🚀 RETAIL RIVALS DEMO – MEGA UPDATE!
First of all, thank you for all your amazing feedback! ❤️
We took a little more time for this update, and we're excited to finally release one of the biggest Demo updates yet!
🔮 WHAT'S COMING NEXT?
We're already working on the next major features!
🎤 In-Game Voice Chat
Voice Chat is currently in development.
🎨 Better Shop Name Customization
Soon you'll be able to customize and design your shop name with even more creative options.
✨ More Quality of Life Improvements
We're also working on many additional gameplay, UI and performance improvements.
And that's just the beginning... stay tuned!
📡 NEW SABOTAGE TOOL – JAMMER
Sabotage your rivals like never before!
The new Jammer allows you to disable:
🛒 Cash Registers
🏪 Self-Checkout Registers
🚨 Fire Alarms
🔒 Security Systems
🥤 Vending Machines
To counter this, we've added a brand-new employee.
🔧 New Employee – Repair Technician
The Repair Technician will automatically repair any sabotaged equipment around your shop.
🥚 NEW SABOTAGE – THROW EGGS
Eggs can now randomly spawn around the mall.
Throw them at your rivals' shop windows to cover them in dirt!
Of course, the windows can be cleaned again afterwards.
A brand-new way to annoy your competition!
🛍️ SHOPLIFTING HAS ARRIVED!
Customers can now attempt to steal products from your store.
To help defend your business, we've introduced an all-new Security System.
🔥 FIRE EVENT REWORK
The Fire Event has been heavily rebalanced and improved.
New additions include:
🚨 Fire Alarms
🔒 Security License to unlock the system
🗳️ 20 BRAND NEW VOTING EVENTS!
From 10 to 30 total events!
The voting system has received a massive expansion.
We've added 20 completely new voting events, bringing the total to 30 unique events.
More chaos.
More variety.
More unexpected moments.
Every match now feels even more unique.
🎲 NEW RANDOM EVENTS
The Random Event system has also been expanded.
New events include:
⭐ Influencer visits your shop
🧹 Cleaning Lady
🎵 Live Band
...and many more surprises!
Events last for one full in-game day and can have both positive and negative effects on your business.
Not every event is bad—some can completely change the game in your favor.
Some events can even be bribed to leave early!
📝 LONGER SHOP NAMES
You can now create much longer shop names.
📊 NEW LIFETIME STATISTICS
Track your overall progress with brand-new statistics.
Including:
Total Profit
Total Losses
Overall Career Statistics
🎮 GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS
Employee Licenses are now purchased directly from each employee.
Employees now spread out much more naturally across the entire mall.
Police officers now patrol using more varied routes.
More police officers now patrol the upper floor.
Customers and employees received many new animations, making everyone move more naturally.
Customers will continue visiting your shop even when your popularity reaches 0.
Every player can now sit down.
Two new music tracks have been added to the Dance Emote.
🔊 AUDIO
Tons of brand-new sound effects.
Escalator sounds have been significantly improved.
⚡ PERFORMANCE
Major performance improvements.
The save system has been completely rebuilt.
🛠️ QUALITY OF LIFE
Products at the checkout are now placed closer to the player.
Picking up Baseball Bats, Tomatoes or Trash Bags now displays an icon so you always know you're carrying something.
Added a tooltip when shelves are completely full.
Money values now include thousands separators for better readability.
Added a new Unstuck button to the Escape Menu.
All advertising signs now feature proper images.
Improved and updated translations.
🐞 BUG FIXES
Improved the Saxophone in the Music Store.
Fixed sitting through walls.
Trash can no longer spawn underneath the map.
Wall colors now remain even if another player paints the opposite wall.
Keybindings now reset correctly.
Employee Statistics work correctly again.
Team names no longer overlap.
Fixed incorrect refunds at the checkout.
✅ AND MUCH MORE...
In addition to everything listed above, we've fixed countless smaller bugs, improved stability, optimized gameplay, and made many more Quality of Life improvements.
❤️ Thank you for playing Retail Rivals and for all your incredible feedback!
See you at the Mall! 🛒