Chef RPG news & patch notes

Hi Chefs! We hope you have been enjoying the new Flavors update. This patch includes some fixes and improvements, based on reports and feedback we have received over the past week.

Optimization

We have received a couple reports of sometimes crashing to desktop. This is likely due to memory. This can happen in certain points in the game during a memory spike, when the computer is already low on memory (eg. Several applications open at once / background tasks). We have added a lot of new assets into the game over the past few months (some of which are not visible yet), which may increase memory load.

• This patch includes several optimizations that limit certain memory spikes to reduce the chance of a crash happening.

We also have larger optimizations in the works that will be implemented in a future update.

Improvements

• Delivering dishes to tables and cleaning tables now provide a small amount of social EXP.

• A few UIs have been slightly modified for better readability.

• A new cutscene has been added to Epiphany in the Rain quest, to direct players towards the note on Uriel’s shop.

• Improved Research tutorial with added visuals.

• Improved descriptions for quests that utilize the research minigame.

Bug Fixes (most of these were fixed in earlier patches this week)

• During Boba Madness, a cutscene error could occur when given Hasel ingredients inside her home.

• During Epiphany in the Rain quest, an error could occur when holding Uriel’s parcel and triggering certain unrelated cutscenes.

• Certain blueprints unlocked early after completing Into the Mines quest.

• Max Research achievement not being unlocked.

• Tooltips sometimes do not hide when moving items in storage.

• Animation error when trying to pick up an item while running.

• Fixed trapdoor sometimes not working correctly.

• Fixed Décor value calculation not including “Home” category furniture during restaurant service.

• Fixed home fridge ingredients getting swapped with restaurant fridge when receiving ingredient deliveries.

• Fixed inability to purchase a pet before home has been upgraded.

• Fixed sometimes being able to place furniture out of bounds when inside house.

• Crafting and town contributions not consuming materials from storage correctly.

• Fixed certain furniture items rendering behind walls when in build mode.

• Visual error of player disappearing in bed in first home, before the bed has been moved or replaced.

• Fixed some visual errors with certain clothing items.

News about our remaining updates and an updated roadmap is coming soon!

FLAVORS UPDATE

Hi Chefs! Version 0.8 FLAVORS is now live. This update contains an overhaul of Research and Player home, as well as new content additions.

Cooking research has been overhauled and plays a bigger role in the main gameplay loop. In addition to Specialized research trees unlocked through Skills, a Standard research tree will become available in the middle of Act 1. The new research minigame involves meeting specific flavor requirements, by mixing different ingredients. Every ingredient possess a unique flavor set. Store them in the house refrigerator to use them. Research is still an optional part of the game, but provides reliable way to unlock new recipes in the early and mid game.

• Previous research facilities and progress remain.

• New standard research tree (no skill or construction required)

• Standard research available from player home.

• 84 new research nodes rewarding recipes and blueprints.

• 8 new unique recipes (4 Epic, 4 Legendary) only unlocked from standard research tree.

• Dish enhancement (adding ingredients) has not changed.

The player home has been redesigned. Now, your player home will be automatically available after completing the Le Sequoia’s Soft Opening. Previous purchases and upgrades will count towards expansions to your player home. (Purchased home = Upgrade 1, Upgraded home = Upgrade 2). Upgraded player homes are now much larger than before, so you will have plenty more room to decorate! If you have not completed Soft opening yet, new cutscenes will be available that introduce the player home.

• Player home location has been moved to the left side of Le Sequoia, closer to the greenhouse.

• Standard research facility is available inside your home.

• Specialized research facilities (BBQ, Seafood etc.) have been combined into the player home. If you construct special research facilities, they will become extensions of your home.

• If you have previously purchased a home, furniture items in your house will be returned to your storage.

• If you have previously constructed research facilities, items in the refrigerators will be combined into the larger one, inside the new home.

• Trapdoor to the Maintenance Room can now be connected to the home.

