Diner Bros news & patch notes

In 2018, we served up the very first orders in Diner Bros. From shouting pizza orders at our buddies to barely surviving the taco rush, we made some great memories.

Now, 7 long years later...

THE BROS ARE BACK!

Diner Bros 2 is now available on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3253150/Diner_Bros_2/

Featuring:

• All new restaurants

• Customizable layouts

• Fresh recipes

• Returning local co-op madness

Grab it for the launch discounted price of $9.99 (Quick, before the discount expires!)

To all the original Diner Bros players: Thanks for sticking around! Let's make new memories in Diner Bros 2!

PS: There's a Food Critic fridge magnet giveaway happening on the Discord:

https://discord.gg/Azb8Ee3gSr

The demo is here for Steam Next Fest! See what's new in Diner Bros 2 (Hint: restaurant customizability is here!)

The first portion of Burger Bros is available in the demo: Impress the food critic, upgrade your restaurant, meet some new characters. Local co-op with up to 4 players is also available and can be played via Remote Play.

Give it a shot and please share your feedback in the Diner Bros community hub or on the Discord. And don't forget to wishlist to be notified of the game launch in July!

The full game will have 2 campaigns (Burger Bros and Chicken Bros) and will have endless mode available immediately.

Thanks Bros!

• Remote play controller fix
• New achievement

• Cook brand new Mexican recipes: burritos, beans, rice, salsa… and of course, tacos!
• Serve new drinks: soda and tequila
• Attend to 5 new special customers, including Muertos, Luchador, and Mariachi
• Expand your restaurant with new kitchen equipment and items
• Hire helpers: SOFÍA can chop and LUCÍA will help too!

• Cook brand new Japanese recipes: rice, edamame, maki, sashimi, nigiri, grilled fish, yakitori, soy sauce… and of course, sushi!
• Serve new drinks: tea and sake
• Expand your restaurant with a fishing pier…
• …and catch your own fish!
• Attend to 4 new special customers, including Mr. Kabuki and Princess Hime
• New equipment and items for your kitchen

NEW FEATURES

• New pizza restaurant
• New bro: the Italian chef
• New customers: The lumberjack who eats a lot, the diva, the thief... and more surprises!
• New recipes: pizza, bread, roasted potatoes
• New ingredients: pepperoni, mushrooms, white wine, coffee
• New kitchen items

NEW FEATURES

• New Endless Level: Zombie Bros!
• New Achievements: Zombie Bros I, II & III

CHANGES

• Added rolling pin to smack dine and dashers!
• Punks can only be caught when they are sneaking away
• Modified hit boxes on Punks
• Beer icon is now darker to differentiate it from Yellow Drink icon
• Reduced Quest requirements
  • Baked potatoes: 20 --> 15
  • Beer: 25 --> 15
  • Burgers: 100 --> 90
  • Dessert: 35 --> 25
• Reduced Achievement requirements
  • Hard Worker: 50 --> 40
  • Artsy Fartsy: 20--> 15
  • Dine and Dash: 25--> 20
• Added Endless select screen
• Added Divas & Artists to Stats screen

NEW FEATURES

• 5 New Challenge Levels! Including 2 hardcore levels
• New Achievement: Triple Chop
• New Languages: Korean, Czech (Fan Translation)

CHANGES

• Increased difficulty of "Quadathlon" and "King of Punks"
• Reduced frequency of Divas in campaign and endless mode
• Larger hitbox on Punks (Should make it easier to catch them!)

FIXES

• The endless mode achievements will now correctly unlock ("Is that all?" and "I ain't even tired"). If you have already met the requirements, start and finish an endless game with any score to unlock them.
• Fixed character select screen freeze that would occur with multiple controllers
• The message "The Critic was not Impressed" will now correctly show up
• Fixed inverted DPad for multiple controllers
• Starting a new game in easy mode will now correctly set the game's difficulty

NEW FEATURES

• 11 New Challenge Levels! Now including HARDCORE levels
• New Special Customer! The Diva will begin visiting after obtaining 2 stars
• Endless Mode! How long can you last? Unlocked after obtaining 3 stars
• The Burger Trophy! Can be purchased after obtaining 3 stars
• Auto-run! Activate this feature in the Options Menu
• New Achievements:
  • Diva Tantrum
  • Keep 'em coming!
  • Is that all?
  • I ain't even tired!
  • Challenge III
  • The Golden Burger (Secret!)

CHANGES

• The Artist:
  • The Old Artist behavior has been assigned to the Diva. The New Artist will now arrive part way through the 2 star restaurant with a new behavior.
  • The Diva/Old Artist patience has been increased
  • The Diva/Old Artist will no longer order "Chicken and Fries"
• Challenge Mode:
  • Now playable solo. Solo players have a faster sprint and can hold multiple items. Levels marked as "2+" are still co-op only.
  • Increased difficulty (Challenge mode should be challenging!)
• Food Critic:
  • Will now be satisfied if his order is completed (Previously, he had to be served quickly leading to difficulty in the final stages)
  • Arrives slightly earlier
• Updated achievement icons

FIXES

• Character Select now remembers the last character each player picked
• Improved aiming/movement (Feedback appreciated!)
• Improved balancing (1-2 players slightly easier, 3-4 players slightly harder)
• Changed location of star counter in challenge mode
• Customers won't emote "no" when player serves a drink while multi-holding 2 drink types

New:

• The Artist: A new customer will visiting after obtaining 2 stars
• New Achievements:
  • "High Earner"
  • "Quick Server"
  • "Artsy Fartsy"
  • "Burgo Bros"
  • "Pylo" (Secret!)

Changes:

• Modified ice cream and drink icons
• Reduced requirements on Easy Mode quests (Including Sticky Hands II)
• Reduced requirements for Achievements (Construction Workers & Punks)
• Slightly increased beer fill "opening"
• With the introduction of Easy Mode in 1.17, I have partially reversed some of the difficulty reductions made in 1.16

Bugs:

• Fixed bug where player could chop while walking away
• Fixed bug where ovens appear before they are purchased
• Fixed counter bug in Challenge Level 3
• Fixed the top left table in Challenge Level 10

Update 1.16 Change Log

• Easy Mode: Removed 4 & 5 star quest requirements, added simple quests, increased customer wait times, reduced customer frequency.
• Mouse Control: Keyboard players can use the mouse to interact. Use the arrow keys to get close and then LCLICK to pick up/drop and RCLICK to interact.

• Fixed bug where player could not advance in the tutorial.
• Fixed bug where character could face a different direction than player input.