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πŸ’Œ Discounty News - July 2025 (+ Price Announcement!)

Hello shoppers!

Things are really exciting here at Crinkle Cut, because Discounty is FINALLY launching in less than one month.

Well, let's get into it before I start screaming. 😱 This is a condensed version of our July email newsletter. Make sure to subscribe to our newsletter for the full version β€” new subscribers get the latest issue in their inbox! Here are the highlights:

[h2]πŸ’Έ Price Announcement[/h2]
A lot of you have been waiting on this news. We can finally give you an anwser:

Discounty will cost $19.99 USD on Steam (or your equivalent local price!).

But it wouldn't be Discounty without a discount! There be a 20% launch discount on Steam for two weeks. That means you can get Discounty for under 16 bucks! Wow!


We're offering a big discount in the hope that lots of people can finally play our game right away. We know some of you have been waiting over two years for this game to come out. Plus, the more early support we get, the more likely we'll be able to continue supporting Discounty and bringing you more content. Thanks for being along with us on this ride. πŸ™

[h2]βœ… Demo Patch![/h2]
We wrote about this previously on Steam, but in case you missed it: we released a big patch for our demo on Steam, adding Japanese, Korean, and Simplified & Traditional Chinese, lots of decorative items, faster running, and more requests from our community! You can check out the patch notes here.

[h2]🦝 Discord Meme Contest[/h2]
Since we announced our Discord server in our last newsletter, our community has quickly grown to over 750 members! We want to keep that community growing by offering lots of activities, so here's our next Employee of the Month challenge: a meme contest!

The rules are simple: make a meme about Discounty, we'll choose our favorites, and the community will choose a winner.

You can find the full rules in our server: join the Discord.

That's it for this month's dev update! If you want to read more, make sure to sign up for the newsletter here. Thanks for reading, and see you in August!

xoxo
Crinkle Cut Games

Employee Training Video: Advanced Tactics ⭐

You're ready, trainee β€” it's time to talk about advanced shopkeeping tactics. Shopkeepers should always have an A.C.E. up their sleeve:

πŸͺ§ Advertising
βœ… Challenges
πŸ§‘β€πŸ”§ Employees

Confused? Don't be! Just watch our new (and final!) Employee Training Video:

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(Video narrated by Payton's Corner)

Congratulations, employee! That was the final episode of our Employee Training Video series. If you really want to earn that promotion, put it to the test in our demo, which we just updated:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3731830/
xoxo
Crinkle Cut Games

Discounty Demo Patch - Asian Languages, Decor, & More!

We’re happy to share that the Discounty demo has now been updated with additional language support!

You can now play the demo in:

  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Korean

Thank you for your support and feedback so far, we have been listening and implemented a series of QoL fixes to improve the demo experience for all players too.

[h2]Patch Notes Version 0.2.02 [/h2]

πŸ›’ = this change was suggested by players!

  • πŸ›’ Faster running! Your character now runs faster and has a new running animation
  • πŸ›’ You can now open the store manually by clicking an open/closed sign in the entrance
  • Many new decorations are available in Solruna's shop
  • Added support for Japanese, Korean, and Simplified & Traditional Chinese languages
  • Updated tutorial to include new store opening mechanic
  • Adjusted opening hours to 9-17 to balance morning vs. evening
  • πŸ›’ Easier to interact with items covered by large items
  • πŸ›’ Performance bonus! The player is now rewarded extra money from positive customer interactions
  • The end of day screen has been overhauled, giving a lot more detail about each day's performance
  • Hundreds of bug fixes
  • Dozens of small visual tweaks

We can’t wait to welcome even more of you to the town of Blomkest. Be sure to let us know what you think and don’t forget to wshlist the game if you haven’t already!

xoxo
Crinkle Cut Games

Employee Training Video: Making Deals πŸ“ˆ

Dream bigβ€”and don't let historical preservation societies or zoning laws get in your way!

Learn how to make deals and achieve infinite growth in our new Employee Training Video:

You do want to be a savvy entrepreneur...don't you?

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(Video narrated by Payton's Corner)

Tune in next week for the final training video, and check out our demo while you're eagerly waiting:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3731830/
xoxo
Crinkle Cut Games

Employee Training Video: Customer Relations ❀️

You call it "friendship"; at Discounty, we call it Customer Relations.

In the latest episode of our Employee Training Video Series, we talk about the tangible benefits of maintaining relationships with your customers.

Learn to see every personal interaction as a chance to improve your bottom line!

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(Video narrated by Payton's Corner)

[h2]Tiny Devlog: Opening the Store[/h2]

As we wrote last week, we've been making a few tweaks to the game in response to player feedback from our demo. We noticed a lot of players didn't realize that it's possible to skip time ahead to the beginning of your shift by interacting with the computer in the back of the store. We wanted to find a couple ways to make this clearer and give players more control over how they spend their time.

Most notably, we've added a new open/closed sign to the front of the store so that you can jump right into the action, without even having to walk to the back of the store. And we've added a new tutorial for using the sign in the full game. Check out the cute new sign:



Here's your regularly scheduled reminder that you can still play our demo:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3731830/
xoxo
Crinkle Cut Games