Mall Rivals Update v0.2.117 — April 17, 2026

The unstable branch has been tested and is now rolling out to the main build. Thanks to everyone who helped us test! We're not slowing down, expect new content, regular updates, and hotfixes in the coming days.

Key Changes:

• Employee Management panel — View stats, assign roles, change stores, and fire employees directly from your tablet.

• Major lag/FPS fix — Fixed the performance issues that got worse in later game days.

• NPC movement improved — All NPCs now walk and navigate more smoothly.

• Save system improvements — Multiple save-related bugs resolved.

New Features [NEW]

• Employee Management panel in tablet — view stats, assign roles, change stores, and fire employees

User Interface [UI]

• Main menu game mode card titles now fit within card borders

Performance [PERF]

• Fixed major lag/FPS issues that progressively worsened in later game days

• Improved NPC pathfinding and movement across the board

Bug Fixes [FIX]

• Selling a store now properly resets its floors, ceilings, and storefront to default

• Mall residents no longer wander into stores

• Stockers no longer duplicate crates or freeze near racks on upper floors

• Achievement progress now properly syncs in multiplayer

• Store monitors no longer need to be re-placed after loading a save

• Store wall decorations now display correctly when first placed on the wall

• Text no longer invisible when using Simplified Chinese

• Custom key bindings no longer reset when loading into a game

• Getting hit by a bat while in a menu no longer breaks player input

• Tablet and employee dialogue no longer show stale info from the previous game after loading a save from the pause menu

• Advertisement posters and banners now display their artwork correctly after loading a save

• ...and countless small fixes and improvements