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We have been very quiet lately but that’s only because we are focused on getting the game done. We have said all along that our plan is to release Game Dev Tycoon later this year and slowly but surely our time frame is closing. As it is often with software projects we are a bit overtime but we used the time well and made the game bigger and better than we initially planned. Now, after a year of hard work and some very intense months recently, Game Dev Tycoon is feature complete.

When will the game be available?

Since Microsoft is the last deciding entity we can never guarantee a date but our estimate is that the game will be available for PCs and intel-based tablets later this month. For an up to date estimate you can visit our status page.

Right at the moment we are testing the game extensively and tweaking some balance-related things to make sure that the difficulty is right and that different play-styles work well. We estimate to have this done this week by which point we will prepare the release and submit it to the Windows Store. When this is done we just have to wait for the game to pass submission. Usually this takes around 5 days but in case it gets rejected for some reason (which we don’t expect) it could take another 5.

What features will the game have and how much will it cost?

Please see the updated Game Dev Tycoon page with a lot of new information and new screenshots.

What about ARM devices?

The lite version is already available on ARM devices and running quite well but we are seeing some performance issues in the full game, particularly in the later level where you have many characters on screen. We are optimistic that we will be able to deliver the full game for ARM devices soon but since we currently do not know the exact cause for the issues we see we cannot tell for sure. Once the first release is out the ARM version will be our priority. If we are lucky we can solve everything before Christmas, if not it will be early next year.

Game translations?

Once the first release has settled a bit and we have the ARM version sorted we will start to make the game translatable. There is a surprising amount of text in the full game so this will take some time to prepare. At first we will likely translate the game to German (because we are both native German speakers so this makes it easy to test) and then we will consider other languages based on demand.