HIPS N NOSES – Halloween Update & November Playtest Coming Soon!

Hello Dreamers ☕🌙 We’re PepperStones, the team behind HIPS N NOSES, a café management + roguelike adventure game. This Halloween, we wanted to share how development has been going — and what’s coming next in our dreamy café world.

⚔️ Battle System Progress

• New Companions & Weapons You won’t fight alone anymore — new allies join your battles with unique skills.

• New Skills & Polished Animations Every action now feels smoother and more dynamic thanks to full animation updates.

• Quick Battle Mode (Coming Soon) A faster, more challenging mode for those who enjoy intense loops.

• Flower Insurance System Secure essential materials even when you fail — to make every run rewarding.

• Weapon Upgrade System Reduce randomness and plan your loadouts strategically.

• Battle Log System (In Development) Review your choices and analyze results after each battle.

☕ Café Management Progress

• New Companion’s Shop System Exchange battle-earned flowers for unique materials and recipes.

• Affinity System Added Learn your companions’ preferences and brew drinks that raise relationship levels.

• New Recipes & Ingredients More variety and creativity added to your café’s menu.

• Instant Shop System Special vendors occasionally appear to sell rare tools or missing ingredients.

• Café Boss Battles (WIP) Steam post image Weekly “boss-like” customers who require timing and actions to serve.

• UI Redesign & Localization Polish Improved interface visuals and natural translations across multiple languages.

👻 New Guests & Interactions

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We’re testing special interactive customers — ones that need real player actions to complete their orders! Not just tricky, but immersive.

🧩 In Progress

• Quest & Reward Systems for small progression milestones

• Companion Rooms with new story content

• Inventory & Archive System for collection tracking

• New Maps, Monsters, and Allies expanding the dream worldSteam post imageSteam post imageSteam post image

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed occasional freezes during battle

• Fixed key input issues with simultaneous controller & keyboard

• Fixed dialogue skip and quest progression bugs

• Fixed missing sound during train arrival scene

🌕 November Playtest Coming Soon!

We’re preparing our first playtest this November — including all the new systems above! If you’re into story-driven simulation games with dreamlike aesthetics, please stay tuned and share your thoughts when it goes live 💜

Wishlist HIPS N NOSES now so you don’t miss the next step:

🎃 Happy Halloween, Dreamers. May your nights be peaceful and your coffee strong.

☕ — PepperStones Dev Team