Short Weekly Update #118

Patch 0.908.3 went live yesterday with hiring balance tweaks, safer UI, and cleaner event timing. We are also deep into a research revamp. Updates will not be weekly from now on so we leave enough time for testing and QA.

Highlights

• Follow me on TikTok for quick dev clips and funny stories of my adventures while making the game: https://www.tiktok.com/@street_grub_game

• Tune salaries for clarity: default markup set to 0%, market rate equals the real average, and the floor is now 20% below market. Should we make it 100% below?

• Stop accidental actions: block multi-stand purchases from spam clicks and restrict double-click-to-load to the loading screen.

• Fix event timing and duplication so countdowns do not go negative and news panels behave.

• Achievements: update Steady Eddie to track a 5% or higher worker salary markup so progress reflects real pay decisions.

New features & improvements

• Worker Salary: validate slider minimum and maximum values so rounding near the minimum does not jump your setting.

• Ensure the Research tab title always displays so navigation stays consistent.

• Double click to load works on the loading screen only to avoid accidental triggers elsewhere.

• On load, publish post-news activation events for cash events so information panels refresh correctly.

Balance

• Set default worker salary markup to 0%. In case you forget to the set it, you are not penalized.

• Make the market benchmark 100% of average salary (was 105%) so “market rate” equals the true average. They are now happy with market rate salary.

• Cap minimum salary at 20% below market (was 25%) to reduce extreme under-pay.

Fixes

• Events expire on time instead of counting into negative days.

• Prevent reactivation of saved active cash events when loading a game.

• Stability: make goal transitions safer behind the scenes to reduce rare edge cases.

In development

• Research revamp preview: performance drives progress. Earn universal Boosts from your End of Day performance, then trade them for Specialist Points per tree.

• Example earn rates:

  • Research Boosts: daily performance, about 6 per day on average, MIN 0, MAX 10.

  • Customers: 1 Customer Point per 60 burgers sold.

  • Promotion & Forecast: 1 Market Point per 25 unique feedback items.

  • Team & Queue Control: 1 Ops Point per 35 customers served.

  • Stands & Speed: 10 Stand Points per first-of-class stand, plus passive catch-up over time.

  • Supplies & Storage: 1 Supply Point per 9,000 storage units used and sold.

  • Menu: 1 Recipe Point per 80 perfect recipes served.

  • Money: 1 Finance Point per scaled net profit on positive days.

Known issues

• Auto-reordering may fail.

• Soft lock at 12:00 in rare cases.

• Goal system soft lock in edge cases.

• Minus interest event can remain permanent.

• Perfect recipe for Parents goal needs a fix.

Shout-outs to @kareed, @sargonius, and @poui for the steady support 🤗

Thanks for playing, reporting, and sending bug reports. Keep feedback coming and drop screenshots of oddities or great runs.

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Thanks

Street Grub - Devs