Tavern Talk News

We've been listening to your wishes and now they're here – the new trinket features! 🤝 One of the most highly requested and anticipated features was giving the trinkets more attention when receiving them. It's amazing that you all enjoyed them so much that you wanted a closer look. 👀

We've thought about it for a while and decided to do this in two different ways. Firstly, when the patrons gift their trinkets to the innkeeper we are zooming in on them to celebrate the moment. This will also give you a good sense of what changed in your tavern. ✨



Secondly, we've added a gallery where you can marvel at all the trinkets you've collected throughout the game. Moreover, every trinket comes with a note about which quest you obtained it from. 📜



We hope these additions cater to your collector's soul! Do you know what's best about it? You won't have to play through the game again. Any trinkets held in your save file will automatically appear in the gallery so head over there and browse through your collection of legendary and mysterious gifts of your patrons. And maybe you want to start filling in the blanks – the gallery will tell you which trinkets are still waiting for you to find them. 😶‍🌫️

Already feeling the itch to set out and explore other branches of the plot? Trust us, this is where the Fast-Forward button will come in real handy. Here is how you activate it.

If you need any visual help on how the new trinket feature is implemented into the game, here is a little video I made for you!

MOAR Content for the Supporter Upgrade 💪

The Supporter Edition Upgrade has been of our DLC catalog since October. It's a great way to offer our supportive community some extra spice. 🔥 And since you all supported us so incredibly through your reviews, discussion topics, and being active on our Discord, we wanted to give something back and decided to stack up the content in this special DLC! 💯



From today on the Supporter Edition Upgrade DLC now contains 10 wallpapers for your desktop and mobile device (that's an additional eight wallpapers), a digital map of Asteria, and instructions to unlock the secret alternative costume for Fable!

Here's a shot of what it looks like: 💃



If you already own the Supporter Edition Upgrade we'd love to say thank you for making that extra stretch to support us as an indie studio! We highly appreciate it. 💜

The content of your DLC should update automatically and make all of the above directly available. If you have trouble accessing anything, please reach out to us in the community discussions! 💪





Since we started out on this journey our little tavern game has constantly grown and improved. Today, we are checking off the last item on our roadmap for now, but we are far from finished. Thanks to the suggestions & feedback from your reviews and discussions we're discussing how we can create even more enthralling experiences with the new games we're already working on (expect a major announcement to drop in Q2 2025 and sign up to our newsletter to stay in the full loop) so keep the suggestions coming! 🥰

Lastly, we may or may not have another update for this game in the works we're super eggcited about so keep your eyes peeled! 🥚 👀

Stay tuned, and as always please consider leaving a review! It helps us make more wonderful games like Tavern Talk.



We are part of the upcoming Visual Novel Fest & Women's Day Sale on Steam! 💫 And to celebrate our participation we discounted Tavern Talk by 20%, yet again. So, if you're still considering gifting it to yourself or a friend now is a good time! ⏰

Maybe even in a package deal like our "Pen & Paper"-Bundle, that we brought back for all the TTRPG fans. 💜 Since we have discounts on most of our DLCs as well, the bundles are getting even juicier, giving you more bang for your buck.🫰

You can discover many other amazing games during Visual Novel Fest & Women's Day Sale, so keep an eye out. 👁️

See you there and until then,
Tommy 😊

2024 will always be a special year for us and sometimes it's great to celebrate your achievements. It's the year when we debut our first entertainment game and all of you took it in with open arms, thank you so much for that. 💜 It's the year we fulfilled our first Kickstarter, started and finished our second Kickstarter, released our story DLC, won "Most Wholesome" at Gamescom, reached over 1000 Reviews on Steam, gained over 10000 followers for Tavern Talk on Steam and almost 1000 for our Studio page!

This community made this whole experience beautiful and one-of-a-kind. 🥰 And a couple of months ago we had a little fan art contest over on Twitter to celebrate the release of the game on Nintendo Switch for Japan and Korea! We got 6 winners in the end and want to show you their incredible art right now. 🎨

[h2]Fan art contest winners[/h2]



First up, we have this beautiful Anime rendition from SONI. 👀 That definitely let us dream of our own Anime adaption for Tavern Talk 💫



Next up is ASOBI who gave two amazing artworks, but we'll always be a sucker for Eleithyia. 👑



I mean, having Rogue with their familiar always hits a sweet spot.👉👈 It's soooo cute! Thanks to 外町ゆらこ we have this somber and wholesome moment. 🐑🐟



Let's hear it for Grace and this amazingly cute image of her by TriRogue95. 🪄 Truly magical!



Ever thought about pixel Fable? Well, now you do and it's all thanks to hachihun! 💚 Aren't they just so retro-chic now? 👏

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And our last winner had a full-blown video for us! Thank you so much Maroisedot for this and now everybody has this song stuck inside their head. 🥰

We need to thank each and everyone who put all their efforts into this contest and gave us such incredible artwork! Each winner will receive a complete Tavern Talk sticker set in early 2025 and we can't wait to do more events like these in the near future!



