• Cleaned up various pages and screens
• Added a grayscale skin
• Updated the Workers screen to a brand new look, reducing scrolling and allowing more information at once
• Fixed scroll on networks

[ 2025-03-27 20:41:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Wrestler's styles now have positives and negatives
• Promotions now will try to hire styles which suit their promotion style better
• Made smallest touring contract 6 months rather than 3
• Various bug fixes that I forgot to make note of as I went (Sorry!)

[ 2025-03-08 08:10:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added Brands to Quick Filter on My Workers screen
• Added ability to set the push of someone when they are called up from development
• Altered the match score calculations, to be a little more difficult
• Altered how Match of the Year is calculated, so it takes into account match quality more than just overall score (only works from this update onwards)
• Added promotion name under each title in the Edit Titles screen, for easier searching
• Game now creates a backup save file at the end of every in-game month (max 12)
• Added option to disable backup creation in Settings
• AI now picks 2 people to push and 1 to assign as the figurehead of the company, and will try to increase and/or maintain their popularity as much as possible
• Titles will no longer be vacated if the champions are in a friendly promotion to the title
• AI now uses external folks when they are the company's current champion
• Fixed You're Hired Achievement

[ 2025-01-27 18:50:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

This continues the work to try to paint a more accurate Japanese wrestling world, but there's also some stuff in here that should be usable for promotions of all kinds.

• Added option in Events for a new event type - Tours
• You can now set preferred Continents/Countries/Regions/Venues for an event (e.g. you can now tell the game Crown Jewel should run in Saudi Arabia, or plan out every location in an upcoming tour)
• News now posts title changes as individual news stories, to try to paint a better, more alive world
• Added support for Highlight Show Network Deals, where the network just shows highlight footage from the company
• Added Prev/Next buttons to toggle between months when selecting dates for Tours and Specific Date events
• Added ability for events with specific dates to repeat annually
• AI Events will occur in different regions within a user's home country once they reach Cult level, rather than just always being in their home location
• News now shows the region a show was in inside the show recap post
• Added quick skip buttons on the Progress Days menu, so you can quickly skip 1 week/month/year
• Added ability to include injured workers in prebookings in the future
• Added AI Logic options on shows, where a show can be defined as Normal or Japanese Tour Show (mostly 6-man and 8-man tag matches)
• Fixed bug with Network Deals where it would say they are willing to negotiate, then wouldn't allow you to
• Improved the speed of retrieving all upcoming events, allowing me to re-add a wider upcoming timeline of events

[ 2024-11-27 19:49:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

This is part one of a much larger set of enhancements designed to make the Japanese wrestling scene much better. Next up will be adding tours and improving the booking AI. Enjoy, and as always, report any bugs in the Discord or Steam Discussions.

• Added Round Robin tournaments
• Added the ability to tie a match to a tournament, and automatically progress the tournament
• Added separate indicators for whether a worker is booked in an angle, a match, or both
• Modified how the left list of workers looks on Booking Screen
• Fixed bug where skin background image would remain when skin is changed
• Fixed bug where ages would look incorrect when going to New Game
• Fixed bug where workers would pick a less favorable contract
• Altered how budget cuts are determined

[ 2024-09-18 19:43:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

A long awaited, long requested addition today - The game now has added a much deeper contract system! I recommend going to Edit Database > Helpful Scripts > Auto Set All Contracts if you're seeing promotions suddenly making a lot more money, as this new setup does change the financial balance a fair bit.

• Contracts are no longer instantaneous for Written contracts, instead a worker will consider and await other offers first, before settling a contract
• Workers can now ask for both a monthly wage and a wage per appearance
• PPA deals are now 'Informal Agreements', to reflect the indy scene more
• Workers can now ask for a share of the attendance gate, a share of the PPV buys, a share of their merch sales, and limited appearances per year
• Promotions can allow a worker to take Indy bookings, where they can work for local or regional promotions while still under a written contract
• Added Worker filters for In Ring Traits, Personality Traits, and birthplaces
• Added ability to set and save custom filters for Workers screen, so you can quickly pull up common searches
• All Workers search now also checks contract names and alter ego names
• Added Mentorship relationship type
• Added optional freetext field where mod makers can write a description for a relationship, to flesh out the game world
• Moved Momentum and Morale to be next to each other
• Added ability to set segment times with buttons and not just sliders
• Added ability to alter the segment length of matches from the booking overview screen
• Added ability to alter the length of beats from the angle booking screen
• Altered Promotional Wars so they only start at 45 Pop for cult promotions
• Fixed bug where autobooker could sometimes book broken segments
• Fixed bug where events with multiple days might only trigger on one of the days
• Fixed bug where people in stable could be added to an angle multiple times
• Fixed bug where people could be booked before their contract started

