Tavern Talk News

Dear Innkeepers,

With our newest feature to the game you can bring your community into the Wayfarer's Inn! - Introducing Twitch Integration. We love how creative and wholesome content creators all over the world are! Seeing them and their community gave us the idea - let's have the chat decide what comes next.

The Twitch integration is only supported on Mac and Windows, not on Steam Deck. Since it is the first time we've implemented a feature like this we all hope you'll be patient with the process, if something doesn't work right away or needs to be changed.

But how does it work? We have a step-by-step instruction for you, but also if you need a more visual guide, here you go:

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[h2]How to use the Twitch Integration[/h2]

1. Go into your in-game settings.
   
   
   
   
2. The tab on the far right shows a Twitch-Icon open it & click Authenticate. This will open a webpage, first asking you to enter a device code. This code should already be set.
   
   
   
   
3. After that you should be redirected to a page where you authorize the application to use your account to read the Twitch chat.
   
   
   
   
4. Back in the game settings you should be authenticated and the user and channel name should be filled.
   
   
   
   
5. User and channel names should be right in most cases, but if not you can edit them. In most cases both user name and channel name should be the same.
   
   
6. The last thing is to connect with Twitch chat by pressing the connect button. This last step needs to be repeated everytime you launch Tavern Talk!
   
   

Now your community can vote whenever you have to make a decision or a quest drink. You just have to press the play button and each viewer gets one vote on the option.



[h3]What viewers can do:[/h3]

• Vote on specific dialog answers by writing 1, 2 or 3 in the chat 🗨️
  
• Vote on quest drinks by writing 1 or 2 in the chat 🍸
  
• Pet Andu via the command !pet andu 🥰
  

And that's all of it! We can't wait to see more streams and the funny situations that are coming with it!

We also have some bug fixes for you!

[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• Quest creation breaks when switching between mouse & controller
  
• Visual and Audio fixes
  
• You can access the Sticker Kickstarter out of the load game screen with a controller
  
• Drink Mixing Infusion Outlines stay in place when playing with a controller
  

Our Story DLC: Tempest Tantrum is coming closer and closer! Mark the date in your calender - November 12th!

But that's not all! Currently, we have our Sticker Collection Kickstarter running and we already made 500% over the goal! 💯If you want to grab some high-quality stickers and the first Tavern Talk Merch, then this is your chance!



[h3]Click here to check it out![/h3]

More news to share soon!

Cheers,
Tommy

[h2]🥳 Time to party! 🥳[/h2]

To celebrate our upcoming DLC Release we decided to kick off our first 20% discount. Our biggest discount yet also includes all of the current DLCs we have for Tavern Talk! If you weren't sure on getting the game, the Pen & Paper One Shot, the Battle Maps, the Soundtrack, the Major Arcana Tarot Cards or even the Lorebook, then this is your chance. 🌟 (it's also an excellent gift for a friend who loves Visual Novels 👀)

Speaking of the Lorebook, we've got some news on that front!

[h2]📖 Lorebook upgrade 📖[/h2]



We wanted to give back more to the community & upgraded the Lorebook by a whopping 14 pages covering all original Tavern Talk characters - including our latest addition to the cast, Oleander Verifina starring in our upcoming story DLC, Tavern Talk: Tempest Tantrum. 📗

Just to give you a little sneak peek if you want to know even more! 🥰 But beware, this can also contain spoilers if you haven't finished the base game yet or want to go in blind into the DLC! ✨

And if you are looking for more great deals and fantastic music, take a look at the current Steam event that Tavern Talk is lucky to be a part of. 💜

[h2] 🎵 Save & Sound! 🎵[/h2]



We’re happy to announce that Tavern Talk will be at Save & Sound starting November 4th! Today!

Save & Sound is an online music festival with sales and demos on Steam. Come celebrate headbanging soundtracks as well as unique implementations of music and audio in games.

We’ll be participating in the festival with a video showcasing how we created the music of Tavern Talk and the full song "Calling on the Wind" by Lilith Max.

You can watch the showcase on Bedtime Digital Games’ channels:

• Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bedtimedg
  
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BedtimeDG

We’re excited to share some good music and good times with you. Check out the timeslots for Save & Sound 2024 below!



See you all there!
Michel

Hey there my Innkeepers,

we finally have a date and a name for the first Tavern Talk DLC. Tempest Tantrum is coming November 12th! 🔥 But not only that, our Steampage for the DLC is already up. This means you can already wishlist the DLC and get a notification once Tempest Tantrum releases!

