Hello!
After long nights of work and way too many coffees the CEO update is here! The update is the biggest so far and many systems have been improved, some of you jumped into the beta branch and tried these new features ahead of time, thanks for helping me on the bumpy road, I will describe the new features below to give you a jump start.
New Rating System
The new rating system now depends on your decoration rating, and your reputation, there are also three new top-rated ranks (Bronze Bean, Silver Bean, Golden Bean) that provide additional benefits like increased idle income from your shop.
New customization options for furniture
Several items have a new customization option to change their color when buying them, providing you with more options and a better looking shop.
New Items
New items like high tables and bar stools are now available from the store. Also, a brand-new Working Station to brew your magical brown water.
New option for Supply Manager Specialization
Supply manager can also order the new resource "Ingredients".
New resource
New resource "Ingredients" becomes available for higher levels, your demand will depend on the active drinks and their ingredients.
Custom Drinks
Have you ever dreamt of creating your own drinks? Well now is the time, with Custom drinks you are able to create and sell your own creations, just make sure people actually like them.
Flavor profiles and Ratings
With the addition of Custom drinks now customers have different flavor preferences which will make some drinks more popular than others, this also adds three different types of customers "Teens, Casuals, and Experts". Depending on their type they will prefer different types of drinks, keep an eye on the new rating indicators.
Featured Drinks
Do you want to boost the popularity of your awesome new creation? You can feature it on your menu! Just be aware of the current trends and market.
Headquarters
No better place to manage your coffee emporium than from a fancy office. You can now unlock the HQ and manage your stores, you will be able to create custom Drinks from there, transfer employees, manage advances marketing campaigns, or check your store's idle income and stats.
Franchise management
Check your stores stats and idle income.
Loans
Short on money? Ask the bank for help.
Market Balance Campaigns
With the inclusion of customer types now you can start marketing campaigns in your HQ to change the market, this lets you decide which type of market you want to focus on. Remember to balance your menu according to the market.
New employee options
Got a Barista Rockstar that you would like to transfer to a new shop? You can now from your HQ.
New Researches
New researches available to unlock more ingredients and syrups.
Four new avatars to spice up your clients' population
Bug Fixes and other minor improvements
The update also includes fixes for several bugs and other improvements.
Halloween!!!
Finally, I have a surprise treat for you, Halloween decorations! Get creative and fill your shop with spiders and smoky cauldrons :)
Next steps
There are some things that I had to cut in order to release the update on time for Halloween, but I will keep working on it and I will continue updating the game, this includes styles for more furniture, some UI animation work, and other improvements, after that work is done I will let you know what comes next, but the first thing that crosses my mind is Steam Achievements, I believe the game is in a good state now to have them.
Thanks everyone for playing and please let me know in the forum if you have any problem or bug with the new update, as always, I'm listening and I'll be here to help. Enjoy your coffee.