Startup Company

Hovgaard Games Developer

Hovgaard Games Publisher

2020-04-10 Release

Indie Strategy Simulation SingleplayerTags

Game News Posts: 113

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Very Positive (5651 reviews)

https://www.startupcompanygame.com

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Linux [210.09 M]

Devlog #21

Hi everyone, Ive had some very busy days since the release of Beta 16. Not only has the Summer Sale attracted a lot of new users, but I have also spent a lot of hours fixing bugs in Beta 16. A total of six hotfixes have been shipped pushing the latest version to Beta 16.6. Heres a list of all the bugs that were fixed: Hide stock options while merging is active. Disable move workstation button while office building is not selected. Fixed various typos/localization issues. Fixed bug causing owned stocks percentage to not show 01% ownership. French version: fixed unavailable framework buttons. German version: fixed typo in product merge text. Fixed bug allowing players to place hosting equipment in their office. Removed incorrect hosting building expenses from product hosting tab. Reduced new product requirements to be 15 completed milestones instead of a complete buyout. Returned missing office items (walls, glass door, etc.) Fixed bug causing rack devices to be lost when buying without any space available. Updated Upgrade Employee Level feature to add one new demand per upgrade. Fixed bug causing product stats to show broken graphs if game was paused. Fixed bug causing New Tier dialog to show on every load. Fixed bug where the running cost of air conditioners was not included. Fixed bug crashing the game after upgrading specific employees. Fixed bug allowing players to create a new product too soon. Added Yesterday product traffic graph for other languages than English. Fixed wrong max. buy amount for buying stocks. Disabled upgrade workstation button when not in office building. Fixed wrong translations in PT-BR version. Show error when player is trying to merge two products of different types. Buffed email marketing campaign. Fixed bug causing wrong ESC behavior after moving an item between floors. Changed office/hosting building quick switcher to a single toggle button Fixed bug causing competitors to stay in Merge in progress state. Fixed bug happening when merging multiple competitors into same product. Increased basement hosting building cost from 10k to 20k to avoid new players renting the wrong building. Disabled ESC key when time machine is running. Changed milestone behavior to only allow unlocking of the next milestone in line. Fixed issue where hosting allocation was 0% for first product. Introduced new one-button building switcher. Hide employee level upgrade tip when max. level reached.

The road to full release

With Beta 16 safely shipped, Im now starting to really work towards the final version of Startup Company. Theres still a lot of work to be done, but its now much clearer to me what needs to be done. To share my vision with you, Ive created this roadmap showing you the future of SC. It will probably change a lot and nothing should be considered as official, but for the first time you can now see where Im headed.

Feature suggestions overflow

Firstly, I would like to thank all of you who send me suggestions and ideas for the game. I really appreciate it and use your suggestions a lot when designing the game. Im currently receiving between 10 and 15 suggestions per day. Thats at least 300 per month! I used to respond to all of your suggestions, but recently I have decided to prioritize developing the game. I still read everything. I hope you understand. :-)

Do you have suggestions or ideas for the game? 
Check out our Conflux board.

Thanks for reading and see you next week! Best, Jonas

[ 2018-07-06 14:49:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

About the game

Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game. You play as the CEO of a newly formed software company. With an empty bank account you are forced to complete client contracts, but as soon as you get enough money you will be able to start competing against the largest tech giants, building your very own products and services.

Startup Company includes:

* Build Mode: Design your very own office.
* Contract Work: Win contracts by competing on price and service.
* Crafting System: Merge components to create modules. Use modules to create products.
* Products: Build outstanding products by adding features, managing servers and running marketing campaigns.

Hiring

A great company is built by great people. Optimize your staff benefits and working conditions to attract the best employees.

Win Contracts

You'll be facing hundreds of available contracts, but not all of them will be good for your team. Work your way up and compete with the best in the industry to win the big contracts!

Develop, Merge, Repeat

That's right, even software needs a little piecing together!

No matter if you want to deliver contracts or build your own product you need components and modules. Use developers, designers and lead developers to produce what you need.

Startup Company includes a fully featured crafting/development system where you will be able to merge components into modules, servers or product features.

Release, Update and Expand

Creating successful products is all about making the right decisions. Implementing or upgrading the right features is what generates hype. Hype generates users and users generate money.

You'll have to constantly pay attention to your hype otherwise users will start to drift away from your product. Keeping the product under constant development and releasing new versions is key to success.

It's your sandbox, let your imagination run wild!

Development Stream on Twitch

All parts of the game development are being streamed on Twitch. Come join the community and the stream at:
https://www.twitch.tv/jhovgaard

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 16.04 and later
Processor: 2 GHz Dual CoreMemory: 2 GB RAM
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 or similar
Storage: 1 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Only 64-bit. The game may be working on other distributions. but not guaranteed or supported.

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