Tech Executive Tycoon News

Hello everyone!

Part 1 of the fourth tutorial should be released tomorrow. I was hoping to have it completed by mid week over the course of this past week, but given the size of this particular tutorial, it required a few adjustments which lead us to determine that it would make more sense to break up this particular tutorial into 2 parts.

The first part will release tomorrow which covers the how-to's on actually setting up your teams and then creating a product. The second part which should release next week will cover the marketing, shipping and post release process of product management.

It is also worth noting that some things can and will change regarding the processes of the game, so the tutorials will evolve over time to reflect those changes. The idea is to continue to polish and streamline the experience overall.

Here are some notes regarding where we are currently in Early Access development and the plan going into the next few months.

• Tutorials have been a huge focus so that learning how to play the game can be a bit easier. We should be finished with this by next week. Tomorrow, as mentioned above--will see us release part 1 of tutorial #4 into the game. We will aim to get part 2 in by the end of next week.
  
  
• We are now (finally) in the process of setting up the schedule of development for the next few months. We plan to share that on our website (which unfortunately has not had an update in a while due to the heavy focus on development, etc..). We are giving ourselves at least two weeks for this, so updates may be a bit lite over that period of time.
  
  
• We are indeed aware of some performance and bug issues (thanks for sharing them on Discord and here in the community!). We will focus on these as soon as possible to improve the gameplay experience.
  
  
• Even before getting the schedule out to you, we do know that over the next two months, the goal will be to get the current gameplay as polished as possible. Once that has been completed, it will then make the most sense to begin adding on top of that foundation.
  

Please continue to leave your feedback as it is and has been very useful in resolving issues and improving the game overall.

Please remember you can join us on Discord to report bugs, provide feedback and more using this link: https://discord.gg/EPKzSbk. Throughout early access we will be taking your feedback and bug reports which will help us prioritize the most important features and bugs that need prompt attention

Tutorial #3 added & Tutorial #4 being finalized.
As promised, we have now updated the game with another tutorial to help you get started learning and playing the game.

Game Additions & Bug fixes

• Added tutorial #3 - Employee Management
  
• Finalizing tutorial #4 with only a few more items to complete before being added into the game. We expect to have this completed by mid-week
• Added the option to play on a small map as well as the original large map.
  
• Added in optimizations and fixed some minor bugs.
  

Outside of adding in the final tutorial, there will not be a big update this upcoming week, as we take the time to prioritize and plan the next big update. As we will now be finished (for now) with the larger gameplay requirements (tutorials & build mode critical functions), we will be moving to optimizing and improving other foundational gameplay features. Some of these will include fine-tuning and improving the underlying logic of the product creation system and customer behavior.

After this, we will focus on unlocking and polishing the in-game management windows, sales charts, and other UI tools for management post-product releases. So managing and charting success will be much more possible.

Please remember you can join us on Discord to report bugs, provide feedback and more using this link: https://discord.gg/EPKzSbk. Throughout early access we will be taking your feedback and bug reports which will help us prioritize the most important features and bugs that need prompt attention

Tutorial #2 added. Object Placement

As promised, we will continue to release each tutorial as soon as possible. As mentioned in the previous update, the implimentation of the tutorials was from the ground up and as a result, has taken a bit more time than initially expected. We have two more to release before we move on to the next content items.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where enabling tutorials in the menu would break a regular game session.
  
• Disabling in-game tutorials (since official tutorials are now in the game)
  
• Fixed a bug where exiting a tutorial would leave some windows displaying over loading screen.
  

The next update should be live next week.

Please remember you can join us on Discord to report bugs, provide feedback and more using this link: https://discord.gg/EPKzSbk. Throughout early access we will be taking your feedback and bug reports which will help us prioritize the most important features and bugs that need prompt attention

Thanks!

• We implemented our tutorials system in the game. For this update, the building tutorial is currently available. Over the next few days, we intend to have all 4 available which will include the object placement, employee management and product creation tutorials. Time constraints and added complexity has extended the time required to complete this tutorial project. The good news is that the most complex portion is completed, and we can simply focus on adding tutorial content. Building the system from the ground up was much more of an undertaking than expected.
  
  Additionally, we want to make sure that we take out time and really flesh out the tutorials so that getting into the game can be much easier for new comers and current players alike. So far we are heading into week 3 working on the tutorials, but we feel that it will be really good to add to the foundation of the game before we start adding new content. Thanks for your patience!
  
  
• We fixed a bug where doors hinges were in the center. Doors should now once again hinge on the corner.
  
• We fixed some wall placement bugs where single walls would not spawn when placing in certain locations. Note: there are few more lingering issues that we intend to tackle this week.
  

Update Schedule

• We will focus on completing the tutorial set this week.
  
• Next week, we will publish our update list going into the Month of March.
  

Please remember you can join us on Discord to report bugs, provide feedback and more using this link: https://discord.gg/EPKzSbk. Throughout early access we will be taking your feedback and bug reports which will help us prioritize the most important features and bugs that need prompt attention

Thanks for your continued patience and support during Early Access!