v1.8.0 is live - Improved text quality, better performance, better Mac support.
This release should hopefully fix a bunch of odd issues we've recently seen Mac users report and should also have much better performance on Mac. For Windows users the main change is that text-rendering is vastly improved and performance overall should be a bit better too. We haven't updated Linux in this release, as it would not have made any significant changes. If there are any issues, please get in touch with us at support@greenheartgames.com, by responding to this announcement, or by posting on the Steam forums.
Game Dev Tycoon was one of the first games on Steam to use node-webkit to run a HTML5 game on Desktops and because of that, we were using an ancient version of node-webkit by today's standards. We often considered upgrading but every time we did, we experienced numerous new issues and had very little confidence that the overall player experience would be better than before. Newer versions of node-webkit (now known as nw.js) are also significantly larger in size and we didn't want to inflate download and install sizes for little gain. Unfortunately, once Apple release Mac OS Catalina, it seemed that, while after a lot of work, we managed to get our version of node-webkit to work, the performance significantly degraded (for all versions of Mac OS) and when we released v1.7.0 we suddenly got all sorts of odd bug reports on Mac, none of which can be attributed to our own game code. Our only choice is to upgrade to a newer version of nw.js and hope that Mac OS supports this better. This is a drastic change for the project hence the bump to version 1.8.0 - You'll notice that the game is now larger in size but the improved performance, Mac support and the vastly improved text-rendering on Windows should make up for it.
[ 2020-10-13 10:03:20 CET ] [ Original post ]
We've just released v1.8.0 to Windows and Mac users.
This release should hopefully fix a bunch of odd issues we've recently seen Mac users report and should also have much better performance on Mac. For Windows users the main change is that text-rendering is vastly improved and performance overall should be a bit better too. We haven't updated Linux in this release, as it would not have made any significant changes. If there are any issues, please get in touch with us at support@greenheartgames.com, by responding to this announcement, or by posting on the Steam forums.
Technical details and background information
Game Dev Tycoon was one of the first games on Steam to use node-webkit to run a HTML5 game on Desktops and because of that, we were using an ancient version of node-webkit by today's standards. We often considered upgrading but every time we did, we experienced numerous new issues and had very little confidence that the overall player experience would be better than before. Newer versions of node-webkit (now known as nw.js) are also significantly larger in size and we didn't want to inflate download and install sizes for little gain. Unfortunately, once Apple release Mac OS Catalina, it seemed that, while after a lot of work, we managed to get our version of node-webkit to work, the performance significantly degraded (for all versions of Mac OS) and when we released v1.7.0 we suddenly got all sorts of odd bug reports on Mac, none of which can be attributed to our own game code. Our only choice is to upgrade to a newer version of nw.js and hope that Mac OS supports this better. This is a drastic change for the project hence the bump to version 1.8.0 - You'll notice that the game is now larger in size but the improved performance, Mac support and the vastly improved text-rendering on Windows should make up for it.
Game Dev Tycoon
Greenheart Games
Greenheart Games
2013-08-29
Indie Strategy Simulation Singleplayer
Game News Posts 38
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Overwhelmingly Positive
(37804 reviews)
http://www.greenheartgames.com/app/game-dev-tycoon/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/239820
The Game includes VR Support
Game Dev Tycoon Linux 32bit [253.04 M]
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Start in the 80s
Start your adventure in a small garage office in the 80s. Enjoy the hand-crafted level design while you develop your first simple games. Gain experience, unlock new options and create your first game engine.
Create games your way
In Game Dev Tycoon the decisions you make during development really matter. Decide which areas you want to focus on. Does your game need more gameplay or should you focus more on quests? These decisions will have a major impact on the success of your game.
Grow your company
Once you have successfully released a few games you can move into your own office and forge a world-class development team. Hire staff, train them and unlock new options.
Make larger more complex games
With experience and a good team, you can release larger, more complex games. Larger games bring new challenges and you will have to manage your team well to deliver hit games.
The full game has many more features which are not listed here to prevent spoilers.
A journey through gaming history
Start in the 80s
Start your adventure in a small garage office in the 80s. Enjoy the hand-crafted level design while you develop your first simple games. Gain experience, unlock new options and create your first game engine.
Create games your way
In Game Dev Tycoon the decisions you make during development really matter. Decide which areas you want to focus on. Does your game need more gameplay or should you focus more on quests? These decisions will have a major impact on the success of your game.
Grow your company
Once you have successfully released a few games you can move into your own office and forge a world-class development team. Hire staff, train them and unlock new options.
Make larger more complex games
With experience and a good team, you can release larger, more complex games. Larger games bring new challenges and you will have to manage your team well to deliver hit games.
Features
- Start a game development company in the 80s
- Design and create games
- Gain new insights through game reports
- Research new technologies
- Create custom game engines
- Move into bigger offices
- Forge a world-class development team
- Unlock secret labs
- Conduct industry changing products
- Unlock achievements
- Modding support
- Workshop support
- Community translations for German, Spanish, French, Portoguese (Brazil), Russian, Czech, Swedish, Dutch and Italian are available through the in-game menu.
The full game has many more features which are not listed here to prevent spoilers.
MINIMAL SETUP
- Processor: 2 GHz dual coreMemory: 2 GB RAM
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memoryAdditional Notes: minimum resolution of 1024x768
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memoryAdditional Notes: minimum resolution of 1024x768
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