| Update | Date Released |
|---|---|
| 0.3.23 | July 30th, 2019 |
| 0.3.51 | June 30th, 2019 |
| Alpha 3 | June 1st, 2019 |
| 0.2.135 | April 29th, 2019 |
This page lists the updates to Academia: School Simulator along with the changes and bug fixes made in each update. The most recent content update is 0.3.23 released on July 30th, 2019.
Alpha 3[]
Build 0.3.23 July 30th, 2019[]
For this update the developers focused on overhauling their production process. The build brings an AV room (a special room for History classes), visual settings to turn zone colors on and off, adjust tooltips, shadows and the hue/saturation of the game and adds year level icons to teacher avatars.
Bug and design fixes:
- Fixed confusing needs increasing indicator.
- Changed safety need computation.
- Improved safety computation (related to delinquents being too impactful).
- Improved unassigned students' AI.
- Implemented common area assignment to classroom.
- Fixed achievement bug.
- Fixed black screen bug.
- Fixed delayed student count update when a student dropped out or is expelled.
- Fixed loading error related to TV animation.
- Added teachers' TV behavior.
- Added AV room category and fixed AV room requirements
- Added graphics settings.
- Added AV room grants and research.
- Fixed bug regarding zone colors.
- Fixed black screen error when moving to next school year.
- Fixed research lock bug on the Staff Population panel.
- Fixed AI bugs.
Build 0.3.15 June 30th, 2019.[]
This update focused on tending to bugs and balancing fixes. This build brings smoking delinquents, expelling students and UI updates.
Bug Fixes and updates:
- Fixed Hire Teacher Panel bug.
- Re-balanced character needs.
- Fixed workers not working bug.
- Fixed bug when closing year-end report.
- Re-balanced learning points.
- Fixed love interest leaving behind confessing student.
- Implemented kitchen-cafeteria assignment.
- Fixed accepting transferee students grants bug.
- Fixed bullying student bug.
- Fixed bug where the negative SFX plays when loading a game or going back to the main menu.
- Fixed smoking animation by adding an offset.
- Truant notification zooms in on the smoker.
- Increased chance for smokers to appear.
- Fixed tuition fee is given multiple times bug.
- Updated Food Unhappiness text.
- Fixed saving/loading Admissions values (interested, incoming, etc.) bug.
- Improved implementation of ambient and SFXs.
- Added zoom effect and lock-on effect on expelled students when notification is pressed.
- Added crying animation for expelled students.
- Fixed minor Student Profile panel bug.
- Refund money for dismantled bush.
- Fixed crying expelled student bug.
- Fixed User Report Status Overlay bug.
- Fixed unassigned students notification bug.
- Fixed smoking animation.
Alpha 3 June 1st, 2019.[]
This build discontinued 32-bit support of the game. Rival schools to compete with at the end of each year. The Zones, Build, Objects, Logistics, Planning, and Staff Menus given a major overhaul including a search bar and "Frequent" category. New achievements, new skin tones, new fences, walls and ,floors added. High leve- teachers can only be hired by a higher ranked school.
Bug fixes:
- Re-balanced satisfaction increase and decrease rates.
- Fixed black screen when loading other files or going back to the main menu.
- Fixed black screen when loading a save file.
- Fixed counseling bug when loading a dropped out student.
- Fixed multiple students using the same piano.
- Fixed dropouts bug when loading a save file.
- Fixed basketball bug.
- Fixed zone colors visual bug when loading save files.
- Showed school ranking first in the year-end evaluation.
- Fixed dropouts bug when loading a save file.
- Added increasing fun when using the Music Room and the Science Lab.
- Improved basketball-related behaviors.
- Fixed achievements bug.
- Added achievements-related grants.
- Fixed year-end evaluation bugs.
- Restricted some special characters in school name.
- Updated cost for grass.
- Fixed error on starting a new game.
- Added Rival Schools mechanics.
- Fixed water fountain offset.
- Fences now don't connect with walls.
- Fixed school and rival ranking bug.
- Removed clicking sound when starting the game.
- Added smooth step to camera focus.
- Adjusted texts.
- Fixed reports visual bug.
- Added delivery zone details.
- Added icons and changed colors for Prestige tool tip
- Added new walls and fences.
- Fixed staff behavior bugs.
- Improved camera behavior in windowed mode.
- Added new character faces.
- Fixed students getting stuck in plate counter.
- Allowed removal of bushes when doors or floors are built over them.
- Fixed achievements-related bugs.
Alpha 2[]
Build 0.2.135 April 29th, 2019.[]
This update added the swimming pool and basketball court objects/zones. The student satisfaction menu was added along with an update to the Teaching Hiring/Department Menu.
Bug Fixes and updates:
- Fixed bug where values in Admissions Panel are erratic.
- Fixed tool tips in Reports Panel.
- Fixed crashes with big maps.
- Fixed bug when accepting transferee grants during the build phase.
- Fixed admissions bug.
- Fixed location of tool tips in the reports panel.
- Fixed objects bug when merging zones.
- Fixed wrong admission student number bug.
- Fixed zones' ambient sounds.
- Fixed objects orientation.
- Fixed in-game bug report bugs.
- Fixed Satisfaction reports student counts bugs.
- Fixed wrong dropout reason in Satisfactions reports panel.
- Fixed Admissions text bug.
- Fixed formula for getting interested students.
- Fixed bug with special rooms during zone removal.
- Fixed department panel bug.
- Fixed price tool tip bug.
- Color money in pointer when placing objects to red if player can't afford it.
- Added some tool tips.
- Updated Canteen Bench orientation.
- Zone labels of newly created zones now show up in front of other items.
- Added tool tip in admissions and admissions button blinking.
- Updated starting money options.
- Made pre-generated trees non-blockers to ease confusion.
- Re-balanced Satisfaction damages.
- Improved Satisfaction reports panel.
- Improved worker behavior.
- added Bowel need and behavior to staff.
- Adjusted Safety need damages.
- Updated reports page colors.
- Changed littering probability.
- Removed long names to avoid clipping in the new Hire Teacher Panel UI.
- Darkened year-end evaluation's congratulatory panel's background.
- Updated Satisfaction-related texts.
- Applied game-over when all students dropout.
- Changed priorities of character needs.
- Re-balanced character needs.
- Optimized workers behavior. Added notification when workers can't reach their tasks.
- Added year level in special PE zones (Pool, Track, and Court).