Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! News

One of the best things about Early Access for me as a developer is being able to watch the journey of players as they tackle new challenges. What is working, what's not, what provides a fun challenge, what's frustrating? And certainly watching players gives me all new ideas on how to challenge y'all further.

Enter Grandview County, the biggest update so far with 40 levels and tons of new features! Here's just a sample of what you'll be seeing in this update:



VIP CUSTOMERS

These snobby influencers don't play by the rules, and only order Special Order foods during a stop! This can change the dynamics of a day quite dramatically, so be sure to plan your Special Order menu accordingly!

FIREKICKERS FOOD TRUCK SIGHTED

One of the most brutal attacks in the game, Firekickers will ram your truck in such a way that will destroy every single food you have in all of your holding stations- and will wait until the last minute before a stop to do so. Yikes.




RANDOM FOODS

Back by popular demand, Random Foods will choose from the list of available foods in a day and the foods you have currently bought and serve up a unique challenge each time! There are even special days that require all foods to be random. Good luck Chef!


As always more achievements will be added and some feature requests will also be in, such as toggling upgrades on and off. Look for it this Friday at 11am Central! Thanks as always for all the support!

Hey folks, the newest update for CSD 3 is now available, featuring lots of new levels, achievements, improvements and more!

Thanks everyone for the support, thank you for all the great reviews on Steam (which really help a TON!) and I hope I can see y'all at PAX next week! For all the details on the free swag we're giving away as well as our panels, check out our PAX post.

Enjoy the update and watch for another big update in mid-March where we'll unveil the biggest territory to date. Should be fun!



= UPDATE v0.65b NOTES =

= NEW ADDITIONS =

* GLINT PLAINS TERRITORY: 26 new levels await in Texas! Good luck Chef!
* PS REQUIRED: Certain days now have PS requirements! You must turn on a specific number of Prep Stations in order to start the day.
* UEIYAV FOOD TRUCK SIGHTED: Brutal new hack attacks are spreading across Glint Plains thanks to the UEIYAV food truck!
* Four new achievements!


= BALANCE CHANGES =

* Ballpark Burger and Bean Burger difficulty raised to 3.
* Tamales added to the "Over and Over" food filter.
* Chicken Sandwich and Grilled Chicken Sandwich added to the Burgers and Patties filter.


= IMPROVEMENTS & BUG FIXES =

* PS/HS counts added to Day Complete screen, as well as whether or not it was co-op.
* Adjusted default values for subtitles to be forced on (due to there being a glitch in the first few hours of the game being sold that defaulted it to off). You can turn them off if needed in the Options Menu.
* Additional Route information added to the top bar of Today's Menu screen.
* Risotto now marked as auto-serve for the advanced stats function.
* Fixed issue where players were never warned that a stop was coming up when there were 6 or more stops in a route.
* Fixed an issue with music transitions for the Final Stop in certain routes.
* Removed more unused assets from CSD 2 to reduce memory footprint.
* Revised a few credits in the Credits screen.
* Banana Leaf changed to Taro Leaf for Laulau.
* A few cutscenes were redrawn for better consistency in background details.
* Fixed issue with "stuck" UI placement if a day is restarted during a screen shake effect.
* A tutorial for decreasing point values with prep stations added for Route H, Day 2 (Love County)
* Minor cloud save visual bug fixed.

For some, Love County is in their sights- for others, its in their rear-view mirror. I'm happy to announce our next update, Glint Plains, will be arriving this Friday! This smaller territory still packs a few surprises and lots of action, and is a great precursor to our next major update in March which will undoubtedly be the largest one yet.

Not only will there be new achievements, 26 new levels and improvements, there's also a new food truck to watch out for! UEIYAV uses a hack based weapon that damages sensitive equipment, which can cause a bit of chaos for the day!



Also new are gameplay modifiers that force you to take a certain number of prep stations with you for the day, which increases orders and the difficulty at times. Good luck dealing with these new scenarios, you're gonna need it!





PAX EAST

We'll also be at PAX East, in booth 30045! We'll have CSD 3 available to play with a sneak peek at our new territory update, Grandview County. Havana Mahoney, voice of Cleaver, will also be stopping by the booth throughout the week, and we'll also be giving out these amazing pins!



Bronze pins are available to all who come by the booth (for as long as we have them in stock!), and the gold pins are only available to those who get a gold on our super secret challenge level in the booth. Good luck!

