REWORK UPDATE IS LIVE

Hi Travelers! When we initially launched Hotel Galactic Early Access, it quickly became clear that the release was premature. Unfortunately, at the time we couldn’t change an executive decision that had already been made for us.

Since then, a lot has changed. Internally, we’ve rebuilt our management team and reshaped the way we work, making sure that this time no one can pressure us into decisions we don’t fully believe in.

Over the past 3 months, we’ve been fully focused on the game. We reinvented core logic, rebuilt major systems, and reworked NPC’s AI from the ground up, all to ensure that Hotel Galactic can finally become the game we always envisioned. Now, we’re ready to move forward, stronger than ever, and we hope you’ll see the same potential in Hotel Galactic that we’ve always seen. We deeply love this project, and we refuse to consider any scenario other than success.

View store page We also know that we can’t achieve this alone. Your support is essential. Any positive feedback, new review, open dialogue with our team, kind words, or constructive criticism helps us move forward and reach higher.

Today, we’re excited to finally show you what we’ve been working on. With over 4,500 commits merged into the build since our last update on September 15th, we’ve selected the most important changes to clearly showcase how much the game has evolved once we were able to work freely, without unclear or undue pressure. Celebrate this day with us by watching our Twitch Drops Streams here (LIVE on 7PM CET/ 10AM PT)):

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Below, you’ll find a concise but comprehensive overview of the 0.6.0 patch notes for Hotel Galactic, split into 4 major sections.

HIGHLIGHTED NEW FEATURES & CONTENT

• AddedNew QuestlinesRoyal Welcome, Aquatic Needs, The Visitors from Lagoonis, Something New
• AddedStory ExpansionsNew story beats including Sleeping Dragon, Creating a Legacy, and On Her Highness' Service, with additional dialogues and cutscenes
• AddedCompendiumAdded a new in-game Compendium featuring Alien Species, Important Characters, and World Lore entries
• AddedWhack a DerretAdded the Whack a Derret minigame with its own gameplay mechanics and leaderboard

• Hotel rating system added

• Ships on demand functionality added

• Minimap and fast camera movement added

• Extended building space (3 new floors added)

• AddedNew Furniture SetsAdded Wicker, Azure, Homestead, Nocturne, and Regent furniture sets
• AddedPattern CustomizationNew wall and floor patterns available for room customization
• AddedNew OutfitsAdded new outfits for staff and guests, including Nutcracker, Papa & Razzi, and seasonal sets

• Added a large set of new item icons (Sky Berries, Rugs, Lamps, Quest Items)

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FEATURED GAMEPLAY SYSTEMS & BALANCE

• Economy rebalance affecting crafting costs and progression

• Needs & satisfaction rebalance for guests and workers

• Improved farming systems

• Major task system refactors (transport, DoActivity, gathering, placement)

• Reward balancing and corrections

• Guest interaction system added

• Performance, stability and usability improvements across systems

• Validation systems added for quest consistency and save compatibility

SELECTED FROM VISUALS, ANIMATIONS & AUDIO

• New audio assets (VO, SFX, music banks)

• New cutscene and UI sound effects

• Lighting additions and fixes across environments and props

• Improved lighting effects for stained glass windows, gas clouds, and lobby windows

• Updated foliage and water shaders for improved visuals and performance

• Shader, LOD and rendering adjustments

• Polished sleep animations for all species

• Improved cutscene camera work

• Multiple cutscene visual improvements (lighting, post-processing, particles, materials)

MAJOR BUG FIXES & STABILITY

• Extensive save/load stability fixes

• Dialogue system stability fixes (initialization, cleanup, edge cases)

• Fixes for AI behavior, task cancellation and edge cases

• Room construction, demolition and placement fixes

• Inventory, storage and item interaction bug fixes

• Multiple quest bug fixes (blocking objectives, incorrect triggers, save/load issues)

• Bug fixes for blocked, stuck or incorrectly starting dialogues

• Improvements to dialogue triggering, teleporting and markers

• Cutscene camera, timing and timeline fixes

• Animation timing, looping and transition fixes

• Bug fixes for stuck, missing or broken animations

• Fixes for missing, duplicated or incorrectly triggered sounds

• Visual bug fixes (clipping, incorrect materials, night lighting issues)

• Added and fixed language keys across items, quests and systems

• Updated translations and fixed missing localization keys across dialogues and menus

• And many, many more

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KNOWN ISSUES & THINGS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

• Greta’s shovel animation is missing in Uneasy Bird cutscene – on its way!

• Guest review random review text issue – Guests review text is a random placeholder. We’ll come with something funny here one day!

• Freeze on ultra-wide resolutions – A freeze may occur during the cutscene at the start of the Law is Law quest when using an ultra-wide resolution. We need more ultrawide screens in the company… TEMPORARY SOLUTION: The issue can be avoided by changing the resolution before the cutscene starts or by skipping the cutscene.

• Rare elevator issue – Workers sometimes enter an elevator but refuse to use it. TEMPORARY SOLUTION: Reload.

• Very rare bridge visual bug – A bridge between islands may visually disappear. This is a purely visual issue; workers continue to use the crossing correctly. TEMPORARY SOLUTION: Reload.

• Worker transport ship issue – If a ship carrying workers is called immediately after the previous one departs, it may return without new workers. Call him again!

• Language change issue – Changing the language does not correctly update all strings in the main menu. Entering the game resolves the issue.

• Compendium layout issue – The Compendium may lose its correct layout at low resolutions.

• Steam Deck and controller support – There are several control-related issues on Steam Deck and with controllers. TEMPORARY SOLUTION: for all of them is to use a mouse or the touch panel. We are currently working on full controller and Steam Deck support.

• Guest review text issue – Occasionally, a guest’s review sentence on the rating card may be cut off.

• Guest overlap issue – Guests may sometimes visually overlap with one another.

• Bento crafting localization issue – An incorrect, non-localized string appears during bento crafting.

• Cooking drag cancellation issue – Canceling the drag of an ingredient from a pot or cutting board may cause ingredients taken from storage to remain floating in the air after being released. TEMPORARY SOLUTION: Reload.

Crashes:

• Potential crashes – We are currently investigating issues related to memory leaks and overall stability on certain hardware configurations. Due to the wide variety of PC setups, we kindly ask players to help us by reporting crashes and stability issues, as your hardware diversity greatly exceeds what we can cover through internal testing alone.

• Potential crash while staying in pause menu for extended period of time – On some hardware configurations, we have confirmed a crash that can occur after staying in the pause menu for an extended period, especially when the game is minimized.

Thank You,

Ancient Forge