to inform you that the UI has been updated.
You can hire your workers by going to Employees in the Company app on your tablet.
As we mentioned in DevLog #1, this section will only be available when you get the Worker Cabins upgrades in your office.
You will pay NPC Workers a daily wage, which will increase according to their level. Their level affects their work speed.
You will be able to select the employee you hire and send them to available lands and missions.
In DevLog #1 we mentioned that the office will now have a second entrance and exit area. And in our latest beta version we have now added these paths. NPC Workers will exit their cabins and use this path to get into the waiting vehicle.
It also means that you can now leave the office and go straight to the recycling factory.
After a few seconds, the vehicle picking up the workers will drop them off at their posts and they will be ready to work.
You can select and command workers in the workspace by pointing at them with your finger. After selecting a worker with your finger, show him the work he wants to do.
In DevLog #1 we showed that workers can demolish. This time you will see them working on a construction site. You can have them complete a construction from start to finish.
You can also have workers collect garbage. In some cases it is much easier to pick up the garbage they leave behind.🤣
In many ways, we think NPC Workers will bring a new level of fun and plenty of funny moments to ContractVille.
We remember when making cement was a pain for you. Following your criticism, we enlarged the cement machine and presented it to you as Mortar Mixer Level II. We also introduced a larger version of the cement packs.
After all these, now NPC Workers will be able to do the cement work for you, which will be a great convenience for our players who play ContractVille especially alone.
It is very pleasant and relaxing to watch them pour the cement.
We would like to say that you should buy all the materials they need. And in the current version they use the materials more than you will. We think that the workers steal the materials and use them for other things. Well... Of course, it could be because we haven't set it up yet.
In the current beta version, level 3 workers lay the bricks in threes and fives. And when you're working on a small plot of land, it gets done pretty fast!
Of course, it must be said that the daily wage of a level 5 worker can be a hefty price. In the example below you can see 3 level 3 workers laying all the bricks in less than 1 minute.
As at the end of DevLog #1, I would like to end this article by showing you a bug.
An NPC worker throws a box away for no reason!
Just one of the issues to be resolved before we present it to you.
We continue to fix a lot of bugs with NPC Workers, such as problems with their navigation, headbutting boxes, getting stuck in some places and not doing what is asked correctly, and we have fixed many of the previous ones. We can't wait to complete the improvements and release the full version.
You can rest assured that our testing team goes through all the processes in detail to ensure you have the best experience. And as always, we will take your criticism and suggestions about NPC Workers into consideration after the Full Release.
After the release, we will have a channel on our Discord server where you can write about everything related to NPC Workers.
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