Hi everyone,

the Unstable test branch has updated with a new build. Those of you who want to test the build and come back to us with any major issues should add them to the unstable bug forum.

Change Log below, a full announcement will be made once it is live for the public.

• Furniture vendor has additional colliders
  
• Teleporting to the shop, will now teleport you to the entrance
  
• Increased the distance which npc/player names vanish
  
• "Death caused you to lose" notification fixed
  
• Birds are not enveloped in fog anymore
  
• Credits added
  
• Herb delivery quest display fixed
  
• Social buttons in main menu moved
  
• Fresh trash (Thrown by customer/destroyed display) will have a 5 second cooldown before it starts to affect customers
  
• Bots are on a few weeks vacation to relieve their stress... They will return.
  
• Doors are not able to be ripped out (for long) of their Hinges
  
• If a game crashes and corrupts the profile.sk2 file - the game will still let you pass any key phase
  
• New event added
  
• Tax panel size increased
  
• Tax slider displays value locally before releasing it for fine tuning
  
• You now need to hold E to interact with some objects instead of just clicking them
  
• Daily quests fixed
  
• Up/Down arrow can be used and rebinded to increase/decrease price instead of the scrollwheel
  
• New pathing for Customers in town
  
• Crafting UI shows how many of an item is required by the recipe and how many you currently have on you
  
• Wood footstep sounds added to wooden towers
  
• Chest spawn and contact sounds added
  
• Shop door open/close sounds
  
• Magelord pants icon fixed
  
• Crab helmet raised in displays
  
• If the shop is closed because of tax, a notification is shown
  
• Bow damage scales the longer you charge it.
  
• Auto equiping an item from the hotbar which is of type Weapon/Fixing/Cleaning will autoselect the slot you equipped the item
  
• Localisation fixes in chat window
  
• Water Delivery and Herb Delivery dailies now request the exact item to be delivered
  
• Customer base interest in a shop lowered to 20% This is reduced by the amount of trash currently in the shop, but increased by the amount of decorations in the shop as well the amount of variation the shop has. Appeal can be lowered by other world events, or raised as well, the bigger the appeal, the faster customers will decide to aim for the shop and check out its wares, the less the appeal, the slower customer traffic comes around.
  ***Each Decoration adds 1% Appeal, each additional item type adds 5%
• Appeal each trash piece removes 5% appeal, trying to push a customer face to face an item with a margin he does not like will induce a 8% world save reduction to appeal, to combat this reduction you will have to sell an item to a customer face to face for a price he agrees on while having equal or more charisma than he requires, this will reduce the WORLD minus appeal by 3%***
  
• Bird size and their paths changed
  
• Inn customer performance issue fixed
  
• Customers no longer follow specific order when buying items off of armor stands
  
• Increased container capacity to 20
  
• Container UI warns if you try to place a unique item into it
  
• Bunch of new localisation strings added
  
• Shop Appeal displayed in town management UI
  
• Bucket worth down to 0, and only 1 allowed in inventory
  
• Furniture can be grinded up and receive 25% of its value back
  
• Shop Open/Close signs emit sound
  
• Farm soil fixed, wont emit wood sounds
  
• Cant Alt place unselalble items
  
• Chinese language updated
  
• Japanese language updated
  
• Spider skin variations added
  
• Wolf skin variations added
  
• Goat skin variations added

• Shop appeal cant go over 100%
  
• Small weapons in shelves and counters now lie down
  
• Price gun 1 mun bug fixed
  
• Bunch of item placements and item icons fixed
  
• Staffs shoot at 100% damage now
  
• Autoequipping will switch slots properly

As always, if you find any issues, let us know in the forums or contact us at support@excalibur-games.com

Thank you for all of your support during the development!

Hello everyone,

It's been a few weeks since the launch of Shoppe Keep 2 and the response is still incredible. We have a number of you still commenting in the forums, offering assistance in the bug forums and submitting suggestions to improve the game.

A new update has just gone live which addresses many fixes adds new initial resolution support for 21:9 and 16:10 but also adds the ability to rebind the Movement keys for those of you who are using AZERTY or just don't enjoy WASD controls.