Chocolate Maker and Soup Vat blueprints are now unlocked via the new standard research tree. Previously, they were obtained as random rewards, and required luck to acquire. Two new makers have been added : Cheese Maker and Cream Churner. These new machines are also unlocked through research. Making Cream and Cheese requires Milk, which is a new consumable item (not ingredient) that can be purchased from various shops and vending machines.

Dishes now contain new qualities : Flavors and Temperature. Depending on what ingredients are used in a dish, the flavor values will change. Currently, these are only used for certain quests. This system will be expanded upon in future updates.

Various trading vessels are arriving in White Ash Harbor! Currently, these ships have a fixed schedule and are available from the start of the game.

Tuesday – Vegi Seller

Wednesday – Junk Seller

Saturday & Sunday – SS. Ambrose -Large trading vessel. Contains a furniture store with new furniture items, seed seller, ingredients seller, and rare items shop.

A new romanceable character - Sahim has arrived! You can find him aboard the SS. Ambrose, which sails into White Ash Harbor on weekends.

Note – The romance system is not full developed. It will likely undergo an overhaul when we launch the 1.0 version of the game, with more romance features and dialogues.

New character quests have been introduced for Hasel, Aloys, Uriel, Aime, April, Nacim, and Mae Lou. These are the first part of their personal story quests.

Quest Start Requirements - Minor Spoliers ************************************************

Hasel - Boba Madness

• Friends

• Completed Soft Opening (Quest)

• Unlocked condiments and completed condiments tutorial via research.

• 7AM to 6PM

--> Start at Bubble Shack

Aloys - Sleepy Time Fishing

• Acquaintance

• Weekday 7AM to 6PM

• Completed No More Shabby Floors (Quest)

--> Start at docks

Uriel - Epiphany in the Rain

• Friends

• Completed Grand Opening (Quest)

• Weekday 7AM to 6PM

• On a rainy day

--> Start at town square

Nacim - Can't Do Without Cake

• Friends

• Completed Grand Opening (Quest)

• Unlocked condiments and completed condiments tutorial via research.

• 7AM to 6PM

--> Start at Library

Aime - For Gains and Glory!

• Friends

• Completed Grand Opening (Quest)

• Unlocked condiments and completed condiments tutorial via research.

• Unlocked Rec Center via town contributions.

• 7AM to 10PM

--> Start at Rec Center

April - One with the Seeds

• Acquaintance

• Completed The Tea of Life (Quest)

• Completed In Search of Tomatoes (Quest)

--> Start at Lonely Cliffs

Mae Lou - Crudités to Go

• Friends

• Completed Grand Opening (Quest)

• 7AM to 8PM

--> Start at Takashi Farmhouse

Laughing and worried animations have been added to main NPC portraits and will now appear in various dialogues. Additional animations will be added in the future.

You can now run! Running does not require stamina. Using tools and picking up items will interrupt running. You cannot run while holding dishes or parcels.

On Keyboard and mouse, the default key to toggle running : Space

On Controllers / Steamdeck, default key to toggle running : Left Trigger

These keys can be rebound.

• Restaurant Service Report UI updated.

• Key rebinds UI updated.

• Some character portraits have been adjusted.

• Build mode now has a button to return all furniture or floor tiles.

• When placing furniture with a mouse, can now use scroll wheel to rotate.

• Fixed certain global incorrect time calculations.

• Fixed “white squares” in for key inputs when using AZERTY keyboard.

• Fixed rare furniture placement bug.

• Fixed various rare bugs.

• Fixed some text errors.

We hope you enjoy the Flavors update! If you wish to post feedback or report bugs, you can join our Discord community here : https://discord.gg/VsrHn9srvJ

Hi Chefs!

We hope you are enjoying your week. Our next major update – Flavors (Version 0.8) - will be coming Saturday - February 28, at 10am PST!

The full update details will be revealed on February 28. We hope to see you then!

In other news, Chef RPG will be a part of Raw Fury’s Global Foodie Faire, which will feature many discounts on cooking-themed games! This Steam event will begin on February 17.

