Bookshop Simulator News

[p]Hello everyone![/p][p]Update v0.7 is now live! Today's update brings part 1 of the cafe! This includes new buildables, new products, and new decoration options. As usual, the full change log is below.[/p][p][/p][h2]Accessing Cafe:[/h2][p]The cafe is accessible once you reach Player Level 25. Items and furniture can be ordered through the Cafe App in your tablet. Each location has a separate cafe level which will unlock items as you progress the cafe level in both Paris and Yamanashi.[/p][p][/p][h2]Cafe Buildables:[/h2][p]The cafe brings a cafe specific checkout counter, a coffee machine, a display case for cafe related items, and a cafe table for customers to sit at and enjoy their cafe orders. In order to run a cafe, you'll need to place the cafe checkout counter and either a stocked display case or a coffee machine.[/p][p][/p][h2]New products - Pastries:[/h2][p]With the cafe, a new product type has arrived - pastries! Part 1 brings 4 unique pastries to your cafe: Baguettes, Croissants, Cream Puffs, and Fruit Sandwiches. These can be stocked in the cafe display case just like other items in bookshelves.[/p][p][/p][h2]Part 2:[/h2][p]Part two of the cafe will be coming in the new year and will focus on employees and cafe related achievements. This does mean that, for now, you will have to run the cafe yourself rather than entrusting an employee to take care of the cafe customers. [/p][p][/p][h2]New books:[/h2][p]As usual, we've added a couple of new books to the available products and they will be ready to unlock as soon as you download the update.[/p][p][/p][h2]Demo update:[/h2][p]We've also gone through and updated the demo with all of the fixes, improvements, and changes that the main game has had. The demo will remain in Paris and saves will continue to be incompatible with the full version.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Finally, as its the holiday season, the team will be taking some time off to spend the holidays with family and loved ones. We'll still check in and be around for any dire issues that come up over the break but for the most part, we'll be off and will return in the new year. We want to thank everyone that has joined us, played the game, supported us, given us feedback, and helped track down issues. We're looking forward to picking back up in the new year! Happy Holidays everybody![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Change Log v0.7.945[/h3][p]Added: [/p][p]- Cafe App for everything Cafe [/p][p]- Cafe buildables: Cafe checkout counter, Cafe display counter, coffee machine, and Cafe table [/p][p]- New item type: Pastries. Currently 4 available: Baguettes, Croissants, Cream Puffs, and Fruit Sandwiches [/p][p]- New floors and wallpaper for cafe [/p][p]- 4 new books [/p][p][/p][p]Changed: [/p][p]- Wall buildables (Posters and Artwork) no longer block or are blocked by other buildables [/p][p]- Storage racks are now sorted back to front [/p][p]- Christmas Tree collision mesh improved for selection[/p]

[p]Hello everyone![/p][p][/p][p]Update v0.6 is now live! Today's update brings something that has been requested quite a bit - Achievements! We're also bringing more holiday decorations for the winter season, new books, a new legendary, and (as always) quality of life improvements and fixes.[/p][p][/p][h2]Steam Achievements:[/h2][p]We're bringing the first rollout of achievements to Bookshop Simulator today! We've been keeping track of certain things behind the scenes that we knew we wanted to have achievements for in the future so when loading a save with the update, you may be granted one-time achievements that you've already surpassed and may have progress on many others that will update/grant the next time you take related actions.[/p][p][/p][p]Note for completionists; We are in early access and will undoubtedly add more achievements with upcoming major features or new locations so please don't expect that you will retain 100% completion if you get all of these achievements.[/p][p][/p][h2]Holiday Decorations:[/h2][p]New holiday decorations have dropped for those that enjoy the winter season! We've got a festive Christmas tree, a chilly snowman, an assortment of presents, two new rugs, and three new wallpapers to get into the mood.