1.9.1 UI Improvements - The avatar summon buttons in the architecture screen are labelled "summon <avatar>" - The summon menu above an executive says "+ summon" instead of just "+" - The avatar can also be summoned in the server room, next to the Geist architecture button Story & dialogue - The animal spirits laptop is now correctly traced to a retired professor with the holonoptic app instead…
1.8.20 Fixes - Fixed a crash when selling an asset that had left its subsidiary since the deals were negotiated - Fixed a crash on the map when a virtual copy was made of an executive who was in flight - Fixed removing several mods quickly emptying the inventory slots that projects add to executives - The log archive and terminal no longer overlap, preventing one from capturing the input of the…
1.8.19 Fixes - Fixed a crash when opening the human resources of a rebuilt floor, caused by employees left over from its previous build (specifically academic enclave)
1.8.17 Fixes - Shareholder proxy tooltips now show the player's chosen character name - Fixed a crash on the acquisition reward screen when a blueprint reward was shown
1.8.16 Fixes - Board member change messages now show the player's chosen character name - Trade screens now show a company's real remaining stock of an item instead of the count from when the deal was negotiated Features & gameplay - Acquiring Amoeba now costs half as much, and also scales with chosen difficulty (requires starting a new game) UI improvements - In addition to drag/drop, right cl…
1.8.15 Fixes - Fix a crash caused by deadlines being checked on a background thread while the game was already checking them UI improvements - Space only starts and stops time on the marketscape by default, and never on typing screens or menus - Option to let space button start/stop time anywhere added to gameplay options
1.8.14 Dialogue & story - Resolve a dialogue inconsistency related to Vandenbergs & auditor - Resolve several nonlinear story plot holes related to the Amoeba takeover - Improve continuity in Leiser's messages before trying to dissolve a certain company UI improvements - Trade screen sell deals side now shows which executive carries an item and where an asset is located - Reduce log archive lag…
1.8.13 Dialogue & story - Unblock accidentaly blocked outcomes of Auditor investigation - Plug a loophole in the Vandenberg storyline where the family would leave unannounced Fixes - Character custom name is now also used in the summon log message and the personal loan hover
1.8.12 Fixes - The "sell your stock" objective now ticks once you hold no Glazial shares - Character custom name is now also displayed in effect descriptions UI improvements - A "Vacation" deadline now marks the day-long wait before an ending triggers - Advancing or stopping time now shows a log message - Improved support for larger font settings
1.8.11 Features & gameplay - Time speed setting now goes up to x10 - Amoeba hostile takeover attack now takes about as long as the deadline suggests Fixes - The Great Dividend now drains and pays out the amount it requires according to the deadline - Unified text color for floor buttons on map & hide on them consistently on screen exit - 4 more screens and logs show your chosen character name i…
1.8.10 UI improvements - You can now pan the marketscape with WASD in addition to the arrow keys - Headquarters in the marketscape bottom bar now show their owner's color when not yours, with your own listed first - Hovering an owned headquarters in the bottom bar reveals its floors for quick access - on main screen, ESC key now exits to map instead of showing the options screen Fixes - Audio s…
1.8.9 Features & gameplay - Pharmaceutical patents can now be sold - Pharmaceutical patents can now be moved between headquarters and susidiaries UI improvements - Rename map button to marketscape to be consistent with in-game terminology Fixes - Guard against a crash when buying a stacked inventory item or synergy from a trade partner
1.8.8 UI improvements - inventory items now show their effects (and their mods' effects) as a tooltip on hover - press space to toggle between slow time and your chosen fast speed - HQs now show a Geist button on the map to log in with one click
1.8.7 Fixes - Guard against a crash that could happen during resource calculation due to race condition UI improvements - Hordbank, Phasmas Intelligence, Symbiont Bureau and unterlager now show a green map icon like Eschaton Academy, marking them as special companies that can't be acquired - espionage missions can now be set to repeat, starting the same operation again at the same company once…
1.8.6 Fixes - The optional SPV deadline is now really optional - Add missing GOLEM's logistic arm description Dialogue & story - Seiler now gives a more consistent response to the NDA speech check UI improvements - geistnet, log and terminal are now unified in one dropdown so they don't cover other elements in the top bar - Hovering the acquire button on a subsidiary now shows the acquisition p…
1.8.5 Fixes - Fix a crash when voting in a board or general meeting that was resumed from a save made during that meeting; affected saves are repaired on load - Conference calls resumed from a save now show their participants again instead of an empty call - Fix quicksaving during a conference call cancelling the current speaker and the dialogue choices, leaving the call stuck
1.8.4 Fixes - Fix cases where tooltips would not hide correctly, especially substance hover in emotion screen and influence hover in executive screen - Fix a crash when playing sounds after the Anima propaganda scenes; affected saves are repaired on load - Fix a crash when the map was clicked or dragged at the moment the map screen rebuilt itself, e.g. on mission completion - Fix some button te…
1.8.3 Fixes - Fix a bug that would lead to UI distortions in resolutions smaller than 1920 and equal or larger than 1366. Note that patch will reset your ui scaling settings, if you are using custom settings.
