Big Ambitions News

Beta 5 is here!

Hi there!

Another month, another beta. This time Beta 5, probably our "easiest" and most stable update so far.

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Beta 5 comes with a lot of new content:

Furniture/appliance delivery service
New vehicle: Mustang 67 inspired
New vehicle: Ford F-150 inspired
Revised loan system
Improve pedestrian AI
New special: Casino
Introduce parking zones
Adding physical employee demands
Improve vehicle handling/controls
Introduce employee aging and retirement
Allowing collapsing UI overlays
Additional new tracks and jingles to the radio
Support for UI scaling (%)
Optimized UI for long words/sentences (localization)

Everyone on the team worked really hard on this one and we hope you like the 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

Beta 4 is here!

Hi there!

We're proud to finally release Beta 4 after a couple of delays and some difficult days of bug-fixing.

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Beta 4 comes with a lot of new content:

Improved UI: Bizman business list
Improved UI: Start new business
Added Gas stations
Implement vehicle fuel system
Implement vehicle conditions
New special service: Car workshop
Real estate investment: Allow buying buildings and earning rent
Completion of Murray Hill neighborhood
City Hospital + exhaustion
Added happiness variable to player
New business types: Florist
Tax System & IRS Government Building
New vehicle: BMW 3-series station-wagon inspired
Balanced employee salaries + job demands
And much more...

We are delaying Big Ambitions

Hi friend!

Let's jump right to it: We are canceling our planned full release in August 2022. Let me explain why...

When we started working on Big Ambitions back in 2020 it was on a relatively small budget, all coming from our first game "Startup Company". We had enough to continue working on the game for 2 years, including me doing the programming and one 3D artist doing the graphical side of the game.

As the game slowly started to come together, our following started to increase, way faster than expected. To put things into perspective: at release 20,000 players had "Startup Company" on their Steam wishlist. For Big Ambitions, that number is now 55,000 players!

Not only did wishlists start to look better, but pre-orders also started to ramp up. As more and more players continued to buy the pre-orders on our website, we could reinvest everything into hiring more people to work on the game. To results are quite clear:

We started with 2 people. Now we are 5, all thanks to your support!

So basically, our own ambitions for Big Ambitions have become... bigger.

Instead of limiting ourselves to our initial budget, we have changed our plans and now go for a much bigger, much deeper game, and that takes a little bit more time.

We have already updated our roadmap to include some of the exciting new content (anyone said yachts? 😎). You can check it out here: OPEN ROADMAP

[h2]So when is it coming?[/h2]

To avoid further delays, we won't announce another release date until we are actually ready to release. It won't take forever though, probably something like Q4 2022 or Q1 2023.

One last practical thing: if you ordered the regular version and feel unhappy because of this delay, just send an email to [email protected] and we'll of course refund the full amount.

The abovementioned naturally does not affect the silver or gold version. Both still grant immediate access to the game, meaning there's no change if you ordered one of those.

Thank you again for your continuous support by pre-ordering Big Ambitions. You guys are rockstars! 💪

Best wishes,
Jonas and the rest of Hovgaard Games

Don't forget to add Big Ambitions to your wishlist!

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

Spread The Word!

Hello everyone!

Up until the Big Ambitions demo was released, we still had a policy in place for our gold and silver supporters to only allow selected people publishing gameplay videos - also known as media embargo. This has now been lifted!

Feel free to share any videos or screenshots of the current version as you like.

We own the publishing rights for all the music in the game, so you don't even have to worry about playing the car radio in your media. Let's spread the word!

Take a look at what's already there:
Youtube Videos Twitch Streams

All the best,
Hovgaard Games

Try out Big Ambitions Demo

Hello everyone!

We’re happy to announce that, after two years of hard development, we’re attending Steam Next Festival!

As part of the festival, there’s a free demo of Big Ambitions available right now, which will let you try the early game and check how it feels starting your empire in New York City!

Hope you like it, have fun!

All the best,
Hovgaard Games

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