Pekoe News

We've got a bunch of QoL updates coming your way! Lots of small tweaks and changes have been made to make everything work a bit smoother. We've also added some polish on things like UI and optimizations for meshes.

You might be wondering about our gap in updates and that's because dundunDUUUN we got a new programmer!🎉 Our lead programmer Justin has started a new job, (he works on trucks now, very cool) and we're thrilled to welcome Ash to the team. She worked on this update and will be with us on Pekoe moving forward. She's a wonderful addition and we're so happy to have her helping us make Pekoe even better! 🐱🍵✨


As a reminder, if you are experiencing a bug, you can report it in-game by either pressing the F2 key or the drop-down button in the top right corner of the screen. Our Discord also has a bug channel for more in-depth one-on-one support! In particular, if there is a bug that you’ve already reported a while back but is still happening, there is a chance that this is a bug that we’ve had difficulty reproducing. If you’re able to hop into our Discord to help us track down and squash these pesky recurring bugs, we’d love to have you!

[h3]Until next time, here are more details on what’s included in this update!
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[h2]🐞Bugs[/h2]
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• Fixed bug where presenting tea on a saucer to customers left the saucer floating mid-air
• Drink name is properly displayed on the back of the order card
  
• Brewing perfect chamomile tea is now possible (“perfect“ tea requirements now have acceptable margins for time and temperature)
  
• Fixed guests sometimes floating at bed&breakfast
  
• Fixed a few boba syrups being free
  
• Fixed a few environment interactables in mayors office showing an [[ERROR]] popup
  
• Fixed environment item descriptions in teahouses being read by last-talked-to-cat, are shown as internal narration now
  
• Fixed ingredients hovering over cup if removed via the info bubble menu while the cup is empty
  
• Fixed item count being shown behind items in inventory
  
• Adjusted guest respawning logic and stopped time while taking orders in the hopes of fixing the Dine & Dash bug
  
• Fixed kettle steam being visible on the finished drink screen
  
• Fixed bug preventing “Clear Dust“ task from being completed. The task will also complete retroactively when you load your save.
  
• Made lighting in shops and inventory consistent with ingredient selection
  
• Made it harder for ingredients to clip and fall out of the cup
  
• Fixed boba syrup pumps overfilling cups
  
• Fixed boba syrup pumps ignoring cup lid
  
• Fixed container capacity disappearing from info-bubble after showing a text popup
  
• Fixed resident requesting tea not being clickable after completing an order
  
• Fixed teaset being invisible on teaware selection screen when accepting an order with a specific recipe
  
• Fixed materials causing noise around some objects
  
• Fixed planter animating wrong plant when clicked in Bed'n'Breakfast
  
• Removed floating eggs (flowers) in town
  
• Fixed water/ice dispenser breaking after clearing table and switching ingredients
  
• Fixed Sae getting stuck while talking
  

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[h2]🌻Quality of Life[/h2]
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UI
• Clicking on tea notification above a house (in lot view) enters the building
  
• Added an example for custom pronouns, expanded character-limits to fit most of them
  
• Esc while in-game opens journal instead of pop-up window
  
• 3 second wait time and a second confirmation step to delete a save file
  
• Quit and Quit to Menu replaced with Save & Quit and Save & Quit to Menu. Made quitting without saving impossible to do on accident
  
• Kettle boiling and whistling sounds stop when presenting tea to guests
  
  Changes
• Changed behavior of info-bubble which appears above containers and ingredients on right-click (can be hidden manually, doesn’t disappear while being hovered over, remove-ingredient buttons look how intended)
  
• Icons for tea points and beans on order cards
  
• Lot rotation arrows (on side of screen to orbit camera around location) are now arrows
  
• Steep time on the drink info-bubble is of a consistent length
  
• Removed quitting to main menu from main menu
  
• Add a a small animation to Date & Time panel when it locks/unlocks, hide it when making tea
  Unity analytics is a checkbox
  
• Hid the sliding window at personal tea station in level 1 house so it’s not covering Mjorns face
  
• Changed how shadows in players house look
  
• Changed how some materials look
  
• Container info bubble now stays up-to date while open
  
  Improvements
• Cursors change shape when hovered over cats you can talk to, ingredients, kettle heater, when carrying ingredients, presenting tea to cats, when cups/containers are too full for what you are trying to add
  
• Right-clicking a tea container now also shows recommended brew time & steep temperature
  

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[h2]🔍Under Investigation
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• Dine & Dash. If a customer disappears without paying or drinking their tea in your teashop. Please let us know if it happens and report the bug with F2
  
• Choosing your Resident Name triggers the profanity filter. The "names of popular characters" should no longer be in the blacklist!

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As a reminder, please make sure to restart Steam to receive the update. You can see your current version number on the title screen to make sure you have the most recent update!

