Update log
Full Big Ambitions update
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Repeated intro
Hello to all you fine businesspeople! It's time for an update. Not just a hotfix - this is EA 0.2!!
Extracted changes
- Gameplay
- Balance
- Store
Okay, let's get the bad news out of the way - due to some awesome new updates, there are two new special buildings in the game! Unfortunately, this means that if you owned either residential building, 28 4th Ave or 6 6th Ave, you will find yourself with a refund for anything inside the building.
New Special Building:
Keep Calm and Squat On
So where did these buildings go? The first building, 28 4th Ave, is now the location of "Keep Calm and Squat On" the city's new gym! Check it out! After paying the gym's entrance fee, you're ready to go! Wait, you're not still wearing your normal work clothes, are you? Run to the back and put on your gym clothes!
Now you're ready to access to all the equipment:
Bench Presses
Punching Bags
Treadmills
Gym Mats for doing Crunches
Just keep an eye on your energy, you don't want to pass out from exhaustion!
Or if you'd rather avoid working out in front of everyone, you can buy a Treadmill or Pull-Up Bar from Ika Bohag for your apartment! Just make sure you also get a wardrobe so you can change into your gym clothes.
Either way, exercising is a new way to stay healthy and gain happiness. Plus, this will be expanding even further in EA 0.3 with a new Player Health variable - the gym is just the beginning!
Employee Benefits:
Health Insurance
Speaking of being healthy - that brings us another new feature - now each of your HR Managers can manage a contract with the hospital to get health insurance for the employees they manage. Be sure to visit the hospital to set your employees up with an insurance plan.
After requesting an insurance plan from the Health Insurance Manager at the hospital, they will contact you back after a day with their price-per-employee offer. You can accept, decline, or try to negotiate a better offer, but don't insult them with a low offer or you might have to start the process over!
There are three levels of insurance:
Gold
Silver
Bronze
And it's just in time too - some of the employees have started demanding different levels of insurance, so make sure you check on your employee demands!
New Wholesale Store:
Total Produce Trading
Now what about the other building that was replaced? The second building, 6 6th Ave, is now a new Wholesale store, Total Produce Trading!
In addition to selling a few familiar items like Flowers and Salad, it also brings some new items:
Apples
Bananas
Carrots
Lettuce
Pears
Tomatoes
You can also import these new items from SeaSide Internationals! Keep in mind, if you already have an existing contract with them, the contract should be updated to included new items, so you should be good to go!
New Business:
Fruit and Vegetable Store
Of course, those new items need to be sold somewhere, which brings us to the Fruit and Vegetable Store! Keeping in the healthier theme of this update, you can now provide the city a healthier food option for when they're done working out with this new store.
You'll need a retail building and Customer Service Employees along with:
Shopping Baskets
Checkout Counters
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