The Walking Trade news & patch notes

I swear physics will be the death of me. Thank you all for continuing to give me vital feedback on the state of the new physics update in the game. As well as some needed physics fixes, I have added some requested accessibility features to the settings menu.

Accessibility Features

• Reduce Flashing: Reduces light flashes within the game. This includes muzzle flashes when shooting, bullet impacts and crafting items.

• Reduce Post-Processing: Reduces post-processing effects. This mostly reduces the Bloom effect that brightens lights.

• Brightness/Gamma: A slider from 0.5x to 1.5x that increases/decreases the global game brightness.

• Camera Shake: A slider from 0x to 1x that reduces the intensity of the camera shake when taking damage, shooting, combat etc. 0x will fully remove camera shaking.

• Idle Camera Sway: Toggles default idle camera sway.

• Colorblind Mode: Toggle color correction to help with conditions Protanopia, Deuteranopia, and Tritanopia. Enabling these will reveal another option to select the intensity of the correction. Note: This will only affect the game world and not the user interface due to engine rendering restrictions. As I do not have any of these conditions myself I have tried to research the implementation as best I could. If anybody finds them to not be useful for the specified condition please let me know.

• Audio Balance: The master game audio can now be balanced between -1 (Left) and 1 (Right).

• Mono Audio: The master game audio can now be set to Mono mode, playing all sounds through both left and right channels.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing some items to slide endlessly across surfaces. Worst offenders included flimsy wooden shelves and storage crates.

• Fixed an issue causing items to sometimes fall through surfaces at lower frame rates after being dropped.

• Fixed an issue causing items with multiple shelves (Dual Shelving Unit, Weapon Rack etc.) to not correctly restore locked physics for the shelved objects on them. You will need to reshelve those items for the physics to lock again.

Improvements

• Tinned Tuna, 9mm Ammo, 5.56mm Ammo, 7.62mm Ammo and Shotgun Shells will no longer clip when placed onto a shelf.

Changes

• The base lighting flash when crafting has been reduced.

If you still have this issue or new issues introduced please let me know asap! I know some players have reported issues with their player sliding a lot, if anybody has this issue and can find a clear way to reproduce it please get in touch.

Thanks again, Adam

Another quick hotfix patch to address some issues found in the physics improvements patch.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing shelved items 'physics-lock' state from persisting between game sessions.

• Reduced the amount of times staff and customers will get stuck on walls, shelves etc. Note: this is an ongoing issue and will continue to improve over time.

If you still have this issue or new issues introduced please let me know asap!

Thanks again, Adam

Quick hotfix just to address a major issue found in this morning’s patch.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing items on Pallets to be affected by nearby explosions.

If you still have this issue or new issues introduced please let me know asap!

Thanks again, Adam

The Walking Trade - Patch v1.1.8

Following the low framerate slow motion fix from a few weeks ago, many have reported some additional jank with the overall physics of the game. In this update I’ve attempted to reconcile the physics between all framerates and include some highly requested quality of life regarding physics. I don’t expect the physics to be perfect, but they should hopefully feel a lot more consistent and much less frustrating across all devices.

Changes

• Items placed on shelves will no longer react to physics until they are removed from the shelf. This means they will always sit perfectly when placed, and cannot be knocked off by corpses, customers or other physics items. Items can still be knocked off shelves if hit by a melee attack, projectile or explosion. Note: This will not automatically apply to shelved items on older saves. You will need to re-shelve the items for them to lock.

• When crafting items, the required resources are only consumed at the end of the craft. Exiting a craft job before completion will simply cancel the job. Resources that are not consumed due to the Resourcefulness upgrade will no longer be moved from their original place.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing staff and customers to get stuck under the sunshade often.

• Reduced the floatiness of Carnival and Carcass Balloons to prevent them unintendedly flying away.

• Fixed an issue causing the Day Summary screen to appear before correctly fading in when sleeping.

Improvements

• Moving defense items (Barbed Wire, Spiked Wall etc.) in Build Mode will now disable all collisions for that item.

• Increased physics calculations per second to help stabilize collisions at lower framerates.

• Improved physics collisions for items to help prevent excessive clipping at lower framerates.

• Improved physics collisions for batteries on the service desk to help prevent excessive clipping at lower framerates.

• Improved physics when holding corpses at lower framerates.

• Reduced load times when displaying the save list in the main menu with lots of saves.

• Reduced load times when selecting a save from the list in the menu. This will take effect once that save has been saved again as the file structure needs to be changed.

• Improved crafted items spawn position to prevent excessive clipping when the bench has items on.

• Individual controller and keyboard settings have been added to specify hold or toggle to activate sprint.

Physics issues can be quite hard to track and resolve as many devices can handle them differently, especially at varying framerates so if you still have these issues or new issues introduced please let me know asap!

Thanks as always, Adam

The Walking Trade - Hotfix v1.1.7

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing players from replacing previously set keybindings.

