Free Bonus Update: Vending Machines

This update was originally planned to be the Customization Update, but I wanted to prepare a little bonus update for you first. 🎁

🥤 New Vending Department

The new Vending Department is now available.

This is a completely new department for your store, featuring:

• 25 new vending products

• 7 dedicated licenses

• A separate product lineup from the Grocery Department

You can place vending machines both inside and around your store, with a maximum of 8 vending machines in total. If you recycle a vending machine, the slot used by that machine is returned to you.

👥 Separate Customer Group

Vending machines bring in their own separate customer group.

That means vending customers are independent from your main store's customer flow. They do not take customers away from your regular departments.

This helps you:

• serve more customers overall

• gain experience faster

• Increase your daily earning potential

📈 Product Variety Buff

The scaling of product variety impact on customer flow has increased.

Stores with a wider variety of products should now attract even more customers than before.

💰 Vending Machine Economy

Money earned from vending machines must be collected manually by the player.

You also gain experience for each customer who uses a vending machine.

Pricing rules

Vending machine products use the same price elasticity as Grocery products.

This means customer reactions to vending machine price changes will behave the same way as in the Grocery Department. And also use the same bulk discount rule as Grocery products, which is %10

📚 Tutorial & Stats

A short tutorial screen has been added when placing a vending machine for the first time, helping explain how the system works.

Vending machine statistics are also merged into the main statistics system, instead of being handled as a completely separate stat category.

📦 Restock Support

Restockers can also restock vending machines, so the new department is integrated into the overall store workflow. You may want to dedicate one restocker to the vending department to improve efficiency.

🔮 Future Plans

This department may receive more products and additional vending machine types in future updates, including machines that fit the Megastore theme even better, such as drink machines and other variations.

🛠 Stability

Some stability improvements were also made in this build.

Fixed an issue where the hand scanner could sometimes remain stuck in tool mode. The default binding for the end day action is changed to "N" for keyboards.

I’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions.

Thank you very much.