Hi everyone! Before I get into the October devlog, I’d like to thank everyone who played the demo in the Steam Game Festival and shared their feedback with me! It was super useful to help me decide what to improve or change about the game. I hope you will all enjoy the new content in the full release!
I’m now streaming the development of Lemon Cake on Twitch! Come say hi and watch me work on the game live :)
Sprinklers
I spent most of my time this month adding upgrades for the bakery! You’ll be able to unlock these features over time as you rebuild the bakery. It’ll help you manage everything and serve customers on time when it gets really busy!
You can now add a sprinkler system for the greenhouse. It’ll automatically water all of your plants and keep your crops growing!
Rail cart
The rail cart is a very useful upgrade to quickly move ingredients from the greenhouse to the kitchen! A lot of you mentioned that it was a bit difficult to bring ingredients to the kitchen one by one. With this upgrade, you’ll be able to send multiple crops to the kitchen quickly and have them added to the mixing bowl automatically when starting a recipe!
Check out this gameplay video of the rail cart I posted on Twitter earlier this month!
Daily Menu
You’ll now be able to manage your daily menu with this new user interface! All unlocked recipes are categorized by type such as bread, cake or candy. You’ll be able to browse them and see the details of each recipe. Details include the bake time, value and ingredients required for the recipe.
While creating your daily menu, keep in mind you’ll need to pick your recipes wisely to have as many bonuses as possible! For example, you can gain a bonus by offering different types of pastries, having vegan & gluten free options, and adding fresh recipes to your menu. On the other hand, you can have penalties by only offering expansive pastries, not having many options or keeping the same pastries on your menu for multiple days in a row.
These bonuses will impact how many customers visit the store for the day and how much they’ll tip for their order!
Pastries & Ingredients
I’ve been creating a lot of new pastries and ingredients in the last month! I’m currently planning on having over 40 pastries for the full game release. Here’s a quick list of the new treats you’ll be able to prepare in the bakery!
- Raisin Bread
- Egg Benedict
- Sweet Pretzel
- Strawberry Donut
- Cherry Jelly
- Chocolate Eclair
- Blueberry Bagel
Feel free to share your favorite desserts with me in the comments! I still have a lot of pastries to add in the game so I’m always open to ideas.
Kitchen Spills
The kitchen is getting even busier... You’ll now have to sweep up spills around the kitchen! Walking over spills will slow you down and keep you from sprinting around, so be sure to keep everything clean!
Customer Tables
I’ve also added more details to the store and customer tables! You’ll now see customers read from a menu while picking their pastry. Once a customer is done eating, they’ll leave behind a dirty plate that’ll need to be cleaned up before a new customer will sit down.
Luckily, you’ll be able to hire an assistant later on to help you serve customers and clean up tables! This feature is still in progress, but I’ll be sharing more info about it in next month’s devlog!
Thank you all for your support and take care!
