Developer posts and news about this game.
Art Shop Simulator is part of the Wholesome Underdogs event on Steam! 🎨 To celebrate, the game will be 35% off during the entire event. First, I want to address something some of you have noticed: the updates have been quiet for the past few months. The reason is pretty simple,
Hey everyone, I've updated Art Shop Simulator to the latest version of the Unity engine to fix a recently discovered security issue. Unity (the game engine that the game runs on) found a flaw that, in rare cases, could let harmful programs on a device interfere with Unity games.
Added new pricing tool that allows you to quickly price art, Added new view-only option to wall spaces, if you want to decorate with art, Fixed performance drops on lower-end GPUs when rendering multiple paintings at once, Fixed bug causing textures to load at higher quality than
Added option to now copy color from walls, Added unique event decoration item: Cozy Job Simulator Frog, Improved the logo to make it easier to read and give a more cozy-vibe, hope you like it!, Fixed bug that would hide the color-picking behind settings in management computer, Fi
This is a small hotfix that focuses on a few small fixes. We also have a new logo which is much easier to read. It also gives off a better "cozy"-vibe than the previous one. Hope you like it! .. and YES! I hear you guys, I will be adding the possibility to add your own music in t
Added unique event decoration item: Debut Festival 2025 Horse ONLY available for those that login the game between August 7 - 11 Fixed bug that could block you from ordering copies if artist-name is empty Fixed bug that would make settings change after exiting Manager Computer, s
Improvement: You can now edit the artist-name when creating new art Fixed bug making the walls not fully animate down when expanding the shop Fixed bug that would not reset position of your new pet after removing the old one Fixed bug that would make walls hide items and pets whe
New item: Wall shelf New items: Books (x4) New items: Fossils (x2) New item: Horse Change: You can no longer see name of passing by NPC's, making it easier to see who is entering your shop Change: Rewrote the NPC system of passing by NPC's, using less resources and improving over
Fixed issue that would cause customers to walk around looking like they are thinking all the time Fixed visual that would not display the CCTV menu while hovering the camera Change: Increased the chance to find legendary items by 1% Change: Increased the chance to find rare items
First off, thank you all so much for your continued support. The kind words, bug reports, and amazing Steam reviews have been a huge source of motivation for me. I couldn’t have come this far without you. If you encounter any issues, please don’t hesitate to report them. I’m alre
I've worked on a hotfix mainly focusing on performance. Hopefully this will boost performance alot for many people that were experiencing lagging/stuttering etc. Please leave a comment to let me know how this hotfix affect your FPS. Thank you for supporting me <3 Next update b
Fixed so you can interact with customers while holding drink serving plate, Fixed issue that would put drink supplies on top of drink stand when loading game instead of inside
New: Added possibility to let employees help restock goods Fixed crash that could occur when drinking too much Fixed areas that would allow you to glitch through the floor Fixed FPS-drops that could occur when importing JPG-images Fixed so driver will not push you around for no r
Added driver to the delivery truck, talk to him if you experience the truck getting stuck Improved performance (FPS) for shops with more than 20 art pieces Fixed invertY and invertX axis on looking Fixed the table stand, so it should be correct size Fixed bug that would show wron
Hey everyone! It’s hard to believe, but it’s only been one and a half month since launch - and thanks to you, we’ve already passed thousands of copies sold! Seriously, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Every single one of you who played the game, sent feedback, shared a funn
New : Can now haggle with customers that are unsure if they want to buy your art New : Give discount to customers as part of the haggle discussions Fixed auction not selling first art Fixed auction participants being very low when high reputation Fixed so tip and discount is more
Adjusted the "reset position" button in main menu to make it more visible. Use it if you get stuck. Adjusted the light intensity slightly down for the single spot. Fixed issue that could cause customers to get stuck in queue Fixed bug that would cause some waiting time for new cu
Adjusted intensity on some of the spot lights to make it brighter in night-time. Fixed area around entrance that would not be painted (OCD-people, you're welcome) Fixed issue that could make you get stuck in "crouch-mode" when doing manual payment at computer (Thanks @Sarahndipit
This update fixes some performance issues some people have experienced. Specially on low-end HW. But also people with good specs have experienced stutters. The update also prepares for the new items coming this weekend. Stay tuned!
Finally the game supports cash handling through payment. The poll in Discord showed that half of you wanted it, and half of you didn't want it. So in a future update I will allow for you to select on the cash-register if it will accept card or cash only. New payment computer, now