Ale Abbey News

Hello everyone!
Get ready for a look on the new system to unlock beer that will change you from the demo! You will also find a new section of this Road to EA where we'll bring back comments from the last blog post!

Today's topic: Unlocking new beer styles!

[h2]Unlocking new beer[/h2][hr][/hr]
Just like you did in the demo, the new village you'll reach won't be contempted with simple light ales.
Along your journey in Ale Making, you will be able to use new styles of beer, from the blonde beer to some Hefeweizen!

To unlock those new styles, you will have to fill some prerequisite as well as brewing a beer in a specific way. This can go from a specific ingredients to specific quality of virtues. Have a look at the quest to unlock the Amber Ale!

Oh, the joy of brewing possibilities into perfection![hr][/hr]

With the arrival into Early Access, you will be able to craft even more Ales than during the previous demo! Here is some you will find early in your journey:

• Blonde Ale - One amazingly clear, clean, and crisp ale that makes any summer day all the more bearable! Carries a brilliant light color and is very easy to drink with its light aromas and flavors.
  
  
• Old Ale - An aged beauty like this one we'll keep brewing with Gruit! Could be blended with fresher ales to fierce 'em up, but it's a perfect dark, strong malty ale on its own!
  
  
• Amber Ale - A delicious ale that ranges from deep gold to dark amber tints, characterized by pleasant bitterness to balance out the sweetness of the malts.
  
  
• Herbal Ale - Before this recent fixation with Hops - and for a few centuries - we brewed with Gruit. The resulting Herbal Ales had irregular characters at best, but were still tasty and exciting!

And many more are still on the way...

[h2]Answering you[/h2][hr][/hr]
Following our last post, we had a comment that we thought of answering! (note: those were already answered in the comments but we hope to give those questions some visibility)

In terms of EA feedback, do you have any plans/preferences as to where this will be?

Bugs will be best reported through the in-game tool (that we improved and empowered since the demo) because with each report it provides us saves, logs and a screenshot, and a few info on the game state (ofc if the player also writes a few details on the bug and the repro it helps even more!).
For detailed constructive feedback about everything else, it's gonna be either here on the dedicated Steam Forum or on Discord where we'll be able to check and answer quickly! [hr][/hr]

That's it for today!
We hope you discovered some new things! if you have more questions ask them in the comments and we'll answer them as well as highlight them!

See you next week to talk about another additon to the game for the Early Access

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Hello brewers!
As you know, the release of the early access is planned soon! Let's have a look at everything coming your way! Before going to major topics, let's stop for a quick overview of what we talked about previously...Today's topic: seasonal change!

[h2]The four seasons[/h2][hr][/hr]
Starting from the Early Access, you will be able to see the evolution of the seasons impacting the abbey.
These changes will be visible and you'll be able to see the transition in real time. Have a look and let us know what you think!

You'll be able to enjoy the four seasons directly from the comfort of your abbey

These seasons are not just for show (even if they are beautiful). On top of chosing specific ingredients that are related to the ongoing season, they will reduce the production cost of your beer.
So, be creative and try to experiment to get the best out of what the seasons have to offer!



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Hello brewers and Happy holidays!

We hope you had a good christmas and that you are ready for 2025!
On our side between the festivities, we are still working on the release of the game for Q1 2025!
Here are some news from this december

[h2]Let it snow[/h2][hr][/hr]
Since we are in winter already; why not share with you some snow from around the Abbey!
The seasonal cycle will be available in game for the Early Access ☃️


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[h2]Ale Abbey in the Top-10 Best Upcoming Indies!![/h2][hr][/hr]
This december we participated in the IndieDB Indie of the year 2024, following a month long campaign in two phases of votes, we have reached the top 8 in their upcoming games category!
If you voted for us, thank you for your support and we're onward to compete in another category next year 🍻

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That's it for today!
This news was lightet than the usual one but we wanted to celebrate the top 8 of most upcoming games with you as well! We also hope you liked the preview of the seasonal changes, there are more coming in January!

Happy new year everyone, thank you for following us in this journey and we'll see you in 2025!

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Hey Brewers!
Here is the recap of the main information given on Discord following yesterday's Dev Talk. Giving more information on the release date for the game and our release plan.

Happy reading!

[h3]When is the game releasing? [/h3][hr][/hr]
Following all the feedback we received during the demo. It made us reconsider the time we had for the release of the game. We prefer taking our time and digest all the feedback and suggestions into account before the release. This pushed the date from what was December to a few months later, in early 2025 (Q1)

[h3]How will it be released?[/h3][hr][/hr]
After a lot of back & forth, we decided to aim for an Early Access before the 1.0 release!
This allows us to gather more feedback, as we continue working on the game and push its development to the point we consider final! Of course, a roadmap of the early Access will be published, to keep an eye on our progress!

[h3]What's planned on the EA release? [/h3][hr][/hr]
The official release plan has not changed, and you can still follow the current announcement. You can expect other things as well like a redesign of the research system, the arrival of the long-awaited Abbot/Abbess and a lot more! We'll be sure to reveal more details as we get closer to the release🔧



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Hey brewers!

After the last patch notes on the demo, we took some time to reflect on the work ahead of us and about our release plan for Ale Abbey. We know that this is a question many of you are looking an answer for! As we are approaching the end of the year, we would like to reveal it to all by nex week.

[h2]A new Dev Talk[/h2][hr][/hr]
We held our first Dev Talk after the reveal of our game back in June, five months ago. We have since participated in a Next Fest, but now the release date is ever closer. We thought it was high time to answer some of the most popular questions from our forums and Discord!

Next Tuesday we'll be holding another Dev Talk on our Official Discord to discuss the game, the progress we made, and most importantly, the future release!
More precisely, we'll discuss a release time frame, our impressions and learnings from the demo, as well as what we would like the game to look like upon release, and why it might be a little later than initially planned!



[h2]What if I can't join?[/h2][hr][/hr]
If you are unable to join the discussion on Discord, fear not! A scribe has been tasked with writing down all the important information you might want to know. This scribe will make this scroll available to all on Steam and will be released shortly after the Dev Talk!

So, if you are free and want to hear us gush about monks and brewing, join us on Discord next Wednesday!



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