Minor Features & Changes
- Context prompts, notifications, and customer orders now feature subtle bobbing animations to improve visibility.
- Decor and/or rugs from the following furniture sets have received visual updates and refinements: Celestial, Country, Enchanted, Gambit, Retro, Royal, and Vintage.
- Helpful tips have been added to the loading screen.
- Tooltips have been added to the town map, displaying shop names, what they sell or offer, and their opening and closing times.
- Quest popups are now collapsible, preventing new quests from pushing older ones off-screen.
- An automated reminder phone call will now play on the morning of each special day or event, ensuring players don’t miss out.
- A confirmation popup has been added when deleting save files to prevent accidental loss.
- Rain particles have been adjusted with reduced size and opacity for a more realistic look.
- Categories in Harbour Market have been reorganised for clarity and easier browsing: All, Fruit and Veg, Herbs and Spices, Baking and Prepared Foods, Meat Dairy and Eggs, Nuts Beans and Sweets, and Tea Coffee and Drinks.
- Vending machines now passively generate 5 money for every in-game hour that the cafe is open.
New Items
- Mocha Cafe Table Set and Mocha Cuppa Rug added to Hometown Roasters.
- Enchanted Cafe Table Set and Enchanted Noble Rug added to Eccentric Essentials.
- Strawberry Kiss Hot Chocolate and Heart Container Cookie added for Valentines (limited-time).
- Pancakes have been added early to celebrate Pancake Day and are unlockable at Gold tier: Classic Pancakes, Bacon Pancakes, Blueberry Pancakes, Strawberry Pancakes, Chocolate Pancakes, and Banana Pancakes.
Balancing
- Gamekeeper’s Gambit daily random boardgames reduced from 15 to 9.
- Classic Espresso now only requires 1 Coffee Bean item to craft.
- The following drinks now have a craft yield of 6 instead of 2: Macchiato, Latte, Mocha, Flat White, Cappuccino, Affogato, Hazelnut Mocha, Matcha Latte, Lavender Honey Latte, Cinnamon Roll Latte, Gingerbread Latte, Mince Pie Latte, and Pumpkin Spice Latte.
- The following items now use Coffee Beans instead of Classic Espresso in their recipes: Coffee Cake, Macchiato, Latte, Mocha, Flat White, Cappuccino, Affogato, Hazelnut Mocha, Matcha Latte, Lavender Honey Latte, Cinnamon Roll Latte, Gingerbread Latte, Mince Pie Latte, Pumpkin Spice Latte, Coffee Cookie, Coffee Ice Cream, Coffee Macaron
- Hot Chocolate craft yield increased from 2 to 4.
- Irish Coffee sell price changed from 7 to 10.
- Coffee Cookie sell price changed from 2 to 3.
- Coffee Macaron sell price changed from 3 to 4.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where critics could sometimes leave a 0/10 service score.
- Fixed layout issues where critic newspaper mini-story titles could extend outside margins.
- Fixed an issue where seated customers could not be served from the front of tables.
- Fixed an exploit where customers could be served while standing in front of the till.
- Fixed issues where special days were not triggering correctly.
- Fixed a bug where completed mini-quests were not being counted toward end-of-day totals.
- Fixed an issue where Gamekeeper’s Gambit only randomised games on reload instead of daily.
- Resolved multiple issues with the bus system - players can now only board while stationary at the stop, not before or after.
- Added additional safeguards to the sort button, potentially fixing issues where items could be deleted (tested locally, but please report any issues).
- Potentially resolved remaining espresso crafting issues by fully transitioning recipes to the Coffee Bean system - all recipes that previously required Classic Espresso now use Coffee Beans.
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