Cats & Cups News

Hey Baristas! ☕🐾

We’ve brewed up our first hotfix to smooth out your café experience and make sure your catsomers stay happy!
This patch focuses on fixing early bugs, adjusting the economy balance, and improving general stability.

[h2]🛠️ Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where the game wouldn’t properly pause timers during pause.
  
• Fixed a problem with scene transitions where the coffee refill popup persisted between scenes.
  
• Fixed translation issue with the morning “Supply” text.
  
• Fixed achievements not triggering correctly for some players.
  
• Fixed croissants not carrying over correctly to the next day after saving.
  
• Fixed UI tile alignment in certain shop panels.
  
• Fixed a small bug allowing customers in “leaving” state to take another order.
  
• Fixed missing text in the Furniture Shop.
  
• Fixed parent object reference for coffee refill popup.
  

[h2]⚖️ Balance Changes[/h2]

• Reduced thief spawn rate.
  
• Reduced tea restock cost to $200 (was $500) for better early-game economy balance.
  

[h2]🪑 Content & Improvements[/h2]

• Furniture Shop assets are being refreshed with new visuals.
  
• Added tooltip text for Mechanic Cat, Rent Dog, and similar characters.
  
• Mechanic Cat now displays a price tag when hovering over its icon.
  

Thanks for all the cozy feedback and bug reports so far — keep them coming!
Enjoy your shift, and remember: justice never sleeps (especially with coffee)! ☕💛

Don't forget to give us your feedback by reviewing Cats & Cups on Steam! 💛 - Click Here to review!

The café doors are finally open!
Cats & Cups is officially out on Steam with a limited-time 40% launch discount! 🎉

Step into the pawsitively purrfect world of cozy coffee-making, feline friendships, and hand-drawn charm. Brew, decorate, and relax — it’s time to serve some serious purrfection! 💛

[h3]✨ Features[/h3]

• Brew coffee, tea, and magical specialty drinks for catstomers
  
• Play mini-games tied to each drink recipe
  
• Customize and decorate your café
  
• Unlock new stories, drinks, and upgrades
  
• Enjoy a relaxing, wholesome art style full of warmth
  

[h2]🎉 Available Now on Steam[/h2]



👉 Get Cats & Cups with 40% OFF! 👈
Don’t miss the cozy launch celebration, add it to your library today and join the cutest café in town! 🐾

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521410/Cats__Cups/

☕ Cats & Cups — NextFest Demo Is Live!

Hey everyone!
We’re thrilled to announce that Cats & Cups is part of Steam NextFest with its brand-new free demo available now!

Run your very own cat café, brew drinks, serve your feline customers, and enjoy cozy chaos as you try to keep every cat happy (and every cup full).

🎮 What’s in the Demo

Here’s a sneak peek at what you can play during NextFest:

• Brew a variety of drinks for unique cat personalities
• Meet colorful customers like the Dog Thief and other familiar faces
• Customize your café with furniture and décor
• Manage time, orders, and cat moods as things get busier
• Unlock new recipes and story moments
• Enjoy cozy visuals, a relaxing soundtrack, and plenty of cat puns

This demo gives you a first look at the daily life behind the counter, and a taste of what’s to come in the full release.

🛠 What We Like from You

Your feedback during NextFest is super important! After playing the demo, let us know:

• Which moments made you smile
• Any tricky or confusing gameplay bits
• Favorite cats (and least favorite catstomers)
• Drink or décor ideas for future updates
• Any bugs, balance issues, or funny glitches you noticed

You can share feedback on our Steam discussion page or through our Discord (link in bio). We read every comment!

📅 What’s Next

• We’ll be improving and patching the demo during NextFest
• Expect new drinks, decorations, and cats in upcoming updates
• Full release is planned for Q4 2025 on Steam
• If you enjoyed your café time, don’t forget to wishlist Cats & Cups to get notified at launch!

Thank you for supporting Cats & Cups! We hope this demo gives you a warm (and slightly chaotic) taste of life as a cat barista.
See you in the café, and remember to call the cops on the Dog Thief! 🚨🐾

Rogue Duck Interactive

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521410/Cats__Cups/



[h2]Check out our other free Next Fest demos![/h2]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3622640/Vending_Machine_Co/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3962270/Perfume_Atelier/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3771390/Carefully_Stamped/

New Features & Systems

• Bakery Supply & Buy/Unlock system implemented
  
• Day Manager & Machine Shop custom camera position updates
  
• Customer drink, croissant, and order check systems expanded and refined
  
• Tutorial improvements with CupSpawner, tray, and UI warnings
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed coffee grinder & customer issues
  
• Fixed croissant data, drink data, and ingredient localization failsafes
  
• Bakery shop tooltip & target position fixes
  
• Multiple order check & customer pointer bugs resolved
  
• Tutorial bugs and tray/cup position issues fixed
  
• Various small bugfixes for dough, butter, and ingredient shop
  

UI & UX Updates

• Icon pop-ups and new game warning panel refreshed
  
• Pop-up warnings, UI texts, and tables updated for consistency
  
• Improved customer warning texts & debug console commands
  
• Dragging & hover animations polished
  

Balancing & Data Updates

• Bakery shop prices adjusted
  
• Ingredient spawner & translations updated
  
• Fail-safes added for smoother demo stability
  

Enjoying the demo? 🐾☕
Make sure to add Cats & Cups to your Wishlist so you don’t miss future updates, full release news, and cozy cat café vibes! 💖

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521410/Cats__Cups/

Your café just got a little cozier! This update focuses on fixing bugs, polishing mini-games, and making your kitty café smoother to run.

✨ New & Improved
- Added Blender machine (unlockable in demo)
- Upgraded Bakery & Oven animations (mini oven, dough cutting, croissant baking)
- Milk & Coffee machines now have proper refill systems with warning pop-ups
- New supply manager system to better track your stock
- Tutorial updates: skip main tutorial option + smoother progression
- Tooltip updates for ingredient shop and upgrades
- Recipe papers improved with clearer glow & customer indicators
- New SFX: grinder, whipped cream, coins, oven, and more for extra café vibes
- Journal drawer & recipe journal UI refinements

🐛 Bug Fixes
- Fixed ingredient & trashcan glitches
- Resolved blender cup index bug
- Coffee grinder mini-game bugfixes & animation tweaks
- Fixed supply popup warnings and start supply issues
- Espresso machine glow + collider fixes
- Water & straw machine button collider fixes
- Fixed cup stacking visuals and tooltip overlaps
- Several tutorial bugs resolved (glitched steps, TV loops)

🍵 Balancing & Quality of Life
- Drink limit raised: 5 → 10 per stack
- Clearer low supply warnings at day end
- Adjusted cup prices & amounts for smoother early game flow
- Improved machine upgrade UI & tooltips
- Camera control tweaks for bakery/shop scenes

That’s all for this update — thank you for playing and sharing feedback! 💌
If you tried the demo earlier, give it another go — things should feel smoother and more balanced now. ☕🐱

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3521410/Cats__Cups/