If you still have this issue or new issues introduced please let me know asap!

Thanks again, Adam

The Walking Trade - Hotfix Patch v1.1.6

Thank you all for the feedback on the latest update. Controller support is always a tricky one as there are so many layers to what can go wrong, from input drivers, engine compatibility before even reaching the game itself. I believe for returning players the new update had wiped some previous keybindings (ESC key being the biggest offender for some). For this update I am going to fully wipe and reset all previous keybinding data for mouse, keyboard and controllers. This should fix the issue for everyone. Any changed keybinds will need to be redone, so apologies there!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the keybindings menu to hide after being used the first time.

Improvements

• Added buttons for all currently connected controllers in the keybindings menu. These can be manually removed and assigned. This intends to help players diagnose why their input may not be being received correctly.

• Extended the maximum number of connected controllers from 1 to 100. This should prevent other controllers from overriding your intended assigned controller. It will mean that all controllers will contribute input simultaneously, so removing controllers you are not using will fix this.

If you see any of these issues still around or new issues introduced please let me know asap! As mentioned before, input system updates can be tricky due to the variations of every player’s setup, so if this update makes the experience worse, please let me know in detail and I will try to fix things as fast as I can.

Thanks again, Adam

The Walking Trade - Patch v1.1.5 

Controller Support

• The Walking Trade now officially supports controllers! You can freely switch between mouse and keyboard or controller at any time and the game’s interface will react accordingly. We support Xbox, PlayStation, Switch controllers and Steam Deck out the gate.

• Aim Assist: When using a controller the game will use aim assist and some magnetism to help guide you to interactions and combat threats. By default, combat aim assist is turned on which will help aim both melee and projectile weapons based on the weapon’s range. This will only assist towards mobs that are considered a threat (zombies or customers attacking you). Interaction aim assist is disabled by default, but if you feel you are having trouble navigating small items in the world, this setting may help.

• Sensitivity: Global controller sensitivity and Y inversion options have been added to the Controls settings panel. These have been decoupled from the mouse sensitivity and inversion settings.

• Remapping: a controller column has been added to the control mapper in the settings. This will allow you to rebind the controller buttons as you like. These settings are saved per controller device.

• On-Screen Keyboard: when using Steam’s Big Picture Mode or Steam Deck, an on-screen keyboard will appear when needed for inputting text. For players not using Big Picture Mode you will need to use your keyboard as before.

• Vibration/Rumble: By default, controllers will rumble throughout the game for combat and interactions. Settings have been added to turn this off entirely, turn it off for just combat or interactions, or tune it individually via strength sliders.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the game to feel slow-motion at lower frame rates.

Improvements

• Camera look speed is no longer coupled with frame rate resulting in smoother aiming across all frame rates.

• Improved Spanish localization.

• Increased some small font sizes across the game to help legibility across a range of screens and resolutions.

Changes

• Sprinting is now pushed to activate rather than hold across all input devices. This feels much better on the controller and has been requested a lot by the community for keyboard players too.

What’s Next?

Once any issues with controller support have been ironed out, I will be focused on the late Summer’s major content update: Rooftop Farming. As this starts to grow and become ready for public consumption I will be sharing updates via the community Discord. 🧑‍🌾🌱

Thanks again, Adam

The Walking Trade - Patch v1.1.4 Hotfix

Following this morning’s pathfinding improvement update boss mobs were sometimes struggling to exit the fog. I've hopefully resolved this now.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing boss raid mobs to get stuck in the fog on spawn.

If you still encounter this issue please let me know asap!

Thanks again, Adam

The Walking Trade - Patch v1.1.3 Hotfix

Following this morning’s update a progression blocker was introduced with the upgrade improvements when trying to upgrade the bed.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the bed to not see nearby upgrade materials, preventing upgrading.

• Fixed the localization for 7.62mm ammo Crafting skill node.

If you still encounter these issues please let me know asap!

Thanks again, Adam

The Walking Trade - Patch v1.1.2 100k Players!

This week marks a huge milestone for The Walking Trade as we have managed to surpass 100,000 copies sold! Before we get into the patch notes I’d just like to thank everybody who bought the game, created content for the world to enjoy, kept Robin safe, reviewed and gave such critical feedback and suggestions! Most have been so kind and supportive, despite the major bugs early on. As a one-man dev it’s been a crazy couple of months but thanks to such a great community the game is in a much better place and will continue in that direction.

Features

• Multiple items can now be automatically crafted on the crafting station by setting the new settings next to the Craft button. Automatic crafts only work while the materials remain present.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing Drop Dead Docks contracts requiring Miniguns to be sold not counting during a sale.

• Fixed a bug causing the camera to hard-lock when attacked with the crafting menu open.

• Starting a new save after playing an existing save in the same session will now reset item defaults (marked price, ignored by cleaners etc.)

• Fixed an issue causing days to skip twice when sleeping.

• Fixed an issue causing the Shredder to grow/shrink when used in quick succession.

