Development

The **Development** page is used to record all updates and changes to Big Ambitions. Source for all updates and changes can be found on the Official Big Ambitions Game’s Roadmap.

## EARLY ACCESS 0.2 (MAY 2023)

* New Business Type: Fruit and vegetable store
* New Business Type: Graphic designer
* New Items: Chairs, tables, barriers, counters, shelves and more!
* New Happiness Booster: Added Fitness/Gym
* Options: Add game speed variable
* Options: Added new key bindings for vehicle reverse camera, help system window, feedback window, quicksave and map
* Options: Added option to drive the car with the mouse
* Product Balancing: expensive gifts, cheap jewelry, expensive jewelry, all clothing
* Updated Layouts: Jensen Capital, Gas Station, McCain’s eMarketing, IRS, Vantander Bank, City Ads, Manhattan Luxury Cars, General US Trucks, Manhattan Business School
* Donuts: Changed Donuts producer from Industrial Fryer Machine to Bakery Showcase
* 9Paper bags: Single paper bags can now be placed above tables
* Ika Bohag desktops: Now use standard tables instead of office desks
* POS update: Allow buying products in player owned businesses
* Employees: Benefits program
* Radio: Local mp3 files support
* Casino Exploit: Disabled saving on Casino Boat
* Camera: Improve the experience when buildings are blocking player vision
* Story Mode: Revised progression and flow
* Story Mode: Allow quitting story at any time
* Help System: Adding pages for missing products
* UI: Improved and optimized notification list window
* UI: Optimize spacing for all languages
* UI: Added 'Cancel' button to bank dialog
* UI: Added 'no businesses' dialog to Recruitment Agents
* UI: Added specific transaction label for furniture delivery refund
* UI: Improve double save-button in Bizman Settings
* UI: Add Logistics Manager table sorting
* UI: Add Purchasing Agent table sorting
* UI: Revise/simplify Purchasing Agent UI
* Bizman Schedule: Automatically activating Monday-Friday from 8:00 - 16:00 by default
* Traffic AI: Leave space for players trying to parallel park
* Customer AI: Behavior and queue-system improvements
* Customer AI: Improved restaurant booth to handle up to 4 customers
* Improved Characters: more variations
* Improved Characters: Improved item attachments visualization
* Improved Characters: Fixed gender not being localized in employee candidates
* Improved Characters: Fixed gender of AI businesses employees not randomizing
* Performance: Fix fps dropping when inside or close to park(s)
* Performance: Increase performance of pedestrians/customers
* Performance: Added low detail city map setting
* Performance: Steam Deck optimization
* Customer Satisfaction: Expand interior variables

## EARLY ACCESS 0.1 BUILD 1727 HOTFIX (APRIL 2023)

### Quality of Life/Player Requests

* Added new music
* Added warning when car is too damaged to drive
* Added small animation to Pause Button when game is paused
* Added earlier retirement notice
* Added "Browse Inventory" to importers
* Added elevator to 13 3rd Ave to get back down to the parking garage
* Updated F1 Help information
* New Localizor strings, including gender localization

### Handtruck improvement

* Added HandTrucks to missing offices (building types A3 and K1)
* Allow players to put Handtruck away, even if another Handtruck has spawned in its place
* Allow grabbing boxes when using Handtrucks

### Employees

* Fixed an error preventing training an unassigned employee
* Fixed error that allowed employee assignment while training
* Fixed error that prevented assigning cleaners to office businesses with Mass Employee Actions
* Employees finishing training now don't lose satisfaction until midnight

### Errors and crashes

* Fixed issues caused by using quotes in player business names
* Fixed navigation issues with parking elevator
* Fixed an error preventing building signs from updating correctly after being renamed
* Fixed an error where the game wouldn't remember vehicle keybinds after reloading
* Fixed soft-lock when pausing before purchasing a Casino Ticket
* Fixed soft-lock when selling item and placing it while on confirm panel
* Fixed soft-lock when hitting ESC during vehicle showcase animation
* Fixed issues with saving/loading game compatibility
* Fixed some crashing issues by upgraded Unity to 2021.3.23

