New items available! A spooky surprise for our Halloween update.
ːsteammockingːHello there spooky owners!
Fall time is finally here, we can drink our pumpkin spice lattes under a blanket while watching the leaves fall, and Halloween is right around the corner! Furthermore, it’s also sales time! The game is currently 50% off, if you haven’t bought it yet, now’s the best time to do so.
As for us, we really do love spooky season, so much so that we decided to make you a nice surprise : we’ve added some Halloween themed items for you to decorate your Casinos!
How to find them in your catalog: Just click on the “Halloween” tab to see the new items, as seen in the screenshot. If for some strange reason you don't want them, don't worry, the original items are still there if you change the colour variation.
Hope you enjoy them and we wish you a very spooky Halloween!
How to help us, and indie game studios in general!
Hey there owners! As Blooming Business: Casino players, you’re probably indie game lovers and supporters. And we thank you for that! Buying indie games is the best way to help small studios, and make sure we continue making games you love. As indie studios, we don’t have a big marketing budget to make ourselves known, so most of it comes from players, which is why you are even more important to us. There are so many things that you can do to support your favourite indie games, other than buying them of course, and all of it for free!
Here’s a list of the best ways to support your fav indie games:
The most important of them all… Steam reviews, which we desperately need!
Well, it’s all in the title. Steam reviews might very well be the best way to help an indie game/studio. (Well, apart from buying it, of course).
The more good reviews you get, the more likely players will try your game, Steam will push it on their pages and you'll gain visibility so that potential players find out about your game, because there are A LOT of games on Steam… A good review of a game you like goes a LONG WAY!
But here's the problem: as it is often the case for positive thoughts, there is a silent majority that doesn't think of commenting. We're always more likely to give feedback if we find a problem than if everything is fine…
And as for us, problems we did have when the game came out. It was our very 1st game and a learning experience for us, so we had some balancing, bugs and polishing issues on which players rightfully gave feedback. We worked hard on it, and are confident we now have a smoother running cosy game. We patched the game 5 times in a short period, so our reviews have been a lot better since and we're very happy to see people enjoying the game and recognizing the work we did. But the old reviews are still clouding our overall positive reviews, which is where you can help! We will continue to work on all the feedback you shared with us and respond to your reviews. Stay tuned for more updates!
If you like our game, it would be an amazing help for us if you would leave a positive review. One small step for you, a giant leap for us into having a positive average on Steam and gaining some visibility. Of course, we're not telling you to lie, feel free to give us your honest feedback in any case, that's how we progress. We're also always available for any questions or suggestions you might have!
The power of wishlisting
Indie studios keep asking for this one don’t they? Especially when the game isn’t out yet. Well it’s all about the algorithm yet again! Steam's algorithm pushes the games that already have a lot of wishlists, so for the algorithm to notice a game, it'll already need to have a certain amount of wishlists to gain visibility from the platform. Of course, buying a game is the best way to support it, but sometimes we don’t have the means to buy a game, and it’s perfectly ok. So if you think an indie game looks good, you can support it by wishlisting it, even if you can’t buy it yet or don’t intend to buy it at all, because it’ll help them being broadcasted by Steam. It’s a free and extremely efficient way to help studios!
Taking over Social Media!
Whether it’s liking, sharing, upvoting and most importantly commenting on our posts, it gives us visibility. Even if you have a small account, posts will be seen by your friends, who might want to share it too, and that's how it can get to many views. And well, you know it by now, algorithms love to push content that is already performing, so the more a post is shared, the more it might be seen by people who like similar things.
Of course you're not gonna share everything we post, but if you see a funny/interesting post, feel free to do so. It’s mostly a way for us to broadcast our content and get feedback, because we’re not AAA studios and can’t afford ad campaigns.
As for commenting… people will tell you that comments help your referencing scores, which is true, but most importantly: criticism helps us to know how to improve the game, and support boosts us to do a good job. Feel free to tell us everything you think: if it’s constructive criticism, it will help us know which features to work on, if it’s compliments,it will give us a nice confidence boost that will make us work even harder!
Join the discords
Small studios or games often have discords to help us communicate with our communities. You can usually chat with other players, but also the devs, participate in playtests, and overall help shape the game and its community.
