Update 0.7.1 – QoL, Company Buyouts, and Balance Changes

A smaller patch this time, mostly focused on community-requested features and general improvements. Thanks to everyone for your feedback and support!

Company Management:

• Mergers and full buyouts are now separate actions with their own dedicated menu

• New salary adjustment panel for your employees

• Department view now shows icons for required character traits

• If you run a large industrial company, you might now see your own brand cars on the market

• If your company exceeds the staff limit, Amy will automatically fire the weakest employees to stay within the cap

Friendship & Contacts:

• New achievement + fixed some achievement icons for Steam

• If friendship is 40 or more, you can now invite a character to hang out downtown (not just the bar)

• Close friends are now more likely to call you instead of random contacts

• You can now ask friends about the company they work at; these tips may also appear randomly in the bar

• Some rare events now give fewer new contacts

QoL Improvements:

• You can now switch between text input fields using Tab (without weird character bugs)

• When playing with a gamepad, a virtual keyboard now appears when selecting a text input

• "Back" and "Continue" buttons now have hotkeys during character creation

• Your car’s condition is now displayed as a percentage on the Home screen

• Scrollbars are more visible for long messages, with improved controls and a tooltip

Stock Market:

• New bulk buy option: x500 shares at once

• Market won’t react as strongly to small trades anymore, making it harder to artificially inflate stock prices

• Time is no longer spent when adjusting (but not confirming) a stock order

Balance Changes:

• Karaoke is now judged by performance percentage instead of points, making it easier to win

• Building upgrades are slightly more expensive, but max-quality buildings are a bit cheaper overall

• Pachinko ball physics are now a bit more random

• Trying some improvements to AI behavior in poker

Fixes:

• Fixed UI glitches in the fishing mini-game

• Fixed bug where you could scroll other sections during character creation

• Fixed issue where closing a contact screen during a phone call would freeze the sound

• Fixed a bug where the day wouldn’t end after visiting certain locations (like the arcade or karaoke), which could result in your car’s condition going into negative values