The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon News

📢 Dear Executives!

Today’s update focuses on mainly bug fixes, quality-of-life improvements, and balancing tweaks based on your feedback. Let’s dive in!

[h3]🔧 BUG FIX:[/h3]

• Potential Softlock Fix – Resolved an issue where opening multiple UI screens in the same frame could cause a softlock, preventing interaction.
  
• Starting Loan Repayment – Paying off your loan early? Now, you’ll only be debited the remaining balance instead of the full loan amount.
  
• Premium Features Accounting Error – Premium features selected during production planning step were mistakenly charged twice—this has been fixed.
  
• Provisional Budget Estimate – Premium features are now accurately included in the film’s provisional budget at every production step.
  
• Box Office Performance Screen Fix – The clapperboard display now correctly includes premium feature costs in the final budget.
  
• Third-Party Distributor Duplication – Fixed a rare issue where players could receive duplicate deals from the same distributor.
  
• Achievement Fixes – Three achievements (Hit Film, Big Budget, and Marketing Guru) were previously unobtainable—they should now unlock correctly.
  

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

• Box Office Results UI – We understand that seeing post-theatrical losses highlighted in bright red was frustrating, especially since relying on ancillary revenue for profitability is standard once you're past the early game. To provide clearer feedback on your film’s performance and ensure you don’t feel discouraged, we've added more granularity to the visuals. The color coding now aligns with other parts of the game, showing how much of your total spending (movie budget + marketing) still needs to be recouped. We hope this more positive presentation helps you better assess your Box Office performance!
  

[h3]⚖️ BALANCING:[/h3]

• A Twilight fan pointed out that Romance + Vampire was incorrectly considered a bad combo. They were right—this has been adjusted to reflect a more accurate synergy. 🧛❤️
  
  

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

The Dev Team

📢 Dear Executives!

We hope you're having a fantastic Tuesday. On our end, we’ve been hard at work and are excited to bring you a much-requested feature.

📜 Today's Update:

[h3]💾 AUTOSAVE![/h3]

You asked, we listened! Auto-save is now available. At the end of each in-game year, your progress will be automatically saved, alternating between two dedicated slots to ensure extra security. No more lost progress—just smooth, uninterrupted decision-making!

[h3]⚖️ BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS[/h3]

• Resolved an issue where 3 themes (Aliens, Teenagers, Slasher) were not properly configured, affecting talent affinity calculations. Now, you can cast the perfect talent lineup to bring your slasher horror vision to life!

[h3]🚀 COMING SOON[/h3]

We’ve got some exciting updates on the horizon. Cough cough—did someone say Steam Workshop support? Stay tuned for more details soon!

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

The Dev Team

Hi all!

Today marks one week since the launch of The Executive, and we wanted to say a big thank you to all our players!

As you may know, we’ve taken your feedback into account. In addition to fixing bugs you may have encountered and making improvements, we’ve released Endless Mode, allowing you to continue your journey as a Hollywood mogul for as long as you want.

We’re currently working hard on implementing autosave and are always on the lookout for more feedback from you!

Here are some of our favorite videos since the release:

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📢 Dear Executives!

After a short break this weekend, we're back at it—working hard to improve The Executive!

Here is today’s patch content:

[h3]🔧 BUG FIX:[/h3]

Ambient sounds will no longer stop after a while.

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

New "View Trends" Button added to both the 3rd-party distributor selection screen and the self-distribution calendar for easier access.
Improved Visual Feedback for the Premium Feature mechanic in the budget allocation screen. We realized this mechanic wasn’t as clear as it should be—this update brings it in the right direction, though there’s still more room for improvement.
Franchise Creation Clarity: Updated tooltips to better explain the difference between IP and Franchise.

[h3]⚖️ BALANCING:[/h3]

Increased RP gain for Small and Medium movies, making it easier to spend a bit early on if you’re eager to jump into bigger productions.
Reduced Employee Quit Rate and increased the cooldown between demands from the same employee to 2 years, giving you more control over team management.

[h3]🚀 COMING SOON:[/h3]
Thanks to your feedback, Autosave is actively in development and will be arriving very soon!

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

Thanks again for everyone’s support and patience, we worked around the clock this past 3 days to fix as many bugs as possible and cook The Endless Mode for you!
Here is today’s patch content:

[h2]Endless Mode![/h2]

Once you reach the end of the main story line, you can now choose to keep playing for as long as you like!

Please note that in this mode, historical news updates are disabled, competitor movies are now procedurally generated rather than based on real events, and although the talent pool for your casts won't evolve over time, it still offers thousands of options.



[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Endgame Timeline
  

Various bugs were resolved. And added a way to skip the timeline just in case.

• Competition bugs
  

Some rival movies could be shown as having a similar genre as yours when they did not. The issue was fixed.

[h3]Balancing[/h3]

• Reduced the small office price to 20M
  

We noticed that some of you were stuck in the tiny office too long, we hope this will make the early game feel less grindy.

• Reduced employees’ quit chance.
  

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

The Dev Team