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Hello, Tech Giants v0.2 is open source under the name OpenTG, please checkout the devlog

The game only supported language mods, you can enable them in the mods section on the main menu

Hello, there won't any official updates, but the project is going to be open source soon.

LOL

Yeah, I hope so. Thanks.

Unfortunately, mods were a half baked feature, and it will take some tinkering to make things work.

Peak!

I had the same thought before, back when Hardware Tycoon's developer, Haxor, stopped working on the project. I was upset at first, but now I understand. Life happens. When you get to my age, you have work and other responsibilities. Most people who make these kinds of games start when they're teenagers.

I still work on the project on weekends, but that's just not enough time to finish something of this scale. I wouldn't call it quitting, though; it's more of a hiatus. If I manage to finish version 0.3 and it does well on Steam, I plan to pitch it to some publishers and hopefully hire people to help me complete it.

You're right, though. At some point, if my attempts to revive the project don't work out, I'll move on. But it hasn't come to that yet.

Right now, I'm trying to clean up the current version, v0.2.0, and open-source it. Unfortunately, it's taking some time.

OMG, how long have you been playing?! I guess someone found a cure for death. 

Hello, at the moment I'm not planning to go back to Tech Giants. What I have in mind though is to make the project open source, so that people can reuse the assets and make a new game out of it. 

Hello, the archives are back again

LOL

Sure, I'll think about it. Making the project open source will help keep it alive, as I don't have much time to develop it anymore.

I'm sorry the development is on hold right now, I don't have the time to work on this project anymore.  And I was wrong GTA6 is coming out before Tech Giants v0.3 🥲

Unfortunately, no. The upcoming update will only cover computers/consoles from the 1970s to 1980s.

Thank you for your concern, your words mean a lot.

This month a lot of things happened that slowed down the development, for those who don't know I live in Iraq and geopolitics in the region affect me. I will try to get the alpha out by the end of the month or just delay it, but you are right the release date of August is too ambitious. 

Yep, that would explain it.

After reading this comment, I was like whattt?! I went and played older versions of the game in case I removed it by mistake, but no it does not exist. I don't know how I missed it 🤦

its empty at the moment

its here https://rebellium.itch.io/tech-giants-playtest the password is "tech-giants-playtest"

Yeah. I will put out a devlog when alpha builds are ready. for anyone who is not on discord, I usually post alpha and beta builds on a hidden itch.io page.

I think there are 9 consoles and 3 PCs

I'm not sure, I don't remember putting in a limit.

Wait a sec, you mean you can only self-publish on the first game?! Like just the first game. Uhh, that's a bug.

That was on purpose, I know it's ... unrealistic, it was old gameplay from v0.1 that carried through to v0.2. About the next update, well I have been picking the game apart and replacing different pieces of it. Only after playtesting it I can confidently say what will make it into the next version. Right now, the game is a glorified tech demo. One thing I can share is that the game will lean more towards simulations.

Maybe august 🤞

True, it's been almost a year, what can I say development takes time.

Hi, thanks for playing. So, about the issue you have I'm guessing you want to load a save slot and not import a save file that was previously exported. if you want to load a save slot you can follow these steps:
1. In the main menu click on Load
2. In the load game screen select a save slot
3. click on load

Here is a screenshot of the steps:

You probably have tried these steps and if they did not work, there might be a bug preventing you to load a save slot. And because you mentioned you are on Mac, please make sure you are running a chromium browser not Safari browser, to see if it fixes the issue.

No, unfortunately it will be months before the next update

Not yet, the current builds for the game are unstable and buggy, I will try to fix them. then I will put out alpha builds on Discord. Right now, the game looks worse than v0.1

Hi, I have no idea, hopefully in august but I can't say for sure. Add the game to your collection and you will get a notification when it gets released. Try other games too. Processor Tycoon will get an update soon that might be fun.

Thank you, I'm glad you like it.

COD in 1981!? I want to see that speedrun

Yeah I love it too, it was an adaptation of a photo by Chris6d, I believe there are some links in the credits. 

Hi, Recently that same bug was reported on Discord. Unfortunately, I don't have a solution for it. If anyone else has the same issue please let me know.

Hello!

I'm trying to add a pinch of storyline in there, I hope you can playtest it when it's ready.

Multiplayer was suggested on Discord, I have experimented with the idea. However, its expensive to run servers, the only way I can see it happening is by allowing players to self host servers.