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City Game StudioNewsPatch v1.28.0-rc5
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Patch v1.28.0-rc5

City Game Studio · published 12 Aug 2026, 17:00 UTC · build 24647953

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Default version of the game, we want to make sure to have a chance to discover bugs and adjust the balancing, to give you the best game experience possible.Access the Unstable branch on Steam by right clicking City Game Studio in your Steam library, and then select ‘Properties’. In the new window, select ‘Betas’. The Unstable branch should now be available for you to choose from.Please leave any feedback you may have in the appropriate channel in our Discord, or in the subforum on Steam.As always, remember to be considerate towards players not partaking in the Unstable, in case they want to avoid spoilers.Please make sure to make backups of your save files before playing.

Changelog - rc5

Optimization

  • Rework the launch mechanism to defer thread creation
  • Prevent the game from reloading itself twice for no reason
  • Rework the launch mechanism to defer the initialization of the game managers

Previous Changelog

Digital store

  • Interface rework, not final, still a work in progress. The feature list is going to get reworked
  • Rework the feature list
  • Streamline the feature development (fewer popups)
  • Rework the feature-achieved popup
  • Make some features not disableable (cross-platform and store)
    • Fix the digital store when activating the store.
    • Once activated, can't be disabled
    • Fix the cross-platform feature:
    • Once activated, can't be disabled

  • Add a feature so you can assign a network manager to the digital store
  • Add a feature so you can organize festivals. Assign a marketing manager to the digital store to organize festivals

    Market Research

    • Remove the market research genre type
    • Remove the market research platform type
    • Add a new market research type, a unique one, that helps you research everything tied to a single genre, from platforms to themes. It's straightforward and streamlined.
    • Take into account previous market research so we don't research the same items more than once.

    Interface

    • Improve the construction panel
    • Improve the devkit panel

    Misc

    • Can adjust your own salary
    • When starting a new game, save the following settings:
      • Player name
      • Character customizations (shirt, pants, hair, skin, accessory...)
      • Company name, logo and specialization
      • Map size
      • Game speed
      • Advanced start state
      • Starting year (for advanced start)

    HR

    • Add the ability to send your staff on vacation if they're not happy

    Mod

    • Add a new field to the digital store and mods: disableable. So when a new feature is added, you can tell if it's disableable or not.
    • When there's a lot of mods to load, the game doesn't show anything until the first mod is loaded.
    • When playing offline, don't load the mods (since the mods are not available).

    Game Creation

    • Rework the game engine button to list features (not visible at all)

    Cheatcode

    • You can now always win Game of the Year: `game always-win-goty 1` to enable

    i18n

    • Rename "Puzzle" and "Classic Puzzle" in English to "Puzzle" and "Brain Teaser"

    Bugfix

    • When playing offline, don't disable or load mods, simply don't use them until Steam is back online
    • Fix crash when closing the game
    • Fix the pagination buttons (on the staff panel)
    • Fix the tooltip when furnishing items
    • Fresh compilation of the engine (Godot Engine 2.1 custom)
    • Wait for the game to launch before creating any threads, to prevent race conditions.
    • Fix an issue with the currency panel (null button)
    • Fix Game DLC: assigning new studios didn't work at all.
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