In episode 1 of my Strategy and Tactics series, my 2nd game made during the garage phase was a Government/Simulation game.
In episode 4 (Which won’t be released until 3/20) I wind up doing a medium Government/Simulation game for a publisher. To my surprise, after finishing that game and seeing the exp screen, it comes up with the “New Combo” bonus again in the 2nd game. At first I thought I must have done a Government/Strategy game back in the garage era but I re-watched it and confirmed it was a Government/Simulation game.
The other differences between the games were as follows:
Game 1: Small, For the PC, Audience not researched (Everyone)
Game 2: Medium, The Master V, Audience researched (Still rated Everyone) with a publisher.
As far as I know, the above factors didn’t determine the ‘new combo’ bonus, only the topic and genre.The other thing to note is that I did not end up doing a game report for my first Government/Simulation game. I lost the opportunity when I generated my first custom engine.