The BIG Playtest is here!

The wait is over, and now you’ll be able to taste the new things we’ve been cookin’ up for you. We’ve done some serious fumigating and major mechanics updates since the last build, and we’ll need your help to refine the experience for the grand opening. 

The latest Clerks & Quirks experience will be live from August 31st - September 7th!

Join us on Discord to guarantee access: https://discord.gg/5rycbutQyyIf you need more reasons to join us on Discord, our team will also be having community play sessions throughout the week next week. If you’ve had burning (corporate approved) questions, you’ll be able to ask about how the sausage is made and navigate the chaos of a week with the brains behind it. 

EXCLUSIVE COSMETIC

As thanks for helping us behind the counter at this stage of development, all employees who participate in the playtest will receive shiny cosmetics. 

• Literal shiny character skin

• Can be kept after launch

• Cannot be obtained post launch

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We’ve prepared a heaping helping of new content for you to explore. Without further ado, let's dig in.

NEW AND IMPROVED

ENDLESS MODE

For the overachievers on our staff, we designed an endless mode to hone your skills even further.

• Option to begin endless mode at the completion of a run

• Includes leaderboard for friendly competition with fellow employees

• The difficulty slowly ramps up to challenge your setup to the limit

RECIPES

Unlock recipes from all existing categories and discover the new Sweet & Tropical flavors. Get ready for a strange cooking experience, mixing weird items like never before.

• Massive Blades

• Oozy Bloom

• Stellar Lantern

• Sugary Shield

• Candy Spear

• …and more!

COUPONS

Coupons are modifiers that change how the shop operates for a day. They can make or break your run if you don’t choose wisely. We added 50 for you to experiment with!

• Minus Requests - Minus 25% customers today

• Interest 20 - Increase interest rate by 20% today

• Parcella All Quirked - Parcella offers appliances with Quirks

• Pin Reroll - Refresh the Chaos pins shop

• Repeat Previous - Repeat the previous coupon

• …and more!

APPLIANCES / QUIRKS

Corporate has finally approved the purchase of some new equipment.

• Automatic Gate - Employee automatic access only.

• Cleanup Bot - A robot that drives around to grab items and bring them to it's station.

• Express Launch Station - Launches items directly to the customers.

• Magic Copy-Cat - Perfect to replicate any appliance in the store.

• …and more!

HUB AREA ADDITIONS

The hub now has new rooms, merchants, and items for you to interact with.

• Dummy Dealer that sells you all kind of helpful new pins.

• Special suitcase allows you to activate up to 3 pins when starting a fresh new store.

• Parcella opened a shop in the hub so you can bring appliances to a fresh new store.

• 3 new customizable Clerks straight from the Sweet Temple.

NEW FRIDAYS

We wanted to up the ante, and see what true employees of the week are capable of. Let’s not spoil the surprise, the effects of these Fridays will be yours to discover. 

• Extraction Sci-Fri - ???

• Upside Down - ???

• Get Me the Manager Day - ???

• Quirks Overload Friday - ???

• Clean Sweep Friday - ???

• Fri-DIY - ???

• Blindfolded Crafter - ???

All your favorite Fridays are back as well, rebalanced thanks to your feedback and with a fresh coat of paint to boot! 

• Friday is Lava! - Watch out, it's raining fire!

• Janitor's Friday Off - It's the janitor's day off. Watch out for the goo!

• Boxing Friday - Make sure to prep for the MID-day madness!

• Foggy Friday - Fog on the horizon... visibility will be low...

• Ice Ice Friday! - Ice skating service all day!

PINS

Pins grant you passive upgrades that can greatly improve your run. The best employees use pins to great effect, so for the playtest we’ve added 100.

• All Quirked Up - Start the game with 2 Quirks.

• Sweet Affinity - Progress Quirk friendship meter by 15% for free, everyday.

• Capricious Hardware - Quirks are no longer tamed by actions. Completing a week befriends all active Quirks.

• Gotta Go Fast - Improve movement speed by 15%.

• Ludopathy - Get 2 random chaos pins.

• …and many, many, MANY, more!