[ 2024-08-12 16:25:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added Momentum to the game. Momentum is impacted by angles, storylines and wins/losses, and has an effect on match ratings as well as how much popularity a person can gain.
• Changed the look and feel of the game's navigation pretty significantly - now the game uses a left navigation rather than a top pulldown, allowing you to see everything and click around with less clicks and more visibility into your options.
• Storylines ending now effect momentum and morale (positively or negatively), and effect's each worker's popularity differently.
• Added momentum as an effect on crowd reaction in angles and matches.
• Added "Sandbox Mode" game option on New Game screen - a mode where a user can hire anyone regardless of contract, and not have to worry about money, morale, show scores, injuries etc. A mode essentially for fantasy bookers/people using the game as an organisational device.

[ 2024-06-10 18:30:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Updated booking screen options so that you can now select specific finishes
• Added default finishes for many match types to save modmakers some time
• Added properties for each finish that determine whether the crowd will like it, whether the loser will like it, whether it will hurt match quality, and whether it can cause a title change
• Organised match modifiers on match edit page in alpha order
• Added search to Match Gimmicks on booking screen
• Added search to gimmicks on Change Character screen
• Added option to change brands from the My Workers screen
• Added Celebration angle beat
• Set promotion tag name to match tag team default name when adding new promotion tag teams
• Added unassign all from brands button on brands page
• Small style updates
• Fixed video backgrounds when you have a background.mp4 file in your Game Folder
• Adjusted viewership for PPVs to match reality better
• Fixed bug where tag title matches would not have an opponent
• Fixed bug where being Engaged can never be seen or set
• Fixed bug where major spots could not be set
• Fixed movesets being unselectable

[ 2024-05-05 11:46:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Updated promotion debuts so they will debut with an owner
• Increased likelihood of new friendships
• Added Random Event that a married couple will divorce
• Added Random Event for Mentor/Mentee relationships, which cause the mentor's personality and skills to rub off on the mentee
• Added Random Event for two workers having small simmering tension
• Added Random Event for weight gain
• Added Random Event for weight loss
• Added Random Event for worker style changes
• Added Random Event that workers have an affair
• Updated main office to show 2 months of weekly events in the Upcoming Events section
• Updated default data and images (this will be ongoing work and images will likely change, but for now everyone in the default data has an image finally!)
• Added larger image on hover on Edit Workers page
• Added image cache clearing on edit worker page
• Added match gimmick importer
• Added option to delete before importing gimmicks
• Adjusted network deal acceptance logic
• Added Cleanup script to helpful scripts
• Added fix to remove network deals for networks that have been deleted
• Added extra fallbacks to prevent bugs with skins
• Added fix for skin not loading
• Added fix for promotions dying when they have money
• Modified some News titles
• Fixed bug with Auto winner setting
• Fixed bug causing deaths before a worker had even debuted
• Fixed bug involved expiring existing contracts on written contract renewal
• Fix when starting New game in older databases
• Fixed bug where promotion Pop would drop each week randomly
• Fixed bug where owner would keep getting assigned to child promotion
• Fixed bug where current title holders wouldnt have title image

[ 2024-03-17 21:50:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

It's highly recommended that you run the Auto-Set Network Deals and Auto Set All Worker Contracts. These can be found in Edit Database > Helpful Scripts. Back again with our second release of the year!

• Added the ability for a company to go bankrupt, or be bought out by the user if their company is in a dire financial state.
• Rebalanced network deals, production costs, and worker contracts
• Promotions will cut their production levels and release workers in order to cut costs when finances are looking bad
• Added two new Production options - Marketing and Back Office. Both come with bonuses to attendance and viewership, and are necessary to move up in levels (Regional to Cult, Cult to National etc)
• Updated Production rules, so that instead of applying a multiplier to your segment score, they cap your final show score.
• Added a financial chart on the All Promotions page, so you can see how each company is doing financially.
• Widened the criteria for when you are at war with another promotion
• Heightened the impact of losing a promotional war
• Optimised a lot of UI and backend logic, so that the game should feel a lot faster and more responsive
• Improved the performance of the Next Day Cycle to be at least twice as fast by my calculations
• Added a little pop noise when Next Day cycle is over, for those who like to go do something else while the Next Day is simming.
• Fixed bug with auto set scripts
• Fixed bug where buttons were clickable on home screen
• Fixed bug where dead people appeared in the top workers in New Game

[ 2024-02-08 20:26:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Happy new year! We have a few fun new changes to the game today.

