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Duke of Defense Is Now Available!Apr 13, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, Seabass here! You may have noticed that I went silent for a while... I spent about a year working on a new game that I feel is my greatest work and one that I am actually very proud of. I poured my soul into this game and really wanted to create a passion fueled experience. The soundtrack is HUGE, there is a LOT of content, and of course a healthy dose of my silly Seabass humor. It would mean a lot to me if you could share with me how you feel about this new direction I've taken. https://store.steampowered.com/app/882210/Duke_of_Defense/The Dev Journey (50% off for Summer sale!)Jun 21, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHey rockstars and washed-up-has-been rockstars! Today we would like to take a moment to celebrate/discuss how far this game has come. Tycoon games have always been held to a pretty high standard in regards to balance and pacing. The truth to it is that no game will be perfect for everyone and Rock God Tycoon is no exception. We've read reviews praising the game for being the very best tycoon game they've ever played! But we have also read reviews stating that this is the absolute worst game they've ever played. Neither side is wrong, they just enjoy different games. With that out of the way... We are proud of how far this game has come and now we will go on a short journey following the development of Rock God Tycoon. Was it a coincidence? Many years ago Panos (the artist) and I met through a website called IndieDB in its job section. He had made a post requesting to team up with a programmer to create some musical tycoon game. I had never wanted to work with anyone but for some reason this seemed like a good opportunity to give it a shot. We got together in a Skype call and before we knew it we had worked the entire day on our prototype "Metalhead Tycoon". I still have the original executable and let me tell you it was a horrible game. We then posted the game on Steam greenlight where it sat for quite a while with little to no votes or recognition and reasonably so. I went on to create another game after splitting up with Panos. Another stroke of luck The game I had been working on had been approved on Greenlight and coincidentally so had Metalhead Tycoon. Panos rebranded the game at some point as "Rock God Tycoon" with all new artwork. He and I talked for the first time in a LONG time where he told me that he wanted to recreate what we had started a year prior. Again without a real reason I said, "Sure!" Days later we were both working on Rock God Tycoon! During this time I was working 40 hour weeks at a retail job and was still developing my other game (which was early access at the time) while Panos was still going to college full-time. It was only by sheer luck that we managed to get the game all the way to early access 1.5 years later. Shocking responses Panos and I are usually pretty cynical people and so we expected the game to flop once we entered Early Access. We were absolutely blown away when the game sold well enough for us to pay bills and all the meanwhile we were maintaining 95%+ in Steam reviews. Never before did we feel so motivated to work on this game. There were regular posts with pages of feedback and suggestions, and just so much positive/encouraging energy all around. I don't think either of us had been that happy with ourselves before. Fast forward The game went into full release in February of 2017 and we again were surprised by how many people had been waiting on the game to leave Early Access. It was shortly after that time that Panos was getting a job in another country and I had to move forward with a new project. Ma...Small fix for missing backgrounds!Mar 15, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsMissing backgrounds We've made a small change that hopefully will resolve the issue where the apartment backgrounds won't load correctly. This won't resolve the issue with intel integrated graphics as that is out of our control. Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! ːRockSignːSmall fix for missing backgrounds!Mar 15, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsMissing backgrounds We've made a small change that hopefully will resolve the issue where the apartment backgrounds won't load correctly. This won't resolve the issue with intel integrated graphics as that is out of our control. Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! :RockSign:50% OFF Winter Sale!!!Dec 21, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone! Today Rock God Tycoon hits its lowest price to date. Get yourself a rockin' copy of the game 50% off! We wish you all happy holidays and keep being amazing! Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! ːRockSignː50% OFF Winter Sale!!!Dec 21, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone! Today Rock God Tycoon hits its lowest price to date. Get yourself a rockin' copy of the game 50% off! We wish you all happy holidays and keep being amazing! Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! :RockSign:Update 1.2.2.0, Engine update!Dec 9, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsThis isn't so much an update as much as maintenance. We would like the game to remain up to date for as long as possible. This new build may address some of the various compatibility issues some users on integrated graphics were facing. Changelog 1.2.2.0 Updated to the latest Game Maker runtime and engine Texture page max size changed from 8192x8192 to 4096x4096 Compressed texture pages to save space for installation Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! ːRockSignːUpdate 1.2.2.0, Engine update!Dec 9, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsThis isn't so much an update as much as maintenance. We would like the game to remain up to date for as long as possible. This new build may address some of the various compatibility issues some users on integrated graphics were facing. Changelog 1.2.2.0 Updated to the latest Game Maker runtime and engine Texture page max size changed from 8192x8192 to 4096x4096 Compressed texture pages to save space for installation Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! :RockSign:40% discount for the whole week!Oct 23, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsFor one whole week RGT is 40% off! This is an insanely low discount and may be the lowest we go for a long time. If you want to get your monies worth now would be the time to grab yourself a copy. Also here's a shout out to "The Hen House" for their hilarious playthrough of Rock God Tycoon! YouTube Video Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! ːRockSignː40% discount for the whole week!Oct 23, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsFor one whole week RGT is 40% off! This is an insanely low discount and may be the lowest we go for a long time. If you want to get your monies worth now would be the time to grab yourself a copy. Also here's a shout out to "The Hen House" for their hilarious playthrough of Rock God Tycoon! YouTube Video Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! :RockSign:Update 1.2.1.0, Unlocked character customization!Sep 12, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsYou requested it so we delivered it Character customizations are now unlocked for both bandmates and players. This means you can change your drummers hairstyle or beard. No limitations besides the exception of gender and skin tone. New shirts Panos got around to creating some cool new shirts. Take a peep! These definitely are more unique than the other shirts currently available ingame so you should consider trying them out. More polish It appears we overlooked some minor details in character customization such as the scrollbar not checking for the mouse properly and some buttons not being shown as disabled. Fear not as all is well now. Changelog 1.2.1.0 Characters (both player and bandmates) can be fully edited now with the exceptions of gender and skin tone Added five new shirts Improved mouse checking for scrollbars in character customization Beard/Beard color buttons are now be visually disabled for female characters Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! ːRockSignːUpdate 1.2.1.0, Unlocked character customization!Sep 12, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsYou requested it so we delivered it Character customizations are now unlocked for both bandmates and players. This means you can change your drummers hairstyle or beard. No limitations besides the exception of gender and skin tone. New shirts Panos got around to creating some cool new shirts. Take a peep! These definitely are more unique than the other shirts currently available ingame so you should consider trying them out. More polish It appears we overlooked some minor details in character customization such as the scrollbar not checking for the mouse properly and some buttons not being shown as disabled. Fear not as all is well now. Changelog 1.2.1.0 Characters (both player and bandmates) can be fully edited now with the exceptions of gender and skin tone Added five new shirts Improved mouse checking for scrollbars in character customization Beard/Beard color buttons are now be visually disabled for female characters Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! :RockSign:Update 1.2.0.8, a much needed update!Sep 11, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsImproving basd on your feedback After a much needed break from development we're coming back to improve the quality of life for RGT. In the coming days Panos plans to bring in some more customization options for characters! Time freeze bug We've heard a lot of people bring up the time freezing bug and yet a ton of players were able to play upwards of 50 hours without any issues. Since it didn't seem urgent it got pushed off for a while but we're finally attempting to resolve it. I've made some changes to the code surrounding record deals and booked events that should hopefully prevent anymore time freezes from occuring. As always your feedback is crucial so if you still get the bug please exit the game and email me a copy of your save file so that I may further diagnose the issue. Windowed mode is back After a number of complaints we switched the game to borderless windowed instead of normal windowed but it turns out the majority actually prefers windowed mode as that allows the window to be resized freely. So we've returned to that. Attempting to increase compatibility This part is a bit technical but we've reduced texture page sizes in hopes of making the game more functional for less capable video cards. Not sure if this will actually solve the problems we've heard from the community but we are hopeful. Changelog 1.2.0.8 Reduced standard texture page size from 8192x8192 to 4096x4096 Switched the game back to Windowed mode Fixed a possible time stop bug with album finalization Fixed a possible time stop bug with booked events such as gigs and video clips Drug Dealer image is properly removed from memory when the popup menu is closed Minor optimizations to script referencing throughout the game Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! ːRockSignːUpdate 1.2.0.8, a much needed update!Sep 11, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsImproving basd on your feedback After a much needed break from development we're coming back to improve the quality of life for RGT. In the coming days Panos plans to bring in some more customization options for characters! Time freeze bug We've heard a lot of people bring up the time freezing bug and