• Fixed an issue causing upgrade requirements not being detected despite having the items nearby.

• Staff members named Amelia will now show their name correctly.

Improvements

• Optimized global NPC pathfinding data reducing general lag when lots of NPCs are active.

• Reduced the lag when opening and closing doors.

• Reduced the lag when a vehicle (exotic merchant/builders) parks outside the car park.

• Reduced the lag when securing an item in Build Mode.

• The Shredder can now be turned on or off.

• The Shredder can now be configured to prevent outputting specific items. 

Changes

• Increased Uzi staff combat power value to bring it more in line with the rest of the weapons.

With the new items accessible via Drop Dead Docks contracts some players have been killing it with their decoration. This update's best shop design goes to the goated Kamikaze:

As with any update, new bugs may appear or maybe I didn't manage to fix the ones I thought I had. Please let me know either way! Thanks again, Adam ❤️

Drop Dead Docks Hotfix

Thank you for your quick feedback on yesterday's major content update. I have deployed a hotfix patch to hopefully fix some critical issues.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing Drop Dead Docks to sometimes be inaccessible after loading a save.

• Fixed an issue that broke pallets when Security staff refill turrets with ammo from a pallet.

• Security staff should no longer try to grab ammo that the player or other entities are already holding.

Changes

• Reduced the base Extend cost for active contracts from 5000 to 1000.

If you still encounter these issues please let me know asap!

Thanks again, Adam

Everyone seemed really happy with last week’s big quality of life update (aside from a few new issues I will address in the future) so I’m hoping this trend continues today. A few weeks ago Hellraids dropped to cover the ‘end-game’ system for those who love dividing and conquering hordes of brutes and rotters. Today I’m really excited to announce that two new locations on the world map have been discovered with repeatable 'end-game' shop content to unlock over 75+ new decoration items!

Features

• A brand new location on the World Map has been discovered on the coast: Drop Dead Docks. Here you can activate contracts for selling high quantities of select items in a set time frame for unique rewards, mostly decorative pieces. Contracts are randomly generated and can be re-rolled (increasing each time) or extended for batteries. Once any contract is completed successfully the re-roll cost will reset.

• To help with shifting your stock you can now contact the new Mobile News Crew on the World Map. These guys can be found around the Church and can advertise your shop for you. Just let them know what item you wish to promote, the promotion length and reach, and you’ll see an influx of customers heading in to the store to buy that item.

• Over 75+ new decoration items have been added to the game including several lighting objects.

• New shelving units including the Wasteland Chiller, Wasteland Chilled Counter and various tables.

• In Build Mode some items can now be secured to other secured items permanently for decorative purposes. For example, you can secure a plant to a secure shelf.

Improvements

• Added an item tool tip when highlighting over item icons on the UI.

• Decorative plant items that were previously in the game can now be secured in Build Mode.

• More area in the bedroom can now be used to secure items.

Changes

• The Bone Revolver crafting recipe can be found as a reward from a Drop Dead Docks contract.

I expect the Discord’s #share-your-shop channel to blow up with some incredible new designs once players get their hands on the new items! With some contracts requiring a high amount of certain items to be sold it may uncover that some items are really hard to obtain in bulk. Be sure to share tips with each other and let me know if you feel some are far too hard to obtain in the quantities needed. 

Roadmap

I have been asked a lot about the long-term future of the game since launch and have been suggested so many good directions I could take it in. I’ve got a rough plan for the next year that I’d like to show without spoiling too much. That said, as a one man band it is very hard to commit to things long-term as I need to consider my own situation/finances, manage burnout, plan my next game etc. so please do take this roadmap loosely - these aren’t promises set in stone. 

May/June 2026 - Housekeeping

• Full Controller Support

• Full Steam Deck compatibility 

• A deeper focus on optimisation, particularly during raids

Late Summer 2026 - Rooftop Farming

• Unlock the ladder in the Warehouse to reach the store roof

• Plant, grow and harvest fresh produce to sell, donate or craft

• Discover Meadowspring Farms on the World Map for access to tools and seeds

• Uncover the secrets of the local Tribe and gain their favour for unique rewards

Late 2026/Early 2027 - Into the Bunker

• Prepare to explore the sprawling bunker depths

• Encounter new enemy and boss types

• Return to the surface before your gas mask fully depletes to keep and sell your loot

If you have any issues with the new update please let me know in my community Discord or Steam Discussions as I read regularly. I’m aware that there have been some issues with the last quality of life update and these will be addressed in the near future.

Thanks again and have fun, Adam ❤️

Hey guys, I know a lot of players have wanted some much needed quality of life and that's exactly what this week’s update is delivering. Staff have definitely taken the biggest focus with new perks, quick reassignment and role configuration. 

Features

• Staff members will now remember their last assigned job. At the start of the day you can reassign it with one button by right-clicking them. This also persists between sessions.

• Level 3 Service staff members can now empty containers with contents onto the floor before putting them back onto the basket stand. The intention is for cleaners to then organise the emptied items.

