Developer Daily Major Update

Added

• Major UI overhaul: buttons, backgrounds, short quest descriptions, and the inventory have been completely redesigned.

  

• Small icons indicating quest types were added.

  

• Inventory search by item type was added.

• The main questline has been expanded. (Setting up PCs at the game fair, distributing posters, organizing events, company acquisition)

• In multiplayer, the name of the first player who goes to sleep and their wake-up time are now sent as notifications to other players.

• Sleep screen now shows how Hunger, Fatigue, and Concentration values will change. Bed quality is also displayed.

• Wet road visuals were added during rainy weather.

• NPCs now carry umbrellas in rainy weather. NPCs without umbrellas move more hastily.

  

• NPCs leaving shops now carry shopping bags.

• Food stands were added to several locations in the city.

  

• A new tutorial was added for NPC dialogues and game start. Tutorial pages can now be advanced using the E key.

• If you forced a language change during the starting tutorial and encountered issues, go to Documents → Mehan Games\\Developer Daily → settings.xml and set [c]StoneHead[/c] to false.

• New sounds added:

  • PC power on

  • PC power off

  • Running water

  • Item placement

• New items added:

  • Event Board (Azura)

  • Food Stand (Neu-Neu)

    

• Location markers were added to some quests.

• Clicking a map icon now closes the map and directly highlights the selected location.

Events

• Use the Event Board to announce your events at the game fair. (Sold at Azura stores)

• Event size depends on the content of the fair area. Decorative items and food stands increase visitor count.

• Food sold at food stands is sold with a 20% profit.

Available Events

• Game Tournament: A tournament is held at the fair. Sales and player counts of published games increase based on event success.

• Game Promotion: Promotion of published or unpublished games. Popularity and hype increase based on success.

• Giveaway: A giveaway for fair visitors. Company reputation and follower count increase.

Item Condition

• A condition system was added to items.

• Monitors and servers lose condition while operating and can break.

• Items with 0% condition cannot be used and can be sold for 10% of their value.

• Food now loses condition over time. Effects are reduced at low condition.

  • Below 50%: Nausea

  • Below 25%: Illness (Reduces movement speed)

• Refrigerators now consume electricity (can be turned on/off) and prevent food condition loss.

• Food below 50% condition shows an illness icon in inventories and cabinets.

• Items found in trash now always have condition below 100%.

Changed

• Sleep duration increased to 8 hours with the new sleep system. (Previously 30–60 in-game minutes)

• Added a warning that worker tasks are confirmed at midnight in the PC assignment screen.

• “Do It Yourself” option is disabled if the job level is insufficient during asset production.

• Level 2 and 3 jobs can no longer be done using AI or “steal from the internet”.

• Movement penalties from low hunger, fatigue, and health reduced by 20%.

• Yolanda now appears as Yolanda instead of Restaurant on the map.

• Wind sound volume reduced by 50%.

• Fair building price reduced. (2.5M → 1M)

• “Organize Parts” option is disabled if there are no connections in the PC case.

• Only food items can be placed in refrigerators.

• A cooking pot is now included at game start.

Fixed

• Issue preventing some detached houses from being sold in saved games.

• Popup description error on program selection screen during asset production.

• Marker misalignment when placing a marker with right-click on the map.

• Incorrect protrusions on some apartment roofs.

• Trash spawning in incorrect locations at the game fair.

• Inability to shop after collecting fair trash until performing another action.

• Fair trash being collectible with the E key without taking the quest.

• Text and icon issues on the plaza marker.

• PC cases auto-connecting to items on other tables.

• Graphic design mini-game turning screens white after refresh.

• Bird and night sounds not being adjustable.

• Sun appearing in front of clouds during overcast weather.

• Lucy or Cousin disappearing after sitting on a chair.

• Lucy following the player until the first dialogue in loaded saves.

• Asset list filter button not working correctly by asset type.

• Missing texture on fruit juice.