As spring blooms around us, we're excited to share some delightful updates with you🪻🌼

Here's what we have brewing:


[h2]GDC highlights![/h2]We recently attended the Game Developer's Conference, and we had a blast making new connections and catching up with old friends! 🎮✨
Were you able to snag one of our new exclusive wooden pins?



[h2]We won Best in Play at GDC! 🏆🎉[/h2]

A big, heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for playing Pekoe and making our teahouse dreams come true! ☕️🌟 Your love and support mean the world to us, and we're endlessly grateful for the cozy community we've built together.


Our Creative Director Saffron Aurora gave her first in-person GDC talk, Drawing the Pipeline: From Artist to Art Director as part of the Leaders: Working at the Heart of the Team 2024 talk! If you missed it, you can check it out later when it's uploaded to the GDC Vault.

[h2]A Spotlight on Ontario Talent![/h2]

Kitten Cup had the opportunity to pitch something new alongside other talented Canadian studios to a room full of publishers and investors.🍁

[h2]See you around town![/h2]

That's all for now, tea makers! Stay cozy, keep sipping, and don't forget to spread the warmth by sharing Pekoe with your friends. 😺✨

Here's what we have brewing:



[h2]We'll be at GDC!🔜 [/h2]Our Creative Director Saffron and our Producer Len will be in San Francisco, and if you find them, you might get some exclusive Kitten Cup swag and secrets! Saffron will also be part of the Leadership Microtalk, Leaders Working at the Heart of the Team 2024 on Wednesday, March 20th at 2pm!
Say hi to the team and grab a cute pin! 😸



[h2]The Roadmap🗺️[/h2]

There has been some exciting theories on what folks in our Discord predict will be in the next update. We've pushed out bubble tea, stovetop tea, iced tea, and seasons! What do YOU think is next?

[h2]Cat of the Month!😺[/h2]

We want to highlight all the cute cats, and that means yours! You can join our Discord and send in your best cat pics.

Tango

❤️"Sleeping and Bugs"

💔"New people and surprises"

☕"Cinnamon tea with a sweet twist"

Thank you to Discord user nemoisnuii

That's all for now, tea makers! Stay cozy, keep sipping, and don't forget to spread the warmth by sharing Pekoe with your friends. 😺✨

We've got one more patch to round out the month of January!

This patch fixes a bug that has been lingering for a while now. Some players, usually on certain types of mac computers, have been reporting a very obstrusive black static covering the screen that has made the game unplayable. Unfortunately, because the bug only affected very specific hardware, it's taken us a while to get the equipment to fix and test it. We're so thankful to everyone who has helped us discover this bug, and we really appreciate your patience as we worked towards fixing it! And for anyone who has had to hold off until this bug was fixed, we're so excited to finally welcome you to Pekoe.



As a reminder, if you are experiencing a bug, you can report it in-game by either pressing the F2 key or the drop-down button in the top right corner of the screen. Our Discord also has a bug channel for more in-depth one-on-one support! In particular, if there is a bug that you’ve already reported a while back but is still happening, there is a chance that this is a bug that we’ve had difficulty reproducing. If you’re able to hop into our Discord to help us track down and squash these pesky recurring bugs, we’d love to have you!

[h2]🐞Bugs[/h2]

• Fixed Black Static bug that made game unplayable on certain macOS machines

Please make sure to restart Steam to receive the update. You can see your current version number on the title screen to make sure you have the most recent update!

For more information about our progress, please check out our Known Bugs & Issues page and our full Patch History.

While we're hard at work on the next update, we have a few more bug fixes for you! Thanks as always to everyone who is helping us out by submitting bug reports. You're the best!



As a reminder, if you are experiencing a bug, you can report it in-game by either pressing the F2 key or the drop-down button in the top right corner of the screen. Our Discord also has a bug channel for more in-depth one-on-one support! In particular, if there is a bug that you’ve already reported a while back but is still happening, there is a chance that this is a bug that we’ve had difficulty reproducing. If you’re able to hop into our Discord to help us track down and squash these pesky recurring bugs, we’d love to have you!

[h2]🐞Bugs[/h2]

• Fixed bug where residents would show up at player window for tea during Resident Tea Time (meant to be at resident houses only)
  
• Above fix also fixes bug where game would sometimes lock when choosing between the three options during resident requests
  
• Fixed bug where strawberry sugar bowl and kettle would appear as starter cute teaware.
  
• Adding missing dialogue for making tea with a disliked ingredient
  
• Hiding help button during dialogue
  
• Fixed various dialogue error, including Michi’s farewell at shop and errors caused by ellipses

[h2]🎶Improvements[/h2]

• Cleaned up and polished background music
  
• Adding additional sound effects for picking up and dropping teaware
  
• Adding sound effects for grabbing and releasing Whisk
  
• Adding sound effects for scooping loose leaf tea

Please make sure to restart Steam to receive the update. You can see your current version number on the title screen to make sure you have the most recent update!

For more information about our progress, please check out our Known Bugs & Issues page and our full Patch History.