Hi Chefs. Happy Holidays! Version 0.75 is now live! This major update contains an overhaul of the Skill tree, UI upgrades, balancing, and numerous qualities of life improvements. In case you are waiting for new quests, areas, and new restaurant challenges, we will be releasing a content-focused major update early in the new year.

The main character menu has been redesigned to be easier to read and navigate. It also features 2 new pages : Pocket Menu, and Ingredients page.

You can now view and set your restaurant menu from anywhere. A change has been made so that dishes that are missing ingredients can also be added to your menu. The number of missing ingredients can be viewed on the Ingredients page.

From the Ingredients page, you can view the current ingredients in your restaurant fridge, as well as missing ingredients that you still need to collect, in order to complete your menu. These new pages should make tracking ingredients and managing your menu easier.

• You can now view your unlocked Research Skills from the skills page.

• Inventory sorting features have been added.

• You can now view your previously completed quests.

• You can now view your total unlocked recipes, out of all available recipes.

• Prestige now has a higher priority and is viewable in a separate page.

One of the main focuses of this new skill tree was to create more gameplay options during restaurant service. The cooking skill tree now has separate skill branches for Minigame cooking, and Autocook, each with their own unique benefits. These new skills introduce mechanics including aura effects, being able to leave an appliance while it’s cooking, and being able to cook two dishes at once!

The skill tree has been redesigned for the purpose of addressing the great feedback we have received from players over the previous months. All of the previous skills still remain, but with some minor changes.

• 19 new skills have been added.

• The maximum level of abilities (Endurance, Cooking, Gathering, Social), have been raised from 15 to 20.

• Maximum player level has been raised from 50 to 70.

• Skill requirements and SP costs have been adjusted accordingly.

• No longer require Player Level 30 in order to reset skills.

• Skill reset cooldown decreased from 5 days to 4 days.

When entering the game, your Skill Points will be automatically reset.

Outside the restaurant, this skill tree introduces new mechanics such as salvaging equipment and digging for rare ingredients.

A new bar is visible when opening a restaurant. This displays the speed at which customers will arrive at your restaurant. Higher Prestige will increase the amount of customers you receive. Lunch and Dinner hours will also increase the amount of customers, while poor weather will lower the amount of customers.

We have noticed confusion regarding the availability of various fish. Every fishing spot now has a fishing sign, where you can view the current available fish for that season! Each fishing spot possess different fish, and will change based on the season.

You can now view active buffs on a separate menu. Previously, active buffs could not be viewed when using a controller.

In the past, players have encountered some issues when using Cloud save or playing cross-platform. This can happen if you lose internet connection for a while and reconnect later on, resulting in a cloud conflict. We have added additional layers of protection to reduce the chance of cloud errors occurring.

Cross-platform play with Mac is now possible.

With the addition of these new skills, a new gameplay settings page has been added. It will allow you to toggle certain visual effects, hiding certain UI elements, and the frequency of chat bubbles.

Besides the new skills, various other aspects have been rebalanced to provide a more enjoyable experience.

Restaurant Balancing

• You no longer need to reach a high dish score to unlock Autocook. Autocook will be unlocked as soon as the tutorial for the cooking appliance is completed.

• The ingredient limit of Supply Chain has been increased by 5 for all ingredient rarities.

• Cooking exp increases faster in the early game.

• Reduced prices of certain cooking appliances. All appliances’ costs are now relatively similar.

• Reduced Fridge Upgrade costs

1st Fridge Upgrade

• 8000 Credits ---> 6000 Credits

• 10 Power Cells ---> 5 Power Cells

2nd Fridge Upgrade

• 30000 Credits ---> 24000 Credits

• 30 Power Cells ---> 20 Power Cells

3rd Fridge Upgrade

• 150000 Credits ---> 120000 Credits

• 100 Power Cells ---> 70 Power Cells

Quest Rewards Balancing

• Thermal Trouble quest Chocolate cost reduced from 500 Credits to 200 Credits.

• No More Shabby Floors now rewards all cooking appliances, rather than needing to choose one of three.

