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2023-09-12 11:05 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
New Added a research dialog allowing you to specify which research methods to use for your works. New items available in the store: Library card, Voice recorder. You can now add a summary to your works. \ Submission deadlines are marked on the calendar. Can now auto-generate unique titles for Journalism articles. Polishing \ Agents and publicists no longer cost XP to hire. When an Agent cannot be hired due to low work quality, the minimum quality requirement is displayed. Polished: Write dialog, button icons The writer's block cryptogram will now prevent you from accidentally assigning the sam
2023-07-24 14:30 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
New There is now a fast-forward button which can be used during writing (only in the writing stage and when enough inspiration), reading, feedback, making corrections, or replying to fan mail. In the write dialog there is now a button to generate random unique titles for your works. The Romance/Spy and Sci-fi/Religion combos are now valid. Polishing If you prefer a slower pace, the "Long days" option can now be toggled while playing the game, rather than being available only when starting a new game. Increased the initial clarity for short works. Minor art update. Fixes Fixed a possible crash
2023-07-17 21:03 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
Changes This is a quick update to support Apple silicon on Mac computers, but we also managed to add a couple of new features based on your feedback. New The current day is now marked on the calendar. At the end of the networking event you can now choose your reward. Native support for Apple silicon on Mac. Follow us Discord Mastodon {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34647395/105dc508161cdb05adcb92002ae0d6a54687d126.png
2023-07-14 13:54 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
Changes New When writing books your character will occasionally run into a "Writer's Block" for which you'll have to solve a cryptogram to overcome. New preview popups when publishing articles and short-stories. Polishing The virtual keyboard is now enabled by default (for new installations). Polishing of several dialogs and SFX. Progress bar animations. A warning message is now displayed when trying to load a corrupted save file. Fixes Fixed game sometimes becoming unresponsive when pressing escape during the intro. Fixed rare error when trying to load a save while your character is writing.
2023-07-04 20:58 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
We are happy to announce that Drafting Tales is now Verified on Steam Deck! For the best experience we recommend you enable the internal on-screen keyboard in the settings dialog. Please do report any issues and we'll try to fix them in the next release. Thank you for playing!
2023-04-28 22:21 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
Changes New Improved touchscreen support. There is now an internal on-screen keyboard which can be optionally enabled. Your character's thoughts and emotions will popup on the screen while writing or performing other tasks. Added a feedback message for Networking Events and the questions have been updated. Auto-generated titles for your works are now unique. Added a button next to each Milestone which brings up the respective mail that triggered the Milestone. Advanced self-publish/website perks are now unlocked only after hiring a publicist. New saves will now display the game date. Slots wer
2021-06-30 21:36 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
Changes: Publish dialog: Removed the (left/right) arrows. Self-publish options (website/printer) are now listed above traditional publishers. Updated the end game screen. New Milestone: Reach 100K fans. Fixed a bug where the amount of money was incorrectly displayed if the first decimal digit was zero. Recompressed audio assets. Minor update to the game engine.
2021-01-31 22:58 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
Changes: There's now the option to scale the UI. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34647395/c62ffc4c955656d7426222eb398d39ef8785af0d.png
2020-12-11 20:35 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
With the release of our latest v1.0.0 update, the game is reasonably stable to be made available to the general public. Therefore today we are excited to announce that Drafting Tales will be leaving Early Access! Past Drafting Tales was released on Steam Early Access in April 2019. We wanted to get the game to the players as soon as possible so that we receive feedback and feature requests to help us improve and polish the experience. Those that have been with us from the very beginning, know that the game experience has changed quite a bit since our initial release. In v0.5.0, the game was pl
2020-12-11 20:21 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
Changes: Reduced the size of the game considerably. Added more magazine publishers. The game should now have less scaling artifacts at resolutions higher than 1080p. Polished: Networking event questions, tutorial, some icons. Fixed: Text on hardcover books now uses the correct color. Fixed: Settings are now saved just once after closing the dialog.
2020-11-24 15:08 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
Changes: There are now question prompts during the networking event that determine the number of publishers you meet. Networking events are now only available every 4 weeks. Book design dialog: New font/color options. New help popups: query agents/publicists, story outline, website, book design. Polishing: publish/store/write/website/work status dialogs, home backgrounds, bestseller event. Improved the way the final score is calculated. Existing saves are now backed up before being overwritten.
2020-11-15 00:00 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
Changes: Fixed Market Report bar colours when genre/topic demand is maximum Increased the area available to sales charts Replying to fan mail no longer stops the current task A warning message will pop up each time you reach the fans limit Message describing bonuses for Sequels/Multi-genre works New sticker for bestsellers Polishing: Charts, Write Dialog, Intro, SFX
2020-11-01 13:24 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
Changes: The first time your balance turns negative you'll get the option to accept a job offer that will save you from bankruptcy. Increased inspiration bonuses for awards and bestsellers. Polishing: Various dialogs and SFX. New music tracks. Fixed book sales chart colours.
2020-10-18 11:31 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
Changes: Gameplay rebalancing. Multiple save slots (one slot per game). Polishing: Tutorial dialogs, SFX and music tracks, topic icons.
2020-09-30 19:42 UTC · Community Announcements · istotex
Changes: You can now continue playing the game after retiring in Y30 (even if you get the bad ending) for a further 30 years*. Reduced the volume of some SFX that were too loud. New intro music. Minor game engine update. * Even though we put a lot of effort into implementing this feature, there may still be bugs present, so please make sure to report them if you run into any.
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