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Full Tailside: Cozy Cafe Sim update
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What changed
- UI and audio
- Gameplay
- Store
- Fixes
- Balance
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
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