## EARLY ACCESS 0.1 (MARCH 2023)

* Performance improvements
* New color picker + Hex input
* More and optimized pedestrians
* Minimum PC specifications warning
* Quality of life improvements
* Changing player clothing in apartments
* Final testing/preparations
* Video trailer for Early Access release
* Steam Early Access release 🥳

## BETA 9 (FEBRUARY 2023)

* Underground garages for high-end apartments and offices
* Customer demands
* Purchasable boats & yachts (not sailable)
* New Uncle Fred objectives
* End game: Doctor's appointment
* Hiding pedestrians when hit by traffic
* Death and end of game
* Welcome screen/language selector
* Steam Achievements
* Auto-run/follow the mouse feature
* Improve indoor lighting, reflections and shadows

## BETA 8 (DECEMBER 2022)

* Customizable jpgs for business logos
* Customizable employee uniforms
* Customizable furniture colors
* Warehouses rentes out by AI
* Handtruck station (allows changing location)
* Added prices to Interior Designer
* Added negative interest rates
* Improved walking animation/speed
* Revised marketing
* Watch TV feature
* Performance improved city map
* Improved customer AI: Sit down at tables and eat + general shopping behavior
* Improved employee AI: Added animations when using appliances
* Expanded customer AI: Added animation for using garbage bins
* New items: indoor plants, large sofa split into 2, restaurant booth, gaming chair and Scorpio gaming setup
* Improved animation when exhausted
* Added faint animation when player collapse from exhaustion
* Revised auto-saving
* Added in-game pointers to tutorial objectives
* New product: Cupcakes
* EconoView: Full table-view of transactions
* MyEmployees: Mass-action support
* New cars: Anselmo AF90, Vord Tiara Vic
* Custom key binding
* Revised Vehicle UI
* General improvements to scrollbar
* Various new Uncle Fred objectives
* Bizman Insight: Alerts streamlining update
* Traffic: Reduce yellow-light duration of intersections
* Add 'Slot' decal to warehouses
* Major indoor performance improvements

## BETA 7 (NOVEMBER 2022)

* New furniture: Luxurious speaker
* New furniture: Luxurious TV
* New furniture: Gaming PC
* Play videogames feature
* Improved characters and clothing
* Improved customer AI
* Customizable customer queues
* Investment funds
* Improved pedestrian AI
* Controller Mode and improved character controls
* Steam Deck support
* Garment District: More F1 apartments
* Sleep quality (based on environment)
* Adding more boats and yachts to the marina
* Super luxurious residential apartment
* New vehicle: Mercedes AMG GT inspired
* Limited energy boost from caffeine consumables
* Volume slider for car radio

## BETA 6 (SEPTEMBER 2022)

* New vehicle: Ambulance
* New vehicle: Police car
* Introduce difficulty levels: Impacting competitiveness, tax rates, etc.
* Custom Game Mode: Adjustable unlocks, progress, starting money, etc.
* Allow skipping tutorial/Uncle Fred
* HR Manager (HQ): Auto-scheduling, temporary employees, and auto-training
* Bizman Schedule: Auto-fill feature
* Major performance optimization
* Revised Uncle Fred dialogs + voice acting
* Adding radio/music to stores and businesses
* Support for imperial units and 12-hour time
* New app: Notifications - listing all earlier notifications
* New vehicle: Rolls Royce Phantom inspired
* Adding flatbed to IKA Bohag to transport up to 8 boxes

## BETA 5  (AUGUST 2022)

* Furniture/appliance delivery service
* New vehicle: Mustang 67 inspired
* New vehicle: Ford F-150 inspired
* Revised loan system
* Improve pedestrian AI
* New special: Casino
* Introduce parking zones
* Adding physical employee demands
* Improve vehicle handling/controls
* Introduce employee aging and retirement
* Allowing collapsing UI overlays
* Additional 20 new tracks to radio
* Support for UI scaling (%)
* Optimized UI for long words/sentences (localization)

