Greetings Astro-Tycoons! Here comes the long-awaited worker update! You can now hire workers to automate tasks and build production chains.

🤖Machine Worker

• Assign to a machine

• Picks up required input items from nearby pallets

• Places produced crates onto pallets

• Operates the machine automatically

🛒Checkout Worker

• Assign to checkout stations

• Scans customer items and collects credits

• Streamlines your sales process

⛏️Mining Worker (coming soon)

• Assign to pallet stations

• Mines resources automatically

• Collects scattered resources into crates and adds them to pallets

📊Skills System

• Production: Determines how quickly items are handled

• Sell: Controls how fast items are scanned at checkout

• Mining: Affects resource mining and collection speed

• Speed: Determines worker movement speed

• XP: Workers gain experience by performing their assigned tasks

• Level: Each level increases the efficiency of the corresponding skill

• Talent (stars): Determines how quickly XP is gained

✨Additional Improvements

• Game Time: 24-hour day cycle with daily worker wage payments at start of day

• Quest Descriptions: Added helpful text to clarify objectives

• Room Purchasing: Change the number of rooms you want to buy via the order console

• Tooltips: Added helpful information for various world objects

• Crate Icons: Now display the contents of each crate

• Input System: New and improved input handling

• Gamepad Support: Partial controller support (not fully tested across all models yet)

• General Polish: Various small improvements and bug fixes

Happy playing, and let me know if you have any issues or feedback!