Hi everyone,
I have been listening to feedback and so I bunkered down and looked over every single screen in the game. I have made tweaks and redesigns with the player in mind. Hopefully you will like the look of the screens! Here is some more info;
The main menu has been redesigned by the legend known as forgottenlights. This removes the previous AI background and is a start when it comes to the images in the game. He is also looking into creating the wrestler, title and event images. For now, I have added over 100 more new images to the game.
The Roster Screen
The roster screen has had more stats added to the screen. Simply scroll horizontally and you can see for yourself. These are also sortable, so if you want to know who is killing it on the mic for example, you can sort by mic skills. The header is also sticky, so when you scroll down you don't need to remember what each stat is! QOL is coooool.
You will also notice that the sidebar states TALENT. I tidied up the sidebar so it wasn't overwhelming for new players. Now in the talent, you will find your roster, your staff, wrestler and staff search, your shortlist, managers, medical, academy, teams and gimmicks.
Speaking of staff, they now have stats that are actually relevant to their job. I don't care how bad my commentator is at medical! This has been sorted in this update - YEAH!
So my lead interviewer here; her stats show her interviewing skills and on air impact...compared to my production crew member whose stats show things such as production and event impact.
Auto Booker
Another widely asked for feature was the abillity to have help booking events. Here is the events screen:
This now shows PLEs/PPVs as 2 rows to give it that big feel. To the right, you can see the delegate button. This will be greyed out until you hire a Head of Booking staff member. When hired, it will show as it does in the picture. Click on it to see the following pop up:
So you can ask your head of booking to suggest a card (which you can then accept or reject), fill in the gaps around your own booking, or book the full show.
You can also give some instructions to your head of booking. Focus on storylines, star power or develop talent? You can do that. Want to leave someone off the show? You can specify this. Click generate draft and the show will be booked, following your instructions. Or simply click the cross at the top to come out of the screen.
It's about time these staff members started earning their wage - YEAH!
The Booking Experience
The booking screen was a subject of discussion so I have revamped it into an 'experience' and yes I will trademark this so don't copy it!!! Click on a show in your events list to see this...
You can click on the + to add a dark match or go straight to the main card + and get booking. Your show info is now on the left, with your storylines screen and notepad still available and this is bottom right. Clicking on the + takes you to this....
...asking you what segment you want. I will choose a match...
...which opens up the booking screen. I am going to listen to player feedback with regards to the filters on the left above the wrestlers. I am not sure if a dropdown filter/tickbox would be better here. Let me know what you think!
Once the match details are in, I will click confirm segment. Before that though, you will have noticed that you can now add an accompanied by to the match. You can choose an individual, team or faction to accompany a wrestler to the ring. I sense shenanigans a coming!
So here is the match on the booking space:
And remember, you can ask your head booker to jump in at any time. He/she is located on the left.
Tournaments
I have now enabled 'The Classic' to be able to choose 12 wrestlers and make it for a title of your choice, number 1 contender for a title or for a trophy. You schedule what show each match takes place on and it books it for you! You can also move the wrestlers around in the tournaments to any space you like.
I have also made some other improvements to the screens to (hopefully) make things just look nicer and easier for the players. Let me know what you think!
Also added:
increased the starting cash for all companies
added a slider so you can adjust your transfer/wage budget
added over 100 more images
tried to match up staff names with country of birth
filters to staff and wrestler searches
made it difficult to rehire staff after firing them
added gimmicks into the editor
simplified the assistant screen - they will now just give you 3 things to do next (if you are stuck)
decreased sidebar width and minimise button is now the middle of it
there is more but to be honest - I've forgotten...YEAH!!
Plans
Lots of people asking about MAC and different languages. I have been researching and I have plans to sort this as soon as humanly possible. I just need to make sure I get it right. I don't envision MAC being too difficult as the building blocks are already in place, it is just really fiddly going through Apple. I will of course keep you updated.
Cool Stuff
So mods are already being made for the game from the amazing players in the Discord and beyond. In the discord there is a RealWorld Mod made by the amazing member SteelGymGaming.
You can also check out a Youtube channel from another member of the Discord here:
Project Streaming will be releasing some videos very soon and has some free copies of the game to give away to viewers. Make sure you subscribe!
That is all for this update. If you are still reading this, what are you doing!?? Update the game!! Thank you for all your support, it means the world to this solo dude!
All Your Wrestling