Hello everyone!
A week has just ended, and I'm happy to announce that v1.22 contains all the changes I wanted.
And more importantly, all the changes I promised you based on your suggestions!
The week recap
First of all, a very important fix has been implemented. For this bug to appear, the game needs to be online and a hit, with a big marketing campaign, and a lot of hype around its release. If these criteria are met, then it's possible that it could sell more copies than normally possible. This is very annoying, since it will automatically kill the game in 2 or 3 months. So, I've revisited the game sales algorithm and added a new validation step to prevent this case from happening.
So, with the help of the console for cheating, I released a rare gem, and it worked.
Building on this fix, I went to look at the panels that summarize a game's end of life. And I added a line concerning subscriptions that is only visible for online games. And since I was working on the interface, I made other "small" changes.
The first one concerns the game creation panel. I found it a bit too large, so I reduced it a little. And the other change should please you. I've updated the best-selling games of the digital store. The style now matches the rest of the game, and it looks much better.
What's next
I started this announcement by telling you that I had put everything I wanted into this update. Which means it's already ready, but I still want to do some testing. However, I have the exact date of its release. On Thursday, March 27th, v1.22 will be officially published on Steam.
March 27th is two weeks away, so I still have time to add some small things to City Game Studio, and that's what I'm going to do. I therefore think of adding the ability to rename games that are developed by studio directors. Basically, games in development will be slightly revised so that you can rename them.
I would also like you to be able to manage studios directly from the studios panel. I think these two changes will take me 15 days to implement. And I think they will greatly improve your gaming experience.
That's it, thank you for reading me, it's always a pleasure to work on a project as big as City Game Studio. For the next big update, v1.23, the one after that, I'm starting to gather your feedback to make it even better. So go ahead, put it in the comments, I read them and I always respond.
Meanwhile, I wish you a great day!
Xavier aka Binogure