• Level 5 Service staff members can now retrieve secured items for customers when not serving customers at the checkout.

• Level 5 Security staff members can now refill Mountable Turrets and Auto Miniguns if there is no immediate threat to deal with.

• Day Rewind: You can now rewind to a previous day's save directly from the main menu, with up to 10 days of history retained per save slot. Choosing to rewind and playing through that day will overwrite any future progress beyond that point. Hardcore saves cannot use this feature.

• Added a new Carcass Balloon item that can be crafted using a Carnival Balloon, Large Bones and Rope. When released outside, the Carcass Balloon will fly away, luring away any revealed raid for an extra 30 days. This can be stacked indefinitely to effectively never encounter raids ever again. 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing Cleaner staff getting permanently stuck holding an item they cannot path to place.

• Fixed an issue causing the HUD notifications to overlap when too many notifications occur at once.

• Customers will no longer accept price changes after picking their desired item.

• Fixed an issue causing items to despawn overnight when taken from beyond the car park and left on the shop floor.

Improvements

• Players can now use containers to fill up Mountable Turrets and Auto Miniguns.

• Players can now use containers to dismantle many items in the shredder.

• Added configurable Scavenge job settings, allowing you to enable or disable auto-repeating scavenger tasks.

• Added configurable Floor Worker job settings, allowing you to enable or disable item organisation, corpse disposal, and corpse shredding independently.

• Added configurable Security job settings, allowing explicit Store room selection and the new turret refilling feature.

• Added configurable Service job settings, allowing you to enable or disable serving customers, emptying containers, placing containers back and retrieving secure items.

• Staff members will no longer charge batteries again when re-assigning a job of the same type (excludes World jobs). 

• Customers should now queue at multiple available checkouts more evenly.

• The Skills button on the HUD will no longer say “New Upgrades” for a skill tree with fully unlocked nodes.

• Improved the UI when highlighting a staff member to show their current HP and last or current job.

Changes

• Security staff will now run back to their post rather than walking.

• Added Tapes Pipes crafting recipe to Thom’s Toolshed.

• Added Minigun and Chainsaw to the Trailer Park scavenge loot table.

• Removed Neuralink Node from the Trailer Park scavenge loot table.

• Reduced the AK-47 loot quantity in the Quarantine Zone loot table.

As much as I have tried to test on new saves and existing ones, with this being such a large update please do get in touch if you notice any new bugs or any of the bugs listed above are not actually fixed in your game. Discord is the best place but I do read Steam discussions often too. The next update will contain more QoL, some new mid-end game shop features as well as new decoration items for the game! I will be creating a loose roadmap soon too for the longer term plan.

Thanks as always, Adam ❤️

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing some zombies to become immortal after longer player sessions.

• Fixed a bug causing the player to die multiple times at once, causing the battery drain to be well over the intended 10-20% loss.

• Fixed an issue causing any Hellraid with a boss not on the final wave (such as Hellraid #18) to not progress when the wave was defeated.

If you notice any new bugs or any of the bugs listed above are not actually fixed please let me know via the community Discord!

Thanks again, Adam

Thank you for your reports on the blocking issue with Hellraid #8. I believe I've fixed it and tested internally and was able to reach Hellraid #9.

Bug Fixes

• Hellraid #8 will no longer get stuck on Wave 3.

• Fixed a leaderboard issue randomly not displaying some entries.

Improvements

• Auto Miniguns will no longer fire if a player, customer or staff member is in the direct firing line.

• Good Meat can now be picked up by containers.

• Good Meat can now be auto-placed onto shelves.

Changes

• Good Meat will now stack up to x250 up from x10.

• Good Meat is now worth 5 batteries down from 10.

As I had to be quick with this hotfix I did not get a huge time to test. If you notice any new bugs or any of the bugs listed above are not actually fixed please let me know here or via the community Discord!

Thanks again, Adam

WELCOME TO HELL!

One of the largest complaints of reaching the end of the city I’ve seen is that raids are no longer encountered once all the bosses are defeated. Well, I’m happy to announce that the bosses have brushed off their bruises and are back for revenge! Welcome Hellraids - endless, pre-determined raids that get increasingly difficult. On top of this, today’s update also delivers a healthy amount of fixes and other improvements. Read more in the depths below…

Hellraids

• Endless raids are here! Once you have defeated all of the standard boss raids you will then begin to see Hellraids automatically. Hellraids are incrementally more difficult than the last and failing a Hellraid will mean you can reattempt it in the future. The raid difficulty is increased by more enemies spawning, multiple bosses simultaneously and eventually higher health pools.

• Hellraids should automatically start on any save that has already defeated the bosses. If this does not happen please let me know!

• For those with a taste for blood, a broken radio tower has been added outside the carpark. Fixing this up into a Siren and pressing it will make the current revealed raid always start the day after it is pressed.

• 3 new achievements have been added for defeating a certain # Hellraid (1, 10, 25).

