This week the developers at Kokku will tell you more about how it started for them and how they work. You will also get more in-depth information in the accompanying dev diary below the video, enjoy!

As you heard in the Dev Diary video, we work in sprints, but what is that? In the following text, we will explain what a sprint is, what we have focused on during these past weeks, and what the upcoming focus will be.

Let’s begin by taking a look at the process we go through when making a game. Generally speaking within the gaming industry, developers work agile in something called sprints which is part of a framework called SCRUM[www.scrum.org]. These sprints can be different in length and what content should be included depending on what studio you are working with, working this way is also very common within IT. With Prison Architect 2 specifically, we work with sprints that span across 2 weeks.

A sprint is usually focused on one main goal which is then split into tasks by discipline, art, programming, design, and so forth. The devs then set out to complete these tasks and once they’ve done so, it’s time to evaluate the work. When doing this you go through all your tasks, was there something that you were unable to finish due to something missing from another discipline? Was there something that you finished but realized needed more attention? This is the time to bring it up in your retrospect which then helps plan the next sprint. This way of working is essential to make sure to always evaluate the work as you go but it is also for developers to take some time to appreciate their work, do some game tests of the new fixes, or features they’ve worked on, and also a way to make sure we always improve our workflow and work methods.

Let’s have a closer look at the different aspects of the SCRUM framework using a visualization of it and some definitions to explain the different areas.

The backlog is where you store all of the game’s unfinished tasks. When you plan a sprint you can either withdraw a task from the backlog and put it into your current sprint. You can also add tasks to your backlog that you discover are unfinished or not being able to be completed at this time during your Sprint Review.

This is when you plan out what tasks your team will be working on during a sprint. You define a goal and put fitting tasks in the sprint drawn from the backlog or you create new tasks that suit the goal and game’s needs at the time to fulfill the sprint’s goal which you have defined.

The Scrum team is your developers, your product owner, and your scrum master! In the shortest of definitions, the devs are the ones making sure tasks exist and get done, the product owner is making sure the game’s goals are being met and also that the backlog is up to date and well used by the devs during their sprints, finally the scrum master is leading and coaching devs and product owner through the scrum framework, making sure to get the best use out of it as possible!

Daily Scrum is a short daily meeting where the team makes sure they’re on track to reach the Sprint Goal but also a time to raise awareness of potential issues that may need adjusting in order to stay on track.

An increment is a collection of tasks that the team have defined as done during the sprint. You can have multiple increments during a sprint and they are then presented during the Sprint Review.

During this stage, the team presents their sprint results, what tasks are done, and which are not. There’s also a discussion if the sprint goal was reached, essentially you review your sprint! :D

This is the stage to improve your workflow. The team reviews their workflow and work practices rather than their results as they do in the sprint review and tries to find ways to improve their quality and effectiveness. It’s used as a way to always evaluate your workflow to not get stuck in unhealthy or unproductive ways of working.


Our Dev Diaries will, as previously mentioned, cover the progress of our latest finished sprints, and any additional information that we see value in including, so let’s get right into it!

This week it’s our two latest sprints we’ll be sharing some takeaways from with you all. During these past weeks, the focus has been steered towards an overhauling memory investigation (yes, developing games can occasionally include some detective work 🕵️) by our engineering team and preparations for bug and performance fixes for the next upcoming build.

Let’s get into a little bit more detail:

Some of the main focus points for our engineering team have been on stability, performance, and optimization. On the performance side of things, the engineering team has focused on improving memory allocation and memory leaks, so that the game performs well across all platforms and on different configurations. The team split up into task forces to cover different areas of the game and get a better overview, this way they could cover all aspects of Prison Architect 2. The focus was on identifying problems - sometimes they hide very well, providing evidence of the occurrence of these problems - laying out all the facts, and raising possible solutions - brainstorming is the way to go!

While some investigations are still in progress and will carry over to the next sprint, there are already plans set in motion being worked on during this sprint to address some of the things found in the Memory Investigation.

We took a closer look at the game’s tutorials, and even though they were good to go, we wanted to enhance the player experience further in both the tutorials and in the scenarios you find within the Career Mode.

