Hey everyone!
I'm a bit morose today, but that hasn't stopped me from being productive! So let's talk about it right away!
I've fixed the issue with the studio director, and now you can specify a genre, or even two. The same goes for the game engine.
Last week, I had rushed to provide you with a version with a functional studio director, but that first draft had quite a few small bugs. Some of them meant that the studio director was producing low-quality games. Well, it's better now, but it's not quite perfect yet. I still need to look at what can be improved. It seems the studio director still doesn't choose the best theme for a given genre. I don't think I'll have any trouble fixing this bug.
In any case, I hope you like this improved version. I've tested it, and the studio directors have produced respectable-quality games, with scores above 80%.
However, be careful, as the studio director now takes their share. They'll get a cut of the revenue generated by the game. And all of this is displayed directly in the financial results.
But I'm not done with them yet. I hope that by next week I'll have had time to add two key features.
The first one is automatic game announcements. You'll be able to set a maximum budget for this announcement, and the studio director will try to announce it themselves. Nevertheless, you'll still have the right to make the game announcements yourself if you wish.
The other upcoming change concerns game updates. I've started working on it, but it's not quite finished yet. I'd like the studio directors to be able to publish updates to your games. For now, the option is present but it's an empty shell, nothing happens. I think I'll have time to do that by next week!
In short, apart from that, I have an interface bug to fix, nothing serious, but it's not related to the studio director, rather the list of published games (the right-hand panel).
That's it, thank you for reading,
I'll see you again next week.
Take care.
Xavier aka Binogure