Features

• Added an Unstuck button to the pause menu. Pressing this will teleport your player safely back to your bedroom after 5 seconds of no combat. Once unstuck, you must wait another 5 minutes before using this feature again.

• Working TV’s can now be turned on and off. When on, they will display the global Steam leaderboard for the highest Hellraid defeated.

Bug Fixes

• Service workers will no longer try to place a basket item on the basket stand upgrade preview.

• Cycling, equipping or replacing melee weapons on the action bar will now cancel any charged throw.

• Fixed an issue causing Tumour zombies not to explode after long play sessions.

• Fixed an issue causing the extra raid rewards skill to be wildly too excessive.

Improvements

• Customers are now more likely to buy items that are discounted.

• Customers should no longer immediately leave the store if you have some stock to browse, despite having little interest in it.

• Slightly improved NPC pathfinding inside the hospital room.

• Working TV’s can now be mounted on walls.

• Optimised blood effect spawning when mobs take damage.

• Improved the hit detection on RPG projectiles.

• Reduced the distance NPCs will travel in the fog, improving pathfinding and preventing stuck mobs.

Changes

• Reduced the damage of the Rocket Launcher explosion from 200 to 100.

• Increased value of the Modded Nail Gun to be more than its combined crafting components.

• Increased the Sniper Rifle’s staff Combat Power to be more in-line with similarly deadly weapons.

• Moved the Skip/Dumpster closer to the wall to prevent players getting stuck.

• Time will stop at 7PM during a raid, continuing again once the raid has been defeated. Players are able to sleep at 7PM if they would like to concede defeat in the raid without dying.

• Bosses will no longer be caught in Bear Traps.

• Bosses will no longer be slowed by Barbed Wire. They will still take damage while passing.

What’s Next?

As Hellraids are essentially the ‘end-game’ system for the combat enjoyers out there, I’m cooking up more substantial features for the shop sim enjoyers once you reach the back half of the city. This will drop later in April! On top of this, I’m still working on a lot of the commonly requested quality of life features players have been asking for. As a lot of these are no longer straight up fixes, they do take a little time in the oven so thank you for your patience! Finally, I'm also going to be looking at ways of making staff members more durable, potentially via skill points and/or upgrade items, so they can actually be of some use during raids without fear they'll be killed in one shot.

If you notice any new bugs or any of the bugs listed above are not actually fixed please let me know via the community Discord!

Thanks again, Adam

Just a quick little hotfix today to fix a few issues discovered with the last patch.

Bug Fixes

• Ammo dropped via the new ammo slot will no longer despawn after saving and loading the game.

Improvements

• Cleaners will now consider items recently dropped from containers as cleanable.

• Baskets will now be more physically stable when loading from a save.

Changes

• Shredding Sawblade Clubs will now no longer duplicate the Sawblade Club.

• Availability reputation loss/gain has been adjusted to ensure it feels more fair at higher reputations.

• Minor world map changes in preparation for future content.

If you notice any new bugs or any of the bugs listed above are not actually fixed please let me know via the community Discord!

Thanks again, Adam

I’ve taken a little longer with this patch as I said I would now that we are moving into not just bug fixes but new features and quality of life. V1.0.14 is also the biggest in terms of bug fixes and improvements - so a massive thank you to all on Steam discussions and our community Discord for your really good feedback.

Features

• Added an Ammo slot on the action bar to display all currently held ammo. With the ammo slot equipped, players can cycle through their ammo types and drop stacks of ammo.

• Two stackable items can now be merged by holding one stack in Interact mode and clicking the other while it is highlighted.

• Added a Raid Frequency setting to alter the pace in which new raids will occur.

• Added an “Ignore by Cleaner staff” option in Item Details to specify if you want a particular item to be completely ignored by Cleaner staff.

• 4 Star Cleaners will now put corpses into the Shredder if it is operational.

Bug Fixes

• Settings selected at the new saved game screen are now set from the beginning, not only from the in-game settings menu.

• Mountable Turrets can now be grabbed in Interact mode after being detached in Build mode.

• Moving Dual Shelving Units and Refrigerators in Build Mode will now bring all of their shelved items with them.

• Fixed localization issues on naming ‘helper’ screen.

• Fixed localization issue on day summary screen.

• Containers should no longer be despawned if being carried by staff or customers when the player sleeps.

• Currency depots on the Service Desk will no longer grow/shrink wildly out of control when being operated by Service staff.

• Service workers should no longer give away batteries indefinitely.

• Changing the price of items while a customer is requesting it from a Secure Shelf/Table will no longer be accepted by the customer.

• Changing the price of items inside a customer’s basket will no longer be accepted by the customer.

Improvements

• Pallets will now show the true quantity of items packed accounting for stackable items, rather than item instance count.

• Unsecured storage crates and shelving objects now have a yellow ‘warning’ tape around them to help ease confusion for newer players.

