You can access in-game changelog by clicking the version number in bottom right corner.
0.2.8
NOTE: This version is currently in beta.
Released: 1st December 2018?
Content & mod support update
Added
- CPU Cores
- Mod support (.htmod - check out HT Mod Tool!) and mod management in options
- PGA type packages
- New DIP and PLCC packages and more CPU clock research
- Max clock speeds and supported cores for packages
- New competitors' CPUs
- Build quality affecting max clock speed
- Price affecting review score
- Industry milestones in Milestones
- News when competitors release their CPUs (can disable in options)
- New graph in finances
- Max R&D budget increases by 300$ every 10 years
- Lines in R&D so it doesn't look empty
- Ability to close the context menu that appears after clicking on currently selling cpu by clicking it again
- Price text box turning orange if the price is too low when setting build quality
- New console commands
Reworked
- Milestones - completely new window
- Removed slider in R&D and replaced it with WASD/Arrow keys movement or dragging
- Tweaks to existing competitors' CPUs
- Tweaks to CPU rating - harder to get a perfect score
- Tweaks to research - balanced required CPU exp, unlock dates and made them more expensive
- Can't scroll past research and packages in R&D and package select, both windows scaling with the amount of elements
- Balanced benefits from tech research
- CPU profits and R&D budget showing every week instead of daily in finances to avoid flood
- Research won't progress if you don't have enough money
- Increased the maximum price for CPUs to 1000
- Nerfed high hype
- Build quality slider doesn't go back to 75% every time you open CPU Design
- Updated Moore's Jazz track from Thes_Gunslingers
- Renamed 'History' to 'Products'
Fixed
- Random crashes related to autosaving (probably)
- 13th month
- Popularity going over 100 after a marketing campaign
- Removed the ability to change time speed in package select
- Textboxes overlapping News window
- Done button in marketing was greyed out when it shouldn't be
- Context menu not closing when opening finances
- CPU Sale context menu staying open after CPU goes off the market
- Finances not updating after opening
- ESC would close the menu while loading from creation
0.2.7
Released: 28th July 2018
Research & Development update
Added
- CPU Package selector
- 3 new competitor CPUs from Element
- Each CPU in Market has its own assigned color
- Collapsible sale UI window
- Ability to cancel CPU design
- Thes_Gunslingers' musical masterpiece
- Link to a guide on startup
- Simple easter eggs
- Debug mode
- Dev console with basic commands
- Ability to set clock speeds with 2 decimal points (ex. 7.44 MHz)
- Marketing expenses now count to CPU's profit
- Ability to select and unselect all checkboxes in Marketing by clicking on "Ads" or "Region"
- Custom sliders in options, CPU design and Marketing
- Remaining 4 PLCC packages' icons
- Marketing generating popularity
- Higher CPU levels decreasing design time
- A little of randominess to review score
- Custom .exe icon
- Confirmation dialog when deleting save data
- Ability to open/close menu with ESC
- Number rounding in Bank
Reworked
- Research from scratch - replaced with R&D with daily budget; related changes:
- Now you have to research 'CPU Development' before being able to design a CPU
- Changed some researches & added 1 µm process research
- Removed 'through-hole' package
- DIP14 and 200kHz clock speed are now default and available after researching 'CPU Development'
- Added R&D budget which drains money only when researching; higher budget = faster research progress
- Reworked sale graph
- Redone hype calculation & hype now increases gradually
- 'X' buttons in each window instead of cancel buttons
- Small New Hardware window redesign (you don't have to click 'next' each time)
- 1 MHz equals 1000 instead of 1024 kHz
- Packages & clocks rebalance
- Balanced out build quality (doesn't affect design time among others)
- Add brand button turning into a checkmark after clicked
- Autosaving every 3rd month instead of every month
- Tweaked sale formula (again again again)
- Smoothened out UI progress bars
- Small Change Price window redesign + added % change between current and new price
- Removed GPU tab in history
- Now you know which CPU generates revenue in Finances ("CPU Sale" -> CPU's name)
- Various optimizations to reduce CPU usage & changed a lot of stuff behind the scenes
- Changed lowest clock speed from 200 to 100kHz
- Changed the default CPU level from 1 to 0
- Renamed 'sockets' to 'packages'
Fixed
- History not being displayed correctly on later pages
- Hype from next marketing campaigns not adding up properly
- Hype UI bar animation
- Being able to create a brand without a name
- Being able to open 2 windows at once
- Being able to change time speed in some windows
- Opening Bank or Market wouldn't pause the game
- Being able to name your company the same as a competing company
- History buttons not highlighting properly sometimes
0.2.6
Released: 5th May 2018
Big redesign update
Added
- Ability to check your previous CPUs' components
- CPU brands
- Music - 9 tracks & music volume setting in options
- Live marketshare (market updates daily)
- Ability to set the highest clock speed possible by clicking the text that shows it
- Clock speed changes when you change its unit (ex. 1024 to 1 when you change to MHz)
- Ability to disable tax notification
- Ability to unpause (go back to previous speed) after clicking pause while the game is paused
- Placeholder window icon and .exe name on desktop release
- Price text when changing pricing becoming orange when selected price is too low to bring profit
Reworked
- Redone history
- Redesigned CPU design window
- Tweaked sale formula
- Redone competing CPUs' sale formula, made it more fair and balanced
- Much faster popularity gain
- Optimized saving (game should save faster and take up less space)
- Lots of changes to code which will make a lot of stuff easier in the future
- Improved feedback on why you can't design a CPU (money turning red when you can't afford it etc.)
