Exotica: Petshop Simulator — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Exotica 2 Out Now! | 2026-01-25 | Title: Exotica 2 Out Now! Subtitle: Grab exclusive discount for Exotica 1 owners! Content: Special discount for Exotica 1 Owners!Players who already own Exotica: Pet Shop Simulator receive a special 30% loyalty discount on Exotica 2. If you enjoyed the first game, we hope you will have a great time in the sequel. Get your 30% Discount here: Thank you for playing Exotica 1! We hope you will enjoy the Exotica 2! |
| Minor Bug Fixes | 2024-05-22 | - FIXED The problem where the "send to storage" button for accessories in living areas remains on the screen - FIXED Problem with few customers coming even though the reputation is high - FIXED Rare issue where the broom cannot be placed on the ground |
| New language update | 2024-03-04 | Chinese language option has been added upon your request. Chinese language option has been added upon your request. Don't forget to add our new game Pet Shop Simulator 2 to your wish list. We welcome your suggestions and requests to our Discord channel.👇 |
| PARTICIPATE IN OUR QUESTIONNAIRE! | 2024-02-18 | HELLO PLAYERS👋 We invite you to participate in a survey, which is an important dynamic for Pet Shop Simulator 2, which we continue to develop with your suggestions. This is a questionnaire presented to you so that we can continue to improve it in line with the wishes of you, animal lovers, since many players in our game have different expectations with different gameplay styles. 📖 You can access the QUESTIONNAIRE here. Don't forget to add it to your follow and wishlist to be informed about the announcements!👇 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2824380/Pet_Shop_Simulator_2/?curator_clanid=4777282 Your suggestions will help us a lot during t |
| FIXED | 2024-02-15 | Food type error on animals has been fixed. Fixed the error where living spaces could not be placed on the stand when relocating. Fixed the issue of not being able to click on the NPC in the Food vendor market. The entire task sequence of the employee who could not go to clean the dirt left under the stands was disrupted. Corrected. |
| HOTFIX | 2024-02-13 | The bug of cleaning dead animals in their living spaces has been fixed. |
| DEAR ANIMAL LOVERS!🙌 | 2024-02-06 | We are happy to announce that Exotica:Pet Shop Simulator is out of early access. We would like to thank everyone who supported us with their comments, feedback and suggestions during this process. Your requests and comments encouraged us to make a more comprehensive and detailed game. We started developing Pet Shop Simulator 2. We have brought it to a certain stage and we want to improve it in the future with your requests and suggestions. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2824380/Pet_Shop_Simulator_2/ We are waiting for your requests and suggestions in the Discord channel. |
| Exotica:Petshop Simulator v1.0 Update is Live! | 2023-08-18 | We are happiness to announce the v1.0 update for Exotica:Petshop Simulator. Thank you for all your support and feedback. Added -3440x1440 resolution has been added. Fixes -Translations of existing languages have been completed. - When the cashier went home, the customer notification was not working. Fixed. -Capacities of large selling and breeding terrariums have been doubled. -43x38x25 and 58x40x40 bird cages were not requested by the customer. Fixed. |
| CASHER AND FIXES | 2023-08-12 | Hello animal lovers! We've released an update to fix some community-reported issues, including improvements, and make new additions. Make sure to update your game to the latest version to apply the latest update. Thank you for helping us improve the game. -Steam Cloud feature has been activated. -Fast selling and carry button has been added as a column to living spaces. -Multiple selling feature has been added for all items in the depot. -Mouse sensitivity setting has been added. -2K Resolution added. -New animals have been added. -The Cashier feature has been added to the employees.(Important Note: The employee agency list is renewed on the |
| NEW ANIMALS | 2023-07-26 | ADDED -Cacatua Alba, Psittacula Krameri, Jako, Cory, Pangasius, Arowana FIXED -The profit margin of the products sold to the customer has been adjusted. (The animals were not changed.) -Hose problem fixed. -Fixed an issue where the customer did not want a small terrarium. |
