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Run your pizza shop up front and handle shady business out back. Help hand-crafted NPCs with favors that never go as planned. Play solo or online co-op with up to four players and expand your operation across Hobarey Town. In this darkly comedic management sim - become that guy everyone knows.

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Week 1 Patch - Lobby Update, Shady Point Balance and More

5 Apr

Patch Notes v1.35

Critical Fixes & Stability

Anti-Softlock Measures:
- Fixed a soft-lock occurring when getting punched while interacting with Bribe/Extortion NPCs.
Inventory
- Resolved an issue where rapidly switching items caused objects to scale up indefinitely.
Lobby & Security: Lobbies are now set to Private by default in the Host menu.
- Added Lobby Protection to prevent unauthorized joins. Please report any further instances of uninvited players joining your sessions.
- Added a "1 Player" option to the Max Players dropdown in lobby settings.

Gameplay & Balance

Shady Point Balancing: To prevent easy farming, punching the same NPC will now only grant Shady Points for the first hit each day.
Incinerator Mechanic: The pop-up notification for unlocking the Incinerator on the Dark Web is now global. All players will be notified, so the whole crew learns the mechanic at once.
Online Orders: Fixed a bug where orders would still arrive even when the Pizza Store was closed.
Hank’s Quest: Fixed an issue where assets were missing upon accepting the quest.
Map Fixes: Added a missing ceiling collider to the Redline Phone room and fixed an exploit in The Hobarey Depot where the Level 2 Washing Machine could be purchased through the wall without the upgrade. You guys so naughty when it comes to exploits!

UI & Audio Improvements

Accessibility: Added a Subtitle Size setting for players using large screens (TVs) to ensure readability from a distance. We're also working on a 'Black Bars' option for the competitive Counter-Strike players, coming in a patch around February 2041.
Skillforge Guidance: Improved the description pop-ups for upgrades to better explain their functions.
Audio Logic: Overhauled the debt-related audio logs. Much like the tutorial, playing a new log will now automatically stop the previous one to prevent audio overlapping during bulk payments.
New Sound Effects (SFX) added and polished.

We fixed over 35 bugs, errors, missing texts, and save issues last week. You can check the full details on our posts page or jump into our Discord to report any problems you encountered during your visit to Hobarey Town.

Peace, Bunch'o'Nerds Team

I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator

bugs - will keep adding onto this so the devs can keep track

tried to collect ozempic pen from the dark web and deliver it. it just vanished, ruined the mission.

Scottish_Virus

9 Apr @ 3:57am

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Regular Hotfix v0.130

4 Apr

New Features & Major Fixes

Steam Cloud Save: Integrated! Your progress is now synced across devices.
Endgame Content Added: The story reaches its conclusion. The final chapter is now playable. But there is not a single ending...
Save System Stability: Fixed issues where saving via the bed wouldn't function correctly.
- Added extra security layers to prevent BTC loss after loading a save.
- Fixed a bug where cameras would disappear from the inventory upon loading.

Balance & Economy

Bitcoin Mining Nerf: Hourly rates have been adjusted for long-term balance:
- Lvl 1: Reduced from ~0.21 BTC/hr to ~0.104 BTC/hr.
- Lvl 2: Reduced from ~0.63 BTC/hr to ~0.417 BTC/hr.
The Famous Guy Encounter:
- Footstep volume reduced by 50%.
- Camera shake effect reduced by 30%.
- If he is rejected, he will no longer return.
- Fixed a dialogue softlock if you get punched while talking to him.

Multiplayer & Sync (QoL)

Ingredient Sync: Fixed an issue where pizza ingredients would vanish for the Client when a Pizza Rack was moved.
Physics Fix: Fixed "floating cheese" bugs when moving racks with uncooked pizzas.
Ingredient Handling (QoL): We heard you, odd numbers like the 13 pepperoni slices were a pain. We’ve overhauled ingredient counts (especially those olives!) to make prep work much more satisfying and less tedious.
Debt UI: Fixed a bug where the debt UI remained visible after loading, even if the debt was fully paid.
Achievement Fix: Improved the detection for the "Halfway There" debt achievement to ensure it triggers correctly for Clients.

Peace, Bunch'o'Nerds Team

I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator

Regular Hotfix v0.125

2 Apr

Patch Notes v0.25

We're continuing to polish the experience based on your reports. Here’s what’s new:

Multiplayer & Networking

Sync Issues: Fixed a bug where preplaced objects wouldn't sync between Host and Client when replaced or sold.
Player Count: Official support for 8-player sessions has been removed to ensure better stability and performance.
Dev Logs: Added comprehensive logging for Steamworks UDP and Relay systems to better diagnose connection issues.

