1.0.1.2c (Hotfix)
- Fixed a visual bug where the sky would disappear and look very bugged
- Fixed bug where the roads you've travelled on didn't show on the map (red line)
- Made it harder to drive while high


1.0.1.2

- Fixed rainbow-road-event showing up where it shouldn't.
- Added item swapping (drag one to another of the same size to swap positions).
- Fixed crash that could happen when right-clicking certain items in your glovebox.
- Ravioli now says in the description that it contains meat.
- Fixed rare crash when pausing during certain dialogues.
- Fixed some typos
- Fixed "start-of-road"-passive effects sometimes triggering twice.
- Rain-Lover Trait now works correctly
- Getting rid of the "drunk"-status during a road event now removes the timer

SPOILER:
- Mechanic's level 3 passive no longer counts cosmetic/color upgrades
- Songwriter's "Center of Attention" won't trigger during the race.
- Punk quest now only shows that you reached the right city when you actually reach the correct city
- The Dog's level 1 skills will be available when the punk leaves you.

UPDATE: hotfix 1.0.1.1d LIVE
- Fixed threat not snapping correctly when targeting

UPDATE: hotfix 1.0.1.1c
- Fixed shop backgrounds being drawn incorrectly.
- Fixed audio volume settings moving two steps instead of one.


UPDATE: hotfix 1.0.1.1b

- Fixed a bug where the skill "Resourceful" didn't work properly when you had the Idiot's level 3 passive skill.
- Fixed a bug where road events sometimes got "broken" after escaping a previous road event.
- Fixed so that the gas pedal can't be used during an ending. Or when you're sleeping/working
- Fixed (again) so side-quest's destination can't be the same as pickup-destination. (this time it should be solved for real).
- Fixed a bug where the pub/cafe shop background wouldn't be drawn properly.
Patch-Notes:

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PATCH 1.0.1.1b

This version uses an updated version of Game Maker and should solve some of the audio issues some people have experienced while changing audio-devices (or while playing on the Steam Deck).

Patch-Notes:

- Fixed some spray-descriptions
- Illegal items can now be discarded (as intended)
- Added the option to reset tutorials in the options (you'll have to start a new game for this to take effect)
- Added two new valentine's themed cosmetic upgrades (available for all cars)
- Fixed the songwriter skill "Mood for Music" to work even if you have the idiot's level 3 passive skill
- Adjusted the stranger's debt memory text

PATCH 1.0.0.8b

HOTFIX UPDATE (1.0.0.8b):
- Fixed a bug where interacting with people could lead to unintended things happening.

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New patch!
Fixes some quite critical bugs, most notably one with a certain hitchhiker's quest since last patch.

- Fixed the flag-upgrades so they work correctly now. Used to give EXTRA discount when you installed them and also when you loaded the game. (note they gave too much discount before. They should give a 20% discount.
- Pressing "I" to open your trunk while driving now stops the car as if you would've selected it from the car menu.
- Fixed kicked hitchhikers showing up at destinations
- Fixed CD player description (it was outdated and reflected the demo player)
- Might've fixed the "Not-so-fullscreen"-bug or whatever to call it. I've added a little work-around that could help for those who've had issues with the game launching in a smaller screen with the mouse-cursor being hard to control. This is a quite experimental work-around but I hope it would help some.
- Fixed a bug where cafe-bought coffee would crash the game when it got cold.

spoiler patch-notes:

- Fixed so "the Hiker" doesn't return as level 1.
- Fixed a bug where the Race was unable to start when certain conditions happened at the same time.
- If you arrive in the city where grandma is when you get the Inheritance quest, she will be there!
- After you've talked to grandma, she'll disappear after you've rested or worked in the same city.
- Fixed so the Punk club appears correctly now. Note that if you're already in the city where the club should be, you'll have to go back and forth in order for the club to appear.
- Completing the Punk's quest should no longer also give you a "Quest failed"-message.
- Fixed the name of "Festival Kit" in the unlock message you get when completing "The Festival

Another patch up (should be available shortly, it's already live on the test branch)! Thanks for all the feedback and bug-reports. If you encounter some serious bug please don't hesitate to write about it. Added some QOL-updates to the inventory this time around: The ability to move things to your extra-space form the right-click-menu and to rotate an item that you're holding by pressing the "R"-key.

Here are the patch notes:

- Fixed a rare crash for some players when loading a game in rain
- Muscle car's description now correctly says 3 passenger seats
- You can now rotate an item while holding it and pressing "R". This also works when holding an item from a shop!
- Fixed crash when trying to use a cd from the glovebox. (you can no longer use cds from there)
- When shift-clicking to buy something with the extra-space active, the item will move to the extra space instead of the trunk. (same with items outside of the trunk)
- Added "MOVE" as an option to the item-right-click-menu. This will swap an item to the extra-space (if you have any). If used from extra-space it will move the item back to the inventory.
- When using an item in the extra-space that spawns a "new" item (like baguette or jerry-cans) they will stay there.
- The dimensions of the roof-racks are now correct in the item-description
- No more raining in the desert

- Punk club is no longer in ALL cities (only the city specified in his quest)

HOTFIX (1.0.0.3b) Live!
Some rare but important issues have been addressed in this hotfix. Threw in some small fixes while I was at it as well.

- Fixed a couple of rare crashes that could happen for some players in options menu or when picking up a hitchhiker.

