• Added glass and railing type fences
  

• Fixed splitting room with rectangle room tool being more expensive than using free angle tool
  
• Fixed quarter turn stairs that wrap around wall mistakingly being re-parented to adjacent room on load
  
• Fixed bugged insulation calculation from last patch
  

Patch notes

• Large windows will now merge with other adjacent large windows across room corners at or below 90 degrees
  
• Pre-marketing tasks are now shown for project management tasks
  
• Added more info to development progress detail window about requirements and unqualified employees
  
• Made shortcut list animation more obnoxious since people still aren't noticing it
  
• Added visualization to see where rooms are in basement when viewing ground floor and vice versa
  

• Fixed game breaking after undoing merging a pillar and a room using wall drag tool
  
• Fixed windows and doors not snapping to a wall when wall is about 1 meter wide and diagonal at a grid intersection using standard building grid
  
• Fixed cases of being able to clone rooms on top of one another in certain circumstances
  
• Fixed thumbnail generator in furniture editor broke in last patch
  
• Take-over notification now differentiates between whether company was bought out or went bankrupt
  
• Fixed not being able to select security cameras when ceiling furniture is hidden
  
• Fixed conveyor belts being turned off on a custom rentable map
  

In this update

Patch notes for Beta 1.2.2

• Added 3 tiers of conveyor belts for building tight assembly lines
  
• Added ability to highlight all boxes on the premises related to a printing job
  
• Split up "Select furniture types in rooms" to make it more useful for seleting specific furniture
  
• Added warning when conveyor belts are facing each other
  
• Improved work progress detail window
  
• You can now reload a single furniture mod with the RELOAD_FURNITURE_MOD command
  

• Fixed door signs sometimes being visible on lower floors
  
• Fixed subsidiaries being able to open digital stores
  
• Fixed not gaining access to add-ons when taking over project management projects
  
• Employees will no longer offset their arrival times due to slow commutes by more than 4 hours, since some saves had people arriving 27 hours early
  
• Fixed game thinking work was missing applicable employees due to active iteration in alpha phase
  
• Fixed game not highlighting project management tasks when issues popped up referring to tasks in project management
  
• Updates and add-ons are now considered when determining how long it's been since player's last release in a software category
  
• Employees will now try to arrive near a lounge in case there are no applicable team rooms or PCs
  
• Fixed creating new company in a custom building would set that building as auto-save target and break it on save
  
• Fixed being able to use server group that doesn't exist by moving into building with servers from the future on the premises
  
• Fixed using arrow keys to change slider values in furniture editor not moving by 1% increments for some sliders
  
• Fixed not being able to edit new alt styles in furniture editor until reload
  
• Fixed being able to release distribution platforms as consumer products by assigning it to a subsidiary
  

Patch notes

• Overhauled digital distribution so all companies can open their own store and digital products have to be sold through them
  
• Digital distribution platforms now require software to be developed and maintained for them
  
• Player can make exclusivity offers to only sell a product in their store
  
• Separated digital distribution and manufacturing tasks into 2 windows
  
• Moved utility interface from finance window to its own window
  
• Overhauled main bottom button panel and added new Logistics category (Code mods can add their own buttons and categories as well)
  
• Added window to manage an assembler's component queue
  
• Added K to toggle max interaction distance visualization for selected furniture or furniture being built
  
• Bottom left info panel will now say when an employee is working on secondary tasks
  
• Rebalanced support ticket generation speed
  
• ISP cost reduced
  
• Added RelativeServer record to features for modding that multiplies/divides server requirements rather than adding up
  
• Added quit confirmation if last save was > 1 minute ago
  
• Increased number of rooms an employee will search for a fridge, from their desk, to put their lunch in, from 2 rooms to 3
  
• Assemblers will now throw out the least developed assemblies first when full, for chance to actually finish an assembly, in case player has balanced it wrong
  
• Added warning when product is too expensive and losing sales
  
• Tech levels will now lose revelancy more slowly to avoid products being outdated on release due to the update system
  
• Wall mounted furniture can now be placed right up against wall split if angle formed by walls is above 180 degrees
  

• Force recompilation of code mods, due to breaking change in last update
  
• Fixed AI sometimes engaging in cross-holding, allowing for infinite money exploit
  
