Esteemed lords and ladies of the ton! 🎩💐

Surprise, surprise! Today we deliver our biggest update yet and with it a chance to find true love in the early 1800s London! Not to mention over a dozen fixes and a heap of additions and quality of life improvements. Quite a revelation!

To celebrate the season 3 finale of the beloved Bridgerton series we present the new in-game theme for the actors and movie sets: "Regency" 💖

So grab your mouse and start working on a new gossip-worthy TV or movie production that I am sure Lady Whistledown would approve!

This update is another labor of love fueled by the constant engagement of our most beloved and most supportive playerbase. Know that you are seen, you are loved, and we could not do it without you! 🫶

Also - just in case you missed it - we have previously dropped a few smaller updates that addressed some of your most pressing feedback and added more content to the game. Read about them here, here, and here.

Find the full changelog for the Regency Update below 👇️

Changelog for the 1.7.16.1 version:

- new theme "Regency", inspired by Bridgerton, including costumes, set designer objects, and build mode objects
- new visuals for all set equipment cameras/lights/mics of 1950-2000
- optimize thumbnail generation for Build Mode, Set Designer, Set Equipment, which should reduce lag spikes significantly
- add one default filming set per theme to always have available sets for any theme without having to make them in Set Designer
- progressively increased difficulty in achieving high movie score as decades progress
- add sound for notifications, togglable in Settings
- fix windowed mode not always working
- make not-yet-available research grayed out instead of hidden, so you can always see when the next research will arrive
- set default FPS limiter to 60 (configurable in Settings) to avoid GPU overheat
- fix Researchers always working even when they have to attend education
- fix room info & filming set info windows getting auto-closed every time you enter build mode
- fix some actor animations that were looping even though they shouldn't
- limit max fame level of available-for-hire employees to level 1
- research for medium & high quality food is now available from the beginning of the game
- the studio fences and gate get renovated after 1950 and after 1980
- the cinema next to the studio gets renovated after 1980
- company money is now limited to max 999 billion
- company fans, product fans and product ticket sales are now limited to max 999 million
- product hype is now limited to max 9999
- reduce fame increase rate by 50%
- fix filming set's camera resetting to cheapest camera when relocating
- fix overflow when calculating product revenue that caused the revenue to become negative
- fix room type icon not showing above a premade room when it is placed in build mode
- actors in Set Designer can now be placed anywhere even if they clip into objects
- added buttons for deleting files in the open/save file dialog in Set Designer and Import Character menus
- allow getting loans even if company money is below 0
- fix bug in TV show episodes after first episode that showed incorrect scene rating and prevented reshooting scenes
- fix VFX/SFX designer tasks in Product Creation (post-production tab) not being cleared when starting a new product
- fix employee type filter in Hire Employees menu getting reset when hiring an employee
- added decorated versions of premade rooms in Build Mode
- added subcategory buttons in Build Mode for premade rooms (simple/decorated) and filming sets (default/local/steam)
- added decade intro sequence shown when reaching new decade

We are waiting for your feedback on our Steam discussion forum and Discord server[discord.gg]!

- 80+ new actor animations and stunts, available in Direct Scene menu
- added search box in animations/costumes/stunts tabs in Direct Scene menu
- show notification when SFX/VFX designers are not assigned to an office
- fix bug where reshooting a scene in some tutorials would prevent tutorial completion
- fix bug that prevented completing the "PR Pusher" mission
- fix bug that sometimes made desks and other objects unreachable by employees
- fix "Learn the ropes" Steam achievement not being awarded
- increased duration of SFX/VFX designer tasks and other filming tasks