【Early Access Launch and Day 1 Update】

Thank you for your patience. Japanese Ramen Simulator launches in Early Access today! The Day 1 update (v0.1.48.17626) is also available now.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been looking forward to the release, and to everyone who took part in the closed beta test.

The release delay kept you waiting longer than planned. During that time, we worked on new content, balance adjustments, usability improvements, and bug fixes based on your feedback.

The Day 1 update adds Tantanmen, a new ramen variety, and a new ingredient: Garlic Chives. Dish-clearing staff, one of the most requested additions during the closed beta test, are here too!

Throughout Early Access, we will continue updating the game based on your feedback to make it even more enjoyable. Below are the additions and changes in the Day 1 update.

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Version: v0.1.48.17626

▼New Content

●Tantanmen and Garlic Chives

Added Tantanmen, a new ramen variety!
Garlic Chives are also available as a new ingredient. Cut them on a cutting board and use them as a ramen topping.

●Dish-Clearing Staff

Added staff to help clear dishes!
Leave dishes, trays, and empty drink bottles to them so you can focus on cooking and serving customers.

●Securing Cutting Boards

Cutting boards can now be secured in place.
Aim at a placed cutting board and right-click to secure or release it. You can still place and cut ingredients on a secured board.

▼Balance Adjustments

●Business and Purchasing

Adjusted customer payments by difficulty as follows.

Note: These comparisons assume the same order and rating.

Changed the unlock levels for the following purchases and customer orders.

• Bonito Flakes can now be purchased from Shop Lv.25.

• Added orders for Bok Choy and Garlic Chives toppings from Shop Lv.26.

• Changed the limit for egg cartons to 6 per purchase. You can order more after completing a purchase.

• Added a cash reward for clearing each boss customer for the first time.

●Food Ratings and Comments

• Added a rating penalty and comments for insufficient beer.

  Note: If the combined volume of beer and foam is 70% or less of the mug's capacity, points will be deducted for insufficient beer.

• Added a warning comment when beer is served without foam.

  Note: The absence of foam itself does not result in a point deduction.

• Added a comment when ramen made with Tantan Tare alone is served.

▼Gameplay Improvements

●Cooking and Items

• Ingredients and dishes inside the refrigerator now remain there even if its door is left open at the end of the day.

• Food placed on the food sample shelf now remains there instead of disappearing at the end of the day.

• You can now carry up to 5 tare bottles together.

  Note: Hold only 1 bottle when pouring tare into ramen.

• The remaining amount and condition shown for stacked items now reflect the topmost item, which will be taken next.

  Note: This applies to tare bottles, Spicy Miso bottles, beer mugs, and drinks.

• Stockpots, Medium Stockpots, Simmering Pots, kitchen knives, and cutting boards can no longer be thrown into trash bins.

• Changed the appearance of empty trash bags to make them easier to distinguish from bags containing trash.

• When the dishwasher door is open, placing dirty dishes held in your hands or on a tray into it now takes priority.

• Aligned the dishwasher's wash-start conditions with its on-screen control prompts.

• Improved the control prompts when installing a beer keg.

• Kunai and shuriken are now delivered together in supply boxes.

• Reduced the time it takes for placed items to come to rest.

●Staff

• Dirty dishes can now be thrown into the plate rack inside the dishwasher used by dish-clearing staff.

• Dish-clearing staff now collect empty drink bottles from vacated seats and automatically dispose of them after bringing them back.

• Dish-clearing staff now store trays starting with the upper slots.

• You can now check the staff's waiting position when placing their dishwasher.

●Handcart

• Increased the range within which the handcart handle can be operated.

• Adjusted the handcart's acceleration, deceleration, and turning to make tight turns and stops easier.

• When reversing the handcart, left and right controls now follow the input direction even if it still has forward momentum.

• Seated customers are no longer pushed by the handcart or react to contact with it.

●Equipment and Building

• Dumbwaiter doors now open automatically on arrival.

• Adjusted the dumbwaiter doors' collision detection.

• My Designs can now be displayed on Wide Noren.

• Increased the range within which signs can be interacted with.

• The sign installed at the start of the game can no longer be sold.

• Building mode now shows the name of the equipment being placed or moved.

• Adjusted the layouts of building and design modes.

• When opening the My Designs selection screen, the list of designs with a shape suited to the target surface is now displayed in the center.

• You can no longer switch to design mode while placing or moving a building object. Updated the control prompts accordingly.

▼System Improvements

●Display and Controls

• Customers whose orders have not yet been taken now display a dedicated icon that changes with their waiting time.

• Dish names and icons now switch between Chashu Rice Bowl and Chashu and Green Onion Rice Bowl based on the toppings.

• Increased the maximum HUD scale to 1.3, adjustable in increments of 0.1.

• When equipment or items cannot be used, specific reasons are now displayed, such as missing tools, full storage, or cooking in progress.

• If you cannot invite a critic, a message now explains that critics can be invited before opening for business.

• You can now scroll the list of newly unlocked ingredients and tools with the right stick on a gamepad.

●Tutorials

• Added instructions for securing cutting boards.

• Actions performed before their instructions appear now count toward tutorial progress, including draining noodles, pouring beer, cutting ingredients, using the dishwasher, and expanding the shop.

• The refrigerator storage instructions now apply only to eligible items inside the shop that have not yet been stored.

  Note: Items outside the shop, unfinished or completed bowls of ramen, and cooked noodles on their own or in noodle baskets are excluded.

