☕ Caramel Creek Devlog: Still Brewing!
10 days agoHey everyone! 👋First, an honest update. The demo was supposed to launch last year, on September 10th. It didn't. Life threw some heavy personal circumstances my way, and on top of that, about half of the project's files were lost. For a while, I genuinely didn't know if the game would make it. 💔But I'm happy to say that Caramel Creek is not just alive, it's better than ever. 🌱 I recovered everything that was lost, rebuilt what couldn't be saved, and kept building. Here's what's new:☕ A living café. Customers now walk in, queue up, pick their seats, and get impatient if you're slow. Some order to-go, tables get dirty, and they chat while they wait. There are also brand-new customer looks, both men's and women's sets. 🧑🦰🌿 Farming & tools, reworked. Smoother tool handling, coffee bushes that visibly grow stage by stage, and fresh character animations. 🪓🌙 Day & night. Street lamps glow, café windows light up, and nights feel like dim moonlight. Go to bed and get a summary of your day. The game even remembers where you were when you come back. 🛏️📈 Reputation & skill tree. Grow your café's fame and unlock new skills as you level up. ⭐🛒 Kate's shop. Upgrade your equipment and stock up on beans and cups with a proper cart-and-pay flow. 💸🔧 Sergei the handyman. Text him on your phone and he'll restore worn-out furniture, sparkles included. ✨📱 A brand-new phone. Contacts, message threads, and reply choices. 💬🪚 The Carpenter's Workshop. A new character and a new location, with processed materials for sale, a subscription dropbox (raw resources in, finished goods out) and a 5-tier upgrade chest you can help build up with donations. 🪵🪨🎒 Inventory & journal. Drag-and-drop, quick deposit, a trash bin, a lost-and-found chest, and little "+3 Wood" pickup notifications. 📖🔊 20+ new sounds. Axe swings, watering, hoeing, café crowd chatter that grows with your customers, and day/night ambience. 🎧🛠️ Under the hood. All art is now safely version-controlled, so what happened last time can'...
