City Game Studio News

Default version of the game, we want to make sure to have a chance to discover bugs and adjust the balancing, to give you the best game experience possible.

Access the Unstable branch on Steam by right clicking City Game Studio in your Steam library, and then select ‘Properties’. In the new window, select ‘Betas’. The Unstable branch should now be available for you to choose from.

Please leave any feedback you may have in the appropriate channel in our Discord, or in the subforum on Steam.

As always, remember to be considerate towards players not partaking in the Unstable, in case they want to avoid spoilers.

Please make sure to make backups of your save files before playing.

[h2]Changelog[/h2]
[h3]Bugfix[/h3]

• Game engine: Not getting royalties
  
• Custom console: release date is off by 1 month
  
• Financial panel: when making a mortgage, doesn't show up on the financial panel
  
• Custom platform: Platform profits are mis-computed. If you make 3 consoles making 50 $ each, then you're going to make 50 + (50 + 50) + (50 + 50 + 50)
  
• Studio employee count: Due to the twitch integration. In fact an employee can get assigned to the same desk more than once because you can hire the same employee more than once. To fix it, unassign all your employees, and assign

Hello folks!

Well, I've dug deeper into the studio generation algorithm to bring you something unique!
It's already available on Steam's unstable branch, so if you want to try it out, go ahead!

To cut a long story short, the Studio Generation algorithm has been overhauled, and several templates have been added. In particular, I've added one that lets you furnish your studios to such an extent that nothing fits in them anymore. The biggest studios can have up to 200 workstations... But don't forget that this is an open-space environment. So if you're going to put that many people in the same office, I'd strongly advise you to leave room for drinks machines, TVs and any other furniture you need to relax. But I've found a way to put 150 employees in a single studio and get 100% happiness by playing with the studio generator options. Which means you can too!

There are other changes in the unstable version, and I really invite you to try it out if you want to see it all.
Next week, I'll be working a little on the Steamdeck part. Namely, adding an option for larger fonts.

Another thing I need to work on is the game-over screen. It's too rough at the moment, so I'm going to rework it.

I've still got 2 bugs to iron out, and otherwise I'm going to continue making tiny visual changes to make the game more comfortable to the eye.

That's all, and it's already pretty good!
Xavier aka Binogure

Default version of the game, we want to make sure to have a chance to discover bugs and adjust the balancing, to give you the best game experience possible.

Access the Unstable branch on Steam by right clicking City Game Studio in your Steam library, and then select ‘Properties’. In the new window, select ‘Betas’. The Unstable branch should now be available for you to choose from.

Please leave any feedback you may have in the appropriate channel in our Discord, or in the subforum on Steam.

As always, remember to be considerate towards players not partaking in the Unstable, in case they want to avoid spoilers.

Please make sure to make backups of your save files before playing.

[h2]Changelog[/h2]
[h3]Feature[/h3]

• Automatic furnishing can generate studios with many more desks than before. To a point where only desks fit in the studio. To the detriment of happiness, as always.

[h3]Custom platforms[/h3]

• Add a new NVMe drive for handheld platforms
  
• Add a new NVMe drive for home platforms

[h3]Bugfix[/h3]

• Financial tab: DLCs tab is blank
  
• Staff: When hiring, firing, unassigning an employee the list is put backward

Hello there!

It's been a wonderful week, and already it's time to tell you about the week's progress and what's coming up next week!

Granted, adding the Twitch integration wasn't easy. I've corrected the few bugs that came to my attention. Now, the integration is working well!
I intend to wait for your feedback before adding more features for Twitch!

[h3]A feedback that doesn't go unnoticed[/h3]
A player reported a curious bug. Some of the game's buttons weren't working properly. So I looked into the matter this week. And I discovered another problem: these buttons are used everywhere in the game. As a result, if that button has a bug, the game becomes unplayable.
Needless to say, I spent the time it took to understand the problem and to fix it.
It turns out to be a synchronization problem. Although the vast majority of us don't encounter any problems with the game's buttons, some less powerful or less fortunate PCs systematically do! So thanks to whoever pointed out the bug.
The algorithm for managing these buttons has been completely overhauled. And as an unexpected consequence, this fix has made the game a little smoother. So that's good news.

I've also started to revise the studio furnishings. It's now possible to exceed the game's recommended limit and put in more desks than the game suggests. This comes with a price - studio happiness - but it's a start. I know that the next feature that's expected is to be able to copy a studio. And that's what I've started to do, but haven't finished yet.

I hope to finish it by next week, and on top of that, I'll be adding components to the consoles!

Thanks for reading and see you soon!
Xavier aka binogure

Default version of the game, we want to make sure to have a chance to discover bugs and adjust the balancing, to give you the best game experience possible.

Access the Unstable branch on Steam by right clicking City Game Studio in your Steam library, and then select ‘Properties’. In the new window, select ‘Betas’. The Unstable branch should now be available for you to choose from.

Please leave any feedback you may have in the appropriate channel in our Discord, or in the subforum on Steam.

As always, remember to be considerate towards players not partaking in the Unstable, in case they want to avoid spoilers.

Please make sure to make backups of your save files before playing.

[h2]Changelog[/h2]
[h3]Feature[/h3]

• Automatic furnishing to generate denser studios at the expense of happiness