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Steam News3 August 202615d ago

Update 0.8.72EA

Work on Act 2 is in full swing, but we didn't want to leave you without any updates in the meantime.

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Full Hollywood Animal update

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What changed

5 fixes4 additions4 changes1 removal
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Security
  • Balance
  • Fixes
changedINTRODUCING: Relaxed Mode! Want to focus on creativity, experiment freely, or just chill? This more forgiving mode, with reduced financial pressure, is made just for you.
changedHolding the right mouse button (or Left Alt on the keyboard) now speeds up many animations by x2,5.
changedResearch time for many early-game upgrades has been reduced.
changedHeads of Security, Producers Offices, and Engineering departments now gain more experience.
addedAdded the Film Crew Protection upgrade. It lets you protect your film crew from competitor attacks by assigning a security agent to the film.
addedAdded the Retribution upgrade. It lets you sue whoever ordered a beating, kidnapping, or murder on your employees.

Hollywood Animal changes

changedINTRODUCING: Relaxed Mode! Want to focus on creativity, experiment freely, or just chill? This more forgiving mode, with reduced financial pressure, is made just for you.
changedHolding the right mouse button (or Left Alt on the keyboard) now speeds up many animations by x2,5.
changedResearch time for many early-game upgrades has been reduced.
changedHeads of Security, Producers Offices, and Engineering departments now gain more experience.
addedAdded the Film Crew Protection upgrade. It lets you protect your film crew from competitor attacks by assigning a security agent to the film.

Work on Act 2 is in full swing, but we didn't want to leave you without any updates in the meantime. So we've taken some of your most requested features, polished a few long-standing rough edges, and put them all together for you. Have fun!

  • INTRODUCINGRelaxed Mode! Want to focus on creativity, experiment freely, or just chill? This more forgiving mode, with reduced financial pressure, is made just for you.
  • Holding the right mouse button (or Left Alt on the keyboard) now speeds up many animations by x2,5.

  • Research time for many early-game upgrades has been reduced.

  • Heads of Security, Producers Offices, and Engineering departments now gain more experience.

  • Added the Film Crew Protection upgrade. It lets you protect your film crew from competitor attacks by assigning a security agent to the film.

  • Added the Retribution upgrade. It lets you sue whoever ordered a beating, kidnapping, or murder on your employees.

  • Fixed a bug which caused landscaping to display incorrectly when building several buildings at the same time.

  • If you forced an employee to sign a contract with you, they will no longer come back to ask for a raise a month later.

  • Fixed a bug which prevented you from using Friends' services while your studio had a negative balance.

  • You can now cancel the following processes: creating or upgrading technology, researching story elements, writing a script.

  • Fixed a bug which caused a security agent to keep protecting an employee after they were fired.

  • Fixed a bug where a film could get stuck during the production.

  • Fixed a bug which could cause characters to react incorrectly to an offered illegal present.

  • Added 150 new posters. We will never stop with them posters.

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Steam News / 3 August 2026

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