News Tower

News Tower

wormwoodz Jan 16, 2024 @ 3:04pm
Looking good + feedback!
Hi! As a huge fan of management/strategy games I have been following this title since the early demo and definitely very excited to play it next month!!

I like the more structured approach 'story mode' in this demo, some game-play aspects look a lot more polished this time around. Some news stories require multiple reporters working on them, and/or some branches need "key information" to become unlocked, that is brilliant love it!
I do miss the advertisers, we had a bit of a taste of those in the first demo and I wonder how they will work with the new updates. Will the success of the newspaper impact what adds are available? What if we print controversial news, will that scare some advertisers away? I like how we need to bribe for information or sometimes get fined, I wonder if we will have something like that with the adds system.
I also like how we unlock some upgrades by earning and spending points, and others from reporters activities. Most upgrades seam very useful and not just aesthetic ie: the tiled walls.

A few issues I found: my carrier doesn't store the 'extra' paper stacks on the shelves, leaving the boxes on the floor by the entrance. I don't know if it's supposed to work like this, but would be nice to be able to store extra paper in a storage area/room (I believe it is needed to supply the toilets?). Also, and I believe this is VERY IMPORTANT!, I couldn't fire employees. Maybe I missed if this option was available in the demo, I was going to try to lower their wage and hope they would quit but there should maybe be a better option to get rid of a worker to replace with a better qualified one.

I wish we had a bit more time in the demo to test more of the game-play as the news tower expands over time, but I guess we will see next month. Love the design of the game and the atmosphere, feels very relaxing and fun to play!
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Beloega  [developer] Jan 17, 2024 @ 2:37pm 
Thanks a lot for the lovely feedback.
Some very valit points we will adres with the EA version (Ad wise)
The paper storage thing could be a bug are maybe you don't have enough resupply skilled employees? if there is only one he/she tends to fill all paper users first and that takes quite the time. So need more info to really know if it's a bug but will look into it.

You can fire employees. If you click an employee and you go to their salary tab there is a fire button. THat has a kicking boot icon. YOu can also fire employees from the employee overview menu. IF you go to the hire menu on the ton you see jobboard and employeelist.
Click that and there employee also have the fire button. Hope that helps.

Thanks for the kind words. :steamthumbsup:
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Date Posted: Jan 16, 2024 @ 3:04pm
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