• Removed the invisible floor above the Crafting Station in the Warehouse.

• Cleaners will now prioritize placing items marked as ‘not available for purchase’ in the Warehouse unless there are others already on the shop floor. 

• Cleaners should no longer consider items inside Barrels or Storage crates as on the floor.

• Improved general pathfinding to reduce the amount NPCs ‘repathing’ under tight spaces.

Changes

• Shredding Sawblade Clubs and Chainsaws will now give the correct materials.

• Customers should now give a positive reputation for Availability for each item they intend to purchase.

• Declining a trade will no longer reward Service XP.

This week's favorite shop:

If you notice any new bugs or any of the bugs listed above are not actually fixed please let me know via the community Discord!

Thanks again, Adam

Thank you all for your continued bug reports and feedback. Fixing the current NPC pathfinding issues is a longer process than some of the previous bugs as tuning it in certain ways to fix some issues can create other problems elsewhere so it has to be more of an iterative process that will take a bit longer. In the meantime I will continue to fix quick and small bugs while also diverting some attention to some much needed quality of life features over the next couple of weeks.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing all entities affected by movement debuffs from defenses (bear trap, barbed wire) to remain permanently slowed after the trap has been destroyed.

• Loading a save with the bedroom door closed should now correctly load it closed.

Improvements

• Improved static object colliders in the warehouse to help ease stuck workers.

• Reputation will only be penalized for lack of stock availability if a customer fails to find an item they desire to buy.

Changes

• Removed the junk piles in the warehouse to create more space.

• Added new objects in place for future planned content.

• The Cure should no longer be picked up by Cleaners.

If you notice any new bugs or any of the bugs listed above are not actually fixed please let me know via the community Discord!

Today's favourite 'shop':

Thanks as always, Adam ❤️

I’m really happy to see everyone is enjoying unlocking their hard-earned achievements. With those added it's been time to fix some of the bugs still ruining the player experience occasionally. 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing customers to attempt to buy ‘these items’ for 0x batteries.

• Fixed an issue preventing Service workers from leveling up their stars.

• Prevented player equippable items (ammo, weapons, consumables) from being able to be equipped directly from Pallets.

• Fixed an issue causing customers to endlessly pick items from a pallet and drop them on the floor when browsing. 

• Fixed an issue preventing some corpses to not count towards the disposal skill bonus XP node.

Improvements

• The XP Gained notification should now react better when receiving lots of individual XP in quick succession.

• The XP Gained notification should no longer stop showing after a longer play session.

• XP gains will now be reflected more reliably when opening the Skill Trees.

Changes

• Reduced the range and volume of the Hulk helper’s passive audio.

If you notice any new bugs or any of the bugs listed above are not actually fixed please let me know via the community Discord!

Here is today's favourite shop (warehouse): Thanks again, Adam ❤️

I'm really happy to announce today's patch is not actually a bug fix patch. I don't think there has been a single bit of feedback/request as common as "Are achievements broken?!" "Achievements when??". I mean it was totally my fault for accidentally publishing them on the store before they were actually ready in game, but there we go...

Achievements are now live in v1.0.11!

All achievements should retroactively unlock when you load saves with the content complete so there is no need to play through the entire game again. The only achievement that I couldn't retroactively unlock was the Limited item win from Dr. Gib's game as that was not tracked anywhere so I suggest you start rounding up some corpses for the shredder.

If you have any issues with any of the achievements not unlocking, either retroactively or during normal gameplay please let me know in the community Discord and I'll take a look: https://discord.gg/BBKeY9TfvX Thanks everybody, happy achievement hunting! Adam ❤️

What a great week last week was. As stressful as fixing all of the major bugs was, I’m happy so many of you have been able to look past that and enjoy the game. You’ve helped me so much and every single bug report has and will improve the game. Here are today’s fixes:

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the Upgrade Object UI showing all materials present but the upgrade button still greyed and unavailable.

• Fixed an issue causing NPC servers to endlessly give away money. (If you still see this occurring let me know as it is hard to trigger).

• Fixed an issue when dying on the Twin Terrors would keep the boss health bar active.

• Fixed an issue when dying on the Twin Terrors would halt spawning on the raid after.

• Fixed an issue causing packages purchased from the Exotic Merchant to despawn after loading a game.

• Fixed a bug that hid the “Next Wave: ..” text before a raid had started on raid day.

• Fixed a bug where destroying the shop door grants the player Survival XP.

Improvements

• Bones can now be placed onto a pallet via a container.

Patches are likely to start slowing down now as I pivot from major bug fixes into more quality of life improvements and community suggestions to smooth out some of the game’s rough edges.

Here is my favourite shop for the day from the community Discord:

Thanks again, Adam ❤️

And there’s a full week since launch and a full week of daily fixes done. Today’s a bit smaller today as I spent some time planning the future content of the game and I’m coming down with a cold. Content production is definitely not a major focus just yet but can’t deny the plans alone aren’t super exciting. More to come on that in the future.

