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Wow. Just one week ago, Television Dynasty Manager came out in Early Access. Since then, so many of you have played it, written reviews, sent me emails, reported bugs and shared ideas. I honestly did not expect that. Thank you so much. It makes me really happy to see that there is a small community out there who always wanted a game like this, just like I did.

Today the first big update is here: the 70s.

Imagine it's a Saturday night in 1973. The competition just launched a cop with a bald head and a lollipop, and half the country is watching. You fly in a British comedy you won at auction, your scout brings back a show from East Asia that nobody else has, and you put it all right against them. That's what this update is about.

THE 1970s

- The game now covers the whole 1970s

- Over 2,000 new movies, series and shows from the 70s

- 20 big flagship shows of the competition, each with its own newspaper story

- New genres and subgenres, from disaster movies to cop duos

- 30 new live events of the 70s and 360 new news topics

- You can now start your game in 1950, 1960 or 1970. I still recommend starting in the 50s for the full experience, but now everyone can jump straight into the decade they want to see

NEW ROOM: INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS TRADE

The room opens in 1960, with world clocks for New York, London, Paris and Tokyo in real local time.

- Every month, rights from all over the world go up for auction: concepts to produce yourself and, later, finished series

- Send a scout to Europe, East Asia, Latin America or Canada and Australia. The scout brings back formats only you can get

- Sell your own shows to other countries

- What the room offers grows with your coverage area

A NEW COVERAGE AREA

- 100 TV stations on the US map, each with call sign and info card

- Buy single stations or whole regions at once

- Before every purchase you see the price and what it brings you

- Your first small station is a gift from the boss

- A new midnight slot you can buy, where the competition runs its late night shows and old movies

EVERY MENU IN ONE STYLE

You asked for it, and it was my biggest wish too: every window now has the same look of wood, brass and paper. The program planner, the advertising office, the newsroom, the studios, the statistics, the live events and every talk with the boss.

- An info button in every menu that explains what you can do there

- The close button always sits in the top right corner

- New statistics with four tabs, rating curves and a full broadcast archive of all four networks

- New building map: press M to see every room and what you can do there

- The boards in the main room now look like the program planner

A BETTER ADVERTISING SYSTEM

- Every client has an industry. The right show gives you a bonus, the wrong one a deduction

- Special client wishes like prime time or weekends pay extra

- Fill a whole row with one click, or let "Distribute all" do the work

- Hire an ad manager who takes deals and fills your free slots for you

STUDIOS AND PRODUCTION

- Up to 5 studios instead of 3

- Produce the concepts you won in the Rights Trade, with a bonus abroad

- An archive for your own series, movies and shows, so you can bring them back later for reruns

NEW MUSIC, SAFE FOR STREAMERS

Many of you make videos and streams of the game, which I love. Sadly, some of the old background music got claimed on YouTube, even though it was free to use. So I replaced all of it. The new music is bought and licensed from Cheryl Mcc Music, and it is not registered with YouTube's Content ID. That means you can record, stream and monetize your videos without claims. If anything ever goes wrong, please tell me right away.

PERFORMANCE

Some of you had performance problems. The game now runs at a maximum of 60 frames per second, and the 3D world pauses while a menu is open. This should help a lot on weaker computers. If it still stutters for you, please let me know.

BALANCING AND BUG FIXES

- Top movies, expensive stars and your own movie productions now cost more, so the game stays a challenge later on

- Big historic live events now really pay off with huge ratings

- Unaired series come back fresh when you sell them

- Selling a show now updates your money right away

- Many bug fixes and translation fixes. Thank you to everyone who reported them

YOUR OLD SAVE GAME

This is a big update, so old save games may not work perfectly. If you want to finish your old game first, you can still play the previous version: right-click the game in your Steam library, choose Properties, then Betas, and select "version-0-1-4".

WHAT COMES NEXT

This is only the first big update. Every idea you sent me is on my list, and there are a lot of them. Before the game moves on to the 80s, I plan a smaller update in between with more improvements. The 80s will come, but not right away. I want to take the time to do them properly.

Thank you for every email, every message, every review and every hour you spend with the game. I'll keep working on it. If you find a bug, just write in the discussions and I'll fix it as fast as I can.

Have fun in the 70s!

Robert