The "Office Party" Update

First off, I just wanted to say how proud I am of New Day for its development cycle in 2025. It was a great year. We had a fantastic run with multiple amazing updates that fixed issues in the game and allowed for more replayability. And I wanted to say thank you to the fans of the game for sticking by us as we develop this experience for you all. Genuinely, we couldn't have done it without you. Hopefully we get to make everything even BETTER in 2026 and onwards. We look forward to showing off our plans in the upcoming future.

Happy 1-year anniversary, New Day!

[ ATTENTION ( Multiple Save Files ) ]

Due to the recent changes New Day has underwent, your internal save file will be incompatible with this update going forwards.

You can save your current islanders & rooms by following the previous Steam post made about the V.06 update.

Relationships / Ordinances / Bugs Caught / etc are still going to be reset unfortunately, due to the save file update, but at least everything else is okay!

This will not happen again in the future. Do not worry.

VIP Patreon members, if you've created multiple save files previously, you might need a fresh restart of the game, too.

[ Title Screen ]

The title screen has received a complete makeover to fit with the vibe of what we imagine New Day to feel like. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

[ Cloud Saves ]

Cloud saves are now enabled for New Day, since multiple save files are officially a feature. Cloud saving is something Steam does to backup your files so that you can play the same game on a separate PC or in-case the game is, for whatever reason, deleted.

[ Mod Support ]

New Day now officially supports mod support. You can find the mods folder in Documents > NewDay_Mods

Right now, there's probably not much to download. But I'm sure that eventually people will upload tons of custom eyes, eyebrows, mouths, and makeup for you to use in your game!

You can upload custom content straight to Steam from the Islander Creator and download custom content from there, too.

[ Careers ]

Welcome to the Office Party update! The main focus of this update is... careers! Your islanders can now get a job! In their apartment, if your islander is Level 3 and onwards, you can select a career for them. Islanders need YOU for their careers to progress, meaning your islander will have career-related problems for you to solve. This gives your islanders a sustainable income without the need for you to funnel cash into their bank account every few days!

[ Careers | Author ]

Have your islander become a talented author and create amazing, or terrible, novels. Choose the interest associated with the book, think of a title, and write a synopsis. Pray to Fredrick that the shopkeeper who's endorsing your islander's novel likes it... and if they do, boom! Your islander's novel, with your help, is now published all around the globe! Of course, this does come with the other inhabitants of your island wanting to buy and read the novel themselves... but beware... some islanders are more critical than others... and if your author wants to set up a book signing, be sure to watch the crowd and make sure no evil islanders slip through. You don't want them ruining the mood, now do you?

[ Careers | Hair Stylist ]

Your islander is ready to get out and become known as XoronB's next top stylist. This, however, like most things in life, takes time and practice. Have your islander test their skills on a mannequin head before deciding if they're capable of cutting the real deal -- another islander's hair! Once this is done, there's no going back. You'd better hope the client loves their new-do, else your islander might not get paid! Wuh-oh!

[ Careers | FredTuber ]

Are your islanders ready to have a bit of drama in their life? If so, they've come to the right place. Pick and choose what types of videos your islander can create and watch as their content spreads across the island and XoronB... you may even see a few reaction videos from other islanders who dislike what other FredTubers post...

[ Careers | Shopkeeper ]

You can now assign your islanders to work as a shopkeeper during certain hours of the day! This only includes Knits' Nifty Clothing for now, but in the future, there'll be much more shops for your islanders to manage!

[ Islander Creator: New Addition | Ears ]

You can now customize whether or not your islander has ears. There are a few to select from for now, and more will come in the future.

[ The Docks : Fishing Minigame Revamp ]

Fishing has been fully revamped to improve the overall user experience! Now, instead of pressing a button, you'll have to navigate your fishing rod's hook to the mouth of the fish you want to catch. This means that, yes, you can catch several fish at once, which significantly raises your overall profit! Fishing is probably the most over-powered money making method in the game... if you don't count what Fishdrick does if he catches you in his side of the ocean... and don't even get me started on what happens on rainy days...

You can now store fish in the aquarium! Storing fish will send them to Toasty's office in the Town Hall.

[ New Feature: Fredling Baby ]

You're now able to care for your own child. You'll need one of your islanders to adopt/have a baby from this update onwards to access this feature. You'll know when it becomes available to you.

