BUILD 2022.05.18A Save Compatibility
With the release of BUILD 2022.05.18A, this includes all the changes from the previous opt-in only beta.
Due to changes in the data structure, all saved games made on BUILD 2022.04.06A or earlier will not work with the latest update. Any saved games made during the beta should work if you opted into this process over the last few weeks.
We apologize for any inconvenience this causes, but these changes were necessary to improve the game and add additional features going forward
One of the major changes included in today's patch for anyone not previously playing on the beta is the ability to now transfer your game IPs between the various studios you own. So if another studio has an IP you really want, you can now buy that studio and transfer the IP from them to your studio, or buy a studio and prioritize that they work on an IP you have created and transferred to them!
Thank you to everyone who helped test and report bugs during the opt-in beta process, and we look forward to continuing our work on the game!
New Map!
The latest update also includes a new map! The European Manor! This map has a total of 6 different buildings, all new scenery and different challenges and strategies with the new layout of the map.
Latest Patch Notes
BUILD 2022.05.18A --------------------------------
INFO:
The beta build has now been converted to a default build. Therefore, old save games are unfortunately unusable. Save games that were created with the beta build should still work.
- A new map has been added.
- Game development: The last engine used is now automatically selected.
- If you win at the Mad Games Awards, you will receive a bonus on sales.
- BUG: Sometimes you could build rooms that blocked other rooms.
- BUG: NPCs gave out more points than allowed in their games in the design focus category.
- BUG: Subsidiaries sometimes developed spinoffs while being forbidden to do so.
- BUG: NPC companies did not develop MMOs until the player unlocked MMOs.
- BUG: "Sandbox Map": You couldn't build rooms before the garage door.
- BUG: You received contract work from subsidiary companies.
- BUG: When you select your own console for a subsidiary to develop for as a priority, that console takes up two slots when the game is released
- BUG: Sometimes your subsidiary stopped releasing players when you put focus on certain IPs.
- BUG: If you assigned four consoles to your subsidiary, it ignored that and chose the player consoles first.
- BUG: If you assigned an engine to your subsidiary, it was incorrectly sold to the subsidiary at cost.
- BUG: Number of awards was displayed incorrectly.
- BUG: If a subsidiary hands you a game to publish on the same week that the Mad Game Awards take place, that game will receive worst game of the year.
- BUG: IP prioritization was not cleared when you swapped an IP.
- BUG: When you created a budget game, the game name was taken with TAGs.
- BUG: If you released a budget game or a GOTY edition of a moved IP, the game was not displayed.
BETA BUILD 2022.04.26A - 2022.04.27A -------------------------------- Included in today's patch for anyone not previously in the beta
2022.04.26A:
- "Subsidiaries Menu": You can now move IPs to you or subsidiaries.
- NPC Publishers/Developers, Subsidiaries: You can now view their awards.
- You can now get "Golden Records" ect. for contract games.
- "Mad Games Awards": Requirements to win an award have been adjusted. Requirements are now displayed as tooltip in "Mad Games Awards".
- BUG: Bonus sales when an arcade port exists did not apply to NPCs.
- BUG: Arcade machines received the bonus for the Christmas season.
- BUG: Wrong developer was specified for commissioned games.
- BUG: If you had a lot of fans, it could happen that all fans disappeared.
- BUG: In multiplayer NPC games were not sent.
2022.04.26B:
- Place objects: Move camera and deselecting objects with right mouse button should work better now.
- BUG: When you gave a self-made IP to a subsidiary, different bugs occurred.
- BUG: You did not receive fan letters.
- BUG: You could lose publisher relationship with your own company if you used an NPC publisher.
2022.04.27A:
- If you win at the "Mad Games Awards" you get a bonus on the sales.
- BUG: IP prioritization was not reset when you swapped an IP.
- BUG: When you created a budget game, the game name was taken with TAGs.
- BUG: If you released a budget game or a GOTY edition of a moved IP, the game was not displayed.