Homeless Life Simulator Demo – Devlog #2

✅ Shopping cart no longer gets lost or clips out of the map 🛠️ Unstuck now respawns you to a safe valid spot (not random far teleports) 💼 Job payments, markers, and multi-job flow are now consistent ⏸️ Menu now properly pauses the game 🎛️ Camera/mouse issues improved (including the 23:00 cursor loss) 🗺️ Map bugs fixed + map click interaction polished 🌙 End-of-day story + random events added with UI polish 🏢 Two new buildings added: Car Dealer Shop & Real Estate Shop 📚 Library now includes an Active Skill system

🏢 New Buildings: Car Dealer & Real Estate

• Added Car Dealer Shop building to the city.

• Car Dealer building includes full interior layout.

• Added vehicle purchase flow inside the Car Dealer.

• Added vehicle camera transitions when interacting with cars.

• Added vehicle slot system and vehicle save handling.

• Added Real Estate Shop building.

• Real Estate building layout is fully designed and integrated.

📚 Library & Active Skill System

• Added a new Active Skill system to the Library.

• Players can now unlock and improve active skills.

• Active skills are player-driven and upgradeable.

• Library now acts as a long-term progression hub.

🛒 Shopping Cart Stability

• Shopping cart no longer disappears when it falls off the map.

• Prevented cart clipping into walls and unstable collision edge cases.

• Improved cart physics so it no longer “launches” forward after impacts.

• Reduced item ejection when the cart hits objects.

• Improved cart behavior to reduce passing through objects and random instability.

• Increased shopping cart capacity to feel more realistic and useful.

• Added a more reliable approach for keeping items stable while pushing the cart.

🧭 Unstuck & Respawn System

• Unstuck now respawns the player to a safe valid position instead of a random far point.

• If you fall through the world, you now respawn properly instead of reappearing at the opposite side of the map.

• Added/expanded respawn coverage to reduce cases where no good respawn point exists.

• Unstuck can now be used more reliably while dealing with vehicle/cart situations.

• Improved unstuck behavior for cases where the camera gets stuck.

💼 Jobs, Payments & Day Pace

• Fixed inconsistent job payments so the paid amount matches what is shown on the job UI.

• Improved reliability of job completion and reward delivery.

• Job markers are now synced better so they don’t remain on the map when the job is not active.

• Improved multi-job handling so taking more than one job works more consistently.

• Improved job persistence when saving/exiting during active jobs.

• Adjusted pacing so the day flow feels less rushed.

• Reduced cases where jobs send you to excessively far points.

• Improved job variety to reduce repetition.

🎛️ UI, Controls & Game Feel

• The game now properly pauses when the menu is opened.

• Added and updated player sensitivity settings inside the ESC menu.

• Improved camera behavior to reduce forced downward look.

• Improved mouse cursor reliability after waking up around 23:00.

• Tutorial improved with more detailed visuals and GIF support.

• General control feel improved to reduce clunky behavior.

🗺️ Map & World Polish

• Fixed map clipping and falling issues in problematic areas.

• Polished map click interaction behavior.

• Improved map card info and localization.

• Added building wall info texts with translations.

• Fixed cases where the Fun Zone system fails after closing the game.

🚗 Vehicle & Recycle Center Updates

• Added vehicle selling area support.

• Added vehicle upgrade support.

• Added clearer feedback for Recycle Center vehicle selling zones.

• Added trash amount/price style info for vehicle interactions.

• Improved physics so vehicles are less likely to be pushed accidentally.

🌙 End-of-Day Content

• Added end-of-day story moments.

• Added random events to the end-of-day flow.

• Polished end-of-day UI.

• Updated demo stop script behavior.

🧩 Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Recycle area prices not updating correctly.

• Fixed: Shop UI not closing correctly via close button.

• Fixed: Shop UI close issues when using ESC and close button together.

• Fixed: NPC conversation rotation issues.

• Fixed: Job UI not closing correctly with ESC.

• Fixed: Purchased basket spawning in invalid positions.

• Fixed: Active skill UI not closing properly with ESC.

• Fixed: Coffee boost effect persisting after expiration.

• Fixed: Job payment mismatch between UI and actual reward.

• Fixed: Items becoming impossible to add to the basket.

• Fixed: Camera getting stuck between objects.

• Fixed: Active job disappearing after save/exit.

Thanks for pushing detailed feedback it helped a ton in targeting the exact pain points.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3845420/Homeless_Experience_Simulator

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