• The Critic quest rewards now reward random recipes instead of furniture items.

• I Bathe, Therefore I Am now rewards double the amount of Legendary ingredients.

Other Balancing

• No longer requires Power Cells when switching from one research facility to another.

• Slightly lower energy consumption across all activities.

• Reduced chance of rare seashells at beginning of the game.

• La Galerie (furniture store) opens 1 hour earlier – at 9am.

• Small crabs and pheasants can sometimes drop 2 pieces of meat instead of just 1.

Minor Game Additions

• After Bianca fixes your fridge in Thermal Trouble, she will gift you with 2 Power Cells.

• A new cutscene involving Aloys has been added after Bianca fixes your fridge. This will not be available if you have already started the Soft Opening quest.

• New tutorials have been added for Power Cells, Town Hall, Relationships, and Festivals.

• New emojis have been added for customers for - impatient, tasty, disgusting, angry, and for special skill effects.

• Peony tickets have been changed from an item to a currency that does not take up inventory space. Any Peony Ticket items you hold in your inventory will be directly converted into the currency.

• Magnifying glass will deactivate when switching to a tool.

• Clearer mailbox navigation with a controller with added sound effects.

• Improved readability of various UIs.

• Skills now have more specific numbered descriptions – eg. 7% Chance of finding a recipe when reading a library book.

• Story-related character dialogues should only appear after becoming an Acquaintance with the character.

• After the Critic review, character dialogues will be different depending on how well your review did.

• Better bow accuracy when targeting an animal close to you.

• Skills that unlock recipes now display the total available recipes.

• Music replays less often. There will be more quiet moments.

• Minimap will now remember your toggle choices.

• Sunset is one hour later in all seasons.

• Fixed an instance where Major NPC dialogues can sometimes deactivate by itself.

• Research facilities appear unbuilt (even when built) when loading into the game for the first time.

• Nacim sometimes disappears during Memory of a Drink quest, resulting in the quest getting stuck.

• Minimap helper positions for April's Crystal Ball quest in wrong positions.

• Fast travel time sometimes incorrect.

• Sometimes difficult to use magnifying glass inside restaurant.

• Potentially receiving previously unlocked Recipes from reading library books.

• UI flickering during cutscenes, when dialogue box transitions from one character to another.

• Certain text and information being displayed incorrectly in restaurant service summary.

• Unable to move for a few seconds after chatting with a major NPC that results in a chat bubble (when using controller).

• Possible mailbox glitch when opening multiple mail rewards without claiming the items.

• Being able to select invisible tools slot when using a controller in certain UIs.

• Mailbox navigation inconsistencies when using a controller.

• Able to drag inventory items into other tabs while in main menu.

• Clothing items losing shaders when dragging in UI.

• Sunlight inconsistencies at certain times of the day.

• Drop box indicator appearing behind object.

• UI sometimes blocking fishing progress bar.

• Prisca sometimes getting stuck off-map during winter festival.

• Various text errors.

The Chef RPG has been updated with 10 new tracks! We have temporarily removed 3 of the current tracks, since they are looping tracks and does not fit with well with the rest of the album. More tracks will be added as we continue with development.

VERSION 0.8 MAJOR UPDATE

Version 0.8 is a purely content-focused major update and will be coming early in the new year. This update will feature new quests, areas, restaurant challenges, and even a major new character!

LOCALIZATION

We have been working with a great localization team for the past months and have translated most of the text in Chef RPG into several languages. Since we are still in the middle of adding new content and changing certain texts, we will likely spend a bit more time on finalizing the translations and doing some language testing. We will release the translations in a few months, alongside a major content update.

That’s all for now. We hope you enjoy these changes to Chef RPG, and happy holidays!

Hi Chefs! We hope you have been enjoying the new festivals! It’s really been exciting for us to see players trying out the new content. Big thanks to everyone posting suggestions and reports! A couple quick patches were made the previous week to fix some specific issues that players brought up. Here is one last patch to address some things we’ve noticed since the update.

