Hi everyone, Our 2.2.0 update is now available. This is a regular update that includes some bug fixes and improvements. Bug Fix

• Fix an internal bug with the AI causing the game to lag after some time
• Fix a bug where the school name is not loaded properly when clicking the "Continue" game button
• Fix the AI animation transition delay from walking to idle
• Fix the inconsistency bug with the object rotation in the Main Menu

Improvement

• Bump the campaign starting money to $150,000
• Remove the popup requirement in the middle of the screen during building room mode
• Hide all unnecessary UI during building mode
• After building mode, remove the stuck tooltip
• Improve the building list UI
• Change the camera movement speed. The movement is not smooth for now as we are going to completely re-write the camera controller in the next update

NOTE: Our next update will be 3.0 which is going to completely change the game experience. We believe that our 3.0 update is our biggest update so far and our estimated release date is by the last week of May 2020. If you found any bugs or if you have suggestions, don't hesitate to join and post in our steam discussion page (https://steamcommunity.com/app/946670/discussions). We have a lot of plans for the School Owner and we can't wait to implement as many features as possible. We would like to thank everyone who supports our early access journey!

[ 2020-04-13 06:38:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, Our 2.1.0 update is now available. This update includes the initial implementation of our Steam Achievements and a bunch of bug fixes and improvements. Feature

• Steam Achievements!
• Added continue button in the main menu to continue the last played save file

Bug Fix

• Make sure that the end tutorial panel is closed after the player finished all the tutorial steps
• Fix the close school button width and height
• Fix the box still enabled after the worker is done building
• Fix the UI for editing and deleting of room
• Fix the admission officer doesn't go to the office
• Fix the load game button still interactive even if there is no save file
• Fix bug where players can't delete window
• Fix bug where players are unable to place a window within a normal wall
• Fix a bug where you can research twice

Improvement

• Starting money in the campaign mode is bumped to $70,000
• A few more fixes to the UI to completely remove the blurry UI reported by a lot of players
• Rename the "Big chair" and "Waiting chair" to just "Sofa"
• We are now starting to redo our todo requirements. In this update, we decided to remove unnecessary requirements.
• Set time control default color to black
• Set the time control active time color to red
• Speed up the resolution scroll

We are going to release another update very soon where we will implement new features, improvements and fix more bugs. If you found any bugs or if you have suggestions, don't hesitate to join and post in our steam discussion page (https://steamcommunity.com/app/946670/discussions). We have a lot of plans for the School Owner and we can't wait to implement as many features as possible. We would like to thank everyone who supports our early access journey!

[ 2020-04-06 21:20:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, We are happy to announce that our 2.0.0 update is now out! In this major update, we focused mainly on our backend side. We rewrote most of our code for optimization purposes, to allow us to easily maintain our codes, and to speed up the development process. Feature:

• We are officially launching Map Selection in this update. We only have one map at the moment, but we are showing how we can add new maps in the future after we rewrote the way we handle our maps in-game. Although this will not come any sooner yet, this will also allow people to create their own maps

Bugfix:

• Fixed a bug where the game creates multiple save files

Improvement:

• Scaled the overall UI to fix the blurry bug reported by a lot of people
• Added the ability to skip the tutorial after creating a new game
• Recreated the whole Main Menu design
• Changed the New Game process
• Recreated the TODO UI to match the theme
• Hide Happiness and Environment meter for now
• Hide Load button when there is no save file(s)

To celebrate this update, we have joined the weeklong deal and the game is on sale right now (25% off), this is the best time to buy or gift the game and join our early access journey as it will be a while before we will do another sale. In our next update (Soon), we will be fixing the AI issues as well as the improvement with the overall TODO process. If you found any bugs or if you have suggestions, don't hesitate to join and post in our steam discussion page (https://steamcommunity.com/app/946670/discussions). We have a lot of plans for the School Owner and we can't wait to implement as many features as possible. We would like to thank everyone who supports our early access journey!

[ 2020-02-19 19:30:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, Our 1.1.1 patch is now available. This is a small patch that fixes some issues that we need to address ASAP. There is another big update upcoming where we introduce new feature and improvement to the AIs and TODO. Changes:

• Smooth camera movement
• Fix game over background to fill the entire screen
• Add in the settings the ability to disable edge control
• Disable edge control by default
• Lower input edge border
• Fix AI and Room build list tooltip

If you found any bugs or if you have suggestions, don't hesitate to join and post in our steam discussion page (https://steamcommunity.com/app/946670/discussions). We have a lot of plans for the School Owner and we can't wait to implement as many features as possible. We would like to thank everyone who supports our early access journey!

