Hello everyone!
Update 0.15.0 is here, introducing a brand-new Restroom System, a major Radio System overhaul, and new Crosshair Customization options! 🚻📻
This update brings new customer behaviors, cleaning responsibilities, improved music playback, and more ways to personalize your experience.
We've also included several important fixes and improvements for customer queues, order deliveries, staff navigation, save/load reliability, and gameplay balance.
🚻 New Restroom System
Your coffee shop is getting a new addition! Expand your shop to unlock the Restroom System, introducing new customer behaviors and cleaning responsibilities.
• Added restrooms that can be unlocked through shop expansion.
• Restrooms automatically unlock in existing saves if the required expansion has already been reached.
• Dine-in customers can now visit the restroom during their stay, use available stalls, and wash their hands afterward.
• Added new animations and sound effects for restroom visits and handwashing.
• Added restroom cleanliness mechanics, allowing toilets and floors to become dirty after customer visits.
• Added the new Toilet Brush utility for manually cleaning dirty toilets.
• Cleaner staff can now automatically clean dirty toilets and restroom floors.
• Added new cleaning animations, sound effects, and visual feedback.
📻 Radio System Overhaul
The Radio System has been completely reworked, bringing new music, automatic playback, and a more enjoyable listening experience.
• Added a new selection of café music tracks.
• Added automatic track progression, allowing music to play continuously without manual selection.
• Added two listening modes:
◦ 2D - Everywhere: Music plays at a consistent volume regardless of your distance from the radio.
◦ 3D - Spatial: Music plays from the radio's location, becoming quieter as you move farther away.
• Listening mode preferences are now saved between sessions, with 2D as the default.
• Improved multiplayer music synchronization, including support for players joining an ongoing session.
• Radio playback and volume are shared across multiplayer sessions, while each player can independently adjust their personal Music Volume and listening mode.
• Radio playback settings, including the selected track, playback position, volume, and Play/Pause state, are now saved and restored when loading a game.
• Updated the radio interface with clearer song information and listening-mode controls.
🎯 Crosshair Customization
You can now customize your crosshair to better suit your preferences and playstyle!
• Added 5 crosshair styles: Dot, Plus, Cross, Cross + Dot, and Ring.
• Added customization options for crosshair size, color, outline, and visibility.
• Added a dedicated customization panel with a live preview.
• Crosshair preferences are now saved and restored between sessions.
• Added mouse, keyboard, and controller support for crosshair customization.
Find these options under Settings → Other → Crosshair → Customize.
🧍 Customer & Order Fixes
• Fixed an issue where customers could stop moving forward in long checkout queues, preventing new orders from being taken.
• Fixed an issue where customers could fail to collect their orders when the Order Counter was occupied.
• Fixed an issue where XP earned from coffee orders was displayed but not correctly added to shop progression.
• Fixed an issue where coffee order quality and customer satisfaction were calculated incorrectly, resulting in inaccurate XP rewards and customer reactions.
☕ Gameplay & Balance Improvements
• Rebalanced snack freshness and spoilage rates, extending shelf life and reducing freshness loss between workdays.
• Reduced the frequency at which customers leave dirt on the floor.
👥 Staff & NPC Improvements
• Improved barista navigation when interacting with equipment, reducing instances where staff could fail to reach their workstations.
• Fixed an issue where customers and staff could fail to reach newly unlocked areas after shop expansions.
• Improved NPC appearance loading to prevent potential character customization issues.
💾 Save & Object Fixes
• Fixed an issue where certain items could appear floating or at incorrect heights after loading a save.
• Fixed issues where Dessert Display Cases could become impossible to move or their products inaccessible after loading a game.
Thank you for your continued support and feedback! Your bug reports, especially those submitted with save files, have been incredibly helpful in identifying and resolving some of the more difficult issues. ☕
If you're enjoying The Roast, leaving an honest review on Steam helps us a lot and supports the continued development of the game. ❤️