• Added Angle Templates- These are templates which can be used on the booking screen to create complex angles with titles and descriptions very easily. They are fully moddable, importable and editable. For the sake of getting the update out ASAP there is only a few default ones in there for now, but the hope is that the default list grows as time goes on!
• Updates various styles across the app
• Added active storylines list to booking screen, for easy reference
• Added Romantic story beat
• Added Staredown story beat
• Added contract signing story beat
• Contract offers in the news will now say if the offer is exclusive or not
• Added fix to prevent news items from the future appearing too early
• Added fix to saving when new databases are created
• Separated Historical and current accolades
• Accolades are hidden if a worker has none
• Added successful save message to edit screens
• Added Minimal Vs. Detailed option for booking screen, where minimal takes up less room while Detailed shows descriptions etc.
• Added panel border, panel radius, and panel shadow options to skin file

[ 2024-01-15 20:49:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Merged all promotion-specific screens (except Titles - that will probably come soon) into the Promotions screen, so you can edit everything in a single location! I will probably make a few more tweaks to the editor as time goes by, to try to make it as simple to use as possible.

[ 2023-11-19 18:16:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Promotion Wars - Each Monday, rival promotions will be compared in a variety of topics, and the loser will take a hit to their popularity
• Added stats to My Title screen to show the youngest/oldest champions and longest/shortest reigns
• Added Steam Achievements into the game
• Added Stable Images
• Added random chance each day that an indy wrestling event will occur. This is so that workers not signed to contracts can get some bookings in-game
• Updated style for tabs
• New game now shows Workshop and Local Files together
• Fixed bug where managers could be in Wrestler of the Year
• Fixed new worker generation so they had a base country and region
• Added ability to select titles from outside your promotion when a worker with that title is in your match
• Bug Fixes for movesets

[ 2023-10-04 17:27:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added ability to set worker's entrance music by linking to a Youtube video (completely optional, modmakers!)
• Added ability to play worker's entrance songs during booking results screen by clicking the play button
• Removed show viewerships from the news section on Main Office screen
• Added Ratings roundup section on Main Office screen, to allow you to see and sort all ratings for each show on each network in the last 7 days
• Added ability to select an Agent for matches - these can help less talented workers put together better and/or longer matches, and can help with developing skills faster in matches
• Added ability for referees and announcers to develop skills through use
• Added an Is a Celebrity? true/false option for workers (doesn't do anything for now, but will eventually help with some AI/contract rules)
• Reduced title match chance for normal importance shows
• Added random event for a worker to come out of hiatus
• Added random event where tag teams can be revived and fixed random event where tags are created
• Added ability to set a workers moveset in the editor (Completely optional for modmakers, and is purely for adding depth/character to a worker)
• Added left-list specific style options to the skin editor
• Allowed viewing of worker skill progress charts from any other page, not just the workers pages
• Fixed Random Winner mode
• Fixed bug where dead people could become owners or bookers

[ 2023-09-12 17:10:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added new worker skill displays - including coloured skillbars, grades and grades/numbers combined! You can play with those in the Settings menus. These colors are editable within skin files.
• Added ability to upload skins to the workshop
• Fixed bug where logos would disappear after entering the editor
• Added ability to load in skin specific game backgrounds and image backgrounds by appending the name of the skin to them. e.g. If I have a skin called skinname.json, I can use Background_skinname.png or ImageBackground_skinname.png
• Fixed bug where inactive promotions could make counter offers
• Small performance improvements to News feed

[ 2023-08-15 20:10:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi all, after a lot of work, I'm happy to announce the game now has workshop support! You can subscribe to workshop mods using the Workshop section of the Game in Steam. (https://steamcommunity.com/app/1157700/workshop/) Subscribing to a workshop item will download it to your computer, where you can easily use it by going to New Game and selecting the Workshop tab. To upload Game Worlds and/or Image Folders using the Workshop link on the main page of the game, and select your .db file and/or your image folder. Give it a name, a description and an image and you're done! Please note that Workshop files and folders cannot be modified (your changes would get wiped out every update), and so there is a "Copy to Local Files" button in the workshop section, so you can copy the file locally to edit as you please. I hope you enjoy, and please let me know if you come into any issues.