Improvements

• We’ve had many reports of the magnifying glass getting in the way of using tools. Since the magnifying glass is less commonly used, selected tools will now always override the magnifying glass. If your current selected item is a usable tool, you must swap to a different slot in order to use the magnifying glass. (For indoor scenes, you do not need to swap slots since tools cannot be used indoors). This way, the magnifying glass will never get in the way of using tools.

• Farmers Wager tutorial during the Spring Harvest can now be started from the festival booth, as well as with speaking with Mae-Lou.

• Random NPC chat bubbles will no longer pop up during cutscenes.

• A dialogue will now pop up when trying to claim festival prize with a full inventory.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Amethyst Lance blueprint producing incorrect product item.

• Fixed some festival furniture items having different visuals after being placed.

• Fixed a UI error when trying to exchange festival rewards with a full inventory.

• Fixed “Last Call” button reappearing after opening and closing main menu.

• Fixed restaurant UI disappearing after using “Last Call” with a controller.

Additions

• Dozens of new furniture items have been added to both the regular furniture shop, and festival exchanges. (Bathtubs, decorative vases, and floor tiles).

Our next major update will be focused on the restaurant gameplay and ingredient gathering. We will also implement quality of life suggestions related to the restaurant (like a pocket menu, and more sorting tools). More info soon!

Hi Chefs, our largest update Food & Festivals (Version 0.7) is here! This festival introduces 5 seasonal festivals, as well as overhauls of several cooking minigames. To celebrate this update, Chef RPG will be 20% off until September 6!

MINOR SPOILERS BELOW

It's time to celebrate the spirit of the season! Festivals will take place on set dates throughout the year. Festivals are not instanced, meaning you can still engage in most open-world activities while a festival is active. You can talk to festival goers and purchase unique items without participating in the main events.

Each festival contains a unique activity and rewards, but the structure of each festival follows a similar format. The day before a festival begins, you will be immediately taken to the festival site to view a cutscene, where you can see the characters beginning to set up. Festivals will be marked on the map, visible in the calendar, and you will receive a festival flier in the mail the day before, so they will be hard to miss!

On the day of a festival, head over to the event site to join the festivities. Each festival contains a main event, where you must sign up at the main booth to participate. Some events are done solo, while other events require choosing a teammate. Most events are competitive, meaning the better your placement in the event, the better the reward.

Completing various activities during festivals will reward you with Festival Tokens, which you can exchange for unique seasonal prizes. Festival Tokens carry over, meaning you can save them up to spend on a different festival, instead of one that you earned them in.

Anna-May & Mae-Lou are hosting a farmers market to celebrate their recent harvest. Head over to Takashi Farms on the 14th day of Spring to join the party! This is an introductory festival, and is non-competitive.

It’s the hottest day of the year! Celebrate with the townsfolk on the eastern beach, on the 22nd day of Summer. End the night with a lantern lighting competition!

A relatively new tradition in White Ash Harbor, embrace the spirit of Autumn by smashing pumpkins! Compete against other characters to see who can smash the most Pumpkins inside the time limit. Collect dozens of pumpkin-themed items and furniture. The Pumpkin hunt takes place in the Ashy Swamps on the 17th day of Autumn. A short side quest (repeatable every year) is available in the days before this event, if you have unlocked the Greenhouse.

An age-old tradition in White Ash Harbor. Work together with the townsfolk to guide the spirits towards sources of food. Head to the hills north of the town square on the 26th day of Autumn to join this spooky event. A short side quest is available only during this event. (Note* The Tea of Life quest in Act 2 must have been started for this festival to appear).

This is the White Ash Harbor’s biggest event! Everyone in town will be participating, and tourists travel far and wide to see it. Join the townsfolk and work together to bake a giant gingerbread house! This festival takes place over 3 days, beginning on the 25th day of Winter, and ending on the 27th.

Several cooking minigames have been overhauled. We have begun introducing physics into certain cooking minigames, which we may be able to expand upon. In the future, this unlocks the potential for customizing dishes. Also, minigame lengths have been slightly reduced, so you can cook dishes faster during a service.

