Prison Architect estrena nueva alfa en Steam

= Steam integration
Prison Architect is now available from Steam (Pc & Mac)
Existing customers : You have been gifted a complimentary Steam Key!
Open your purchase receipt email then click on the URL and you'll find your steam product key
Use this key to activate your copy of Prison Architect for Steam

= New Planning Mode

Accessable from the main toolbar, use this to plan your upcoming buildings and room layouts
You can draw in the usual way with the left mouse and clear with the right mouse
Plans are automatically cleared once actually built by workers

= Door Lock system changes
- New object: 'Staff Door', which is a locked door that can be opened by any guard OR staff member
Note: Prisoners treat this as a normal door, requiring Guards to unlock in the usual way
(Staff never unlock doors for prisoners - it's not in their job description, and too dangerous)
(Want a Staff-ONLY door? Set the Sector type to be Staff Only in Deployment)

- Doors have two new special modes: Locked Shut or Locked Open. Click on a door to set this. 
    Locked Shut prevents anyone using the door at any time. 
    Locked Open keeps the door open at all times, EXCEPT during a lockdown when it slams shut 

- There is a new sector setting called "Unlocked", which keeps all doors within the sector open 
  This is useful during construction of a building, or during a fire evacuation 

- Doors that are blocked when closing will no longer push the blocking object aside. 
  They won't close fully until unblocked. 

- Guards will now stick to their assigned patrols and sectors, only doing jobs within their sector 
  This makes them much more responsive at opening doors within / bordering their sector 
  
- Fixed: Guards will no longer be called upon to unlock wooden office doors 

= AI & Behaviour Improvements
- During Shower / Yard / Meal times, Prisoners will first go to the nearest room of that type,
then will only use the facilities within that room.

This stops prisoners in one shower running to another shower on the other side of the map

- Facilities within a Holding Cell may now only be used by prisoners living in that holding cell 

- Prisoners will no longer nap during the day, instead preferring to sleep for longer at night 
    (Requires Sleep regime) 

- Workers/Chefs/Janitors etc will now attempt jobs even if there is mild danger nearby, 
    but will still refuse if the area is very dangerous 
    Guards will no longer refuse any job because it is too dangerous. They are paid to be brave! 
    Jobs which are paused due to danger will be restarted quicker once the danger has passed 

- Dead Firemen will now be taken to the morgue by Guards (rather than being left to rot), 
    and fire trucks will leave without them 
    
- Guards that are not assigned anywhere will try to hang out somewhere useful          

- Fixed: Chefs will no longer bin all prepared food during Bang Up / Lockdown 

= Interface improvements
- The top toolbar now displays the number of available guards, prisoners, and cctv cameras when you have them
- The Lockdown and Bangup buttons have been moved onto the main toolbar (placeholder graphics)
- Tooltips have been added to many items in the main toolbars
- The prisoner Rap sheet now displays any recent misconduct they were involved in
- The graphics options screen now asks you to confirm a new resolution is acceptable, or reverts after 15 seconds

• The hunt for Stuck Entities

  • Fixed: Prisoners could become trapped in Solitary Confinement forever after saving and reloading
  • Fixed: All entities could become trapped in a Medical Bed

• The maximum number of prisoners you can receive in a day is now based on your prison size:
  Small = 16, Medium = 24, Large = 32. Previously it was 24 for all prisons

• New command line option:
  -safemode : Runs at 1024x768, windowed, with shaders disabled, and a blank new map
  (Steam users can run this directly from steam by selecting "Launch in SAFE MODE")

• Prisoners minor injuries will now heal while they sleep overnight

• Prisoners misconduct is now saved correctly in save games

• Administrators now have a short view range (3 squares)

• Fixed: The hardware compatability survey will no longer popup when playing the Introduction level

• Fixed: Entity animations glitched for Eating, Cooking, Unlocking doors, Building etc

• Fixed: You can now construct (free) fences even when your bank balance is negative

• Fixed: You can now construct / place objects that you have in stock, even when your bank balance is negative

• Fixed: You can no longer sack Firemen

• Fixed: Crash bug caused by closing the prison to any category at the exact same moment the first prisoners arrive

• Fixed: Bug that caused the game to crash when loading partially corrupted save games

• Fixed: Prisoners sprites sometimes became corrupted whilst sleeping

• Fixed: Prisoners who trip the metal detectors whilst being escorted by a Guard will now be searched

• Fixed: Placing pipes will no longer be blocked by walls or sprinklers in progress

• Fixed: In the tutorial, Edwards new cell will never be used by another prisoner

Michael es el segundo hijo de Aldo Burrows (Anthony Denison) y Christina Rose Scofield. Tiene un sólo hermano, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) Teddy Burrows (Winnie the pooh) Después de que su padre abandone a la familia, Michael adoptará el apellido de soltera de su madre. Por haber perdido a ambos padres Michael pasó su infancia bajo el ciudado de su hermano. Por ser huérfano toda su vida la vivió en adopción, pero nunca tuvo un hogar estable, ya que Lincoln Teddy siempre se metía en problemas.
Pero, Michael siempre fue un buen estudiante. Terminó con un expediente impecable sus estudios en el Instituto Morton East de Toledo (Ohio). Se licenció como Magna Cum Laude en Ciencias e hizo un Máster en Ingeniería Estructural por la Universidad de Loyola en Chicago. Después de esto, empezó a trabajar como ingeniero Estructural en la firma Middleton, Maxwell y Schaum en el centro de Chicago. Esta inteligencia que le convierte en casi un genio es debido al trastorno físico y psicológico que Michael padece a causa de los abusos que recibía de uno de sus padres adoptivos. Michael era encerrado en la oscuridad lo que le ayudó a desarrollar la visión espacial; psicológicamente esto repercutió en el desarrollo del complejo de superhéroe. Acudió a un psicólogo durante su adolescencia, que le diagnosticó "baja inhibición latente". Esto, combinado con una alta inteligencia y buena memoria conduce a una creatividad excepcional.
En el décimo-sexto episodio de la primera temporada "Brother's Keeper", se revela la relación de Michael con su hermano, tres años antes de que Lincoln Teddy fuese encarcelado en Fox River y la razón de por qué Michael arriesgó su vida para salvar la de su hermano. Ello es que Lincoln Teddyse endeuda para hacerle creer a su hermano que al morir su madre, se había cobrado en seguro de vida por casi 90000 dólares, lo cual lo utilizó para sus estudios. Y esa deuda es el motivo de la dicisión de querer matar al hermano de la vicepresidenta.
El personaje de Michael es el único junto al de Lincoln Teddy que han aparecido en todos los 57 capítulos de la serie. Michael siente un lazo de amor muy fuerte por su hermano y por eso sacrifica todo, su carrera, su vida, todo para salvar la vida de su único hermano Lincoln Teddy. Burrows es condenado a muerte y encerrado en la Penitenciaría Estatal Fox River, por un delito que no cometió, fruto de la conspiración de La Compañía.
Confiando y teniendo fe en la palabra y en la inocencia de su hermano, Michael elabora un plan de fuga de la prisión. Casualmente la reforma de la Penitenciaría de Fox River fue llevada a cabo directamente por la empresa en la que Michael trabaja y teniendo los planos de la prisión Michael comienza a elaborar su plan de escape.