[ 2023-08-02 20:26:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Overhaul of stat gains and losses. Each worker now gets a Potential stat. This can be randomised or assigned in the editor. When potential hits 0, the worker will peak, and when it hits negative numbers, the worker will start declining in skill.
• Added auto scroll for left menu in Booking screen
• Allowed promotions to create new tag teams, or create their own version of an existing tag team
• Allowed for custom fallback images in game, by putting an events.png, logos.png, network.png, people.png, titles.png, worlds.png or WWN.png (for ratings reports and misc news) into a mod's image folder
• Allowed creation of future and historical title images
• Title History screens now show the historical title pic that was held in that reign
• Added future promotion logos, so a promotion's logo will automatically update over time in historical mods
• Made AI more likely to hire high profile signings and hot up and coming talent
• Added option on New Game page to enable/disable aging effects
• Added Random Winners game mode to New Game screen - if selected, AI will decide winners completely at random
• Fixed Auto Set Contract Value script so that it doesn't set both PPA and Written values
• Fixed clipboard in event history
• Fixed bug where short matches could get 5 stars
• Fixed morale bar
• Fixed bug where dead people could remain as managers
• Removed dead people from hireable list
• If morale is not set, it will reset to 0 rather than 100
• Fixed bug while assigning owners and bookers

[ 2023-07-10 19:38:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Made adjustments to backstage morale calculations
• Promotion rivals made more aggressive with stealing talent
• Added Title AI Options to control the brand, minimum push, and maximum push for workers
• Adjusted booking AI so that most multi-man matches do not happen before 1995
• Added Can Be Owner and Can Be Booker personality traits in Edit Workers (if there isn't enough available workers with this stat, owner/booker selection will be random)
• Added option to randomise contract expiries during new game selection
• Adjusted Backstage morale calculations
• Added worker detail popup on All Promotions page
• Tidied Worker Details Screens
• Tidied All Promotions Page and New Game Page layouts
• Fixed bug where interview could be added without an interviewer
• Fixed search for tag teams and stables in booking screen
• Fixed bug where specific dated events would never air
• Fixed bug where Income Per Show shows incorrectly

[ 2023-06-19 18:39:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Mostly some tweaks and bug fixes this week

• Restrict pop loss for matches with 10 or more workers
• Stopped forcing imageBackground.png as the image background. If deleted, the game will now use the imageBackground set in the skin
• Fixed bug regarding popularity when ending storylines
• Fixed bug where cult following wouldn't limit growth
• Fixed Quit Job button on All Promotions page
• Adjusted crowd and wrestling score calculations - particularly with regards to Psychology, Stamina, time in match, number of workers
• If renegotiating a contract, existing character details (Heel/Face, Push, Gimmick) are hidden
• Fixed bug where ending a storyline could give worker more than 100pop
• Made styles more consistent across pages
• Adjusted title logic for booking AI
• Cleaned up how dragging stables/workers/teams works

[ 2023-06-08 21:14:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added ability to select specific date(s) for an event
  • This will allow you to run one-off events, or a tour of a set length
  • When an event has had its last date, it will automatically become inactive
• Workers page now shows all good/bad chemistry a worker has with others
• Minor UI Changes on workers page, events page, All Promotions page
• Fixed bug where monthly wages could be 0
• Added Steam UI Overlay
• Added "Is Shortlisted" filter to filters list
• More adjustments to attendance
• If a Game World image folder contains "imageBackground.jpg", that will become the image background in any save that uses that image folder
• Added Subject to Interview beats
• Changed default angle to Promo rather than Brawl
• Tweaked attendance logic
• Fixed converter bug
• Fixed bug where owner would get assigned over and over
• Fixed bug when network had no availability
• Fixed bug where angle and match colours disappeared

[ 2023-05-29 17:37:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Just a few bug fixes and small improvements:

• Cleaned up the storyline page
• Child promotions no longer need an owner - owner will be assigned as the parent promotion
• Fixed bug when adding tag team to booking
• Fixed bug when network availability was set for a region that no longer existed
• Fixed title reign days on New Game screen
• Fixed bug involving refusing to lose to someone whose storyline just ended
• Fixed bug on View Network Deals button

[ 2023-05-09 18:00:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all, back with another update. Excuse the delay- was over at Wrestlecon/Wrestlemania in LA for a couple of weeks.

