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Game Store ChronicleNewsStaff Hiring - Update Notes 1.1.4
Major update

Staff Hiring - Update Notes 1.1.4

Game Store Chronicle · published 1 Aug 2026, 16:47 UTC · build 24510050

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Staff Hiring

Running the store alone is over!
Update 1.1.4 introduces employees who can keep your business moving while you focus on the bigger picture.

Hire and Manage Employees

  • Hire staff through the hiring flyer when reaching level 8;

  • Staff Hiring tutorial;

  • Compare each candidate's level, daily wage, and activity efficiencies;

  • New hires begin working the following day;

  • Unlock additional staff slots through store expansions;

  • Employees and mascots share the available staff capacity.

Assign Four Activities

  • Checkout

  • Give Flyers

  • Store Keeping, including cleaning and repairs

  • Restocking shelves and organizing delivered boxes

Interact with employees to change their assignment. Each activity uses dedicated animations, tools, sounds, and behavior. When work is quiet, employees may wander, smoke outside, or play at an available display booth.

Track Their Performance

Store Reports now includes an Employees tab covering payroll, assignments, efficiency, checkouts, delivered flyers, cleaned messes, repairs, and restocked products.


Also Included

  • 16 new Steam achievements;

  • Better checkout, flyer, storage, and restocking logic;

  • Numerous UI, interaction, customer, shelf, and reporting fixes;

  • Compatible with existing save games .

Build your team, assign the right person to each job, and let the store run a little less chaotically.Thank you all for your support, and have fun!

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