The Company Update
0.2.0
22 May 2026
🎁 Added
  • Added localisation support, with en-US and en-UK currently.
  • Profile view for NPCs
  • A manager for every job, shown under a new Colleagues group on the Relationships page
  • Welcome tutorial on a first new game, walking through the core loop
  • Settings toggle to switch the welcome tutorial back on
  • Main Menu button on the top bar once your character has died
  • Added procedural companies for each new life
  • Every job is now a role at a specific company
  • Added five new achievements, four of which relate to jobs
  • Added the ability to ask for a raise
  • Added four new countries (Russia, China, Germany, Canada)
  • Added a new event where your boss can catch you applying for a job at a different company
  • Added three new activities: Nursing School, Police Academy, and Commercial Driver's License
  • Added five part-time teen jobs (paper round, car washing, lawn mowing, babysitting, dog walking)
  • Event choices can grant one-shot skill XP
🧼 Improved
  • Recent relationship changes are listed on a relationship's profile
  • Work events now shift how your boss feels about you, from reporting them to HR to owning a mistake or outshining them in a meeting
  • Promotions now require more time in a role, the further up the ladder you climb. With a 33% yearly chance once you're eligible
  • Promotion offers now name the exact role you'd move into
  • Recurring events like a rough day at work space themselves out instead of repeating year after year
  • The obituary now notes how many jobs you held across your life and the company you were last employed by
  • The obituary now notes how many properties you bought and sold
  • Property types vary by country, e.g., trailers only appear on the US market
  • The diary entry for a new job now names the company you joined
  • The Retail Assistant job slowly develops Persuasion alongside Charisma
  • Corporate Product jobs develop Charisma instead of Programming
  • Custom Game characters now require three traits to be selected
  • Diary now reads as "retired" if you quit your job after retirement age - we'll make this better eventually
  • Added a confirmation when applying for a job when already employed
  • Promotions are now affected by your relationship with your boss
  • You can now apply for all jobs, regardless of the requirements
  • Job applications no longer result in instant success
  • Some event choices generate colleagues, which can be viewed on the Relationships page
  • The System Administrator job now requires a Bachelor's in a Technology subject
🪛 Fixed
  • Icons and the logo failed to load when playing outside the editor
  • Manager-themed work events no longer turn up once you've reached CEO
  • The roadside breakdown event no longer triggers for characters who never earned a driving licence
  • NPC spawns now draw names from the player's country pool
  • Non-family relationships now spawn at 0 closeness
🚯 Removed
  • The side menu no longer shows greyed-out buttons for pages that aren't built yet
  • The Age Up button no longer appears after your character has died