The Plaza Update (v0.8)

🏢 New Systems & Features

• Introduced Stock Exchange plaza — centralized trading hub for resource categories with improved UI and market mechanics.

• Added monthly rent/buy roll for property management cycles.

• Implemented fast recruitment option with improved candidate management and dismissal workflows.

• Added transport line size options, including extra-large capacity variants.

📊 Simulation & Balance

• Rebalanced resource stack sizes and pricing for market stability.

• Reorganized resource categories with new icon support for plaza and trading systems.

• Optimized loading performance by 90% through improved caching and async pipelines.

• Enhanced property management — removed redundant stock exchange selling, unified plaza sales flow.

🎨 UI & Experience

• Redesigned UI layout and typography for improved readability and user-friendliness.

• Updated color scheme and font rendering across all menus and in-game windows.

• Optimized recruitment window to prevent frame-by-frame redraws and unnecessary saves.

• Improved resource transfer robustness with better error handling and visual feedback.

🎬 Content & Polish

• Updated loading screen with new background videos and randomized intro sequences.

• Refreshed main menu visuals, logo, and background assets.

• Fixed intro video export and menu background configurations.

• Updated to Godot 4.5 with crop optimization and shader improvements.