We will continue our journey with all of you in 2025! And while the road ahead may seem uncertain with everything that is going on in the world right now, we know that we can face everything together as a community. Tavern Talk is a game about defying the odds, found family and rising above everything together.

In 2025 we'll come back with new projects and updates. We can't wait to show you everything we have in store for you. 🎮

Again, thank you for everything! You all are the reason, that we can do what we love. 💜



Cheers,
your Gentle Trolls

It's time to get cozy again - the Steam Winter Sale is here. ❄️ And that is why we have a 20% discount on the base game and the DLCs for example:

• Digital Lorebook 📖
  
• Digital Soundtrack 🎶
  
• Digital P&P One Shot 🎲
  
• Digital Battlemaps 🗺️
  
• Digital Tarot Major Arcana set 🎴
  

Don't forget, we still have a 10% discount on the story DLC bundle! If you already have the base then this is your chance to get a discount on the story DLC. 🥰

[h2]We have a special gift for you 🎁 - The single soundtrack of the DLC! [/h2]



Our composer Filippo Beck Peccoz was cooking for the DLC and the theme for Oleander Verifina "Meadow of Aspirations" is out now!

And to make it a special gift for you, it now comes for free with every Supporter Edition Upgrade. If you already decided to support us a little bit more, then this is a free update for you! Thank you so much. 💜

But also everybody else should enjoy this new track for free! You can get the single on Bandcamp in the best quality possible! 🎧

We hope you enjoy this and have a wonderful time. 💯

Cheers,
Tommy

Dear Innkeepers,

Since our Halloween update received so much amazing feedback and you seem to have genuinely enjoyed it, we thought we'd do another! ☃️

We present to you the Wayfarer's Inn X-mas decoration! To make everything more festive we now have this new tavern background that even brings you a little Snow-Enby. 💜

Isn't it all so very cute?

But that's not all, we also have some bug fixes for you!

[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• When your autosaves & the save of "read dialogs" get corrupted it won't break the game anymore. 👾
  
• Fixed Melina dialog in the DLC 🗨️
  
• Fixed smaller text issues in the DLC 🗒️
  

It's Steam Autumn Sale and this means - DISCOUNTS! If you’ve been waiting for a special deal to grab Tavern Talk or any of the goodies you've missed so far, now is a good time since we have a 20% discount on the main game and most DLC – and some super juicy bundles if you care about awesome extra stuff.

Our Innkeep Bundle is now almost at a 35% discount giving you the DLC, Lorebook, and OST and you can save up to an amazing 40% on our new and epic Pen & Paper Edition, which has the P&P One Shot and the Battlemaps on top!

Also, there is a Supporter DLC if you want to give us some extra hugs! 🫶

Ever considered making Tavern Talk or one of the many bundles a perfect present for this time of the year? 🎁





We are so grateful for your support during the votes of the Steam Award this year! 💯 So many of you have not only voted for Tavern Talk in one of the categories but also left us a lovely review on Steam as well! ✍️

Thanks to that, we're now closing in on the 1.000 reviews of all time and 100 reviews that have been added recently! This is a huge milestone for us and it would not be possible without you! Thank you so, so, so much! 💜

You can still vote for Tavern Talk in the category "Sit Back and Relax"!

[h2]All you gotta do is click here and give us a vote![/h2]

It's a fierce competition so every vote counts to climb the nomination ladder. But you've done an amazing job so far and who knows, together we can do it! 💪

Tavern Talk may get nominated just like we won that Gamescom 2024 award for "Most Wholesome" back in August.

It CAN happen if you help! 🤩


Again thank you all for your time, care and dedication 🥰
Tommy

Hello my Innkeepers 🍻

We have a special quest for you all — the Steam Awards are just around the corner and we need your help! 🔥
You can vote to get Tavern Talk into the nomination of this year's Steam Awards. 🏆

We are currently aiming for the "Sit Back and Relax" category. 🫶
Since we had a hard time deciding which category would suit Tavern Talk best we asked you, our community, on Discord and social media!

And the community had a clear answer for us, Tavern Talk is the perfect game to just sit back & relax. 💜

Your continued support has brought us so far and we are eternally grateful. 💯 With a small vote you can get us even further giving our cozy game a chance to win a cozy prize! 🥰



We also want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to you. This year has been crazy, we published Tavern Talk, so many external DLC, Tempest Tantrum and improved the game and us along the way.

All of this is possible because of you! Each and every one of you! Your enthusiasm, feedback, and shared experiences filled our tavern with love and happiness.

Your support keeps our quest going and by that we're creating memorable experiences for all.

Cheers,
Tommy 💜