• Added detailed promotion style options - these allow a promotion to be rated more on crowd reaction than wrestling quality, as well as how crowds react to segments and people. These are auto-set based on the basic style dropdown for now, however can be modified in the Edit Promotions page.
• Added PPA Contract cost summary to booking screen, so you can keep track of how much a show is costing you
• Added quick filters to My Workers page
• Added a few additional Quick Filters
• Adjust attendance calculations
• Adjusted venue costs
• Adjusted attendance calculations
• Rebalanced sponsorships
• Added logic to update styles option automatically based on style dropdown value
• Adjusted network deals (use the helpful script to Aut-Set All Network Deals to rebalance your data)
• Adjusted prestige restoration from 0.01 per to to 0.1 per day
• Rebalanced merchandise
• Balancing updates to money, ratings etc
• Fixed bug involving editing segments with quick filters on
• Fixed storyline end bug

[ 2023-04-26 18:50:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added ability to Shortlist workers
• Shortlisted workers will appear on the expiring contracts list on your Main Office screen
• Any news that occurs on a shortlisted worker will appear in your Mail
• Adjustments to popularity gains and losses
• Updated Level Playing Mode to start everyone at Cult level, to allow for written contracts
• If no logo is shown on a save game, game will show user's picture. If that isn't present, game will show the Game World image
• Added ring traits for Great and bad selling
• Added various modifiers for worker personalities and attributes
• Added editor for chemistry in the Edit Workers section
• Various Bug Fixes
• Owner hiring preferences taken into account during hiring stages

[ 2023-03-01 21:50:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added Support for Linux Operating Systems
• Added chemistry between tag teams and single workers, which can hurt or improve a match based on how well they work together
• Handled errors where skins won't load
• Various minor UI Updates
• Added morale to Edit Contracts page
• Added quick filters for gender/push on booking screen
• Fixed bug where more than one contract can appear if a worker is hired by a company a second time
• Adjusted AI production settings
• Adjusted the multipliers for production (max level will now help your show do better than it otherwise would have)
• Adding Promotion filter to Event History Page
• Adjusted minimum gains/losses for promotion and worker popularity
• Tweaks for network deals
• Added helpful script to set network deal costs and incomes (I suggest running this on existing mods/saves to get better finances)

[ 2023-01-31 20:39:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added Wellness Policies to the Medical page
  • - If set, you can choose to response manually or using a three strike policy
  • - Every week, workers are tested for Steroids, Soft Drugs and/or Hard Drugs (you choose these settings)
  • - Recent drug tests can now be viewed in medical, and will be used to calculate punishments in three strike policies
  • Added option to fire workers in response to random events
• Numerous massive tweaks to match ratings, stamina, money, promotion growth for general game balancing - it will be much harder to put of good enough shows as a smaller promotion now, as you will be limited by your production settings
• UI improvements to the Main Office screen - including overview of mail, production settings, money over time
• UI tweaks to booking results screens and top menu
• Added Match/Angle multiplier info to Production page, so you now know how much your production settings impact your scores
• Promotion Prestige will creep up to around 80 over time, if it is below that
• Added ability to change worker name from developmental
• Added current contract info to contract negotiation modal
• Moved No Brand Assigned to top of Brands list
• We now hide pushes which have no people in it on Brands page, to save screen real estate and make it easier to read
• Updated Pay Per Show amounts for network deals that were using a pay per view model, but paid promotions per show
• Updated finance/pop trackers to track changes every week rather than every month
• Added Venue Costs as its own finance item, separating it out from Production (will only track moving forward, not retroactively)
• Fixed Promise bug where Match With Someone wouldn't trigger in multi-person matches
• Fixed bug with Womens Wrestling display on All Promotions page
• Fixed bug which may have been preventing some random events from firing
• Fixed unresponsive scrolling issues, particularly in Mac OS
• Fixed bug where incomplete shows would be counted in Awards

[ 2023-01-18 18:22:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

• File size improvements for saves - I've seen up to 85% smaller (note that this will only trigger in the save at the end of the month, as it can take a while the first time round)
• Fixed bug where gimmick matches could break the game
• Improved performance on the skill tracking charts
• Added WebP support for images
• Added ability to view and modify promotion specific tag team info from the Edit Teams screen
• Updated how screen resizing works to (hopefully) work better
• Fixed brand filter on Booking Screen
• Fixed bug where some mods may have a high roster turnover

[ 2022-12-30 22:14:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added Level Playing Field mode as a New Game option, where every promotion starts with the same popularity and money and no network deals
• Added Amnesia mode as a New Game option, where every promotion starts with no active contracts, and promotions compete to fill their rosters as quick as possible (note - can also be played in conjunction with Level Playing Mode)
• Added options to set Major Spot settings - Including selecting specific workers, and whether the spot involved setpieces, fire, pyro etc.
• Allowed injured workers to be at ringside
• Added Fatigue sorting option
• Removed Major Stunt option, as it is now part of the Major Spot settings
• Adjusted streaming and PPV viewership - you will see a big drop in viewership
• Adjusted push logic a little
• Fixed bug in A Match is Made beat score
• Fixed bug where you could negotiate a contract with someone who has already signed a written contract
• Tweaked hiring logic, so AI will hire bigger stars and focus more on their region's workers
• Fixed wage display on Edit Workers screen
• Workers will turn more often in AI controlled promotions

Happy holidays and have a great new year!

