Hookah House's store page just got a big refresh. Here's what's new, straight from development.
Watch it in motion
The store page now shows four gameplay clips: lifting a glowing coal with the tongs at the coal station, the lounge furnishing itself in build mode, a packed evening of service, and the street outside at night.
What we've been building lately
- An articulated coal-tongs close-up, with coals that light individually and glow on the burner coil
- A snack station stocked with baklava, lokum, dates and more
- Night city windows, thick-fog weather, and per-lamp light settings
- Shared hookahs for groups, and regulars who come back night after night
The page now speaks your language
The store page is now available in Turkish, Russian, German, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese.
Come hang out
We opened a Discord. Drop in and tell us what belongs in your dream lounge: discord.gg/uVThPXvWgN
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Dev Log #4: Levels, and a Look at TomorrowA new build is out, v0.1.1-alpha.238. This one is about how the lounge grows, and about knowing what tomorrow looks like before you open the doors. Levels own the unlocks The lounge has a real progression now. Every task that gets done in the room earns XP: seating a party, taking an order, packing a bowl, delivering it, swapping coals, washing a hookah, stocking a delivery, cashing out, wiping…Dev Log #3: A Room That Moves Like PeopleA new build is out. Most of it is about the people in the room, and how they move through it. A room that moves like people Guests, staff and you now slide past each other instead of shoving. A doorway that two parties want at once stops being a traffic jam. Underneath, a walker who is braking at a closed door and a walker who genuinely cannot get anywhere are treated as different things: the f…Dev Log #2: Hire a CrewYou've been running the whole lounge yourself. Now you can hire people. You can hire a crew Ten people are looking for work, each with their own name, face and wage. Every hire can do all ten jobs in the lounge. There are no locked roles, so what separates two people is their traits and the job board you hand them. The board lists ten jobs in the order you put them, each with an on/off switch a…