Ship, Inc. news & patch notes

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🥳 A Toast to the Future

Dear Players,

Thank you for your unwavering support! This year, \ is eligible for the Steam Awards, and we would be honored to have your nomination! 🙏

🌟 Our Dedication to the Experience

• Rapid iteration based on community feedback

• Continuous polishing of art, gameplay, and performance

• Reworking old systems and adding new mechanics

If these scenes have ever helped you catch your breath during a busy day—then please cast a vote for us in the Sit Back and Relax award~

• High freedom in tactical construction

• Innovative gameplay mechanics

• Breaking the mold of traditional genres

🗳️ How to Vote

If you are willing to support us, please go to the Nominate Section at the top of this announcement (or on the Store Page).

Please nominate us for:

• Sit Back and Relax

❤️ Your Support Means Everything

Every single vote fuels our passion to keep creating, updating, and perfecting the game.

Whether it's a nomination or a review on the store page, we appreciate you being part of our community.

Thank you for being with us. Let's make a splash at the Steam Awards together! 🚀

🌱 What’s New

• New Brand: OrganiCo
• 80 new organic produce items
• Visual and performance improvements
• Bug fixes and balancing updates
• UI and tablet input fixes
• Optimized brand control and price check

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• Optimized image parsing with improved max size handling for smoother performance. Now Graphics cards with very low memory should be able to comfortably play the game, and in general, there will be fewer heating issues for laptops with onboard graphics cards.
• Brand Control achievement fixed and money limit handling improved.

• Restock system updated so that all HOMEDIY shop items are properly replenished.
• General cleanup and sync work done across the project to keep things stable.

More polish, more fixes, and some long-requested tweaks! Here’s what’s been updated in version 1.0.8:

🛠️ Gameplay & Systems

• 🏷️ HomeDIY now properly shows Chemical Stickers when using category buttons (not just drag & drop)

• 📦 Completed orders bug fixed – no more getting softlocked when sending another box to the same address

• 🔁 “Restock All” button added to HomeDIY! From Day 5 onward, restock all stickers and boxes with one click

• 💥 Auto Order Shredder upgrade fix attempt – couldn’t fully repro, but updated logic to (hopefully) fix it 🤞

🔊 Visual & Audio Fixes

• 🧻 Bubble Wrap sprite fix – no longer flipped on Toilet orders

• 🔊 Wrapping sound loop bug patched – rare bug where it played forever should now be silenced if item not held

• 🔋 Penlight battery visual fix – no more floating battery moment on the conveyor belt

📄 UI & Mini-Game Tweaks

• 📜 Long item names fix – text should now fit better on the paper thanks to scale tweaks

• 🧼 Cleaning mini-game updated – made dirt slightly fewer and area slightly smaller for better visibility

• 📦 Collider edge-case resolved – overlapping mini colliders + outer collider bug that caused parent issues is now handled

Thanks again for all the reports and chaos-filled videos. Keep ‘em coming – we're watching closely and tweaking daily! 🚀🐈 --- If you enjoyed Ship Inc, please consider writing us a review on Steam, as this helps us immensely on reaching new players, share your thoughts and ideas, we value your reviews a lot, and shape the game depending on it. ❤️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3496000/Ship_Inc/ --- We have a new game we are working on! In Vending Machine Co, Run your kawaii vending machine company! A relaxing sim where you run your own vending machine company across a charming Japanese city. Pick neighborhoods, stock up on snacks, and set the perfect price. Upgrade your machines and keep them stocked, one soda at a time! Wishlist now and be notified when we release a free demo for it! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3622640/Vending_Machine_Co/

🎮 Gameplay Changes & Fixes

• ✂️ Cutting the tape now removes all remaining stickers on the box – no more sticker confusion!
• 💳 Direct Cheque logic updated – now sends all money above $1000 (not just income), leaving you with exactly $1000
• 💊 Huge Pharma's item pool updated – now starts with 5 Level 1 items instead of just 1, making leveling up smoother
• 📉 Game Over trigger tweaked – now triggers if you have more than 3 unpaid items at the end of the day (not 3 or more)

🛠️ Technical & Save System Updates

• 💾 Removed OnApplicationQuit auto-saving – sudden quits won’t silently override your save anymore
• 🚚 Added more control to Truck Area collisions – boxes now reset as soon as they touch stage colliders, preventing weird pushes
• 📁 Save/Load system overhauled! This might finally squash all remaining save bugs (fingers crossed)

📊 Summary & Systems

• 📈 Summary Screen now shows more detailed info + added expense controls!
• 💳 This also fixes Direct Cheque issues – should behave properly now

🚛 Truck & Packing Fixes

• 📦 Truck area collider greatly improved (way smoother now – but still watching it closely!)
• 📏 Tape, filling, and bubble wrap amounts now save and load correctly
• 🖱️ Box lids no longer bug out from spam-clicking – added a click limiter

🛍️ UI & QoL Improvements

• 🛒 Shop item buy button text now displays properly
• 🎯 Middle Mouse Rotation Reset added! Highly requested on Steam – now you can reset object rotation with the middle mouse button
• 📏 V-sync setting in the graphics settings now works as intended

🐱 Cat-related Fixes

• 🛏️ Money, calendar, and tablet no longer get stuck under Limon's pillow
• 🐾 You can now pet the cat while he lounges on the pillow!

💵 Gameplay Adjustments

• 📄 Direct Cheque no longer works if you have less than $1000
• 💔 Divorce Papers now properly unblock the "Punctual" achievement
• 🏠 After buying a house, you no longer need to pay rent
• 🗓️ Divorce Papers now function as intended after Day 30

🛍️ UI & Quality of Life

• 🛒 Shop texts and price tags display correctly now (no more mystery items!)
• ⚠️ Added a warning notice when starting a new game – it will delete your current save

⚙️ Gameplay Fixes & Tweaks

• 💥 Mayhem Mode no longer gives $0 – now grants 50% prize as intended!
• 🫧 Bubble Pop mini-game now rewards prizes correctly
• 🧭 Tutorial now properly appears on first playthrough
• 🏁 Completed challenges now move to the bottom of the list
• 💬 Ambient voices toggle added to map settings
• 🏦 Bank interest text updated from 5% → 10% to reflect real value
• ☕ Cappuccino now also prevents penalties from correct orders (like missing stickers)

🎨 Visual & UI Fixes

• 🖼️ Sticker and filling shadows now display correctly (no more shadow jumping in front!)
• 📦 Box fillings no longer behave like stickers (they stay inside the box!)
• 💰 Money, tablet, and calendar no longer get stuck under large items
• 🌫️ Item opacity now resets correctly after position reset
• 📱 Brand scroll view on tablet is fixed
• 🖥️ Main menu no longer appears half-transparent (finally!)
• 🛍️ Black Market box in packing area no longer gets stuck after a few days
• 👤 Black Market guy no longer spawns duplicate items

🌍 Localization

• 🌐 Fixed missing drink effect translations for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese
• 🏆 Fixed broken achievement/challenge text in some languages

📦 So, what’s Ship, Inc.?

• Sort and pack items into the right boxes
• Follow shipping orders with care (or chaos)
• Master packing mini-games and earn big efficiency bonuses
• Meet quirky customers through their special orders
• And watch a cat named Limon jump into boxes because, of course

📢 We’d love your feedback!

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