Tavern Keeper 🍻 News

Hello, tavern keepers! 🍻

As we mentioned back in July, our plan was to make the Tavern Keeper Demo available for a limited time. However, due to some changes with Steam's demo system - like being able to host demos on a separate page - we decided to keep it up for a bit longer.

Now, with over 200 reviews and a 96% positive rating, the Tavern Keeper 🍻 Demo is going away at the end of this month. That means you still have a little more time to try it if you haven’t already!
Could you be the protagonist the Narrator is looking for?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2833530/Tavern_Keeper__Demo/
(don't worry, it will be back sometime next year!)

The Item Workshop is also available until then, giving you the perfect opportunity to craft stunning designs for your tavern - just like these winning creations from the October Design Challenge!


Above is a screenshot of the Item Workshop, a separate level in the Tavern Keeper Demo with no patrons, no management, and nearly unlimited gold to create your own decorations and designs.

To make the most of the last days of the Item Workshop this year, we are hosting a Design Party on our Discord! Join us in decorating our Tavern Keeper Christmas tree, which will be shared across our social media later this year during the holidays. 🎄

Cheers,
Patty - Social Media Manager @ Greenheart Games 💚

Hello there, tavern keepers!

In October, we kicked off another Design Challenge to celebrate the spooky season! The community was tasked with creating Halloween-inspired designs with a 300 gold budget.
Now, we're thrilled to reveal the winning entries, which will appear on the Item Workshop stage in a future update and be added to the game!


Bar Snack “Eye Contact”, by löyly - Code TKC-521b52f4

Starting budget-friendly at 21 gold, löyly brought an eye-catching snack for any respectable tavern. I must say, it’s looking delicious!


Gary the Skull, by FluxBot - Code TKC-82f35579

Skulls and Halloween go hand in hand. This skull was made from scratch using 42 gold, with simple shapes and horns as teeth. Who is Gary, you might ask? Well, that’s a story for FluxBot to tell.


A Familiar's Dream, by SavvyHolo - Code TKC-473be309

Run a witchy tavern with the ideal spot for a familiar raven. Coming at 156 gold, SavvyHolo made the perfect corner for a hallowed familiar to dream their days away.


A Strange Stump, by Zoragna - Code TKC-a7057899

This eerie and enigmatic decoration, created by Zoragna, seems to have once been something more... human, with a twisted branch resembling a hand offering an apple. Coming at 116 gold.


The Pumpkin King, by SxyWild - Code TKC-60c17c36

It’s not a Halloween challenge without a carved pumpkin! Travellers from all over the kingdom come to make offerings to the Pumpkin King, from coins to their most valuable possessions. For 260 gold, this decoration was created by player SxyWild!


[h3]🎉 Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who participated! 🎉
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You can easily import the designs above into your tavern by copying the share codes and pasting them into the "Import" menu. And, of course, you can still explore the Item Workshop and create your own designs in the Tavern Keeper Demo!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2833530/Tavern_Keeper__Demo/

Much love!
Patty - Social Media Manager @ Greenheart Games 💚

We all love food, and patrons in Tavern Keeper love eating! For Steam Cooking Fest, we cooked up a new Inside the Tavern dev blog about how you can create different delicious meals to cater to your patrons' preferences. Let’s get to it:

[h3]Where the magic happens
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Here’s the kitchen - you can already smell the lovely scent of… a warm rat skewer?! Eww!


In Tavern Keeper, the kitchen is one of the first new services you unlock after you earn your tavern’s first star. You start with a simple grill to prepare skewers, and as you keep earning more stars, new options become available, such as a soup pot, a bread oven, and more.

[h3]Swamp rats? Dragon Booger? Bog water!?
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Of course, to cook you need ingredients! As the Tavern Keeper, you have a variety of meats, vegetables, and, erm… other things... you can buy to design your meals. Mix and match them in recipes to get different flavor profiles which can impact patron enjoyment.


As your tavern gets ever more prestigious, you have to buy better ingredients for your recipes. After all, you wouldn’t serve a Swamp Rat and Bog Water soup to a noblewoman, right?

[h3]The menu is yours
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Build kitchen ✅
Buy ingredients ✅
Now let’s get to the recipes!


Different kinds of recipes become available as you expand and build out your kitchen. For example, once you place a soup pot you can make Morsel Soup, which needs a type of liquid (like water), a kind of morsel (choose from several types of meat or vegetarian alternatives), and can even include additional (optional) vegetables.



After crafting the recipe to fulfill your patrons’ desires, you just need to price it, and ta-da! Now you’re well on your way to your next tavern star.



Tavern Keeper has a demo available right now to get a taste of the game! While it doesn't feature the kitchen, you can learn the ropes so you're well prepared when the game comes out.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2833530/Tavern_Keeper__Demo/


In the meantime, here’s a little spoiler of a new animation we’ve been working on - what do you think this meal is made of? 👀



Until next time!
Patty, Social Media Manager @ Greenheart Games 💚

Hello there, my fellow music fans!

We’ve been working closely with the incredible team at Cedar Studios for all music and sound design in Tavern Keeper - you may know some of their work from other excellent games, such as Two Point Campus and Two Point Hospital!

As a part of Save & Sound 2024, a celebration of music and sound design in games, we’ve prepared the deepest of dives to share with you: a behind-the-scenes look at how Cedar Studios went about creating and implementing the dynamic music in the world map and how they set up the tavern chatter.

I could keep writing about it, or you could watch this deep dive we prepared!

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If you ever wanted to get a real look at how the sound design magic is made, this video is for you, and with keen eyes and ears you might spot quite a few things we have never shown before. 👀

That’s it for today’s update! You can check all the love and detail the team at Cedar Studios has put into the game in our demo, which is available now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2833530/Tavern_Keeper__Demo/

Wawaah! 👋
Patty, Social Media Manager @ Greenheart Games 💚

Happy spooky season, tavern keepers!

The Item Workshop level is BACK to the demo for Halloween and a NEW DESIGN CHALLENGE!

Some of you might be wondering: what is the Item Workshop?
The Item Workshop is a separate level in Tavern Keeper with no patrons, no management, and near unlimited gold to let your imagination go wild and create your own decorations and designs.



[h3]Create Spooktacular Designs[/h3]

Join the October Design Challenge and get a chance for your design to be added to Tavern Keeper!

The theme for this month comes with no surprise: it’s Halloween, time to get spooky! Create a standalone decoration inspired by Halloween using up to 300 gold. Design your own monster statue, make a creepy skull lantern, or bring your favorite real-life decorations into the game, it’s up to you.

Code for the skull lantern: TKC-0e14cb16

You can either participate by sharing your design on social media using the hashtag #TavernKeeperDesign, or posting it on our Discord’s #design-space forum with the “Challenge Oct2024” tag. Use as many design pieces as you’d like and submit as many entries as your imagination can conjure.

After November 8th, the Tavern Keeper dev team will handpick the top 5 designs, which will be added to the game for everyone else to see!


[h3]Sharing creations[/h3]

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to save your design and share it with other players!

First, right-click your design and pick “Save as Template”. Then, name it, set the category to “Decoration” and you’re all set!



Save and share the image with everyone! You can add other players' designs to your game by entering their code in the “Import” tool.


Cheers!
Patty, Social Media Manager @ Greenheart Games 💚