BARISTA MACHINE

The Barista Machine minigame has been completely redesigned. It is now a physics based game without a fixed time (you decide to play at your own pace).

MIXING STATION

The Blender has been replaced with the Mixing Station, and the minigame has been completely redesigned. Recipes that require Blenders has switched to Mixing Stations, so you do not need to change anything in your menu or restaurant!

STOVE

The Stove minigame has new visuals, and a extra physics-based step.

OVEN

The oven has overhauled visuals. There is now an extra step in the cooking process.

COOKING COUNTER

Cooking counter has undergone a minor change, mostly with some improved visuals and polish.

The Fryer, Ice Cream Machine, Steamer, and Grill have been slightly adjusted, but are mostly unchanged for now. We may overhaul these games in the future. We would love your feedback regarding these new changes, and what you would like to see improved!

Over 10 music tracks have been added to the game. This includes special music for night time, the town square, and for dates. Each festival also has their own unique theme, only available during the main event day.

Frame rate options have been added, and can be adjusted in the settings. If you notice stuttering, you may need to try a few options to get the ideal frame rate for your setup. If you notice screen tearing, you should use one of the VSync options. By default, frame rate has been capped at 60 Fps.

• Random NPCs will now interact with various objects around the map, like shops and vending machines. They can also pick up and drop off various items.

• Major and Minor NPCs can now fish, scythe, and water plants in designated spots around the map.

• After chatting with an NPC twice in a day, a final chat bubble dialogue will appear for an NPC. Dialogue depends on friendship level.

• Better item magnet effect and larger pickup range.

• Fixed not being able to use a tool, immediately after picking a plant or picking up an item on the ground.

• Fixed an issue of magnifying glass sometimes causing the bow to glitch out.

• Improved magnifying glass responsiveness when multiple objects are close to each other.

• Fixed an issue of dialogue sometimes jumping to the next line when not finished writing.

• Fixed being able to continuously chat with a “Stranger” level NPC.

• Fixed sometimes unable to exit shop with "Menu" command.

Join our Discord to chat with our community, or leave feedback and report bugs. We will be more active on the Discord over the next 2 weeks to chat or help out.

Chef RPG Discord

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Press Kit

Hi Chefs!

We hope you have been having a great week. Our largest update yet, Food & Festivals (Version 0.7 ) will be coming August 31. Here are some highlights for our next major update:

The full details of the update will be posted when the update goes live on August 31, at 10 am PST. We hope to see you there!

Hi Chefs! Patch #20 is live with balancing changes, bug fixes and some new additions.

New additions

• Pumpkin seeds & Bell Pepper seeds have been added and can now be grown in the greenhouse.

• 5 new floor tiles have been added to the furniture shop. Some of these new tiles will glow in the dark.

• Visuals for certain furniture and equipment have been updated to be able to glow in the dark.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed certain restaurant-related quests not progressing when a Celebrity arrives inside the restaurant.

• Fixed not receiving Peony Tickets inside the Teahouse when a Celebrity arrives inside the restaurant.

• Fixed bow target sometimes getting stuck at the bottom of the screen when using a controller.

• Fixed a freeze that can happen after cancelling a Date and immediately Gifting an NPC.

• Fixed not being able to hand-pick Coconut Trees.

• Fixed locked recipes always displaying as Legendary inside research facility progress panel.

• Fixed incorrect skill information when viewing locked skills inside research facility progress panel.

• Fixed Blender Minigame sometimes receiving a lower score when all targets have been correctly hit.

• Fixed duplicate crafting recipe inside Milo’s clothing shop. The duplicate has been replaced with Fedora blueprint.

• Fixed restaurant order tabs sometimes getting stuck in the UI.

• Fixed being able to select empty slots when viewing brewing recipes using a controller.

• Fixed missing footsteps sounds inside Research Facilities.

• Fixed being able to interact with decorative plants inside Vegetarian Research Facility.

• Fixed some hidden winter plants still playing audio.

