Game Tycoon 2, Major update to 1.1 released for PC!
Here is the changelog:
New:
- after released a game, in the magazine can be shown, how popular the used technologies are for the release-year. There is now a second page, you can view them (user suggestion)
- in the overview of games, bugs now will be shown in the PC in x,x%, because until now, sometimes games could be patched, which have 0% (but they have 0,x%!), (user suggestion)
- Spanish translation was added
- when I develope a new concept, the latest engine is selected (user suggestion)
- a trend arrow was added to the stock-chart
- added new furnitures to the home area
- with a new button now all employees can be added to a selected project (user suggestion)
- filter to sort emplyees on the employee-board (user suggestion)
- a game for more systems is now grouped in the storage (user suggestion)
- pressing ALT will highlight all interactive objects in a scene (user suggestion)
- when there will be new technologies or features in the research area, the category will be marked (user suggestion)
- added small trend arrows behind the technologies and the systems (user suggestion)
- finished contracts can be viewed (user suggestion)
- all purchased licenses can be viewed (user suggestion)
- in the storage there is now an info of the sales last month
- more buttons to pay larger amounts on passbook
Fixed:
- in the market magazine, in the year 2017, only two systems was shown, but there are more for this year
- if you didn't select a contract-sorting and go back, the dropdown is still there
- some texts were cut off
- mission 15 was passed, after attend 2 x 2 exhibitions, instead of 3 x 2
- after patching a game, the vertical scroll alignment was reseted. Now it's at the same position (user suggestion)
- in the PC, when going back from the technology screen and then forward, sometimes some features was still selected
- the stock trend icon was blurred
- after loaded a saved game, click pause, load another game, the game has the same speed
- some spelling mistakes
- missing values in the financial statement at the end of the year (user suggestion)
- costs for (content) patches was not added to the costs of a game (user suggestion)
- not all values will be shown in the stats (user suggestion)
- after loading a game, one object in the home area was wrong
- after change the company into a stock-company, the value average of the share is not correct (user suggestion)
Balancing:
- the reputation drops a bit more per month (user suggestion)
- the online sales are to less (user suggestion)
- after making a marketing campaign, the reputation should raise lower (user suggestion)
- the start reputation should be lower. So we change it to 75% (easy) and 50% (hard) (user suggestion)
- the share for distribution and publishing contracts should be a bit higher (user suggestion)
- of popular genres, there should be more contract offers (user suggestion)
Major feature update is about to be released shortly
Game Tycoon 2 will soon get a major feature update. The game has already been greatly extended since its release. Then and now, as part of the new update many suggestions of the community have been realized. Soon it will be released on Steam.
The major changes refer to the handling and feedback for the player. For instance, it is possible now to sort the employees. Moreover, the player will get a feedback after the development of a game, revealing how popular used technologies have been in the recent year. It is also possible to play the game now in Spanish. A list of all innovations will be published shortly before the update.
Game Tycoon 2, Linux-version released!
Today the Linux-version of Game Tycoon 2 was released on Steam too. The version contains already all updates to version 1.0.6!
Game Tycoon 2, Mac-version released!
Today the Mac-version of Game Tycoon 2 was released on Steam. The Linux version is about to be released shortly.
The version contains already all updates to version 1.0.6!
Game Tycoon 2, update to 1.0.6 released!
Here is the changelog:
New:
- contracts can be sorted with several options in a drop-down
- before overwrite/delete old savegames where comes a safety question
- manuals in German and English can now be found in the install directory too
Fixed:
- loading/saving didn't work on a handful PCs, should work now.
- antialiasing in options couldn't be saved
- the trash was moved away from the load/save-button in the load/save menu
- engines can be planned without use a technology
Balancing:
- bugs number was different in the stats in the PC and on the top left info area
- minimum royalty in contracts was set a bit higher
- sales of publisher-contracts was changed a bit
- engine prices was a bit more balanced
- the minimum for save contracts was raised a bit
Known problem:
- on a few PCs the game starts on the right screen. In this case, the right one is the first one. Simple to change: Press ALT+RETURN, move the window to the left screen, press again ALT+RETURN and it will be there, even with the next starts.
NOTE: Savegames from versions 1.0 can be used in this version. Simply rename the "endlessData.gt2s" in the game directory on Steam and into this format:
"endlessData_Name_HH-MM-SS-DD-MM-YYYY.gt2s" - for example: "endlessData_Money_15-21-40-18-04-2016.gt2s" - this file was created on 18th of April 2016, at 15:21:40. Use the current time and you see it in the loading screen after start a game.
Important: Only savegames from version 1.0 are compatible. All earlier savegames (from Early Access versions) can't be used. All later save-games will be shown automatically.
Game Tycoon 2, update to 1.0.5 released!