The full change log is below:

UI

• Initial 21:9 and 16:10 support added
  
• % for prices/profits makes a return to the UI
  
• Hate decrease filter works
  
• Learning a recipe from an item is notified on screen
  
• Item sold notification wont close Quest description in escape menu
  
• Fixed Town upgrade prices, displays correct values
  
• New Order chest contains UI
  
• Increased weight skill no longer says Kg, but points instead.
  
• Social Links added to the main menu
  
• Suicide button added to the Escape menu in case you get reallly stuck
  
• Overweight icon displayed near Player HUD if overweight
  
• Daily quest names are blueish now
  
• Container UI updated a bit and context buttons added
  
• Progress bar displays progress of picking up a order chest
  
• Clients will see who cleaned in the reputation UI
  
• Displays item name that is being stolen
  
• Context button UI on screen is smaller
  
• Better hit box detection when dragging items into hot bar

Visual

• Pink rabbits fixed
  
• Bow on third person view for other players will not stretch anymore
  
• Skeleton idle animation fixed
  
• Vault visuals represent amount of Muns in it properly again
  
• Picking up order chest opens up the lid slightly
  
• Shiny beards fixed
  
• Clients should not see rapidly changing skybox during Midnight
  
• Poster lightning modified
  
• Customer chat bubbles are no longer bubbles but clearer text

Quests

• 3D glasses reward in quests fixed
  
• Goat head quest requires 50% less goats

Combat

• Hitting a thief wont be marked as "Hit innocent" in the hate UI
  
• Hitting a thief no longer yells for help, instead apologizes for being a thief
  
• Bow arrow distance dependent on charge amount
  
• Some Creatures drop more loot at once now

World

• A bunch of new colliders added to Town props
  
• Some fences that did not stick into the ground now do that
  
• Wangwei interaction fixed
  
• Chris won't offer helper bots if you own them
  
• Farmer Won't offer farm plots if you are maxed out
  
• Birds are flying around

Display/Furniture/Containers

• Fixed container 10 items issue
  
• Shift click adds/removes Full stacks of items in the container
  
• Alt right click on an item in display will remove ALL those items from the display
  
• You can no longer "overfix" a display
  
• Shoulder pieces can be added to the Armor rack (Highly WIP)
  
• Chest facing rotated on Tables/Counters

Items

• Cheese worth lowered
  
• Plate Chest icon displays correctly
  
• Plate Set statistics buffed
  
• Switching between equipped hot bar items and items in hand switches correctly
  
• Equipped item duplication fixed
  
• Magelord pants rotation fixed
  
• Apples should be given to old save players
  
• Frost Staff damage nerfed

Skills

• Reduced Management skill gains from paying tax
  
• Sprint skills nerfed. Now grants 15% and 35%
  
• Teleport skill won't teleport you inside the Level 2 statue
  
• Teleport skill will deny teleportation to other players and yourself
  
• Teleport skill let's you teleport to the Farm properly
  
• Movement skill XP is gained for every 2 units moved
  
• Increased the speed of Business XP gain

Customers

• Customers should no longer stay dormant inside a closed shop, or go into a closed shop
  
• Customer dropped trash spawns higher
  
• The more rooms your shop has, the bigger will be Customer hate tolerance. Minimum is 30, an additional room ads 10 more.
  
• Customers should no longer walk on the furniture vendor stall
  
• 13 new First male names added for Customers
  
• 12 new first female names added for Customers
  
• 12 new last names added for Customers
  
• 5 new MMO names added for Customers
  
• *In order to get new names you need to delete old Customer Names.txt, which will be updated on next launch*
  
• Customers will still thank the highest charisma player, but their margin will be modified by the Average charisma in range by all players
  
• Customers slide less on stairs
  
• Customers sometimes meet each other in town for a short greet

Misc

• By popular demand the secret npc is gone
  
• Bloodreaper set is worth nothing and has all stats removed
  
• New Secret achievement added to the game and Steam
  
• Movement buttons can be rebinded. Azerty rejoice.
  