[/p][p][/p][p]With these also comes a small change. Certain objects can now be placed or built outside of the store to decorate the outside of your shop a bit more as well as the inside.[/p][p][/p][h2]New Books:[/h2][p]As usual, a new set of books have dropped to continue adding to your growing stock of products.[/p][p][/p][h2]New Legendary:[/h2][p]In October, we ran a decoration contest for the Halloween season in our Discord. We wanted to thank everyone for participating and the wonderfully creative submissions we received. This new legendary will provide a bonus to candy sales.[/p][p][/p][h2]Quality of Life/Fixes:[/h2][p]As usual, we've also included a number of quality of life improvements and bug fixes. You can check out the full change log below![/p][p][/p][h3]Change Log v0.6.908:[/h3][p]Added:[/p][p]- Steam achievements![/p][p]- New holiday decorations: 3 presents, menorah, Christmas tree, snowman[/p][p]- 2 holiday themed rugs[/p][p]- 3 holiday themed wallpapers[/p][p]- New Legendary Book[/p][p]- 4 New books[/p][p][/p][p]Changed:[/p][p]- Expansions app now shows MAX when there are no more available expansion[/p][p]- Allow certain items to be placed outside (plants, holiday decorations, paints, etc)[/p][p]- Recommending items will grant player and store experience[/p][p]- Recommending items bonus will now show as bonus money in UI[/p][p][/p][p]Fix:[/p][p]- Remove exploit that allowed multiple pedestals in Paris[/p][p]- Update many warning messages that weren't localized[/p][p]- Candy quantity shown wrong in UI[/p][p]- Rare instance when a rare book would not spawn in a used box within a certain number of boxes[/p][p]- Plants falling over when placed on the floor (they will still fall if placed off the floor)[/p][p]- Recommendations can be blocked by customer not having enough money[/p][p]- Rare issue with customers getting stuck at reading chairs[/p][p]- Interrupting a cashier in a certain state would break customers in line[/p][p]- Customers looking for a register would jiggle when stopping[/p][p]- Issue causing checkout queue lines getting stuck at 1 max[/p]

[p]Hello everyone![/p][p][/p][p]Update 0.5 is now live! Today's update brings a new feature for those that want to be a little more active in your stores - customer recommendations! We're also bringing you new books, some new plants, quality of life improvements, and fixes![/p][p][/p][h2]Customer Recommendations:[/h2][p]Some customers, upon entering your store, will be open to being recommended a book. Customers who are open to this will show their favorite genres in a popup similar to the legendary powerups. Simply select the customer and tell them you will recommend a book for them. They will then wait for you to return with a book that matches their preferences. You may only help one customer at a time. Recommending can only be done when customers are wandering around the store (and not heading to check out). Successfully recommending a book to a customer will provide a small tip on top of them adding the book to their purchases.[/p][p][/p][h2]New Books:[/h2][p]We're bringing you another 7 new books which can be found in the license tab ready to be unlocked.[/p][p][/p][h2]New Plants:[/h2][p]We're also bringing you an additional 3 new plants to make your shops a little more green. These now work similar to the Halloween decorations so they are freely placeable on floors or tables as you see fit. The existing monstera plant has also been converted to work in the same fashion but only for newly purchased plants. Existing ones will need to be sold and bought again to be the new type.[/p][p][/p][h2]Quality of Life/Fixes:[/h2][p]As always, we're also bringing a number of quality of life and bug fixes. You can check out the full change log below![/p][p][/p][h3] Change Log v0.5.888 [/h3][p]Added: [/p][p]- Customer recommendations [/p][p]- New plants: Shrub, Bird of paradise, Thuja [/p][p]- 7 new books [/p][p]- Used boxes now show how many legendaries from that box you own [/p][p]- f10 will pause the game in any screen if you are stuck (save + load should reset your position) [/p][p]- Player exp bar to see your current level progression [/p][p][/p][p]Changed: [/p][p]- Monstera now a free-placable item (newly purchased monstera plants only) [/p][p]- Increase sale price tolerance for candy, comic books, and manga [/p][p]- Used boxes now open specific to their box type, not