After the balance changes that we made in the Career Mode during our last sprint (read more about this in the previous Dev Diary[forum.paradoxplaza.com]), we also had to update the Scenarios to reflect the new balance changes. In game development, fixing something in one feature will in most cases affect something in another feature. Everything is connected which means that balance changes in one area often lead to having to balance something in a different area as well, however, this is something we were ready for.

At first glance, before the balance changes were made, the mechanics taught in the Main Scenarios were harder to follow and execute for new players. To battle this we initiated an investigation to determine if it was only balance changes that had to be made, or if there were other aspects we had to add or remove to make the scenarios more approachable for all players, while also providing a challenge as you progress. Within this investigation, the conclusion was not only that there was a need for the balance changes, but there are now also additional Challenge levels that are added to the Main Scenarios within the Career Mode, added for the player to explore the mechanics presented more in-depth which will result in our new architects, and more experienced ones, becoming even better at building their penitentiaries!

Additional balance adjustments have been made since the last Dev Diary. As our testers continued to play Prison Architect 2, some parts of the game were experienced as extra punishing to new players, and experienced players also commented on these aspects.

The prisoners took too long to recover from wounds when their needs were not met. This made the hospital beds ineffective, as they didn’t provide enough positive stats for the prisoners before they left the infirmary, creating a loop of being constantly sick or misbehaving just after being healed. To solve this, the infirmary efficiency has been increased.

The mindfulness class inmates can enroll in only needed one successful course to give the prisoner the mindful trait.
If an inmate got this trait, it removed 50% of the frustration increase. Feedback given regarding this was that the game felt too easy if played this way, to the point of it starting to be boring. To fix this we added some more difficulty to increase the fun. With our new balance adjustment, the prisoners now need 3 successes to gain the trait, and it was nerfed to grant only a 20% reduction of the frustration increase.

For the upcoming sprints, we will focus on:

• Memory improvements taken from the Memory Investigation.
  
• Bullet trails.
  
• Ponds and lakes.
  
• Over-all optimization.

As we continue our work ahead, we look forward to sharing more of our progress with you and receiving your feedback. Please continue to share your thoughts and feedback with us!
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We are now starting up Dev Diaries with the Developers at Kokku! Today, the developers at Kokku are sharing some information about themselves in video format, and we will also be talking a little bit about what has been worked on during the past few weeks.

Let’s begin with meeting three of the developers working on Prison Architect 2 over at Kokku:

We are super excited to share more from Kokku with you all going forward in shorter videos. If there is something specific you would like to see or know, add your questions in the comments below!

Let’s jump right into what has been worked on since we last chatted back in May;
Looking back at the past couple of weeks, the main focus has been on the overall stability improvements and the reduction of crashes for lower-spec configurations. To do this, we have looked closer at what affects the game’s FPS (Frames per second) and found that the lakes and ponds had a bigger impact on the frame rate. The framerate mostly affected the lower spec configurations, and to heighten the player experience, there has been a re-work of lakes and ponds.

Other improvements to stability that have been made, are balance changes to inmate behavior, once these changes were applied we also had to do some further balancing adjustments in the Career Mode. After these adjustments were made, we were able to look into other QOL improvements, additional tutorials, and further clarifications for the onboarding process of new players in career mode.

Some of the inmate behavior and balance adjustments include changes to Freedom, Frustrations & Misbehaviours, walking speed, and building speed. Here is a little bit more information on some of the changes:

For Freedom, we have looked closer to the parameters of which freedom is gained specifically in yards. With the changes made, the freedom meter is now being filled faster, and tasks by inmates in the yard take less time to finish. This change was made as our testers experienced issues with how the freedom meter behaved even though measures were given to try to make the meter go up.

For Frustration & Misbehavior, our testers have experienced a heightened level of destruction and misbehavior from individual inmates. The same inmates who misbehave have also had higher chances of falling back into misbehaving shortly after being handled. As the needs of an inmate are depleted, misbehavior and destruction may increase, and that is as intended. However, as it happened with too fast intervals, we have re-balanced the intervals of misbehaviors and destruction from inmates to give the gameplay a better flow, and for the frustration meter to not add up too quickly. The amount of frustration that builds up due to inmates waiting at locked doors is now also lowered due to it being filled too fast.

All walking speeds for inmates and workers have been doubled, and now prisoners reach their destinations faster, and guards reach doors faster.

Building Speed is now also doubled, and broken items are more quickly repaired. Which also prevents further frustration from inmates. As we have doubled the building speed, players now also require a smaller number of workers to maintain prison maintenance.