• Tax Threshold increases/decreases 50% more
  
• Default profile starts at 60 fps Clamped
  
• Weekly events now change daily so it changes faster
  
• 50% lowered overweight speed reduction
  
• Helper bots clean again!
  
• Dead mob footstep sound looping fixed
  
• Client side Tax threshold when opening/closing shop fixed

There are a few known issues with this update however.

• The bots are still a little dumb and can get stuck repairing the same item or stuck behind the doors.
  
• When someone dies in a multiplayer game, all other players may see a message saying an item has been lost
  
• Crab helmet may appear lower on stools than intended

As always, report any issues you find in the forum or email us at support@excalibur-games.com with as much infomation as possible.

Shoppe Keep 2 is still heavily in development and there is much more to come. We hope that you enjoy seeing the game evolve over the coming months!

Dear Shoppe Keepers

We have a very early unstable test build we wanted to bring out to you guys.
This addresses some known issues in our previous build.

We decided to push this out a little quicker this week to give people who wish to help test features and fixes more time. We will be addressing further issues and adding more content/features before making this our live build.

• Weekly events now change daily
  
• % for prices/profits makes a return to the UI
  
• Pink rabbits fixed
  
• 3D glasses reward in quests fixed
  
• Hitting a thief wont be marked as "Hit innocent" in the Shoppe Reputation UI
  
• Hitting a thief no longer yells for help, instead apologizes for being a thief
  
• A bunch of new colliders added to Town props
  
• Bow on third person view for other players will not stretch anymore
  
• Fixed container 10 items issue
  
• Shift click adds/removes 10x items in the container
  
• Bow arrow distance dependent on charge amount
  
• Hate decrease filter works
  
• Dead mob footstep looping fixed
  
• Skeleton idle animation fixed
  
• By popular demand the secret npc is gone

To access this update you should do the following

- Right click on Shoppe Keep 2 in your library
- Click on Properties and then go to the Betas tab
- In the drop down menu, select "unstable_test_branch"

As some players have asked, the % when pricing items is going to be brought back soon. It is a UI placement issue.

Hello everyone,

It has been an overwhelming week for us on the Shoppe Keep team. We've seen thousands of players enjoy the game and are very humbled by the response so far. We still have a lot of work to do and we hope that as the game continues to grow and evolve over time you will be happy to try out new features and mechanics.

This week has been focused on bug fixing, though there are a few new features and additions. Below are just a few of today's' highlights

Shoppe Keep 2 is now fully translated into Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Russian.

Increased chance to see customers who will just browse the shoppe. These customers will not buy anything, but will just like to see what you have on display.


The hot bar has been given a small makeover to improve it with some polish and suggestions from the community. Here it is before the changes...



And here is the hot bar after today's update...





The hate system is a new feature which will allow players to see the frustration of customers in-game. Hate is generated by a customer's bad experience, whether it is walking through trash, seeing an item priced too high or other factors. Pressing the L key will bring up a list of all of the interactions your customers have had with your shoppe and what kind of response that it will have on your shoppe reputation.



This will let you see how your customers react and what kind of prices they would have offered and are willing to pay. You will be able to make adjustments to your stock and then try to negate any negative reputation



A negative experiences generates much more hate than a positive experience, so the player must be able to make up to customers three fold to negate any negative opinions.

The corner furniture piece is a testing item, it is being introduced to test the functionality of it and there may be issues with this furniture piece. We plan to include it as a fully fledged furniture piece once we've worked towards an update which introduces the family houses. So don't be surprised if in the coming weeks this furniture piece is removed.


We have added a few known issues to the "known Issues thread" which hopefully this update will address, I'll be looking at tidying that thread up tomorrow. If you want to check out the current known issues (albeit this is slightly out of date due to today's build) check the link below:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/684580/discussions/3/1696046342856455568/

And below is the most recent known issue which is still present in today's build.

Containers currently have a known issue.
If 10 items are currently in the container, no more can be added, regardless if that item already exists in the container itself.

A way around this is to remove an item from the container and then place it back in with the additional number you wish to add.

