Hello everyone!

We've updated the demo again based on recent feedback.

1) Added an interactive pause – you can now explore the world and explore it while pausing, otherwise the game will stop.

2) Fixed a volume bug.

3) Added a tutorial in three languages ​​(English, Russian, and Chinese).

4) Changed the starting resources, making it easier to start the game.

5) Added system and custom cursors to choose from.

6) Fixed a bug with the race to the city without an existing racing car.

7) Improved the representative's responsiveness; the manager now understands the route better.

If you see any old or new bugs, please let us know; we're actively working on them! Thank you!

• Order from & deliver to customers: You can now take and hand over orders directly to customers—not just from tables. Previously, ordering and delivery were table-only.

• Table numbering (tri-fold cards): Responding to community feedback about locating tables, we added clear, close-range table number cards on each table.

• Customer status indicators: Added concise status visuals (e.g., waiting, order taken, en route, eating) for faster, at-a-glance flow tracking.

• Eating animations: Customers now play eating animations, improving readability and ambience at the table.

• Recipes moved to Pause menu: The recipe menu has been moved from Settings to the Pause menu for visibility and quick access, reducing confusion.

• Recipe video corrections: Community-reported missing/wrong videos were reviewed and replaced; content alignment is now consistent.

• Outline persistence at day start: Fixed an issue where Table and UpgradeBench outlines could remain enabled at the start of a new day.

• Text polish: Corrected several typos and phrasing issues across UI and prompts.

• Keep the feedback coming—the table numbering and content fixes were prioritized thanks to your reports.

We’ve been counting down the days, and it’s finally here, our Kickstarter campaign is officially live!

Your support can help us bring the full, cozy, puzzle-packed adventure of Packing Life to life.

Here’s what’s waiting for you:

• 🌏 A heartfelt journey: Each journey packed, each moment lived, a path to self‑discovery.

• 🧩 Cozy + clever game-play: Tackle relaxing suitcase puzzles designed to spark joy.

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Hello, lovely players! I’m Ya Mao, and here’s the October game development update for Shiba Sweet.

This month’s progress has been amazing. I completed several major systems including the Recipe Unlock System, Bankruptcy Rescue System, and Ingredient-to-Trash System. I also improved the Ground Decoration System, fixed many bugs, and added a brand new event called Dog Day to the demo, making the game feel much richer and more complete.

When a recipe is unlocked, players can now enjoy a cute animation showing which new recipes, ingredients, and utensils have been unlocked. If the maximum number of desserts that can be placed has increased, that information will also appear in this animation.

Originally, I used a plugin that allowed 3D visual effects to be projected onto 2D widgets, but it caused conflicts during packaging and made the build fail repeatedly. I eventually decided to stop using the plugin and recreated the visual effects using Unreal Engine’s built-in tools instead.

The layout of the information panel has been adjusted to make it easier to read. Players can now continuously place the same type of object in build mode without having to reselect it every time, which provides a smoother building experience.

I also added anchor points for the player’s position so that decorations or furniture will not overlap with the player while building.

This month I fixed many bugs of different sizes, such as the flickering icon on the mixer, button safety checks, corrected tutorial images, adjusted the ingredient box collision, and fixed the problem of ingredients clipping through the table.

I also fixed issues observed during a game exhibition earlier this month, such as an incorrect day setting that prevented the shop from progressing and unclear tutorial messages that made players confused about how to place ingredient boxes. These improvements helped the game move in a better direction.

That’s right, the Shiba dessert shop can actually go bankrupt. When the player faces a financial crisis due to poor management, a hidden rescue system will automatically detect the situation and provide timely help. This feature allows the game to continue smoothly and prevents the shop from closing down.

To stay true to the game’s world and rules, I developed a system that turns unused ingredients into trash. If players forget to put ingredients into the storage cabinet before the day ends, they will find spoiled food the next morning that must be cleaned before the tables can be used again.

This system also applies to desserts left on the table, unfinished food in cookware, and ingredient boxes left on the ground. If these are not handled properly before closing, the kitchen will become a mess the next day.

In addition to English and Traditional Chinese, I added Japanese and Simplified Chinese versions this month. Each language uses carefully selected cute fonts that match the cozy and friendly atmosphere of Shiba Sweet.

