Hello! This update focuses on balancing various aspects of the game, to provide an easier start, but also a more challenging late-game. It also fixes a couple of issues.
- new salary calculation model:
* employee salaries will be lower than before when their main skill level is low, but much higher when their skill level is closer to 100
* this salary calculation model will only apply to new playthroughs
- fixed skill practice providing an increased experience gain with each skill level after 100, even though the required experience stays the same, resulting in an ever-increasing experience gain from practice
- added "skip employee retire dialogues" office preference
- added an exit button to employee assignment mode
- added the ability to fire an employee through dialogue
- added a popup that informs you of a loan possibility when your funds go into the negatives for the first time
- added a hint to the question mark bubble which informs you of your remaining loan (if any)
- player character's x3 learn speed multiplier will now drop down to x1 when at least one of his skills reaches level 65
- employee skills will now increase at a slower rate when they reach 80% of their maximum skill level
- tutorial arrow pointer color changed to green
- Testing skill now caps out at level 100 (no Mastery)
- increase in adaptive standard level now depends on game scale
- bookshelves no longer provide an experience gain boost when the maximum pre-mastery skill level is reached
- engine stats are now also taken into account when calculating the engine cost
- last-in-line game consoles will no longer expire
- platform cost will now no longer go below $1,000 when platform stats randomization is enabled
- amount of gained popularity from chosen platforms when revealing reveals is now capped, so as not to be overpowered
- minor UI tweaks
If you encounter any bugs or crashes, please report them here.
Please allow up to an hour for the game to update, alternatively you can restart Steam to instantly queue up an update for Game Dev Studio.