• Fixed rotation of corner tables when mirroring rooms
  
• Software updates didn't add new bugs due to bug
  
• Fixed tutorial videos not always playing
  
• Helicopter pads built from basement floor are now blocked by roads above
  
• Fixed collision issues when building furniture under roads or roads above furniture
  
• Fixed employees getting stuck on stairs when they had their pathing interrupted
  
• Fixed staff receiving company car benefit on hire
  
• Fixed features not being auto selected for sequels when new forced features have been unlocked for software
  
• Added way to break out of save loading screen on computers that are way below minimum requirements
  
• Fixed update ETA being wrong
  

Changes

• Added ability to colorize windows and doors + added different looks to standard door
  
• Added ability to put signs on doors
  
• Police will now ignore parking assignments
  
• Added unfixed bug count to collapsed support work item
  
• Reduced width of the wall-mounted conveyor belt so it fits right up against walls
  
• Fire inspection fines now scale with company size
  
• Added button to view/select servers in server window
  
• Server connections are now preserved when cloning rooms or building blueprints
  
• Room use limits no longer apply to pass-through, e.g. a designer can pass through a programmer-only room to get to another room
  
• The "center" of a room will now move if it is not within the room itself, e.g. if the room is U shaped
  
• You can now see path connections when building or removing paths
  
• Added button to select all of the same segment type in a room, e.g. all doors, works the same as "Select furniture types in selected rooms"
  
• Added ability to change lead designer for project management design tasks
  

Fixes

• Fixed furniture editor not handling holdable points correctly
  
• Fixed not being able to open add-on details from distribution window
  
• Environment overlay now shows furniture impact on environment
  
• Fixed patent list in company detail windows
  
• Fixed pie chart labels in design document window
  
• Fixed missing lead designer for subsidiaries notification not dissapearing when company is closed
  
• Fixed instances of prematurely finishing game load, when another wave of navigation mesh generation was expected, causing rooms to appear unreachable on load
  
• Fixed normal mapping not working for furniture atlas shader when RGB mapping was disabled
  
• Fixed framework boost not being scaled by framework quality in design document window
  
• HR will no longer hire designers with demands
  
• Fixed daily hiring pool for HR management not having a limit if player or other HR team had made no similar searches
  
• Fixed employees being able to go through a blocked passageway one-way, leading them to get blocked-in on the other side
  
• Blocked passage warning for elevators and stairs are now visible on both floors
  
• Made anti z-fighting scaling on cubicle walls more subtle
  
• Fixed single team selection not working properly after filtering by search and then picking with mouse instead of enter
  
• Fixed missing spec warning in update window not refreshing after reopening
  
• Fixed ambiguity of distribution deal notifications
  
• Cancelling a project management task didn't unhide any running update tasks
  
• Fixed position of tools in update window sometimes getting jumbled
  
• Fixed employee education filter not filtering out employees with big brain trait ready for education in locked specializations
  
• If an employee fails to find a path to a furniture that wasn't ruled out by team assignments, they will skip any other candidates in the same room to improve performance
  
• Employee satisfaction effect from salary changes no longer decays while they are gone
  
• Final release window is now scaled to always fit on screen independent of UI scaling
  

• Added search bar to team selection window
  
• You can now switch between windowed and exclusive fullscreen, enabled by Unity 2018 upgrade
  
• Room auras are now globally capped and mood aura calculation has improved
  
• Added ability to click arrows in material preview panel to scroll between styles
  

• Made gable generation more robust, e.g. for ramp shaped roofs
  
• Autosave now happens after wage negotiations have finished
  
• Fixed bugs when merging rooms using wall drag tool inside an outdoor area and undoing
  
• Fixed update teams for project management not getting updated when renaming teams
  
• Game will now remember when a name generator failed to find a unique name and exit early to avoid simulation slow downs
  
• Game will now fallback to built-in company name generator if modded company name generator fails to find anymore unique names
  
• Fixed buggy interactions between wind turbines and blueprints
  
• Fixed Hardware Inc. map conveyor belts not being switched on by default. Can be fixed in older saves by power cycling them using connected conveyor belts
  
• Game will only warn about missing lead designer progress once, to avoid spam caused by trainer mod
  
• Failed to get cursor position: Success messages from Steam Deck now ignored
  
• Fixed temperature output usage estimations in UI to account for room size
  

• Added company sign customization options
  
• Highlighting for selected carpets and signs has been added
  
• Default buildings are now loaded from RAM, so custom buildings can be cloud synced with Steam
  

