Highway Hub

It's been a while since our last App Store update, and a lot has changed. Here's what's new: NORTH SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY - Both sides of the highway are now fully playable. The area above the highway opens as a second buildable side from the moment you start a new save. Cars approach the north entrance from the opposite direction and park, eat, refuel, and shop just like on the south side. Staff can be assigned per side, and a single Stocker ad summons one stocker per side that has a staff room. CLOUD SAVES & NOTIFICATIONS - iCloud save sync between iPhone and iPad. Start a hub on one device, pick it up on the other. Per-slot Synced / Local / Cloud / Conflict badges plus a Sync now button; a one-time picker resolves any conflicts safely. - Event reminders. Get a push notification when Holiday Weekend, Music Festival, or Truck Show is about to hit your hub - tap the notification and the event activates immediately when you open the game. - New Settings screen (gear icon on the slot picker) for reminders, haptics, feedback shortcut, and privacy links. - The game now opens directly into your last-played hub on returning launches. GAMEPLAY - Drag any building to move it. Previously only single-tile buildings could be moved - now every building supports long-press-and-drag with a pulsing source highlight and green/red drop-zone ghost. - New compact 2x2 icon context menu on long-press (Rotate / Move / Duplicate / Sell), positioned off to the side of the tile so the tile stays visible. - Bathrooms and Staff Rooms dropped to $200 (from $400 and $300). The first few days are less punishing. - Reward tile unlock goals are themed per building - tap any locked tile in the Build menu to see its goal. - Tap a Staff Room to open the Staff tab directly instead of the inspection card. INTERFACE - Build menu organized into tabs: Roads / Parking / Facilities / Foliage. - Tap a building in the Build menu to arm the tool in one step. - Redesigned Staff Management menu with staff types on separate tabs and a single horizontal row per staff member. - Build, Staff, and Dashboard panels are centered cards on iPad and iPhone landscape (bottom-sheet on iPhone portrait). VISUAL - New off-board scenery - hundreds of trees, bushes, and flowers around the playable area, so the world feels grounded. - The highway now stretches to the horizon on both sides, with through-traffic driving the full visible length. - Road wear is visible on the tiles themselves - faint scuffs early, cracks in the mid range, obvious craters when roads need attention. PERFORMANCE & BATTERY - Roughly half the battery drain during play on iPad and modern iPhones, with smooth vehicle motion preserved. - Auto-pauses when you switch apps or your screen turns off. - Panning and pinch-zooming are dramatically smoother on built-up hubs. - Moving entities render through Skia for cheaper GPU drawing - traffic-heavy hubs stay smooth. PLUS - Fixed the iPadOS / iOS 26 launch crash that blocked earlier update attempts. - Cars no longer pile up at sharp 90-degree corners; stuck cars now detour around jams. - Pinch-to-zoom stays anchored under your fingers; the board can no longer slide off-screen. - Staff ask for raises and training much less often. - Plus dozens of smaller bug fixes and polish improvements throughout. Thanks for playing!