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Steam News20 January 20265mo ago

Early Access V 0.1 Patch Notes

Notes: This update focuses on quality of life improvements, UI and navigation refinements, gameplay adjustments, expanded guides, audio polish, and a wide range of bug fixes.

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What changed

35 fixes9 additions9 changes1 removal
  • UI and audio
  • Gameplay
  • Store
  • Fixes
  • Balance
fixedNotes: This update focuses on quality of life improvements, UI and navigation refinements, gameplay adjustments, expanded guides, audio polish, and a wide range of bug fixes. Several systems have received extra safeguards and saving improvements, Sandbox mode stability has been improved, and player feedback has been addressed across progression, skills, creatures, and café interactions.
addedNEW:
changedBrewing panel now shows portraits of the customer waiting for their coffee
addedAdded an option to toggle drawing outside the lines when making latte art in settings under gameplay section
addedLeveling up now clearly shows when and what type of new latte art is unlocked
addedAdded a hint to "Package Delivered" notification to open the shop so it's less confusing thinking where is this mystery package haha

Notes: This update focuses on quality of life improvements, UI and navigation refinements, gameplay adjustments, expanded guides, audio polish, and a wide range of bug fixes. Several systems have received extra safeguards and saving improvements, Sandbox mode stability has been improved, and player feedback has been addressed across progression, skills, creatures, and café interactions.

Early Access V 0.1 patch release:

Januayr 21st, 2026

NEW:

  • Helpbook now includes Ingredient and Terrace guide sections

  • Brewing panel now shows portraits of the customer waiting for their coffee

  • Added an option to toggle drawing outside the lines when making latte art in settings under gameplay section

  • Leveling up now clearly shows when and what type of new latte art is unlocked

  • Added a hint to "Package Delivered" notification to open the shop so it's less confusing thinking where is this mystery package haha

  • Added new dialogue follow-ups on Day 2 and Day 3, as they felt missing

Gameplay Adjustments & Tweaks:

  • Lowered the volume of knocking sound by NPCs

  • Replaced the knocking sound effect with a less aggressive version

  • Added extra safeguards for introductionary part that sometimes might stop the order spawning

  • Adjusted required skill unlock numbers in the top skill section

  • Added a mention of adjustable day length settings on the first day opening (was missing)

  • Chairs, tables and pastry display will now be not placeable in collidor area to avoid customer confusion

  • Creatures jumping on tables too frequently fix

  • Disabled customers randomly leaving the café, causing orders to disappear without warning

  • Moved brewing item sounds from UI to the ambient sound controller

  • Refilling ingredients now keeps item selection instead of resetting navigation to the start

Fixes:

  • Refilling ingredients was missing sounds

  • Fixed bedroom window creature appearing too early in the days

  • Fixed issue with days progressing randomly through out the in-game day

  • Fixed new unlocked creatures being stucked enabled when leveling up, hiding the new unlocked items

  • Fixed some UI issues with the helpbook

  • Fixed some smaller items being able to placed behind the counter glitch

  • Fixed cutscenes showing areas outside the cafe/terrace

  • Fixed missing checkmark indicators for the Chocolate Heater and Milk Frother

  • Fixed bonus skill XP not rounding up to whole numbers

  • Fixed extra skill XP per coffee not being applied correctly

  • Fixed XP to next level not displaying correctly on load

  • Fixed auto-complete chance skill missing coffee references

  • Fixed missing UI for the XP Bonus Enabled notification

  • Fixed skills not hiding their title names when requirements are not unlocked

  • Fixed the bedroom fireplace sound being audible inside the café

  • Fixed floor icon UI issues in the shop

  • Fixed creature sprites not fully showing outlines

  • Fixed missing guide trigger after plushies are unlocked

  • Fixed a bug where orders could get stuck infinitely if the café was not clean

  • Fixed daily coffee goal reached notification retriggering repeatedly

  • Fixed items migrating incorrectly in the brewing panel

  • Fixed missing grinder during the full shake animation

  • Accept package button not working fix

  • Creatures running around backwards in terrace fix

  • Intro level XP not scaling with each new level fix

  • Fixed missing keyboard/controller navigation for the Milk Frother in the brewing panel

  • Fixed items on shelves disappearing after load or appearing behind other objects

  • Fixed Sandbox mode not saving progress

  • Added missing saving for empty cups, coffee beans bar, cleanliness bar, and daily goal bar

  • Fixed an issue where the game could not be saved after the introduction

  • Fixed delayed camera movement after switching player areas

  • Fixed empty cups spawning on tables when placing new ones

  • Fixed missing controller navigation in the settings slip sections

  • Fixed dialogue options not being visible on wide resolutions

  • Fixed Sandbox mode not allowing item placement on certain café counter areas

  • Fixed chair placement notification text appearing behind walls

  • Fixed missing sound when collecting river items

  • Fixed incorrect colliders on a few decor items that allowed overlapping placement

  • Fixed accidentally opening or closing the cafe when placing items near the top left of the screen

  • Extra safe file safeguards

Source

Steam News / 20 January 2026

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