- changed sprites for the fender for the muscle car to fit the item-sprite.
- added more info about the roof racks in their descriptions.
- removed the "hair-effect" when checking your extra-space

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Patch 1.0.0.3 is now live!
There are still bugs that I am aware of and I'm working to fix them all, but wanted to get this out now, since it fixes some more common and critical issues.
Here are the patch-notes:

- Fixed crash that could happen when certain passive-effects where active at the same time
- fixed a rare crash where the options menu failed to draw the blurred game background
- fixed the driver's license in the character creation showing the wrong occupation/loadout
- fixed some tooltip displaying color codes
- fixed shoplifting not ending if you drag the item to the glovebox
- fixed so you can't lock yourself out of shops with shoplifting because of there being no 1x1-items
- fixed inventory closing, resulting in losing any items outside the trunk, when gaining a new skill tree.
- fixed the music display not updating when pressing the "prev"
- the steering wheel sleeves now actually work
- fixed rare crash when picking up a sidequest that would cause the game to crash every time you opened your trunk
- fixed bug with muscle car, where you could lower seats in a way to make hitchhikers disappear into the void

following patchnotes could be considered spoilers

- fixed bug where you could be soft-locked after winning the race
- fixed if you got the soft-lock from race, you can load your save, trigger a save by opening closing your trunk, then reload. Game should function normally again
- fixed the idiot replacing your interior upgrade with flowers AGAIN every time you load the game
- fixed so you can't go to the party cabin if you've failed the quest

It's hard to express how it feels releasing a game we've worked on since 2016. We failed once, put it on ice, came back to it and devoted all our effort to make it happen. It's been helluva project, much bigger than we initially thought it would be, but we're incredibly proud to finally say: IT'S OUT!

Thanks so much to all of you who have come on this ride with us in the months since we announced. When we revealed our game last fall, we would’ve never thought we’d have this much support at launch. We really hope you enjoy this game, we’ve worked so hard on making it.

Keep Driving is a management RPG about slowly making your way through a procedurally generated pixel art open world. Pick up hitchhikers with their own personalities and stories; upgrade, customize and repair your car. Solve challenges on the road using a unique turn-based ‘combat’ system, using your own skills and whatever’s lying around in the glovebox to make it through and explore your summer possibilities.

We have some plans for the future of Keep Driving, though we’re not quite ready to go into specifics yet. Just know we have ideas for more features, and we’re also planning more languages and controller support. Let us know what you think re: things you’d like to see! We’ll keep a close eye on feedback and look forward to adding new content.

Twitter[x.com]/Blusky[bsky.app] and join our Discord [discord.gg]to keep up with our post-launch updates! And be sure to tell your friends if you like our game, it means so much to a two person team like ours. Every bit helps! 🙂 And please leave a review if you enjoy Keep Driving!

Sincerely,
Josef & Christopher

Hey everyone, it’s Josef and Christopher!


We’ve been making this game for years now and we never would’ve expected the support we’ve gotten. After having over 100,000 people play our demo and gaining over 170,000 wishlists, we still can’t believe it. We’re nearly at the end of the road now, and we’re really grateful for all your excitement. Excited for you all to show up on launch week! Check out the new trailer, shows a lot of new things and the music is perfect (Wake Up by Holy Now).

Be sure to follow us on Twitter [x.com]and join our Discord [discord.gg]to keep up with our updates! If you enjoy what you’ve seen of the game, feel free to wishlist – there’s still time to do so before launch! Every single one means so much to our small indie team. It’s just us two, and it’s been a wild ride. :)


Cheers
Josef & Christopher
Y/CJ/Y

Hey hey, it’s Josef and Christopher!

We just wanted to let you know that Keep Driving is part of Indie Cade from today to November 16th! This means we’re putting the demo back up again after popular demand!

If you are not one of the nearly 45,000 people who played the demo during Steam Next Fest, don’t miss out. If you’re on the fence, we’ve gotten some really awesome comments to encourage you;

‘This Steam Next Fest RPG about lonely road trips gets my recommendation after I chugged 2 liters of soda to survive an all nighter with an N64 game in my trunk’ -GamesRadar[www.gamesradar.com].
‘If you’re anything like me, you’ll finish your first run through… and immediately go back for more.’ - VG247[www.vg247.com]
‘Keep Driving feels like one part enthralling management sim and one part Kentucky Route Zero-esque pastiche of the oft-forgotten parts of the country.’ - Kotaku
‘Keep Driving made me nostalgic for road trips I’ve never been on and places I’ve never seen’ - RPS

We’re also celebrating over 140,000 wishlists in just over a month since the reveal! It hasn’t been long since our last post here, so yeah, that’s pretty damn crazy and humbling. Thanks so much for all the support.

Be sure to follow us on Twitter[x.com] and join our Discord[discord.gg] to keep up with our updates! If you enjoy the game, don’t be afraid to leave a wishlist – truly every single one means so much to the two of us.

Until next time!

Firstly, a massive thank you to everyone for the feedback and such an amazingly positive reaction to Keep Driving. We have been completely blown away by your comments, especially on Twitter, where things absolutely blew up[x.com]! Kotaku, Rock Paper Shotgun and PC Games even gave us a shout out already!


Today, we’re even more excited to let you get hands-on with our first-ever demo for the game. You’ll get a taste of things to come as you spend a weekend driving to your friend's house to play a video game, encountering hitchhikers, taking odd jobs, and keeping your vehicle running on the way. You’ll get a sneak peek into our procedurally generated world with its naturalistic pixel art, a couple of endings including a specially made main story for the demo, and a fantastic but limited (for the demo) soundtrack by local indie bands Westkust and Crystal Boys!

We’d LOVE to hear what you think of the demo, so feel free to comment on the Steam forms here, let us know on Twitter[www.x.com], or join our Discord[discord.gg], which will become more active in the coming months.

Cheers!
Christopher & Josef