I've been working on the game tirelessly and finally have created a CG Gallery (in place of the original 'Bonus Content' menu) which is accessible from the main or in-game menu (when paused). The CGs will unlock as you play, and as soon as you encounter a CG in the game it will be available to view full size without any dialogue boxes cutting it off.
I've also made a few tweaks to the code, trying to make it a bit cleaner. It probably won't affect the game play but at least it means I'm not lamenting about how messy my development was!
The patch should download for everyone soon.
Please note: Due to persistent variables in the code you MAY find that even if you've played through already and encountered the CGs that they are not available. In this case you will need to do a replay in order to 'unlock' them for viewing.
Game price drop next month
Based on feedback that I have received and reviews that the game has gotten, I have decided to permanently drop the price of Cafe Crush. Unfortunately I cannot action this until next month due to the sale I had not so long ago, but once Steam allows me to I will reduce the price. I feel that maybe the game's content is not enough to warrant the price tag I originally gave it, and I acknowledge that.
This is my first game and, of course, there are things I have learned from everyone's feedback which I have taken into consideration for the second Cafe Crush - which will be a story-driven game and not primarily choice or mini-game reliant.
Patch 1.3 Released
I recently discovered that there were some missing voice files for Lily, and have now added them in this patch.
The voice files are for when you are chatting with Lily at home, just before she heads home.
Upcoming sale
This is just a quick announcement to let everyone know that Cafe Crush will be on sale from next Monday, so make sure to get it when you can - it'll only be discounted for one week.
Patch 1.2 releasing
It was brought to my attention that the Memory Master achievement was not triggering correctly, and it turned out that the calculation was incorrect and in fact the achievement was being awarded if you took MORE than 30 seconds to complete the Match Card game on the second day when helping Emilia.
I have fixed this now so if you have not been awarded the Memory Master achievement and believe you should have, you will need to play the game again but this time it will trigger correctly.
Apologies for the mix up with this. The update should be landing very soon.
Patch 1.1
Hey everyone
Just to let everyone know, I've just patched Cafe Crush, as a small bug was found when working in the cafe on Day 2.
If you're already playing, don't forget to save then let the game update, it's only small but it will save the trouble of you getting a crash on day 2!
Thanks
Michael
Release delayed
Hi everyone
It is with lament I have to push back the release date of Cafe Crush by a week, this is due to a couple of things - firstly Steam is still in the review process and each day it is in review state, it pushes back the 'Earliest Release' date by a day. I also had issues with achievements so I had to re-build the game, but all being well the game will be ready at some point this week which means 19th July will be a viable release date.
Apologies for this but it was unfortuntely unavoidable :(
Thanks for your patience and look forward to the release!
Closed Beta results
I'm pleased to announce the the closed beta testing that has been going on for the past week as helped me a great deal and all reported bugs and glitches have been fixed.
Cafe Crush is set to release very soon and I hope that people will enjoy the game as much as I have enjoyed making it.
Welcome to Kitty Cafe!
Hey everyone, I'm really happy to announce that the Steam page is now finally up and there's not long to go until release. However, there is still a bit to do before that can happen, but it's all going well and provided my testing doesn't unearth any massive issues it's on track for release in the next few weeks.
Thank you to all my Kickstarter backers too, Cafe Crush would not be here if it weren't for you!