GP2 Version 57: "To boldly go where some men have gone before" (Patreon)

Another mid-month release.  This one is mainly the result of aggressive testing of the game following the previous two feature-heavy updates.  I am also trying something new with the update process.

This time, if you look in the Silver folder, you will only see the Core files, the scale files, and a Resource Patch.  The Resource Patch is not the full Resources file.  It is merely a patch which updates the resources with things that are new to this version.  Extract it so that the Audio and Graphics folders contained inside overwrite your existing Audio and Graphics folders.  This greatly reduces the size of the file needed for each update, however I won't always be able to do this.

The Freebie folder will always contain a full resource zip.  The patches, when I have the time to create them, will only be available in the patron tiers, since there needs to always be a full resources zip available somewhere and it should be in the freebie folder so everyone has access to it.  So give this new update method a try and see how it works.  As a result, the new version has already finished uploading to the Silver tier, and all other versions have been moved up accordingly.

So what's in this version?

Primarily, it's the result of a playthrough I did where I took a character from creation in Parent's House normal start, with the goal of earning enough money to buy a spaceship (after making some significant changes to the prices).  Along the way, I encountered bugs, balance issues, and other things I fixed and adjusted.  I also ended up making some bad financial decisions and as a result got to extensively test what happens in the game when your debt is pretty large.  But I was able to work my way out of the debt through hard work and some definite suffering.  This poor character went through hell but she got there in the end, or just about.  I didn't actually have time to buy the ship and launch, mainly because I wanted to get this update out before it got any bigger.

Aside from the massive amount of fixes and balancing, there has been some new stuff added to space exploration, with the focus of that being Mars.  Travel between Earth and Mars got a bit of testing, fixing some issues along the way, and Mars now has a small refueling station in orbit, and a small colony on the surface.  Unfortunately, all of that didn't get tested yet.  That will be the focus of future updates.