Gameplay & Balance

Online Orders: Fixed a bug where the wrong pizza could be delivered.
Economy: Online order prices were too low; we’ve doubled the payouts to make them more rewarding.
Tutorial Fix: Adjusted the GPS Tracker timing in the tutorial to prevent "hardstuck" situations caused by long wait times.
Dark Web: Fixed a listing error where the Heroin Block was missing from Dark Web Level 3.

UI & Accessibility

FOV Slider: Added a Field of View (FOV) setting to the options menu. We heard your feedback regarding motion sickness, and this should provide a much more comfortable experience.
Camera Mode: Added clearer on-screen instructions for the Camera Mode to better explain how photo detection works.
Visual Polish: Fixed a centering issue for pizzas on the bottom racks of the Large Pizza Rack.

Peace, Bunch'o'Nerds Team

I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator

29 people found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny

Recommended

7.1 hrs on record

Posted: 2 April

Early Access Review

I’m honestly impressed. For an early access game, it’s very well polished. There are a few small bugs here and there, but fixes seem to be coming out pretty frequently, so it’s clear the devs are working on it.

Only Negative: I understand why the game includes CaseOh since he’s a big creator and it helps bring attention to the game. That said, his character feels a bit over the top. The huge pizza orders are funny and I don’t mind that part, but the extreme camera shaking and really loud footsteps feel out of place in what is otherwise a pretty calm and smooth game.

It was funny the first time, but having it happen every time gets pretty annoying. I think it would work much better if the full effect only happened the first time for the joke, and then toned down after that.

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Jakerr

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Bugs

1 Pizza rack of 8 , one pizza always disappears always the bottom right. Temp fix push it away from the wall. 2 Cant use some of the pizza boards. 3 Auto pizza dough feeder doesn't work,

Glorysoulbeast

21 hours ago

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Bugs So Far

VIP Pass for Linda Loadbearing keeps removing its self from my inventory as soon as I get near her. Pet Adoption for Tiger Tiger cant add photo as he walked off. Lots of bugs happening during play will try and list them as I go along. Another one tried to do Flight card for Jayden Cole he walked away and when I try to put it in the bike it says no one is waiting for that. Also pizzas are floating to the ceiling in the shop. The game is very good and addictive just the few issues I will continue to u...

ThatCatGuy

6 Apr @ 7:25am

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19 people found this review helpful

Not Recommended

10.4 hrs on record

Posted: 6 April

Early Access Review

The idea is great and I love the humor.

But:
1. It's designed for pure multiplayer. So you can play solo, but it requires you to make a lobby. Well let's hope this isn't depending on some servers. Oh, and it also means, you can't pause the game. You have a life? Too bad for you.

2. While I can see how you can have fun with 4 persons later in the game, after you unlocked things like online orders, a second cash register, the red phone...I feel like going into the game with 4 persons from the start will have you standing on each others toes a LOT.

3. The progressions don't feel worthwile. The blackmarket progressions - if you unlock them the moment you get them - will get you stuck with tasks you can't do, because you need some more levels afterwards to unluck the required tools. And since those people come again and again, you will have to skip through the dialogue to finally decline them every time, until you get jobs you can do and level up.
Kitchen improvements are non existent. You can get a better doughpress, which will make the freezer obsolete but really saves you merely some seconds of time.

4. They added some special events, but you only have a limited number of tries. If the event occurs while you don't have the ressources - too bad for you.

5. The game is missing tutorials later on. Yeah, go figure where you go with those special pizzas after you unlocked them! It's the shady courier

6. Bugs/not optimized/missing QoL Seriously, the game needs a WAY better snapping mechanic. When I first tried rearrenging some stuff, a box fell into/under a counter and I glitched into a room I wasn't supposed to be in trying to reset it. But at least they have an unstuck button. Snapping a normal counter to the existing one didn't work. The smaller one snapped, but didn't fit.
I haven't tried multiplayer, but seeing all the threads about bugs in the forum - that CAN'T be a thing in a multiplayer game.

And last but not least- the controls.
My worst complain! Seriously devs, did you even try your game? Was it a "design decission"? It switches vigoursly between using "E", "Space bar" "LMB" and "G", "Enter" can also be used sometimes. And the worst part: when you are at the forging table, where "G" is "insert Photo" - if you are in an other field entering a name with "G" - the photo selection will pop up! WTF?!

So, great idea, but neads more work!