- RACCOON HELPERS, restaurant styles, and new eventsðŸ¦
- Hey, bosses, we’ve got some new staff here in Tenebra.
- And yes, they’re raccoons. And yes, we made them work. How? Don’t ask… The Mage won’t tell you anyway.
- Here’s a big list of all the new features:
- Helpers (RACCOONS!)
- Helpers have been added.
- You can buy them after selecting your cards from the Mage near the bell at the entrance.
- Helpers change every phase and have different stats.
- Raccoons have 4 professions.
- Cleaner
- Cleans up dirt, and the VIP goblin will no longer be your problem.
- Dishwasher
- Washes dishes. When there’s nothing to wash, they’ll wash all the plates in a circle.
- What did you expect? They’re raccoons. They’ll scrub everything until it shines.
- Waiter
- Takes orders, seats guests, and delivers food. Hurry up and cook
- Chef
- Will chop, pack, mix, cook, burn, and put the dish in the fridge
- Just don’t fire them. After that, they definitely won’t come back and will go to the competition, where they’re “appreciated,†because they can leave your restaurant, but you still can’t. HA-HA-HA!!!
- The higher their stats, the better—they complete tasks faster and take fewer breaks
- Added sound settings for assistants. If you’re tired of their cute sounds or find them too quiet, you can adjust them
- Rarity of Helpers (4 Types)
- There are 4 types of helper rarity:
- The first three differ in stats and price (they excel specifically in their respective professions)
- One is unique. The most expensive, he wears a chain and glasses, and he’s good at everything
- Restaurant Styles
- Added restaurant style system:
- Styles can only be changed during the preparation phase.
- In public lobbies, only the host can change styles.
- Another 3 styles can be obtained during the game, and you can switch them in the M - Upgrade
- New Loading Screens
- Added 4 new loading screens themed around the helpers update
- Customer Clothing
- Regular customers now have new outfits and are copying the fashionable looks of your rats
- Events
- Added new riddle-based events:
- While cooking, your food can now run away and give you a riddle.
- An imp may show up and give you a riddle too. Sure, you can beat him up, but that’s not exactly the best business strategy for a successful restaurant in our neck of the woods.
- Added delivery guy event:
- He might bring extra stuff, fail to deliver the order, or just start doubting life.
- You need to check the delivery and act honestly… or…
- Talent
- Added a new talent in the general tree
- During the card selection phase you can now reshuffle the deck once (in co-op the talent stacks), giving you access to a different set of cards
- UI & Quality of Life
- The hotbar now shows which exact box you’re carrying
- Added new furniture - signs. You can write text on them!
- Added a save warning notification
- Shortened the duration of loading screens when entering the game
- Added notification when a player leaves
- Reworked the spoon rotation animation on the alchemy table - now it’s more physically accurate and satisfying
- Fixes
- Fixed a rare client-side visual bug related to the restaurant progress display
- Fixed microphone sometimes turning off when returning to lobby
- Fixed blackjack camera bug
- Fixed an issue with drink orders that could occur when opening 20-slot barrels while skipping 10-slot barrels
- Fixed various Steam invite issues
- Fixed visual bug with escorted characters
- Took measures against restaurant menu bugs
- Fixed dirt spawning inside tables
- Fixed rare interaction bugs
- Fixed collision at restaurant entrance - interacting with stuff there is now much easier
- Optimization
- Heavily optimized auras and dirt - large amounts no longer tank FPS
- Completely reworked and optimized all object interactions
- Optimized entity collisions and interactions with them
- Our programmer didn’t sleep for several nights, suffered through the entire New Year holidays.
- Serious resource optimization was done: asset stripping, recursive dependency deduplication, mip-map optimization, LZMA compression, legacy cache invalidation, geometry decimation, aggressive normal quantization.Game size reduced from 24 GB to 7.5 GB with one button press.(Shhh, don’t tell anyone!)
- VIP Guests
- Updated boss-vampire lady behavior: she’s now even pickier and teleports away after every dish you serve her.
- Fixed bug where she wouldn’t change her order after being served