And hey, if that wasn't enough delish content, I'll be doing two food themed panels at PAX! The first one is the annual PAX Bake Off, where I will undoubtedly win with my vast culinary skills. Watch it in the theater or streaming via PAX Twitch! It will be on Thursday, Feb. 27th at 8pm in the Albatross Theater.



Secondly, I'll be doing a panel called a Mouthwatering Look at Delicious Foods in Games! I'll be joined by Victoria Tran (Kitfox Games), Tom Eastman (Battle Chef Brigade), and Havana Mahoney (Voice of Cleaver, Twitch/Discord Content Partner) as we look at how we make food themed games, and go through the pages of history as we break down food scenes in other games. It is sure to be hunger inducing. That panel is Friday, Feb. 28th at 6pm in the Condor Theater.



Its going to be a ton of fun and I hope y'all can make it for all the free swag and games. Thanks y'all and cya this Friday for the next update!

The first content update for CSD 3 is now available! I'm super excited for this one as it adds new gameplay modifiers, unique level designs, and lots more. I've also been listening to user feedback and adding lots of small fixes and additions that were requested.

Once again, thank you so much for all the great reviews as they help us immensely, and watch for more updates very soon (either here, via Twitter or Discord)!


NEW ADDITIONS

* WELCOME TO LOVE COUNTY: A whole new territory with 39 levels and brand new gameplay modifiers. With the entire area under lockdown by police and military forces, most food trucks tend to stay away from this location. Don't think you'll have it any easier though- the short travel times and increasingly agitated civilians make for the most challenging area yet!
* Impatient Customers and Crazy Customers spotted on various days! Watch out!!!
* Six new achievements added to the game!
* New story sequences added for this new territory.


IMPROVEMENTS & BUG FIXES

* Gelato code was not allowing for the 24th ingredient, Puffo, to be selected as a recipe.
* YUM progress is now shown in a different color in the Day Complete screen to better illustrate how much progress you've gained.
* Descriptions for signs in the route menu have been added when highlighting a day.
* Fixed Calzones and Stuffed Peppers not being marked as Auto-Serve in the Food Catalog.
* Fixed other foods marked as Auto-Serve despite being single-step foods (like Ceviche)
* Sped up attack sequence for all drive-by food truck attacks.
* Fixed an issue where Delicious bonus funds were not correctly added to YUM progress.
* Adjusted YUM progression for tiers 35 and higher.
* Fixed issue with ram-based attacks when upgraded to LV2 Food Truck Reinforcement.
* Fixed redundancy with requirements for Wall, South Dakota/Route E/Day 3.
* Fixed issue with custom Holding Station Ingredient keys not properly loading for keys G and H.
* Added the following food descriptions:

• Grilled Cheese Sandwich
  
• Laulau
  
• Bouillabaisse
  
• Moussaka
  
• King Cake
  
• Egg Foo Yung
  
• Deluxe Poutine
  
• Soda Floats
  
• Torta
  
• Zrazy
  

* Improved food truck sign UI on Route menu.
* Fixed a bug that was not turning off tunnel lighting when Motion While Traveling was set to anything but "Standard"
* Fixed issue with incorrect food counts in Today's Menu in-game when the Rejuvenator is upgraded in certain instances.

Welcome to Love County! Here in Marietta, Oklahoma things have taken a turn for the worse, and the entire area has been uprooted by the large Texas Border Wall. Now the entire city is under police and military control, which has lead to many food trucks shying away from the area...and a volatile customer base!

The routes in this city are incredibly short, meaning you'll be more focused on Special Orders than ever before. Upgrading your food truck to carry over as much food to the next stop as possible is absolutely key here. Good luck Chef!

Along with these 39 new levels comes new achievements and new features, additional story sequences and improvements! I'm also introducing two new gameplay modifiers that will further change the dynamics of the game:



IMPATIENT CUSTOMERS: These customers don't have time to waste, and tend to leave much faster than normal customers. They walk in with the "yellow" patience attribute, which means the order will leave the screen a little faster, so make sure your Holding Stations are full of food!

CRAZY CUSTOMERS: The effects of war have finally gotten to these customers, and every single one will be extremely impatient as they start with the "red" patience attribute. These levels are very nearly impossible without the right upgrades and are a massive challenge. Good luck with these, you're gonna need it!

Note that neither of these attributes affect Special Orders, just Holding Station orders.

Expect more fun challenges with every new Territory update, and cya this Friday! (update is currently scheduled to hit around 11am CST, be sure to follow @chubigans for the latest details and join our Discord for the latest news!)