Idol Manager is a business sim about conquering the entertainment industry using any means you deem necessary.
[h2]Gameplay[/h2]
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[*] Increased speed at which staffers gain experience
[*] Idols that you hire as staffers will have better skills
[*] "Release Single" button will be orange while there's a penalty for releasing singles too often
[*] You don't need to start the game with tutorial enabled to get the "Where do I know that name from?" achievement anymore
[*] Performance improvements in "new day" calculations for players with lots of idols
[*] "Influence" skill of player's staff character:
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[*] Socializing cooldown reduced by (player's influence skill / 2) days
[*] Bonus to the amount of influence points you get over your idols
[*] Bonus to flirting success chances
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[h2]Bugs[/h2]
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[*] Fixed: One of the CGs not unlocking (If you needed it for an achievement, you should get it after opening the CG gallery)
[*] Fixed: "We only hire the best" achievement unlocked when you hired a "professional" staffer instead of an "expert"
[*] Fixed: A dating event in Shibuya could freeze if the idol's "cute", "cool", "sexy" and "pretty" skills are maxed out
[*] Fixed: New rival groups being generated with empty names after playing for a long time
[*] Fixed: Story rival groups releasing singles in post-game
[*] Fixed: It was possible to avoid socialization cooldown by using the idol context menu
[*] Fixed: Jankiness when spamming mouse clicks during a concert
[*] Fixed: Idol getting bullied again right after you stopped bullying
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[h2]Mods[/h2]
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[*] You can now replace gameplay music with other tracks from the game or your own .wav files, [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2568450701]check the example mod for instructions[/url]
[*] Unique idols: New parameter "can_be_hired_again" in params.json; Set it to true if you want this idol to appear in auditions again after her graduation
[*] Fixed: Auditions freezing if default idols are disabled and you run out of unique idols to hire
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