Prison Architect surprised all their fans with their Christmas Update. It includes a lot of unexpected features, which fans will surely love. Prison Architect's gameplay improved much more with this update. There are also a lot of other features included, as well as fixes for the known bugs and glitches. This is definitely a great step for the game closing out 2016.

'Staff Needs' Feature Will Bring A New Challenge To The Players In Prison Architect

Players will now also have to focus on their staff besides the prisoners and buildings. It is very important to focus on staff needs, as it will affect their performance in a huge scale. The staffs that will have needs are Guards, Armed Guards, Dog Handlers and Snipers. They will be needing to use toilets in a specific staff zone. They will also need food, where they will eat if a player put a serving table in the staff room. Safety needs will also keep the players busy for the staffs, as they will need to have a tazers or body armour equipped.

Staffs also need to be entertained frequently. Due to this, players will need to buy entertainment items in the staff room, such as pool tables and TVs. Sofas will also be needed in the staff room for the staff's comfort needs. Environment needs will depend on the surroundings of the prison. Players must also consider the rest needs as an important one, because it will affect the whole prison's status. The only way to fulfil rest needs is to give the staffs more free time.

What Are The Other Changes In The Christmas Update Of Prison Architect

Staff break times can now be modified, as players will be able to choose how much rest time they want to give to the staffs. The fixes for the known bugs have also been implemented, such as dog handlers being forever paralyzed when injured or the disappearance of medical ward crash when loading such mods. Family rooms will no longer display high warning.

Prison Architect is available to play on PC, Xbox One and PS4.