Developer posts and news about this game.
Hello, it's been a while! I've found some time to put together an update to Showrunner, adding the morale system into the game, the ability to give staff raises and bonses, plus a few UI and balancing tweaks. Please note that due to structural changes required in the backend, sav
Hey Showrunner players! Wanted to give you an update on development for Showrunner in 2025. Development is continuing but this year updates will be slower/smaller than they were previously. The game has done okay so far in Early Access, a big thank you to everyone who has bought
This update adds one of the most requested feature to the game, the ability to fire actors to either remove the character from a show or to recast them! Please note that due to structural changes required in the backend, saves from older builds won't be compatible with this new v
A fairly small update that adds difficulty selection options when creating new games (casual, standard and challenge difficulties) and three new show themes - crime, super hero and post apocalyptic! This build shouldn't cause crashes if used with saves from versions 0.44 or 0.440
- Fix for player's show not correctly being placed on the theme rankings - Fix for show theme and theme ranking being incorrectly displayed on the show overview screen - Fixed issues with interest text alignment on HUD and on show overview screen
This update is all about making the world of Showrunner feel more alive, with scores of other shows to compete against and shifts to the popularity of themes over time! The makeup of your audience is now more complex, split into three groups - mainstream viewers, theme aficianado
Showrunner is part of the Steam Deckbuilders Fest event! It'll be 35% off for the duration of the event, which runs until the 1st of April, so now is a great time to get it!
This build adds the full staff chemistry system to the game! Please note that due to structural changes required in the backend, saves from older builds won't be compatible with this new version. If you want to play with older saves, you'll need to opt in to the beta branch "beta
This update adds an editing system which allows you to select an editing focus to apply a percentage increase to one or two episode stats at the start of the editing phase, in exchange for a percentage reduction in one or two other stats. This system is a useful way to steer the
A hotfix to try to sort out a couple of crashes. - Code to catch instances where staff stats are over 1000 when working on tasks, to avoid crashes - they perform as if stats are at the highest level. Also added clamping to staff stats after training, working in much the same way
We're delighted to be part of the Steam Capitalism and Economy Fest event, which celebrates tycoon and business management games in all their forms! Showrunner is 30% off for the duration of the event, which runs until the 15th of January, so now is a great time to get it!
We have lots planned to add to Showrunner in the coming year and beyond and we wanted to let you know some of the things you can expect! Thank you to everyone who has supported the game up to now. Feedback, bug reports and ideas are always very welcome and if you're enjoying the
This update is centred around the characters in your shows, it overhauls and vastly expands several existing systems while adding some brand new ones! The main improvements are: Overhauled character popularity system Character decks Character affinities Character relationships Wa
Writers can now brainstorm to earn Script Points! Animated sequence for researching scene cards along with some other UI tweaks and additions. Functionality - Brainstorming added. Brainstorming is a work type that writers can do which directly earns Script Points. It requires the
This update allows you to upgrade season themes, improving their bonuses further! It also adds the production screen, which includes placeholder elements for future functionality but also allows you to increase production time of episodes. Functionality - Season Themes now have t
This update is all about adding content for the Script Create system. There are 40 new Scene Cards and 8 new Season Themes, with various new card and theme effects and synergies! Content Added 40 new Scene Cards. The new card sets these belong to are: Visual Comedy Group Dynamics
This update gives you the ability to train your staff! In addition, it adds a Staff Details screen which provides a little more detail on each member of your studio. There are also a number of bug fixes and quality of life improvements. Functionality - Staff Training added. Diffe
We're very happy to bring you version 0.36 of Showrunner! It adds 50 new scene cards, more than doubling the total available. Most of the new cards also have special effects which offer powerful synergies with other cards and with season themes! The previous scene cards have also
This update primarily allows studios to end existing shows and start new ones! In addition it also adds to the show contract system to make it more reactive. Please not that due to structural changes required in the backend, saves from older builds won't be compatible with this n
Firstly I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who has purchased Showrunner! I also really appreciate all the helpful and constructive feedback and ideas that have been sent my way since it came out. Extra special thank you to everyone who's taken the time to give the game a