[ 2022-12-18 20:06:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Game will try to remember segment's winner/loser/purpose/notes settings when you add/remove workers from a match
• Added upcoming developmental contract expirations to the user's Schedule
• Added ability for users to renegotiate developmental worker contracts without having to recall the worker
• Added ability to hire workers straight into child promotions
• Tweaked booking AI to change winner odds
• Fixed bug where network deals would appear in a worker's news
• Fixed bug where user could negotiate a contract, then immediately lose the worker to rival deal
• Added option to add image border in skins
• Added search to relationships page
• Added Very Short to height filters
• Added 'None' as an option to Based In Country and Based In Region filters

[ 2022-11-30 21:40:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added ability for workers to have future pics - on a set trigger date, their default pic will swap to a new picture. A useful tool for historical mods!
• Added full screen toggle
• Added View Results button to Show of the Year in Awards
• Added optional font size switcher in the settings menu
• Fixed importer for networks not including the availability settings
• Fixed null scores showing in a worker's match history
• Fixed awards, added explainers as to their position in the list.
• Fixed bug where popularity wouldnt grow if match score was between 80 and 90
• Fixed a bunch of network/network deal related bugs

[ 2022-11-02 20:53:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

Introducing Networks

Networks are how you can show your events to a wider audience. There are three types - TV Networks, PPV Networks and Online Networks, and they can be available in every continent, country and/or region. This replaces the old "distribution" options in the events screen. How big your network is will effect how much workers and the promotion itself gains and loses popularity from booking shows, as well as the income you can make. On the other hand - what you book and who you book will effect the viewership, as ratings are now calculated on a combination of your popularity in the network's regions, as well as segment by segment- based on the popularity of the workers and the segment's rating. This will not break any existing saves, though on first load you may find many promotions scrambling to get network deals, and you should too! A bunch of AI generated networks will appear as soon as the Office loads, if tehre are no networks in that save file. There's a lot of variables here (I think nearly every mechanic in the game was touched in one way or another to make this happen!), and plenty of room for improvement, so if you see anything strange or have any cool ideas please let me know in the Steam Community page, Discord or Twitter. Thank you! Other changes

• Added an experimental menu to alter skins on the fly, in the Settings dropdown. Note - edits to the default skins will be wiped out on restart
• Fixed bug where Angles would only ever have a positive effect
• Added option for skins to change the colour of modal windows, and panels within modal windows.
• Cleaned up the news page a little
• Added a Mark All as Read button on the mail page, and set mail to archive after 18 months
• Merged PPV and TV in Finances page to a single revenue item "Network Revenue"
• Added a resolution setting, which is remembered by the game when you reopen it. This is accessible in the Settings dropdown
• Fixed a few page titles
• Fixed bug where contracts could be set to $0 during negotiation
• Fixed Search on the Edit Countries Page
• Added a Gimmick Importer in the Edit Database section
• Fixed bug where some promotions wouldn't show up in the Working Relationships filter on Booking Screen
• Separated Title History and Edit Title Info on My Titles screen
• Cleaned up a few Edit Database pages
• Fixed Import Networks function

[ 2022-10-24 16:21:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Just a quick bug fix release

• Rounded Public Image number on All Promotions
• Fixed bug where Left the Business didn't map correctly on Converter
• Added Very Short to the height filter
• Fixed bug where manager would remain after being released
• Fixed bug when hiring someone, where they could get a $0 PPA contract if you are too small to offer written contracts

[ 2022-07-25 19:04:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added Networks and Network Deals to the editor. This is in order to give modmakers time to add details as necessary to prepare for the release.
• Fixed a few UI bugs throughout the app
• Added ability to set a manager for a worker. When a manager is present, they will be automatically added to ringside for matches, and alongside the worker in angles. A worker will inherit a managers entertainment skill in angles, making them an incredibly powerful tool in your booking arsenal.
• Various UI updates to the workers page, All Promotions page, editor pages
• Added helpful script to set images only on workers that dont have an image
• Fixed bug where only one title could be set in a match
• When a worker image is set but not available, it will not longer delete the saved image setting on Edit Workers page
• Added a couple of new helpful scripts in the editor