Bug Fixes

• Defense items should no longer despawn overnight when far outside.

• Defense items will no longer damage each other when near each other.

• Consuming items from pallets via crafting, world map requirements and upgrading nearby items will no longer take randomly from the stack breaking the pallet.

• Fixed an issue causing items from not being able to be picked up after being grabbed from a pallet via a container and dropped.

In the next patch I’ll be hoping to close the book on most of the major game-breaking issues. From that point I’ll be looking at adding some much needed quality-of-life and polish to the game.

Today's favourite shop: Thanks again, Adam ❤️

Another day, another bunch of fixes. Coming in quite hot today… It’s been a big one as the bugs are getting harder to reproduce and debug. Thanks again for all the bug reports, feedback and support. 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing a severe lag spike when containers were added to the basket stands.

• Cleaners will no longer move items from inside a refrigerator.

• Fixed an issue where quickly taking and placing containers from the basket stand would break the container stack.

• Items will no longer give infinite Service XP when continuously taken in and out the dumpster/skip.

• Fixed an issue that caused cleaners to grab and drop the same item repeatedly on the spot.

Improvements

• Delivered packages should now stack nicer, preventing their physics from glitching as often (ending up on the roof).

• Delivered packages stuck on the roof will now be teleported to the ground delivery point when loading a save.

• Gas Cans and Propane Tanks can be added to containers.

• Metal Scraps, Nails and Large Bones can now be added to pallets.

• Cleaners should prefer warehouse pallets over warehouse shelves when organizing.

• Cleaners should get stuck on the warehouse door less.

• Cleaners will now place items on empty shelves more frequently.

• Crafting recipes items can now be placed in the dumpster/skip or shredder.

• Improved player-hand and NPC item shelf placement.

• Optimized some frame-rate issues with lots of items in the scene.

In the next patch I’m turning my attention fully to the pallets and fixing the many issues that come with those.  As always make sure you are on 1.0.8 for these changes (sometimes a steam log out, log in is required to get updates). Today's favorite shop: Thanks for reading everyone, Adam ❤️

Wow, what a weekend! It’s really nice to see such positive feedback to the previous patches. Today I’ve ironed out the cleaners a bit more so they should be more stable but as they only seem to bug during longer plays it’s hard for me to confirm so please do let me know either way if you think they’re better or worse!

Bug Fixes

• Upgraded radios now show the correct “No News” text instead of the “Insufficient batteries” text when interacting.

• Upgraded beds now show the correct “Store Open” error when interacting.

• Fixed an issue with the Taser Stick not being droppable from containers.

• Fixed an issue causing the Generator needing to be fixed again after each load.

• Falling asleep or dying during the Open/Close cutscene no longer causes a permanent black screen.

• Cleaners should no longer attempt to enter the second entrance door before unlocking that room.

• Fixed an issue with the staff job assignment window showing the incorrect job before assigning

• Fixed containers to respect their upgraded capacities when content greater than the base capacity when the save is loaded.

• Secured items will now long be included in crafting recipe requirements on the crafting station.

Changes

• Slightly decreased the customer spawn rate at higher reputation as with multi-purchase containers now working it felt too chaotic (tricky one to get right, please give feedback!)

Improvements

• Improved Cleaner staff to not get stuck at the Job Board when there are things to clean as often. (Still on-going fixes, please give feedback!)

• Cleaners should no longer attempt to clean items from the skip.

• Cleaners should no longer be obsessed with the radio in the bedroom.

• Cleaners will now place items on warehouse pallets with the same item.

• Cleaners are less likely to shelf or place items through walls.

• Restricted the ability to place items on pallets until they have been secured via Build Mode as intended.

In the next patch I am going to look into smoothing some of the cardboard box issues, particularly the lag with the basket stand. As always make sure you are on 1.0.7 for these changes (sometimes a steam log out, log in is required to get updates).

Future Content

Bug fixes are great but for those who have beaten the game and what something new to chew down on I’d like to discuss the first major content which I’m hoping to get in end of next week. Introducing: Hellraids! Hellraids will be per-determined raids with leaderboards that get increasingly more difficult each time one is defeated. Every player will experience the same raids in the same order to make things as fair as possible. Deep into the Hellraid count you will start to see multiple bosses share a wave, meaning you may need to deal with Twin Terrors and a Birther simultaneously… As if the crawlers weren’t fast enough already. Hellraids will be unlocked once all world boss raids have been successfully defeated. Losing a Hellraid will not harm your current highest score, instead, you will get to retry it again a few days later.

The launch of Hellraids will ultimately depend on the status of major bugs by the end of the week. I’d also like to make sure they’re stable when dropped so that will also be a factor but I will communicate this as I go. Today's favourite player shop: Thanks again, Adam ❤️

Every single day since release there has been an increase in players! Steam is promoting the game to a wider audience now and being picked up by several content creators. This is awesome but since there are so many players, more bugs and issues get highlighted, even rare bugs. I’m a solo developer, but we are now slowly getting to a stable point. In a couple more patches I’d assume most of the issues will be gone!

