🏦 THE BANK IS OPEN
- A new Bank has opened in the neighborhood! Take out loans to grow your bar faster, but keep an eye on the interest.
- Meet Banker Bilo, the new face behind the counter.
- New bank-related quests will guide you through your first loan.
🔨 BAR EXPANSIONS
- You can now expand your bar! Buy new rooms and the garden area through the new Expansions app on your phone.
- Enjoy a satisfying unlock cinematic every time you tear down a wall.
- Your regular customers now chip in toward unlocking expansions.
- Some expansions are marked as coming in the full release, giving you a taste of what's ahead.
🕹 A LIVELIER NEIGHBORHOOD
- New Arcade and Record Store buildings have appeared on the street, complete with signs, stickers, and glowing billboards.
- New faces are now wandering around town: Gloria, Hippi, Leaf, Henry, Blue, and Janwick.
🎯 GAMEPLAY
- Thrown items on non-host players should feel a lot responsive now.
- You can scrub the ground with fainted customers to clean dirt on ground just like a mop.
✨ VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS
- The bar and its surroundings got a big glow-up with improved bar lights, bank lighting, billboards, and street details.
- The drunkenness screen effect now fades in and out smoothly instead of snapping on.
- Gardens, fences, ceilings, and pillars all got extra polish.
🐛 BUG FIXES
- Fixed the camera behaving oddly in certain moments.
- Fixed the Hide UI option and some issues when exiting the game.
- Fixed characters getting stuck or walking oddly in new areas.
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