Adding new languages took much more work than expected. Besides accurate translations, I needed to make sure there were no text conflicts, and I also had to redraw some UI textures for each language to ensure everything displayed correctly.

In the game, most customers are various types of cats and dogs. There was already a Kitty Day on the 12th, so I added a new Doggy Day on the 24th. On this day, all customers are dogs, and players need to prepare and pack delicious dessert bento boxes for them.

This has been a very productive month with lots of effort and progress. Looking back, I’m happy to see how far the game has come. The official release is getting closer, and my current focus is to finish the demo and start a playtest in December to gather valuable feedback from players.

If you would like to try the game early, please keep an eye on the upcoming announcements. A limited-time playtest is planned for December.

Thank a lot for reading this far. See you in next month’s devlog!

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Thanks for the quick feedback, everyone! This hotfix focuses on stability and smoother multiplayer joining.

Highlights

• 
  Item Persistence: Bought items no longer disappear between rounds if they weren’t picked up.
  
• Room Joining Overhaul: You can now join friends while they’re already in a round, or even launch-join with the game closed.
Fixes & Improvements
• Fixed a bug that occurred when two players interacted with the sales area at the same time.
  
• Dancing system fixed (animations/triggers now behave consistently).
  
• Framerate stabilized and set back to 60 FPS.

This is the first in a series of updates to add special abilities. To use these abilities, press Q on keyboard and X on controller (Xbox Controller)

Aswell as these first abilities this also add a new playable species the stingray.

The stingray comes with the ability to bury hiding you from predators and prey.

Secondary sting attack damages anything above the ray.

The next species gaining an ability this week is the Goliath Grouper

The Goliath Grouper can now use its drum ability to stun all nearby fish to make for some easier meals.

I will be releasing additional abilities as I complete them.

Thanks for reading

-Colin

Hi everyone!

I’m Florian, solo developer at Aspic Games, and I’m thrilled to announce that Medieval StartUp is now live in Early Access! 🎉

This marks the beginning of a new adventure: manage your own medieval tavern deep in the swamp, serve your customers, brew your beers, hire your staff, and turn a small shack into a thriving hub of the kingdom.

👉 Launch discount -10% for 14 days
👉 Your feedback means a lot! The game will keep evolving throughout Early Access, with new content, balancing, and some mysterious surprises along the way.

Huge thanks to everyone who played the demo, shared feedback, and supported the project since the Steam Next Fest (and even before)!

Sit back, serve your first customers… and most importantly, have fun!

Florian
Aspic Games

Baked lighting on main map was not baked properly which was causing a gpu crash. Lighting was re-baked

• Added a SynTek Residential themed main menu background.
  
• The camera feeds that display behind briefing have less static and are less distracting.
  
• Many guns are now more accurate while crouching.

Weapon recoil has been changed on several guns. A coding error was previously causing "flattened" recoil to work differently when aiming north or south versus east or west.

• 22A3-1 Assault Rifle:
  Normal spread: 03° (wide) × 03° (tall) → unchanged.
  Crouch spread: 03° × 03° → 01° × 01°.
  
• 22A4-2 Combat Rifle:
  Normal spread: 03° × 03° → unchanged.
  Crouch spread: 03° × 03° → 01° × 01°.
  
• 22A5 Heavy Assault Rifle:
  Normal spread: 15° × 03° → unchanged.
  Crouch spread: 06° × 03° → 06° × 01°.
  
• 22A7-Z Prototype Assault Rifle:
  Normal spread: 03° × 03° → unchanged.
  Crouch spread: 03° × 03° → 01° × 01°.
  
• 50CMG4-1:
  Normal spread: 20° × ~2.5° (broken!) → 20° × 10°.
  Crouch spread: 20° × ~2.5° (broken!) → 10° × 05°.
  
• IAF Medical SMG:
  Normal spread: 15° × ~2.5° (broken!) → 15° × 03°.
  Crouch spread: 06° × ~1.5° (broken!) → 06° × 01°.
  
• IAF Minigun:
  Normal spread: 15° × ~2.5° (broken!) → 15° × 03°.
  Crouch spread: 06° × ~1.5° (broken!) → 06° × 01°.
  
• K80 Personal Defense Weapon:
  Normal spread: 03° × 03° → unchanged.
  Crouch spread: 03° × 03° → 01° × 01°.
  