In earlier builds some sound effects did not play as intended, which led us to investigate the way ambient sounds and other sound effects play in the game. We want to give you the best experience of managing your prison through sound as possible.


Some of the things being looked into are what has been given as feedback from the community, our playtests, and our beta testers while playing the game. However, the main focus is still on the memory and performance improvements, improvements of already existing features, and QOL updates. Going forward there will also be continuous checks of the LOD (Level of Detail) on in-game models, to investigate additional ways of optimizing performance for lower-spec configurations.

There will also be a continuous work on the Career Mode, as there are still a few balance adjustments we’re investigating.

Additionally, UI and other visual updates to make the gameplay experience smoother, not only for new players but for returning players is also something that is being focused on going forward.

Lastly, Riots squads and Paramedic squads will also be getting more attention, as we believe that there are some QOL updates we can implement here before the release.

As we continue our work ahead, we look forward to sharing more of our progress with you and receiving your feedback. Please continue to share your thoughts and feedback with us!

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Nach 9 Jahren der Mitarbeit verlässt Double Eleven[double11.com] Prison Architect. Double Eleven war seit dem Konsolenport bei uns als führender Entwickler des Spiels auf allen Plattformen. In den letzten beiden Jahren hat das Studio an Prison Architect 2 gearbeitet. Mit Abschluss der Qualitätsprüfung der Fortsetzung für alle Plattformen war der Vertrag erfüllt. Es war uns jedoch nicht möglich, eine Vereinbarung für eine weitere kommerzielle Zusammenarbeit zu finden, die für beide Seiten akzeptabel war. Daher trennten wir uns in gegenseitigem Einvernehmen.

Die Verantwortung wurde nun an Kokku übergeben, eine Entwicklerfirma, die seit Herbst letzten Jahres gemeinsam mit und unterstützt von Double Eleven an Prison Architect 2 gearbeitet hat. Kokku setzt jetzt den Plan in die Tat um, von dem wir euch letzte Woche hier berichtet haben.

In diesem Text wollen wir mehr darüber erzählen, wie der Übergang gehandhabt wird, und wir werden euch auch einen Brief von Gaz von Double Eleven präsentieren. Ihr habt vielleicht schon Meldungen von ihm gelesen, denn Gaz war eine der treibenden Kräfte bei der Entwicklung von Prison Architect 2 und hat auch Texte zu unseren Spiel- und Entwicklerberichten in den letzten Monaten beigesteuert. Hier könnt ihr Gaz’ kompletten Brief lesen (in Englisch).[pdxint.at]

Nachdem wir Gespräche mit mehreren Studios geführt hatten, stellte sich Kokku als die beste Lösung für die weitere Entwicklung des Spiels heraus. Kokku ist eine seit langem etablierte Firma in der Spielindustrie und die Mitarbeiter sind große Fans von Prison Architect. Wer mehr über Kokku erfahren möchte, sollte sich ihre Website ansehen[kokku.com.br]. In den kommenden Entwicklerberichten und Einblicken in das Spiel werdet ihr Kokku noch besser kennenlernen.

Zur Vorbereitung des Übergangs haben Paradox, Kokku und Double Eleven in den letzten Monaten viele Gespräche geführt. Dabei ging es um die Vision für Prison Architect 2, die vielen Möglichkeiten, die 3D bietet, und die Merkmale, die in Zukunft ins Spiel eingebaut werden könnten. Der Übergang verlief für uns alle reibungslos, da wir seit langem eine gemeinsame Vision für Prison Architect 2 teilen. Wir wollen die Zukunft des Spiels mit euch, den Spielern, gestalten und werden auch weiterhin bei Entscheidungen über unsere Schwerpunkte nach der Veröffentlichung die Vorschläge im Forum beachten. In unserem Forum könnt ihr eure Vorschläge teilen und für eure Favoriten stimmen![pdxint.at]

Wir danken euch, den Architekten, für eure fortgesetzte Unterstützung und Leidenschaft für das Spiel! Wir wünschen Double Eleven bei ihren zukünftigen Projekten viel Erfolg, da sie jetzt die weitere Entwicklung ganz an Kokku übergeben, und wir freuen uns auf den Weg, der vor uns liegt.

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Hallo Architekten!

