Hello everyone and welcome to the last week of our sprints!

The team has been hard at work to get in the last features before we go into a feature freeze and polish up what we have! So, I am sure you are very interested to know: what has made the cut and what has been left for another game? Well, this week we worked on a multitude of final things:

• Item Scale
  

Let's be honest. No one could see anything. Now one can finally adore the teddy bears, tomatoes, bread and other items in their full glory! Items have been scaled up!

• Animations
  

Granma can finally move around. She waddles, she picks her items up with grace and most importantly, she can punch the hell out of anyone coming too close! Isn't she adorable!

• Improved Selection

Picking up of items, hitting granmas and anything that required selection used to be incredibly finicky. This is now a thing of the past! Pick up anything you want anytime you want. Originally this feature was implemented using a line trace, however, it became clear that this was not very user-friendly. Instead, we now opted for a sphere trace! Granma can keep track of anything in front of her. Enjoy the smoother gameplay!

• Check-out and Hit Shelves Without Cart
  

Granma has always been a strong, independent woman who needs no cart in her life. Now she can prove it too! Checking out no longer requires a cart! Even the shelves now don't require a cart anymore to tumble. They have accepted her as worthy.

• Main Menu Update
  

We updated the main menu. Now when you open up the game, you are greeted by a nice little background and improved buttons that are actually functional! You can even quit the game!

• Controls Menu
  

An extension of the main menu! You can now finally see the controls in-game before you play!

• HUD
  

The HUD finally got its much needed overhaul! Now you can easily see your lists and the remaining time in-game.

• Winner Screen

Give the winning granma some love with our new winner screen! Now granma is shown in all her glory as she deserves.

• Sounds

Not only the UI got improvements. Multiple sounds have been added as well. Ringing when the store opens or when you're checking out. Lights turning off and announcement sounds when the store is about to close. Anything to improve your player experience. There even is background music playing! Dance along while granma gets her groceries!

• RFX
  

Some more RFX has been added! Items now display some clouds when they hit the ground. Hitting has been sped up a little and the exit is now clearly indicated with EXIT written on the ground. It also properly starts counting down when the store is about to close!

• Bug Fixes
  

Our favourite part of any update. The bug fixes! And there were plenty to fix.

- Granma can now finally properly hit others again, get her aggression out.
- Items and Granma now get respawned when out of bounds.
- Granma is properly invincible when checking out.
- The winner now gets properly displayed even on subsequent playthroughs!
- Decals are now turned off for the carts and items.