• M42 Vindicator:
  Normal spread: 22° × 22° → 22° × 12°.
  Crouch spread: 22° × 22° → 16° × 06°.
  
• Model 35 Pump-action Shotgun:
  Normal spread: 22° × 22° → 22° × 12°.
  Crouch spread: 22° × 22° → 16° × 06°.
  
• PS50 Bulldog:
  Normal spread: 15° × ~2.5° (broken!) → 15° × 03°.
  Crouch spread: 06° × ~1.5° (broken!) → 06° × 01°.
  
• S23A SynTek Autogun:
  Normal spread: 07° × 07° → 07° × 03°.
  Crouch spread: 07° × 07° → 04° × 01°.

• Jacob's Rest: Cargo Elevator: Made the ceiling of the elevator slightly transparent to help with camera rotation.
  
• Jacob's Rest: Cargo Elevator: Fixed some flickering on the exit door of the elevator.
  
• Jacob's Rest: Deima Surface Bridge: Fixed some drone spawn locations on the bridge that resulted in stuck aliens.
  
• Jacob's Rest: Deima Surface Bridge: Improved Onslaught spawning around the end of the bridge.
  
• Research 7: Illyn Forest: Removed parasites from out-of-bounds eggs to improve performance. Improved alien navigation around first biomass. Fixed marines may get stuck there as well.
  
• Research 7: Jericho Mines: Removed parasites from out-of-bounds eggs to improve performance.
  
• Tears for Tarnor: Abandoned Maintenance Tunnels: Fixed aliens getting stuck around the laser.
  
• Tears for Tarnor: Oasis Colony Spaceport: Fixed a xenomite spawn location in the control room that wasn't working. Fixed harvester moving to unreachable area near map end.
  
• Tilarus-5: Arctic Infiltration: Fixed misleading collisions around the first airlock.
  
• Tilarus-5: Communication Center: Fixed some rare crashes and improved visuals.
  
• Lana's Escape: Lana's Maintenance: Fixed there sometimes not being enough hackable panels to fix the bridge.
  
• Lana's Escape: Lana's Bridge: Minor performance improvements. Improved visuals of out-of-bounds cannon.
  
• Paranoia: Hostile Places: Minor visual improvements.
  
• Paranoia: High Tension: Fixed some instances of the ground flickering.
  
• Paranoia: Crucial Point: Reduced terrain complexity that did not affect gameplay or visuals for slightly faster load time.
  
• Nam Humanum: Platform XVII: Fixed onslaught aliens spawning in midair along the platform track.
  
• Nam Humanum: Groundwork Labs: Fixed marines after the first eight (in special game modes with more than eight marines) getting stuck at the start.
  
• Nam Humanum: Groundwork Labs: Fixed a performance hitch when approaching the central area in multiplayer.
  
• Reduction: Fallen City: Fixed a fire near some eggs at the end of the mission being very slow to ignite.
  
• DM Desert: Fixed obstacles being tinted dark blue.
  
• Reduced networking traffic by optimizing prop_ragdoll on the following maps:
  • Jacob's Rest: Landing Bay
  • Jacob's Rest: SynTek Residental
  • Nam Humanum: Platform XVII
  • Paranoia: Close Contact
  • Paranoia: Crucial Point
  • Research 7: Jericho Mines
  • Tears for Tarnor: Insertion Point
  • Tilarus-5: Arctic Infiltration
  • Tilarus-5: Syntek Hospital

Join us for in-game this weekend and for future events, which run every other Saturday at 19:00 UCT+1. You can sign-up for events, get notified of new events and discuss the changes with the team at https://discord.gg/vanguardww2.

• Capture progress is now shown to defenders

• Updated and expanded basement first aid post to Carpiquet and associated tunnel

1. Rare bug where objective capture can continue after player dies. Press F to cancel after being killed. We are actively investigating this issue and we have made changes in this update to make it easier to track down the cause.

2. Cursor sometimes get stuck on screen. ALT+ENTER can fix this issue for some users.

3. Steam overlay opens when Alt+Tab back into the game. (Workaround: Change game window mode to full screen window or windowed in Graphics settings)

4. After extended period of playing, rendering glitch can occur and leave trail behind cursor and other icons. Game restart is required.