Dungeon Bodega Simulator news & patch notes

Got a few bug fixes thanks to some feedback from y'all!

• Fixed: You can now go up the spiral staircase without jumping!

• Fixed: Y-Axis flip for mouse is fixed (thanks Teufelaffe and Szy for bringing this up in the Steam forum)

• Fixed: Blue keys are now more stable, although older saves may still need to recover missing ones via the debug menu.

• Fixed: Backup method to prevent soft-locking the blue keys, if all 3 puzzles are complete the door will automatically open when re-loading your save. To use this, make sure all three puzzles are complete, save the game, then re-open it. (thanks Plebman182 for your review highlighting this issue)

• Fixed: Potential crash with custom paintings

• Fixed 7/5/2026: Fixed it so the cat does not spawn with an un-selected hat

• Fixed 7/8/2026: Fixed cat customization on controller / Steam Deck (thank you totemofundrying and SnailKazoo for bringing it up!)

Thanks again for ya'lls patience and support! Working on some fun stuff for upcoming updates I am excited to share. Also will have some studio news soon! - moss

Howdy ya'll! For our first official monthly update I wanted to set the vibe for what ya'll can expect from these in the future. Without further ado, here are the changes and additions for this month's monthly update!

• New: Cat customization! You can now swap between a few different color settings for the cat, and give them a little hat

• New: For the first round of additional holiday decor, I've added four new pride flags to celebrate June! These include awesome fantasy icons by Things by Diana

• New: Hovering over items on the order panel now displays the item's name. This was a Steam request from folks including player Harikunojo :)

• New: QuestCo agent has some more menacing armor so you can tell them apart from the regular passing adventurer

• New: The in-game book now has controller support! Buy supplies, get info, or purchase decor without needing to use the virtual cursor :)

• Changed: Credits music made a bit quieter

• Changed: Small dialog and letter edits for clarity

For future updates these are the type of things I have in mind, but let me know what you'd like in the comments! Decor and feature requests from the community here on Steam have a pretty high chance of being added to my list :)

• New NPCs

• Full Steamdeck / Controller support

• Steam cloud saves

• Extra mini-games

• Seasonal decorations

• \ Disappearing furniture is still my top bug to fix!

Thank ya'll so much for the support and love for the game! I want to honor that with continued support as much as I am able to squeeze in between my day job haha. Have an incredible summer and happy Pride!

-moss

• You can now see the name of items on the order panel!
• Custom painting now has the correct texture

• Added controller support for the in-game book

Just a quick notice that I'll be showing off Dungeon Bodega Simulator at Furality Ultra this weekend! The event is a virtual reality conference and since its something I attend anyways, I thought it'd be fun to bring my game as well!

You can find the booth at number 5051! You can access the dealers den without a ticket too!

I'll be hosting a little meet-n-greet event at the Dealers Den at 3pm PST on Saturday July 6th. Feel free to swing by, say hi, and ask any questions you have about the game! I didn't have time to fix it up before the con but I'll be sharing a VRChat avatar of the Kobold! Check Bluesky for the link when I get around to having that ready haha :D

I am pretty sure that you need a ticket to find me via the Furality site, but if this is something ya'll would like again in the future let me know.

Have some small updates cooking, working on some new decor for pride month, I appreciate all ya'lls support! Hoping to move things around in my personal life to have time to work on some beefier updates, will keep ya'll in the loop.

-moss

Howdy ya'll! Wanted to get a bugfix in before I'm busy for the weekend. Thanks for ya'lls continued feedback and support! Feel free to suggest new decor or QoL improvements in the Steam forums for the next update :D

• Fixed controller Y-Axis flip from flipping the X to the correct Y axis

• Added "Check Slime Quests" button to the debug menu to help if you complete a quest but don't unlock the slime

• Spiral Staircase now correctly collides with pickups

• Fixed Twitch integration to fully disable twitch chat announcements when option is turned off

• Renamed the movement keys in the input settings menu for clarity

Biggest bug on my list is the disappearing decor/shelves. I'm actively investigating it but do keep letting me know if you run into it.

Thank you so much for the support of the game, hope y'all have a great weekend!

