After almost 18 months, the official 1.0 release is here with story events! It's been a long journey from early access back in February of 2025 and I appreciate everybody who's played the game to date (and future).
As a solo developer, this update has been in the works for a long time and I wanted to make sure it was as ready as possible before releasing it to you guys.
New:
Added in-game music
Added 2 new audio tracks
Added the mail tab
Added a story
Employees now have unique looks
Employee info screen added to the management tab
Changes:
Adjusted default ceiling color
Changed the default PC screen when not in use
Changed the default main menu theme
Removed working hours from the management tab
Changed the sign font
Improved main texture tiling
V-Sync is now enabled by default
Changed the customer number font to be in-line with the rest of the game
Updated all snack textures and icons
Improved lighting at sunrise and sunset
Fixes:
Implemented wider object pooling for improved runtime performance
Fixed a wall using incorrect wallpaper dimensions
Fixed the taskbar being out of alignment on the PC
Further improvements to lighting and performance
Fixed a bug preventing the checkout desk from being moved
Fixed a bug causing graffiti to load incorrectly
Fixed a load bug that caused all employees to unlock
Fixed a bug causing customers arriving by car to have no animation
Fixed a bug causing the checkout to be unusable after firing an employee while they are serving a customer
Improved vehicle wheel textures
Fixed a load bug causing customers to reset
Fixed a bug that allowed the player camera to be moveable during shelf animations
Escape will no longer open settings with an open menu
Fixed a load bug causing the time to be incorrect
Fixed a load bug causing decorations to load incorrect colors
Fixed a load bug causing the task HUD to display incorrect values
Fixed the glare of neon lighting
Fixed an audio bug cutting off rain audio
Fixed a crash associated with DX12
This isn't the end of Rental Store Sim, there will be more to come. This is just the biggest step in the games future for a long time so thank you for following along with me.