New update v0.7.2 and news about Roasting
Hello! I hope you are having a great week, here on Puget Sound we are preparing to be covered in snow soon, so stocking those coffee beans to get us through the week. As some of you might have noticed there was a small update pushed last week, this update fixes a game breaking bug that prevented you from closing the Employee information screen if the screen was open during the Du Latte Awards. We validated other screens and it seems that only this screen had the problem, it looks like there was a glitch with the unity controls that made the close button fly away from the screen when it disabled and re-enabled. Other than that fix there isn’t much else on the update, we have been focused on the Roasting update so we have everyone working on getting this update to you as soon as possible.
Speaking of roasting we have some cool new working screens to show you the progress and talk about the new mechanics.
First, we are introducing a new skill for your employees “Roaster”. This skill works similarly to the other existing skills, your employee will level up the skill through roasting or by taking some of the new trainings. You are also able to find employees that are specialized in roasting. Employees on existing saves will also have this skill, so you will be able to start roasting right away.
Roasting can be done in the HQ and your coffee shop, the first step is to go to your HQ, here you will find a new Roasting area where you can browse green beans from several origins and different properties, we are actually working right now on the system that generates all this beans. From there, you can pick a type of bean and start making a new “Roast Profile”. You will need to pick someone from your existing employees to do this, their roasting skill will be important to achieve a higher score for your roast. During roasting you will come across several flavor and aroma notes that are present in the bean, depending on the temperature you use for your roast you can try to get different notes. Once you have discovered these notes on that specific bean you can try to get other notes.
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The selected bean, achieved notes, and the employee skill level will define the final score for your coffee beans. These scores will be important to your customer, a higher reputation store will require better coffee beans in order to progress. Bronze, silver, and gold bean ratings will be updated to take into consideration specialty coffee and custom beans.
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Back in the store, any employee with enough skill level will be able to roast the “Roast Profile” you just created from the HQ while there are enough supplies of the specific green bean. Green beans will change over time.
We are also working on system to customize bean bags so you can add your own style to your new roasted beans, we will share more details on another dev update.
Finally, we are going to leave you with some new renders from our talented artist, thanks for reading so far and enjoy your coffee.
Speaking of roasting we have some cool new working screens to show you the progress and talk about the new mechanics.
So how will roasting work?
First, we are introducing a new skill for your employees “Roaster”. This skill works similarly to the other existing skills, your employee will level up the skill through roasting or by taking some of the new trainings. You are also able to find employees that are specialized in roasting. Employees on existing saves will also have this skill, so you will be able to start roasting right away.
Roasting can be done in the HQ and your coffee shop, the first step is to go to your HQ, here you will find a new Roasting area where you can browse green beans from several origins and different properties, we are actually working right now on the system that generates all this beans. From there, you can pick a type of bean and start making a new “Roast Profile”. You will need to pick someone from your existing employees to do this, their roasting skill will be important to achieve a higher score for your roast. During roasting you will come across several flavor and aroma notes that are present in the bean, depending on the temperature you use for your roast you can try to get different notes. Once you have discovered these notes on that specific bean you can try to get other notes.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
The selected bean, achieved notes, and the employee skill level will define the final score for your coffee beans. These scores will be important to your customer, a higher reputation store will require better coffee beans in order to progress. Bronze, silver, and gold bean ratings will be updated to take into consideration specialty coffee and custom beans.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
Back in the store, any employee with enough skill level will be able to roast the “Roast Profile” you just created from the HQ while there are enough supplies of the specific green bean. Green beans will change over time.
We are also working on system to customize bean bags so you can add your own style to your new roasted beans, we will share more details on another dev update.
Finally, we are going to leave you with some new renders from our talented artist, thanks for reading so far and enjoy your coffee.