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This Week in Real Life #24
 2/14/2019
No major changes or implementations saw the light of day this week. We've been resting to make sure we have enough strength left to celebrate Valentine's Day properly this evening. Remember people, all you need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. Read more » In between naps, we did manage to get some work done on upcoming new features. This week we focused mainly on parties and the new heist which we hinted at in last week's twirl. If all goes well this new heist will be available for top criminal crews to try within a week or two. It's been a long time since we added a new heist to the game so we're looking forward to getting it out there.
However, the most exciting thing to happen this week, at least if you ask the author of this text, is that we purchased a new Adobe Illustrator licence for making illustrations to the game. The last one we had was 12 years old and it wasn't really cutting it anymore. Working in Illustrator is always a tricky affair when you don't do it on a regular basis, and working with a new version even more so. But it's fun, and if you ever get a chance to try it out please don't miss it! If you're curious about what we actually created with it you can see the final result somewhere in Nashville at the end of the rainbow.
In addition to this we also had a productive meeting about the general state of the game and in what order we're going to roll out the new things we're planning for 2019. Despite a slightly lower player count than last year we're confident that the game will remain online for a long time to come and we look forward to spending this time with you.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
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This Week in Real Life #23
2/7/2019
Come on let's twirl again , like we did last Thursday. Yeah, let's twirl again, like we did last week. So without further ado, here we go! Read more » It's been a somewhat uneventful week so far and we haven't been called upon to put out any major fires, knock on wood! We love it when this happens because it allows us to sit down and get some proper work done. As a result the crime game saw some noteworthy tweaks and additions this week.
We finally got around to implementing the Automatic Reconnaissance Targeting which the community asked for in last year's Wishing Well. And while doing so, we also took the time to add a manual version of the same feature to better meet the day to day requirements of crews made up of more than one criminal.
We added the Master Class Flawless Bank Job World Tour achievement to the game. This should give the top crews out there to something sink their teeth in. But in case you don't fancy the idea of travelling the world for a little achievement, we're also working on a brand new target to rob which will be hard as nails to break into. We're not going to spoil anything... but it rhymes with Short Cocks.
We also increased the number of Recon Hotline calls you get per week to five. This was done to simplify the lives of criminals who are, and will be, faced with more demanding career choices. We're still looking at the future of simple store robberies in the crime game, but we're waiting on the stars to align before we make a move.
Enjoy the rest of the week people!
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This Week in Real Life #22
1/31/2019
This wasn't a week for old men. Lots of snow which needed shoveling and two developers coming down with colds. To pour salt on the wounds, one of our servers crashed this week as well, so if you noticed a slight disturbance in the Force yesterday you're not alone. It wasn't all doom and gloom this week though and we did manage to free up some time to meet up with our old community manager Tonya Cullen to shoot the breeze over some delicious tapas. Read more » The server failure yesterday caused our game engines to limp like Zeb Macahan for a little over an hour. (Yes we're going all in on the old men theme today!) Every server failure is different and this time the trickiest thing to fix once the game was up and running again was making sure the record sales which were processed during the heavy limping weren't corrupted in such a way that they would upset the core game. In order to get the game up and running properly we were also forced to make some tough decisions which may come back to haunt us in the future. Because of this you can expect us to announce an upcoming downtime for planned maintenance sometime soon.
The Great Heist saw the value of loot being tweaked this week. New code was also put in place to alter the likelihood of arrest warrants being issued during heists. This change won't go live until next week though. If you're interested in knowing more about this all you have to do is read the community news beneath this Twirl. (If you're playing The Great Heist that is.)
We'd also like to remind all criminals that their Turn Back Time cards will be converted into Roundabout Rounds next week when February rolls around. Please check out the community news from December 21 last year if you haven't already done so.
Anyhow, time to put the teeth back in and start working on parties again. Enjoy the remains of the day people!
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