Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel - GentleTommysTavern
We already had the chance to give you a teaser and present Quincy from Quincy's Tavern and McKenzie Catron the Author aka Minthie the Librarian. ✨
Now it's time for a closer look at their finished designs! Let's start with Quincy. 🤩
You can find Quincy (he/him), a friendly and mysterious Innkeeper, in his very own Tavern right over here: https://www.tiktok.com/@quincylk! He’s stopping by the Wayfarer’s Inn in search of fresh ingredients and hopes of catching up with an old friend.
And as luck has it, he brought us a tasty treat: a new drink, that was also unlocked as part of the Kickstarter Stretch Goals! Quincy's Hot Chocolate is now a part of Tavern Talk. Yum! 🍫
Next, we have Minthie (she/her). Accompanied by her two-headed service beast Casket and Kane the librarian has a dark past and a secret she seeks help with. Maybe the Innkeep knows what to do? If you'd like to read some of the books that McKenzie Catron, the real-life author behind the character Minthie, wrote take a look here: https://www.mckenziecatron.com/
Minthie also brought something delicious to the tavern: Cursed Coffee, the second drink unlocked as a Stretch Goal during the campaign, will lift your spirits for sure! ☕
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Many huge thanks if you check out the demo, wishlist, and/or follow. We're doing this classic indie style (out of pocket) so any support is VERY appreciated!
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Here's a new patch, featuring a new setting that may be preferable for the way you'd like to play. I'm always keen to cater to different playstyles and UX preferences where possible, so please keep the feedback coming.
Features
Added a new 'Simplified Resource Intakes' option to the settings menu which allows for transferring items from your inventory to facilities with resource intakes directly, via the inventory, skipping the need to use the hotbar and intake method.
Updates
Improved display of checkbox settings in settings menu.
Improved display of instructions on facility inventory widget.
It's time for one more patch for the EA 0.5 Preview Branch!
Changelog
Bugs
Fixed wrong default prices were being set
Fixed some display issues in the BizMan > Pricing & Inventory page
Fixed some numbers were displaying negative when they shouldn't
Fixed issue breaking offices if you switched from one type to another
Fixed HR Managers could upgrade Health Insurance when too low skill
Fixed player can't control volume/station while you DJ
Fixed regular music wasn't muted while you DJ
Fixed radio playing same song twice in a row
Fixed 41 5th Ave parking wasn't legal
Fixed Stage Lights weren't making visible light
Fixed issues causing AI business valuation to be too low
Custom games launched prior to EA 0.5 now get rivals
Added blueprint versions to prevent newer items from breaking older branches
Softlock - Fixed could grab a 5th box or paperbag while holding a handtruck
Softlock - Fixed can grab a handtruck while in placement mode
Balancing
Expensive items now have lower customer flow
Items not listed as primary or additional items have lower customer flow
Fruit and Veggies now sell for a higher price
Fast Food was slightly overbuffed in the last patch, and that was been fixed
Rivals Counterattacks
As we noted in the previous patch, it's time for the players to counterattack the rivals!
Each attack will ultimately weaken the rival and lower their weekly income. A lower weekly income will slowly reduce the valuation of their businesses, making it easier to buy them out!
Price Manipulation - If you lower your selling prices below market value, the other rivals in that neighborhood will be forced to drop their prices as well.
Market Manipulation - If you open stores that sell similar items to your rivals, this will lower the demand for that product and reduce their overall customer flow!
Employee Poaching - Each AI business now has an employee list you can access through their store's BizMan page. From here you can choose which of your rival's employees you would like to attempt to poach! If you steal an employee from the rival, they will be forced to replace them with an inferior employee, which will lower their customer satisfaction and make them lose some customers.
Candidate Negotiation
But how do you poach the employees? Through negotiation! Similar to negotiating health care prices, you can now negotiate the salary of all your employees - whether you recruit, headhunt, or poach them!
Thanks to everyone for all the continued feedback!
Once again let us thank you to all of you for your patience and support. We are making ton of fixes and changes through your feedback as you like.
As a small development team, we are working very hard on these and more, Before we release a new patch we wanted to share our renewed roadmap.
For more information and details or if you want to get in touch and speak with us please consider joining our Discord. We are online, and we mostly use Discord for instant, direct communications.
Welcome to the last dev log before our Act II update. We’ll be pausing them to focus on delivering quick updates and bug fixes, but we plan to bring them back down the line. In the meantime, we’ll be using the patch notes to share changes, as most of the dev work will go straight into the game.
For today, here are two new blessings from our upcoming Earth Goddess Ninh:
Thank you all for reading these dev logs and all the positive and insightful responses! We’ve been reading your feedback, so here is something a lot of you requested, in the form of a difficulty modifier:
