A major new update (DEFINITELY the last one before the full release of version 1.0) – you can now enter into a marriage of convenience, meet your friends’ relatives, and evade corporate tax through charitable donations.
Family Connections
Relationships between characters: city residents now have lives of their own — families and friends. Every person may have a spouse, parents, children, and co-worker friends.
Once you become close enough to a character, you can view their social circle: spouse, parents, children, and friends. Click on a portrait to jump directly to that person.
A friend you spend time with may introduce you to one of their relatives or close friends, giving you a new contact and a friendship bonus.
Marriage! You can now get married in two ways: receive an arranged marriage proposal (Omiai) from a CEO or board member offering their son or daughter, or propose directly to one of your close contacts.
Wedding Ceremonies: Choose a wedding budget ranging from modest to extravagant. More expensive weddings grant additional reputation and opportunities to meet influential guests. After the wedding, your spouse's family becomes available as contacts.
If your father-in-law or mother-in-law runs a company or serves on its board, you may receive a board seat and a share of company stock.
Family Bonus: It is now easier to acquire companies run by relatives or friends of your spouse.
Close friends who run companies may invite you to join their board of directors.
Your spouse may invite you out on weekends and occasionally pull you away from work during the week. Neglecting the relationship can eventually lead to divorce and division of assets.
Please note: You cannot propose to Amy or Sae yet. Their romance storylines will be more complex and are planned for Version 1.0.
Difficulty Settings & Menu Updates
New difficulty options: investment success rates and economic factors such as taxes, fees, and commissions can now be adjusted.
Hovering over a difficulty setting now displays a short explanation.
Menu panels no longer slide off-screen on ultrawide displays during transitions.
Under-the-hood menu system improvements make it easier to add new content in future updates.
Company Management
Character Traits are no longer revealed immediately. You can discover them through rumors, personal conversations, or employee training.
Companies now have to pay taxes as well.
Players can now donate money from company reserve funds to charity, slightly reducing their taxable income.
Players can transfer company reserve funds into their own charitable foundation.
Several new random events related to charity have been added.
Quality of Life Improvements
Some windows can now be moved around, multiple windows can be opened at once, and you can switch between them. This is the first step toward a more classic desktop OS-style interface.
Character dialogue windows now allow you to click a portrait to view detailed information about that character.
The vehicle list now supports column sorting, and the car you currently drive always appears first.
The property list now places your current residence at the top.
The game now warns you before switching to a less comfortable vehicle.
Improved gamepad and keyboard controls.
Fixes & Optimization
Real estate calculations have been optimized. The game should now experience far fewer daily slowdowns when you own large amounts of property, and click-related stutters have been eliminated.
Various fixes for save files, company bankruptcies, and mini-games.
A second connected gamepad with stick drift will no longer hijack controls.
Fixed incorrect gamepad slot input detection in the calendar and character screens.
Fixed several game crashes.
Fixed a rare freeze/crash that could occur while playing poker.
Fixed Steam Workshop mod installation: previously only the first subfolder of a mod was being copied.
Fixed a crash when opening vehicles or properties added by mods.
The bar_draw mod hook now works correctly.
Added mod_unregister_func; the modding guide has been updated to match the current code.
