Dev blog 13 | Jel's Cafe | 0.04a and Cat boys

Happy Valentines day everyone! I've got a brand new build of Jel's cafe to share with you all. It's a major update so I hope you'll all take the time to test it out and share some feedback with me!

This build was intended to release last week, but was delayed until now to finish up some new systems I was working on. Everything is good to go now, and I'll share what I worked on this week!

You can find the download to the new build at the bottom of this blog post! The full patch notes can be found in the download file!

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JEL'S CAFE PROGRESS

Customer updates:

This week two brand new customers were added to the game, Marco and Paul. They both run the upgrade shop and can be individually unlocked like Mary (Who I talked about in last weeks blog post). Marco, Mary and Paul are all unlocked by giving them gifts when you visit their shops, and raising their friendship level to 15. If guessing what gifts they like is too hard, you can always buy their individual special gifts from the back alley vendor, these raise friendship levels to 15, so it will instantly unlock the characters. 3 New special gifts were added this update too, each of these are tied to the new customers, but they can all be given to other characters too!

2 Additional characters were also added as easter eggs, Maddie and "???" (who for now is a placeholder character). They can be found if certain conditions are met related to the vendor characters! ;)

Mimi had some dialouge changes this update too! Because she was the first customer I initially added she had very very basic and placeholder dialouge. Whilst I still plan on doing a major overhaul and rewrite of most dialouge in the game, the new interactions she has more closely align with how I want her to act.

Logbook:

The logbook was updated yet again to include Marco and Paul! New icons were also added for every character in the logbook too, these might get updated in the future, but navigating the logbook should be much clearer now!

Progress spreadsheet:

A full development spreadsheet has been created that has a big checklist of everything I would like to work on for the game! You can view it here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wXQ0ZdKHmnhtcRVa3mzhs3Ij_QVqLItlIf2WTTqIHUI/edit?usp=sharing

It'll be updated live whenever I work on something!

Bug Fixes:

Lastly some bug fixes!

- Fixed the game softlocking if you upgraded the cafe seats and didn't unban the minimum required amount of customers.

- Phoebe now uses the updates Gift selection menu during breaktime.

- Fixed Marco and Paul's graphics disappearing after purchasing an upgrade.

That's everything for now! I have a lot of plans for next weeks build already, and I'll begin cracking on it when I get the time! Thank you all for your support!

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Save files from previous versions cannot be transfered over to this new build so please create a new save file.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE >>>> https://jeledraws.itch.io/jels-cafe/patreon-access <<<<