Hey there owners! Spring is upon us, flowers are blooming, birds are chirping, and games are 50% off. (Well at least ours is…) A great occasion to update it (and you), so you know what we’ve been working on these past weeks. We've listened to your feedback and worked on what you wanted us to change, so we hope you'll like it! We have another update coming, so feel free to continue giving us your feedback and share with us what you’d like to see in the game going forward, here on steam or on our social media and discord.
Anyway, here’s what’s up!
Bug fixes
Reported by the communities:
Achievement issue - Rectified an issue related to achievement “Endgame”; completing level 9 or 10 after already finishing level 11 will now correctly unlock the achievement for completing all levels.
Campaign level “These suits are made for rolling” - Fixed a bug that prevented bartenders from refilling bars.
Campaign level “These suits are made for rolling” - Resolved a bug that prevented engaging in small talk with the pit boss in the "These Suits Are Made for Rolling" level.
Campaign level “These suits are made for rolling” - Corrected an issue with the 'V.I.P.'s subtask of the ‘No Horns, All Class' mission where the objective couldn’t be completed.
Campaign level “These suits are made for rolling” - Fixed a bug causing visitors to stop arriving in the “These Suits Are Made for Rolling” mission.
Building - Rectified an issue regarding doors; moving a door could previously result in deleting adjacent walls.
Building - Corrected problems with walls in the basement that could obstruct doors when building adjacent rooms.
Building - Fixed a duplication issue with doors: doors may have been duplicated when moving areas.
Other:
Fixed multiple overflowing/truncated text issues in the menus and UIs.
Multiple localization fixes, particularly for Korean, Japanese, and traditional Chinese.
Addressed several exceptions that may have been unnoticed by players but should enhance overall stability.
Resolved various animation issues.
Completed remaining adjustments on the sandbox research trees (research rewards prices, marketing effort cooldowns…).
Adjusted a small portrait inconsistency in the UI, where Kat's portrait would erroneously appear instead of Ziggy's.
New items available: Lunar New Year celebration!
Hello there owners!
Lunar New year is upon us, and we’re glad to be starting the Year of the Dragon with you! We know a big part of our players are from China, and we wanted you to be able to expand your celebrations to the game. Which is why we added new items to the game!
You’ll be able to add this cute dragon statue to your Casino and these sweet lanterns to your walls. To add to the fun, a new patch is coming to the game in a few days, so also stay tuned for that…
Just click on the catalog and search for Lunar "NewYear”, "Dragon" or "Lantern" to see the new items.
✨Hope you enjoy them and we wish you a very happy dragon year! ✨
The Homo Ludens Team.
Steam workshop Support is now available
Capitalism and Economy Fest - Enjoy 50% off the game!
If you still don't own our cozy management game, don't worry. This event is the perfect opportunity to finally get it.
Until Jan 15th (10 AM PST), we are participating in the Capitalism and Economy Fest, celebrating games focusing on cash. Well, for some it doesn’t sound sexy, but tycoons are all about investing and expanding your creations to become even better and create even more profitable and beautiful things. And who wouldn’t want a big majestic casino full of happy animals spending their money? right? And remember, in Blooming Business: Casino, Tony the VIP expects a lot from you…
Get Blooming Biz at 50% off. Plus, we are launching a major update for this occasion. Read below.
Enjoy now the Steam workshop!
It’s finally here! We are really happy to finally launch the Steam Workshop for Blooming Business: Casino, the perfect opportunity to create and share your content! Pick up Unity and get access to the same tools as the team to make your own custom items, decorations, and characters. And that’s all we want for a management game! Share with the community and benefit from what others create to expand the elegant and gleeful world.
Join the Steam Workshop here and subscribe to the mods!
You will need to get there and read the documentation we made available for you!
We made available 4 mods for you.
Wolf Mod
This mod will add a wolf skin/appearance for all your clients in Blooming Business: Casino. Wolves are beautiful animals, aren’t they? So why won’t you give them a chance in your casino? (If you see a few aliens wandering around, that’s not normal, but so are aliens…).
FPS Mod
This mod lets you play Blooming Business: Casino in the first person! After the grand opening of your casino, walk around with your clients in a first-person view! It is the perfect mod to enjoy and walk among the inhabitants of the revisited world of Las Venas. Admire the sceneries and casinos you created. Also, a great opportunity to see all those cute animals from very close! • Beware, this mod is not ideal if you want to manage, edit, or decorate your casino. You can just walk around. You should go back to the original view for that. • Click "space" to jump • "Shift" to run • Left click to take the stairs • Don’t try to jump on the bus, you may end up lost in space…
Add a new arcade machine
This mod adds a new arcade machine to complement your arcade game areas! Because we never have enough variety. Add this mod for your customers' greatest enjoyment!
Reskinned Slot machine
This mod reskinned the basic slot machine in Blooming Business: Casino as a Games Made in France slot machine! Themed the slot machine as you want and give them a unique sense of fashion with the mod tool!
