Café Rouge News

Hello everyone,

It is I, your favorite Princess, Sonya! I'm pleased to announce that we have just released the extra story of Café Rouge, the prologue bonus story!

This is the final and last extra story, with the prologue featuring the MC's cousin "Ayla" who is a custom character by our Kickstarter backer Sarah1281, or my sister Lisa Brennan-Jobs. I made a few twists in this bonus story, based on her book "Small Fry" after reading a few snippets from her memoir online as well as watching her video interviews she did for the mainstream media, on YouTube.

What's left to finish now is the art book, and sending out the hardcover physical book exclusives to Kickstarter backers, and then the last Kickstarter backers (physical and digital art book pledgers) will receive their rewards, and the Café Rouge Kickstarter will be wrapped up.

Now that this story is released, the Café Rouge visual novel series is officially complete, with a combined total of 40 possible endings you can achieve in this game.

This is also most likely the last Steam update I will be making of Café Rouge, as now I can focus on new games and new stories to make. So to all of you, thank you for being on this game development journey for 3+ years with me, without all of your guys' support, we wouldn't have made this game possible with all the new stories that came with this remake of the original Adobe Flash game!

I love you all, and as my dad always said, stay hungry and stay foolish (but not that foolish)!

Ciao~
-Sonya

Happy Saturday everybody, it is I, the one and only Princess Sonya!

I am pleased to announce that Demian and Candice's romance story is released! Unlike Demian's True Love route, Candice's romance with Demian is rather short..... but even so, we put a lot of effort into making this, so I hope you guys enjoy it!

As for the final and last extra story still yet to be completed, the prologue featuring the MC's cousin "Ayla" who is a custom character by our Kickstarter backer Sarah1281, here is the planned release date for the final story:

• Prologue bonus story - Winter 2022
  

That's all I have for the meantime, thank you for supporting the Cafe Rouge project and for all the fans that kept with us for these past 3 years! We couldn't have accomplished so much without the support of the community!

Ciao~
-Sonya

Good afternoon everybody, it is I, Princess Sonya of CloudNovel!

I am happy to announce that since this afternoon, I have decided to release Candice's story a day early... so yes, Candice's romance route has been released and is now available to play on Steam! Not only that, we added a last bonus CG illustration to the good ending to Demian's True Love route, so replay Niara and Demian's love story to unlock it and see for yourself!

As for the last extra stories still yet to be completed, here is the full list left, and the planned release dates for the last two stories:

• Demian and Candice story - Summer 2022
  
• Prequel bonus story - To Be Announced
  

So as you can see, we are slowly getting all of these side stories complete. Since these are not exact dates, rather they are tentative deadlines, our overall estimate is that these last two stories will be released sometime before Winter 2022.

I also have news concerning the art book. DAX, our GUI and system designer is also going to be creating the art book, and she has officially started since the end of May 2022! We estimate the art book will be completed in 3-5 months and then we will make it available for purchase digitally as a separate DLC on Steam. Right now it looks like the price will be $25, but that's just a rough estimate because that's what the Kickstarter backers paid for when they pledged on our crowdfunding campaign. Depending on how many pages there will be, we might lower the price... or it might increase.

That's all I have for now, thank you for supporting Cafe Rouge thus far! We couldn't have accomplished so much without the support of the community!

Ciao~
-Sonya

Good evening everybody, it is me, Princess Sonya of CloudNovel!

I am happy to announce that since this evening, Adeline's romance route has been released and is playable on Steam! Sorry for the delay, Sonya and her team had been dealing with a site-wide emergency on the CloudNovel platform, and due to the safety of the entire CloudNovel community, we had to shift our focus to protecting our underage users.

As for the last extra stories still yet to be completed, here is the full list left, and the new planned release dates:

1. Candice's romance route - June 6th
   
2. Demian and Candice story - Summer 2022
   
3. Prequel bonus story - To Be Announced
   

So as you can see, we are slowly getting all of these Kickstarter stretch goals complete. Yes, it's taking a while, but quality writing and artwork take time to do, and we want to create good content.

For now, please enjoy Adeline's route, we will be working on Candice's route next!

Ciao~
-Sonya

Hello everyone, it is me, Princess Sonya of CloudNovel!

I am happy to announce that since this evening, Diane's romance route has been released and is playable on Steam! Now that we have our first official yuri romance route, we hope you gentlemen enjoy romancing our lovely waitress Diane. We hope you enjoy our first ever "yuri" or female romance route, where you can romance one of the female characters of Cafe Rouge, as a female character yourself.

As for the last 2 females (Adeline and Candice), here is the full list of stories left to complete, and the planned release dates:

1. Adeline's romance route - April 11th
   
2. Candice's romance route - May 2nd
   
3. Demian and Candice story - May 23rd
   
4. Prequel bonus story - June 6th
   

So as you can see, we are slowly getting all of these Kickstarter stretch goals complete. Yes, it's taking a while, but quality content takes time to do, and we want to tell quality stories.

For now, please enjoy Diane's route, we will be working on Adeline's route next!

Ciao~
-Sonya