🚀 Our Biggest Demo Update Yet

Another major update for Retail Rivals has arrived!

This update introduces the new Emote System, the first Random Event, a completely overhauled Building System, improvements to the Save System, new languages, additional sounds, multiplayer fixes, and much more.

🔥 New Random Event Added

To give you a small preview of future content, we've added the first random event to the demo.

✅ Fires can now randomly break out in the mall.

✅ Stay alert and keep an eye on your surroundings.

🔥 Things are about to heat up!

🎭 Emote System Added

Emotes have finally arrived!

✅ Perform a variety of different emotes.

✅ Express yourself and interact with other players in new ways.

✅ All emotes now include sound effects.

🍩 New Starting Shop

More choices right from the start!

✅ The Donut Shop has been added as a new starting store.

✅ There are now 4 different shops available when starting a new game.

✅ More variety and more options for your playthrough.

🏗️ Building System Completely Overhauled

The entire building system has been redesigned and improved.

✅ Free placement without a grid is now possible.

✅ Objects can no longer be placed inside walls.

✅ Objects can no longer overlap with other objects.

✅ Objects can no longer be placed in front of doors.

✅ Wall objects now automatically snap to nearby walls.

✅ Added a new Snap Mode.

✅ Shelves and other objects can now be placed neatly next to each other with ease.

✅ Building now feels much smoother and more intuitive.

💾 Save System Improved

✅ The save system has been significantly improved.

✅ Shops are now saved correctly.

✅ Shop contents and placed objects are now saved reliably.

✅ Boxes left on the ground are now saved when leaving the game.

✅ Overall save-game stability has been improved.

👨‍💼 Employee Improvements

🪑 Employee Room

✅ Employees now have sitting animations while waiting in the Employee Room.

📋 Employee Management

✅ The Employee Menu has been expanded.

✅ Employees can now be filtered by shop.

✅ Available employees can now be filtered separately.

✅ Employee management is now much easier to navigate.

🥤 Vending Machines

✅ Employees can now be assigned to Vending Machines.

📦 Logistics Employees

✅ Fixed an issue where logistics employees would occasionally take boxes home after their shift.

🚀 Performance

✅ Fixed performance issues related to employees.

👮 Police & Prison Improvements

✅ Walking animations have returned when being escorted to prison.

✅ Players are now properly escorted to prison instead of being teleported.

✅ Police now react when players swing a baseball bat.

⚾ Baseball Bat Improvements

✅ Baseball bat swings now trigger instantly.

✅ Attacks feel much more responsive.

🎨 Dealer & Graffiti Improvements

✅ The Graffiti UI can now only be opened while holding a spray can.

✅ Players can no longer purchase another bottle from the Dealer while already holding one.

✅ Dealer prices have been rebalanced.

📢 Advertising System Improvements

✅ The Advertising UI has been redesigned.

✅ Improved usability and overall clarity.

✅ You can now run advertisements for Vending Machines.

🌐 Multiplayer Improvements

✅ Wall tattoos can once again be moved correctly in multiplayer.

✅ Fixed an issue where trash could appear in multiplayer but could not be picked up.

✅ Prison timers are now displayed correctly in multiplayer.

🗳️ Voting & Phase System Improvements

✅ The scrollbar in the Phase Terminal is now always available when needed.

✅ Arrows are now displayed above the terminal when a player has not voted yet.

✅ This makes it much easier for new players to understand when they need to vote.

✅ Overall clarity and usability of the voting system have been improved.

🚪 Door Improvements

✅ Mall doors now automatically open when the day begins.

✅ Mall doors automatically close at the end of the day.

🔊 New Sound Effects Added

✅ Added a sound effect when purchasing items.

✅ Added a sound effect when you don't have enough money.

✅ Added sound effects when removing products from displays.

✅ Added sound effects when walking through plants.

✅ Added customer complaint sound effects.

✅ Customers now react audibly when they become unhappy or lose patience.

🌞 Graphics & Atmosphere Improvements

✅ Removed the airplane shadow.

✅ Added a day/night cycle to the main menu.

✅ Improved the in-game day/night system.

🛍️ Customer Improvements

✅ Improved animations when customers lose patience.

✅ Customer reactions now feel smoother and more natural.

🏪 Shop & Mall Improvements

🐾 Pet Shop

✅ Added new shelves to the Pet Shop.

🥫 Mall

✅ Added more tomato baskets throughout the mall.

🖼️ Decoration

✅ Pictures no longer float away from walls.

✅ Pictures are now placed correctly against walls.

🎷 Displays & Shelves

✅ The saxophone is now displayed correctly.

✅ Books are now oriented correctly on shelves.

⚖️ Gameplay & Balancing

✅ Rebalanced various gameplay systems.

✅ Multiple mechanics have been adjusted to create a more engaging experience.

🖥️ User Interface Improvements

💬 Feedback Menu

✅ Redesigned the Feedback UI.

📚 Tutorial

✅ Redesigned the Tutorial UI.

✅ The Tutorial has been re-enabled.

📜 Licenses

✅ Redesigned the License UI.

🎉 Event Menu

✅ Redesigned the Event UI.

✅ Increased the size of the Event Window.

✅ Event information is now significantly easier to read.

🌍 Expanded Localization

✅ The German translation has been significantly expanded and improved.

✅ Numerous existing texts have been revised and polished.

✅ Retail Rivals now supports the following additional languages:

🗣️ French

🗣️ Italian

🗣️ Spanish

🗣️ Chinese (Traditional)

🗣️ Chinese (Simplified)

🗣️ Indonesian

🗣️ Japanese

🗣️ Korean

🗣️ Russian

⚠️ These translations will continue to be improved and expanded in future updates.

🐛 Bug Fixes

✅ Fixed an issue where pressing F1 could sometimes instantly trigger the police.

✅ Various additional bugs and minor issues have been resolved.

❤️ Thank You For Your Support!

Thank you for all your feedback, bug reports, and suggestions.

Retail Rivals keeps getting better thanks to your support. 🚀