Hello chefs!
This week's update is all about the CUSTOMERS! We've added 14 new customer portraits: 3 brand new customers and 11 existing customers got a makeover, so every customer now has a unique portrait.
4 of these customers were voted for in the latest Discord poll. Which one are you most excited to see?
A couple of these customers have the new Bully trait which means they snatch a dollar from you every time you take an ingredient with a specific tag.
Additionally, the customers will line up and hold their plates during Principal Clucker's omelet inspection.
But this update isn't just about the customers in the game, it's also about the customers of the game! We've added 2 of the most highly requested features: mid-run saves and an info tab in the catalogue.
Your current run is now saved at the start of each round and the start of each shop. So when you've got a long endless run and it's time for bed you can feel free to exit and continue some other time!
Thank you to the chefs in our Discord who helped playtest the beta branch! It's likely we might've missed some bugs or exploits so if you notice anything weird please let us know via the in-game form, the Steam forums, or on Discord.
We've added a 4th tab in the Catalogue that shows tips for each of the major mechanics in the game. This should be a helpful reference if you can't quite remember the initial popups or want a slightly more in depth explanation. Let us know if you'd like to see anything else added here!
We've also added 3 new achievements.
Lastly we've made quite a few quality of life changes and balance adjustments you can check out below.
Happy cooking, chefs!
-Chef Schu
v0.9.25 Patch Notes
Content
New Bully customer trait
3 new customers
11 updated customer portraits
Mid Run Save Data
Catalogue now has an Info tab with descriptions of major features
Let us know if you think of anything we missed!
3 new achievements
Quality of Life
Pantry ingredients/helpers are hoverable during scoring so you can review how they score
Scoring tooltips are nested at bottom of screen
Now you can take screenshots that show both the total score and 1 hovered ingredient
Adding pulsing color when you have a locked apron selected (so you know why it's locked)
Game is playable on controller (not recommended but works similarly to Steam Deck)
Balance
Haunted Trait: each ghosts takes 4 seconds longer than the previous ghost to spawn
This should help make things more manageable in endless runs
Ascetic Trait: won't appear on first round
Vegetarian and Carnivore Traits: won't appear in first 2 rounds
All customers are available in any given run
previously there were 4 customers that only appeared as boss Teachers on Green Apron
Ribs are now Sticky
BBQ makes Meat ingredients Sticky
Honey Glazer makes Vegetable ingredients Sticky (instead of Meats)
In an effort to make legendaries more valuable we rebalanced the following Legendary Helpers:
Stir Fry Specialist
Added "+0.2x to each Seafood per Veggie touching"
Comfort Cook
Added "+0.2x to each Root per Meat touching"
Charcuterie Chef
Added "+0.2x to each Dairy per Fruit touching"
Softie Chef
Added "+0.2x to each Soft per Crunchy touching"
Crunchwrap King
Added "+0.2x to each Crunchy per Chewy touching"
Chewy Champion
Added "+0.2x to each Chewy per Soft touching"
Helper Hater
Added "Decrease by -2pts each time you reroll"
This helper was insanely overpowered with some chefs reaching +80 to every ingredient if they earned enough money. We try to avoid nerfing but something had to be done. This is my attempt at allowing it to scale without letting chefs endlessly hire + fire in a single shop
Art
Customers now hold their omelets during omelet inspection
Occupation of Managers is shown
Occupations are shown in catalogue
Ingredients in crates follow your cursor
New art for Root & Fruit Finesser
Bug Fixes
Fixed bug where Sticky Jimmy didn't give full buff to ingredients like Steak that want to touch a specific tag
Fixed bug where slider SFX would play on start at full volume
Fixed bug where discarded ingredients still counted as "on side"