1. Office Management 101
  2. News

Office Management 101 News

Steam Workshop integration now live!

With the release of version 0.5.16 alpha Steam Workshop integration is now open for everyone!

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

For starters a much requested Paperwork Shredder can be subscribed to. Hate all the paperwork piling up? You can now easily get rid of it with this mod! After subscribing to the mod in the Workshop you can enable it in the game Settings and Mods menu.

If you're interested in creating and sharing your own mods check out our wiki for some instructions. A good place to get additional help is to ask in the #modding channel of our Discord. We're looking forward to seeing what the community can come up with!

[h2]Patch notes[/h2]

Version 0.5.16 (released 2022-03-22):
  • Added a stapler item
  • Made red brick pillars placeable indoors so they don't block building expansion
  • Made stacks of paper not block the path of employees
  • Add multifloor support to all maps
  • Lowered the price of additional lots in Tulev Street Office map
  • New contracts are now expanded by default in Projects popup list
  • Fixed spelling mistake in the "National debt doubled" newspaper article
  • Fixed snowfall sprite glitch
  • Fixed managers finding 2 contracts at a time in Tulev Street Office scenario
  • Fixed game crashing when trying to upload a mod to Steam Workshop without selecting one first


Version 0.5.15 (released 2022-03-21):
  • Steam Workshop integration

Now you too can underpay everyone in Office Management 101

Like the tycoon and management sims of old, Office Management 101 has entered Early Access and so far it's looking like players are enjoying it.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/now-you-too-can-underpay-everyone-in-office-management-101

Version 0.5.14 (released 2022-03-18)

  • Made it possible to buy furniture when clicking on it's image in the furniture popup
  • Employees now complain when sick
  • Added a hint in the context menu when a furniture item needs maintenance.
  • Made printers break less often
  • Made the whole text show up right away when the narration speech bubble is clicked
  • Changed the remove building button text
  • Fixed garbage being included when making blueprints
  • Fixed tutorial getting stuck in a loop when searching for employees with a Self-managing perk
  • Fixed the game crashing sometimes when the day changes
  • Fixed music still playing when in global sound is set 0 in the settings menu

Steam Early Access launch

After long years of refinement, Office Management 101 has launched on Steam Early Access.

Current version of Early Access ships with a short tutorial and a scenario map with defined goals to give you a direction.

There are also additional sandbox maps where you can decide your own goals and build with more freedom.

At the moment it is only possible to earn money through contract work for other companies. Designing and marketing your own products and competing with the other companies is not yet part of the current version, but it's one of the priorities for us to add that feature.

Designing and decorating the offices is already possible, with more options for added and refined throughout the Early Access.

Hiring and leveling employees is implemented for a small number of job types, but additional job types are planned, like .

At launch the game is only available in English. We are hoping for community to give us a hand and help provide translation mods through the Steam Workshop. While Workshop support is not yet enabled, we're planning to put together a tutorial for modding and open up the Workshop access soon.

We will be sharing a more thorough roadmap in the coming weeks.

We're really looking forward to hearing what you think so far. There's still plenty work ahead, but guided by your feedback we are confident we can eventually proudly take the game over the finish line.

Office Management 101 developer livestream

Hey all you aspiring business leaders!

It's been a long road, but I'm finally reaching an important checkpoint by taking part of the Steam Next Fest starting from February 21st, 2022. A demo of Office Management 101 will be available for you all to play and I can't wait to hear your feedback about it!

During the event I'll also broadcast two developer livestreams on our Steam page. Make sure you click the "Set a reminder" button so you get notified when it goes live! Click here for the Wednesday livestream event.

I'm looking forward to hanging out and chatting with all of you!

Best,
Riho