Hi there, Platers!
We're so glad that everyone has been enjoying the Buffet update, and we wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for all the feedback about the Buffet appliance, Banquet Hall setting, and new recipes! Before working on anything new, we spent some time in the kitchen refining some of the buffet systems and fixing a few bugs. We have a small update update hot-and-ready today!
We focused on a handful of changes to help your kitchens run a little more smoothy. Customers can now split their own bowls of ice cream to take a single scoop, we added colourblind icons to chairs during preparation to show their status, and opening the options menu now un-readies you during preparation. Basic sinks now appear in the shop for all recipes when making dough, so you'll have all the extra sinks you need for those automation systems.
There's also been a slight adjustment when losing a run: saves are now deleted only once you leave the rewards screen entirely to account for crashing or accidental game closure. Reduced eating times are now actually reduced, so your customers can gobble up those hotdogs and burgers like the fast food they are. For chefs who like their runs fast, we added a Livesplit-matching timer too; it appears underneath the in-game time and uses the same rules as the Livesplit integration, but is available on all platforms.
You can read the full patch notes here.
The feedback we gathered in August is still serving as an inspiration for our team as we figure out what the next update is going to look like, but we're always hungry for new ideas! So if you have any suggestions, be sure to share them with us. We're just getting started on this one, so you'll hear from us once we have something more to share,
Happy plating!
The PlateUp! Team