[h1] Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! And soon to be Happy New Year! [/h1] We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday season and to add to the holiday cheer Mad Games Tycoon 2 is participating in the Steam Winter Sale at 20% off! It is a great time to get the game and join in on the fun! We are closing in on 1 year of Early Access and we're proud of the work done on the game so far but there is still more to come! You may also notice a certain holiday legend appear in your game as a legendary employee! [h1] Thanks for all the reviews everyone, you're awesome! [/h1] A huge thank you to everyone who has left a review of the game, just in the last couple weeks we've garnered nearly 300 new reviews of the game and we're happy to see the vast majority of players are enjoying the game! [h1] Highlights of recent changes [/h1] Here are some highlights from recent patches since the last Steam notification update! And at the end of this post will include all the latest patch notes. As always, to find the latest patchnotes check out the Steam discussion forums and the patchnotes thread as not every patch gets a Steam notification update. - New items have been added to the game! Several new decorations for your studio, a mini golf leisure item and the next levels of production machines as well. - Contract games have been reworked so that the games offered are now associated with each company offering the contract. These contract games are now a shared pool between all players in multiplayer also. - The fan shop has been added to the game! Now through the support room you can sell merchandise for your various IPs. - Significant changes to improve the performance of the game, these changes should be obvious in a lot of menus and also make the late game a much smoother experience - Historical random events have been added! Can you survive the 1980's gaming crash? - 12 new company logos and 15 new themes/topics have been added to the game - Achievements now give different in game bonus' (You can find these in Management -> Achivements) - Game ports now have the advantage of being developed faster than standard games. This should increase their value. - MMOs now have the disadvantage of taking longer to develop. This should help balance their income/expenses more. - Character Creation: 4 new hairstyles and 2 new beards added. -New charts! You can now see which games have the highest turnover! Everyone loves more charts! - Many quality of life changes a few notable ones are : When a developer legend appears, his profession is displayed in the message Now when your employee's max out their skills in the training room you will see a notification above their heads You can now sort themes/topics by matches and mismatches when developing a game Hype will now be displayed on minimized game tabs on the sidebar Player settings are now saved when starting a new game, no more needing to recreate the same character every restart! You can now change copy protection and anti-cheat software during game development. No more being stuck with old protection right before a new release! Fan letters now show the genre and can be sorted by genre In the options you can now set the camera to rotate 90 degrees You can now change the design priority during development! The number of exclusive games for each platform is now displayed in the tooltip Additionally the tooltip for publishers and developers now displays how many games they've published and developed! On the object purchase menu, Objects can now be shown and hidden by category Added the search function for the following menus: "Update Engine", "Develop Updates", "Game Concepts", "Game Reports", "Fan Letters", "My IPs" "Port Game" will not unlock until you have published a game Sequels and spin-offs can now be developed on other platform types You can now hide platforms that have a too low tech level for the game you're developing Addons are now marked with [A] in the game name Icon for garbage replaced. No more confusing the icon with hunger! And many more changes! Dozens of bug fixes, balancing to the gameplay and features as well. The full list is below. [h1] Feature wishlist! [/h1] Many of the changes in the latest updates came from feedback from the players, and several more things yet to be added were suggested by players as well! In the spirit of the holiday season what are some things you would most like to see added to the game? Whether a simple quality of life change, a balance of an existing feature or ideas for upcoming changes post a comment with your wishlist! On the forums you will find many suggestions that have already been made, community updates with list of suggestions we have reviewed and the ability to communicate with us any concerns/bugs or ideas you have for the game! No promises that Santa will bring you everything you wish for, but we do appreciate and gather feedback on how to improve the game where possible! [h1] Latest patchnotes [/h1] (Build # represents the date the patch was released) BUILD 2021.12.22 -------------------------------- - Game development: You can now hide platforms that have a too low tech level. - Game Development: Themes can now be sorted "Matching" and "Mismatching". - Game porting: MMOs and F2Ps are hidden once they have been ported to computers & mobiles. - Hype will be displayed for scaled down game tabs. - Bonus hype for spin-offs is now taken from the latest game of the IP. - Addons are now marked with [A] in the game name. - When a staff member has maximized a skill in the training room, a max icon is now displayed above their head. - Added charts for games with the highest financial turnover. BUILD 2021.12.15A / BUILD 2021.12.21A ----------------------------------------- - New decoration objects added: 10 pictures, 3 rugs, 3 lamps, 3 plants, 1 table - New global random event: "Worldwide supply shortages" - Develop sequels: Added toggle to show only games that have already been taken off the market. - Buy Objects: Filters are now saved in the save game. - "Port Game" will not unlock until you have published a game. - When a developer legend appears, his profession is displayed in the message. - Added 15 new themes. - Engine tooltip: the release date is now displayed. - Added search function for the following menus: "Update Engine", "Develop Updates", "Game Concepts", "Game Reports", "Fan Letters", "My IPs". - BALANCE: NPCs now pay more attention to the licensing price and profit sharing of player engines. - BALANCE: The release date of "Beam Deck" is now February 2022. - BUG: Weeks to release for budget games set from 52 to 48 weeks. - BUG: Some old save games had their sales numbers set to 0. - BUG: (Character creation) Security function added to restore skill values destroyed by cheats. - BUG: When closing the filter menu for the games list, the automatic pause was stopped. BUILD 2021.12.04A / BUILD 2021.12.10A ----------------------------------------- - The number of contract works is now