Hello again, fellow citizens and tourists!

We got a smaller update for you this March, as we wrapped up on contractual obligations with Ontario Creates in February. We took the time to fix a few more bugs, while adding in some newer features, namely having multiple apartments you can choose from to rent, as well as some minor additions to cooking and storage in said apartments! We've also made a big change by spreading out a lot of the existing places so they can be more closer to these new apartments. So get out there and explore the city!

You can find out more about what we've done, and what's in store for Retroronto this coming month in our newspaper-themed devblog here!

www.starspraystudios.com/devblog/retroronto-report-5

Thanks again for your support! We're working towards getting the game shown to the public at this years Toronto Game Expo at the end of March. Wish us luck, and we'll tell you all about it in the next month's update!

Changes

- Edited shading for Public Transit

- Changes to Demo Sequence for leasing apartments

- Slight changes to Credits screen in Main Menu

- Changed Home banners to 'FOR RENT', changes back to Home when leased.

- Changed Project Settings for the game to run in the background

- Fixed Music bug, where songs would skip/reset when clicked outside of game window

- Changed some dialogue with landlords and with initial guide dialogue by Union Station

- Fix with BMO Building roof being below City Hall Square

- Moved all initial Place locations around the city to spread them out a bit for Home Places

- Fixed money sound with insufficient depositing/withdrawing money from bank

- Fixed Player Feedback staying “I’m Tired” after regenerating energy

- Target Arrows now appear towards Pizza and Coffee places when given new job opportunities by NPCs

- Added black borders to edge of map to fix cars driving past the edge of the map when within an interior

Additions:

- Added a Day Counter that counts up when the player goes to bed, or if the clock goes past 12AM

- Added 3 additional apartment locations the player can rent out

- Added 'FOR RENT' Banners to apartments for rent

- Added storage capabilities for home Fridges, up to 5 slots.

- Added cooking capabilities for home Stoves, can cook 4 meat items (Eggs, Chicken, Steak, and Shrimp)

- Added flushing to the home Toilet, replenishes a small amount of energy

- Added a roommate NPC in one of the homes, who has an initial dialogue, followed by random one-liners when further talked to.

- Added 2 other Store Places around the city

- Added 2 other Bank Places around the city

- Number of NPCs shown now randomize when entering any interiors with them, except for special interactable NPCs