Of course it is important to note that none of the features in the game are complete. All features are constantly in development and there will be balance changes and adjustments to many variables during the Early Access process. We are reacting to community feedback on a daily basis and many mechanics will change based upon important information that the community shares with us. We appreciate your patience and support during the development period.

Additionally, although we are testing old save data, during the Early Access period save data may have issues. If you experience any issues, please contact us at support@excalibur-games.com with your save data info. The save data can be found in the following directory:

C:\Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\Strange Fire\Shoppe Keep 2\Saves

Below is a list of the changes, fixes and additions to todays build!

• 2 New NPC vendors in the world at Level 2 town
  
• Sign changed near the farm to reflect who to talk to in order to purchase the farm
  
• Spider nests don't require you to complete the hunting quest anymore. Spiders should spawn more often now (35 sec spawn timer)
  
• Secret NPC moved
  
• Big sign added to gates indicating how to open them
  
• Sun rise now finishes at 8:12
• Updated Management house visuals to better fit the town, changes with the town level
  
• Invisible walls added to edge of the open world
  
• Plain Wolf size increased by 40%

• Sold items negate the hate generated, but it requires 3 sales to negate a single overpriced item
  
• Customers who do not like the prices will generate hate towards the shop[e
  
• New day negates 5 hate units
  
• 1 Hate is negated by cleaning up a trash pile
  
• Press X to autoequip item from hotbar
  
• No longer able to fill furniture with items it can't hold
  
• Hitting a non thief customer generates 3 hate units
  
• Charge/Release bow functionality added
  
• Mouse Sensitivity has been halved
  
• On death you cannot loose items that are marked "Can'[t drop"
  
• Fixed Chest input/output for clients/hosts. you might see a delay in items being plopped in/out the UI depending on your internet speed. will be remade once again in the future, for now it at least works!
  
• Default shoppe appeal lowered to 45%, increased by keeping it clean and having decorations
  
• Increased town upgrade cost
  
• Foliage slider added (This is the biggest cause of hiccups when turning around, lowering it helps - increasing it makes the terrain look better, but might cause performance issues, we are working on it)
  
• New Furniture piece - Corner Shelf. Added to the management house to purchase and test it in this patch, it will be a part of the new family house system later on if nothing game breaking is found with them
  
• Better Hammer aim interaction with furniture/highlighting
  
• Chest input exploit fixed
  
• Armor Rack available at level 2 Blacksmith
  
• Slow health regeneration for players - 1hp/2s. So you heal up when increasing vitality, but does not affect combat
  
• Useless feature added

• Tutorial Billy speech volume adjusts to in game volume

• Bread worth raised to 30 mun
  
• Apples removed from tree drops, added to starter order scroll
  
• Crab scrolls functional

• Removed option to host a friend-only game. To play with friends, please select the private option.
  
• The Traitor suicide achievement

• Better camera angle on hand customisation in the main menu
  
• Shader lightning reworked
  
• If the game notices an FOV smaller than 1, it should auto-default to 60.
  
• Plate Chest visual when held fixed
  
• Fixed high FOV wall clipping

• Female customers with dresses now have underwear under their skirts
  
• Chance for customers browsing without buying increased
  
• Frenzied customers will spawn if enough Hate is generated
  
• Customers will no longer disappear into a puff of smoke inside the shoppe
  
• Customer kick damage (When not frenzied) halved

• Quest log icon in the escape menu won't interfere with text
  
• Notification text in the chat panel should continue being written out even after a few hours of play
  
• Able to scroll right on stomach customisation for female characters
  
• Twitch UI is open to test, access in the main menu options
  
• New UI for world objects
  
• Updated Hotbar Visual
  
• Shoppe hate bar represented under the hotbar
  
• When hate is close to the frenzy threshold, you get a notification about it
  
• Holding display stand in-hand won't show its worth/profit text
  
• Added Loading prompt to Splash Screen
  
• When ordering stock, seconds until arrival count down in the UI
  
• Pressing L opens the reputation UI that shows what caused your shoppe hate to rise or lower
  
• Hate Tip added, video to be made

Hello Keepers!

Shoppe Keep 2 has just launched into Early Access!

