Waching daily Sep 29 2018

Hello Indie Game Lovers, Nerds and Nerdettes my name is Feniks and this is the Indie Game

News.

Before we start remember to check video description for additional information.

Today we look at Tycoon genre.

As always we start with updates of last month

Prison Architect added Multiplayer to the game.

Currently works are in alpha and will improve as time progresses.

You can now build a prison cooperatively with up to 8 people!

While in a regular sandbox game of Prison Architect you can select to Go Online and

host a multiplayer game that people can join.

This game can be publicly listed or set to private and protected with a password.

When players have joined you can see them as a marker in the world and can see what

material or object they have currently selected and

are about to build.

This is first alpha release of multiplayer mode, with a focus on getting the core functionality

working.

This means that some features are not currently available to connected clients

and developers plan on adding them over time as we continue working on multiplayer.

Currently disabled on clients but will be coming in the near future

- Wire connections, Deployment, Logistics, Intelligence, Emergency callouts, Reports,

Prison Grading, Graphs

Interstellar Transport Company celebrates a year since it's initial release with new

updated road map.

So far developers have improved multiplayer imansly fixing stutter it was initially causing.

Added Mac and Linux support, new sheeps and many quality of life changes as well as updated

UI to be cleaner and easier to grasp.

Game have moved a long way from its initial state and there is good reason why after a

year 10 000 copies have been sold and game is sat at positive 85% review score on steam.

Developers are planning to leave Early Access by february next year and with that following

features are planned on being added to the game.

New tech tree system with many new ships added to the game.

Implementing some autonomous transportation using transport hubs/ More incentives for

players to subsidise the industries, interstellar obstacles and buildable jump gates and more.

Software Inc Alpha 10 is officially out of the testing branch.

Software Inc is a game about running your own software development company.

Your job will be to construct and design building for optimal working conditions.

You will hire people to design, release and support various software.

You will struggle against simulated competition and will be able to take over their business.

Alpha 10 adds ability to lease rooms, relocate your company, introduced new plot system,

multi-floor car parks and ability to mod textures.

We will see overhaul of hiring mechanic and employee skill system, new work on employee

satisfaction and customizable employee benefits.

We will see ability to change the price of your release products, improved temperature

mechanics.

Finally software is now calculated per OS market so releasing software for different

operating systems will no longer compete with each other.

Game is sat at 91% positive review score on steam out of nearly 2500 reviews submitted

I myself put over 40 hours into a game and can really recommend it.

Parkitect Beta 10 is now available.

Developers have added new bankruptcy system.

We will see smoke, fog and spark effects.

Mac users will be pleased that game uses now Metal support which will improve both visuals

and performance.

Also you can now choose to cap your FPS at 30 which may help some laptop users in increasing

a battery life.

Players will have option of hiring 2nd research team, we will see some tweaks to rides'

speed and animations.

Parkitect first released on steam early access on 5th of March 2016 and has gathered 88%

positive score out of nearly 1000 reviews submitted.

Time to talk about new releases

Megaquarium released on 13th of September.

Starting with just a few tanks and the most basic of livestock, you'll grow your aquarium

to a thronging metropolis filled with hundreds of guests, tens of staff and a multitude of

different aquatic lifeforms, each with their own unique care requirements.

Game features almost 100 different marine species including fish, sharks, corals, jellyfish,

other invertebrates and even a turtle!

Players will need to decide between training their own staff or recruiting talent from

outside.

As well as on their management policy will you run very focused teams or will everyone

be able to do a little bit of everything?

Game received 86% positive reviews on steam out of nearly 200 reviews submitted.

Game is prised for its relaxing setting, good variety of stock and mechanics.

However many reviewers complained of inconsistent FPS in some cases dropping to low 10s for

some players as well as poor UI choices.

Developer is working in addressing those issue with post release patches

Parkosours finally released on 25th of September we have been talking about this game for several

months now on and off on this channel so I will be brief.

Parkasaurus is a zany Dinosaur Park management game, that challenges the player not only

to provide guests with a unique dinosaur zoo experience, but to care for their dino friends

by crafting the perfect exhibits, gifting them the cutest hats, and travelling back

in time to rescue them from their demise!

Your job as a successful dino park manager will be ensuring your exhibits safety and

well being.

Each dinosaur requires a unique biosphere, which means the shape of exhibit, materials

used, ecology, plants, elevation and humidity all play a key role in whether the Dinos,

and the park, thrive...or become extinct.

Game has received 100% positive review score on steam out of over 100 reviews submitted.

Many reviewers particularly prised the game for it's beautiful unique graphical style,

fairly in depth management aspect that puts Jurassic Evolution to shame and clean and

functional UI.

Game is in early access at the moment but there is no reports of major bugs so far.

Time to move to upcoming games

Development has started on Democracy 4, the latest iteration of the political strategy

game by Positech Games.

Democracy 3 was released in 2013 and…quite a lot has happened in global politics since

then.

Democracy 4 will incorporate the extra features introduced in Democracy 3 Africa, which simulated

corruption, limits to press freedom and other political phenomena from the extremes which

are starting to become more common in western politics since the release of Democracy 3.

The game will be completely updated to reflect modern issues, so no more worrying about the

'V' chip and other long forgotten issues, and more worrying about fake-news, social

media, and other social phenomena driving politics in 2018 onwards.

The plan is to roll content from the existing 4 expansion packs (Extremism, Social Engineering,

Clones & Drones and Electioneering) into Democracy 4 where appropriate and relevant to provide

a single version of the game

Game is set to release some time in 2019 with short early access before final release.

As always I will keep you up to date as we find out more.

Okay guys that is it in this month Indie Game News.

If you know of any other games that should be featured in next month updates or you released

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