This page contains plans for future releases of Hardware Tycoon. They are very much subject to change.
0.2.11
Planned release: Q4 2021
Main concepts:
- Company list window
- Marketing & hype mechanic overhaul
- Fixing the balance (especially in late game)
- Completely reworking difficulties & the way they affect the gameplay
- Increasing the tax rates but only paying tax on the income (instead of being taxed for basically nothing)
- Adding competing CPUs until Y2009
- Getting to the bottom of the macOS version not working
- Fixing autosave during reviews/notifications creating issues
- Improving the milestone achieved notification
- Fixing issues related to loading older mods
- Fixing edge-case issues related to unloading mods
Other:
Low priority things
- Market window visual adjustments
- Allowing custom Y positions for modders
- Typing effect in news (just like in reviews)
- Fixing minor visual bugs
0.3
Planned release: Q2 2022
Main concepts:
- CPU Architectures
- Ability to sell multiple CPUs at one time
- Extending the gameplay at least until 2015
- Giving some polish to the alternative campaign
- Industry milestones giving benefits (e.g. sale & popularity boost)
- Make competitors' CPUs subject to the same rules as the player's when reviewed (yeah :|)
- Fixing whatever 0.2.11 breaks
- ...
Other:
Low priority things
- Tweaking the role of popularity
- Making max. bank loan depend on company's capital/overall performance
- Unifying colors and making theme colors work for every UI element
- Industry Milestones icons
- Sound volume slider in options
- Lots of code refactoring
- Many many more smaller things that I'll bump into later
0.3.1
- Balancing version 0.3 (the nightmare)