Thinking Experiment

September Public Patch

Added 2021-09-07 20:52:43 +0000 UTC

Greetings Space Citizens!

Our most requested feature has finally arrived! There is now a progress tracker that will tell you exactly how far along you are in the game's current content. Not only that, but we've included a bunch of quality-of-life enhancements that should make discovering companion quests much easier!

This patch also wraps up the War of the Words questline with a grand finale, and we've also overhauled parts I and II! There's a rather neat reward at the end of the series that should prove pretty useful at the shops! We've also added scenes for the work areas that introduce your boss at each respective site! There are also a ton of smaller changes and fixes with bonuses and features that we hope you'll love.

As always, feel free to chat with us on Discord. Stay safe, and see you next month!

With the love of pie in all our hearts,

-The SNB Team

https://thinkingexperiment.itch.io/strange-new-bodies/devlog/292196/september-update

Major:

War of the Words Finale
Quest Guidance Overhaul

Details:

Added progress tracker in Character Menu for all major quests.
Added companion quest indicator when hovering over a location button on the ShipNav screen.
Added quest log entries to tell the player when the current content for a companion is complete.
Added inter-quest entries in the quest log for the companion characters.
Added intro work scenes for Agroponics and Processing.
Added some more miniquests.
Added coupon item.
Added emoji for all remaining skill checks.
Added debug controls for all companion character quests.
Added small drift animation to the rocks outside of the ship.
Overhauled Market work intro scene with new character.
Overhauled parts of ‘War of the Words’ I and II.
Renamed Merchant (and all variations) to Hypnos.
Renamed PT (and all variations) to Madame Oselle / Oselle.
Changed companion quest log entries so that they now display persistently.
Changed loan button in shops to be a toggle.
Changed player credits display in shops to be a debt display when the loan option is on.
Changed shop loan tooltip so that it displays even when loans are disabled.
Changed ‘Need a Hand’ quest so that it is no longer available on day 1.
Changed quest plate for ‘Need a Hand' to 'Oselle’.
Changed quest emails to use new formatting.
Changed quest log system so it can handle negative values.
Changed some minor parts of Paisley’s dialogue due to user feedback.
Removed ‘Main Quest’ log entry after you finish the intro. (this is temporary)
Fixed math error with loan handling.
Fixed ‘Need a Hand’ requiring exploration of Agroponics instead of the Docks.
Fixed quest log UI so it will properly display more than 4 entries.
Fixed looping tracker issue with ‘Vending Mechanics’.
Fixed character placement for a certain miniquest.
Fixed some naming consistency issues.
Fixed some work descriptions.
Fixed all 29 instances of ‘thats'.
Fixed some quest log text.