2017년 9월 20일

The Uncle Update Is Live!

Hello Everyone,

Jalopy receives a pretty major update today which brings back the Uncle and introduces a narrative element to the game. I’ll go through some of the larger points included in this update, but there will of course be a large change log at the end of this post for you to read in more detail.

Your second travelling companion (of course, after the Laika 601 Deluxe) asks you to transport him to Turkey. Along the way, he’ll share information of the local area, warn you when your bonnet is open and may help you if you have begun running a bit low on funds.



There’s always been a divide of opinion on the uncle, some love him and his dimension shifting jacket, while others have a hatred that matches that of standing bare foot on a Lego piece. So with that in mind, once you complete the tutorial and complete your first route. When you load up the game you will be given the option to either have him accompany you on your journey or leave him behind.



Uncle may still be a little buggy. But do let us know if he begins to misbehave!
Of course, the narrative elements introduced via the uncle is something that you should discover yourself. We hope you enjoy the story!

The latest build adds steering wheel support, but there is a massive disclaimer we need to mention. We have been performing some tests internally and there are still issues with this. There are still many wheels that are not yet functioning correctly and is something that is being looked at. If you experience non-functioning pedals, or the view rotates without any input, we highly recommend that you continue to use a mouse and keyboard or a game pad instead.

If you’ve ever wanted to know how many footsteps you’ve taken, how many tyres you’ve popped and what your top speed is, you’re in luck! The statistics screen now tracks many of your actions while playing. I’ll be personally curious to see who will be able to reach the highest speed in their Laika 601 Deluxe.



Achievements have been added! There are some particularly easy achievements that ca n be obtained within minutes, but then there’s some tough ones for those staying for the long haul. Good luck everyone!

And finally, we have been working with Hat Films to create a three part series where the guys from Hat films drive a couple of Trabants. The first episode is live now, you can watch it below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEOgev7e_Vw

So, there we go! This update helps to fill a narrative shaped hole which was in Jalopy. Of course, there are a few dozen fixes for some issues as well. If you experience any issues, do let us know in the forums! Thankyou everyone for the support and patience as we’ve been working on this update.

If you'd like to read the full change logs click the link below:

Change Log

2017년 7월 5일

Jalopy - Price Increase Announcement

Hello everyone,

We must welcome everyone who has joined us over the last several days during the Steam summer sale. I'd also like to give a thank you to those who have been helping out our new players by answering questions in the forum.

I wanted to let everyone know that we are planning to increase the price for Jalopy slightly shortly after the Steam Summer sale. This will be the final price of the game and there will be no more price increases after this... This also means there will be no price increase for the games full game launch.

Of course, if you bought the game already, you of course don't need to pay any extra! I didn't think I would need to mention this but I believe I will still get this question via email a few times :)

There are several reasons to initiate a price increase, but one of the biggest reasons is to maximize the games presence when it does launch as a full game. It's all very boring behind the scenes strategy to help market the game and is part of the less interesting side of game development, but I hope that many of you understand as it will allow us to reach more players and hope to sustain a good future for us even after the games full release.

As promised in the Early Access questions, I said that I would let everyone know if a price increase was planned to happen. It's not an easy job to value and price your game (in fact this is the most difficult thing to do in order to value the worth of something you have worked on!).

Thank you to everyone who has bought the game so far and helped support us. We hope that you've enjoyed the game so far and continue to support us by leaving questions and engaging in the forums.

Now, regarding the actual development!

Right now Greg is working on bringing back the Uncle, but also looking at Steering Wheel Support as well. Sorry this post isn't very development heavy, it's more of an admin related post. We''ll get to the more exciting side of Games development very soon and show off new things within the next few weeks!

The price Increase is now live.