Secret Care Cafe 0.3.3 - Release notes

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3 years ago by RareAlex (@RareAlexDoesIt)
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Hello there!

If you didn't read my last post, Happy New Year! I wish you a great 2021!

Last week I've been trying to update the UI and I spend a while trying out changes to Flirt skill during gameplay. After some tests I still think this one is the best option (functionality based) so I reduced its power after information from some players that it still makes client stay too long. 

I also added short events to Triangle Pins when you first time give them to girls, so you learn a little about their way of thinking about it.

I still have to do changes to Day/Popularity/Cash/Time UI. This one I've tested with few designs but none that I liked as I made them too complicated. I will stick with simple design like with the Service and Skills new UI. This should be fine, right? Also Food/Drinks icons needs to be changed but I didn't have time this week to end them.


Secret Care Cafe 0.3.3 PUBLIC Release notes:

- updated the UI + now you can see which maid is idle and which is working just by looking at her icon - more updates to UI soon. 

- added short events after you give for the first time Triangle Pin to the girls. Thanks to my Discord for this idea. (if you already gave them pins just unequip them and equip them again);

- updated few gallery tips;

- changed layers for the tips in gallery, now they should always be on top;

- corrected many typos (thanks for bringing that up, please report more if you will find them);

- reduced again the power of flirt - clients stayed for too long - hopefully now you won't hit 22:00 so much with clients left in cafe - please let me know if this is fine now;

- slightly slowed up the time flow (by about 20%);

- fixed bugs with choices, that sometimes stopped you from progressing;

Known issue:

- there is a bug with one random rare event that crashes the game - sorry about that, I fixed it in the next version.


I hope you will enjoy this weeks Public update. Have a great week!

Alex

PS. I was surprised that still nobody found one secret in the game which would foreshadow... something in main story. It's there since 0.2.0 version. And I though it was too easy to find. Huh.


As always, if you will find any bugs or have suggestions, please do report it to me, either by comment, private message or on Discord.
Check the Patreon for Secret Care Cafe version 0.3.4 for Patreons, with new type of client and 26 new cgs!

Have a great week!

Rare Alex


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Secret Care Cafe 0.3.3 Public.7z 1.8 GB
Jan 10, 2021

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lazysquid6663 years ago

Nice list of changes, here's some feedback for the game:
- The new UI needs to start in locked mode, or remember whether I locked the elements or not. It's really irritating to always reset the cafe ui every single day
- it's really hard to get money.  most upgrades takes weeks to grind out, and even then you're often left with no money to refill inventory
- Clicking and dragging every order to the customers get's really old after a while. Clicking on the order bubble to fulfill said order would work better
- Same with the abilities. Merging the employees and abilities carts and having your employees at the top with buttons for their abilities under them, which can be activated when they are with a customer, would help streamline the game flow a lot
- the scene pictures should not block the inventory, and it would be neat if you could skip them with a click. Maybe pausing the game when they play would give more time to appreciate them, too

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RareAlex3 years ago

Hey there!
Thank you very much for the feedback!

- In future update 0.3.5 I've added so the menu will remember your choice after the first time you set them up
- its something for me to consider. as I will be adding more events, both to help player and slightly disturb the action of player. I will think about how to "ungrind" the game a little without making it too easy.
- regarding drinks and food, I already tested early in development with just clicking the button, but it got very boring very fast. It felt a lot like cookie clicker.
- this on the other hand is something to consider. a wheel pop up after clicking the client... I will look into it in the future.
- good idea! They should be under the icons from the start. I will change that in 0.3.5. I already tested the game with pausing too but that just makes player not want to use to not slow down the gameplay, also moving them to the side is really not attractive so I don't have any other solution here. Maybe to speed them up a bit.

Thanks again and I hope you will enjoy next builds!
Alex

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