displayed at the room dropdowns. - Platform sales through exclusive games: Bonus sales now take market share into account. - Added menu: Stats -> Publishers & Developers -> Publishers - Added new item: Mini Golf - Buy objects: Objects can now be shown and hidden by category. - Added 12 new company logos. - Platforms: Number of exclusive games is now displayed in the tooltip. - Publisher & Developer Tooltip: It is now displayed how many games have been distributed / developed. - Console Development: Added search function for pre-installed game. - BUG: When picking up a staff member, the pause mode was stopped for a short time. - BUG: Sometimes the engine was not set when you developed a contract game. - BUG: It was possible to use licenses more than once. - BUG: NPCs did not license engines with level 1. - BUG: Pathfinding didn't always work when staff wanted to take a break. - BUG: Fixed some animations. - BUG: Release date fixed. (0 weeks and one week had the same effect). - BUG: Sales prices for bundles were not saved. - BUG: (Console development) You could select a GOTY game as a pre-installed game. BUILD 2021.11.28A / BUILD 2021.12.03A ----------------------------------------- - Sequels and spin-offs can now be developed on other platform types. - You can now change the design priority during development. - The list of selected employees now adapts to the screen resolution. - Statistics menu added: Stats -> Info & History -> Profit from merchandise items. - Game ports now have the advantage of being developed faster than standard games. - MMOs now have the disadvantage of taking longer to develop. - "Random events based on history" can now be activated. - Character graphics: 4 new hairstyles and 2 new beards added. - In the options you can now set the camera to rotate 90 degrees. - BALANCE: Fanshop sales penalty reduced (when no game is on the market). - BUG: Themes of commissioned games were not displayed as appropriate (green) or inappropriate (red). - BUG: No default price was set for merchandise items. - BUG: "Automatic selling price" for self-produced games was way too high. - BUG: (Games) A negative value was displayed for extremely high sales figures. - BUG: When changing the company logo, the NPC with this logo was disabled. - BUG: (Multiplayer) When updating an engine, the newly selected special platform was not displayed to the other players. BUILD 2021.11.27A ----------------------------------------- - Performance significantly improved, as well as the opening of some menus improved (eg the Personal menu). * Due to the many changes, new bugs may have appeared. Let me know if you notice something. - Fanshop completely reworked. * The support department has to take care of the fanshop. - Fan letters: The genre is now displayed & it can be sorted by genre. - BALANCE: Sales figures for fanshop reduced. - BUG: (Fanshop) Unlocking of fan items did not work correctly. - BUG: (Arcade and mobile games) You could activate unauthorized gameplay features by copying the game concept. - BUG: (Engine development) Sometimes the platform was not set. - BUG: (Quality Assurance) The "Wait" function for game reports did not work. - BUG: A crash could occur during character creation. - BUG: Room lines were not displayed until the camera was moved. - BUG: (Game development) The button "Set optimal settings automatically" ignored contract games. BUILD 2021.11.21A ----------------------------------------- - The fanshop is now available at the button "Management". - The merchandise items are unlocked depending on IP popularity. - "Fanshop" and "My IPs": It is now possible to sort by merchandise profit. - BALANCE: Sales of merchandise items reduced / Purchase prices of items increased. - BUG: (Fanshop) The sorting function did not work. - BUG: (Fanshop) "No entry" message was positioned incorrectly. BUILD 2021.11.10A / BUILD 2021.11.20A ----------------------------------------- - Fanshop (merchandise) is now available. Note: Since you can't call the fanshop when the support department is doing a task, it might make more sense to call the fanshop with the main buttons (e.g. the button at the bottom with the phone). (Let me know if the balacing is bad). - You can now change copy protection and anti-cheat software during game development. - Archive: Added button to (un)archive everything. - Room menu dropdown enlarged because texts are too small in some languages. - Icon for garbage replaced. - BALANCE: 3 contract games are created at the start of the game. - BUG: Contract games were not shown at the game concepts. - BUG: You could not create game reports for contract games. - BUG: (Multiplayer) The wrong developer was displayed for contract games. - BUG: Exclusive games could increase sales of platforms that have already been removed from the market. - BUG: When an NPC self-publishes a contract game or publishing offer, no message was displayed. - BUG: It was possible to create MMO addons for mobile games. - BUG: Sometimes a staff member with the perk "Iron" went to the toilet. - BUG: Contract games were not displayed in the archive. - BUG: Platform 2 to 4, successors and spinoffs could no longer be unlocked with contract games. - BUG: Fixed some bugs related to licensed player engines. - BUG: Copy protection and anti-cheat were also automatically selected for arcade machines. - BUG: Cancellations for arcade machines stopped at less than 50 orders. - BUG: Some Achievements could be unlocked with NPC games. - BUG: Discarding a completed game did not work correctly. - BUG: (Update engines) The special platform was already taken at the beginning of the development. - BUG: Engines that are being updated were not displayed in the "Stats->Engines" menu. - BUG: Your profit share for licensed engines was calculated incorrectly. BUILD 2021.11.09A ----------------------------------------- - Contract games completely revised. They are now connected to the NPC AI. - New objects added: "Production Machine IV", "Production Machine V". - Achivements now generate different bonuses. (Management -> Achivements) - Menu "Start new game": Player settings are now saved. - Multiplayer: Contract games are now shared with all players. - BALANCE: Server capacity increased. - BALANCE: Tech-8 handhelds can now be created as early as 2024. - BUG: When copying game concepts, you could have the same main and subgenre for contract games. - BUG: (Game porting) If you closed the "Development Report" menu, the name of the game could be changed. - BUG: Contract games sometimes had the same name used multiple times. - BUG: The pause mode was terminated when you looked at the contract games in the statistics menu. - BUG: When creating an MMO addon for a ported game, the game name was incorrect. - BUG: If you had a lot of subscriptions to an MMO, the subscription fees were calculated incorrectly. - BUG: (Multiplayer): Connection problems could occur since the last update. - BUG: (Multiplayer): Sometimes you could not give technologies to your teammates.