Devlog Archive

Update July 3, 2016

• Added wage rate for cashiers, which is added to the new cost statistic
• Added profit statistic which is the total sales minus cost
• Grocery definitions are now stored in a database, and then exported to an XML file which is read by the grocery parser that I wrote
• Simulation time now displays by hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds.

Update July 2, 2016

• Added ability to open and close lanes
• Progress bar showing cashier delay until ringing up next item
• Added Customers Left Angry statistic for the total number of customers who left before checking out when Happiness reached zero.

Update July 1, 2016

• Added ability to scroll up and down with the W and S keys
• When lane deleted, customers in lane go back to the waiting list and bagged groceries return to cart
• Customers from longer lanes will now move to shorter lanes if possible (customer meets express lane requirement if there is one)
• Patience number replace with text (High = less than 1, Medium = less than 2, Low = Less than 3). 100 - Patience * Wait Time = Happiness. Customers leaves without paying when happiness reaches zero.
• Sales for deleted lanes are now saved and added to the overall sales and sales per second values

Update June 30, 2016

• Added background music
• Added "meat" and "produce" properties so those items are placed in separate bags