1.8.3 Fixes - Fix a bug that would lead to UI distortions in resolutions smaller than 1920 and equal or larger than 1366. Note that this update will reset your custom ui scaling settings, if you have any.
Dear secret vice presidents and office drones Holonoptic released today, with a new build containing the latest fixes and UI improvements pushed just an hour earlier. I mean, what could possibly go wrong? If it actually does, we'll just blame the IT department. A big thanks to all the testers who helped improve this game over the last few months. Requests were sent out to include you in the cre…
Dearest private jet frequent flyers and office drones What is the point of owning a private jet if you cannot use it to turn around mid-flight and land wherever the hell you want? Inspired by feedback we got, this is exactly what private jets do now in holonoptic. A new, more shiny business opportunity suddenly came up? Just turn that jet around without having to land at your planned destinatio…
Esteemed C-level titles and office drones Patch 1.6.0 fixes numerous bugs reported by the community and also brings some suggested UI improvements, including a "jump-to-executive-location" shortcut and some better hints regarding NPU chips. The game is set to release July 16 on Steam, with bigger changes to the emotion and resource systems queued for the first major patch afterwards. The free d…
Dear secret vice presidents and office drones Today's patch brings an overhaul that has been requested for a longer time: the ability to still do stuff while advancing time fast on the marketscape. This change was somewhat tricky but tested out well internally. Please report if you notice anything weird. Speaking of which, if you haven't already, we invite you to request a beta key in our steam…
Dear directors and office drones Of course just in time for the steam next fest, some new evil bugs made it into the codebase. The Amoeba company became a lot more evil than intended, acquiring their helpless prey qMolecule in only 2 days. Thankfully kind players reported this new bug in the forums and via the feedback form, so this was patched via hotfix. Several UI improvements & fixes mostly…
Dear members of the board and office drones This patch adds another demanded feature, namely the option to define a custom name for your main character. The rest address various deficiencies in functionality and user interface kindly pointed out by beta testers & demo players. Here the list of all changes: UI improvements - Reduce lag when typing a save name - Log archive: reduce lag when full…
Dear shareholders and office drones This update now fully addresses a major concern most players had with hostile takeovers, namely that they were useless because they did not add any new executives. They now do. For this, 3 new executives were added to the game, eagerly waiting to raise in the ranks once their superiors are removed in the power struggles of a hostile takeover. Furthermore, an…
Dear executives and office drones This minor patch rebalances two features deemed somewhat useless by players: The simulacra deck and hostile takeovers. Simulacra decks allow your executives to create virtual clones of themselves, now without having to be present at the floor anymore. Also, a cooldown was added to re-assigning employee roles. The exploit prevented here: assigning accountants to…
Hello folks Thanks a lot for your kind and constructive feedback, and also submitting all those error reports. They have been put to good use. 1.0.1-1.0.7 were released silently over the last couple of days, 1.1.0 was released just now. 1.1.0 - Hovering the map button now shows a quick-login menu for switching between owned headquarters - Hovering the construction button now shows a quick-navig…
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