To be perfectly candid, discord communities help us make our games better. This is where players give us the most feedback (along with the steam community pages), and where they send us screenshots of their beautifully decorated casinos (which is something we love seing). But it’s also a good way to talk with other players and get help with potential problems you might have playing the game.
So if you’d like an occasion to talk to the devs and try out games before they’re out or even finished, join indie dev discords. It’s also usually very positive and helpful communities!
TL;DR
The best way to help your favourite indie game studios… Well it’s buying the game. But there are also a lot of free ways to support us, whether it’s wishlisting, reshare/comment on social media, join the discords… But most importantly : leave positive reviews on steam.
Steam reviews help us being seen by more people who might buy the game and in their turn give good reviews. It’s all about communities and dialog. And we can’t help to hear your feedback!
Livestream for DreamHack Beyond Summer Indie Showcase
Streaming live on Steam on the 23rd of Aug.
We're happy to announce our participation in the DreamHack Beyond Summer Indie Showcase. For the event, we will be streaming live with our community manager and Live Ops director !
We will be streaming live on Steam on Wednesday 23rd of Aug, 11am CET. Come watch us and ask your questions!
Follow us on Twitch and Discord
You can also follow us on Twitch, as we will stream the behind the scene regularly!
In the meantime, you can reach out to us and provide your feedback via our Discord.
Thank you for your support boss!
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LATEST UPDATES & TOP TIPS
Dear Owners,
Thank you for your continuous support; it’s been an amazing journey since we launched our first game and the team has worked hard with our community on so many improvements. We hope you enjoy the game!
KEY IMPROVEMENTS SINCE LAUNCH
If you want to learn more about the latest updates, please find below links to all the key patches we’ve released since launch.
We greatly improve the mission objectives clarity and the game balancing. We added many translation and UI improvement in all languages. Thanks to your continuous feedback, we also fixed campaign issues.
We encourage you to continue sharing your thoughts and feedback on the game on the Steam community forum or on our official Discord!
Thank you!
Summer Sale 2023
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We’re happy to release a new patch update for Blooming Business: Casino! Please find below a summary covering its content and main improvements. The update is now available to all Blooming Business: Casino players on Steam.
Thanks to everyone for their support; we hope you will continue enjoying playing our game as much as we enjoy working on improving it for you!
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS
Tons of translation and UI improvements in all languages
Optimised pathfinding to prevent crashes when there are large amount of clients present
Mission objective tooltips now remain on-screen even when you earn money. We published a short guide to identify tooltips here.
You can now paint over walls with the same pattern using a different colour
Walls are being constructed upon placing an Area next to a fence or a door
Save name are now capped in length to prevent display and performance issues
The "back to city map" button automatically creates a save
Break room beauty score now increases with duplicate items
You can no longer drop clients to the basement 😊
BUG FIXES
Fixed an issue with cookies unlocking prematurely in level 4 “These Suits are made for Rolling”
Fixed graphical glitches with overlapping wall decorations and missing floor tiles
Fixed an issue with listing previously sold attraction themes in the area recruitment panel
Fixed an issue with VIPs going to the Cashier Cage multiple times before leaving
Fixed an issue with attractions changing position when deleted during cancelled area edit
Fixed the short freeze that occurred after selecting an area for the first time of starting any mission
Fixed an issue with dishes disappearing from lounge tables after loading a save
You can no longer place an attraction to another floor by cancelling a move
You can no longer select and place unlocked attractions
Bouncer options are only available after hiring one
Vending machines can't be used during a blackout
Removed Trucker client type from level 8 “Infernal Affairs”
SANDBOX MODE
Removed Card Game and Lounge Area research as they are already unlocked in the creative mode
Fixed an issue with the "Freshcupofjoecan'thurtcanit" research not affecting employees
Fixed an issue with clients getting drunk on alcohol free drinks 😊
The Blooming Business: Casino team
PATCH #4 NOTES
Dear Owners,
We’ve just released a new patch, now available to all Blooming Business: Casino Steam players.
This update includes loads of important balancing and mission objective improvements that we’ve been working on, based on player feedback and analytics.
