Hi there! Hope ya'll had a great Thanksgiving. This week we've got some cool news regarding Beta 19, as you're now able to join the fun! Usually we post our Devlogs on Sundays, but we had some unforeseen issues yesterday that prevented us from posting the Devlog. We're also going to show a new feature that will be added for Beta 20 in this Devlog too!

Beta 19 is on the beta-branch

Beta 19 is focused on optimization and making sure that people who reached the end-game can continue growing their company with even more employees and bigger offices! Make sure to check out some of the previous Devlogs that cover some other features and optimizations that will be present in the new Beta version of Startup Company. You can now join the fun yourself, as we've published Beta 19 on the testing branch. Below we've listed the steps that you need to complete in order to get on the Beta 19 branch. - Go to your Steam library. - Right click on Startup Company and select ''Properties'' - Go to the ''BETAS''-tab. - Enter the password: ''startupcompany19'' to unlock the branch - Select ''beta 19'' from the drop-down menu. - Close the window and you should automatically download Beta 19. Please note: Beta 19 is still very unstable, which means there might be game-breaking bugs present. If you encounter a bug, or something that you don't (or do) like, please post a message on our community hub, or report it on our Discord channel. (Link to the Discord channel is below this post.) Once we've fixed some bugs in Beta 19, implemented community feedback and are happy with how everything looks and feels we'll release it for everyone on the public branch! We do not have a solid release date yet, but we aim to release Beta 19 for everyone in December 2018.

New Server Racks (Beta 20)

Recently we announced the new programmer and executive setup for your employees. This time around we want to share new server racks with you, as displayed in the image below:
Again, these assets might change over the course of the development of Startup Company. Rack Sizes [table] [tr] [td]Rack Type[/td] [td]Size[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Small Rack[/td] [td]10[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Medium Rack[/td] [td]20[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Large Rack (new)[/td] [td]42[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Centralized Clockrate Controller (CCC) - Beta 20

We're currently working on a Centralized Clockrate Controller (CCC) in Startup Company, which is a highly requested feature by our community. This new unit can control the clockrate for up to 500 servers. A practical example would be: if you reach 90% overall CU usage, the CCC will change the clockrate from 50% to 100%. It will be cool to see how everyone will make use of this new feature! Together with the new and improved X Servers this will allow everyone to make sure that your company is ready for the future - especially when you're being DDoS'd or get a viral boost to handle all the traffic!
Please note: the CCC, new rack and new servers are scheduled for Beta 20.

New X Servers

With Beta 20 two new server types will be introduced into the game: the Small and the Large X Server. These new servers are a lot bigger compared to the existing servers. The servers also generates a lot of heat and a higher energy consumption per throughput. The X Servers are a great choice to combine with the CCC to keep expenses low, while still having the power to overcome increased traffic.

Steam Autumn Sale

Startup Company is now on sale during the Steam Autumn sale. You can now get a copy with 25% off! Do you have suggestions or ideas for the game? Check out our Conflux board. All the notes that are listed above are simply a preview of what's coming up in Startup Company. These new changes and items are not yet available in the public build of the game. That's it for this Monday, hope you all will have a great week! Best, Jonas & Robert [url=https://discord.gg/hovgaardgames]

[ 2018-11-26 11:57:34 CET ] [ Original post ]