Balancing (General)

• Chocolate Maker & Soup Vat blueprint has been downgraded from Epic to Rare and will have a higher chance to appear in shops and random rewards. In the future, these may instead be added as quest rewards for new quests.

• Increased chance for Hired Chefs to possess Research Specialties after requirements have been unlocked.

• Staff recruitment Reset will always provide at least one Waiter and one Chef.

• Increased the chance for Legendary Staff to appear in recruitment.

• When starting the game, only Common furniture items will be available in the shop. Rarer items will appear as more Story Quests have been completed.

Balancing (Shops)

• Milk & Wheat store will now sell Dark Chocolate.

• Milk & Wheat store will now sell and deliver Saffron, instead of Mae Lou’s Vegi shop.

• Seeds are now randomly generated in ingredient shops, rather than a fixed set of seeds.

• Removed duplicate clothing inside Milo’s clothing store.

Balancing (Supply Chain Skill)

• Legendary ingredients will only be available for delivery after completing the LELSH Silver community project.

• All Legendary ingredients are available to be delivered when requirements have been met.

• Higher rarity ingredients will only appear after achieving higher friendship levels with the NPC. (Except Legendary ingredients, which only require LELSH Silver).

• Removed duplicate delivery ingredients between NPCs. Cheese & Dark Chocolate can now be delivered by Thelio (with required friendship levels).

• Nabiha will now deliver Watermelon instead of Coconut (Coconut can be delivered by Thelio).

• Limits on the amount of ingredients delivered is now based on the rarity of the ingredient. Common ingredients have a limit of 25. Rare ingredients have a limit of 20. Epic ingredients have a limit of 15. Legendary ingredients have a limit of 10.

• The delivery limit of each ingredient is now displayed in the UI.

Other changes

• Takashi Farms crops will now cycle over the 4 seasons, and will show plant growth over the span of the season.

• Can no longer harvest the crops at Takashi Farms, even with high friendship with Mae Lou.

• Added item Stack Splitting. You can split item stacks when inside your main Inventory, Storage, Refrigerator, and Vending Machine.
• Improved inventory controls. You can now use Right Click (mouse) or West Button (controllers) to activate certain commands inside Storages and Shops like Transfer All, or Buy / Sell multiple. Previously, this would require Shift + Click (Mouse & Keyboard) or Left Trigger + South Button (Controller). This option is still available, however the key input tooltip has been updated to the simpler version.
• More optimal Virtual Cursor (controller only) speeds when doing different activities.

• Fixed tooltips sometimes displaying incorrectly when playing on monitors that do not have an aspect ratio of 16:9. This issue seemed to be more common on Macs.
• Fixed inconsistent virtual cursor (controller only) speeds when playing on different sized monitors.
• Fixed Frier minigame inconsistent movement speed on different computers.
• Fixed Grill minigame sometimes unable to pick up ingredients accurately.
• Fixed restaurant order tab visual glitch / getting stuck + smoother animations.
• Fixed Restaurant service not auto-starting during certain quests.
• Fixed floor tiles sometimes not updating visuals correctly.
• Fixed floor tiles being able to be placed over Stages & Trapdoor.
• Fixed Ingredient deliveries not triggering when sleeping inside Greenhouse or Maintenance room.
• Fixed being able to interact with invisible Consumable Panel when inside shops.

• Fixed fishing rod sometimes not registering clicks.
• Fixed Time & Key inputs UI appearing outside the game screen on certain monitors.
• Fixed not being able to sleep inside the Maintenance room & Greenhouse.

• Can now use mouse scroll wheel to cycle through consumable slots.
• Smoother camera transition when equipping / unequipping the bow. Previously, the camera jumps too quickly.
• Added AM / PM to Clock UI.
• Increased collision box of Farming plants (slightly increased range for watering and digging).
• When watering or digging farming plants, the player will now face the direction of the target plant. (Some players mentioned preferring the previous watering method of using the mouse. The change was made to be easier to navigate on controllers, but we can look into a sort of hybrid system where either mouse or keys can be used to water & dig plants).