[ 2019-11-17 12:14:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, Our 1.1.0 update is now available. This update includes a lot of bug fixes and improvements in-game. We still want to squeeze in a lot of improvements and features in this update, but we decided to release it now as this update is essential for the overall game experience. We will have a 1.1.1 update shortly where we will improve the game todo and others. Feature:

• Room levels - Every room will now have levels that affect the effectiveness.
• Initial implementation of the game tutorial - This will be improved in our next update.
• Implement search for objects, AI, and rooms when building.
• Allowed movement and building even when the game is paused.

Addition:

• Added two new plant objects.
• Added water in the plain terrain.

Bugfix:

• Fixed a bug where you can't place fences.
• Fixed a bug where some UI panels are automatically closing when opening another UI panel.
• Fixed a bug where you can place another tile inside a room when there is an object above it.
• Fixed a bug where the volume is set to zero when first time opening the game.
• Fixed a bug where you can't delete some objects in sandbox mode.
• Fixed a bug where the volume control doesn't properly adjust the background music and sound effects.

Improvement:

• Slow down AI movement by 30%.
• Allowed screen edge input movement.
• Allowed placing tiles even when hovering in a wall.
• Added a notification when the game can't save the current progress.
• Added sound effects when clicking research buttons.
• Slow down game time by 50% - This is still not final and we will closely monitor this change.
• Show current build mode in the UI.
• New shortcuts: B - Bulldozer SPACE - Pause game 1 - Normal game speed 2 - Faster game speed 3 - Fastest game speed Z - Zoom in X - Zoom out
• Change the game engine version to the latest version. This should not affect the overall gameplay, but we will closely monitor if it affects anything in-game.
• Added sound effects when building a room.
• Move the object, AI, rooms, wall, and tile list to lower left.
• Added a blue line indicator when the game is paused.
• Change all the tooltips in-game to a new one that follows the mouse cursor.
• Earn money when destroying trees and plants.
• Add sound effects when deleting trees.
• Change mouse cursor.

Others:

• Added cloud diagnostic so we can easily debug crash problems.
• Move the bulldozer icon to the lower right.
• Remove Halloween contents.

If you found any bugs or if you have suggestions, don't hesitate to join and post in our steam discussion page (https://steamcommunity.com/app/946670/discussions). We have a lot of plans for the School Owner and we can't wait to implement as many features as possible. We would like to thank everyone who supports our early access journey!

[ 2019-11-10 14:21:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, Our 1.0.1 update is now available. We have added the ability to delete doors and some bug fixes. Changelog: Feature:

• Implemented the ability to delete doors.

Addition:

• Added trash can object.

Bug fix:

• Fixed a bug where when you switch back to the main menu, settings are being reset.
• Fixed a bug where tiles and walls are not being initialized properly.
• Fixed a bug where for some users with aspect ratio like 21:9, the UI is not being rendered properly.
• Fixed a bug where when you build an object above an AI, inside a room, the object is counted as a normal object instead of a room object. Hence, the todo is not being satisfied.
• Fixed a bug where the tooltips are not showing to some buttons in-game.
• Fixed a bug where the resolution is set to the lowest possible when first time opening the game.

Improvement:

• Lower down the probability for the AIs to throw thrash when there is no trash can.
• Increased the speed when scrolling the object and AI lists.
• Added volume control for background music and sound effects.

If you found any bugs or if you have suggestions, don't hesitate to join and post in our steam discussion page (https://steamcommunity.com/app/946670/discussions). We have a lot of plans for the School Owner and we can't wait to implement as many features as possible. We would like to thank everyone who supports our early access journey!

[ 2019-10-30 18:07:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

School Owner is now out on Steam with a 1-week launch discount - And since Halloween is just right around the corner, we have a Halloween special for you! You can enable it here:

[ 2019-10-27 14:04:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

We have the approval from Steam and we are excited to announce the Steam release date of School Owner. The game will be out on October 27, 2019, for PC, Mac, and Linux. We will celebrate the launch with a 1-week launch discount. [previewyoutube=bFgvhVNOdh8;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2019-10-26 08:15:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello! I would like to thank you all for waiting patiently for the game to be released on Steam. I have tested the game and I am already satisfied with the current build. I am just going to squeeze in a small feature that you are going to like. At first, I am not aware that there is a review window for a game build. This Sunday evening, I am going to submit the game build for Valve to review, when it gets approved, the game will be released in 1-2 days. I will let you know the exact date after the build gets approved. In the meantime, make sure that you wishlist the game, so that you will be notified when it gets released.

[ 2019-07-26 22:35:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey there, It's been a while since the last time you heard from me after publishing the Steam Coming Soon page. I would like to explain that School Owner is the first title that I am going to release on Steam and I am still in the process of learning the release process. The game only has a single developer (and that's me) and handful of people who are helping me design and test the game. The release of the game has been delayed because I got caught up with paper works and some major bugs that were reported to me. Right now, I'm leaning towards a June Early Access v1.0.0 release, but we'll see how it goes. I will regularly post an announcement from now on to keep you updated.

[ 2019-06-16 09:28:01 CET ] [ Original post ]