your current location (you can carry legendaries from one location to another) [/p][p]- Make tutorial wording easier to understand [/p][p]- Tweaked passive income legendary calculations [/p][p][/p][p]Fixed: [/p][p]- Rare case when stockers took used books before they hit the ground causing them to improperly be inserted into shelves [/p][p]- Rare case when all apps did not unlock [/p][p]- End of day screen stuck (esc/enter now close EoD screen) [/p][p]- German text showing non-German (thank you community user) [/p][p]- Certain items staying unlocked between shop locations [/p][p]- Rare case of customers/employees moving when paused [/p][p]- Cats stuck hovering in Japan [/p][p]- Fixed some cases of stockers getting stuck[/p]

[p]Hello everyone![/p][p][/p][p]Today's update brings one of our community's most voted minor features - Hanging Signs! It also brings new products, posters, quality of life improvements, and fixes.[/p][p][/p][h2]Hanging Signs:[/h2][p]Hanging signs are now in! These are able to be placed on the ceiling inside your shops. They can be customized to be a number of different colors and say whatever you want (up to a character limit). [/p][p][/p][h2]New Products:[/h2][p]Today we bring you 7 new books spread across a variety of genres this time. They can all be found in the license section ready for you to unlock.[/p][p][/p][h2]New Legendary:[/h2][p]We've also brought in a new legendary book - The Illuminati's Guide to Empire Optimization. This legendary is available in Japan used book boxes and will provide a 15% bonus to other store's passive income efficiency when activated in the store you're running at the end of the day.[/p][p][/p][h2]Book Posters:[/h2][p]Book posters are framed items that can be placed on the wall just like the paintings. They are available in the Depot Max app in the same category as paintings. You'll be able to purchase posters for any book license that you've bought. For now, these are simply decorative, but we have functional plans for them in the future.[/p][p][/p][h2]Fixes and Improvements:[/h2][p]As usual, this build also includes a number of quality of life improvements and bug fixes. See below for a full change log![/p][p][/p][h3]Change Log V0.4.882:[/h3][p]Added: [/p][p]- Hanging Signs, paintable and customizable text [/p][p]- Book Posters, decorative only for now [/p][p]- New Legendary available in Japan that will boost passive income efficiency [/p][p]- 7 new books [/p][p]- New customizations for Manager's Desk (chair and desk), bookmark table, personal shelves, and storage racks [/p][p][/p][p]Changed: [/p][p]- Improved floor snapping [/p][p]- Paintings will only be blocked by buildables themselves rather than the caution tape area surrounding them [/p][p]- Japan bridge artwork changed [/p][p]- Basic items (paints, flooring, scanner, pumpkins, cauldron, etc) can now be sold while boxed or thrown away after opened[/p][p]- Last normal bookshelf can now be sold for those that want to replace all normal bookshelves with special bookshelves [/p][p]- Adding confirmation dialog to firing employees/managers [/p][p]- Used bookshelves now properly grant bonus to used books [/p][p]- Customers will now only show a disapproval with price if the price is set over 30% of their tolerance - Increases visibility of some UI elements [/p][p]- Interior trash cans may now be placed in storage rooms[/p][p][/p][p]Fixed: [/p][p]- Fixed some cases of stockers getting stuck at racks with a box [/p][p]- Tablet will no longer reset FOV setting [/p][p]- Horror bookshelf now corporeal for all NPCs [/p][p]- Removing E and R as extra bindings for primary/secondary action [/p][p]- Key rebinding conflicts for boxes should no longer cause issues (immediate placement or unable to open boxes) [/p][p]- Fixed remove item on Handscanner showing wrong hotkey[/p]

