Hello everyone! 🤗
We are just a few days closer to Early Access on 22 July 2025. This week we focused on four big areas: stability, user interface, goals and challenges, and quality of life. Thanks for testing and keep the feedback coming.
New Features
Steam connection warning The game now pops up a clear message if Steam is offline so you can reconnect before leaderboards or saves misbehave.
Countdown timer for timed goals Timed challenges show a days-left bar that turns red when you drop below twenty per cent of the deadline.
Clickable customer cursor Your pointer changes when it hovers over a customer, making it obvious they can be clicked.
Best-ever highlights End-of-Day reports now stamp a “Best” badge on your record total income and record net profit.
Gameplay Improvements
Better feedback UI Perfect-recipe text fits every resolution, customer feedback buttons are cleaner, and all customer-type messages use the same layout.
Stronger bankruptcy logic We now read cash from your wallet, not the clamped bank balance, and we only suggest loans that can actually cover your short term debt. Bankruptcy can trigger during the day or night without instantly ending the game, and the final message and visuals are tidy.
Challenge balancing Challenge 01’s first event is smoother, and difficulty backgrounds now fit the new margins. The Start button can no longer be spammed.
Research quality of life New unlock pop-ups no longer flood the screen, recommended thumbs-up icons sit in the right place, and the research tab stops running logic while closed, removing small frame drops.
Order and Calculate buttons Both buttons have a clearer style, the Calculate button animates only when needed.
Quick-save polish F5 now shows in the Controls screen, autosaves cap at five files, and the game blocks quick save during business hours to avoid exploits.
Bug Fixes
Fixed rare freeze when buying a stand.
Fixed stand sprites, window masks, and scroll speed in the Move Here panel.
Fixed low-resolution Steamworks icon.
Fixed goal progress, money, and time not saving correctly.
Fixed celebration sound playing on failed goals.
Fixed repeated random events appearing twice in a row.
Fixed leaderboards error when Steam is offline.
Fixed broken saving in Sandbox mode and missing player IDs in saved stands.
Fixed accounting errors in Challenge 2 and capital calculations in Challenge 1.
Fixed research unlocks not respecting dependency branches and tooltips mixing up cold storage requirements.
Fixed version-warning crash when loading an older save.
Fixed perfect-recipe badge position on district screens.
Fixed Tutorial roaming; you now complete it in the USA route and exit cleanly.
Fixed multiple UI issues in dark mode, including park icons, news titles, and tooltip rows.
Fixed calculation button cost check, buy stand button hang, and Move Here list sensitivity.
Fixed all remaining research tab refresh, celebration, and text-mesh glitches.
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Thanks for the support. See you next week.
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Team Visionaries