[ 2022-07-10 19:36:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added a notes section to the top bar, allowing you to set typed notes
• Added ability to toggle between compact and large view of event history
• Updated the New Game selection screen
• Fixed bug where delete button on Edit Promotions screen highlighted the wrong promotion
• Added list of contracts to Edit Workers screen (will make it editable down the line!)
• Fixed bug where morale could be more than 100
• Fixed bug where worker can have an injury but no return date
• Fixed bug where vacating a title would mess up the title history
• Fixed news sort order
• Fixed Make History messaging
• Fixed bug where worker could be booked by autobooker before their contract starts
• Fixed bug where bookign would tell you a good stage was bare and hurt the segment
• Fixed bug where someone will repeatedly get contract offers

[ 2022-06-13 19:41:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added stable drag and drop to booking page
• Added skin options for confirmation boxes
• Added Wage Matching contract clause logic
• Added talking and interview story beats
• Style fix for negotiate modal
• Fixed bug where tag teams wouldnt drag and drop if one had ever been released and re-hired
• Fixed bug where all contracts could expire if a worker had recently renewed a contract

[ 2022-05-17 21:09:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Redesigned the Workers screen
• Added year and news type filters to news page
• Added worker details to the negotiate contract screen
• Added production options to the Edit Promotions screen
• Added a randomness to when production values will change in an AI promotion
• Added table view in All Promotions screen
• Fixed bug with popularity progress charts in All Promotions screen
• Fixed bug with Look Good segment purposes
• Fixed bug where all contracts would be set to the same terms during a renewal
• Fixed issue where workers could change with arrow keys while negotiation modal is open
• Fixed typo on production screen

[ 2022-05-09 20:40:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all, back again with another release! So the goal for this one was to add Production settings per promotion and do a ton of balancing, bug fixing and performance. You'll notice shows getting much lower scores - this is by design. Each production setting will hurt the final score of a segment. This means in order to grow, you may have to stretch your money a little to get better scores. It should also prevent every promotion growing too large over time. Hopefully you'll see much more realistic viewership now also.

• Added the ability for a promotion to set their Production values
• Adjusted show scores to reflect production settings
• Performance improvements to Finance Page
• Fixed bug with AI hiring workers
• Rebalanced Development skill improvements
• Stat gain balancing
• Rebalanced Viewership calculations
• Improved performance of Next Day processing
• Companies much more likely to call up workers
• Replaced all dialog boxes with nicer ones
• Updated merch screen to include a date selector and show more people in the pie chart
• Adjusted retirement rate
• Fixed bug where workers could get renewed incorrectly
• Fixed bug with Hireable filter
• Fixed bug when you swap between Add Angle screen and elsewhere
• Fixed region/country filters

[ 2022-05-04 22:50:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed scroll on beats screen
• Moved worker personality info into the bio area
• Replaced the bottom area of workers with tabs
• Significant performance improvements to worker history section on workers page
• Fixed bug when workers have a gimmick that has since been deleted
• Fixed bug when someone is assigned to a brand that isn't there anymore
• Altered contract renewal logic

[ 2022-04-13 20:53:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all! Hope you're well. I was out of action with illness for a little bit, and since then I've been working on a brand new way to book angles! So the general idea is that an angle is made up of multiple Story Beats. You can add as many beats to an angle as you like, and each beat is rated on different skills, and the overall score is an average by time of all the beats. The auto booker doesn't do much with these right now, but its at least functional until I flesh it out (every angle is a brawl when the autobooker does its thing) Whats New

• Replaced old angle screen with a new Angle Beats screen
• Added double click to add workers on the booking screen (click a dragging spot first to dictate where double clicking will take them
• Updated some styles in aurora skin
• Added support for backdrop filters on panels (creating a nice blur effect on aurora skin)
• Added support for background videos when a background.mp4 is present in Game Folder (pretty, though a bit more resource intensive!)
• Fixed bug where people who hadn't debuted could get engaged/married
• Adjusted random event occurrence rates
• Added logic for fast/slow learners and fast/slow decliners for worker's skill growth
• Adjusted gimmick modifiers to work with beats
• Balancing for skill improvements/reductions
• Top Nav back button now says where you're going by clicking it
• Altered rehiring logic
• Added fix for Medical Page when someone is in rehab
• Made charts use the same font as the rest of the game skin
• Overhauled the segment overview screen
• Added a check before deleting segments
• Fixed bug with spaces in venue images
• Ordered Match Gimmicks Alphabetically

[ 2022-04-05 23:06:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Gave the booking screens a visual overhaul
• Added abiility to create, delete and modify match gimmicks
• Added descriptions to match gimmicks
• Switched the default theme to Aurora
• Tidied up the edit database pages
• Altered promotion growth rates, and the show scores needed to grow
• Added descriptions for the personality traits in the editor
• Updated the default title image
• My Workers page shows a little title image beside the champion's name
• Quick View Workers screen also shows title beside the worker's name
• Fixed some instances where a workers old contract could cause some issues after rehiring them

