Update #029
Version: V0.9990
Build# 000000000


Greetings fellow Islandvillers! It's update time! This is the first update working with my new partners and all I can say is... So far. So Wonderful! They are showing me more opportunities for the game than I even knew existed. We are going to build great things together. That I know. I now have the ability to just work on the GAME. It's amazing. (I mean... I even have a teammate that checks my speling and grammer. I prob don't need it thuogh.) So BIG THANK YOU to the Kwalee team. Well Barry's in the background yelling at me right now "Enough suit talk junior... lets get to the gravy!". So here we go.

This update brings one new vehicle, a couple of new games, a couple of new locations, a programmable nanny bot and some good old fashion bug fixing. I made sure to spend some time fixing older bugs that were haunting players for years. I am really striving to make the game better and not just bigger. But hopefully there will be no more bicycles on the roof of Jerrys. I see players are exchanging strats in the discord on how to fetch their bikes from the roof. If you haven't checked out the discord I recommend it. Lots of fun and some great islandvillers in there. The Coin Game memes alone are worth it.

This updates features:



- Nanny Bot is now programmable just like Stinky Jimmy the Junkman and Skippy the Scout newspaper bot. If you are playing survivor mode, the old bucket of bolts can be programmed to go shopping for you and Gary. You must have $20.00 in your ICU Savings account for the program to work. If you have the money, click on her yellow button on her back and she will "open up" with a key pad. Then you can enter the 4 digit code into the key pad and she will deliver the goods to your kitchen counter. She is not the fastest but she gets great deals from Jerry on items as they come from the same bot manufacturing plant. She will probably complain a little but she just doesn't like to be away from her Gary. If you program her and then go to sleep in survivor mode, she will have your goodies in the morning on the table. Remember that to program a "programmable" bot you simply click the back round yellow button on them and then click the key pad when it rotates out. Then you can enter the 4 digit code. It will give an error if you don't have the money in your savings or the code is entered wrong. The programmable bots rear LED will be green when in "default" mode and Nanny Bot will be purple when she is doing a job or in "program" mode. You can cancel a program with code 0000. I don't know why you would do that but I coded it in. lol. Just in case.




- I added a Used Family Mini Van for sale in Jerry's parking lot. $1800 is a steal for a unit like this. It's a little faster to travel around Islandville. It also has a few planned features which are not yet finished. The van will make cruising with friends possible in Multiplayer someday but for now it is just another option to cruise around with. It takes a little more gas but it is much faster than the bike or the golf kart. Make sure to check the gas gauge when you buy it... Jerry has been known to sell cars with little to no gas in them.



- There is a radio in the Van (R key) or (Left D Pad) on controller to turn it on or off. For now, it's really simple and has no other features yet. It just plays the local radio and if you turn the radio on and off it will skip to the next song.




- New PAY LOAD Coin Dump game at the Mall Arcade. One of my favorite games in the real world. Inspired by the classic coin ramp game "Big Rig Truckin". Line up the ramp and time it just right to win big tickets. Get it in the bucket... 10 tickets. Hit the dump lever or through the bonus hoops and win BIG on just a single $1.




- I added a shady "Shell Game" behind Barry's pawn shop. Who doesn't love a good street artist? Well I guess you could call it that. When the limo driver is not dragging Islandville brats around the town, he is making a little extra money behind Barry's pawn shop. You can wager some cash and if you pick the correct cup after he shuffles them up you will win double your money back. Make sure to keep your eye on the red ball... but it's kind of impossible as he is a robot and is faster than you think. Good luck. You are going to need it. Make sure to keep your head on a swivel so you don't get beat up by the bad bots while you are on their turf. Oh I almost forgot. For you big gamblers...you can also go ALL IN and risk it all for the ultimate double up. Make sure to have some back up cheesy poofs to get home though if things don't work out.




- Added more "construction" zones to the island to show some of the future building sites. The bots are always working in the background.





- Added Goose Lodge 377 at the main intersection. It will be open in the future for some fun "old school" games and more in the future.

- Adjusted the , and . buttons that speed up and slow down the C "Free cam" for making better movies and pics.

- Added a reset Van button to the wrist watch map. It can still roll over in a bad crash so I am working on a "self righting" system for the future. For now, you can always use the reset van button.



- Fixed the bug where the bike would disappear when you went into a building or when you left it under the awning at Jerrys Gas and Go. Bike is now "frozen" when you go inside any building.

- Quieter Mega Drop Noise when Ball Drops. No more EREEEEEERRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEGGGHGHGHHHHH screaming from the mega drop machine. Well, it still screams, but just not as loud.

- Removed the Red Cross markings from the game as it violated Article 38 of the Geneva Convention. Thanks to the Finnish Red Cross Volunteer for pointing that out to me. ;)

- Adjusted Health and Energy on Pizza and Lemonade. A little bit of health increase instead of just energy.

- Adjusted the Health and Energy from a nights rest in Survivor Mode. It no longer just sets the health to 99 and 65 energy. It will now just add +35 points of health and +50 energy to the players current levels.

- Fixed the small percentage menu on the fish tank. When it says 100%, it would look like 10%.

- Fixed the "glitch" were you could insert an item into Barry's pawn shredder and get free loot. I loved all the piles of cash pics but it was bankrupting Barry. He said he is going to need that loot for his new Lambo wheels. Sorry.

- Fixed the display of Coins Balance in the watch stats menu.

- Added the Coins Saved Balance to the wrist watch stats menu.

- Some other small optimization bugs for garbage collection.

So that's about it for this Fall update. For now I will be fixing bugs and doing small patches to adjust some parameters after I get more feedback from the update. After checking out the new update, make sure to check out all of our new socials that I am working on with Maddie. We have a Discord now, an official Facebook page, and more to come. As always a HUGE thank you to all of you for supporting this crazy project. Now I have to go win my money back from that lucky limo driver...

Don't forget to support you local arcade!

Kevin