Backstage: Music Managerv1.3

What changed

• New featureAdded Social Reach mechanic to post to feeds and gain followers
• New featureIntroduced Crew system to hire managers, producers, and other staff
• New featureAdded four streaming platforms with varying royalty rates and genre preferences
• New featureIntroduced Record Label contracts with advances and budgets
• UXUpdated store screenshots and improved in-game wording
• LocalizationImproved English localization
• UXFixed fame display to show as a whole number instead of decimals
• UXFixed UI rendering bug for single's row on the chart

Original release notes

Four new ways to run a career.

SOCIAL REACH — post to your feed every week. Chasing followers with something controversial works, but it spends the authenticity that turns followers into real fans. The number can go up while the career stalls.

YOUR CREW — hire a manager, a producer, a booking agent, a publicist or a lawyer. Each one earns their keep, and each one is on a weekly salary you have to make.

STREAMING PLATFORMS — four platforms, four royalty rates, and each favours different genres. Pitch a song to a playlist and what you record starts deciding what you get paid.

RECORD LABELS — an offer arrives with an advance and a weekly budget attached. Signing costs you a share of every stream and a say in what you release. Staying independent costs you the money.

New store screenshots, and clearer wording throughout the game — especially in English.

FIXED: fame could show up with a long tail of decimals. It is a whole number now, and it grows at exactly the same rate as before. Your own single's row on the chart no longer renders as an oversized empty box.