🐶 Update 0.9.0 - A New Companion for Your Brasserie

Dear Players,

Update 0.9.0 is now available!This update brings even more life to your brasserie with the arrival of a four-legged companion, along with new activities, new employees, and several quality-of-life improvements requested by the community.Here's the full list of changes.

🐶 A New Companion for Your Brasserie

A small dog has now found its way into your brasserie.When starting a new game, it will begin as a puppy and gradually grow into an adult dog over time.Its role is purely cosmetic and it has no impact on gameplay, but it will add more life and personality to your establishment.

• Pet the dog to interact with it
• A daily mission allows you to earn money and experience by giving it some attention
• Ask it to follow you during your shift
• Or simply let it roam around the brasserie and discover its own activities

🧹 Restaurant Cleaning System

Keeping your restaurant clean is now part of your daily routine.Throughout the day, stains may appear in customer areas as well as in the kitchen.

• Use the mop to clean floor stains
• Every stain is marked with a visible 3D indicator
• The system has been balanced to remain lightweight and non-intrusive
• Unlock a Cleaner in Tier 1 through the Expansion app
• Cleaners can mop floors and empty trash bins for you

🧽 Dishwashing System

Dirty dishes now need to be properly washed.Plates and glasses placed in the sink no longer automatically return to stock. They accumulate in the sink until cleaned.

• Wash dishes using the sponge through a dedicated sink interaction
• Dishes stored in the sink are saved between sessions
• Hire a Dishwasher to automate this task entirely

🍺 Drunk Customers

Evening and night services can now attract customers who have had a little too much to drink.

• Customers who consume alcohol can become drunk
• They may wander around the restaurant and disturb other guests
• An indicator appears when intervention is required
• Slap them or trip them to make them leave the restaurant
• This feature can be disabled at any time in the game settings

🎒 Player Inventory

A new inventory system has been added to provide quick access to frequently used tools.

• Quick access to frequently used items
• The tray is now stored in the inventory
• The mop is now stored in the inventory
• The paint roller is now available directly in every player's inventory
• Future tools of this type will also be added to the inventory system

🤪 Fun Actions Return

Fun actions are back.

• Slaps are back for citizens and customers
• Trip actions are back
• New animations and sound effects have been added

💡 Quality of Life Improvements

📖 Improved Prologue

• The prologue has been revised
• Time skip is now used to speed up certain sections

🥃 Transparent Glasses Return

• Transparent glasses are back following community feedback
• A more realistic and visually appealing presentation of drinks

💳 Early Loan Repayment

• Bank loans can now be repaid before their due date
• Reduce your debt faster when your finances allow it

🥕 Ingredient View in the Menu App

• Added a button to switch between Dish View and Ingredient View
• Browse all ingredients used in your restaurant directly
• Purchase and manage stock on an ingredient-by-ingredient basis
• Allows for more precise inventory management without going through individual dishes

📱 Improved Expansion App

• Improved readability
• More visible item names
• Larger and clearer images

🎨 Copy & Paste Customization

• Copy the customization of any object
• Paste it onto other objects in just a few clicks
• Perfect for quickly matching multiple tables or decorations

📐 Automatic Wall Alignment

• Objects now automatically align to walls when placing them

🔄 Invert Y-Axis Option

• Added a new option to invert the Y-axis in the settings

🍸 Dedicated Cocktail Task for Bartenders

• The previous drink preparation task has been split into two separate tasks: regular drinks and cocktails
• Provides more precise bartender assignment and management

💶 Table Payments

• Waiters can now collect payments directly at customer tables

🚫 Player-Only Tables

• A new highly visible red indicator now appears above affected customers
• Makes player-only tables immediately identifiable

🍸 Improved Cocktail Selection

• Cocktails are now selected using dedicated buttons
• No more scrolling through the entire cocktail list to find the right one

🛠️ Bug Fixes

• Fixed and improved multiple cases where customers could become stuck at the reception desk or at tables. This remains a complex system and is still under investigation. Please continue reporting any issues you encounter.
• Adjusted dish orientation on kitchen counters so order tickets are properly visible to players
• Fixed an issue where the "Add All Ingredients" option could incorrectly add plates and glasses
• Fixed a placement grid glitch when placing certain wall plants
• Fixed several employee task assignment issues that could occasionally prevent tasks from being correctly applied

❤️ Conclusion

Thank you for your support and your many feedback reports, which continue to provide a strong foundation for improving the game.Parisian Brasserie Simulator gets better every day thanks to your suggestions, feedback, and support.Feel free to join our Discord to share ideas, report bugs, or simply chat with the community:Discord
https://discord.gg/BcDbU6dgF9You can also check out our updated roadmap to see what's coming next:Roadmap
https://trello.com/b/BoJrpQUT/parisian-brasserie-simulatorAfter analyzing your feedback, gameplay tests, and countless hours spent watching players interact with the game, we have adjusted our priorities for the months ahead.Our goal for future updates is to continue reducing repetitive tasks by introducing more interactions, gameplay opportunities, and decision-making, helping break up repetitive gameplay loops and making each day feel more dynamic.This direction already begins with Update 0.9.0, which introduces several new interactions such as cleaning, dishwashing, and drunk customers.A brand-new brasserie and a completely redesigned kitchen are currently being created. These will be much closer to how a real restaurant operates and will gradually introduce more depth to restaurant management.Some of the features currently planned include:

• Employee training and progression through a skill system
• Chef specializations based on expertise (pastry, traditional cuisine, etc.)
• New kitchen equipment and workstations required to unlock certain recipes
• Expanded menu management with daily specials and special menus
• More detailed and realistic customer expectations
• A customer review app allowing you to read feedback after each visit

As you can see, the coming weeks and months will focus heavily on realism and, above all, on adding even more meaningful interactions with your restaurant, your employees, and your customers.We can't wait to show you what's next.