• Filling the mug completely is no longer a required step in the beer tutorial.

• Revised tutorial display priorities.

• Tutorial display deadlines are now counted from the day the tutorial actually appears on screen.

• The topping instructions for a critic's ramen now appear when you are holding an ingredient.

●Graphics and Sound

• Adjusted the appearance of beer crates.

• Adjusted the appearance of Pork Loin Chashu while being sliced.

• Increased the background music volume during regular business hours.

▼Bug Fixes

●Cooking and Items

• Fixed a bug where, after stacking tare bottles with different remaining amounts and taking them out one by one, a bottle's remaining amount would incorrectly match another bottle's.

• Fixed a bug that prevented gyoza from being removed from the Gyoza Grill after loading a save.

• Fixed a bug where spilled noodles remained visible after transferring noodles from a noodle basket into ramen.

• Fixed a bug where uncooked rice warmed up simply by being placed in the rice cooker.

• Fixed a bug where egg deliveries unintentionally included 2 cartons.

• Improved an issue where cutting boards started moving when they came into contact with ingredients.

●Staff

• Fixed a bug that prevented dish-clearing staff from clearing trays with empty drink bottles on them.

• Fixed a bug where dish-clearing staff stopped moving after failing to collect dishes or return to their waiting position.

• Fixed a bug where the size of dishes changed when dish-clearing staff moved clean dishes between racks.

• Staff no longer walk over Two-Burner Stoves.

●Handcart, Equipment, and Building

• Reduced instances of handcart controls unexpectedly disengaging near steps, slopes, and walls.

• Reduced instances of items sinking below the floor after contact with the handcart.

• Fixed bugs involving dumbwaiter doors and transported items.

• Fixed a bug that prevented Andon Lanterns from being moved.

• Fixed placement checks for sideways noren and bamboo blinds.

• Fixed selection detection for seat number tags.

• Fixed a bug where designs were not displayed correctly on the back of indoor noren.

• Fixed a bug where the design-change icon did not appear on the angled wall in the corner of the second floor.

• Fixed a bug where the Even/Odd history monitor could be targeted by building or design-change actions.

• Fixed a bug where the placement preview for supply boxes did not match the actual box's size and orientation.

• Fixed a bug where characters could not move after standing up from a sofa seat if its exit side was blocked by a wall or another obstacle.

• Fixed locations on the second floor where windows had been placed twice.

●Customer Service

• Fixed a bug that prevented thieves who had left the shop after stealing from being repelled by clicking them.

• Adjusted customer comments about the temperature of the Chashu and Green Onion Rice Bowl to suit the dish.

• Fixed a bug where the waiting queue was processed twice when seating customers waiting outside.

●Tutorials

• Fixed a bug that blocked progress in the first-day tutorial if ramen with nori had already been made or the second customer was already eating.

• The tutorial for serving gyoza on a tray now correctly checks whether the specified dish was served.

• When a tutorial resumes after another instruction's display deadline expires, it now correctly recognizes equipment that has already been installed and other completed steps.

• Fixed a bug where the Chopped Green Onion tutorial did not appear in the correct order or at the correct time when the shop gained multiple levels at once.

• Fixed a bug where the completion message did not appear if the My Ramen requirements were met while its instructions were waiting to be displayed.

• Fixed progress checks in the design-change tutorial.

• Fixed gamepad control prompts in the design-change tutorial.

●Online and Multiplayer

• Online connection failures now correctly display the cause, suggested solutions, and error code.

• Fixed a bug where joining an ongoing multiplayer session stopped progressing during item synchronization.

• Voice chat mute and push-to-talk settings are now correctly applied immediately after joining multiplayer.

• Fixed a bug where the joining process and error messages continued after closing the multiplayer join screen.

• Fixed a multiplayer bug where interaction checks for the Beer Dispenser door and Gyoza Grill lid did not match their open or closed state.

• Fixed a multiplayer bug where items transported by the dumbwaiter returned to their original position.

• Improved automatic searches when a room temporarily cannot be found using an invitation code.

●Display and Controls

• Fixed a bug where the purchasing screen incorrectly displayed 0 for the umami and aroma of eggs and pork belly.

• Fixed a bug where the umami and aroma of Tantan Tare were not displayed on the purchasing screen.

• Fixed a bug where the dollar sign appeared twice in the Even/Odd result animation.

• Fixed a bug where the remaining-volume gauges for the water dispenser and replacement tanks were displayed incorrectly.

• Fixed a bug where changing the text size caused the time display to overflow its frame.

• Fixed a bug where emote names, First Try Free on the purchasing screen, and text on the customization screen were cut off in some languages.

• Fixed a bug where photos were overexposed on the My Ramen image registration screen.

• Fixed a bug where the HUD scale setting disrupted the control guide layout on the My Ramen image registration screen.

• Fixed a bug where pressing both mouse buttons at once interrupted preview controls on the character customization screen.

• Fixed a bug that prevented drawing My Designs with a gamepad.

• Fixed a bug where gamepad controls did not work correctly on the My Designs screen opened from the shop's purchasing terminal.

• Fixed a bug where the current selection was lost when using a gamepad on the My Ramen photo screen.

• Fixed a bug where water glasses appeared distorted at certain distances.

●Stability

• Fixed bugs related to FSR initialization and frame generation that could cause crashes.

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We will continue improving the game based on your feedback and reports.
Thank you for supporting Japanese Ramen Simulator!

The Wild Dog Development Team