[p]Hello everyone![/p][p][/p][p]The spooky season is upon us and we figured it'd be a good idea to get into the festivities a little bit! With this update, we're bringing you some festive options to decorate your shops to get into the season a little, some new thematic products, balancing changes, and fixes.[/p][p][/p][h2]New Decorations:[/h2][p]We've got a couple of things to change up how your store looks if you want to get into the season. In the Customizations tab in the Depot Max app, you can find a pumpkin and a cauldron to dot around your store. These act as handheld items so they can be thrown or placed down.[/p][p][/p][p]Also in the Customization tab, we've got several new wallpapers for the holiday season. We've also added more color variations of the Fleur De Lis wallpaper by popular demand.[/p][p][/p][p]In the Furniture tab, there's also a bat shaped rug available.[/p][p][/p][p]We've also added a specialized Horror themed bookshelf with a couple of color variations that can be purchased at shop level 33. [/p][p][/p][h2]New Products:[/h2][p]There's nothing to get you in the mood better than curling up and diving in to some good horror books to fit the season. We've got 7 new books available for you, mostly horror themed. We've also added a generic horror themed legendary book to match the other genre based legendaries.[/p][p][/p][h2]Balancing Changes:[/h2][p]Customers have had an overhaul on how they decide on what products they're interested in. The non-technical result of this is that you should see less available item types have a better chance at being picked up in a normal store setup.[/p][p][/p][p]Passive income has also been rebalanced and, in general, you should see increased amounts for your stores.[/p][p][/p][h2]Moving Legendaries:[/h2][p]It is now possible to take a single legendary book with you when you travel between stores. Simply pick up the legendary you want to bring, open your tablet, travel to your chosen destination, and when you load in, you should be holding the legendary book. Multiple legendaries can be transferred in this way but will require traveling back and forth. [/p][p][/p][h2]Fixes and Improvements:[/h2][p]As usual, a number of fixes and Quality of Life improvements have also made their way into the build. See below for a full change log![/p][p][/p][h2]Decoration contest:[/h2][p]We're going to be running a shop decorating contest over on our Discord for the holiday. If that interests you, feel free to come join in! The winner will get to be the author of a book in the game![/p][p][/p][p]As always, thank you to everyone for playing, chatting, suggesting, and giving feedback! We hope everyone is staying safe and enjoying the spooky season! Happy Halloween![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Change Log V0.3.856[/h3][p]Added:[/p][p]- New Halloween wallpapers - Pumpkins, spider webs, and cemetery fencing[/p][p]- New Halloween themed bat shaped rug[/p][p]- New Halloween themed decorations - Pumpkin and cauldron[/p][p]- New Horror genre legendary[/p][p]- New Horror specialized bookshelf[/p][p]- New wall lighting[/p][p]- Additional Fleur-de-lis wallpaper colors[/p][p]- Field of View settings added to settings[/p][p]- Controller analog stick support added to Locations app[/p][p]Changed:[/p][p]- Updating Unity to new version[/p][p]- Japan stairs are now able to be painted[/p][p]- Specialized bookshelves (Horror, Sci-fi, Romance, and Fantasy) now provide a sale price modifier to their genre items[/p][p]- Legendary books can now be moved between locations by carrying them while traveling[/p][p]- Customer purchasing decision making has been revamped to be more fair to other item types[/p][p]- Price tolerances for used books and bookmarks increased[/p][p]- Passive income rebalanced to increase it[/p][p]- Used book boxes now have a small chance to have multiple rare books[/p][p]- Sound effects for used book box opening[/p][p]- The hand scanner will now only beep if it successfully scans an item and adds it[/p][p]- Legendary sale prices have been rebalanced[/p][p]Fixed:[/p][p]- Cats should no longer get stuck in their cages after loading[/p][p]- End of Day screen no longer says Wages for the Electricity bill[/p][p]- Removing "Change Layout" tooltip on slots that don't have multiple layouts[/p][p]- Add missing translation for Japanese table[/p][p]- Loading into the Paris level should no longer have you looking upward at first[/p][p]- Remove item tooltip for the hand scanner now shows[/p][p]- Virtual keyboard double space[/p][p]- Personal shelf items will no longer be rotated at odd angles[/p][p]- Boxes in racks will no longer be rotated at odd angles[/p][p]- Hand scanner UI shown when loading with scanner in hand[/p][p]- Shopping cart price updates proper when removing items[/p][p]- Used book legendary powerup[/p][p][/p]