We have released Artist Life Simulator full version today, together with 2275 AI-generated illustrations of 19th century oil paintings! Every painting, portrait and piece of art you create will have a unique oil painting visuals (in addition to the card image), reflecting the key inspiration that you used.
Majority of results (the thousands of little stories in the game) are illustrated with such works (some shorter messages do not need an illustration).
The intros contain now also truly fine voice acting. We didn't have time to update the demo due to developer illness, and it will be updated at first opportunity. Thank you for supporting us during Early Access if you had the chance. Please spread the word about Artist Life Sim to any real life artstist who happen to be gamers, we've heard artists like it, because of the brutal realism the game treats you with ^_^
New Content
- 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
Changes
- 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
Improvements & Fixes
- 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
P.S. no promises, but feel free to leave your number one feature/content request as the comment for this post.