Hello! I'm happy to announce that the console creation update is close to being finished, and is now available on the 'develop' branch of the game.
Console creation was designed to be the biggest risk-to-reward gameplay mechanic (even more so than MMO projects!). As such, don't be surprised if your first couple of consoles are making you bleed money, despite you seemingly having a good grasp on the rest of the game's mechanics.
Currently the branch comes with a work-in-progress scenario called "Console Domination". It serves as an introduction to platform creation, and players new to this gameplay mechanic are advised to play through this scenario to get a grip on this new mechanic, since it explains the basics of how it works, and provides a rather stable starting point of $10,000,000. This scenario temporarily uses the map for the 'Back in the Game' scenario, but will have its own separate map once the update nears a full release.
Keep in mind that savegames saved on the 'develop' branch will not be compatible with the current stable release of the game, until this new feature is available on the default branch, since it has new content that the non-develop branch doesn't.
To opt-in to the 'develop' branch, right-click on Game Dev Studio in your Steam library, click on 'Properties', switch to the 'BETAS' tab, and choose 'develop' in the drop-down list of betas.
With the right version, the game's window should say "1.0.3.0 DEV", so if you opt-in to the 'develop' branch and it still says "1.0.2.11", give Steam an hour to update everything, or restart it to instantly queue up the latest update.
If you decide to try out this branch and have feedback (or bug reports) that you wish to share, please post it here.
Thank you for reading!