Join our community Discord to chat with the team and discuss with other players!
Steam Capitalism and Economy Fest
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate… 💰Money💰. Granted, not the most sexy subject for a festival and yet, a lot of us LOVE management games: building a business from the ground and making it a profitable one.
This year, Blooming Business: Casino has been selected to participate in the Steam Capitalism and Economy Fest, which celebrates games about and around the big bucks. We might not be the biggest fans of the capitalism system IRL, but we admit it does have the ground for fun video games, and we loved playing around its flaws to make a quirky satirical Casino management game. We did wanna criticize the casino business while still making it a good management game, and we hope this is exactly how you see it!
Steam Capitalism and Economy Fest will take place from January 8th to the 15th, and we might have some few surprises in store for the occasion, so stay tuned till next week! 👀
Winter Sales 2023, get our cozy management game at 50% off!
Discover or return to Las Venas and its cute inhabitants!
Blooming Business: Casino is the perfect warm relaxing management game for the winter season.
It is a satiric tycoon criticizing the casino business. You run the casino, you handle the drama. Design, build, and run your business in a world full of animals and drama. Your mission is to revive a run-down casino, complete quests and manage your clientele. As you gain income and reputation you’ll advance through the ranks, from the dusty desert to the heights of Las Venas.
Want a tip?
A few month ago, we shared a guide to familiarize yourself with the game. You can read all about it on the gamer. We've also written guides here on Steam.
WINTER UPDATE ! New free items and game update #PATCH 6 NOTES
Dear Owners,
Winter items
Ahead of the Winter Holidays, we're thrilled to announce a new free update for the game with extra decorative objects!
We've added 5 new items to the game that you can find in the catalog by filtering with the theme "Winter"! Enjoy the Rabbit Snowman, Festive tree, Sleigh, Festive Wreath and Decoration.
A new Winter Holiday musical theme has been added to the game
We've themed our main menu to give you a special winter feeling, enjoy a lightly snow-covered Las Venas
To find the newly added items, use the filter "Winter" in the catalog!
And that's not all, read below to learn more about the free game update! Happy holiday season!!
Features additions & rework
In this update, we also included plenty of reworks and additions asked by the community, bug fixes and quality-of-life improvement! Happy reading!
Esc can now close the catalog - Top community request!
New sounds for bartender animations
New animations' sounds
New enhanced audio mix
Floors visual harmonization
Basic carpet renaming for easier workflow + floor updates
Blooming Business: Casino is a cosy management games where you build and manage a casino full of cute but demanding animal clients.
IndieDB's Indie Game of the Year 2023!
Hey there owners! It's time for the Indie Game of the year!
For the 14th time, IndieDB is organizing the Indie of the Year Awards, a celebration of the year's finest indie games chosen by the players!
- Phase 1 Nominations Begin: NOW! - Phase 2 The TOP 100: 11th December - Editors Choice Award: 22nd December - Players Choice Best Unreleased: 27th December - Players Choice Indie of the Year: 29th of December
We'd be very greatful if we could have your vote so we could maybe reach the top! One quick click for you, a big help for us.
We are really pleased to announce the arrival of the Steam Workshop for Blooming Business: Casino. It has been in our plans from the beginning and we’re very happy to finally be able to launch it. Cannot wait for the January full release? You can apply to test the mods ahead of the official launch.
The workshop will be made available to everyone.
You will need to join the community hub, wait for the Steam workshop launch, and subscribe to the mods made available thanks to our devs!
We have prepared a few surprises for you 🐺🐺🐺 ! We hope you will like the mods we created to get you started!
It is a first for us, and we are really eager to have you jump on board and try it yourself. We will allow any motivated players to implement their ideas in our game using the same tools we used to build it. Unity is available for free and allows, thanks to the project architecture, to edit the vast majority of the game data.
You will be available to add new objects with their own rules, new animations or even new characters!
Share with the community and benefit from what others create to expand the elegant and gleeful world.
Want to test the modding ahead of the official launch?!
Join our community Discord, head over to the Announcement channel, and apply! We will give instructions in the coming days to test a few mods and try to do your own!!
We are participating in Indie Live Expo Winter 2023!
Nominate Blooming Business: Casino for the Steam Awards 2023 🐦
Nominations ends today on Nov 28th @10AM Pacific.
Dear Owners, the Steam Awards nomination are here! Nominate our cosy Blooming Business: Casino for the
'Sit Back and Relax' category
Blooming Business: Casino strives to offer a wholesome experience. We think tycoon’s main emotion is the joy of building. Our game aims to give you a lot of freedom and let you interact with your creations directly, making the game a nice place to spend time in.
Las Venas is filled with cute, charming animals, meet unique VIPs which you can interact with and learn more about over time, uncovering their backstories, needs, goals and desires.
We focus on offering a relaxing and low stakes gameplay pace, with a non-competitive game and very forgiving losing conditions. We hope you appreciate our colorful and elegant world!
Stay tuned for upcoming announcement, we have a few surprises for you!!
