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The fourth patch for Survivalist is out! The main change is to increase the font size, making it more readable for people on standard def TVs, but I think it's also an improvement on hi defs.

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So I've released a patch that increases the font size. This is an increase from 14 points to 18 points, although confusingly that isn't actually the number of pixels it takes up, it's just a setting when I import the font (the pixel height seems to have gone from about 26 to 33).

Anyway when I started this patch I thought it would just be a special mode for people with Standard Def TVs, but when I saw it in action I realised it looked better on HDTVs too. So I made it the default. You can change it back in the Settings menu if you prefer the old size though.

I'm interested to hear from you if:

- You are using a standard def TV. Is it readable now? I am starting to wonder if I increased it enough... There are some things I'd struggle to fit in if it went up any further though.

- You prefer the old size. The advantage of smaller fonts is you can see more stuff on screen. However if no one prefers the smaller size I might just get rid of it altogether as it's one more thing to support.

Anyway here's my promotional screenshots with the new size:




Besides the fonts this patch should fix a few bugs that were mentioned in the forums, I won't list them here though as they are quite spoiler-y.

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TheLIFEBusiness
TheLIFEBusiness - - 1 comments

i like the small font bob keep up the great work man

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bob_the_pr_bot Author
bob_the_pr_bot - - 89 comments

Interesting. Maybe I should have left it as the default after all.

Anyone else got an opinion either way?

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Guest
Guest - - 689,128 comments

speaking for myself i like the new version better your less likely to miss dialog. Keep up the good work your game is awesome.

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bob_the_pr_bot Author
bob_the_pr_bot - - 89 comments

Okay that makes it 1-1 :)

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