[ 2022-02-17 20:56:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Gave the news on the Main Office Screen a visual overhaul when you aren't working for a promotion
• Shows will now automatically pick a generic venue in your home region rather than having no venue set
• Improved performance on the awards screens
• Improved Main Office performance, by separating News loading from the rest of the page
• Re-added None as a default gimmick option
• Tweaked Backstage Morale calculations
• Rebalanced income from promotion Private Networks
• Fixed bug where non-debuted workers could get injured

[ 2022-01-31 22:57:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Users and modders can now create and modify worker gimmicks
• Backstage staff can now be used to improve the backstage morale
• Added the nicer event history look to all event history views (promotions page, news page, event histories page)
• Added match gimmicks to the event summary
• Users can hover over a gimmick from the My Workers screen to see a quick breakdown of the gimmick and its modifiers
• Added ethnicity filter for workers
• Added Style to filters for workers
• Added debut date and birth date filters for workers
• Organised Worker filters into groups for easier finding
• Added a section to worker bios where you can see any alter egos they may have from other contracts
• Regional and Local promotion AI will prioritise local workers when hiring
• Updated the No Image pictures
• Added the ability to set the background for worker images (ImageBackground in your game folder)
• Added tournaments to the Quick View Menu
• Updated font sizes for larger screens
• Booking a tag team in a match together now improves that team's tag experience value

• Fixed brand filter
• Fixed bug where broken relationships and tag teams may be left behind after deleting a worker
• Fixed bug where worker could appear more than once in Merch and Brands pages
• Fixed bug when removing workers from a tournament
• Fixed bug where a worker could be added to the same tournament multiple times
• Fixed bug on brands filter on tournaments screen
• Fixed bug where booking winner/loser lists and summary text would get messed up after setting a tournament

[ 2022-01-17 18:49:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Added ability to create elimination tournaments of 8, 16, 32, 64 or 128 people (128 can be a little bit slow!). These are currently manually managed, however I hope that down the line I can have it automatically track these as you book matches)
• If you have already set a venue and have more shows to book, the other shows will use the first show's venue by default (it can still be changed)
• Added support for touch screens
• Disabled the sometimes lethargic animation on charts
• Made it so the location importer saves existing Based In/BirthPlace locations
• Fixed bug where 'null leaves promotion' could be sent to your emails
• Fixed bug where charts might not resize correctly when the screen resizes
• Fixed bug regarding new lines in descriptions in the Edit Game World screen
• Fixed bug where promises and shows could have strange amount of days remaining
• Tournament styles complete

[ 2022-01-10 21:34:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Happy new year! One goal I have this year is to try and get the game to a point where I can take it out of Early Access. As part of that effort, I've created a list over the holidays of everything I consider necessary to get the game to that state. Note - there is no guarantee that all of this will be completed before full release, and I also will probably make a bunch of additional improvements along the way (I keep a separate list of 'nice to haves' that I sometimes pull from when I'm bored of working on larger pieces or have a limited amount of time to add improvements). Also the list is in no particular order, and will probably constantly change as I get feedback and suggestions from players etc. Anyway, enough preamble! Pro Wrestling Sim Must Haves

• Add logic for Contract Perks
• Add Shortlist capability
• Add validation rules to Edit pages to prevent bad data
• Advanced Show Distribution setup
• Allow Intererence Workers to have Skill/Overness Changes
• Balance Finances
• Be able to set champions from other companies via the editor (so a champion doesnt need to be under contract)
• Brand specific titles
• Create News Item when worker returns from rehab/injury
• Create own promotion
• Do Drug Tests during Next Day Cycle
• Effects for Attributes - Outspoken, Political, Big Bumps, Charitable, Outside Interests etc
• Event Specific Matches for AI
• Filter Emails
• Filter News
• Filter Relationships Screen
• Give Road Agents a Purpose
• Handle non-defendable titles for AI
• Hire to Developmental
• Increase Tag Experience
• Japanese Touring
• Make booked worker's popularity improve attendance and viewership more
• Make high spots/stunts be worker specific
• Scripted Events - Set a date for a thing to happen
• Set Drug Testing
• Set Production Levels for Promotions
• Skin Editor
• Stable Heat
• Steam Achievements
• Steam Cards
• Steam Workshop Integration
• Talk to Workers
• Tournaments (eliminator)
• Tournaments (Round Robin)
• Training Centers
• View other company's title histories

Anything else you think should be here that isn't? Leave comments! And as always, thanks for the support.

[ 2022-01-03 21:51:09 CET ] [ Original post ]