-moss

Howdy ya'll! Saw a few bugs crop up this week in some playtests and then was inspired over the weekend to add a new feature. Keep letting me know via the discussion forums or the Bug Form as you run into issues or have feedback/suggestions!

Always taking requests for decoration items :)

• New Feature: Customizable paintings! Import whatever image you'd like into the world into a square frame :)

• Controller Improvements: Main menu and pause menus should be a lot easier to navigate with a controller. More controller improvements coming!

• Fixed bug where the Carloman Mixtape wasn't being added to the radio correctly, causing it to be lost easily

• Added action for Jump, so it is now re-bindable in the input settings

• Issues with moving around decor should be a bit better

Thanks again for being so chill, and thanks for recommending the game to friends and streamers! Its been so fun seeing folks enjoy the game.

-moss

Howdy ya'll! Not too much to share right now, other than to say thank ya'll for all the support as always. We'll be moving to every other week updates here soon, so please keep submitting bug reports and quality of life feature requests! At least 2 this week are from folks requests. Without further ado:

• Elm's dialog to themself will now queue, making it so that you can't miss important finale dialog

• Slimes can be fed from the sack!

• Looking at a plant now shows you which kind of plant it is

• Added ability to disconnect/disable Twitch integration without exiting the game

• Fixed UI issue when naming a slime with controller

• Fixed bug preventing you from closing the book with tab

Controller update and Steam Deck verified are whats next in my sights for upcoming updates. If ya'll have a QoL thing you'd like added though, please feel free to request it in the Steam forums!

Thanks again <3

-moss

Howdy ya'll! Bit of a late patch this week as I had very little freetime over the weekend but I wanted to get these bug fixes out to yah!

• Fixed issue where placing an item onto a shelf with the bag had the possibility to pick it back up in the same frame if you were looking at it.

• Fixed issue where placing an item on the anvil could automatically start the mini-game unintentionally.

• Fixed an issue where the purple slime had amnesia and did not remember being fed/named. New purple slimes should be fixed, but if your current purple slimes keep forgetting let me know.

• Fixed issue where lore notes or demo note were delivered to the letter stack incorrectly.

• Fixed issue where cassettes would duplicate on save/load. If anyone notices you now are missing a cassette, or any new crashes related to cassettes, let me know.

• Fixed crash when using a cassette after the finale.

• Fixed issue where the game would not save after the finale but before you went to sleep.

• Fixed potential issue of non-interactable objects, keep reporting these if you see them though!

There's a few bugs on my to-hunt list that are bigger, including the randomly disappearing shelves. Don't worry, I'm still trying to resolve them but feel free to keep letting me know when you see them! So far the Steam Forums have been awesome to reply to folks instantly, I'll be going through the bug form this upcoming weekend.

Got a few more QoL updates I want to do this weekend, but if anyone has suggestions or requests for decor items please let me know! While I don't have much free-time for a huge update, I will be doing bi-weekly small bug patches for a while until I can announce my next project and DBS support plans.

Thanks again for all the love and for sharing the game! Its been so heart warming reading ya'lls positive reviews about your experience with the game.

-moss

Howdy ya'll! Thank you so much for the suggestions and bug reports! Here's what I was able to get done for todays patch:

• \ Game crashes when selling decor items

• \ Wall weapon racks stop working after saving/loading a few times

• Rotating item portals now rotates them vertically instead of horizontally. Enjoy responsibly!

• Shop assistant and throwing game NPC are supported on controllers now

• Back of the big storage shelves made a bit brighter so you can see items better

• Added a lore letter after you open the \dragon door\. It should be delivered for anyone who has triggered the event.

• Added 2 new rugs to the decor menu!

Adding the new rugs made me want to think about doing decor "variants" possibly. I'm adding it to my wishlist of stuff if I have time, since it would condense the decor menu and let me add a lot more variants.

Thanks again for ya'lls patience and bug reports, and I'll see yah next week!

-moss

Howdy ya'll!

Excited to announce you can now get the official soundtrack for DBS! This includes the four main tracks that are the default music in the game. Composed by my cousin Eric, you'll see a few of these are extended editions of the tracks! The Goodnight Shopkeep one I especially like, since you only hear 20 seconds of it in game.