Wir haben die schwierige Entscheidung getroffen, die Veröffentlichung von Prison Architect 2 vom 7. Mai auf den 3. September zu verschieben.

Wir haben zwar schon funktionale Versionen für alle Plattformen und sind bereit für die Veröffentlichung, aber es sind noch Probleme bezüglich des Speicherbedarfs und vermehrtem Auftreten von Fehlern bei Geräten, die nur die Mindestsystemanforderungen erfüllen, aufgetreten. In Anbetracht der erfolgreichen Geschichte von Prison Architect und unserer leidenschaftlichen Community wollen wir die bestmögliche Fortsetzung eines derart beliebten Spiels liefern, ohne irgendwelche Abstriche zu machen.

Da das Veröffentlichungsdatum näher rückt, haben wir weitere Tests an der endgültigen Version mit verschiedenen Konfigurationen durchgeführt, um die Stabilität zu bestätigen. Bei diesen Tests wurde ein MBTF-Wert (Mean Time Between Failure/mittlerer Fehlerabstand) ermittelt. Um einen solchen Wert zu erzeugen, wird das Spiel gespielt, bis ein Fehler auftritt. „Fehler“ kann dabei für verschiedene Dinge stehen, z. B. ein Absturz, ein Einfrieren (Anhalten ohne Rückmeldung) oder andere Spielunterbrechungen. Dabei fiel uns auf, dass bei bestimmten Systemkonfigurationen das Spiel unseren angestrebten MTBF-Wert nicht erreichte. Das galt besonders für Systeme mit Mindestkonfigurationen.

Sobald die Probleme identifiziert waren, begannen wir mit der Optimierung des Speicherbedarfs von Prison Architect 2, um die Situation zu entschärfen. Insgesamt sind diese Arbeiten erfolgreich verlaufen, und wir haben die Leistung bei niedrigen Konfigurationen auf ein zufriedenstellendes Niveau bringen können. Leider treten bei solchen Überarbeitungen immer neue technische Schwierigkeiten auf, und die Zahl der Abstürze erhöhte sich merklich.

Aufgrund der Probleme beim Speicherbedarf und der Fehler bei Mindestkonfigurationen haben wir uns daher entschieden, das Spiel zu verschieben. Die zusätzliche Entwicklungszeit wird dafür sorgen, dass wir:

• Den MTBF-Wert heben können, um das Spiel stabiler zu machen.
  
  • Dazu gehört die Arbeit an der Behebung von Abstürzen, Einfrieren und anderen Spielunterbrechungen.
• Euch, unsere Spieler, durch Streams und weitere Entwicklerberichte mehr über die Entwicklung informieren.
  
  
• Mehr Zeit in die weitere Entwicklung einiger bereits existierender Merkmale stecken, die noch verbessert werden können.
  
  • Mehr darüber werden wir in einem Stream am 25. April um 16:30 Uhr MESZ (10:30 Uhr EST) berichten.

Konsolenspieler erhalten außerdem eine automatische Rückerstattung entsprechend der Richtlinien der jeweiligen Plattform. Vorbestellungen sind weiterhin möglich, aber ihr müsst das Spiel erneut kaufen, um euch den Vorbestellungsbonus zu sichern. Steamspieler, die eine Rückerstattung für das Spiel haben möchten, können dies über die Erstattungsoption im Support beantragen.

Uns ist bewusst, dass es eine lange Wartezeit wird, aber wir werden euch die ganze Zeit bis zur Veröffentlichung begleiten und am Ende ein besseres Spielerlebnis bieten.

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CharliePryor will be showing you some basics in building and managing your prison in Prison Architect 2 in this week's episode of Prison Architect Academy.

⚠️ Please note: Gameplay in this video may be subject to change before the final release of the game

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This week’s livestream will be postponed until next week due to a K9-riot breaking out in the office.

A couple of mischievous K9s got into our streaming studio and caused complete chaos. They have now been placed in solitary confinement but we need some time to clean up their mess. We will see you next week for the stream instead! #NOTgoodboys

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Thanks for joining us, intrepid corrections officers! Now that we've talked about some of the basics of Prison Architect 2, we thought we’d better warn you about what eventually happens if you ignore all of these lessons: Prison Riots!

Head over to our YouTube or Paradox Interactive's Twitch[www.twitch.tv] to watch our community team show off a first live look at BUNKBEDS today at 16:30 CEST!!!

