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]Twitch[/h3]

• Twitch viewers ain't sync to their specialties

[h3]Mod maker[/h3]

• Mod maker button is greyed out when first opening the mod menu panel

[h3]Bugfix[/h3]

• Animated toggle button: Can make the game unplayable

Hello everyone,

I'm rereading last week's devlog and I realize that I didn't do what I promised.
Instead, I fixed quite a few bugs. The most notable was the one that allowed you to create a new save slot, but renamed the company by adding +1 to its name.

I also worked on the game engines. You pointed out to me that engines became obsolete quickly, and that the penalty for updating an engine could be too severe. So I've revised this part and within Steam's unstable branch you can now, for engines that have a penalty, rewrite the existing code to cancel that penalty. Obviously, I want to do things right, so the cost of the rewrite depends on the difficulty. And of course, it's moddable. The mod maker has been updated and what's more, it's backward compatible. In short, I've taken my time to make something that's just right for you.

In terms of quality of life, I've also added two buttons when you close the game while you're playing. These are: return to main menu without saving, and exit the game without saving. Well, I should have considered it sooner, but it's done.

That's what I worked on last week, and next week I'll have to work on the studio part. In other words, improving the quality of studio life (generations, management...).

I've still got a few other things I'd like to work on to make the game nicer, but I'll tell you about them next week!

Until then, take care.
Binogure aka Xavier

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]Twitch[/h3]

• Add option to set the polling time (default 60 secs, 10, 15, 30, 60, 120, 300)
  
• Add tooltip to twitch button
  
• You cannot rename a viewer
  
• Viewers can show emoji hover their head (heart or tears)

[h3]Misc[/h3]

• Add a button to the exit menu to go back to the main menu without saving
  
• Add a button to the exit menu to quit without saving
  
• Game engine: Add a rewrite button to deal with legacy code. So you don't have to create a new engine.
  
• Update the difficulty selection panel regading new difficulty options.

[h3]Mod maker[/h3]

• Add a new parameter for the game engine creation

[h3]Bugfix[/h3]

• Recruits were not generated correctly
  
• Custom platform: might returns more unit than it sells.
  
• Custom platform: there's a bug in total unit sold
  
• Duplicating a save slot rename your company by adding +1

Hello all!

There's already been some positive feedback regarding the next update. In fact, you can try out the update by going to Steam's unstable branch.
Feedback has been very positive, and that's great to see.

Twitch integration is coming along nicely, and this week I'm going to start working on the actions viewers can have when they've been recruited by the streamer.
I'm planning to add a couple of animations, like displaying emojis on the employee's head. Another is the ability to change the employee's appearance.

When I'm done with the Twitch integration, I'll get down to overhauling the store. I say overhaul, but it's more a question of adding features.
First, studios can be automatically furnished more densely. This means you can have over 100 desks in a single studio without having to place them by hand.
I think you're going to like this new feature.
Secondly, if time permits, I'm going to add the ability to duplicate studio layout. How the player can do this still needs to be defined, before I even look at how to do it in-game.

It's all hard work, and that's why updates take time.
See you next week for the rest.

Have a great weekend!
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]Twitch[/h3]

• Viewers can help naming games
  
• Viewers can help naming engines
  
• Viewers can help naming remasters
  
• Viewers can help naming convention centers
  
• Viewers can help naming universities
  
• Viewers can help naming consoles
  
• Viewers can help naming the digital store

[h3]i18n[/h3]

• Add UK translations (Thanks to TheCyberAngel)