Hello everyone!
I know I’ve been a little quite but I have been working on the game, I’ve been mostly fixing bugs and working on details here and there to improve the quality of the game, however there are some new features that I will share with you.
Bonuses
Understanding your customers and making them happy is your top priority, that’s why I worked to improve the Customers information screen to show you how their happiness is being affected by your coffee shop, this includes now something called “Bonuses”, depending on certain factors like the variety in your menu, the diversity of beans used to brew coffee, and later additional services like “rewards” or “Wi-Fi” will affect the overall happiness. When your coffee shop becomes popular good coffee will not be enough for your customers, so you will have to meet their expectations.
More detailed information
Tycoon games are about understanding your business and improving it, there were several changes to show you more detail about your coffee shop, from brewed coffee types to detailed expenses, and employee level progress, this changes are not too flashy but they really help with the game flow to aid you in making better decisions.
Notifications
I worked also on a major overhaul for the notification system, previously unlocking drinks or food used very simple text notifications which were not very interesting. This is however a big drive to improve your store, every new drink and food should feel like an achievement. The new notifications convey this importance and are more gratifying.
Effects
To improve also major events notifications new effects were added to the already existing notifications.
Coffee Shop Awards
This is something I imagined since the original concept of the game, because how can you tell that your coffee shop is the best without some fancy prices and trophies? Well the Coffee Shop Awards add just that, when your shop is famous enough you will start to receive invitations to the awards, if you manage to win you will receive prices and a popularity boost so keep brewing and don’t forget to bring your moustache to the awards.
Marketing Assets
Marketing is the main way to bring more customers if you think you can handle them, but having a list with campaign names is not very fun so I made some drawings that will show you why advertising coffee with ninjas is more interesting than magazines, I hope you enjoy the illustrations. ːsteamhappyː
Profile Manager
This was obviously a must before the game was released, you can play the game now with different profiles and if there is no way to save your shop from bankrupt you can always start a new game, but before doing that remember that you can try selling your furniture and fancy espresso machines to survive.
That is all for now and hopefully we’ll have a cup of coffee together in the following months.