Hello everyone!
v1.27.0 is back with some nice changes this time around, because this update is adding new content to extend the game's lifespan beyond 2020, and this patch is the first building block of that.
This Week's Recap
I spent a good chunk of time on servers. There were a few lingering bugs, including one related to updating them. When you used the interface to update all servers at once, everything worked perfectly. But if you tried to update them one by one, the server wouldn't fully refresh visually. You had to switch to a different studio and come back to the previous one just to see the updated server. It was a purely visual issue, but still annoying.
While I was at it, I added a brand new server that becomes available from 2020 onwards, hosting nearly 2x more players than the previous one. And while I was in there, I also made the 2000-2010 era servers unavailable past 2020. Because yes, they're obsolete, you won't be able to install them once you've crossed that threshold.
That covers the server side of things, but there was also a small bug with the 6th difficulty level. It turned out you had to launch a new game and then return to the main menu for it to appear properly. And if you had the misfortune of jumping straight into a game on that difficulty without doing that first, you were in for some serious trouble once in-game. Anyway, that's all fixed now, to everyone's relief!
What's Next
As I mentioned at the top, the goal is to extend the game's lifespan post-2020. So I'll be adding new in-game items, like new computers for your employees. Plus new events to liven up your experience.
But I've also got work to do on other parts of the game. Specifically the studio director, who doesn't perform well in the 1980s on CEO difficulty. I need to look into that, and also add a few more nice touches like annual revenue reports.
Anyway, that's a lot of work, so I'm heading back to it, and thank you as always for your ideas and suggestions!
See you next week, take care of yourselves in the meantime,
Xavier aka Binogure