Omelet You Cook News

[p]Hello chefs![/p][p][/p][p]This week's update is all about the CUSTOMERS! We've added 14 new customer portraits: 3 brand new customers and 11 existing customers got a makeover, so every customer now has a unique portrait.[/p][p][/p][p]4 of these customers were voted for in the latest Discord poll. Which one are you most excited to see?[/p][p][/p][p]A couple of these customers have the new Bully trait which means they snatch a dollar from you every time you take an ingredient with a specific tag.[/p][p][/p][p]Additionally, the customers will line up and hold their plates during Principal Clucker's omelet inspection.[/p][p][/p][p]But this update isn't just about the customers in the game, it's also about the customers of the game! We've added 2 of the most highly requested features: mid-run saves and an info tab in the catalogue.[/p][p][/p][p]Your current run is now saved at the start of each round and the start of each shop. So when you've got a long endless run and it's time for bed you can feel free to exit and continue some other time![/p][p][/p][p]Thank you to the chefs in our Discord who helped playtest the beta branch! It's likely we might've missed some bugs or exploits so if you notice anything weird please let us know via the in-game form, the Steam forums, or on Discord.[/p][p][/p][p]We've added a 4th tab in the Catalogue that shows tips for each of the major mechanics in the game. This should be a helpful reference if you can't quite remember the initial popups or want a slightly more in depth explanation. Let us know if you'd like to see anything else added here![/p][p][/p][p]We've also added 3 new achievements.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Lastly we've made quite a few quality of life changes and balance adjustments you can check out below.[/p][p][/p][p]Happy cooking, chefs![/p][p]-Chef Schu[/p][p][/p][h2]v0.9.25 Patch Notes[/h2][h3]Content[/h3]

• [p]New Bully customer trait[/p]
• [p]3 new customers[/p]
• [p]11 updated customer portraits[/p]
• [p]Mid Run Save Data[/p]
• [p]Catalogue now has an Info tab with descriptions of major features[/p]
  • [p]Let us know if you think of anything we missed![/p]
• [p]3 new achievements[/p]

[h3]Quality of Life[/h3]

• [p]Pantry ingredients/helpers are hoverable during scoring so you can review how they score[/p]
• [p]Scoring tooltips are nested at bottom of screen[/p]
  • [p]Now you can take screenshots that show both the total score and 1 hovered ingredient[/p]
• [p]Adding pulsing color when you have a locked apron selected (so you know why it's locked)[/p]
• [p]Game is playable on controller (not recommended but works similarly to Steam Deck)[/p]

[h3]Balance[/h3]

• [p]Haunted Trait: each ghosts takes 4 seconds longer than the previous ghost to spawn[/p]
  • [p]This should help make things more manageable in endless runs[/p]
• [p]Ascetic Trait: won't appear on first round[/p]
• [p]Vegetarian and Carnivore Traits: won't appear in first 2 rounds[/p]
• [p]All customers are available in any given run [/p]
  • [p]previously there were 4 customers that only appeared as boss Teachers on Green Apron[/p]
• [p]Ribs are now Sticky[/p]
• [p]BBQ makes Meat ingredients Sticky[/p]
• [p]Honey Glazer makes Vegetable ingredients Sticky (instead of Meats)[/p]

[p]In an effort to make legendaries more valuable we rebalanced the following Legendary Helpers:[/p]

• [p]Stir Fry Specialist[/p]
  • [p]Added "+0.2x to each Seafood per Veggie touching"[/p]
• [p]Comfort Cook[/p]
  • [p]Added "+0.2x to each Root per Meat touching"[/p]
• [p]Charcuterie Chef[/p]
  • [p]Added "+0.2x to each Dairy per Fruit touching"[/p]
• [p]Softie Chef[/p]
  • [p]Added "+0.2x to each Soft per Crunchy touching"[/p]
• [p]Crunchwrap King[/p]
  • [p]Added "+0.2x to each Crunchy per Chewy touching"[/p]
• [p]Chewy Champion[/p]
  • [p]Added "+0.2x to each Chewy per Soft touching"[/p]
• [p]Helper Hater[/p]
  • [p]Added "Decrease by -2pts each time you reroll"[/p]
  • [p]This helper was insanely overpowered with some chefs reaching +80 to every ingredient if they earned enough money. We try to avoid nerfing but something had to be done. This is my attempt at allowing it to scale without letting chefs endlessly hire + fire in a single shop[/p]

