Ahoy, office mates! As spring arrives, so does a breath of fresh air for your bustling workspace. As the days grow longer and flowers bloom, we bring you an invigorating update to help your office flourish!
This update brings improvements to the Teams feature, adds the option to merge connected building into a single bigger building and also includes various bug fixes.
Most notable is the fact that you can now set and customize uniforms for teams, that then gets applied to all team members. It's limited to hats for now, but we're planning to add customizable shirts and possibly pants as well.
The rooms that are assigned now also have an icon in the top-left corner of them to indicate the fact.
And another feature that we're hoping will bring value to you is the option to merge buildings. When you have buildings that are right next to each other then you just need to click on a tile where a separating wall is on and then click on the "Merge connected buildings" menu option. It will not cost your company any additional funds.
We also want to thank everyone who's been sending their bug reports and feedback! Thanks to that we've managed to fix a number of problem areas this time around. We appreciate your assistance in this very much!
Patch notes
Version 0.6.4: * Added an option to merge connected buildings * Added a room icon that indicates when the room has been assigned to a team * Implemented team uniform customization, specifically hats * Introduced color picker for team hats * Removed the Teams popup tab from the tutorial * Improved several character biography sentences * Fixed bear head sprite rendering issue in the CV list * Fixed game crash when setting Twitch settings with empty number field values * Fixed game crash related to furniture category checking * Fixed game crashing when submitting projects with Level 10 employees * Fixed game crashing when loading savegame info fails * Fixed mouse scroll issue for team list after adding people to a team in the team popup * Added support for mods to add new printers to the game more easily
Teamwork update - Version 0.6.3
Ho ho ho! It's been a while, but the jolly old work continues.
Santa has generously provided a gift of update for everyone, bringing a sense of teamwork and productivity this holiday season!
This update adds a new feature/concept to the game - Teams! You can now create Teams, assign your employees to them as you see fit, and then assign those teams to certain rooms in your office, thus giving you more control over how your employees make their decisions at work.
The current implementation of teams also specifically affects work related tasks of the employees. For example:
Managers with the Self-managing perk only assign their teammates to projects
Secretaries only assist their teammates and only manage paperwork in the rooms their teams have been assigned to
Janitors and Handyworkers only work in the rooms where their teams have been assigned to
You're not obligated to use the teams to run your office, and if you choose not to, the employees will just behave like they've been in previous versions of the game. However, it is a useful tool in your box of making things run more efficiently once your company grows past a certain size.
What's next?
There are still some ways I can see I could improve the feature and I hope to do just that in the next few smaller updates.
For one, I'd like to add a visual indicator to let players know which rooms have been assigned to teams. At the moment you can manually sort of color-code your rooms with wallpaper and flooring, but that's probably not ideal. I'm also thinking it would be great if you'd be able to select uniforms for teams, so you can recognize who's who more easily.
I can imagine some players would also like to have control over which kitchen or toilet certain employees use, so that's another feature that I'm considering adding. And perhaps a way to make certain rooms totally off limits to employees who are not assigned to those rooms.
A bit further ahead I'm also looking to add a new campaign level and finally start properly tackling the beast of a feature that is making it possible to create and sell your own products.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Patch notes
Version 0.6.3:
Added support for creating and managing teams of employees
Added Teams tab to the Staff popup
Added assigning teams to rooms
Version 0.6.2
Added the option to upgrade chairs and tables in the furniture context menu
Lowered the price of buildings and rooms
Added the option to sort employees by loyalty
Added the option to sort projects by their current stage
Added search and sorting to employee assignment popup
Added darker edges for snowy roofs
Added the snowy gravel tile
Improved wallpaper and flooring sprites
Improved rendering order of tiles
Improved stairs related pathfinding
Version 0.6.1:
Updated demo
Fixed game crashing when sandbox mode money field is empty
Fixed game crashing during lighting calculations
Fixed game crashing when an employee reaches level 10
Added support for furniture higher than one floor
Added stairs furniture item
Office Management 101 Dreamhack Beyond stream
We're happy to announce that Office Management 101 has been selected to be part of the Dreamhack Beyond Steam event kicking off on May 31st. The game will be 33% off during the event and we also have an up to date demo available.