| HOSE ADDED and BUGS FIXED | 2023-07-22 | ADDED -Aquarium filling-draining system with a hose has been added. Usage Description There are 2 types of hoses. Water filling hose (Blue colour), Water drain hose (Red colour). --To fill the aquarium, simply take the filling hose, go to the aquarium and press the LMB. After the aquarium is filled, the hose will come to your hand again and you will be able to continue the filling process. With RMB, it drop the hose out of your hand from wherever you are. --To drain the aquarium, simply take the drain hose, go to the aquarium and press the LMB. After the aquarium is drain, the hose will come to your hand again and you will be able to continue |
| CRASH UPDATE | 2023-07-19 | - Fixed crash caused by inventory entry. |
| HOTFIX 12 | 2023-07-18 | -Fixed bugs such as draining water and removing accessories when there are animals in their livingspace. -Fixed the issue where the fish's values could not be displayed when placing with the Place button in fish breeding. -Fixed the breeding of budgie's sent to the depot always in the same color when spawning. -Fixed the issue where Budgies bought were sent to the depot in the same color when they were supposed to come in different colors. -Fixed the issue where animals moved to another livingspace could not be placed. |
| OPTIMIZATION UPDATE | 2023-07-16 | -The map has been changed. -Models with matrix errors were removed. -Bar security removed. -All animal actors were removed and all their information was saved in the structures. (This was the biggest issue that caused the fps drop. The more animal actors spawned, the higher the expense.) -Fps fixed at 60. -Removed Vsync setting. |
| HOTFIX BANKRUPT | 2023-02-16 | -CHANGING- -We have removed the bankruptcy feature at the popular request of players who have bankrupted their pet shop and cannot keep track of their current money. -If the object you are trying to buy has more cost than your current money, you will receive the warning that you do not have enough money in the upper right. |
| HOTFIX 11 | 2023-02-09 | In line with the demands, we adjusted the sleep dynamics to perform only the day-acceleration function. For this reason, it caused an error in the number of days passed and invoice notifications. We fixed this bug. We are sorry for that. YOU CANNOT CONTINUE WITH YOUR OLD SAVE FILES. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU OPEN A NEW SAVE FILE. |
| HOTFIX 10 | 2023-01-24 | - As the last bidder in the auction, if the auction expires, our money decreases, but the cargo does not arrive. This issue has been fixed. -The bills were coming in at 12.30. We changed this to 7.30 am. |
| HOTFIX 9 | 2023-01-13 | -We changed the sleeping time to 9 am. (You can sleep at any time of the day from 9 am.) -At your request, we have removed the insomnia and fainting effect. -Customer requesting 0 count items has been fixed. -The bug of animals walking in the air has been fixed. |
| Hotfix 8 | 2022-12-29 | -Fixed the accessory stand being out of stacking when sent to the warehouse and re-stacking minusively as it's sold. - Fixed the Pleco animation bug in all aquariums. -Fixed the bucket emptying key working error even though we don't have the bucket. -The selling prices of small and large aquarium have been fixed. -Daytime extended. -Fixed overlapping of sales window and pause window. -The interaction distance of living spaces has been extended. -Fixed the name of the purchased item overlapping with the text xAmount in the basket. -A few adjustments have been made to prevent cars from crashing. (There were some traffic monsters running a red l |
| Hotfix 7 | 2022-12-05 | Corrections - When you remove the items taken into the cart, the number of them does not decrease. Fixed. - He remembered the living space reference when he was putting on accessories. Fixed. - There were too many fish calculations in the information section on the tablet. Fixed. - Hunger and thirst were loading late when the game was opened. Fixed. |
| Update 7 | 2022-11-25 | New Additions -Items and animals can be stacked in the depot. -Shop name can be changed from Info section in the tablet. -Added an indicator that represents amount of usage on food boxes. Fixes -Hunger and thirst times have been extended. |
| Hotfix 6 | 2022-11-15 | Fixes -Prevented animals from being transported during breeding. -Terrarium creatures' breeding bug has been fixed. -Fixed the spawn positions of the snakes when placed into a terrarium. -The unit prices of invoices have been increased. -Customers' tour inside the shop has been arranged in such a way that they cannot enter the depot (the room in the back) area. -Fixed "Other Accessory" positions of living spaces. -The size of the hamster wheel has been increased. -A reminder window of player turn has been added to the left of the screen while the player is playing the Barbooth. -Fixed the image of the Green Terror fish. -Fixed a bug where the |
