Vending Dokan: Update #3 + Roadmap Reveal!

Hey everyone!

We just want to start this post by saying thank you. Seriously, you all have been amazing!

From sharing your creations on the Workshop, to posting your thoughts on the forums and Discord, and especially to those of you reporting bugs and offering suggestions: we see you, and we appreciate you. Thanks to your feedback, this is now the third regular update we've shipped, and several of your suggestions have been directly implemented into the game as a result. ❤️

📌 The Big One: Our Roadmap is Here!

We're incredibly excited to share the first iteration of the Vending Dokan Roadmap!

We took our time with this because we wanted to absorb your feedback over the first few weeks of Early Access, now that we’ve had the chance to evaluate and prioritize everything, we’re ready to show you what’s next.

🗓️ This roadmap spans the first 6 months of development, with a major focus on July. We’ll be updating it as we go, and expanding on details as features roll out.

🖼️ You can also view the roadmap in-game. Just head to your office and check it out! If you’re ever wondering what’s coming next, you’ll find it there.

📦 Staff Restocking Role (First Iteration)

Say hello to the new Staff Role: Restocking!

This is the first version of this role, and here’s what your staff can do with it:

• Bin empty boxes lying around your office or in shelves

• Restock vending machines when any slot falls below 50% & you have the stock for it

✅ Pro tip: Make sure you have at least one bin in your office, or the staff won’t be able to do much! They can pick up boxes from both the floor and shelves, as long as they can navigate to it.

In future updates, we’ll be expanding this role with the ability to:

• Move boxes from floor to shelves

• Combine boxes

• Reorganize your office based on your assignment of what should go where

We’d love to hear your thoughts on this new role, drop your feedback on the Steam forums or Discord!

🎁 17 New Reward Machine Items!

We’ve added 17 new items to the Reward Machine, including:

• 🟣 11 new rare stickers

• 🪴 6 new decorative items

Hope you enjoy unlocking and customizing with these new goodies!

🛠️ Rest of the Patch Notes

Some nice little quality-of-life updates and fixes:

• WASD movement is now available in Build Mode and Freecam

• Hotkeys added:

  • O for Office

  • Arrow Keys to switch location

  • C to toggle between cameras

  • F for Freecam

  • B for Build Mode

  • U for Business Menu (We're working on a rebind system so you can customize these soon!)

• Machine hover prompts now update in real time

• Machines no longer become un-interactable after staff interact with them

• Stone Lantern 01 now spawns correctly

• Deleting gnomes now gives back the correct gnome

• Delivery zones now have consistent capacity regardless of their orientation

• Reward Machine now takes 1 hour of real time to fully charge

• Binning boxes now generates significantly less rubbish

We'll have our next big update coming in early July, which will include even more decorations and most importantly: a bigger overhaul to the staff system. We're really excited about what's coming next and can't wait to share more with you soon.

In the meantime, we'd love to hear what you think!

• 📣 Let us know in the comments below, or join the conversation on our Discord.

• 🐛 Got a bug to report? We've got dedicated Steam Forums for that too!

If you're enjoying the game, you can help us out by leaving a Steam review! It seriously helps us reach more people and continue to grow.

Thanks so much for reading, and see you next time! 💛