• Fixed Gas boiler, Heat pump and Roof AC usage estimations, that would otherwise make them break too quickly and make them seem cheaper in the build menu
  
• Fixed bug that would make game think manufacturing process was invalid because a step was skipped
  
• Fixed an infinite loop bug when dragging a wall in cramped spaces
  
• Fixed divide by zero error in add-on sales calculation
  
• Fixed walls also being lowered for pillars when toggling walls
  
• Fixed component printer or assembler being marked as sending to an invalid destination in cases with many splits and merges along the assembly line
  
• Fixed staff not picking closest furniture if they had assigned rooms and the furniture was placed directly above on another floor
  

Patch notes for Beta 1.1.19

• All car models updated
  

• Fixed fire alarms being animated on load
  
• Fixed being able to place wind turbine in the middle of road and vice versa
  
• Fixed bugs that would cause employees to get stuck until reload when deleting elevators they were using
  
• Fixed game sometimes failing to restore stolen or burnt furniture
  

Patch notes for Beta 1.1.18

• Made it take a little longer before lead designers quit over unmet demands
  
• Team changes in project management is now also applied instantly for support, marketing and update tasks
  
• Moved notifications out of the way of the money label in build mode
  
• Added option to update tech for project management
  

• Fixed wall furniture not getting collisions updated when dragging wall out
  
• Made lead designers move computer if they are at work when they demand a private office and made them better at picking private offices when it happens
  
• Fixed employees sometimes not waiting for IT to finish fixing their assigned computers before moving onto another free computer
  

Patch notes for Beta 1.1.17

• Save files and some settings are now synced with Steam Cloud
  
• Canteens and lounges are no longer treated as special rooms when assigned to teams, so employees stop avoiding them
  
• Furniture that contains perishables can now define a expiration date, to avoid paying for a full refill every day
  

• Game will no longer load mods with invalid name generators instead of failing silently during gameplay
  
• Fixed a couple of edge cases when placing single room duplicate in existing room, using wall drag or rectangle split causing game to break
  

New trailer

Major changes

• Added add-ons, which are extra products that can be developed and sold for a software or hardware product
  
• Added software updates, which allows increasing the tech level of a product to extend its life, and updates are now required to release bug fixes
  
• Added subscription-based software
  
• Added lead designers, who heavily impact the sales and marketing efforts of a product and have demands to boot
  
• Added hardware design system, so each hardware product's look can be customized
  
• Overhauled hiring with a limited hiring pool that refreshes every month
  
• Overhauled employee traits, there are currently 30 traits
  
• You can now have up to 4 founders when you start a new company
  
• Overhauled utility values and prices and added more ways to generate and store electricity
  
• Overhauled product reviews, you now get 3 reviews from various reviewers that focus on specific aspects of the product and company
  
• Improved rectangle room building and added wall dragging tool
  
• Overhauled notification system and look, issue messages now stick around until they are fixed
  
• Added bikes, body odour and bathing
  
• Save files, blueprints and some settings are now synced with Steam Cloud
  

New price

Patch notes for Beta 1.1.16

• Employee notification will now select and move to employee when clicking, instead of opening detail window, when there is only one
  
• Nerfed hosting deals a bit
  
• Added support for spawning notifications from background threads
  
• Added hint about spacing out component printer output to avoid excessive recycling
  

• Fixed grass not refreshing when undoing destroying path
  
• Fixed bug with watch in new game menu when changing personality after enabling watch trait
  
• Fixed traits filters for HR not being copied over when copying team
  

Patch notes for Beta 1.1.15

Patch notes for Beta 1.1.14

• Employees with the private office demand will now wait around for their assigned computer, in case it's broken or being fixed by an IT supporter
  
• Added date for next phase change for active projects in project management window
  
• Style picked in style picker panel is now applied to furniture placed from inventory
  
• Added fallback toggle in furniture editor in case the mod is not available on target PC
  
• Added label to main menu when new version is available
  

• Fixed company sign no longer showing up
  
• Fixed a bunch of bugs relating to the wall dragging tool and undoing
  
• Fixed not being able to close wage negotiation window if player rejected poach deal with only employee left in negotiation
  
• Fixed bug where duplicating room could cause doors and windows to be improperly attached to wall
  
• Table grouping is now recalculated on load to fix any corruption