We appreciate the feedback that we got at release and we take it very serious. That is why we have made an update, add important changes and bug fixes. Here is the changelog:
New:
- now up to 10 save game slots each can be used for the campaign and the endless mode
- we've added a navigation bar on the upper right to getting faster into other scenes
- if the balance is minus, it is read
- employees can be fired, even they are in a project. If they are the last need in the project, it will hold then
- after finishing the beta testing the message also include the game name
- the finish date of a project will be displayed in the project-board
- contract minimum quality will be shown when you click on an entry in the upper left area in the contract tab
- thousands will be corrected now in both currencies
Fixed:
- the bug numbers was wrong in PC compared to the upper info area on the left
- set more stars on the gameplay skills does not add more time
- in a special combination it occurs, that projects was finished but employees are still in it and can't be fired too
- if all available engines was sold, no more costs was taken from the balance until there was at least one new
- adding some features into the engine occurs, that no more engines was sold. Features are now available for the engines if the was researched
- minor graphics bugs
- the interests for loans and investments was calculated wrong
- sometimes ratings of opponent games in the magazine was 100%+
- stocks will be sorted alphabetically
- the date of the exhibition was dated even it was before the first chance to attend there
- sales units will be automatically updated in the warehouse and the info area on the upper left
Balancing:
- the patch costs was to high, we've set them lower
- the engine sales was set lower and more realistic
- for distribution contracts there will be higher percentages available
- more contracts from distributor and publisher available
- more sales possible with distribution- and publisher-contracts
- the reputation drops less per month
Changed:
- to become a stock market company now 30 programmer, 20 artists and 10 musicians as full employed are needed, not 20/20/20
- the project board was refreshed
* save-games from earlier versions are not compatible, because of adding more save game slots.
** progress in the tutorials, the campaigns and the start year are compatible.
Update announced
We appreciate the feedback that we got at release and we take it very serious. That is why we will update the game soon and add important changes and bug fixes.
- More save game slots and smaller changes of the UI
- A navigation bar in each location, to get faster to other locations
- Other improvements
- Small changes to game balance
- Small bug fixes
You can read the details in our changelog, when we released the update
Game Tycoon 2, major update to final 1.0 released & leave Early Access!
Game Tycoon 2, major update to final 1.0 released! Also the game leave Early Access!
Patch notes below.
Main features added in this version:
- there will be a box with each released game, which shows the rating of the game and a picture
- there will be a box if a System will be taken from the market soon
- balancing of the complete game
- lot of statistic for each product
New:
- charts can be viewed now for one, six and twelve years
- there will be shown now the headlines for contracts or my contracts
- taxes of earnings at the end of the yes was added and integrated into the balance
- when fired freelancer, they will not get any more money and are directly out
- in the market magazine there will be shown now the popularity of the systems next of the popularity of the genres
- the price of games can be changed after the release in the stock
- an information was added in the stock area, for which price stocks was bought
- when earn money with stocks, 25% of the earning will be paid for taxes
- earnings done with licensing's should be displayed in the balance
- there is now an info, for which system the concept/game is
- some genres now have dependencies
- developers will be getting older and have motivations
- the up-to-date state of own developed engines can be seen now in the PC
- some additional helptexts was added
- later in the game (starting in year 2000) new employees can be hired in the PC too
- the designer-couch has magic functions :)
- in the year 2000 there appear now a message with the news
- there is a text, if you leave the stock-exchange with your company, after your stock was taken from the stock-exchange
- the new features was added to the tutorials
- the passbook at the bank has now various interests per month which can raise or drop
- the volume of other stock-market companies changes now
- there will be a text, after a game was release via the online-server
- if pause-button is active, it flashes now
- games can be sold cheap within six month, if they was not sold before (maybe when produced wrong)
- in the advertising agency there can be shown a market overview of the opponents
- added the last two achievements
Fixed:
- problems with release online-games
- when I close an advertising agreement for one game, I can't do it for another one
- the text for bring the company to the stock market wasn't complete
- when I want to submit a game for a publisher, there wasn't a text if the quality is too low
- games which was released online, will not displayed in the magazine
- sometimes the system was not displayed in the magazine
- after won mission 19, the finish-screen wasn't shown
- when try to reproduce a game with different systems, no systems will be shown
- in the large office the door for the server-room will still be displayed
- after bought the large office and resume the game, it can't be entered and must be bought new
- when played until 1986, then try to start a new game and choose 1985. Then I start in 1984
- the last patch can be done multiple times
- sometimes I can't go back with right click after entering the game store
- sometimes when start a new tutorial some old texts of the advisor will be displayed
- when having a better reputation of 75% in mission 13, the mission is finished directly
- in some situations when entering the menu or the map in the tutorials and go back I can't go on with the tutorials
- the stock exchange doesn't work properly
- after played one year the balance can be chosen when click on the rack on the desk
- the balance should be shown on the last day of the year
- personal costs will not increased after adding platforms/systems or beta-phase to the project
- the employee motivation drops to 0. There's no difference if I spent more holidays and so on
