The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon News

[p]📢 Dear Executives!

We hope you’ve been enjoying the new features we rolled out over the weekend.[/p][p]Some of you reported a bug affecting film revenue calculations, introduced in the latest patch. This is a minor update, focused on addressing that issue as quickly as possible.[/p][p] [/p][h3]🐞 HOTFIX[/h3]

• [p]Movie Financials Bug: When playing with an uncapped framerate and a fast computer, film financials could behave incorrectly if the framerate was too high. While we couldn’t precisely pinpoint the root cause, the issue appears to stem from the in-game time management system, which struggles with certain calculations when frame durations are too short. As a quick fix, we’ve decided to remove the uncapped FPS option.[/p]

[p]Our sincere apologies if you were impacted by this bug![/p][p]🎥 See you on the red carpet,
— The Dev Team[/p]

[p]📢 Dear Executives!

Thank you for your ongoing support, feedback, and brilliant suggestions. Patch 1.3.0 brings three of the most requested features from our Discord community — plus a round of key fixes and improvements.[/p][p] [/p][h3]🆕 NEW FEATURES[/h3]

• [p]🔍 Insights Metasave
  Your discovered insights are now saved in a metasave. When starting a new game, you can choose whether to carry over knowledge unlocked from previous playthroughs — or go in blind.
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• [p]💰Sell Your IPs
  Need a cash injection? You can now sell intellectual properties you’ve created or acquired, opening up fresh strategies for making money.
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• [p]🥇 Box Office Rankings
  To boost immersion and the competitive spirit, we’ve added a new screen where you can compare your movie’s box office against others released the same month.
  ➡ Note: This feature is partially backwards compatible. Older movies will show a regenerated competitor list since we weren’t previously saving that data. Rankings for these films may not reflect their original competitive landscape. [/p]

[p][/p][h3]🐞 BUG FIX AND IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]

• [p]Premium Feature Score: The bonus was correctly affecting box office numbers, but the letter grade in the performance screen was stuck on ‘C’. It now properly reflects your actual performance.
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• [p]Framerate Time Bug: On uncapped framerates, time could behave erratically or even freeze. This has been fixed — time now ticks forward as it should.
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• [p]Box Office Spoiler Fix: Previously, you could see final box office numbers too early via the My Movies section. That loophole is now closed.
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• [p]Localization & UI: Minor localization updates and UI tweaks for a smoother experience.
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[h3]🛠️ MODDING COMMUNITY SHOUTOUT[/h3][p]To our incredible modding community:
Thank you for the real logos, real talent names, real IPs, real posters (yes, even all 7,000 of them), new themes, genres, balancing tweaks, and more.🥳[/p][p]You're absolute legends👏 We can't wait to see what you build next![/p][p]
🎥 See you on the red carpet! [/p][p]The Dev Team[/p]

📢 Dear Executives!

Thank you for your continued support and patience. We're excited to roll out the long-awaited Steam Workshop integration! This update also brings a handful of additional improvements—including the highly requested Sandbox Mode.

[h3]🆕 NEW CONTENT[/h3]

• Sandbox mode: A new difficulty option has been added. Enjoy infinite money, all themes unlocked from the start, plenty of research points, and no objective to guide your progression.
  

[h3]⚖️ BALANCING CHANGES[/h3]

• No more shiny candidate: Overpowered recruits showing up in low-tier recruiting campaigns were breaking the game’s progression. These have been removed.
  
• Updated IP Stats: Some IPs had genre and theme combinations with poor affinity. These have been adjusted to improve their viability.
  

[h3]🐞 BUG FIX AND IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]

• Employee Assignment Reset Fix: Assignments were sometimes not properly reset when returning to the main menu and starting/loading a game. This has been fixed.
  
• Improved Box Office Performance Feedback: Each category now receives a more granular score, ranging from F to A.
  
• Sandbox Mode Objective Fix: Previously, players were getting stuck on the “Unlock a new theme” objective while in Sandbox Mode on the experimental branch. Objectives have now been fully disabled in Sandbox Mode. Additionally, if you saved a Sandbox game prior to this fix, your progress will be automatically updated to clear the objective.
  
• IP Name Display in Adaptation: Fixed an issue where the name of an acquired IP was not displaying correctly when starting an adaptation. It now shows as intended.
  
• Various localization Fix
  
  

[h3]🛠️ MODDING SUPPORT[/h3]

• Steam Workshop: Upload and subscribe to mods directly via the Steam Workshop.
  
• In Game Mod Selection: Enable or disable subscribed or custom mods directly in-game.
  
