🚀 Our Biggest Update Yet!
Hey Arcade Managers! 👋
This is officially the biggest update we’ve released so far for the demo — and it’s a huge milestone for the game.
The headline feature?
🎮 Full Controller Support
You can now play Arcade Management Simulator entirely with a controller from start to finish. Alongside this, we’ve done a major pass on UI, feedback systems, and overall polish to make the experience smoother and more intuitive across the board.
⭐ Major Feature – Full Controller Support
🎮 Complete Controller Support Added
Play the entire game seamlessly using a controller
All systems updated: UI navigation, gameplay interactions, menus, and apps
Added controller glyphs across the UI for clarity
Improved input handling for smoother navigation
🧠 UI & Feedback Overhaul
Refined interaction feedback across machines and systems
Improved clarity of notifications
Better responsiveness across menus and gameplay
🆕 New Features & Additions
⏭️ Skip Tutorial Option Added
🛠 Improved Mod Support
👨🔧 Employee Interaction UI
You can now assign and change employee tasks directly, without needing to open the Recruitment App
🛒 Sort Functionality Expanded
Enabled Sort button in Online Shop (Refills, Claw Toys, Gacha)
Added Sort Menu to Furniture App
🎭 New Character Animations Added
🧱 Storage Upgrade Icons Added
🧩 Visual Prefabs Created for New Machines
🛠️ Fixes, Improvements & Balance Changes
🎮 Gameplay & Systems
Customers now correctly reappear mid-day when loading a saved game instead of restarting from the beginning.
Fixed issue where Gacha/Ninja Fighter highlight reappears incorrectly after repair.
Fixed NPC redemption bug where moving the table caused item bags to spawn incorrectly.
Fixed lag spike after redemption when items run out from the counter table.
Improved Claw, Gacha, and Refill system interactions.
💬 UI, UX & Feedback
Added Insufficient Funds notifications in:
Pay Bills screen
Arcade Renovation
Storage Renovation
Updated Redemption Counter text when items are unavailable.
Fixed Tutorial arrow appearing incorrectly in all the other App.
Improved loading screen scaling to properly fit 16:9 resolution.
📦 Storage, Placement & Interaction
Fixed issue where boxes could not be dropped near the storefront window.
Improved box placement consistency across the store.
Fixed storage interaction edge cases when facing certain directions.
🤖 Employees & NPC Behavior
Improved employee task handling and responsiveness.
Fixed edge case where employee redemption actions caused incorrect item spawning.
NPC behavior refined for smoother interaction flow.
🔮 Ongoing Work (Coming Next)
We’re continuing to build on this foundation with:
We're focusing primarily on the game optimization. Our goal is to get the game working well on the steamdeck.
💬 Join Our Community
Your feedback has been crucial in shaping this update — and we’d love to hear more from you.
👉 Join our official Discord community to share ideas, report bugs, and get early previews of upcoming features:
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