Hi everyone! Hope you're enjoying Steam Next Fest!
We've made several significant changes to RentPoly based on player feedback. Here's what's new:
Shop now offers 3 Blueprints instead of 4.
This was done to reduce choice paralysis when viewing blueprints offered in the shop. We noticed some players felt overwhelmed by the number of available items. It was especially noticeable when it is their first time playing RentPoly. This change slightly increases difficulty, but we felt RentPoyl could benefit more from increased difficulty and addition of meaningful choices. Now, we felt restocking is more valuable option rather than just purchasing what's offered in the shop.
After playing the game for hundreds of hours myself, this adjustment felt like a positive direction to me, which made runs smoother and more strategic instead of stagnating into old builds I know that works.
This change will make saves from previous versions outdated. Please simply start new runs to continue playing RentPoly!
Food grouping + new food icons
Opening a food package will no longer give multiple foods with the same function. Previously, you could end up choosing between things like three different cheeses that did the exact same thing (e.g. gain 6 / 8 / 10 credits), which didn't create interesting decisions. You pick the highest rarity one always. Preventing duplicate food functions also reinforces rarity and makes food choices feel more distinct.
We also added new food icons, and adjusted icon sizes to indicate better of foods of their function before reading its texts. Foods that belong to the same functional group (which has same function icons) will no longer appear together in a single package.
Faster default game speed
Default game speed has been increased from x1.5 => x2. You can still increase speed up to x4, just like before.
Balance changes
We've adjusted several tools, properties, and other parts that felt problematic in the full version. Most notably, properties and tools that doubled each year or in specific process was adjusted.
Character info tooltip
You can now hover over the player portrait to view the landlord's (playable character's) name and abilities. This isn't really necessary in the demo yet, but it should help new players as more characters become available in the full version.
UI bug fixes
Fixed various UI issues and made minor polish improvements. Also, fixed some outdated blueprint icons in the blueprints.
Thanks again for all the feedback and for checking out RentPoly during Steam Next Fest!