v0.3.0 — Complete UI Redesign + Blind Tasting Expanded + 3 More Language

Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.3.0 Update

Bonjour, winemakers! Welcome to v0.3.0 — a sweeping visual overhaul that transforms every screen into the world of Bordeaux.

Complete UI Redesign — Feel the Terroir

We replaced the web-app aesthetic with an immersive, handcrafted game world inspired by the French wine country.

• Gazette — French broadsheet newspaper. Parchment texture, serif typography, columns, and drop caps.Steam post image

• Rankings — Trophy header with solari flip-board animation. Expand any NPC winery to see their wine infographic card.

  

• Finances — "Registre Financier" ledger book on parchment, ink-toned figures. Steam post image

• Bank — Loan contract document + BANQUE DE BORDEAUX rubber stamp + bank building facade. Steam post image

• Real Estate — Cork bulletin board with post-it notes, pin tacks, and FOR SALE / A VENDRE stamps. Steam post image

• Winery — Cave cellar atmosphere. Stone walls, chalkboard harvest board, dark wood workbench. Steam post image

• Skills & Encyclopedia — Bordeaux bookshop "Librairie du Vin" building facade with parchment book cards. Steam post image

• Wine Magazine — GQ-style glossy coated paper texture. Buyer info at a glance.

• Screen Mastheads — Unified ornamental headers across all screens.

• Minimum Font Size — 12px enforced globally for improved readability.

Blind Tasting Expanded

• New "Producer" Round — Taste a mystery wine and guess which winery made it!

• Your Own Wines in the Pool — Your bottles can now appear in blind tastings.

• Skill-Gated Hints — Your Degustation level unlocks progressively deeper clues: bank, style, equipment.

• +1 Hint Bonus — Get an extra level of hints when tasting your own wines.

• Saint-Emilion Bias Fixed — NPC wines now display their correct commune.

Award Ceremony & Achievements

• Sound Effects — Envelope opening, applause, and achievement chimes, differentiated by medal tier.

• Red & White shown simultaneously

• 2 New Achievements — "First Gold" and "Triple Crown"

• NPC Wine Infographic Cards — Portraits, stats, and actual wines produced, displayed as cards.

Balance

• Gala Dinner — Requires 30-90 bottles (down from 60-240). Your available bottle count is now shown.

• Reputation — Late-game diminishing returns softened. Victory target adjusted to ~Year 8.

5 Languages, Full Coverage

• Korean / English / Deutsch / Simplified Chinese / Traditional Chinese — 3,850 keys, 100% translated.

• Auto-detect system language on first launch.

• Wine-specific terminology native to each language.

Custom Cursors

• RemovedThree statesDefault (ink arrow), Hover (gold), Disabled (red slash).

Bug Fixes

• NPC commune pipeline fix — resolved blind tasting bias + save migration

• Steam review link: now supports steam:// protocol via Tauri shell plugin

• Fixed 3 hover contrast issues across critical UI elements

• Numerous hardcoded strings converted to the localization system

• SFX filenames unified to kebab-case

• Tutorial: confirm button always visible, skip button more subtle

• Fixed repeated display of failed investments

• Gazette variable substitution now has fallback protection

• Removed pre-bottling score spoilers from winemaking action log

Thank you for playing! If you encounter any issues, please let us know in the Steam Community Discussions. Happy winemaking!