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Mad Games Tycoon 2NewsPatchnotes: 2021.01.27A - 2021.02.04A
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Patchnotes: 2021.01.27A - 2021.02.04A

Mad Games Tycoon 2 · published 4 Feb 2021, 15:43 UTC

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BUILD 2021.02.04A -----------------------------------------

- NPCs can now create addons.
- Added two new postive perks for employees.
- Toggles such as "Show trash" or "Hide walls" are now saved.
- If you release extremely bugged games, your fans can get angry.
- Key "G" can now open the staff group menu.
- Icon for english language adapted.
- BALANCE: Salary and minimum rating for contract games adjusted.
- BUG: You could not train gametesters in the training room.
- BUG: In the training room <TEXT> was shown as preferred profession.
- BUG: Addon reviews: The text for the genre was unreadably small.
- BUG: Games of NPCs always had an age rating from 0 years.
- BUG: Sort function in "Mad Games Convention" menu was not saved.
- BUG: Character count for game names was reset to 30.

BUILD 2021.02.03A -----------------------------------------

- Added Czech language.
- Random Platform Popularity and Random Concept Settings can now be enabled at game start.
- Training Room: Employees who have reached their maximum skill will now stop working and the "zZz" icon will be displayed.
- Custom Engines: You can now see the number of licenses sold and the revenue generated.
- New event added: Real Estate Crash
- BUG: Market share of platforms could have a negative value.
- BUG: Sales bonus for platforms of exclusive games was calculated incorrectly.
- BUG: Work priority was not applied to Sequels and Remasters.

BUILD 2021.02.02A -----------------------------------------

- The history now works.
- Exclusive games (system sellers): The game tooltip and billing menus now show how many additional consoles have been sold.
- Platinum Record and Diamond Record added.
- "Bored Fans" only becomes active on Hard difficulty.
- NPCs can now create remasters.
- Weather effects can now be disabled in the options.
- BUG: It was possible to place doors in front of objects.
- BUG: In Quality Assurance, the Gameplay skill was also trained.
- BUG: In Sound Studio the skill Graphics was trained instead of Sound.
- BUG: In the MotionCapture Studio the wrong profession was displayed.

BUILD 2021.02.01A/B -----------------------------------------

- When you find a theme in a game report that fits the genre, it is now highlighted in green in the game concept.
- Languages now affect sales figures differently.
- Translation costs now depend on the size of the game.
- The game description can now be changed in the "Development Report" menu.
- Added age rating "Banned".
- Multiplayer: The port can now be chosen by the player.
- BALANCE: "Fans are bored" debuff now appears only after using the same genre 4x.
- BALANCE: More employees now appear on the job market in multiplayer.
- BUG: Age rating was not displayed correctly in game tooltips.
- BUG: You could no longer get fans with the status "Bored fans" if you won an award, etc.

BUILD 2021.01.31A -----------------------------------------

- "Bored fans" added: If you use the same genre all the time, fans get bored.
- Staff now complain about crowded offices.
- The "Staff in this room" menu now shows which job groups are most effective.
- Number of allowed characters for game and engine names increased.
- Staff complaints and work icons can be disabled in the options.
- BALANCE: Salary for contract games adjusted.
- BUG: Two QAs could create a game report from the same game at the same time.
- BUG: Multiplayer: Sometimes the wrong player name was displayed when a game was published.
- BUG: The background of the splash screen was displayed black for some players.
- BUG: Removed some bugs when building rooms.
- BUG: The flying numbers were positioned incorrectly when resizing the GUI.

BUILD 2021.01.29A -----------------------------------------

- Added Christmas season and summer slump (affects units sold).
- You can now also view game concepts of addons, standalone addons etc.
- Game concepts now show achieved gameplay, graphics, sound points etc.
- New platform added: "Philops CD-X"
- Added button to open or close all GameTabs
- In the menu "Game Concepts" & "Game Reviews" you can now access the game review.
- Game sizes now affect the game review.
- "All Time Charts" & "Best Games of All Time" limited to 500 entries.
- BALANCE: Exclusive games now affect platform market share more.
- BUG: The engine billing menu incorrectly displayed the game name instead of the engine name.
- BUG: MMOs distributed by a publisher were not removed from the market.

BUILD 2021.01.28A -----------------------------------------

- AI of cleaning robot improved.
- Polish language added.
- Some languages updated.
- BALANCE: It is now more difficult to become "Developer of the Year".
- BALANCE: Effect of training increased.
- BUG: If you turned the walls invisible, you could put objects in the wall.
- BUG: In the production room the message "No storage space available" was displayed in German.
- BUG: Removed some graphic bugs (flickering) on the map.
- BUG: If you paused the game with the space key and closed a menu, the pause was deactivated again.
- BUG: When tearing down a room and making the walls invisible, the walls were displayed again.
- BUG: Legendary designers could appear multiple times.

BUILD 2021.01.27A -----------------------------------------

- Engine accounting menu can now be disabled in the options.
- Scrolling by mouse cursor at the edge of the screen can now be disabled in the options.
- Some language updated.
- BUG: Redesigning rooms could cause a crash.
- BUG: It was not possible to build heaters under medicine cabinets.
- BUG: Left games list in GUI was cut off at higher resolutions.
- BUG: If you chose a higher start year, the annual financial statements had a wrong date.
- BUG: On some languages the review text was displayed in English.

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