The majority of the proceeds from the sales of the soundtrack go to support the musician directly!

Get the soundtrack here!

If you've enjoyed the supplementary music in the game from Carloman, you can find that on his Bandcamp and on streaming services! Those albums are not included in the official soundtrack as they are already available directly from Carloman.

I'm working on a small update for this weekend to address a handful of bugs ya'll have reported, so thank you so much for bringing those to my attention! All the love for the game is appreciated <3

-moss

• Added "Respawn Orbs" button to the debug menu if you're softlocked there
• Fixed the tips for sharpening to be the correct amt (sorry lol)
• Fixed crash when using sack during the finale
• Fixed slimes spawning items during finale
• Fixed pickups & decor spawning during decor if you reloaded

Howdy Ya'll! Moss here with our first main patch update. I'll list what we have below but I wanted to start with a massive THANK YOU for the support! Ya'll have been leaving very kind reviews and reporting bugs that I've been able to fix and I really appreciate that. I've included the updates from the nightly patches as well:

New:

• Invert Y Axis option added to settings

• Slimes now show a heart icon once fed + pet

• 2 new decor items = the raised crate and storage shelves

• Debug Option Added: Reset lava room chest check for Day 12

• Debug Option Added: Spawn blue puzzle key in case you lose one

• Debug Option Added: Clear Creator Code easter egg

• Debug Option Added: Respawn or reset the floating box

Bugs:

• \ Slime friendship progress would reset unexpectedly or when quitting the game

• \ 100+ gold in one sale was not triggering correctly

  • \ Slime Superior Achievement was not obtainable, fixed with 100+ gold quest fix

• \ Tips were not actually being given to the player

• \ Some controllers were not being detected

• \ Quitting after the credits but before going to sleep would break the save

• \ Skipping during a character drinking a potion would have strange effects

• \ Lava room chain could be broken

• \ Throw 50 items quest not working

• Known issue: ROG Ally controller is inconsistent / broken

• Known issue: Duplicate cassettes spawning on reloading a save

Changes:

• 500+ gold in a day achievement changed to 300+ gold in a day

• Notification when you save the game added

• Forged weapons will now be ordered more frequently

Lastly, I want to set a bit of expectations around updates. It is looking like I'll need to keep my day job, which is sorta what I expected, but that means that updates will only happen when necessary or when I have a lot of free time. While I cannot promise new content or stuff like that, but its still important to me to keep fixing bugs and adding small feature requests that ya'll suggest. So do keep submitting bug reports and letting me know what you'd like to see!

I need to focus on getting another job in game design, and that will unfortunately take up a lot of my freetime. Its my hope that one day I'll be able to expand the game through a DLC or some big free patches if it grows enough to support me. Ya'lls love and support for the game so far has meant so much to me, I am so honored seeing the community enjoying and sharing the game.

Current future things I would like to add to the game include post-campaign dialog with characters, some new decor objects, and a controller support overhaul!

Thank you again, and I'll see you next weekend with another bug patch!

-moss

Howdy ya'll! Got another mini-update based on issues the community has brought to my attention! Thanks for ya'lls suggestions and bug reports!

• Saving the game now has a notification when successful

• Various spelling errors fixed

• Slanted crate now has an outline when you're moving it

• Dragon Puzzle symbols have been tweaked to make that puzzle a bit easier (thank you Stralor for the suggestion!)

• Invert Y-Axis setting added

• Force controller camera setting added

• 100+ gold sale quest fixed

• Slime Superior achievement should now also be fixed

• 500 gold in a day achievement changed to 300 gold in a day (this was possible, just hard to do until I tweak how often customers asked for forged weapons)

• Tips are now counted in a days total earnings

Thank ya'll for reporting the bugs and suggesting things! While I don't have a lot of time to work on the game with my day job, it feels like we've gotten a lot of great feedback and updates done already.