[h3]Art[/h3]

• [p]Customers now hold their omelets during omelet inspection[/p]
• [p]Occupation of Managers is shown[/p]
• [p]Occupations are shown in catalogue[/p]
• [p]Ingredients in crates follow your cursor[/p]
• [p]New art for Root & Fruit Finesser[/p]

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed bug where Sticky Jimmy didn't give full buff to ingredients like Steak that want to touch a specific tag[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where slider SFX would play on start at full volume[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where discarded ingredients still counted as "on side"[/p]

[p]Hello chefs![/p][p][/p][p]It's a long shot compared to all the other behemoths on Steam but if you've been enjoying Omelet You Cook we'd love your nomination for the Steam Awards, particularly in the following categories:[/p]

• [p]Outstanding Visual Style[/p]
• [p]Most Innovative Gameplay[/p]
• [p]Sit Back and Relax[/p]

[p][/p][p]We hope you're enjoying the latest Thanksgiving Update, chefs! Thanks for cooking with us.[/p][p]-Schu and Hjalte[/p][p][/p]

[p]Happy Thanksgiving, chefs![/p][p][/p][p]For today's patch notes I'm gonna start with the thing that all great online recipes do where I share a personal story. If you wanna skip ahead to content, feel free to scroll past.[/p][hr][/hr][p]Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Every year my sister (who came up with the name for Omelet You Cook) hosts Thanksgiving at her wonderful home (filled with dogs like Sunny and Brother btw!). She started it in her college days for people who didn't have nice family homes to return to, and it's continued on for over a decade now. After moving away from the US it's the only holiday I truly miss.[/p][p][/p][p]Part of what makes it so special for me is a little tradition where we go around the dinner table and everyone shares what they're thankful for. It's very cheesy and sappy and vulnerable and I love it. Since I'm not home for Thanksgiving I wanted to take a moment here to say how grateful I am for everything and everyone that's lead to the success of Omelet You Cook.[/p][p][/p][p]I'm grateful for my sister, my parents, my brother, and my friends who've supported and encouraged and believed in me for all the years I was making things before there was proof I could do this for a living. I'm grateful for all my game dev friends at Spelkollektivet, Stugan, and Ludokultur who've helped immensely by sharing their game dev journeys with me. I'm grateful for Hjalte who's the best bidness partner I could've asked for, and for Mareike, Nico, and Gus who've made incredible contributions to the game.[/p][p][/p][p]I'm grateful to Wholesome Games for featuring us, to NorthernLion and all the other streamers who showed the game to their audiences, and to all the game studios who've bundled with us. I'm extremely grateful to all 12,000+ chefs who've bought the game, to the 530+ who took the time to leave a review, and the 1,100+ chefs in our Discord![/p][p][/p][p]Every step of developing Omelet You Cook has surpassed my expectations. That's partly due to luck, partly due to our hard work, and mostly because of all you chefs who've supported us, reported bugs, recommended the game to friends, and helped make Early Access so fun. Y'all are far too kind and we appreciate you [/p][p][/p][p]Plus 3 new big-number-enabling Legendary helpers (and Hjalte absolutely cooked on the art for these).[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We also finally got around to overhauling our menus, including a new Pause Menu.[/p][p][/p][p]And we finally added some proper art to the Settings Menu, as well as refining the existing settings. We even added a new "Unlock All" option for chefs who just want to see everything right away.[/p][p][/p][p]There's also some balance changes and bug fixes you can check out in the patch notes below.[/p][p][/p][p]We're gonna hold a poll to determine which animal customer y'all wanna see in the next update.[/p][p][/p][p]Join our Discord to vote on a new Customer![/p][p][/p][p]If you're inspired, feel free to share what you're thankful for this year. Better yet, tell the people around you how much you love and appreciate them.[/p][p][/p][p]Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for cooking with us, chef![/p][p]-Chef Schu[/p][p][/p][h2]Patch Notes[/h2][h3]Content[/h3]

