Big Ambitions News

Hi everyone!

We’re incredibly proud to announce that...



To celebrate the news, we’ve a brand new gameplay trailer for you all!
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As the spiritual successor to Startup Company, Big Ambitions is bigger, bolder and vastly increases the scope of what players can do and how they build their businesses.

Will you build and design a chain of cosy coffee shops? Run a web design agency? Buy a property portfolio or something more ambitious, like controlling an entire city?

Our release on March 10th is just the start of our journey to create the most immersive, ambitious business sim on Steam. We hope you’ll join us in steering development, continue to provide your invaluable feedback and help us deliver the best game we can.

How big are your ambitions?

- Hovgaard Games

Remember to wishlist, so you don't forget the date 😎

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1331550/Big_Ambitions/

Hi there!

As we're moving closer to the Early Access release of Big Ambitions, we're ready with the last update for pre-order players: Beta 9.

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Beta 9 comes with a lot of new content:

• Underground parking garages
  
• Auto-run feature
  
• Customer demands
  
• New item: Cheaper coffee machine
  
• Implement new customer sounds
  
• Pedestrian hangout zones
  
• New UF objectives
  
• Various changes to existing Uncle Fred objectives
  
• Add aging to the player's face
  
• Doctor's appointment
  
• Introduce "death" and end of game
  
• Show warning when assigning yourself to an employee station of a business not open for the day
  
• Fix deliveries failing if pedestrians block the delivery destination
  
• Auto hide pedestrians on collisions
  
• Improved Midtown visuals
  
• Improved employee serving time
  
• Reduce time to load big savegames
  
• Added loading progress
  
• Changed starting neighborhood
  
• Add subway "noise" to vents
  
• Add purchase yacht option
  
• Add welcome screen
  
• Add parking fee to EconoView's income statement (under ongoing)
  
• Color coding vehicle UI
  
• Link personal goals to Steam achievements
  
• And much more...
  

We hope you like these changes!

To see what's coming next, check out our roadmap over here: https://www.bigambitionsgame.com/roadmap

All the best,
Hovgaard Games

Hi there!

Ready for even more Big Ambitions content? We have just released Beta 8. Here's what's new:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]


Beta 8 comes with a lot of new content:

• Customizable jpgs for business logos
  
• Customizable employee uniforms
  
• Customizable furniture colors
  
• Warehouses rentes out by AI
  
• Handtruck station (allows changing location)
  
• Added prices to Interior Designer
  
• Added negative interest rates
  
• Improved walking animation/speed
  
• Revised marketing
  
• Watch TV feature
  
• Performance improved city map
  
• Improved customer AI: Sit down at tables and eat + general shopping behavior
  
• Improved employee AI: Added animations when using appliances
  
• Expanded customer AI: Added animation for using garbage bins
  
• New items: indoor plants, large sofa split into 2, restaurant booth, gaming chair, and Scorpio gaming setup
  
• Improved animation when exhausted
  
• Added faint animation when the player collapses from exhaustion
  
• Revised auto-saving
  
• Added in-game pointers to tutorial objectives
  
• New product: Cupcakes
  
• EconoView: Full table-view of transactions
  
• MyEmployees: Mass-action support
  
• New cars: Anselmo AF90, Vord Tiara Vic
  
• Custom key binding
  
• Revised Vehicle UI
  
• General improvements to the scrollbars
  
• Various new Uncle Fred objectives
  
• Bizman Insight: Alerts streamlining update
  
• Traffic: Reduce yellow-light duration of intersections
  
• Add 'Slot' decal to warehouses
  
• Major indoor performance improvements
  
• And much more...
  

We hope you like these changes!

Remember, you can already get access to our beta releases by pre-ordering either the silver or gold version at https://www.bigambitionsgame.com

To see what's coming next, check out our roadmap over here: https://www.bigambitionsgame.com/roadmap

All the best,
Hovgaard Games

Hi there!

Ready for even more Big Ambitions content? We have just released Beta 7. Here's what's new:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]


Beta 7 comes with a lot of new content:

• New furniture: Luxurious speaker
  
• New furniture: Luxurious TV
  
• New furniture: Gaming PC
  
• Play videogames feature
  
• Improved characters and clothing
  
• Improved customer AI
  
• Customizable customer queues
  
• Investment funds
  
• Improved pedestrian AI
  
• Controller Mode and improved character controls
  
• Steam Deck support
  
• Garment District: More F1 apartments
  
• Sleep quality (based on environment)
  
• Adding more boats and yachts to the marina
  
• Super luxurious residential apartment
  
• New vehicle: Mercedes AMG GT inspired
  
• Limited energy boost from caffeine consumables
  
• Volume slider for car radio
  
• And much more...
  

We hope you like these changes!

Remember, you can already get access to our beta releases by pre-ordering either the silver or gold version at https://www.bigambitionsgame.com

To see what's coming next, check out our roadmap over here: https://www.bigambitionsgame.com/roadmap

All the best,
Hovgaard Games

Hi there!

Ready for even more Big Ambitions content? We have just released Beta 6. Here's what's new:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]


Beta 5 comes with a lot of new content:

• Revised Uncle Fred dialogs + voice acting
  
• Difficulty levels: Impacting competitiveness, tax rates, etc.
  
• Custom Game Mode: Adjustable unlocks, progress, starting money, etc.
  
• Allow skipping tutorial/Uncle Fred
  
• HR Manager (HQ): Allow auto-hiring, temp employees, salary negotiation, etc.
  
• Bizman Schedule: Auto-fill feature
  
• Major performance optimization
  
• Radio/music added to stores and businesses (speakers)
  
• Support for imperial units and 12-hour time
  
• New app: Notifications - listing all earlier notifications
  
• New vehicle: Rolls Royce Phantom inspired
  
• Flatbed added to IKA Bohag to transport up to 8 boxes
  
• And much more...
  

We hope you like these changes!

Regarding our next couple of betas (7 and 8), we expect to spend a little bit longer on these (1½-2 months). We'll soon update our estimates on the roadmap.

Remember, you can already get access to our beta releases by pre-ordering either the silver or gold version at https://www.bigambitionsgame.com

To see what's coming next, check out our roadmap over here: https://www.bigambitionsgame.com/roadmap

All the best,
Hovgaard Games