Released a small patch today that should fix a bug that meant the Achievement for spending over $10k was not triggered. If you've already passed $10k and don't have the achievement the next time you spend money on anything in the game the achievement should pop.

We've also had a copy editor run through almost all the text of the game, hopefully fixing all the remaining typos or grammatical errors.

The game has now been patched to version 1.03. This includes a bunch of small tweaks and fixes based on feedback since launch. However the two main features of the patch are as follows:

Speed Upgrades

The Hardwire Upgrade shop now sells three items that will increase the speed at which the week runs in game. The items are 20%, 40%, and 60% speed boosts. They're purchased with the in-game currency so you'll have to work a bit to earn them but hopefully they're worthwhile.

Likes Rebalanced

I originally wanted the likes to increase more rapidly the more you got. So when you had tens of thousands of likes you weren't just getting 10 extra a day. I ended up with an exponential curve that seems nice at the low-mid end but got ludicrous at the higher end. This has now been rebalanced with a much more sensible curve that ramps up but then starts to even out and eventually caps at a 1 million likes. Anyone who already had a ton of likes will keep them but for new players it will take a bit longer to get them. Since the likes are now harder to get I also rebalanced the "event guest status" rewards you got for likes so they're now given out at much lower values.

What's Next

Looking to the future now. If any serious bugs crop up I'll aim to patch them immediately. Otherwise I'll now be working on v1.1 which will be a content patch I'm aiming to release around christmas. 1.1 will feature some additional content for the game, along with any new features I can work in based on feedback from the community forums.

I pushed out a new patch this morning that I believe will solve the problems some people were having with data loss. It won't bring back lost data but it should stop it happening in future.

The original save system worked fine throughout testing and then immediately after launch we had players who were losing parts of their data. So I took drastic this morning and completely replaced the save system to a one that should work better and is easier to fix if we have more problems.

If you've significant data loss contact me via the forums or email (perrin@lockeddoorpuzzle.com) and I should be able to patch your save file to restore whatever you've lost.

There will probably another patch later today with some other more minor issues that have cropped up but I wanted to get this done asap since it's a more serious problem.

After roughly 18 months in development Cosplay Maker has launched today on Steam. I hope we've delivered a game that is both super fun to play but also is a great tribute to the cosplay community.

We'll be keeping a close eye on the forums over the next few days to try and deal with any launch issues. So do let us know if you're having any problems and we'll try and get them asap.