Hello Players! 👋
Come in and sit comfortably! Our ASMR: Food Experience programmers are back with yet another tasty update on the production of the game! 🤩
This month we’ll venture out of our kitchen and focus on something equally crucial.
We’d like to introduce you to the NPCs!👏
Everyone knows it’s not possible for the business to properly grow and prosper without capable workers and people interested in your goods!
Therefore, our crew started working on this aspect of our title! Keep in mind we put an utmost priority on giving you as realistic experience of running a restaurant as possible! 🧑🍳 That’s why we pay a lot of attention to the guests and workers we create. Our goal is to make naturally behaving NPCs with various looks, no matter if it’s age, height or silhouette. 👱 Each of the characters will represent a slightly different social group, presenting you- the manager of the restaurant with unique challenges in order to meet their expectations and needs. 😍
Here are the NPC’s and their mechanics we’ve created so far:
Waiters
In the demo version, a waitress will work in your restaurant by default unlike in the full version where you’ll have to earn this right by developing your skills and restaurant. The waiters are connectors between the kitchen and dining hall making the process of taking orders and serving the dishes smoother. 📝
After approaching the client, the waiter will take their order making it appear on the board in the players' kitchen. Then, they will bring napkins, cutlery and other objects necessary to properly serve your guests. 🍽️
As soon as the entire order is ready, they’ll receive it from the pick-up window and deliver to propper tables. Once the meal is over, the waiter brings the empty dishes back to the pick-up window from where you can bring them back for washing.
Clients
Guests will appear in your restaurant at any time of the day when it’s open. After taking a seat they’ll wait for a person to pick up their order. During their stay, each NPC will have a bar displaying their satisfaction 😍 or irritation 😡 with your service which will have a huge impact on their final evaluation.
Therefore, you have to do your best to make the service quick, efficient and complex (there can’t be such a thing as lack of napkins, cutlery or a long waiting time for the meal). On top of that, making sure the dishes are as tasty as possible. 🤯
You’ll also have an opportunity to personally talk with some of the guests on subjects not necessarily connected to your business. 🙂 Sometimes, it’s going to be merely a casual chit-chat but from time to time you may find out something extremely important!
We’ve also given players the possibility to refuse serving the guest, making them leave your restaurants. Sometimes, you’ll be forced to do it e.g., when you have no seats available at the moment. Keep in mind it’s obviously going to make your rating drop. 🤔
Remember that the work on this aspect of the game has just begun and different aspects such as models, can still be changed, not to mention new ones will be added! That’s where you- the players come in. Let us know your thoughts on the current progress. Give us your honest opinions and suggestions on our discord 👇 and have a real impact on the production!
We’ll also share a small secret about the content of the next devlog- it’ll describe different mechanics during the cooking. 🤫 Make sure to add ASMR: Food Experience to your wishlist 👇 to not miss on any further update!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2066740/ASMR_Food_Experience/
See you soon,
ASMR Team