- Added the Bookling Drone, a new Favor-powered helper that picks up returned T1 books from the floor and shelves them for you.
- Added the Bookling Dock, where the drone parks, cools down, and receives upgrades.
- Added Recovery, Cooldown, and Active Time upgrades for the Bookling Drone.
- Added save/load support for the drone unlock state, upgrades, timers, and position.
- Improved Hero Claim cleanup by allowing returned T1 books to be handled passively after unlocking the drone.
- Improved Favor progression by adding a new practical use for Favor.
- Added visual feedback for the drone and dock, including outlines, rotor states, carry placement, cooldown behavior, and halo ring animation.
- Bookling upgrade costs and pacing may continue to be tuned based on playtesting.
- Added the Lackey Satchel system with a 5-tier book hotbar and carrying limits.
- Added manual book placement mode: pick up books into the satchel first, then select a tier to place books on shelves.
- Added Lackey Outfitter with Ink upgrades for satchel capacity and movement speed.
- Added Lackey Binder for batch book upgrades with timed crafting and manual claiming.
- Improved book pickup and shelf placement flow to make organizing shelves easier.
- Improved the hotbar, Lackey Outfitter, Lackey Binder, and Ledger UI.
- Improved save/load support for new satchel, upgrade, and binder progress.
- Fixed missing UI icons in the published version.
- Fixed hotbar visibility while the Ledger is open.
- Fixed several interaction issues around placement previews, outlines, and upgrade claiming.
- Removed the old single-book upgrade table flow in favor of the new Lackey Binder system.
- We are still tuning upgrade costs, pacing, and UI polish based on player feedback.
- Improved save recovery after unexpected shutdowns or crashes.
- Added a backup save path so progress can be recovered if the main save cannot be loaded.
- Fixed an issue where progress could be lost if the game closed while saving.
- Fixed the Ledger's "Ink Earned" session stat showing current ink instead of total ink earned.
- We are reviewing early feedback around movement, pickup targeting, and the initial sorting workload.