| Update &: Auction | 2022-11-10 | FIXES - The frozen mouse for snakes was rotting fast in the fridge. Fixed. -Snakes could not be fed. Fixed. -There was a bug in the multiple selection and placement of snakes. Fixed. -The Employee could not feed the snakes. Fixed. - Increased the capacity of food boxes from 5 to 10. -The frequency of getting hungry and dirty of animals has been reduced. ADDITIONS -Added purchase of animals by auction. -We have added animals that are not available in the market, which can only be auctioned on the black market. The customers of these special animals will also be special and may come to your shop at 5th-10th-15th-20th-25th-30th of the months. -N |
| Exotica:Petshop Simulator is Now on Sale for 35% Off | 2022-11-08 | Greetings, Exotic pet lovers! Exotica: Petshop Simulator is currently available on Steam for 35% off until November 14 at 9:00 PM GMT. We have made Exotica:Petshop Simulator a better game with your feedback in a short time and we will continue to make it. What's next in Exotica:Petshop Simulator - Special animals for auctions. - Auctions for purchasing and selling special animals - Addition of special customers for animals that are bought from the auction - Thief Dynamic: Thief can enter the shop at night. That's why a guard can be hired or a burglar alarm can be purchased. - Rental payment to the shop will be activated. - The shop name can b |
| Hotfix 05: Additions and Corrections | 2022-11-07 | Additions -Cargo bulk pick up added.(Shift+E) -The same items in the basket can now be stacked. -Male-female distinction has been added to the Living Space quick info window. Fixes -Traffic has been made more stable. -Hunger - Thirst balanced. -Food prices have been updated. -The prices of the stands have been updated. -Big Selling Aquarium and Big Breeding Aquarium level lock reduced from 13 to 5. |
| Update 5: Market | 2022-11-05 | New Additions - Market added to the map. -Food and drinks added. -Eating and drinking dynamics of the character have been added. -Progress bars showing hunger and thirst values have been added to the user interface. Changes - Changes have been made to the user interface. -Order limit increased from 40 to 60. Fixes -Employee contract renewal bug fixed. |
| UPDATE:4 Night Club Interactions | 2022-10-31 | New Additions - Added bartender to nightclub. - Added alcoholic beverages to purchase and drink - Added drunkenness. - Customers added to the nightclub. Fixes - Fixed living space placement bug. - Fixed the info window at the bottom left of the screen not refreshing when an animal is added or removed from the living space. |
| Hotfix: 0.4 | 2022-10-27 | Additions: - Employee Agency changed into two sections as Tier A and Tier B. Tier A employees are superior to the Tier B employees however high tier means high salary. - All aquariums' maximum animal capacity has been changed. Capacity of aquariums that are 100 cm and lower reduced from 30 to 15 animals. Fixed: - Fixed a major bug that may cause a fatal error when players hire an employee. - Fixed a bug that enabled players to place used foods in Accessory and Food Stand. |
| Update 3: Polish Languge and Hotfix | 2022-10-26 | Fixes: - Employees could not get foods from depot. It is now fixed. - Employee work section selection had a bug. It is now fixed. - Employee had a bug that made him/her stuck in a cleaning animation instead of sitting animation when he/she went to sitting. It is now fixed. - More than one Acceesory and Food Stand caused unwanted behaviour. It is now fixed. - Customers had a small bug caused them to stay idle. It is now fixed. Additions: - Added Polish language. - There is a small window that will appear at the bottom left of the screen when players look at living spaces. That window will show information about the living spaces and the animal |
| Hotfix 0.3 | 2022-10-22 | Fixes -The placement bugs of the stands have been fixed. - Bugs during automatic placement of living spaces on the stands have been resolved. -The problem of adding and removing in accessories and food selling stand has been resolved. -The problem of getting dirt under the stands has been resolved. -Apprentice bugs fixed. -Optimization done. Note: We recommend you to start a new save after this update. Old saves may cause unexpected bugs or behaviours. |