• 400 Teahouse Reputation required to date Aylin -> Level 6 Prestige. Alternatively, reaching 80% customer Satisfaction in the final dinner service will also provide this unlock.
• Higher Reputation slightly increases the speed at which customers arrived in the restaurant. This is now based on Prestige.
• The Quest Peony’s opening no longer requires a Reputation score. The new requirement is to achieve Level 5 Prestige.
• Unlocking the Rising Star achievement now requires Level 5 Prestige. There will be no impact on previously unlocked achievements.

• Chefs will wander around and sometimes prep kitchen appliances when the restaurant is closed.
• Waiters will wander around and sometimes clean tables when the restaurant is closed.
• You can now view map quest markers for character quests and misc. quests (previously, this was only available for main story quests).

• Controller rumble has been added. (Can be turned On/Off in settings).
• Easier to navigate Build Mode when using Controllers.
• Improved interaction system for easier interaction with objects and prevent situations where the interaction icon has been highlighted, but unable to interact with the NPC or object.
• Awards tooltips now display total progress / highest score.
• End of service summary UI has been updated for better readability.
• Destroy parcels when using a controller will now display a confirmation popup first.
• Restaurant in-service UI now displays the total number of customers, as well as the duration of the service.
• Chat bubble frequency inside restaurants is reduced when there are more people inside the restaurant.
• Recipe UI has been updated for better readability.
• Removed “End Seed Placement” button inside greenhouse as this is now obsolete.
• Dropping delivery parcels now require a confirmation when using a controller.
• Some dialogue adjustments & improvements.
• Small improvements to various other UIs.
• Additional sound effects for some interactions previously missing sounds.

• Fixed Critic Review always displaying menu as “Vegan.”
• Fixed Awards data sometimes not loading correctly.
• Fixed unable to reset controller rebinds.
• Fixed a possible UI glitch when opening the Minimap.
• Fixed certain Party dish types not displayed in Bulletin & Restaurant popup.
• Fixed unavailable cutscenes triggering in 2nd level of Beach Caves when Thelio’s Stolen Goods quest is active.
• Fixed NPC chat menu buttons behavior incorrect when more 6 or more options are available.
• Fixed restaurant counter sprites sometimes not updating correctly.
• Fixed being able to trigger some unavailable restaurant commands when using a controller.
• Cherry Mojito changed from Common to Epic recipe.
• Fixed incorrect recipe information inside the research progress panel.
• Fixed staff clothing colors not immediately updating after color selection.
• Fixed kitchen appliances being occupied by staff members when preparing takeout order.
• Fixed Smoldering Boars available as a daily hunting task before Volcano has been unlocked.
• Fixed refrigerator obstruction indicator not hiding after obstruction has been cleared.
• Fixed incorrect Clock time after fast travelling at midnight.
• Fixed some animation errors with Cream-colored android bodies.
• Fixed incorrect footsteps sound when inside baths.
• Fixed some visual errors where the player can overlap with the environment.
• Fixed various text errors.

• Slightly reduced requirements to achieve higher score in the Critic Review.
• Slightly reduced time required for fast travel.
• Increased attack range of Spears / staves.
• Slightly increased hitbox size of some animals.

• Improved player interactivity during restaurant service. Be able to dynamically view the service quality and react.
• Improved minigames. We haven’t changed minigames too much since launch, but we now have a better idea of how to improve them. We would like to make some bigger changes to minigames, and have the games better resemble “real cooking” while keeping a similar idea as we have now.
• Incentives for changing and adapting your restaurant menu. This can be achieved by introducing seasonal ingredients, shopping discounts, and unique groups of customers.

• Birthday Calendar
• Barber Shop (New hairstyles available)
• New Furniture shop
• New Resource Areas
• Additional Storage Space

• Prestige system
• Town contribution / upgrades system
• Crafting System overhaul
• Chef awards
• New quests
• New items and furniture
• Second level of beach caves

• Pacing and soft-locks
• Skill changes
• Minigame improvements
• Improved SFX
• Numerous quality of life additions