[h3]Wishlist Tempest Tantrum now![/h3]

As you can see in the dev roadmap above our November is going to be packed with good stuff! 💜 So, let's get trough it piece by piece.

[h2]🟣 Twitch integration 🟣[/h2]

We love it when people are streaming our game. You put so much creativity into it, creating whole dubbing sessions and bringing it all to live. 🎙️To give something back and to make the game even more interactive with your community, we are currently working on a Twitch integration setting. 🤩

This feature will allow your community to vote on drinks for quests and dialog choices! 💯 A fun feature where your community gets to decide the outcome of your Tavern Talk experience.

[h2]📖Lorebook Upgrade 📖[/h2]

We are going to upgrade the digital Lorebook DLC! Giving you additional pages to it all about the characters. If you have thought about getting the Lorebook, this change could be the gentle push you might need. 🥰

[h2]🌟Sticker Collection Kickstarter Campaign🌟[/h2]



You may have already heard about it, but we are also launching a new Kickstarter soon! 🚨Based on our Sticker Collection, which some were able to get during conventions like Gamescom, we decided to jump in and give everybody the chance to receive their bundle.

But not only that, because we are bringing some goodies from the previous campaign back! The Kickstarter will give you the chance to get your name into the credits of Tavern Talk, write a guestbook entry and maybe even get one of those beautiful Wanted Wall Posters.

If you want to be one of the early birds and get some extra good deals, make sure to follow our pre-campaign site and be right there with us, when we are opening the gates! 😍

[h3]Follow the campaign![/h3]

We all hope you'll enjoy the upcoming changes!

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See you soon and take care,
Tommy

For some players the last achievement of the game wouldn't trigger, thus preventing you from getting the glorious 100%! Thank you all for pointing this issue out in the discussions and reviews. Because of that, we got to work and fixed it! When you start the game now and you are at 48/49 achievements, it should automatically switch to 49, giving you the Best Tavern Ever Certificate!

It was incredibly helpful that so many people were patient with this process and answered our questions swiftly, so we could get to the bottom of this. 💜

[h2]Vampires in Need 🧛[/h2]



This is not a trick, but a little treat for ya'll! 🎃 Together with our friends from Little Bat Games we made an exclusive bundle giving you Tavern Talk and Vampire Therapist with a discount of 10%! 🥳

If you already got one of the games, don't worry, because the discount will still count for the other. You are saving money either way. 🤩

This bundle will be up for a limited time only. So make sure to grab it now!

Cheers,
Tommy

Dear Innkeepers,

Halloween is around the corner, and we have a lot to show. 👀 But before we get started, let us know which Halloween costume you've picked this year. Let's hear it in the comments! 🦇

[h2]Features[/h2]

It's Halloween season and we were thinking the same thing as some of you suggested: Wouldn't it be nice to have some seasonal decorations added to our cozy tavern? There you go: The latest patch adds Halloween decorations to the Wayfarer's Inn. Enjoy the spooky season when giving the game another spin! 🎃



Also, we now have a Newsletter & Discord button in the main menu screen! Sign up for our newsletter to be among the first to learn about our upcoming games, DLC, special discounts, and raffles for game keys, DLC keys and merch! 🎁

[h2]Improvement[/h2]

Thank you so much for participating in our widescreen decoration voting. You made this decision super easy on us. The widescreen with the most votes was option 1: the wallpaper. So be it! Some comments mentioned that it would be better if it matched with the background line. We agreed and made it so. 🤩



If you feel Tavern Talk is close to your heart and you want to give us as a development team an round of support you now can! Introducing the official...

[h2]Tavern Talk Supporter Edition Upgrade DLC ❤️‍🔥[/h2]



For those of you who want a lil something extra to support us and our endeavor in making games you love, we've released a special DLC called "Supporter Edition Upgrade".

We highly appreciate your dedicated support in doing what we love so we're happy to give you these awesome extras in return:

• Five bonus tracks of Tavern Talk's Original Soundtrack composed by the incredibly talented Filippo Beck Peccoz - including the wonderful song "Calling on the Wind" created in collaboration with Lilith Max. They perfectly complete the OST DLC provided here on Steam.
  
  
• The first Tavern Talk short story, "A Study in Fairy Dust" (PDF), where young detective Melina - one of our favorite characters - appears as the main protagonist.
  
  
• Two atmospheric wallpapers for mobile & desktop.
  

Become a supporter right now❗

Thank you so much for your ongoing support and love for our debut game. 💜

More news to share soon!

Cheers,
Tommy