1.7.0 2022-04-01 - Giant overhaul ** Platform ** * Available on the Atari 2600 and flipphones. ** Hacking ** * Now gated by a real life subscription to Nord-west VPN * Is now considered rude, thus lowers karma. ** PVP ** * Added PVP, you can now hack other players. ** New location ** * Added new location "Outer Space" to the travel agency. Traveling to Outer Space results in the player instantly dying, resetting your save file. ** UI ** * Upgraded to support VR * Removed all whitespace from the UI to make room for added features * Defaults to light theme * UI moved up 3px to accomodate average player height ** Bladeburner ** * Bladeburner now scales off of your INT stat instead of physical stats. Stat requirements remain unchanged. ** API ** * No longer supports javascript, now supports python, befunge, and whitespace. * Added willScriptHalt (collecting my nobel prize soon) ** Stock Market ** * The stock market now has a net worth of $25, allowing players to buy large portions of the market earlier in the game ** Hashnet ** * Hashes can no longer be spent ** Keystrokes ** * Combat stats now tied to keyboard stroke (press hard = more strength, type quickly = more agi) ** Bug Fix ** * Fixed a long-standing bug where installing augs wiped scripts on all servers except home. Now wipes home as well. * Fixed bug where buying aug didn't cost any reputation. ** Misc ** * Updated ToS (Terms of Service): For legal reasons, we must now inform your employer if you are playing Bitburner during business hours. * Faction rep/favour now decreases if you purchase one of their augs from another faction. * Connections to remote servers only last 5 seconds, so you have to hack faster * Added "Hunger" stat, must eat noodles every 8 hours to avoid hospitalization. * Copy-pasting has been disabled to prevent players from cheating * Gain 1 entropy virus every time a script errors. * Can only enter a BN if the current day of the month matches the BN number. (More BNs in progress to make it possible to play in the second half of the month) * Players now start in BN8 * Bathroom breaks will now be timed * Mouse support deprecated * Scripts can be minted and sold on the Steam marketplace. * In-game location can now be purchased by sponsors. * Sponsored by Roids legendary shadows * Added in-app purchases (1$ in game for 1$ IRL) * Removed tutorial and documentation, just read the source Im tired of updating docs. * Sleeves now go rogue when their shock reaches 0 * Added Gigabyteburner3000 inside Megabyteburner2000. * BN12 now gives levels of QLink instead of Neuroflux. * Gang and Corporation now drain money from the player. * Joe from joesguns found a rocket launcher and will now hunt the player. * Boost noodle bar