Hi everyone,
I’ve had some very busy days since the release of Beta 16. Not only has the Summer Sale attracted a lot of new users, but I have also spent a lot of hours fixing bugs in Beta 16. A total of six hotfixes have been shipped pushing the latest version to “Beta 16.6”.
Here’s a list of all the bugs that were fixed:
🔵 Hide stock options while merging is active.
🔵 Disable “move workstation” button while office building is not selected.
🔵 Fixed various typos/localization issues.
🔵 Fixed bug causing owned stocks percentage to not show 0–1% ownership.
🔵 French version: fixed unavailable framework buttons.
🔵 German version: fixed typo in product merge text.
🔵 Fixed bug allowing players to place hosting equipment in their office.
🔵 Removed incorrect hosting building expenses from product hosting tab.
🔵 Reduced “new product requirements” to be 15 completed milestones instead of a complete buyout.
🔵 Returned missing office items (walls, glass door, etc.)
🔵 Fixed bug causing rack devices to be lost when buying without any space available.
🔵 Updated “Upgrade Employee Level” feature to add one new demand per upgrade.
🔵 Fixed bug causing product stats to show broken graphs if game was paused.
🔵 Fixed bug causing “New Tier” dialog to show on every load.
🔵 Fixed bug where the running cost of air conditioners was not included.
🔵 Fixed bug crashing the game after upgrading specific employees.
🔵 Fixed bug allowing players to create a new product too soon.
🔵 Added “Yesterday” product traffic graph for other languages than English.
🔵 Fixed wrong max. buy amount for buying stocks.
🔵 Disabled “upgrade workstation” button when not in office building.
🔵 Fixed wrong translations in PT-BR version.
🔵 Show error when player is trying to merge two products of different types.
🔵 Buffed email marketing campaign.
🔵 Fixed bug causing wrong ESC behavior after moving an item between floors.
🔵 Changed “office/hosting building quick switcher” to a single toggle button
🔵 Fixed bug causing competitors to stay in “Merge in progress” state.
🔵 Fixed bug happening when merging multiple competitors into same product.
🔵 Increased basement hosting building cost from 10k to 20k to avoid new players renting the wrong building.
🔵 Disabled ESC key when time machine is running.
🔵 Changed milestone behavior to only allow unlocking of the next milestone “in line”.
🔵 Fixed issue where hosting allocation was 0% for first product.
🔵 Introduced new one-button building switcher.
🔵 Hide employee level upgrade tip when max. level reached.
The road to full release
With Beta 16 safely shipped, I’m now starting to really work towards the final version of Startup Company. There’s still a lot of work to be done, but it’s now much clearer to me what needs to be done.
To share my vision with you, I’ve created this roadmap showing you the future of SC. It will probably change a lot and nothing should be considered as “official”, but for the first time you can now see where I’m headed.
Feature suggestions overflow
Firstly, I would like to thank all of you who send me suggestions and ideas for the game. I really appreciate it and use your suggestions a lot when designing the game.
I’m currently receiving between 10 and 15 suggestions per day. That’s at least 300 per month! I used to respond to all of your suggestions, but recently I have decided to prioritize developing the game. I still read everything. I hope you understand. :-)
Do you have suggestions or ideas for the game?
Check out our Conflux board.
Thanks for reading and see you next week!
Best,
Jonas