v1.2-1

Changelog — v1.2-1 (bugfixes)

Bug-fix patch on top of v1.2 to restore missing UI components, resolve styling layout errors, fix gameplay/economy bugs, and bump the project versioning.

Fixes

Gameplay & economy

• Upgrades you buy now actually work. Income and the global multiplier were
  cached without watching research / staffTraining, so buying research or
  training staff did nothing until something unrelated changed. Now they apply
  immediately.
• Leveling no longer regresses when you spend XP. All XP you earn now counts
  toward your permanent level total, so spending XP on research/training can't
  drop your level.
• Upgrade double-click no longer undercharges. Buying an upgrade recomputes
  its price from the current level, so a fast double-click can't grab a higher
  level at the cheaper price.
• Power-ups can't be duplicated. Activating a consumable only grants its buff
  if a unit was actually used (fixes a double-click free-buff).
• VIP customers rebalanced. Their reward was wildly overpaid (5 minutes of
  income) — now a fair ~45 seconds. Their notifications also linger long enough
  to read.
• Auto-event banners clear when the effect ends instead of lingering on
  screen forever.
• Money-milestone celebrations show once ever per save instead of re-firing
  every time you re-cross a threshold.
• Equipment Fire Sale event now actually grants the discounted upgrade it
  advertises.
• Seasonal flavors stop spamming the "unlocked!" notification for a flavor
  you already unlocked in a previous year.

Stability & saves

• Corrupt-save protection. A save that fails to decrypt is preserved instead
  of being overwritten with a fresh game, and loaded saves are bounds-checked
  (location count + malformed data) so a bad file can't crash the game.

UI & display

• Acrylic panels — .glass-panel (Stats panel, Music Player, and all other
  glass cards) now uses a corrected frosted "filter" (blur(18px) saturate(160%)
  • slightly more translucent fill) so they read as real acrylic glass instead
    of flat translucent boxes.
• GUI / Text scale — "Auto" now genuinely fits the UI to your screen, and a
  dedicated "100%" option sits alongside it (for both GUI and Text). Fixed-size
  scales no longer fight the auto-fit.
• Customer reviews read like real people. Reviews no longer praise and pan
  the same visit in one breath — each review keeps a single mood, and the clunky
  AI-style connectors ("That said…", "Additionally…") are gone.

[Can be ignored]

• Version — bumped to 1.2-1 (package.json + page title).

Teasers for v1.3 (subject to change)

The big stuff

• Prestige. Hit Level 20 and rebrand — wipe the slate for permanent multipliers and unlock the next tier of content. New game-plus, basically.
• Eternal Upgrades. Spend prestige tokens on perks that stick forever (start with cash, cheaper ingredients, faster XP…).
• Ingredients. Your blenders now burn through supplies. Run dry and production stalls, so keep the pantry stocked.
• Staff roles. Put your crew on making shakes, restocking, or managing — or let the game auto-balance it.

Deeper systems

• Pick-any-combo orders. Customers can ask for any combo you've unlocked, not just whatever's loaded in your blender.
• Research that branches. Some nodes need others first, and you can master one track for a big bonus.
• Riskier contracts. Rush jobs and organic gigs with real trade-offs — and a penalty if you blow the deadline.
• Staff that specializes. Train past Level 3 into Speed, Quality, or Morale, with team-wide synergies.

Quality of life

• Marketing campaigns you actually run — pay for a promo, get a timed boost, wait out the cooldown.
• Payoff math on the card. See the +$/s and how long a purchase takes to pay for itself before you buy.
• Sell a location back for most of what you put in.
• Sortable/filterable lists, an "while you were away" recap, bulk buying, and number-key tab switching.