The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon News

📢 Dear Executives!

We hope you're having a fantastic time licensing your favorite IPs and turning them into blockbuster films! Today's update is a small but important hotfix to smooth out a few issues before the weekend.

[h3]🔧 BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]

• Book Value Stuck at 0 – A previous patch unintentionally caused studio book values to remain at 0. We've fixed this issue, and book values will now be calculated correctly. This means you can take on larger loans when necessary, and your final scoring will properly reflect your studio's financial worth.
  
• Localization Improvements – Various text fixes and refinements for a better experience across all supported languages.
  

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

📢 Attention, Executives!

Today's update is a big one! We’re introducing the IP Marketplace, a brand-new feature that expands your creative empire. Plus, we’ve fixed several key bugs and improved overall gameplay. Let's dive in!

[h3]🆕 NEW FEATURE: IP MARKETPLACE[/h3]
Building your own franchise is thrilling, but now, you can take it a step further! With the IP Marketplace, you can acquire the rights to iconic (spoofed) novels, TV shows, video games, and more—transforming them into blockbuster movie franchises.

• Discover 700+ spoofed IPs inspired by renowned cultural franchises.
  
• Explore 6 different media sources: Cartoons, Graphic Novels, Manga/Anime, Novels, TV Shows, and Video Games.
  
• Invest in powerful new IPs – with a catch! The most valuable IPs come with tough conditions. Fail three times, and you lose the IP.
  

[h3]🐞 BUG FIXES[/h3]

• Movies Stuck in 'Wait for Release': Last week, we fixed an issue where distribution postponements could prevent you from completing movies or cause them to disappear. However some players still had corrupted movies in their save from before the previous patch. This update repairs affected save files, allowing you to resume distribution.
  
• Achievement Unlock Fix: Some players experienced issues unlocking achievements due to a sync problem between save files and the Steam achievement system. Now, every time you load a game, we’ll automatically check and sync your achievements to ensure nothing is missed.
  
• Home Entertainment Deal List UI: The UI displaying available deals was truncated—this has been fixed for better clarity.
  
• Video Game Theme Affinities: Fixed an issue where genre-theme affinities were not working correctly for the Video Game theme.
  
• Financials Date Fix: No more starting your financial records in 1969 while the journey begins in 1970.
  

[h3]🔧 QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]

• Slimmer Task UI to reduce scrolling when you have multiple movie productions at once.
  
• Clearer feedback on franchise movie size restrictions in pre-production.
  

[h3]🛣️ SHORT-TERM ROADMAP[/h3]

• Distribution Postpone: Done ✅
  
• IP Marketplace: Done ✅
  
• More incidents: Localization in progress
  
• Modding Support: In progress
  

Thank you for your continued support! Your feedback is invaluable, and we’re committed to making The Executive even better. Keep sharing your thoughts, and we’ll keep improving!

🎥 See you on the red carpet! ✨
The Dev Team

📢 Dear Executives!

Today’s update is smaller than planned, as one of our team members was under the weather this week. Unfortunately, this means we have to postpone the IP Marketplace release to next week. We truly wanted to launch it in time for the weekend, but we feel it still needs some quality-of-life improvements to be fully ready. We appreciate your patience and promise it’ll be worth the wait!

[h3]🔧 BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]

• Resuming a movie distribution could lock another movie: Previously, resuming a movie’s distribution while another movie was in production could prevent you from finishing the latter. This issue has now been fixed.
  
• Disappearing movies: If you opened a window during the exact same frame that another movie production window appeared automatically, closing the first window would close both—leaving the movie in limbo. We fixed it!
  
• Firing employees mid-task: It was possible to fire an employee while they were actively working on a task. This is no longer allowed. Now, employees can only be fired if they are idling or working on a passive task.
  
• Achievements triggering too early: Achievements tied to box office milestones were unlocking too soon, spoiling the surprise. This has been fixed!
  
• Missing Movie Titles: a dozen of movie titles were missing in the competitors’ movies database. They are now present.
  

[h3]🛣️ SHORT-TERM ROADMAP UPDATE[/h3]

• Coming Next Week (For Sure This Time!)
  ✅ More Production Incidents
  ✅ IP Marketplace
  
• In Progress
  🛠 Modding Support
  

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

📢 Attention, Executives!

Today’s update brings in a much demanded quality-of-life improvement!

[h3]🎥 QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENTS[/h3]

• Postpone distribution type selection: many of you were frustrated you had to settle for a downgraded distribution type if the required staff for your preferred option wasn’t available. Now, you can postpone this decision, giving you the flexibility to wait until your ideal team members are ready to contribute to your cinematic masterpiece!
  

[h3]⚖️ BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]

• Incident Localization fix: the description and options of one of the production incidents were KO. We fixed it.
  
• Save File Optimization: We’ve improved how accounting line items are saved, significantly reducing save file sizes and ensuring smoother performance in extra-long Endless Mode games. This update is fully compatible with existing saves.
  

[h3]🛣️ SHORT-TERM ROADMAP[/h3]
Here is an update on our short-term roadmap:

• Postpone Distribution Choice: DONE ✅
  
• More Production Incidents: Coming Next Week!
  
• IP Marketplace: Coming Next Week!
  
• Modding Support: In progress
  

Thank you for your ongoing support—we love hearing your feedback! 🎬✨

The Dev Team

📢 Attention, Executives!

Today’s update focuses on bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements to enhance your experience with our short term plans at the end of the patch note.

[h3]🔧 BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS:[/h3]

• Endless Mode Talent Pool: Previously, the available talent pool remained static, making selections feel repetitive. It now reshuffles regularly, keeping things fresh.
  
• Incident Windows: Incident windows could be skipped during their opening animation, causing players to miss crucial details if they clicked on HUD buttons at the wrong time. This has been fixed.
  
• Endgame Scoring Fix: Cult and classic movies are now correctly factored into the final score calculation.
  
• Minor Animation Adjustments

[h3]✨ QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENTS:[/h3]

• Cult & Classic Movies: Previously, players were only notified when a film achieved cult or classic status via a standard notification—too easy to miss! To give these moments the celebration they deserve, we now display a special window (with a fun cultural nod included).
  

[h3]🛣️ SHORT-TERM ROADMAP[/h3]
With (hopefully) the biggest bugs behind us, we’re now shifting our focus to major gameplay and content updates:

• Delayed Distribution Choice – You’ll soon be able to postpone selecting your film’s distribution type, giving you the flexibility to wait for the right employees to become available.
  
• More Production Incidents – We’re adding new incidents to ensure each playthrough feels unique and fresh.
  
• IP Marketplace – Building your own franchise is exciting, but what if you could acquire rights to your favorite books, video games, or mangas and turn them into blockbuster movie franchises?
  

We’re reviewing your feedback and suggestions to determine our next priorities.

[h3]🛠️ MODDING SUPPORT[/h3]
From the very beginning, we aimed to make the game fully moddable, and we’re now ready to bring that vision to life.

• Our first step will be enabling support for multiple mods from a dedicated folder.
  
• Followed by externalizing more game data and assets.
  
• Ultimately, we plan full Steam Workshop integration with easy-to-use modding tools.
  

Thank you again for your patience and your support, while we work hard to give you the great experience you deserve playing The Executive.

The Dev Team