Bug Fixes

• Customers will now pick up multiple items for purchase via containers.

• Fixed an issue causing stackable items purchased in containers to only be worth a single unit.

• Fixed an issue preventing Security staff from gaining XP from combat even when Happy.

• Fixed a bug preventing staff job role XP from saving correctly.

• Fixed a bug allowing infinite Service XP when repeatedly dumping some items into the skip.

• Fixed an issue where Cleaner staff were permanently stuck by the Job Board if an item or corpse was impossible for them to reach. (Cleaners are still not fully fixed but this fix will help!)

Changes

• Slightly increased customer spawn rate at higher reputations.

• Prevented Working TV and Durable Mattress from being sold as this was originally unintended.

• Added higher Service XP gains from dumping Working TV and Durable Mattress into the skip due to their current lack of utility once upgrades achieved.

Improvements

• Staff job role XP bars have been added for each role in their info window UI when assigning a job and at the Job Board.

• Staff will now also gain passive Security XP periodically while on Security duty.

• Fixed an exploit allowing for infinite Service XP to be gained using the skip.

Next up, I'm going to deep dive on the cleaners to ensure they work a bit harder and get stuck a lot less (after reviewing the changes from this patch and see how they perform). I'm also going to be turning my attention to pallets, containers and shelving bugs. Make sure you are on 1.0.6 for these changes (Sometimes a steam log out, log in is required to get update) Here's more my favorite shops/warehouses so far - its amazing what you guys can put together! Thanks again, Adam

Thank you again for your support and suggestions! As a solo developer it’s so hard to build and play enough to encounter some of the issues you guys have been finding, so this continuous feedback has been so good. I’ve been fixing more bugs so here is another update.

Bug Fixes

• Staff members should no longer attack each other when accidentally hit by a fellow staff member.

• Staff members will no longer damage each other if they accidentally miss their target.

• Staff and customers will no longer take damage or get trapped in Bear Traps.

• The Hulk Helper will no longer take damage from Barbed Wire, Spiked Wall or Bear Trap defenses.

• Fixed an issue causing workers to sometimes get stuck when asked to defeat a zombie horde or scavenge a location.

• Unlocking world landmarks will now be more stable and less likely to lock. Re-opening the world map should unlock any landmarks that should already be.

• Fixed Flimsy Wooden Shelves locking when being put in the Shredder.

• Items won on Dr Gib’s game should not despawn overnight if left just outside the back door.

• Moved the security store standing position to no longer block the open/close switch.

A lot of security staff improvements, I’m also taking suggestions on how to improve security role further. In the next patches I’ll be looking at cleaners, their behaviour is more complicated to fix.

Many have also asked about what’s next after the fixes so I’ll be doing a roadmap when things calm down and players are happy with 1.0!

Make sure you are on 1.0.5 for these changes (Sometimes a steam log out, log in is required to get update)

Thank you everybody for your support and suggestions! I’ve been fixing bugs non-stop so here is an update. Will be heading to sleep but keep the reports coming!

Bug Fixes

• Defeated world map zombie hordes should now always open new locations.

• Stackable items will now stack when purchased and delivered from World Map shops.

• Workers and customers will no longer take damage from Barbed Wire or Spiked Walls.

• Fixed an issue causing health to be capped at 100 when sleeping.

• Fixed permanent max HP loss after using the blood station after sleeping.

• Level 3 Service workers will no longer endlessly place incompatible containers on the sturdy basket stand.

Many of you have also been mentioning issues with Cleaners, Security and achievements. I’m currently focusing on game breaking issues, with some quick easy fixes when I can. Afterwards, I’ll be tackling these issues with the NPCs and consider some redesign/polish on how they work.

Achievements were something that didn’t make it for 1.0 and I published them on the store by mistake. The game doesn’t support achievements yet! Make sure you are on 1.0.4 for these changes (Sometimes a steam log out, log in is required to get update) Loving some of your shops posted on the Discord:

Thanks all! Adam ❤️

A patch (v1.0.2) with a temporary fix for certain issues such as reputation loss that is ruining your playthrough has been pushed. I encourage everyone with issues to join our discord https://discord.gg/BBKeY9TfvX to send their reports to make sure I can get rid of these bugs faster. Customers should now be able to purchase more than one item from their cardboard boxes and I’ve tuned the customer spawn rate down slightly with high reputation.

Overall I am really happy with one main thing, players find the game very fun overall. It was a blast seeing how far people managed to get in just the first day, how tidy vs how messy some shops were. Reminder it’s just me fixing the issues, but hopefully in a week's time most major issues will be solved. 

Here are a couple of my favorite shops so far from the Discord:

Thank you all for such a fun launch so far,

Adam ❤️ UPDATE: An issue with Build Mode was preventing securing floor shelves in v1.0.2 - this has been fixed in v1.0.3.