The Management Update Is Out Now!

[p]Hello Hoteliers! [/p][p]We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes, and today we’re thrilled to roll out a significant expansion to how you will hire, train and manage staff in Hotel Architect! [/p][h2]The Management Update Includes: [/h2][h3]New Features: [/h3]

• [p]All-new staff training system: Skills can be levelled up (up to 5 skills per character), with 30+ staff skills available.[/p]
• [p]Staff aging mechanic (seen as days until retirement). When close to retirement, you will start to see your employees gain wrinkles and their hair will grey. As time progresses, they will begin to move slower and use a walking stick. [/p]

[h3]Feature Updates and Changes: [/h3]

• [p]An update to the current attributes system, breaking down attributes into “personalities” and “skills”. Personalities cannot be changed, whereas skills can be levelled up.  [/p]
• [p]Added more depth to the staff salary system. Staff salary will no longer auto-increase upon levelling up, instead their expectations will now rise with XP level and skills will add extra cost. Staff salaries can be adjusted individual or by using bulk buttons. [/p]

[h3]New Items & Add-On Pack: [/h3]

• [p]Age manipulator machine: Accessed via the upgrade tree, this is a sci-fi machine that lets you either age or de-age your staff... at the expense of another (so be careful!) [/p]

• [p]Lunar New Year Add-on available now: featuring 10 new items, 6 materials, 3 structure items, and 3 character cosmetics. [/p]

[h3]General Additions and Improvements: [/h3]

• [p]Improved character reactions and mood system. [/p]
• [p]Recent bubbles (thoughts/comments) are now viewable in the character info window. [/p]
• [p]Chargeable items (pinata, confetti cannon, firecrackers) are now automatically refilled by maintenance. [/p]
• [p]7 New Steam Achievements! [/p]
• [p]Bug fixes and various tweaks. [/p]

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][h2]Free play Weekend (29th January - 2nd February)[/h2][p]Hotel Architect has a free play weekend starting at 6pm GMT tonight and ending 6pm GMT, February 2nd.[/p][p]If you haven’t already, now is the time to experience Hotel Architect at its most polished yet ahead of the 1.0 release. Don’t worry, any progress made during this Free Weekend will carry over when you purchase the full game! [/p][h2]Our biggest discount yet - 50% off![/h2][p]From 29th January to 12th February, Hotel Architect will be available at 50% off which is our BIGGEST DISCOUNT EVER! If you have been itching to dive into a satisfying management game, now is the perfect time to treat yourself. [/p][p]To mark the occasion, we’ve also teamed up with four of the ultimate tycoon and management games to celebrate the discount, update and free to play weekend! [/p][h3]Let's School & Hotel Architect Bundle - 15% Off: [/h3][h3][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Hotel Architect & Good Company Bundle - 10% Off: [/h3][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h3]Hotel Architect & Blood Bar Tycoon Bundle - 10% Off: [/h3][h3][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]Hotel Architect & Go-Go Town! Bundle - 10% Off: [/h3][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h2]Updated Roadmap[/h2][p]We are thrilled to confirm that Hotel Architect will be launching into 1.0 this Spring! Check out our updated roadmap below so you can see what’s still to come.[/p][p][/p][p]As always, we want to say a huge thank you to our community whose feedback, suggestions and support has helped Hotel Architect get to this point today! We hope you enjoy this update and can't wait to hear what you think! [/p][p]- The Hotel Architect Team[/p]