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The Devs have some additional words to accompany this tutorial - read more about what the devs can tell us about Career Mode here below!

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For all of the flexibility and freedom that the Sandbox Mode offers, for some people, it can bring out the dreaded ‘Blank Canvas’ problem: where do I start? What should I do next? Why is my prison full of dead bodies? Some people crave a gentle nudge, some structure, and multi-game progression. For these players, we have a shiny new Career Mode!

You can of course still play the sandbox mode you know and love (now with plenty of new control and customization), but with Career Mode, you can also take on the role of the corporate caretaker of your own prison company. Inspired by early Bullfrog management games our designers grew up with, Career Mode presents you with a world map and a series of Campaign scenarios to work your way through. It functions partly as a light-touch tutorial (no forced building, thank you very much!), but also sets out specific problems and challenges for you to work through.

On your world map, you’ll see the different Scenarios available for you to play. Mainline Scenarios will load you into an existing prison with a specific challenge to play. These scenarios will range from a brand-new prison in need of another cellblock to prisons dealing with staffing or misconduct issues, all the way up to stepping in to quell a full-scale riot. Either the CEO or a member of the facility’s staff will introduce each scenario to you, filling you in on what’s going wrong and giving you a target to aim for. Once you’ve completed a Campaign Scenario, you’ll receive a cash payout that goes straight to your Company Balance pot (which we’ll talk more about shortly).

There are also option ‘bonus’ challenges to unlock. Much like Scenarios, you’ll be given an objective to reach and a cash payment for success, but this time you’re starting from scratch. You’ll load onto an empty plot, with a set of objectives to reach, and you’ll need to build your very own functioning prison to meet those requirements. Early challenge maps might be easy; simply build a cell block, and basic amenities, and intake a few inmates. Others may offer little gameplay twists, such as building a prison while receiving a constant daily intake of new inmates which you can’t cancel or delay.

And there’s plenty more to do in Career Mode! From the World Map you have access to your very own Headquarters building, from which you can spin up your own prison projects without the constriction of someone else’s rules. Simply jump into a blank plot and start building your dream lockup. Once you’re finished with it, you can sell that prison and receive a cut of the proceeds back to your Company Balance. It’s basically the free-building gameplay from standard Sandbox mode but offers you cross-prison progression through your Company Profile.

Oh and don’t worry; if you’ve sold your prison in Career Mode it’s not lost forever in Prison Architect 2. Prisons you sell will be moved over to your Sandbox mode saves, to continue to play, manage and expand as you wish.

So you’ve completed some Campaign Scenarios and sold your first prison- but what was it all for? This is where the ‘career’ part of the mode comes in. When you start off in Career Mode, you’re a simple Branch Manager. You only get a small percentage cut of your prison sales and you don’t have any employees outside of your prison staff. As your income grows, so will your job title. You’ll gain promotions based on your cumulative sales and Campaign payouts, which means a couple of things: the amount of money you receive from selling your own prisons increases, and you unlock additional corporate Departments to your prison company.

Departments provide a wide range of bonuses: anything from providing early Bureaucracy unlocks, gaining XP faster, to discounts on certain goods and services. These Department bonuses carry across all new prisons you build in Career Mode, meaning that by the time you’re a CEO, the team you have built can help you speed through the early stages of your prisons and quickly progress to larger lockups.

In Career Mode additional Departments cost money, and that’s taken from your company’s Balance pot, which you can see on the World Map. Once you’ve opened an Investments Department, you’ll also be able to spend your company balance on building new prisons. This means that you can throw an extra stack of cash straight into your next new prison (on top of the opening balance you’re given for free). This means you can build bigger and faster since you won’t need to slowly increase your funds with a small prison population or Contracts- you can just jump straight into constructing multi-floor prison blocks and go HAM employing as many Workers as you like!

Thanks as ever for listening. We’ve enjoyed reading your thoughts and ideas about the content we’ve shared so far, so keep them coming, and we can’t wait for you to be able to play yourselves (rather than just listening to us harp on about the game!). Please join us for our next article discussing more new additions to Prison Architect 2.

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On Thursday 4th of April at 16:30 CET we host our second Prison Architect 2 Livestream! Join us as we continue showing the game and answer some of your questions!

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