-moss

• End-game credits updated to reflect the main menu credits
• Debug menu button added to spawn the mysterious blue key, in case one disappears
• Debug menu button added to clear the creator easter egg if you trigger one on accident and want to remove it
• Debug menu button added to reset the lava room chest, to hopefully address the soft lock there.
• Minor UI issue with the debug menu where if you opened it too fast it would glitch out fixed

Howdy Ya'll! Moss here with a tiny day one patch. My day job restricts how much I can get done at night, so keep submitting bug reports and I'll tackle stuff later this weekend!

• Throw 50 items quest works correctly now

• Fixed bug where quitting right after the credits would mess up the save. This should be fixed, if you encountered this bug, check the discussions on how to reload the backup!

• Possible fix for the default music cassette sometimes playing the night music then stopping

Thank ya'll for the support and the reviews! Its really meant a lot <3

-moss

In preparation for the upcoming release of DBS on March 24th, I've updated the demo with all the new features, upgrades, and settings! You can now enjoy the Twitch integration from the demo, a new item (crystals) and lots more decoration objects.

If you've played the demo before you will need to reset the save, so if you encounter any errors make sure to try that out.

Thank ya'll for all the love, and I'll see ya'll for the full game on March 24th!

-moss

I am extremely excited to announce that Dungeon Bodega Simulator now has a launch date - March 24th!

I still have some work to do, some features to add, some slimes to corral, but I think the playtest has been in a solid and stable enough state that I am ready to release. If you want to help hype up the game, you can repost our stuff on Tiktok, Youtube, and Bluesky!

Stay tuned for some post-launch plans, I do have some updates I would love to make as I have the time.

Thank you so much for the love and support! I hope my little side project brings ya'll some joy

- moss

Howdy Ya'll!

Moss here with the exciting announcement that I'll be able to release a demo update this week! After working on a solid bit of full-game content including the new plants, new blacksmithing mini-games, and new slimes and potions I was able to set aside some time to refocus on some updates I'd be able to bring to the demo!

The big highlights for this demo update:

• Saving: You can now save your progress, this will definitely see some updates as there are probably some bugs that will need to be addressed. Note that your save will probably not transfer to the main game, unless the save system doesn't change much between now and then.

• Upgrades: Repurposed part of the dungeon to host the upgrades tree in a physical space! You'll also get to see a bit of what will be available in the full game here

• Slime Friendship: The slime system has been overhauled and is now focused on interacting with your slimes! You can still occasionally get potions from them, but they hopefully fill their own niche now

• New User Interface: I've added a "journal" to the game that has info about mechanics, and is the new home for your shop supplies area. Feedback on this area is super useful!

• New NPC models! Shoutout to Wade Kenney who is our model artist for a few of the new NPCs. You can see all of them on day 7, with a few select ones showing up in the existing demo days.

Managed a lot of other small fixes, and theres a lot of other smaller tweaks to come as I work on things. On the full game side of things, here's some things I've been working on!

All full game slimes, potions, and crops are implemented into the game:

The smithing minigames along with the 8 craftable weapons are also prototyped!

Behind the scenes, I've been trying to organize things to get this game ready for ya'll as soon as possible. It is looking like I'll need more time, with hopefully February being our full release window. I promised to have the game for ya'll in December though, so I'm excited to announce we'll be launching a full Steam Playtest!

Probably around the turn of the new year, the game in as playable of a state as I can make it, will be available to playtest. That'll give me a few months to work on narrative, polish, more decor items, and adding feature requests from the community.

I appreciate ya'lls patience and support! I really hope you enjoy the new demo, and please let me know when you run into bugs especially with the save system.

Sincerely,

- moss

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Howdy Ya'll!

Moss here with a few QoL updates for the demo! Wanted to thank everyone for an amazing Next Fest! We just nearly 1k wishlists during the event which is huge!! Over 500 people played the game which really blew me away. Watching a few streamers play my little project was very encouraging, and I'm coming off of last week's break refreshed and creatively excited!