- the balance should be shown only until 1980, when scroll them back
- there should be a space between long names and the age on the bulletin board
- the game can be launched multiple times
- the name of the server room will not be shown in the upper info area
- the year of the exhibition isn't correct in the advertising menu
- an icon is missing on the project-board, if there will be developed an engine
- some graphics does have bad textures
- the plant in the law area was cropped
- the option to buy the large office will not disappear
- in the last month of a year there are no balance movements, so no costs and no earnings
- the price for the engines should be changed with more steps or set detailed
- system and title should be played in a separate field in the magazine
- the big trophy will be shown through the announcement box when rotating
- there is no text, when the concept was finished
- the box of the help-text should be a bit larger
- exhibitions in the USA will be booked without exception
- when negotiate a contract too often, it will be deleted. When try to negotiate the new chosen one, I must choose it again
- the screenshot was not shown clean with the edges in the magazine
- the tutorial dialog window overlaps the pop-up info window
- compilations should only be done with games for the same systems
- after updating the server (technology or virus scanner) it should be up-to-date for awhile
- after re-enter the project-board the current year should be chosen
- too long genres in the upper info-area will be breaked into two lines
- the speech bubble should be a bit smaller
- calculator should be displayed a bit lower
- too long publisher names in the stock will be breaked into two lines
- number of bugs changes after load/save games
- in the production some texts will not be displayed
- only games in already reached years in endless mode can be started
- not each year at the there will appear a balance
- the check will be shown over long names on the production table. All checked items will be shown now with a green background
- when be with the company at the stock market and the stock was delisted, another stock was displayed with the amount of owned stocks of the own
- developer didn't get retired with 68
- after I played a long game, it occur, that I can't resume a game and I get the message, that the save-game is old
- I want to research some features but I get the message, that I must first research other technologies. But there are no more
- later in the game there was only distribution contracts for PC or all systems
- texts in the options are missing
- on some older games in the magazine, there will not be shown any ratings or details sometimes
- at the server only one game can be chosen in the online-publisher menu
- in the passbook it should be possible to pay in larger values faster
- after see the exhibition icon on the map and start a mission, the icon on the map was visible all the time
- in some lists it is not clear, which item was chosen
- an info is missing, when games was released
- when developer have poor satisfaction and leave the company, they are still in the project and work
- online lists are not marked clear
- if I add short before the start of the beta-phase more developer, the game is finished
- from year 2002 to 2004 only three systems will be shown in the market magazine
- on the release-boxes the title isn't in the middle
- if I develop a game and I am in the project-board and delete all developers, the project is on demand, but the beta-start is still there
- the last message in the log is cropped
- the patch button can be used even if there was released the content patch
Changed:
- in the list on the upper left the buttons should be still there even the lists was expand or not
- money done with cheats should only be displayed when cheats was used :)
- the goals of mission 4 and 10 was changed a bit
- engines have now a maximum price and the sales are more balanced
* save-games from earlier versions are not compatible
Game Tycoon 2 is about to leave the Early Access on Friday
On 8th of April 2016 Game Tycoon 2 will leave the Early Access on Steam. The game has been available in the Early Access since October 2015. During this time period, numerous wishes of the community have been realized. However, the development isn’t finished with this final version, yet. The Mac and Linux versions will be released shortly.
Game Tycoon 2, Update to 0.9.0 released!
Game Tycoon 2, Major update to 0.9.0 released! Patch notes below.
Main features added in this version:
- computer-opponents
- finance (bring company to wall street)
- company office (see stats)
- steam-Trading-Cards
- achievements (all without 2!)
- texts proofed
- balancing
- all missions
- French and Italian translation of the game
- with the years the technologies in the game are more or less popular
New:
- start endless game in 1985, 1990 (...) too. Maybe limit to finish a game until this year before
- charts and statistics
- all announcement messages got a new background
- larger office added for more employees
- a small detailed info area is needed which shows current contracts, researched technologies, contracts and game sales
- press-tour
- win and lose missions
- if too long negative balance, you go bankrupt and the game ends
- changed furnishing objects in the offices within the years
- possible to buy a large office and pay no rent
Fixed:
- new artwork in the background of the blackboard at the university
- there are a bit too less information to improve the quality of games
- there is an error in the calculation of the quality of games
- the name of the bank area in the bank was not shown
- there is an error with really large amounts, there the amount change from positive into a negative value
- there is an error of the pushed button in the employee-board in the office
- when try to sell an own engine, it was deleted one month later
- bugfix in the calculation of the quality
- bugfix in the calculation of the score
- sometimes in the magazine the name of the game is wrong
- sometimes magazine scores was 100%+
- in some tutorials you can't go on when going back to the map
- lot of small fixes
Changed:
- tutorial texts shows now more details of raise the quality of games
Known problems:
- in the charts it can be, that you can't go back. Workaround: go to menu, click endless and resume the game. Then you can leave it. (-> v1.0.0)
- with trophies and charts sometimes there are some problems. (-> v1.0.0)
- no all Achievements work, but the most should be (-> v1.0.0)
* save-games from earlier versions are not compatible
