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Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.

Software Inc. combines tycoon gameplay with multi-story building mechanics, employee management and a simulated market. It is inspired by games like Game Dev Tycoon, Prison Architect, The Sims and Theme Hospital.

Build, furnish and maintain office buildings up to ten stories + basement, on an enormous Land
Hire employees to design, develop, support, research and market software in teams
Build roads and parking to ease commuting for your employees
Tend to your employees' needs, demands, skills and specializations, while making sure each team has compatible personalities
Customize your own employee avatar
Create your own software products and franchises
Compete in a simulated or event-driven market by selling your products, taking on contract work or trading stocks
Hire staff to repair your furniture and computers, and clean your office
Mod what kind of software you can develop, what kind of companies will be simulated, game scenarios, missions, personalities and random name generators
Delegate important tasks to your team leaders, such as managing development cycles and human resources
Set up your own servers for products, source control and running your own online store

Beta 1.2 officially out

In this update

Beta 1.2 overhauls the digital distribution mechanics, requiring you to develop and support your distribution platform and compete directly against the AI companies with their own platforms.
This update wraps up beta 1.2 testing with a bunch of fixes and some improvements to the manufacturing mechanics.

Lasse and I are currently working on a larger graphical overhaul of some elements of the game, which is why this patch is smaller than usual. I will post more details once we get closer to release.

Patch notes for Beta 1.2.2

Changes

Added 3 tiers of conveyor belts for building tight assembly lines
Added ability to highlight all boxes on the premises related to a printing job
Split up "Select furniture types in rooms" to make it more useful for selecting specific furniture
Added warning when conveyor belts are facing each other
Improved work progress detail window
You can now reload a single furniture mod with the RELOAD_FURNITURE_MOD command

Fixes

Fixed door signs sometimes being visible on lower floors
Fixed subsidiaries being able to open digital stores
Fixed not gaining access to add-ons when taking over project management projects
Employees will no longer offset their arrival times due to slow commutes by more than 4 hours, since some saves had people arriving 27 hours early
Fixed game thinking work was missing applicable employees due to active iteration in alpha phase
Fixed game not highlighting project management tasks when issues popped up referring to tasks in project management
Updates and add-ons are now considered when determining how long it's been since player's last release in a software category
Employees will now try to arrive near a lounge in case there are no applicable team rooms or PCs
Fixed creating new company in a custom building would set that building as auto-save target and break it on save
Fixed being able to use server group that doesn't exist by moving into building with servers from the future on the premises
Fixed using arrow keys to change slider values in furniture editor not moving by 1% increments for some sliders
Fixed not being able to edit new alt styles in furniture editor until reload
Fixed being able to release distribution platforms as consumer products by assigning it to a subsidiary

[ 2022-09-13 14:44:14 CET ] [Original Post]