Comic Company Manager

Devlog

• Comic Company Manager 1.0 out now!
  February 21, 2023 by SubstandardShrimp

  Time has finally arrived for 1.0! I have reached all the feature goals I set for myself at the start of development. It took a little longer than I had intended originally but I’m glad to have manag... Continue reading

  
• 0.9.7.0 - Furniture And Optimization
  January 19, 2023 by SubstandardShrimp

  This update adds more options to building your office with new furniture and wall colors. Wall and floor materials are also adjusted to be little better looking. Comic market processing is also heavil... Continue reading
• 0.9.6.0 - Finances
  January 06, 2023 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  This update adds the fixed finances window to main game. You can access it by pressing your money amount on top of your screen This gives you access to your monthly expenses, monthly income/expense re... Continue reading
• 0.9.5.0 - Editors and Franchise Developement
  December 26, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp

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  This updates main features are changes to franchises and addition of editor role for workers Now the franchise needs to be created actively by workers instead of happening in the background. Workers c... Continue reading
• 0.9.4.0 - New Offices Update
  December 13, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp

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  This update will update the offices system by adding new locations and ability to move between them. Also included is option to change wall and floor materials in your rooms. This is purely cosmetic a... Continue reading
• 0.9.3 - More Options For Comic Creation
  November 19, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp

  This update adds option for limited series and black and white comics. Also some other small changes Main UI change is that instead of blasting alerts to middle of your screen, they now show up bottom... Continue reading
• 0.9.2 - Work Update
  October 10, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  This update took a long time to do. Mostly it was due to not development related things so I'm sorry for the delay Main goal of this update is to change on workers do their work. In this new system wo... Continue reading
• Free Demo Added
  August 21, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp#demo

  The game now has a free demo that allows you to play trough one in game year. The saves from this version will work with full version of the game... Continue reading
• 0.9.1.1 - Small update
  August 04, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp

  This is small update to add some more furniture and fix few bugs Changes Added new furniture Added development bonus furniture Reversed camera rotation controls Added little more money to start to hel... Continue reading
• 0.9.1 - Office Furniture Update
  July 30, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp

  The office furniture system is now finally ready for the main branch of the game. It adds the basic system that should work. Still lot to add to it like extra furniture, new worker behavior inside the... Continue reading
• 0.9 - Franchises And Merchandicing
  May 10, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp

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  Merchandising and Franchise systems are now implemented in the game Next up is the office overhaul and lot of visuals in the game will be changed too. Then its time to finally leave early access! This... Continue reading

  
• 0.8.4 - Ads And Merchandise
  April 25, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  Two new systems are added in this update. Also marketing department is overhauled. First system is comic ads. This represents advertisements placed inside the comics books. They can be ads for other c... Continue reading

  
• 0.8.2 - Brainstorming
  March 29, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  This update adds system for hot and cold tropes. These are set of tropes that will either sell well (hot) or poorly (cold). These change over time and you can see at least 1 at all times but upgrading... Continue reading
• 0.8.1 - Franchises
  March 09, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  This is the longest time I have spent on update so far but its finally done. Though I mostly likely have not found all the bugs. This updates adds very basic parts of franchise systems. Also this will... Continue reading

  
• 0.8 - AI Milestone Reached
  January 26, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp#update, #major

  The AI milestone has been reached. This should make the market more dynamic and more challenging. This does not mean work on AI is not done since there are still new features to implement. Also balanc... Continue reading
• 0.7.4 - Even More AI
  January 20, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  This update makes the companies little more dynamic by adding a possibility of them going bankrupt and new ones appearing during game play Changes AI companies can go bankrupt New AI companies are add... Continue reading

  
• 0.7.3 - More AI
  January 10, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  This update is another step in creating a competitive AI for the game. Also lot of bugs got fixed and hopeful not too many new ones created Biggest change here from player perspective is that if their... Continue reading
• 0.7.2 - Newspaper and New AI Generated comics
  January 03, 2022 by SubstandardShrimp

  This update introduces a news window and AI companies creating new comics On the newspaper you can view events happening in the comic book industry such as new comics, new hires, new companies, shifts... Continue reading
• 0.7 - Human Resources Milestone
  November 23, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#update, #major

  0.7 is done now. Between 0.6 and 0.7 several additions to worker management were added. First was human resources and a new scouting system related to it. Then recruitment system was expanded to help... Continue reading

  
• 0.6.4 - Morale and Contracts
  November 04, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp

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  This update introduces the new contact system. It replaces the old way of hiring people. Now on signing you decide for how long you want the contract to run for and how much if any profits from comics... Continue reading

  
• 0.6.3.1 - Beta update
  November 01, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp

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  This update introduces the new contact system. It replaces the old way of hiring people. Now on signing you decide for how long you want the contract to run for and how much if any profits from comics... Continue reading

  
• 0.6.3 - Worker Developement
  October 26, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  This update adds skill development and paid training for workers. Also age stat is added since it slightly relates to worker development. Skill development works by all workers having hidden potential... Continue reading

  
• 0.6.2.1 - Beta Update
  October 23, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#update, #beta

  This update adds skill development for workers. Also age stat is added since it slightly relates to worker development. Skill development works by all workers having hidden potential and destiny stats... Continue reading

  
• 0.6.2 - Recruitment
  October 16, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  This update adds new version of recruitment. You can now spend money to get more workers to choose from. The search can be narrowed to different roles with the new worker tag system. Previous saves wo... Continue reading

  
• 0.6.1 - Basic HR and Scouting System
  October 07, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  This update adds basics for human resources department. It works similarly to marketing department in how its upgraded and downgraded. In this update is also included the first thing the department af... Continue reading
• 0.6 - Printing and Marketing
  October 01, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#update, #milestone

  First roadmap milestone is now reached. Printing and marketing systems are now implemented and hopefully add more things to do in the game. I'll once again will be reviewing the roadmap before startin... Continue reading

  
• 0.5.4.4 - Beta Branch Update
  September 22, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#beta, #update

  Getting closer to 0.6. It will be ready possibly next week Changes You can generate random name for your company You can generate random name for your character Printing contracts change over time Add... Continue reading
• 0.5.4.3 - Beta Branch Update
  September 15, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#beta, #update

  I managed to get this weekly update done nicely on time. Main addition is target market system where you can focus your marketing to specific age groups. This is different from comic ratings and the g... Continue reading
• 0.5.4.2 - Beta Branch Update
  September 11, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#update, #beta

  Another step towards 0.6. Mostly tiny changes this week. Biggest change is to allow you to select print and price settings for each comic separately. I will keep trying to get updates out weekly Chang... Continue reading
• 0.5.4.1 - Beta Branch Update
  September 02, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#update, #beta

  This took much longer than any previous update but system included here were all required and couldn't really be split into small updates. Sorry for the delay Main feature here is printing system that... Continue reading

  
• 0.5.4 - Market Research
  August 11, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  Time for another main branch update Main additions here are company level system and market research Publishing companies in the game are now divided into sizes from tiny to titanic. The size affects... Continue reading
• 0.5.3 - Basic Marketing
  July 22, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  This update took a little longer than I was planning but here it is now. Mainly this update adds basic marketing department and redoes some UI. Next update should expand the marketing department by ad... Continue reading

  
• 0.5.2.4 - Beta version update
  July 15, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#beta, #update

  First bits of marketing system are starting to be ready New marketing screen is accessible from the bottom screen menu Small warning: While old saves still load fine, they default company marketing de... Continue reading
• 0.5.2 - Reviews Rework and in game help
  July 09, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#update

  This version reworks the review system to be more consistent and easily readable. Also new in-game help system is implemented. There are now ? buttons around the UI that will help you with info on tha... Continue reading
• Roadmap Update And General Update
  July 05, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#announcement

  Here's some general info about future of the game and how its been going so far. Now few weeks after release to early access I can look back little on how it has gone. Overall I have to admit I might... Continue reading

  
• 0.5.1 - Hotfix
  July 04, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#hotfix, #update

  - Fixed issue with loading non-auto save files - Tiny performance improvements - Nice new typewriters for workers... Continue reading
• 0.5.0 - Usability and balance update
  July 02, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp

  I wanted the first bigger update after the launch to focus on usability and balance based on player feedback. So here it is After this I will being to focus on adding features according to the roadmap... Continue reading

  
• 0.4.1 Balance Patch
  June 25, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp

  Unfortunately the game balance was tuned to be little too easy. Hopefully this will make it more interesting Balance Update Changes: Decreased reader amount The original amount was made with more comi... Continue reading

  
• Comic Company Manager out now on early access
  June 23, 2021 by SubstandardShrimp#announcement

  Comic Company Manager is out now on early access! I'm very excited to release it for you to try and I want to hear what you all think! First update after release will be usability/UI update so your fe... Continue reading