🕹️ Arcade Management Simulator – Demo Patch v0.5.0

🚀 Our Biggest Update Yet!

Hey Arcade Managers! 👋

This is officially the biggest update we’ve released so far for the demo — and it’s a huge milestone for the game.

The headline feature? 🎮 Full Controller Support

You can now play Arcade Management Simulator entirely with a controller from start to finish. Alongside this, we’ve done a major pass on UI, feedback systems, and overall polish to make the experience smoother and more intuitive across the board.

⭐ Major Feature – Full Controller Support

• 🎮 Complete Controller Support Added

  • Play the entire game seamlessly using a controller

  • All systems updated: UI navigation, gameplay interactions, menus, and apps

  • Added controller glyphs across the UI for clarity

  • Improved input handling for smoother navigation

• 🧠 UI & Feedback Overhaul

  • Refined interaction feedback across machines and systems

  • Improved clarity of notifications

  • Better responsiveness across menus and gameplay

🆕 New Features & Additions

• ⏭️ Skip Tutorial Option Added

• 🛠 Improved Mod Support

• 👨‍🔧 Employee Interaction UI

  • You can now assign and change employee tasks directly, without needing to open the Recruitment App

• 🛒 Sort Functionality Expanded

  • Enabled Sort button in Online Shop (Refills, Claw Toys, Gacha)

  • Added Sort Menu to Furniture App

• 🎭 New Character Animations Added

• 🧱 Storage Upgrade Icons Added

• 🧩 Visual Prefabs Created for New Machines

🛠️ Fixes, Improvements & Balance Changes

🎮 Gameplay & Systems

• Customers now correctly reappear mid-day when loading a saved game instead of restarting from the beginning.

• Fixed issue where Gacha/Ninja Fighter highlight reappears incorrectly after repair.

• Fixed NPC redemption bug where moving the table caused item bags to spawn incorrectly.

• Fixed lag spike after redemption when items run out from the counter table.

• Improved Claw, Gacha, and Refill system interactions.

💬 UI, UX & Feedback

• Added Insufficient Funds notifications in:

  • Pay Bills screen

  • Arcade Renovation

  • Storage Renovation

• Updated Redemption Counter text when items are unavailable.

• Fixed Tutorial arrow appearing incorrectly in all the other App.

• Improved loading screen scaling to properly fit 16:9 resolution.

📦 Storage, Placement & Interaction

• Fixed issue where boxes could not be dropped near the storefront window.

• Improved box placement consistency across the store.

• Fixed storage interaction edge cases when facing certain directions.

🤖 Employees & NPC Behavior

• Improved employee task handling and responsiveness.

• Fixed edge case where employee redemption actions caused incorrect item spawning.

• NPC behavior refined for smoother interaction flow.

🔮 Ongoing Work (Coming Next)

We’re continuing to build on this foundation with:

• We're focusing primarily on the game optimization. Our goal is to get the game working well on the steamdeck.

💬 Join Our Community

Your feedback has been crucial in shaping this update — and we’d love to hear more from you.

👉 Join our official Discord community to share ideas, report bugs, and get early previews of upcoming features: 🔗

https://discord.gg/t96r3WKvhx