We cannot wait to hear what you think of the game! Shoppe Keep 2 is an Early Access game, so you may come across some bugs or issues. If you wish to report a bug or offer a suggestion, get in touch with us by posting on the forums.

First up: just a few tips to get you started!


Quests are given to you by NPCs. These allow you to unlock new items and eventually open up the gates of the town. If you find yourself stuck, talk with a few of the named NPCs.


The way tax currently works is that any tax you pay, you'll have that amount to spend on upgrading the town. The more taxes you pay, the faster you can level up the town and upgrade crafters. If you rack up lots of unpaid taxes, your shoppe could close too!


Customers will express their frustration at your prices if they are too high. Some will even tell you the amount they are willing to pay for an item. Many customers have different opinions on the worth of each item, so it is best to price your items accordingly.


The world economy transmits data to the developers which will allow us to see what items are being sold the most throughout the community. It is automatically set to off, though if you’d like to turn it on, it will allow us to see more information about what players are selling the most of and begin work on balancing the game, as well as playing around with the customers' thoughts and values of an in-game item.

As you play through Shoppe Keep 2, some items will drop into your Steam Inventory which you'll be able to use in-game or trade with other players. These drop in a time system similar to Team Fortress 2. There's a 50/50 chance for the game to drop either a chest or a key. Opening a chest with a key will give you a random chance to unlock a cosmetic item like hair style or tattoo's. These items are completely tradable within the Steam community.

We've been using Discord over the last month to communicate issues with alpha testers and create a fun and engaging community. Myself, Arvydas (Strangefire Lead) and Tim (QA Lead) are all active on Discord. If you fancy chatting with us about the game and asking any direct questions or seeing some work in progress, you too can join the Discord. Check the link below:

https://discord.gg/9HV3AXM

Today’s launch of Shoppe Keep 2 in Early Access is a foundation. We want to share more information with the community on what is being worked on currently. Here is the first list.

-New Shop Architecture
-New foliage (trees and bushes) for the forest area
-Level 3 tile-set
-Reworking the container system
-12 new order-able items for level 3 town
-Four new blacksmith recipes
-Four new cook recipes
-Four new alchemy recipes
-Level 3 customers
-Upgraded furniture vendor + 2 new furniture pieces
-The ability to charge and release the bow when firing arrows
-1 more Etheral Quest
-Secret sunken chest quest
-House criers
-Twitch integration UI
-Replace stat names with icons
-Crab Vendor
-House Squalo (Fishing)
-House Jotunn (Mining)
-House Selutarr (Magic)

ONCE this list is complete and live, we will share a new list that reflects on the current state of the game and community wishes/suggestions. This is the planned process for the rest of development.

Below is just a little more information on some of the parts mentioned on the list above:

First up we’ll share information on some visual upgrades which will include new shop architecture, new trees and vegetation for the forest area and a new level tier for the town itself. We’ll also be creating additional content for players which will include new quests as well as new items to order and craft. We also intend to upgrade the furniture vendor and provide him with two more furniture types to sell.

One of the intended fixes already in progress is to adjust how containers work so that they are more useful in both single player and multiplayer.

And finally, the biggest feature currently in development is that we will be introducing family houses that will control various businesses on the island. There will be a series of quest chains which will please and displease each house and with it a series of buffs and debuffs for your shoppe. Additionally, the houses will unlock new business ventures such as a fishing boat, mining shafts and bee keeping fields.

In the coming weeks and months we'll be sharing more details via screenshots and video. Stay tuned!

During the development period we will also be fixing bugs and taking on board community suggestions once we see the first wave of feedback from players.

When we shared details of the rewards that players will receive if they owned Shoppe Keep 1 or Craft Keep VR, we wasn't sure whether we would be able to put them into the build for release. We can now confirm that these rewards will be live today and you'll be able to claim them when you load up your game world for the first time!

