🕹️ Arcade Management Simulator Demo – Patch v0.2.0

🎉 First Major Feature Update!

Hey Arcade Managers!

We're excited to roll out Patch v0.2.0, the first major feature update for Arcade Management Simulator! This update marks a big step forward — laying the foundation for deeper mechanics, smarter systems, and a more rewarding player experience.

From financial control through loans, to a fully reworked retail and shipping system, this patch opens up new ways to grow, customize, and fine-tune your arcade empire. Let's dive in!

🚀 Major New Features

• 🏦 Bank Loan App Need a cash boost? Take out loans from the bank to upgrade, expand, and dominate faster. But be careful — interest adds up!

• 🌟 Customer Reviews System Your arcade is now under the spotlight! Customers leave reviews that influence foot traffic — better service = more customers! Check out all the feedback in the new Reviews App.

• 📦 Advanced Shipping System The online shop now features three shipping options:

  • Instant Delivery (costly but immediate)

  • Regular Delivery (balanced)

  • Next Day Free Delivery (budget-friendly, but delayed) This adds a strategic layer to inventory planning and arcade stocking.

🧰 Minor Fixes & Improvements

• 🖥️ Fixed online shop UI scaling on different resolutions.

• 🚶‍♂️ NPC Walking Animation Fix

• ⚖️ Rebalanced machine and item pricing to feel more realistic.

• 🗑️ Fixed hover glyphs not showing above regular trash cans.

• 🧾 Pricing app now stays open unless intentionally closed — clicking inside won’t auto-close it.

• 🕒 Fixed issue where if you redeemed tickets right before a customer leaves, the next customer’s pointer glitched.

• 🎁 Redemption prize numbers now round off correctly.

• 🥤 Updated refill dialogue for the soda machine to be clearer.

• 🗑️ You can no longer set prices on regular trash cans.

• ⚙️ Fixed coin collection stutter due to performance hiccups.

• 🧲 Reduced physics knockback caused by cola cans pushing the player.

• 🎲 Removed small cube markers from in front of Gacha machines.

• 🖼️ Gacha ball display in 16:10 aspect ratio now renders correctly.

• 🎯 Gacha machines stacked on top of each other now fill correctly.

• 🧭 Tutorial pointer is now disabled when the tablet is closed or the player is not in the redemption screen.

• 🛒 Tutorial Purchase pointer now consistently appears where it should.

• 📱 If the tablet is open during end-of-day, pressing enter now closes it properly.

• 📚 Fixed broken Gacha opening tutorial flow (Open → Add to Collection → View → Close).

• ⏹️ While viewing a Gacha model in the collection app, pressing Escape now exits the viewer and app properly, instead of opening the pause menu.

• Prevented the same NPC model visiting the store multiple times.

🔮 What’s Next?

Patch 0.2.0 is just the beginning of the feature phase of development.

Stay tuned for future updates including in the next update:

• Machine repair system

• Store customization (flooring & walls)

• Reworked Renovation App

Thank you again for being part of this incredible journey. Your feedback is what drives this project forward. 💬 Join the discussion and help shape the game: 👉 https://discord.gg/t96r3WKvhx

We're just getting started — and the arcade is only going to get wilder from here. 🎮