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Hi everyone, 2 weeks ago Beta 27 was released. It has been very successful! Reviews has been more positive than ever, thank you! The build was also very stable, I have only spent 1 week on fixing bugs:

Fixed bug where retirement sequence didn't start from step 1.
Fixed bug making it impossible to unlock "The Sun Is The Future"
Recruitment: Changed max value of salary and bonus slider to support new superstar employees.
Show daily payment when negotiating ad contracts
Added "In stock" value to Production Plans
Updated localization files
Fixed yet another "Employees not retiring" bug
Fixed bug where retirement tax percentage didn't update after transferring.
Fixed bug where both main menu and game soundtrack would play simultaneous
Fixed issue where "years till retirement" could go into negative
Fixed bug where new candidates would contain fire demands right away.
Fixed bug making it impossible to upgrade to new office for some old savegames.
Fixed error being thrown if employee was fired while having their dialog open.

Beta 28 Sneak Peek: Jitter and the in-game browser!

Beta 28 will introduce a new in-game browser. The first website you can visit is Jitter. From here you can get:

Info on how to improve your website and what annoys your users.
Which companies might be interesting to invest in.
Random rages from angry people.

If you have some cool ideas about things users could "jeet"about, feel free to submit your suggestions in the comments section.

Beta 28 Sneak Peek: Updated Stock Market and UI

After a ton of requests (you guys really like investing in stocks), I'm finally fixing the buggy stock market. Beta 28 will introduce brand new mechanics that makes the stocks much more dynamic. The UI has also been updated:

Added a transaction log to better track whether you're making money or not.
Added a 1% trading fee for both buying and selling.
Increased the amount of days stock prices are tracked.

Beta 28 Sneak Peek: Tidal Power Plant

The next investment project will be the Tidal Power Plant. Once you have completed this investment you'll unlock the Fusion Framework 2020 which allows to reach even higher feature levels. I'll talk more about this in a future devlog.

That's all for this week

Also remember I'm continuously uploading new strings for translation to Localizor. So if you want to help translate the game, this is the place to go: https://www.localizor.io/game/1/translations Thank you for reading and see you in the next devlog schappy All the best, Jonas [url=https://discord.gg/hovgaardgames]

[ 2019-11-15 17:11:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Startup Company

Hovgaard Games Developer

Hovgaard Games Publisher

2020-04-10 Release

Indie Strategy Simulation Singleplayer Tags

Game News Posts: 113

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Very Positive (5626 reviews)

https://www.startupcompanygame.com

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Linux [210.09 M]

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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