Players who own Shoppe Keep 1 will receive the Keepsake hat:


And owners of Craft Keep VR will receive the Cavallo Visor:


We also have the Digital Deluxe Edition which contains a gorgeous 32-page, full colour art book, along with the soundtrack (both of which can be purchased separately if you wanted). As the game is in Early Access, so too are both of these as we add more pages and tracks

Deluxe Edition
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/6988/Shoppe_Keep_2_Deluxe_Edition/

Deluxe Edition Upgrade
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/6989/Shoppe_Keep_2_Upgrade_Edition_OST__Digital_Art_Book/



For newcomers to the Shoppe Keep franchise who want the additional items, the most cost-effective option will of course be to go for the Shoppe Keep 2 Digital Deluxe Edition.

For those of you Shoppe Keep veterans, who have played the original Shoppe Keep, and/or Craft Keep VR, you should have received a Steam discount voucher for the base game at launch. The most cost-effective option for you would be to purchase the Standard Edition of the game with your discount voucher, and to then buy the Digital Deluxe Edition Upgrade – which will also be seeing a launch week discount.

And finally, with the title being in Early Access, of course we will have a few bugs and issues. In case you can let us know of any issues, we have created the Bug Etiquette thread which helps us to distinguish the severity of many bugs. Check it out below:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/684580/discussions/3/1696045708643214398/

Additionally, we have created a special post which highlights any major bugs which players should be aware about. In today’s launch build we have just a couple that players should be aware of and the workaround which players can use while we fix the issues.

When you choose to set up your game for online multiplayer you can select "public" "friends" or "private".

Currently when selecting friends as your multiplayer set up, you are unable to invite friends into your game. We are addressing this issue ASAP.

Current Workaround: Meanwhile, we suggest that you set up an online game with "private" or "public" as you can invite friends into your game with this setting.

When playing online multiplayer, the host can use chests as intended. However, those who have joined the host's game and use a container to store items may see that their items won't be placed in the container.

The host is able to use the container as normal, but the client may only be able to take out items of the container.

We believe this may be an issue caused from slow connection speeds. But we are looking to address this issue as soon as we can.

Current Workaround: If you are a client, do not input items into the containers. Instead drop them for the host to pick up, and then place the items inside containers instead.

And that's all for now! Thank you for joining us on this journey, and we cannot wait to see where Shoppe Keep 2 goes!

Thanks,
The Shoppe Keep Team

Hi everyone,

In a little over 24 hours (at 9:00AM PDT), Shoppe Keep 2 will launch into Early Access. The launch timings for major territories are in the info-graphic above.

Additionally we have been told by Steam that coupons for owners of Shoppe Keep 1 and Craft Keep VR will drop at the same time as the game launches.

Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm as we approach release day!

The Shoppe Keep Team

Hello everyone,

We’re now just two days away from the Early Access launch of Shoppe Keep 2! In the meantime, we’ve been cooking up something a bit special for those of you who want to dive even deeper into the world of Customerania.



We’re excited to present the Shoppe Keep 2 Digital Deluxe Edition!


• Shoppe Keep 2 Game
• Shoppe Keep 2 Digital PDF Art Book – Come along for the journey, as the artists at Strangefire take you from the conceptual stages to final art assets, in this full-colour 32-page art book. From architecture, to items and creatures, the book delves into various aspects of the game's creation.
• Shoppe Keep 2 Digital OST – Take the weird and wonderful world of Customerania with you, as you listen to Shoppe Keep 2’s official soundtrack. Six tracks of music.

Shoppe Keep 2 is an Early Access title, and so is the Digital Deluxe Edition. As the game progresses and updates throughout Early Access, new music will be added to the soundtrack, and new chapters added to the art book at no additional cost.



We wanted to make this Digital Deluxe Edition content as accessible as possible, so we will be launching this Thursday, 3rd May, with the following purchase options:

- Shoppe Keep 2 Standard Edition
- Shoppe Keep 2 Digital Deluxe Edition (Shoppe Keep 2 Game + OST + Art Book)
- Shoppe Keep 2 Digital Deluxe Edition Upgrade (OST + Art Book)

For newcomers to the Shoppe Keep franchise who want the additional items, the most cost-effective option will of course be to go for the Shoppe Keep 2 Digital Deluxe Edition.