[ Graphics Update ]

New Day now has shadows... Yeah, that's about it... I feel like people asked for this long, long ago... but I'm not too sure, honestly. Oh well! It's in the game now!

[ Quick Building Selection ]

There is now an option on the island view to quick-select a building!

[ Notification Bar ]

You can now view previous notifications from your island view.

[ Quirks ]

• The impulsive quirk will not work in this update as it has been removed from the game's code as a functional quirk. The reason why is because an islander will sometimes softlock the game when a confession problem occurs. We're sorry for this inconvenience as we work on fixing this quirk!

• Added a new quirk titled - "Robotic".

[ Bug-Fixes ]

• Fixed a bug that caused your islander to gain 20 levels upon completing Card Roulette's easy mode.

• Fixed a bug that caused an evil islander, who stole the contents of the box from you, to not gain the money of said box.

• Fixed a bug where a ghost islander could interrupt a confession event.

• Fixed a bug that caused islanders who are in wheelchairs to want for an outfit or a bottom piece of clothing.

• Fixed a bug where babies could wear glasses... now they have to wait until they grow up to wear them!

• Fixed a bug that caused Foodie islanders to use ", and" in their "Give Recipe to Player" event even if a food item had only 1 ingredient.

• Fixed a typo in the "Athletic Islander's Accepted Confession" dialogue.

• Fixed a slight oversight where the outfits menu in Knits' shop was lower than the other menus.

• Fixed a bug where the game would force you to "Remove Outfit" in a level-up event which would prevent you from gaining any freebies for your islander.

• Hopefully fixed an issue where save files cause the game to turn into a white, tiny box.

[ Additions/Improvements ]

( Islander Creator )

• Added 15 new hairstyles.

• Updated the background behind the Islander.

• You can now adjust your islanders breast size. // This has a bug where "nipples" appear when they're too big. Please ignore this for now.

• You can now adjust your islanders rear size.

( Islander Problems )

• Added a new islander problem, "Help Befriend 2 Islanders".

• Added a new islander minigame problem, "Tic-Tac-Toe".

• Added a new islander problem, "Birthday".

( Knits' Clothing Shop )

• Added a new top, "Crop Top".

• Added a new top, "Tube Top".

• Added a new top, "Polo Shirt".

• Added a new bottom, "Dumptruck Shorts".

( Room Editor )

• Added 2 new wallpapers.

• Added 10 new floors/ceilings.

• Added"Dreamweave" Rug11 new swatches.

( Island )

• The island UI has been revamped.

• Optimized the game so that loading into the island has became slightly faster.

• Puddles, from rain/snow, will now spawn all over the island instead of in designated places.

• Rain/Snow effects have been improved.

• You can now place your cursor on the edge of the screen in order to move the camera on your island. You can disable this in the settings.

• Added the ability to skip time until you obtain a new islander problem.

( Islanders )

• Islanders will now blink at random intervals.

• Islanders will now have their eyes closed when they're sleeping as you preview their apartment.

• Islanders will no longer want to interact with another islander if that islander is asleep.

• Trendsetter islanders will now elegantly bow if you enter their apartment and they have a high opinion of you.

• Loyal and Organized islanders will now gently bow if you enter their apartment and they have a high opinion of you.

( Town Hall )

• Added a library section to Toasty's room to view all books that any author on your island could've written.

• Added an aquarium section to Toasty's room in the Town Hall.

• Moved the Dialogue Editor to Toasty's Town Hall.

( Kiki's Island )

• Kiki's Island will now become dark when it rains, just like the main island.

( Settings )

• You can disable/enable shadows in the settings.

• You can now enable/disable the alien speech font in the settings.

( Achievements )

• Added a new achievement, "One Islander's Trash is Another Islander's Treasure".

• Added a new achievement, "Baby's First Steps".

( MemoMart )

• Adjusted some of Memo's dialogue to include "sentient clay" rather than the creation of islanders by forming the shape of an islander. ( Updated lore, YUM!! )

( Something roams XoronB )

• Out of the place he was meant to remain, the silence broke.

• loose paths now stretch before him, unwatched and wide.

• deep down, you should feel uneasy - this was not planned.

• Drifting where rules no longer hold, he learns the open air.

• although he runs unchecked for now, eyes are already searching.

• yet time will be what it costs, not whether he’s found.