Hello!
I’ve had this idea in my mind for quite some time now... I was thinking that maybe you could implement albums and songs to the game.
So, as of now, all of the songs we create are singles. But, wouldn’t it be nice to have to different sections? Like, we’d have singles and songs. Singles would work exactly as they do, while songs will only be released with an album. An album is unlocked after you release three singles. You make an album with a similar structure as single production, but like: concept, cover, material and how it’s gonna be released...
As for sales, an album would sell for 30 days, and the sales would increase or decrease based on your activities. If you promote a group or perform a song, it would increase a bit, while if you don’t do anything for the whole month, the sales decrease as people would lose interest...
With the release of an album, it would allow the group to gain popularity (especially if they promote the album properly) and allow other songs from the album to rank, not only the single. The revenue from the other singles released before the album wouldn’t count as album sales but as individual sales.
Maybe you could even add Album of the Year at the Award Ceremony. And have another Charts just for the selling albums of the month. And I was thinking that a group would have a limit of album they can release. Like only one album every six months.
Now onto singles... It’s common for single albums to have the official single followed by another song. With the song making thing I mentioned, it would allow the group to have a discography and better sales. Or not. For example, if the single is really good but the other song is terrible, it could decrease the sales for a single.
About the song making thingy... Songs could take longer to be made, even though wouldn’t need marketing, because they won’t be promoted as the single. Song quality would depend on the idol’s vocals and producer’s skills. Something along those lines. Or maybe the level of the, I don’t know what that is called, but for example, my producer has a high skill, but I make a pop song with Pop only being Lvl. 1. The song isn’t great, but it isn’t good. Just meh. While if have a producer with good skills, a high level, but terrible idol vocals, the song could be just as bad, or even worse...
I hope you liked it! Thank you for making such an awesome game<3