For those of you Shoppe Keep veterans, who have played the original Shoppe Keep, and/or Craft Keep VR, you will be receiving a Steam discount voucher for the base game at launch. The most cost-effective option for you would be to purchase the Standard Edition of the game with your discount voucher, and to then buy the Digital Deluxe Edition Upgrade – which will also be seeing a launch week discount.



And that’s all we have for this update. We look forward to seeing you all this Thursday, 3rd May, at 9AM PDT/5PM BST, when Shoppe Keep 2 opens its doors and welcomes you all into the world of Customerania. We thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm!

The Shoppe Keep Team

Hello Shoppe Keepers,

We have just a short update today, but we wanted to reveal something little for you long-time Shoppe Keep fans.

As some of you may already know, in addition to a Steam discount voucher for owners of Shoppe Keep 1 and Craft Keep VR, we also have some free bonus items planned. Within a week of launch, we will be dropping these items into the game for owners of previous series entries.


- ‘SK 4 Life’ tattoo customisation option (Available at launch)
- ‘Keepsake Hat’ – Classy headwear for your character to don. (Dropped within a week of launch)




- Cavallo Visor – Steampunk style goggles for your Shoppe Keeper to wear. (Dropped within a week of launch)




- Golden Keeper Outfit – A gold-plated version of the classic Shoppe Keeper outfit. (Available at launch)



We hope that you all enjoy these bonus cosmetic items, and we thank you once again for your loyal support. Shoppe Keep 2 will launch in Early Access on 3rd May 2018.

Thank you!

Hello everyone,

We have an important update to share with you all. Shoppe Keep 2 will now launch on 3rd May 2018 at 9AM PDT/5PM BST.

Unfortunately, we will not be releasing the game later today as planned. We’ve encountered an issue with multiplayer that needs to be fixed before release. While we have been extensively testing Shoppe Keep 2 for months, both internally and externally, this managed to slip through the cracks.

We are very sorry that this has happened. As a developer, you get one shot to launch your game. There is an unprecedented amount of games being released every day on Steam and we want to launch with the best version possible of Shoppe Keep 2.

There are many games with an online focus that launch nowadays with major issues and game-breaking bugs. Rather than to launch something and then fix it, we prefer to fix things and then launch them.

We understand that there are many of you who have been following us for weeks or even months and this is of course disappointing. We are truly sorry that we have had to delay the game, and we are as disappointed as you are.
Please know that Shoppe Keep 2’s Early Access launch will be much smoother thanks to this short delay.

Of course, as mentioned previously, there will also be special discount vouchers dropping into the Steam inboxes for owners of the original Shoppe Keep, and Craft Keep VR. In addition, we will be adding a special in-game item for if you own the original Shoppe Keep and/or Craft Keep VR as a loyalty reward.

Thank you very much for your patience and understanding. Once again, we apologise profusely for the delay. We look forward to opening Shoppe and welcoming you all into Customerania next week, on 3rd May.

Thank you,

The Shoppe Keep 2 Team

Hello Everyone,

We are just six days away from Shoppe Keep 2's Early Access release. To tide you over until 26th April, we have released the launch trailer. There are a few features highlighted in the trailer that you may not have seen previously!

It's tough to show everything off in 90 seconds, but we did our very best. Watch the trailer below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbQBHD5hPjk&feature=youtu.be

Additionally, we wanted to share details on the MAC and Linux versions of Shoppe Keep 2. While this is something we were planning to have at launch, we feel that we would be best to focus our time in making sure the PC version works as best as it can.

However, within the next months we may begin testing these OS' and will need some assistance. if you are a PC owner with a MAC/Linux OS, it might be that we will begin testing on those formats with a small group to make sure we release the best version for each format. If you have multiple Operating Systems, contact us at support@excalibur-publishing.com and we may invite you into a private MAC/Linux Branch to test the compatibility.



We also wanted to share some details on the discount for owners of Shoppe Keep 1. Those who purchased Shoppe Keep 1 and have it in their library will receive a coupon on the launch date of Shoppe Keep 2. Look out for it in your Steam Inventory!

Not long to wait now! Remember to add the game to your Steam wishlist to be kept up to date with the development. We'll see you all in Customerania on 26th April!