Coredumping grows

The Software Inc. team has grown by one, as we now welcome Lasse, whose work youve already seen on the character models and cars, in the game. Lasse will be working part-time on making the game look a lot better, while he studies. For this update, hes improved a bunch of furniture, that sorely needed it, and updated the trees.

New temperature system

You can no longer plop down single units to cool down an entire building, instead youll need outputs for their cool air or hot water to disperse throughout your rooms. Youll be able to automatically place them, and you wont need to worry about temperature at all if you are just renting rooms. This change comes with a cool overlay visualizing how pipes and vents snake through your building. It also adds roof mounted ACs, which is the first item in Software Inc. to poke through the roof of a building.

Digital distribution and deals

Digital distribution no longer works on a per company level and is no longer exclusive. Companies will automatically sign up for your platform if the price is right, but you wont get to sell 100% of their digital products. This also means Ive been able to heavily reduce ISP costs. The amount of deals you receive is no longer based on your business reputation, instead your business reputation controls how much money you will be offered. This means you should be seeing a lot more deals.

Yes, I saw the video

The funding + lawsuit exploit has been fixed.

Changelog

Alpha 11.4.2 fixed bug when cloning or deleting rooms adjacent to walls that are smoothed Changes

Completely overhauled temperature system and furniture
Digital disitribution is no longer exclusive or requires the player to make individual deals
Heavily reduced ISP costs
Player now receives all deals, but the payout depends on their business reputation
Guests with deals will now lose their patience if the reception waiting room is too cold, dark, dirty and ugly
Added smooth shading to curved walls
Publisher now handles pre-release marketing automatically
Companies will no longer offer publishing deals if they've sued the player
Publisher funding is now based on company reputation
Release schedule control for publishing deals is no longer optional
Market recognition will no longer decline, if player hasn't released anything for a while
Reduced how much employee skill impacts quality
Rebalanced business reputation gain from support and marketing deals
Employee requirements now scale with the amount of work left on a task, to avoid the last features in design or alpha taking a too long
Satisfaction and effectiveness data overlays now work for employees + added germs, social and stress overlay
Sidewalks are now generated dynamically on roads + added lip to suspended roads
Improved furniture snapping (Especially helpful for Emonadeo's modular shelves mod)
Burglars now prioritize the cost of furniture higher when deciding which room to steal from first
The team selection window now shows minimum team compatibility instead of average
Police now show up quicker
Software reviews no longer conclude by only considering whether the price is good
Added online poll to main menu
Removed leading zero when using AM/PM time

Fixes

Fixed big lag spike when deleting furniture
Fixed employees sometimes getting stuck forever after a fire, if a path leads up to the entrance of the building
Fixed wrong license price calculation after changing price on a product
Fixed AI using tools and supporting operating systems that the player had put ridiculously high prices on
Fixed AI porting to both released and unreleased version of an OS, if player ever supported it in unreleased form
Fixed employees pretending to work in design phase even though their specialization levels were too low
Fixed getting "transfer to subsidiary" message when trading IP nobody is interested in
Fixed locked furniture not getting removed when buying an office building "from the future" and refunding the cost
Fixed contents insurance price not taking days per month into account
Out of range errors caused by the Start Options mod no longer make the game unplayable
Fixed not being able to build anywhere due to malformed paths
Various other fixes

Graphics

Tree models
Instant coffee
Wall lamp
Stove
Medium + Small Server
All Product printers
AC unit
Roof AC
Electric radiator
Ventilation
Radiator
Small heater
Ceiling fan
Central heating

[ 2020-01-12 11:48:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

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

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04+
Processor: 3 GHz. 4 coresMemory: 2 GB RAM
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 512 MB dedicated video RAM. Shader Model 4.0. OpenGL 4.1+
Storage: 1 GB available space

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