Lane Reservations, Key Rebinding & Arcade Improvements Update

Hello everyone!

We've been hard at work since our last update, and today's patch introduces one of our most requested features alongside a variety of gameplay improvements, new decorations, and quality-of-life updates.

Lane Reservations

Take control of your bowling alley with the new Lane Reservation system!

• Reserve lanes for Pro Bowlers, Party Guests, or both
• New reservation menu with rope signs
• Employees respect lane reservations when assigning groups
• Reservations are saved with your game and update front-desk availability automatically
• Fixed ghost groups blocking the front-desk queue

Arcade Improvements

We've continued polishing the arcade experience.

• Improved arcade cabinet animations, screens, and soundtrack behavior
• Added a new NPC arcade-playing animation
• Fixed the claw machine
• Updated the character animation controller

Furniture & Decorations

Give your bowling alley even more personality.

• Added BOWL, Strike, Live Laugh Bowl, and Washroom neon signs
• Added new flower, rectangle, square, and round rugs
• Mushroom Lights are now paintable
• Added placement-direction arrows to stools
• Furniture withdrawn from storage can now be placed into your hotbar and restored correctly after loading

Controls & Settings

• Added full keybinding remapping with conflict detection
• Improved keyboard and gamepad input hints
• Increased the maximum look sensitivity from 5 to 10

Employee & Customer Improvements

• Cooks now plan and claim workable orders more intelligently
• Cooks switch to stocked container stations when another runs out
• Improved order badge accuracy and idle-cook task sharing
• Fixed late reviews and checkout activity being counted toward the wrong day
• Customers now finish their game of bowling and wait for their food order even after midnight

Localization

• Added localized phone call subtitles

Bowling & Gameplay Polish

• Improved pace of bowling games, customers finish their games more quickly
• The next bowler now prepares while the previous ball is still settling
• Increased revenue progression in mid-late game; making money is now a bit easier

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Thank you for all the feedback and suggestions! We're continuing to improve every part of the game and have even more features in the works. As always, let us know what you'd like to see next!