Hello everyone!
We're in the home stretch! In less than two weeks, v1.23.0 will be released on Steam's stable branch and you'll all be able to enjoy this new version!
Let me tell you about the latest changes in v1.23.0
This Week's Recap
I fixed a bug for smaller screens. When playing on a screen with a resolution lower than 1920x1080, some text wasn't visible. So I ran some tests, and now everything looks good. Bug squashed, let's move on to this week's additions!
Last week I reworked the employee panel to better manage them. You've welcomed these changes quite positively. So naturally, I'm happy to add a new little button that brings a feature you've been waiting for. You can now select multiple employees at once and assign them to the studio of your choice. With just a few clicks, you can move all your employees from one studio to another. It's both practical and intuitive!
What's Next
Adding this feature took time and extensive testing. Everything runs asynchronously to avoid blocking the main thread and thus the player's view. When you move employees, it processes them in batches of 64. Beyond that, it would start blocking the main thread, which is what I want to avoid. Anyway, you get it - this change was welcome, but I'm hoping to squeeze in another small change that's not super important but close to my heart.
It concerns game engines. The game engine selection system is outdated and doesn't mean much. What matters most is an engine's ability to best exploit a console's capabilities. So I'm going to make that visible directly in the game engine panel when selecting them.
That's the plan if I have time to implement it, otherwise it'll be for v1.24!
In the meantime, you can already enjoy the upcoming update by switching to Steam's unstable branch.
Thanks for reading,
Take care
Xavier aka Binogure