We've scheduled livestreams for Dreamhack Beyond, so you're very welcome to come hang out with the developer and see the newest gameplay. The first stream goes live on June 1st at 12pm EST. See you there!
Secretary update - Version 0.6
In the biggest update since the Early Access launch of Office Management 101 we bring you a whole new job type - The Secretary! They can submit your finished contract work for you, reduce paperwork and with a Tidy perk they will even organize the paperwork lying around everywhere.
Version 0.6 also includes new background music, new wallpaper choices, new flooring, new furniture and a new character head.
I would also like to express our appreciation for everyone who has put their faith in us and opted into the Early Access of Office Management 101! All your feedback and comments have been of immeasurable value to us! Thank you so much!
Patch notes
Version 0.6:
Added the Secretary job
Added Secretary specific perk Tidy
Added new background music - Piecharts
Added a Momma Bear head for employees
Added new flooring - Wood planks and Beige panels
Added new wallpapers - Sandstone brick, Temple brick and Wood plank texture
Added new furniture - Green glass divider and Black counter table
Fixed Workshop mods crashing the game when they weren't downloaded after subscribing to them
Version 0.5.20
Improved scripting support for mods
Contract search failed email now suggests to improve relations with the client
Disabled bankruptcy warning newspaper article for sandbox savegames that were started before before bankruptcy was enabled
Fixed Self-managing perk interrupting work even when there's no need to assign people to a task
Version 0.5.19
Fixed some savegames not loading with the error message "n must be positive"
Added looming bankruptcy articles to sandbox mode
Added a bankruptcy game over dialog
Version 0.5.18
Version 0.5.18 brings improvements for making bigger buildings that span multiple floors. The new Level 5 full size window panels make it possible to combine them into skyscraper-like glass walls.
Changes:
Improved window furniture rendering to enable various shapes of windows
Added bigger Level 5 windows
Made it easier to make smaller rooms than 2x2
Enabled bankruptcy in sandbox mode (only affects new savegames)
Improved mod support for adding new jobs
Fixed the loyalty of CEO decreasing in some cases
Fixed not being able to place furniture and blueprint on second floor if there was an employee downstairs on the same coordinates
Version 0.5.17
The tooltips in the change flooring dialog now show proper names of the choices
Added a screen pan sensitivity slider to the controls settings
Employee speech bubble now shows an icon when they're going home or want to go home
Added job descriptions under the employee biographies in the CV browsing list
Added a furniture repair button to the context menu
Fixed the tombstone not being generated when an employee dies
Fixed Paperwork Shredder mod freezing after long use
Steam Workshop integration now live!
With the release of version 0.5.16 alpha Steam Workshop integration is now open for everyone!
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For starters a much requested Paperwork Shredder can be subscribed to. Hate all the paperwork piling up? You can now easily get rid of it with this mod! After subscribing to the mod in the Workshop you can enable it in the game Settings and Mods menu.
If you're interested in creating and sharing your own mods check out our wiki for some instructions. A good place to get additional help is to ask in the #modding channel of our Discord. We're looking forward to seeing what the community can come up with!
Patch notes
Version 0.5.16 (released 2022-03-22):
Added a stapler item
Made red brick pillars placeable indoors so they don't block building expansion
Made stacks of paper not block the path of employees
Add multifloor support to all maps
Lowered the price of additional lots in Tulev Street Office map
New contracts are now expanded by default in Projects popup list
Fixed spelling mistake in the "National debt doubled" newspaper article
Fixed snowfall sprite glitch
Fixed managers finding 2 contracts at a time in Tulev Street Office scenario
Fixed game crashing when trying to upload a mod to Steam Workshop without selecting one first