- Changed CPU sale chart from line to bar, should spaz out less
- Made design and research in top UI larger and easier to read
- Rewrote changelog
- Minor adjustements to the 1MHz CPU event
- Autosave turned on by default
- Removed the ability to have multiple CPUs with the same name
- Changed 'Delete save data' to 'Delete all save data' in options
- CPU sale fading (should be smoother etc.)
- Changed review conditions (reviews should make a bit more sense)
- Changed CPU 'development' to 'design'
- Changed changelog close icon
Fixed
- Crashes on desktop version (mostly...)
- Review score going over 100
- Default socket and core not being selected after opening CPU design
- Marketshare being displayed incorrectly sometimes
- Menu button sometimes not appearing after closing some windows
- Most of the things connected to starting a new game by loading from a 'No Data' slot
- Removed the possibilty to bring up the CPU sale context menu when other windows are open
- Messy number rounding in CPU sale
- Flashing CPU sale window when overwriting currently selling CPU with a new one
- Various stuff with context menu (highlighting, selecting 2 at once, going outside the window)
- Review score animation
- Typo in review (DPI socket instead of DIP)
- Changelog animation slowing down when spamming the 'X' button
0.2.5
Released: 3rd January 2018
Bigger feature & UI update
Added
- CPU market and 11 competing CPUs
- Milestones (achievements); 4 for now
- Ability to research and develop in parallel
- 2 new marketing campaign types (TV and Internet)
- Total annual expenses and income in finances
- Count effect to total score in reviews
Reworked
- Develop & research UI
- Technological processes research instead of cheaper & shorter CPU development
Fixed
- Many minor bug fixes (weird number rounding among others)
0.2.4
Released: 24th November 2017
Important fix & small feature update
Added
- Ability to change CPU's pricing while it's selling
- Back button when loading from creation window
- Automatic setting of previous time speed after closing popup menu
- Animations to the small popup menu after clicking currently selling CPU's name
- Rounding of big numbers in marketing and research
- Author and version number in creation window
Reworked
- Many boring tweaks, optimizations and changes to game functions and stuff
Fixed
- Marketing checkboxes not unchecking when cancelling & money exploit connected to it
- Losing all research after loading
- 3MHz clock research never being available to research
0.2.3
Released: 15th November 2017
Simple feature & important fix update
Added
- Ability to load from company creation screen
- Notification warning user when price is too low
- New images for CPUs
- Option to round big numbers (not all, but most of them)
- 5 new sockets & tweaked existing ones
Reworked
- Small options window redesign, switches can now be clicked on (instead of only the switch ball)
- Tweaked research times and costs
Fixed
- Bug when loading where money and date wouldn't update
- Various other small tweaks and fixes
0.2.2
Released: 9th August 2017
Quick fix & feature update
Added
- Ability to take CPU from market
- Price textbox turns orange when price is too low to make profit
- Possibility to start a new game (load from a - No Data - slot)
Fixed
- Various small things
0.2.1
Released: 1st August 2017
Quick tweak & balance update
Added
- Finance tab (click the money display)
Reworked
- Major CPU sale algorithm changes
- Redone CPU parts' stats
- Small marketing tweaks
- Visual updates (animations, checkboxes etc.)
- Tiny changes in reviews
Fixed
- Various not really important stuff
0.2
Released: 19th July 2017
First stand-alone release
Added
- Animations
- In-game changelog
- Yearly tax
- Marketing
- More CPU research & features
- News & Notifications
- Popularity decreasing over time
Reworked
- Major CPU research tweaks
- Small visual tweaks
- Tweaked sales & review scores
- Code tweaks and rewrites
Fixed
- Autosaving
- Fonts (replaced the ugly default one with a pretty one)
0.1
Released: 18th August 2016
Initial Release
- CPU development
- CPU sale
- CPU research
- Bank
- History