[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42822923/266f9df246433a7a9f1eda424ff55baf68856987.png[/img] Hey, everyone! We've been working away on the Chapter One update, and we're pleased to announce that we'll be dropping it mid January. While we wanted to get it out in time for Christmas, our team recently had an outbreak of Covid and despite our best efforts to push through, there's still a few bugfixes and improvements we want to make before letting the update roam free. Additionally, we want to be on deck when the update goes live incase there's any issues that need immediate fixing, so January made the most sense. Before we preview what's coming in Chapter One, we wanted to say another round of thanks to those who joined us on our journey through Chapter Zero. It meant a lot to have such great feedback, reports and suggestions from the community who've found the game, and working together we pushed a significant amount of updates to the title, especially for our team size and resources. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42822923/2df60f2288dbd050b168a094f03b092e377387fe.png[/img] The updates ranged from light to significant, and we hope y'all will continue to help us guide It's Only Money to be the best game it can be throughout Chapter One and beyond. So let's talk about what's coming out the gate with [b]Chapter One[/b]: [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42822923/f167ac0b3e775212b8010b6c509facc598069d42.png[/img] [b]Takeover Mission: [/b] Off rip, the most major portion of the Chapter One update is your first strike against the Mayor. The first Takeover mission, Eternal Pastures, requires you and your homies to infiltrate Eternal Pastures: A communications center disguised as a retirement home, ran by Maude, one of the Mayors most trusted lieutenants. This is our largest mission yet and features multiple types of gameplay, including using a turbocharged vacuum cleaner to destroy Eternal Pastures from within, culminating with a boss fight against Maude atop the structure itself. [b]Player Upgrades: [/b] One of the most highly requested features from the community was a way to upgrade things like cash and carrying limits. The Undercity's newest resident, Dr Powick, has constructed a machine below to handle these requests and more. The first slew of upgrades you can purchase allow you to teleport to friends, increase limits and more! [b]Homies Refactor:[/b] In Chapter Zero, your Tenants that you freed and housed did little more more than hang out at home, but with the launch of Chapter One tenants become AI Homies. You can ask your Homies to follow you around, do missions, play crookbook games and more. The more you hang out, the more EXP they'll earn, with each level providing a statistical benefit. Additionally, decorating their homes will provide bonus points into one of the three categories. We're looking forward to utilizing the Homie refactor in future gameplay mechanics including businesses, but there's no need to wait, you'll need to pick your favourite homies to accompany you when you raid Eternal Pastures. [b]New Combat Moves: [/b] Return to Awesome Dragon with the launch of Chapter One and experiment with the new moves that await including: - Snail Tank 5000: A technique that summons a Mecha-Snail that fights on your behalf - Wee-Wee Scream: Unleash a primal scream that stuns all enemies in an area and causes an unfortunate accident - Healing Robot: Deploy a modified portable vacuum cleaner that heals all friends within range - Magna-Thief: Pull out a massive super magnet to rip weapons from the hands of enemies straight into your grasp for immediate payback. [b]New Crookbook game, Gorb Rush:[/b] Meeting Gorbin and completing his mission will unlock Gorb Rush, the new CrookBook game where you and either 3 friends online or your AI homies (Yes, if you don't have friends to play online with, you can play the new CrookBook game!) are suspended atop a tower in Gorbs, fighting to see who's the last one standing on an ever shrinking platform. [b]Meet Ebe, and abduct people for him:[/b] The newest unfortunate resident of Rockhaven is EBE, an Alien who's crashed his ship thanks to one too many whiskeys. Help him in a new minigame abduct the citizens of Rockhaven, and be rewarded with interstellar goods as you complete his shifts. [b]But hey, take a look for yourself: [/b] [previewyoutube=LPuSs6Rq2mA;full][/previewyoutube] The above and more are just the start of Chapter One, and we're excited for everyone to get their hands on it - and yes, just in-case it needs clarifying: Chapter One is FREE. You've already paid your entry fee to all content by joining us on this Early Access journey, and we can't thank you enough. As we move closer to release and beyond, we'll outline our plans for content going forward and how we plan to deliver it, as well as keeping an eye out for interesting community suggestions that we can reasonably work in, too. Have a great and safe holiday everyone, and let's hit the new year running. - US Team.