Tavern Talk News

LudoNarraCon - Broadcast with the devs + new reveal trailer

Hey there Travelers!

We are so proud to be part of the LudoNarraCon - Official Selection!

Today, we broadcast something special: we stream the latest version of Tavern Talk!
Jassi (any pronouns), our Narrative Designer, and Tommy (he/him), our Communications Manager, show what is new and what has changed during development.
And that's not all! Stay until the end to get an exclusive first look at two new characters in our new trailer.

We will show what is new and what has changed during development, but that's not all! Stay until the end to get an exclusive first look at a new trailer and two new characters that will be revealed during the LudoNarraCon!

Have fun, stay tuned, and don't forget to wishlist. 💜
Jassi & Tommy

LudoNarraCon - Broadcast with the devs + new reveal trailer

🔑 New Guests have arrived! 🔑

We already had the chance to give you a teaser and present Quincy from Quincy's Tavern and McKenzie Catron the Author aka Minthie the Librarian. ✨

Now it's time for a closer look at their finished designs! Let's start with Quincy. 🤩

You can find Quincy (he/him), a friendly and mysterious Innkeeper, in his very own Tavern right over here: https://www.tiktok.com/@quincylk! He’s stopping by the Wayfarer’s Inn in search of fresh ingredients and hopes of catching up with an old friend.

And as luck has it, he brought us a tasty treat: a new drink, that was also unlocked as part of the Kickstarter Stretch Goals! Quincy's Hot Chocolate is now a part of Tavern Talk. Yum! 🍫

Next, we have Minthie (she/her). Accompanied by her two-headed service beast Casket and Kane the librarian has a dark past and a secret she seeks help with. Maybe the Innkeep knows what to do? If you'd like to read some of the books that McKenzie Catron, the real-life author behind the character Minthie, wrote take a look here: https://www.mckenziecatron.com/

Minthie also brought something delicious to the tavern: Cursed Coffee, the second drink unlocked as a Stretch Goal during the campaign, will lift your spirits for sure! ☕

Until next time,
Tommy

Upcoming features and updates for Tavern Talk 01/04/2024

We have some amazing updates for you! These improvements will be part of the final game and will help in the long run to give you the best version of Tavern Talk.

- Andu is no longer in the game. 💨

We found out that Andu took a lot of the overall processing power of the game and to combat that we decided to remove them from the game entirely. There is still Andu's bucket, so just use your imagination. Theater of the Mind is an important part of D&D!

- We made the text smaller. 🤏

The story of Tavern Talk got so immense that we decided to shrink the text, so we can give you more on each text bubble! It's harder to read, but we are sure you have glasses at home.

- The text speed is now even slower 🦥

You heard that right. To give you the chance to read everything word by word and not to miss anything!

- Each in-game day will be a DLC! 🫰

This way the Tavern fun will last longer. Yeah, some days are only 10-20 minutes long, but if we release every week, you don't have to wait so long to get the full experience in the end. And in only 40 Weeks (each day costing about 2€) you will have the full story. It is just like waiting for your favorite anime.

- You can play Tavern Talk exactly once! 💯

We always said it is Coffee Talk meets D&D and to focus more on the D&D aspect of the game, we decided that you can play Tavern Talk exactly once. After you finish the game, your file will be corrupted preventing you from playing it again. Making all your decisions permanent, just like in D&D! This feature links directly to your Steam Account. Deleting and re-installing won't do the trick and would be cheating anyway. If you want to try it again, to get a different outcome, you can always make a new Steam Account and buy it again, I guess. Tavern Talk is now officially the Dark Souls of Visual Novel Games!

- Controller Input will be a thing 🎮

Some people like it more than playing with a mouse and keyboard.

- Major performance improvement 💪

Just like Andu, we noticed that one flying particle in the Tavern was causing the game to crash. We removed it. You are welcome.

I hope you enjoyed this glimpse into the future of gaming! Have a great April (April started just now, right? Sorry, I am a silly fool) and see you soon. 💜