🏆 Highlight of Oct-Nov: Fundraiser wrap up
Tailside has been funded for it's EA launch with fundraiser raising over 40.000 EUR to make it happen! From a total of 900+ Backers there is now also around 110 custom items expected to be added to the game from cute little pastries to NPCs. All with a purpose in the game to improve the interactibility.
Now, even more exciting news. During the fundraiser we had various stretch goals to reach to expand Tailside with new features and we have reached quite a few of them. Here are the list of stretch goals that community has funded and that are now guaranteed to be added in the Early Access launch:
Sandbox mode:
This mode unlocks endless possibilities for players to decorate multiple cafes with no restrictions. Design your perfect cafe, share it with friends and fellow cafe owners. Should we feature the best ones?
Cafe Terrace area:
The cafe terrace expansion adds a beautiful customizable outdoor area where customers can sip coffee under the sun, enjoy a scenic view, and experience a whole new feeling.
Plushie Decor Set:
Transform your cafe into the ultimate cozy haven with an exclusive Plushie Decor Set or use it to decorate your own personal bedroom space! This collection of cozy plushies adds a warm, welcoming touch, creating the perfect place for customers and yourself to relax and enjoy.
Greenhouse:
Grow and process your own coffee ingredients, buy mysterious seeds and discover new plants. These can be used to decorate your cafe or even become part of your cafe’s revenue - if your customers are interested in taking home a beautiful plant of their own.
Soundtrack DLC:
Original Tailside soundtrack DLC will be produced and added as a free reward for all backers. Experience the cozy ambiance of Tailside cafe wherever you are! This exclusive Soundtrack DLC offers backers a collection of relaxing, heartwarming tunes straight from the game.
Twitch integration:
Make your cafe even more interactive with Twitch integration! This feature allows players streaming on Twitch to interact directly with their viewers. Fullfil orders of the viewers, get extra coins, rewards and more.
🏆 30.000 Wishlists milestone!
During the fundraiser event, Tailside has reached a total of 30.000 wishlists, can't believe how many of you have Tailside in your lists of games you have at least a little bit of interest
On these great notes, the Early Access version development has already started and here's some overview on the current work through the initial EA features before moving to the unlocked fundraiser stretch goals:
☕️ Day and night cycle
Gameplay is now expanding into Day & Night and weekdays cycle. With that we are adding more brewing involvement through timed bonuses and other mini games, on-work and off-work hours to differentiate the time between work and relaxation such as decoration your cafe, bedroom and terrace zones.
☕️ New NPCs revealed
There will be a total of 10 NPCs to meet in the EA version, plus a few visitors by the fundraiser backer NPCs. All the designs of the 10 NPCs have been finalized and are currently going through animation process.
☕️ New Original Soundtracks in production + Soundtrack DLC in plans:
The Original Soundtrack for Tailside already started production early November and currently we have a total of 7 tracks to be included in the game and Soundtrack DLC. This is expected to continue expand.
☕️ Game decorations already reached over 100 items
For EA, there is around 200 items promised as decor for your cafe zones and we are moving fast to reaching it - there's already over 100 items done for you to discover.
☕️ Keybinding & Controller Support
Added keybinding for keyboard & mouse and gamepad gameplay controls. Gamepad option is currently in testing and will be coming to EA.
🛠️ Other edits & fixes:
- Closing and opening the brewing panel will now continue with the progress that was left instead of restarting completely
- Skip to LV10 (Skip introduction) has been added
- Time and day system has been added
- Cafe working hours has been added
- Settings option to toggle between run/walk instead of holding down the button
- Added soundtracks between different zones and different times of the day
- Started adding some more UI animations to make it feel more immersive and interactive
- In build mode, hovered on items will now have an outline for better visibility
- Settings option to turn off camera motion following
- Latte challenge mode toggle moved to settings
- Latte art is now randomized to 3 selectable options for each latte order
- Some timed and goal activities for brewing has been added (top secret!)
- Build mode fixing to work between different scenes and zones so you can decorate accordingly
- Expanding recipe book with other features
- Adding new journal for tracking game progress, levels, character info and more
If you would like to be part of the development journey, you can vote on various ideas on:
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Thank you so much for the support - Coffee Beans Dev