• [p]Menu Overhaul[/p]
  • [p]New Pause Menu (accessed via esc/start button or via the icon in top right during runs)[/p]
  • [p]Settings menu looks nice now[/p]
    • [p](We had to change the backend of the Settings. If anything doesn't work for you as it did before please let me know!)[/p]
  • [p]Added an "Unlock All" button[/p]
• [p]4 new ingredients[/p]
• [p]3 new helpers[/p]

[h3]Balance[/h3]

• [p]Egg Shells and Chocolate Coins now fall from the sky like Matches[/p]
• [p]Chocolate Cake, Graham Cracker, Meatball, Sun-Dried Tomato, and Beef Jerky are now Baked[/p]
• [p]Rock Salt is now Raw[/p]
  • [p]All of the above were previously Processed, which is heavily overrepresented compared to Raw/Baked. This helps bring them closer in line with 38 Raw, 33 Baked, and 49 Processed. Future updates will continue to bring these more in balance[/p]
• [p]Cloning Vat is now Rare instead of Legendary[/p]
  • [p]Going forward we want Legendary helpers to be your primary source of scaling. Cloning Vat doesn't directly let you scale and is also fun + enables cool builds so we want it to be more available[/p]
• [p]Chocolate Cake now gives -1 per Vegetable on omelet[/p]
  • [p]This is an attempt to add a little nuance and identity to Cakes/Pies[/p]

[h3]Quality of Life[/h3]

• [p]Turned off the parallax camera effect in the shop[/p]
• [p]Weekly Run now shows an indicator if you haven't attempted it at least once[/p]
• [p]Weekly Run now stays selected if it was your last played run[/p]

[h3]Art[/h3]

• [p]Updated Chocolate Bar with BRIX logo[/p]
• [p]Updated Chocolate Cake to be bigger[/p]
• [p]Updated Grape to be more grapular[/p]

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed bug where mouse would drift with certain hardware[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where Honey Glazer didn't give points[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where Oranges/Lemons/Limes lied about their scores[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where you always got Middlesville King Arthur achievement after a Drizzler customer[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where Dark Medallion only scored 1 per Legendary (instead of the stated 2)[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where Weekly Run could show trophy even if you hadn't beaten it yet[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where Lollipop pointer pointed at the wrong angle[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where Helper Hater still had old red FIRED text[/p]

[p][/p][p]For chefs that read this far I also wanna mention that mid-run saving is on the way! I'm expecting to have it fully implemented by the end of the year. In the coming weeks I plan to open up a beta in our Discord for chefs that wanna help us iron out any remaining bugs. [/p]

[p]Hello chefs![/p][p][/p][p]Looks like we've got ourselves in a sticky situation, chefs. Principal Clucker has introduced 6 new Sticky ingredients that will, as their name suggests, stick to other ingredients and form one massive cluster.[/p][p][/p][p]We've also added 3 new Sticky-related helpers.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]And of course with new mechanics comes new customers: 3 new Drizzler customers who drizzle a bit of immovable Sticky honey on your omelet.[/p][p][/p][p]Yet again Principal Clucker demanded we prod the completionists with 2 new Sticky achievements:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Go check it all out in our latest Weekly Pantry and let us know what you think![/p][p][/p][p]Lastly, we must acknowledge that we just reached the OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE mark on Steam thanks to 500+ positive reviews! And we're somehow still 100% positive, which is absolutely absurd![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Thank you to every chef who's bought the game, left a review, gave us feedback or encouragement, and recommended the game to their friends. It's truly a pleasure making this game for such a kind and supportive playerbase. It's easy for us to stay excited working on all these updates knowing how much it's resonating with y'all. Thank you for your support, chefs![/p][p][/p][p]Thank you and happy cooking, chefs![/p][p]-Schu and Hjalte[/p][p][/p][h2]Patch Notes[/h2][h3]Content[/h3]

