We're back with a packed update that adds full controller support, smarter employees, new customization options, and a ton of quality-of-life upgrades and bug fixes. Let’s get into it!

🔧 New Features

• Full Controller Support – Play entirely with a gamepad!

• Custom Keybinds – Rebind controls to fit your playstyle.

• Order Preset Naming – Name your order presets for better management.

• Inventory Sorting Options – Sort by category, stock status, or both!

• Middle Mouse Camera Rotation – Hold and drag to rotate the camera view.

• Task Progress Tracking – See how close you are to completing each task.

  

• Manual Profit Collection – Earnings from the Owner’s Desk must now be collected at the desk.

  

• Warehouse Shelf Improvements – Lock item locations and view labels for better organization.

  

• Protein Counter Control – Manually turn the counter on/off to control customer traffic.

  

⚖️ Balance Changes

• Reduced the number of Discarded Item Tasks to 3 and 5.

• Decreased the cost of ordering all items by 5%.

✨ Improvements

General

• Enhanced ultrawide monitor support.

• Owner’s Desk now has better placement and no animation delay when switching control.

• Shelf Placement aligns more cleanly when placed back-to-back.

• Decorations and Protein Counter no longer conflict with the Player's supervision radius.

• Quitting employees now show their job and shift info in the console.

Employee AI

• Stockers:

  • Now prioritize discarded items.

  • Will relocate restock cases to alternate shelves if the original one is full—or drop the case if none found.

UI & QoL

• Slower scroll speed across all scroll views for easier navigation.

• Brighter "Hold Ctrl to pick up multiple" text for better visibility.

• Renamed “Hours” window to “Schedule”.

• Removed Satisfaction stat from the Schedule window.

• Finance & Inventory Tracking now shows daily data instead of weekly.

• Adjust item prices in 2% increments with new buttons.

• Confirmation windows now appear centered on screen.

• New buttons to increase/decrease employee pay.

• Enlarged text in task popups for better readability.

• Improved legibility for console text (red, green, blue).

• Increased maximum look sensitivity by 50%.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed a missing building mesh at an intersection.

• Carts in use by the player are no longer reset at midnight.

• Player stats now load correctly from saved games.

• Fixed tasks that wouldn’t complete (e.g., "Stay at store 24 hours", "Checkout 10 customers").

• Managers no longer count toward stocker limits, fixing hiring issues.

• Protein clerks no longer get stuck after selling their counter.

• Corrected all references to the Platform Cart (previously mislabeled as Pallet Cart).

• Stockers:

  • No longer get stuck picking up discarded items.

  • Now remove the correct quantity when clearing shelf slots.

• Employee popups now display the correct job role.

• Finance & Inventory windows now show correct data after loading (may require saving again).

• Fixed shopping carts combining or behaving unpredictably after loading.

• Carts now stay on the ground when parked instead of floating.

• Custodians no longer freeze with arms out after parking carts.

• If a cart corral is full, custodians will leave the cart accessible for the player.

• Fixed visual issue with unwrapped protein appearing wrapped on Utility Carts.

• Fixed issue where Mussels couldn’t be purchased after completing the related task.

• Player no longer gets stuck seated after using the desk.

• Fixed margin calculations in the Inventory Management window.

• Stockers can no longer steal the Platform Cart from the player.

• Stockers and Managers now correctly return Platform Carts after use.

• Shift changes while paused now update and save properly.

• Fixed a major bug where the entire workforce would stop coming to work after a quit or firing.

• Resolved edge cases where customers or employees could get stuck in doorways.