For the demo update, I took care of a host of small issues folks caught during Next Fest. Still feel free to submit the bug report form for feedback or use out Steam discussions forums for bigger feedback :D

• Customers will no longer demand more than 1 potion unless its a specific event

• The "Potion" item was renamed "Sparkling Juice" to clarify its a separate item

• Item hold point was moved further from the player to make it easier to move items around

• Particle effects for placing items on shelves was enabled when using the sack

• Letters only spawn once to prevent confusion

• TP got a new collider to prevent excessive physics noise

• Escape key now gets you out of menus as you'd expect

• Skip Customer button hover text updated to be more clear when completing a partial order

• Farm instructions diagram updated for clarity, need to re-do this later though

• Cheese no longer floats when you place it on a shelf

• Default dialog size from 18pt -> 24pt for easier readability off the bat

Hopefully these tweaks will make the demo more enjoyable to anyone coming back to it or doing it for the first time!

May have snuck in a test quest to the demo :)

As for a roadmap, the goal timeline is to implement the rest of our core features by mid-November 2025. We'll evaluate there whether we are on track to launch in December. If I'm not feeling confident, we'll move to either Early Access or a Steam Playtest. So no matter what happens, ya'll are getting more content in December no matter what. Ideally I'll do some more dev videos on YT and TikTok to keep ya'll updated.

Some of the features I am planning on working on:

• Customer special orders & quests

• More dungeon puzzles and mystery

• Unique NPCs with dialog

• More slimes, and fleshed out slime systems

• Way more crops with unique growth stages

• More potions and potion combos

• Interaction re-design for more intuitive controls

• Controller support

• Proper saving and loading

• Weapon smithing and batch potion brewing

• and more!

Alright, thanks for reading through the walls of text, but I am very excited to share this all with ya'll in a few months!

Sincerely,

- moss

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Its time for another demo update! Next Fest is fast approaching and we are working on getting as many quality of life features and bug fixes in as possible before that point. I know I have a lot of work to do but I'm really pleased with how things are shaping up!

Here's what has changed with the demo since last update!

• Potion Brewing System! You can make potions for customers, this is a huge addition to the game loop that will be expanded a lot past the demo.

• Slimes now produce potions as well! They will take any ingredients but require 2x raw material.

• Farming has been completely overhauled! 3.5 unique plants for the demo, with four stages of growth. Watering can works too!

• Tutorial continues to get some updates, still a lot to improve here though.

• More narrative has been added! Working with my co-writer Olive has been awesome, can't wait for ya'll to get the full story arcs in the main game.

• More SFX for potion making, farming, and more.

We'll be posting weekly roadmaps on Bluesky so make sure to check that out! Hopefully a trailer update with the new gameplay and some more bug fixes thanks to feedback.

Thank ya'll for the patience, I can't wait to celebrate Next Fest with ya'll and get more feedback on the demo!

- moss

Socials where you can get more frequent updates on the game:

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This week I made a ton of progress with the demo for Dungeon Bodega Simulator! Working on getting the build as complete as it can for Next Fest. Had the chance to playtest with a few friends this week and am starting to make balancing adjustments to the demo playthrough. The demo will be available in a few weeks for everyone to try!

In other news I also recorded a quick gameplay trailer so that we can have something ready for Next Fest as a backup! Hopefully this gives folks a good glimpse at whats in store, but we'll already need to re-edit it because of the feature's we've been adding!

Full Changelist for the Demo, in order or importance:

• Added: You can pet the cat and the slimes!!

• Added: Tools will reset when you sleep so you dont lose them

• Added: Customers will request potions if you have the ingredients to make them

• Added: Day notification on wakeup

• Added: Partial orders can be completed if you have some but not all items in a customer's order

• Bug Fix: Fixed wall and floor collision for physics items in the basement

• Bug Fix: Fixed the head bob animation playing during automatic menus

• Bug Fix: Seeds no longer just plant bannanas, but the correct fruit

• Bug Fix: Cheese works now

• Bug Fix: Slimes can be added and removed from their boxes

• Balancing Fix: Customer count per day max lowered from 10 to 8

And finally, the demo also has its own page if you'd like to wishlist it and get a notification when it is available for you to check out! We will be really hyping it up for Next Fest but it will be available beforehand:

Thank ya'll for the support and hype for the game, it means the world! See you next week!

-Moss

Socials where you can get more frequent updates on the game:

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