Demo Update 0.57: Staff Management Improvements

Idle Bookstore Demo · published

Hi everyone!

Thank you so much for your feedback on the new staff management system!

After the last update, we received some very helpful suggestions from players about how librarians could feel more useful and flexible. This update includes several improvements based on that feedback.

Staff Improvement: Book Categories for Librarians

Previously, after hiring a librarian, you could only ask them to stock one specific book you had written.

This worked, but it was quite limited. Sometimes, players wanted librarians to stock books more evenly, or focus on books from the publishing system instead.

So in this update, we added two new book categories when choosing what your librarian should stock:

  • Random Player Books

  • Publishing Books

With these new options, you can now ask your librarian to stock books from a whole category, making staff management much more flexible and useful.

Bug Fix: Background Bookstores

We also fixed an issue where librarians would not automatically stock books for bookstores running in the background.

Now, your staff should continue helping your bookstore properly, even while it is not the active one.

Improvement: Consecutive Decoration Placement

Some players mentioned that decorating the bookstore could feel a little cumbersome when placing multiple items of the same type, because you had to select the same item again after every placement.

Now, you can place the same decoration consecutively without reselecting it each time.

Thank you again for trying the update and sharing your thoughts with us. Your feedback really helps us improve the game step by step.

See you in the bookstore!

Demo Update 0.57: Staff Management Improvements · Idle Bookstore Demo patch notes · SteamPeaks