Hey everyone, it's a big update, so let's get into it.
The team and I decided to remove the coffee minigame from v0.13. The coding required for it and the necessary assets are not on the graph as they are not going into this build. Th...
2025-03-18 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
A sneak peek at a special Tay portrait done by Torch.
2025-03-17 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy everyone! Welcome to another report :D
When animating v0.13, our wonderful animator did some crazy things and manipulated the scenes to look incredible. The only issue was that this changed the actions of the scene. So, I tweaked, rewrote, and added to each lewd scene ...
2025-03-12 02:11:37 +0000 UTC View Post
A sneak peek at a special Maki portrait done by Torch.
2025-03-10 15:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Weekly Report Time!
It hasn't moved in the past week. When piecing everything together with the map, some snags occurred, and we're trying to add a new time of day. So we're just chipping away at that. Our part-time programmer is finishing up some assignments for school and w...
2025-03-04 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
A sneak peek at a special Vera portrait done by Torch.
2025-03-03 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Vera and Maki are excluded this month.
Thank you so much to our first five customers! These amazing backers will be Cafe Estro customers in v0.13!
(which is in very active development and not released yet, before anyone asks)
2025-02-28 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Let's jump into it!
Coding moved a little bit, mainly because a later bar moved. I redid a lewd scene to fit new animations and made it so you can still access older animations in the gallery. Our new programmer is still sifting through everything. Our other p...
2025-02-26 03:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
A sneak peek at a special Robbie portrait done by Torch.
2025-02-24 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
Apologies for the delay in posting; I was very exhausted, and I'll explain why at the end, but for now!
Has not moved. Our new programmer has six episodes to read and sort. They are finding many areas for improvement! Not a lot of new work has been done ...
2025-02-19 00:35:03 +0000 UTC View Post
A sneak peek at a special Jeze portrait done by Torch.
2025-02-17 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We have a cute tutorial boy named Tori! He is instructed to assist you on your journey through Jade City :D
Coming to Hazelnut Latte in v0.13
2025-02-13 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning! Time for another update :D
Our new programmer is still reviewing everything and trying to calibrate themselves. It's a lot of game to play, but they have already made a ton of amazing suggestions and ways to make the game run smoother. Once they get acclimated, ...
2025-02-11 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
A sneak peek at a special Hazel portrait done by Torch.
2025-02-10 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been holding this one in for a while, but I felt I should announce this now.
I have hired Torch to draw portraits for each of the main love interests.
As you can see from her work, Torch is insanely talented, and I am so happy to have worked with her these past few months!
...
2025-02-09 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
New Month, New Poll!
(that I totally forgot to post earlier this month, apologies, I hate taxes)
The number next to each character's name is how many times they have won the poll! If that wil...
2025-02-08 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The backgrounds of a Visual Novel can often be overlooked for the cute characters standing before them. But I think that a good background can make or break a game. I've been fortunate enough to have an incredible artist in Kokman, drawing beautiful lewd scenes, hot characters, and amazing backgr...
2025-02-06 20:32:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning! Apologies for the delayed report. I've been trying to stop drinking espresso and moving to mushroom coffee for my gut health (which is terrible), and I think I'm having withdrawal headaches! :D So, I forgot to make an update last night!
We onboarded our new prog...
2025-02-04 21:38:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Yesterday, we revealed an updated sprite for Tay! Everyone was pleased, but there was room for improvement.
We took the feedback and altered Tay's face to make his eyes bigger. We believe this makes him more expressive, and it matches the other characters better.
2025-02-02 19:07:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! We did our final sprite redesign of this big round to get everything consistent and high-quality.
I loved Tay's appearance, but it was more like the old style than the new. So, Kokman did a crazy job of revamping Tay while keeping his character's essence.
2025-01-31 20:28:05 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to everyone who voted! Here is a Maki pinup :D
2025-01-28 23:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Tuesday, everyone! It's time for another weekly report.
We are getting closer and closer to finishing the phone. We are touching up the last piece until it is good (for now.) We want to do more with it later, but it is hitting the point where it is usable for the build.
We remas...
2025-01-28 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! We updated Kayra's sprite to match the style of the other characters.
We know Kayra isn't in the game yet, but we are still trying to ensure everything matches up.
Their outfits, body, and hair have been remastered to fit everyone else. Most of Kayra's expressions have b...
2025-01-24 22:25:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, welcome to a big progress report!
I know many people are excited about the new update, which makes me extremely happy. v0.12.4 came out around 2 months ago, and we're hitting the point where people start itching for a new update. So I decided to make a gr...
2025-01-21 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Real-life trans girl models Ash-Lee and Dani Tea are coming to Hazelnut Latte in v0.13! Here is a look at their sprites.
2025-01-20 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! We are hard at work creating Hazelnut Latte v0.13. We are also finishing up the in-game cellphone and looking ahead at our next big hurdle: The Coffee Minigame!
The image above is a Work In Progress look at the Ordering part of the minigame. The idea is that customers will w...
2025-01-19 23:10:13 +0000 UTC View Post
I originally posted about this back in April, but we've had a LOT of new members since then, AND it never made it to Episode 5. I've had this scene drawn since February, but it never made sense to add...
2025-01-16 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
An animated lewd scene for Episode 6 where depending on how Jeze feels about the player, they can be unimpressed with your backshots.
2025-01-13 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post