It’s nearly a year since the last devlog and we made a ton of improvements to Super Mall Tycoon!
Only the most important changes made it into this devlog, many small details didn‘t make the cut but are still in the game.
Let’s start with the overhauled build menu. 🏗️
It has a brand new design and hotkeys for nearly everything.
Selecting stuff, moving objects or demolishing them all got extra buttons with individual mouse cursors. 🐁
The objects to place got grouped into categories with new icons, so you can find the right object faster.
A new object is the bench, it is even rotatable!
Your customers can finally sit and relax before they continue shopping 😮💨
The selected lot got a way nicer outline.
Strokes and animations for everybody!
The streets got a huge update!
They come with a brand new design, fixed visual bugs and match the new outdoor floor perfectly! (Oh yeah, there is also a new outdoor floor design!)
You can’t place two streets parallel anymore, this is a mall tycoon game and not a highway tycoon! 🛣️
Sometimes, space is tight, so you can use the costlier double parking lot. But be aware that the upkeep costs are also higher!
Parking lots will also tell you if they can’t be reached by car or by foot. Well, they won’t talk, but there will be signs 🅿️
Did you ever find yourself in the situation of being surrounded by streets and getting stuck?
Well, at least in Super Mall Tycoon it’s now super easy to fix this by placing crosswalks!
(I guess IRL you can cross the street without a crosswalk 🤷♂️)
The last devlog introduced customer needs like hunger, thirst, or the need to go to the toilet.
While the other needs were easy to implement, the toilet sent us down a development rabbit hole! 🚻
Long story short, you can now create restrooms and fully customize the interior!
Do you want to create some small restrooms with just one toilet and sink or a mega restroom with 50 toilets? You can now do as you please 🧻
Turn a shop into a toilet or the other way around, change its shape and size or remove it, everything is possible as long as it’s restroom related!
Something for the statistic nerds: the transaction details can now have subcategories 🤓
The camera controls got an upgrade, it feels a lot better to look around your mall 🎥
Did you ever ask yourself what’s next to your mall? Well, of course it‘s another mall!
The realtors looked at this failed business and saw an opportunity to make money, so they are happy to sell you new areas.
Go and throw some money at Below Average Joe to expand your mall! ↔️
When we shared the sneak peek for the mall expansions, the UI looked different.
That was part of an experiment and we iterated on the UI furthermore.
The final screen now looks like that:
It has a new style, is more readable and has more icons.
When we were happy with this screen, we applied these styles and principles to other screens.
The loan screen for example is now way more game-y, you directly see what you get and what you pay each month.
Many screens were touched by Beates magic and received new icons, but it’s an ongoing task.
It will take some time before all the UI is as clear as the ones shared here.
The goals got a huge upgrade! 🎯
They now unlock realtors, so if you clear the goals needed for Below Average Joe, you get the next goals needed for May Be.
Some items are also locked behind a goal. 🔒
You can click on the locked object and add the goal to your goal overview.
(Yes, the UI was not touched by Beates magic yet 😅)
Whether you pay something or get some money, you will notice our very own currency symbol 🪙
Please stop me from naming it MALLONEY (Do you get it? It‘s MALL + mONEY!)
The final element presented in this devlog is the brand new topbar!
It features all the important information you need to run your mall and, you won’t believe it, a button to open the options ⚙️
Now you can always see the number of customers strolling around your mall, total customer capacity or the mall rating.
We have some more changes planned before the next alpha version gets released.
The next devlog won’t take a year and will be shorter 😅