## BETA 4  (AUGUST 2022)

* Improved UI: Bizman business list
* Improved UI: Start new business
* Added Gas stations
* Implement vehicle fuel system
* Implement vehicle conditions
* New special service: Car workshop
* Real estate investment: Allow buying buildings and earn rent
* Completion of Murray Hill neighborhood
* City Hospital + exhaustion/death
* Added happiness variable to player
* New business types: Florist
* Tax System & IRS Government Building
* New vehicle: BMW 3-series stationwagon inspired
* Balanced employee salaries + job demands

## BETA 3  (JUNE 2022)

* Add localization/translation support
* In-game radio stations/music
* More sounds + improved ambience sounds
* Demo version
* Neighborhood filter to citymap
* City taxis for quick transportation
* More subway stations
* Improved lighting and time of day feeling
* Real character portrait in topbar
* Buildings decorations (scaffolding + roof details)
* Improved notifications (more types + timestamp)

## BETA 2  (APRIL 2022)

* Completion of Midtown neighborhood
* Improve BizMan Schedule UI
* Improve Customer Capacity UI
* Revised cleaning schedule
* Support for selling furniture, products and vehicles
* Redesigned item overlays
* Vehicle Auto-Park feature
* Building previews + More info in Bizman Presentation
* New market demand system
* Large retail building layout
* Redesigned main menu
* Auto-save/recovery-save functionality
* New business type: Web Development Agency
* Improve functionality and performance of UI tables

## BETA 1  (MARCH 2022)

* New Car Controller with engine sounds
* New interior floor and wall types
* Allow modifying color of interior designer materials
* Persona App: Player achievements and goals
* Buy competitor businesses for sale
* Large-sized residential apartment

## ALPHA 10  (FEBRUARY 2022)

* Introducing Headquarters
* Logistics Manager (HQ): Allow setting up automated delivery of products
* Purchasing Agent (HQ): Allow importing products from the harbor
* New building type: Warehouses
* New employee type: Truck Driver (Delivery)
* Help System: In-game documentation
* Business Logo editor: Choose upload art. Change color

## ALPHA 9  (JANUARY 2022)

* New app: Contacts - Allow phone calls to businesses
* New building type: Office
* New business type: Law Firm
* Delivery contracts: Automated wholesale deliveries
* New vehicle: Porsche 911 inspired
* Automated cleaning through cleaning employee type
* New employee type: Lawyers

## ALPHA 8  (DECEMBER 2021)

* Completion of Hell's Kitchen neighborhood
* Character customization (new game: gender, skin color, age)
* New special building: Advertising Agency
* New traffic system
* Improve vehicle controller/mechanics
* Customer Capacity and Popularity (Marketing)

## ALPHA 7  (OCTOBER 2021)

* New business type: Coffee Shop (coffee, croissants, etc)
* New business type: Liquor Store (cigars, wine, etc.)
* Customize floor and walls
* Introduce employees calling in sick
* Introduce employee demands
* Building sign editor: Choose font, sign type and colors
* New vehicle: Freightliner M2-inspired truck

## ALPHA 6  (AUGUST 2021)

* Sleeping benches: Quickly have a nap around the city
* New items to existing businesses; Expensive Gifts (Gift shop), Hotdog + Grill, Burger + Station, Pizza + Oven
* Medium-sized residential apartment
* New business type: Jewelry Store
* Large furniture store
* New items: King-size bed, rounded shelf, floor lamp, potted plant, modular kitchen pieces
* Introducing subway system

## ALPHA 5  (JULY 2021)

* Completion of Garment District neighborhood
* Night scene completed (street lights + light on vehicles)
* 2 new vehicles (Nissan Rogue + Mercedes S Class inspired)
* Added female characters
* 2 new clothing variants for pedestrians
* Improved camera controls
* Customer insight
* EconoView business-specific view
* Employee improvements; Adapt to hiring variables. Add training functionality