• [p]new Sticky ingredient tag[/p]
• [p]6 new ingredients[/p]
• [p]3 new helpers[/p]
• [p]new Drizzler customer trait[/p]
• [p]3 new Drizzler customers[/p]
• [p]2 new achievements[/p]

[h3]Balance[/h3]

• [p]Honey Comb rework: +1 per touching and +0.5x to each Meat touching, Rare instead of Legendary[/p]
• [p]Pyromanic customer trait can only spawn 1 matchstick per dispense[/p]
  • [p]Some clever chefs were making matchsticks score points and therefore were incentivized to play as slow as possible to maximize the number of matchsticks on the omelet. Well played but Prinicipal Clucker was not pleased.[/p]
• [p]Tweaked Haunted customer trait:[/p]
  • [p]Can't appear in Turn-Based mode[/p]
  • [p]Ghosts spawn every 10-20 seconds instead of 8-12[/p]
  • [p]Max 1 Ghost at a time[/p]
  • [p]Ghosts expire after 20 seconds if they fail to haunt something[/p]
• [p]Dark Medallion: +2 per pts Legendary helper instead of +1[/p]
• [p]Banana: Added +2 pts[/p]
  • [p]Now it can score on it's own without requiring other ingredients/helpers to buff it[/p]
• [p]Reduced Jalapeno/Chili unlock thresholds from 30 to 21[/p]

[h3]Quality of Life[/h3]

• [p]"OnFire" has been renamed to "Flaming" and has different text effect[/p]
  • [p]We've been hearing from some new chefs that Firing and OnFire were confusing, with phrases like "increase Fire value" being ambiguous. Therefore we made this change to distinguish the 2 mechanics more[/p]
• [p]All references to "Firing" helpers has a different text effect and color[/p]
  • [p]We went with green to help make it clearer this interacts with your money and not Flaming[/p]

[h3]Art[/h3]

• [p]Shop has an animated background and subtle camera movement[/p]
• [p]Honey Comb has new art[/p]

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Fixed critical bug where ingredients could become invisible on runs with Fools Gold[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where gold ingredients didn't shine in Catalogue[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where the catalogue filter icon could disappear[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where some ingredients (such as Banana) could display long digits (such as +0.999999x)[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where Flaming tutorial wouldn't appear for Pyromaniac customers[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where Candy could appear as an entire group on title screen and from tin cans[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where ingredients from tin cans on title screen weren't removed properly[/p]
• [p]Fixed click-drop input[/p]
• [p]Fixed bug where 2nd Stix ingredient had wrong collider[/p]

[p]Hello, chefs![/p][p][/p][p]We're thrilled to announce that 10,000 chefs have purchased our silly little cooking game! And we're still maintaining an unprecedented 100% positive review score! Thank you so much for all your support, it's been a pleasure developing this game and we're very excited for the upcoming updates we have planned.[/p][p][/p][p]We're also pleased to announce that we're now officially Steam Deck Verified! The game should play much smoother on your favorite handheld device now.[/p][p][/p][p]To celebrate this huge milestone we'll be on sale for 20% off for the next couple weeks! Tell your friends it's time to cook![/p][p][/p][p]And if you haven't already, please consider leaving a review as we grow ever closer to the fabled 500-review threshold for Overwhelming Positive to grace our store page![/p][p][/p][p]Thanks for cooking with us, chefs.[/p][p]-Schu and Hjalte[/p]