Dev Diaries July 9 - New mechanics, new Screens, Coffee Bag Creator
Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying a cold brew this summer in the northern hemisphere or a velvety latte this winter in the southern hemisphere. Wherever you are, we wanted to share with you more news around the development of the latest update and talk about the new mechanics.
The roasting mechanic is now also working inside the stores and has a new icon. Once you have purchased a new roaster, you can assign an employee to it. This will allow you to roast any roasting profile created from the HQ as long as the beans are still fresh and available. Like brewing, roasting takes some time; after the roast is complete, the new custom coffee will appear in your inventory, and you will be able to brew it like any other coffee. Custom coffee will have better grades than the ones you can purchase, and they will be less expensive to produce; additionally, higher reputation levels like Bronze Bean, Silver Bean, and Gold Bean will now be tied with custom coffee because let’s be honest if you are a trending and fantastic coffee shop you might as well create your own coffee. 😊
This month we also made tremendous progress with the new screens. The brand-new Green Beans screen showcases the properties of the coffee beans you can use to create new roasting profiles from the HQ. These beans will change depending on which varieties and regions you unlock; they will also refresh constantly unless you make a roasting profile for them. When you create a roasting profile, the selected beans will be around until you finish roasting all the stock, or they become too old to roast.
Speaking of coffee varieties, we also added a screen where you can unlock new varieties with roasting points. Varieties are crucial to complete roasting challenges which reward you with Roasting Points that you can use to unlock more varieties or roast high-quality beans. The expected quality of each variety defines different tiers; not all varieties will create highly rated coffees. Still, they will work as stepping stones to progress your roasting skills.
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Another new screen is the roasting hub, here you can check out the roasting profiles you have created, check the roasting challenge you are currently tracking, see information about how many regions and varieties you have unlocked, and finally create a new roasting profile. This is the main screen you will see when interacting with the new roasting department in your HQ.
Another primary system that we want to show you is the coffee bag creator! This creator is your final step for showcasing your coffee. For the past weeks, we started working with an artist (you can follow here on Twitter at @nynydg) to create different shapes and patterns that you can use when designing a coffee bag; here are some of the designs and explorations.
She came up with 80 different shapes and patterns that you will be able to use to customize your bag; all these elements can have custom colors and combine with text to show your brand and the name of your roasted coffee. All these shapes live in layers that combine like an image editing software so you can rearrange their order and overlap them to create unique designs. Without further ado, here is the bag creator in action.
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We are still working on adding support for text and different fonts, recent colors for the color picker, and the ability to save and load your bag designs. We are very excited about how it is turning out, and we hope you are too when you start roasting and selling your own coffee.
Last but not least, we are also working on a powerful system that will support the roasting challenges. This system is flexible enough to be used for the missions currently in the game and any future games that we develop. The idea behind the system is to be able to define a set of requirements to complete a challenge that can be done in steps or at the same time and provide a reward if all the conditions are met. The system also supports having a sequence of challenges, similar to what you can see now on the current missions in the game. We are still testing this system. Given it is not a visual-facing feature, we only have the following debugging screens, but we are excited about how this will allow us to create interesting roasting challenges for you.
Thanks for reading this far and supporting the game. We can’t wait for you to play the new update, we are doing everything to get it in your hands as fast as possible. Thanks for being patient and sticking with us, we hope you have an amazing week and enjoy your coffee!
You can follow us on Twitter @RiffStudios for more updates.
if you love Coffee Shop Tycoon, and want to get some cool new logos for your shop join our discord! 😊
[h2]Join Discord[/h2]
Roasting in store
The roasting mechanic is now also working inside the stores and has a new icon. Once you have purchased a new roaster, you can assign an employee to it. This will allow you to roast any roasting profile created from the HQ as long as the beans are still fresh and available. Like brewing, roasting takes some time; after the roast is complete, the new custom coffee will appear in your inventory, and you will be able to brew it like any other coffee. Custom coffee will have better grades than the ones you can purchase, and they will be less expensive to produce; additionally, higher reputation levels like Bronze Bean, Silver Bean, and Gold Bean will now be tied with custom coffee because let’s be honest if you are a trending and fantastic coffee shop you might as well create your own coffee. 😊
New Screens
This month we also made tremendous progress with the new screens. The brand-new Green Beans screen showcases the properties of the coffee beans you can use to create new roasting profiles from the HQ. These beans will change depending on which varieties and regions you unlock; they will also refresh constantly unless you make a roasting profile for them. When you create a roasting profile, the selected beans will be around until you finish roasting all the stock, or they become too old to roast.
Speaking of coffee varieties, we also added a screen where you can unlock new varieties with roasting points. Varieties are crucial to complete roasting challenges which reward you with Roasting Points that you can use to unlock more varieties or roast high-quality beans. The expected quality of each variety defines different tiers; not all varieties will create highly rated coffees. Still, they will work as stepping stones to progress your roasting skills.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Another new screen is the roasting hub, here you can check out the roasting profiles you have created, check the roasting challenge you are currently tracking, see information about how many regions and varieties you have unlocked, and finally create a new roasting profile. This is the main screen you will see when interacting with the new roasting department in your HQ.
Coffee Bag Creator
Another primary system that we want to show you is the coffee bag creator! This creator is your final step for showcasing your coffee. For the past weeks, we started working with an artist (you can follow here on Twitter at @nynydg) to create different shapes and patterns that you can use when designing a coffee bag; here are some of the designs and explorations.
She came up with 80 different shapes and patterns that you will be able to use to customize your bag; all these elements can have custom colors and combine with text to show your brand and the name of your roasted coffee. All these shapes live in layers that combine like an image editing software so you can rearrange their order and overlap them to create unique designs. Without further ado, here is the bag creator in action.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
We are still working on adding support for text and different fonts, recent colors for the color picker, and the ability to save and load your bag designs. We are very excited about how it is turning out, and we hope you are too when you start roasting and selling your own coffee.
Challenge system
Last but not least, we are also working on a powerful system that will support the roasting challenges. This system is flexible enough to be used for the missions currently in the game and any future games that we develop. The idea behind the system is to be able to define a set of requirements to complete a challenge that can be done in steps or at the same time and provide a reward if all the conditions are met. The system also supports having a sequence of challenges, similar to what you can see now on the current missions in the game. We are still testing this system. Given it is not a visual-facing feature, we only have the following debugging screens, but we are excited about how this will allow us to create interesting roasting challenges for you.
Wrapping up
Thanks for reading this far and supporting the game. We can’t wait for you to play the new update, we are doing everything to get it in your hands as fast as possible. Thanks for being patient and sticking with us, we hope you have an amazing week and enjoy your coffee!
You can follow us on Twitter @RiffStudios for more updates.
if you love Coffee Shop Tycoon, and want to get some cool new logos for your shop join our discord! 😊
[h2]Join Discord[/h2]