• Moddable Data: The game’s JSON files can now be edited. You can for example:
  
  • Add new industries
    
  • Update/add content (genres, themes, ratings, IPs, talents, awards, events, distributors, competing movies, etc.)
    
  • Update gameplay calculations (Box Office, Audience and Critic reviews, etc.)
    
• Moddable Visuals: We've externalized visual assets. You can:
  
  • Update/add sprites for themes, genres, awards, and seasonal events
    
  • Add posters to competing movies and IPs
    
  • Add logos to distributors
    
• Documentation: Readme files in the build, online documentation, and published example mods will help you get started
  

Thanks again for your continued support. We can’t wait to see the amazing mods you create to help improve The Executive!

🎥 See you on the red carpet!

The Dev Team

📢 Dear Executives!

Thank you for your continued support and patience. We're excited to roll out an Experimental Branch, featuring the long-awaited Steam Workshop integration! This update also brings a handful of additional improvements—including the highly requested Sandbox Mode.

How to access the Experimental Branch:

1. Right-click The Executive in your Steam Library and select Properties
2. Navigate to the Betas tab
   
3. Choose Experimental from the beta participation dropdown menu
   
4. To return to the main version, simply select None from the same dropdown
   

[h3]🆕 NEW CONTENT[/h3]

• Sandbox mode: A new difficulty option has been added. Enjoy infinite money and all themes unlocked from the start.
  

[h3]⚖️ BALANCING CHANGES[/h3]

• No more shiny candidate: Overpowered recruits showing up in low-tier recruiting campaigns were breaking the game’s progression. These have been removed.
  
• Updated IP Stats: Some IPs had genre and theme combinations with poor affinity. These have been adjusted to improve their viability.
  

[h3]🐞 BUG FIX AND IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]

• Employee Assignment Reset Fix: Assignments were sometimes not properly reset when returning to the main menu and starting/loading a game. This has been fixed.
  
• Improved Box Office Performance Feedback: Each category now receives a more granular score, ranging from F to A.
  

[h3]🛠️ MODDING SUPPORT[/h3]

• Steam Workshop: Upload and subscribe to mods directly via the Steam Workshop.
  
• In Game Mod Selection: Enable or disable subscribed or custom mods directly in-game.
  
• Moddable Data: The game’s JSON files can now be edited. You can for example:
  
  • Add new industries
    
  • Update/add content (genres, themes, ratings, IPs, talents, awards, events, distributors, competing movies, etc.)
    
  • Update gameplay calculations (Box Office, Audience and Critic reviews, etc.)
    
• Moddable Visuals: We've externalized visual assets. You can:
  
  • Update/add sprites for themes, genres, awards, and seasonal events
    
  • Add posters to competing movies and IPs
    
  • Add logos to distributors
    
• Documentation: Readme files in the build, online documentation, and published example mods will help you get started
  

Thanks again for your continued support. We can’t wait to see the amazing mods you create to help improve The Executive!

🎥 See you on the red carpet!

The Dev Team

📢 Dear Executives!

Today’s update brings exciting new content and some small improvements! Let’s break it down:

[h3]🆕 NEW CONTENT[/h3]

• 5 brand-new production incidents to spice up your decision-making.
  
• 5 fresh themes added to the creative mix: 🎨 Artist, 💔 Breakup, 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Relationships, ✝️ Religion, 🗺️ Treasure Hunt.
  
• 69 new IPs available for licensing — expand your empire with fresh ideas!
  
• IP Description Update — Many IP description were updated to remove copyrighted content.
  

[h3]⚖️ BALANCING CHANGES[/h3]

• Franchise Fatigue Decay Rate has been increased.
  Some of you noticed that the balancing was off and you had to wait way too long between 2 sequels — this tweak should help you get back into franchise-building sooner without overwhelming your audience.
  

[h3]🐞 BUG FIX AND IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]

• Minor UI fix in Self Marketing window: 100% reach background color fixed
  
• Box Office Performance Marketing Score: the letter showed for marketing was not properly reflective of the quality of the player’s marketing efforts. We fixed it.
  

[h3]🛣️ SHORT-TERM ROADMAP UPDATE[/h3]

• ✅ Distribution Postpone — Complete
  
• ✅ IP Marketplace — Complete
  
• ✅ More Incidents — Complete
  
• 🔄 Modding Support — In Progress
  

Thank you for your continued support—your feedback means everything to us! Keep sharing your thoughts, and we’ll keep improving The Executive! 🎬✨

The Dev Team