It also includes some general improvements and bug fixes listed below:
SANDBOX MODE
Sandbox hardcore mode difficulty has been increased
You can now get a loan in Sandbox mode, and failing to repay it leads to a game over.
Fixed an issue with the number of clients sometimes exceeding the selected limit in sandbox mode
Fixed an issue with the “Employee Happiness training” research effect being applied without it having been unlocked in the creative mode (sandbox mode)
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS
Improved visual effect on bribed clients and employees
Pressing the 'Cancel' button now cancels all actions taken during Area Edit mode
Added objective progress counter to applicable levels that lacked it
Mobster type clients now visits the casino during level 3, Welcome to Welfaradise!
Research tooltips now remain on-screen when gaining insight points
Dialogue display speed is now based on text length in Asian languages
BUG FIXES
Fixed an issue with tutorial controls not reflecting the proper keyboard layout on non-QWERTY keyboards
Fixed an issue with tooltips from dialogues options remaining on the cursor
Fixed an issue when VIPs sometimes didn't leave the casino when they should, sometimes blocking mission progress
Fixed an issue with placing doors outside of walls when editing the size of the area
Glass wall textures are now properly rendered in building mode
We are continuing to focus our efforts on making the game as best as it can be! Thank you to everyone contributing to this effort by sending feedback and support.
The Blooming Business Team
PATCH #3 NOTES
We’ve just released a new patch for Blooming Business: Casino; this patch is now available on Steam for all players and covers the following improvements:
In level 1, “Insert Coin”, we added one mission in the tutorial to teach about how to rotate objects
In level 2 “A Cog in the Mob” and 3 “Welcome to Welfaradise”, missions asking to check specific client types information is now validated as well if the client type panel is accessed via shortcuts
In level 3 “Welcome to Welfaradise”, the mission "Get bouncers to sort cheaters at the entrance" task is now completed after simply hiring a Bouncer
In level 6 “See You Later InvestiGator!”, fixed an issue with the "Call Jim" marketing effort massively raising expenses. This research grants the casino with infinite electricity! Bonus lasts 4 days.
Fixed an issue which prevented in rare instances from giving orders to Pit Bosses
In both campaign and sandbox modes, fixed layout issues in some levels where camera bounds were too tight and didn't allow to freely navigate in the whole level space
In the sandbox mode: fixed an issue that was preventing some decorations from being unlocked in endless mode
Balancing improvement and mission clarity rework
We also worked on various balancing improvements in all of 11 campaign missions’ levels to ease mission flow clarity.
Our team continues to work hard on improving the game based on player feedback and analytics. A massive thank you to our lovely community for their feedback and support, it’s helping us greatly with prioritizing work and improving the game for everyone to enjoy even more!
Thank you for everyone for your continuous support, we’re so thrilled of all the feedback and love we’ve received since launch.
Please find below a summary that covers all the issues we’ve addressed in this Patch #2, available now for all Blooming Business: Casino players on Steam.
Made 'Creative' the default option in sandbox mode menu. As a reminder, there are two ways to play the Sandbox:
"Creative", choose between all the different possible casinos from the campaign levels. Set your difficulty, money, number of clients etc. Everything is unlocked from the start. You can choose the client types and VIPs you want and freely build and decorate as you wish.
"Endless", For those who want a bit more challenge. Choose your starting casino, set your difficulty, money, number of clients. Beware, here, you will have to unlock the research tree to have access to all the management bonuses, items, etc.
Level finished / Game over vault now shows the correct value
Fixed an issue where the game was freezing when exiting the Mission to the City Map
Fixed a crash that was happening in 'The Cozyno' level for some users
Fixed spawn condition descriptions on the casino client type information screen
Fixed various Pit Boss related issues including:
The 'Lounge Desk' menu can now be accessed after the user starts again the mission while a Pit Boss is executing an order
‘Pit Boss' floor assignment stays the same when they move between the floors
We’re continuing to work on improving the game and address player feedback that we receive. Don’t hesitate to join our Discord to chat with the dev team and continue sharing your suggestions.
We hope you will continue to enjoy playing Blooming Business: Casino!