yet a ton of players were able to play upwards of 50 hours without any issues. Since it didn't seem urgent it got pushed off for a while but we're finally attempting to resolve it. I've made some changes to the code surrounding record deals and booked events that should hopefully prevent anymore time freezes from occuring. As always your feedback is crucial so if you still get the bug please exit the game and email me a copy of your save file so that I may further diagnose the issue. Windowed mode is back After a number of complaints we switched the game to borderless windowed instead of normal windowed but it turns out the majority actually prefers windowed mode as that allows the window to be resized freely. So we've returned to that. Attempting to increase compatibility This part is a bit technical but we've reduced texture page sizes in hopes of making the game more functional for less capable video cards. Not sure if this will actually solve the problems we've heard from the community but we are hopeful. Changelog 1.2.0.8 Reduced standard texture page size from 8192x8192 to 4096x4096 Switched the game back to Windowed mode Fixed a possible time stop bug with album finalization Fixed a possible time stop bug with booked events such as gigs and video clips Drug Dealer image is properly removed from memory when the popup menu is closed Minor optimizations to script referencing throughout the game Seabass's Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! :RockSign:Update 1.2.0.7 Song Creation, Copy/Pasting!Aug 13, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsYour requests have been heard The past few months have been fantastic and we really appreciate all the support, feedback, and kindness we've seen from the community. One major request we've heard has been the need for copy/pasting in the song editor. It was not originally implemented due to the complexity of it. As a way of giving back we've spent the time and implemented copy/pasting! We are also discussing adding more content to the game so you can expect that at some point. Thanks to everyone who purchased Rock God Tycoon during this weekly sale! You guys rock! We would love to be able to pursue game development full-time so seeing all of you awesome people join in and support the game really means a lot to us. Changelog 1.2.0.7 General improvements Implemented copy/pasting in the song editor Live Development Roadmap Seabass Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! ːRockSignːUpdate 1.2.0.7 Song Creation, Copy/Pasting!Aug 13, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsYour requests have been heard The past few months have been fantastic and we really appreciate all the support, feedback, and kindness we've seen from the community. One major request we've heard has been the need for copy/pasting in the song editor. It was not originally implemented due to the complexity of it. As a way of giving back we've spent the time and implemented copy/pasting! We are also discussing adding more content to the game so you can expect that at some point. Thanks to everyone who purchased Rock God Tycoon during this weekly sale! You guys rock! We would love to be able to pursue game development full-time so seeing all of you awesome people join in and support the game really means a lot to us. Changelog 1.2.0.7 General improvements Implemented copy/pasting in the song editor Live Development Roadmap Seabass Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! :RockSign:Hotfix for 1.2.0.6Jul 30, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsThe most recent update (1.2.0.6) was missing "homes.pack" which led to no home backgrounds appearing. This has been fixed. Yearly awards should add to the billboard stats properly now. *Edit* Our DRM was acting up due to my own stupidity. This has been hotfixed. Live Development Roadmap Seabass Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! ːRockSignːHotfix for 1.2.0.6Jul 30, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsThe most recent update (1.2.0.6) was missing "homes.pack" which led to no home backgrounds appearing. This has been fixed. Yearly awards should add to the billboard stats properly now. *Edit* Our DRM was acting up due to my own stupidity. This has been hotfixed. Live Development Roadmap Seabass Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! :RockSign:Update 1.2.0.6 Yearly awards, some polish!Jul 29, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsLong awaited yearly awards We've always wanted to add yearly awards but never got around to it. Now we have added them and well, they make the yearly progress a bit more exciting. Alongside these awards we've touched up and polished a few things so we hope you enjoy the new update! Changelog 1.2.0.6 Added yearly awards Clicking on a bandmate that is behind a character action menu has been fixed Cities that have been unlocked but not visited are highlighted Song selling list now displays involvement with albums Live Development Roadmap Seabass Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! ːRockSignːUpdate 1.2.0.6 Yearly awards, some polish!Jul 29, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsLong awaited yearly awards We've always wanted to add yearly awards but never got around to it. Now we have added them and well, they make the yearly progress a bit more exciting. Alongside these awards we've touched up and polished a few things so we hope you enjoy the new update! Changelog 1.2.0.6 Added yearly awards Clicking on a bandmate that is behind a character action menu has been fixed Cities that have been unlocked but not visited are highlighted Song selling list now displays involvement with albums Live Development Roadmap Seabass Twitter (programmer) Panos's Twitter (artist) Keep rockin' on! :RockSign:

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