Tavern Talk News

Hey there my Innkeepers,

we finally have a date and a name for the first Tavern Talk DLC. Tempest Tantrum is coming November 12th! 🔥 But not only that, our Steampage for the DLC is already up. This means you can already wishlist the DLC and get a notification once Tempest Tantrum releases!

[h3]Wishlist Tempest Tantrum now![/h3]

As you can see in the dev roadmap above our November is going to be packed with good stuff! 💜 So, let's get trough it piece by piece.

[h2]🟣 Twitch integration 🟣[/h2]

We love it when people are streaming our game. You put so much creativity into it, creating whole dubbing sessions and bringing it all to live. 🎙️To give something back and to make the game even more interactive with your community, we are currently working on a Twitch integration setting. 🤩

This feature will allow your community to vote on drinks for quests and dialog choices! 💯 A fun feature where your community gets to decide the outcome of your Tavern Talk experience.

[h2]📖Lorebook Upgrade 📖[/h2]

We are going to upgrade the digital Lorebook DLC! Giving you additional pages to it all about the characters. If you have thought about getting the Lorebook, this change could be the gentle push you might need. 🥰

[h2]🌟Sticker Collection Kickstarter Campaign🌟[/h2]



You may have already heard about it, but we are also launching a new Kickstarter soon! 🚨Based on our Sticker Collection, which some were able to get during conventions like Gamescom, we decided to jump in and give everybody the chance to receive their bundle.

But not only that, because we are bringing some goodies from the previous campaign back! The Kickstarter will give you the chance to get your name into the credits of Tavern Talk, write a guestbook entry and maybe even get one of those beautiful Wanted Wall Posters.

If you want to be one of the early birds and get some extra good deals, make sure to follow our pre-campaign site and be right there with us, when we are opening the gates! 😍

[h3]Follow the campaign![/h3]

We all hope you'll enjoy the upcoming changes!

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See you soon and take care,
Tommy

For some players the last achievement of the game wouldn't trigger, thus preventing you from getting the glorious 100%! Thank you all for pointing this issue out in the discussions and reviews. Because of that, we got to work and fixed it! When you start the game now and you are at 48/49 achievements, it should automatically switch to 49, giving you the Best Tavern Ever Certificate!

It was incredibly helpful that so many people were patient with this process and answered our questions swiftly, so we could get to the bottom of this. 💜

[h2]Vampires in Need 🧛[/h2]



This is not a trick, but a little treat for ya'll! 🎃 Together with our friends from Little Bat Games we made an exclusive bundle giving you Tavern Talk and Vampire Therapist with a discount of 10%! 🥳

If you already got one of the games, don't worry, because the discount will still count for the other. You are saving money either way. 🤩

This bundle will be up for a limited time only. So make sure to grab it now!

Cheers,
Tommy

Dear Innkeepers,

Halloween is around the corner, and we have a lot to show. 👀 But before we get started, let us know which Halloween costume you've picked this year. Let's hear it in the comments! 🦇

[h2]Features[/h2]

It's Halloween season and we were thinking the same thing as some of you suggested: Wouldn't it be nice to have some seasonal decorations added to our cozy tavern? There you go: The latest patch adds Halloween decorations to the Wayfarer's Inn. Enjoy the spooky season when giving the game another spin! 🎃



Also, we now have a Newsletter & Discord button in the main menu screen! Sign up for our newsletter to be among the first to learn about our upcoming games, DLC, special discounts, and raffles for game keys, DLC keys and merch! 🎁

[h2]Improvement[/h2]

Thank you so much for participating in our widescreen decoration voting. You made this decision super easy on us. The widescreen with the most votes was option 1: the wallpaper. So be it! Some comments mentioned that it would be better if it matched with the background line. We agreed and made it so. 🤩



If you feel Tavern Talk is close to your heart and you want to give us as a development team an round of support you now can! Introducing the official...

[h2]Tavern Talk Supporter Edition Upgrade DLC ❤️‍🔥[/h2]



For those of you who want a lil something extra to support us and our endeavor in making games you love, we've released a special DLC called "Supporter Edition Upgrade".

We highly appreciate your dedicated support in doing what we love so we're happy to give you these awesome extras in return:

• Five bonus tracks of Tavern Talk's Original Soundtrack composed by the incredibly talented Filippo Beck Peccoz - including the wonderful song "Calling on the Wind" created in collaboration with Lilith Max. They perfectly complete the OST DLC provided here on Steam.
  
  
• The first Tavern Talk short story, "A Study in Fairy Dust" (PDF), where young detective Melina - one of our favorite characters - appears as the main protagonist.
  
  
• Two atmospheric wallpapers for mobile & desktop.
  

Become a supporter right now❗

Thank you so much for your ongoing support and love for our debut game. 💜

More news to share soon!

Cheers,
Tommy

Dear Innkeepers,

we've made it! Tavern Talk is now verified on the Steam Deck. 💯 But how did we do it? Let's take a look at our latest improvements to the game:

[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• Adjusted the Journal pages to improve readability: The recipe and character pages have improved layout and font sizes 📖
  
• Improved the font size of the Guestbook Entires 📏
  
• The character name now scales with dialog-text size 🧝
  
• Fixed the layout for notification pop-up❗
  
• Improved the font- and button sizes in the Main Menu 👀
  

As you can see the journal with all its font sizes and appearance is now bigger for the Steam Deck! If you want to activate this, you need to go to the settings menu and check mark the "Large Journal UI"-box! And there you go. 💜



And now we need your opinion for our next talking point.

[h2]Widescreen decoration[/h2]



The next bullet point on our roadmap is the "widescreen decoration" for everybody who doesn't want those lame black bars on the side.

We have two different options ready for you and what to know which one you personally prefer. Let us know in the comments down below. ⤵️

That's it for now, until next time, 💜
Tommy

Currently, we have a sale going which saves you 10% if you still need to get Tavern Talk or one of our DLCs like the Lorebook, the Soundtrack, Pen & Paper One Shot and Battle Maps. So grab one of your favorites while you can! 💜



Some of you may have spotted the updated Dev Roadmap on our Steam page already, but it's time to take a closer look!

We now have everything that was already implemented on the first page to the left. These changes are now also part of the Nintendo Switch version of the game! Thank you all again, for the feedback, suggestions and ideas that helped us improve the Tavern Talk experience.

On the page in the middle, we have everything that is coming next month!
Starting with the Steam Deck verification. 🤞 As of now we are listed as playable, which is a big step in the right direction. Right now we are working on improving the readability of the Journal UI, to get the verification button. Many of you who are playing Tavern Talk on the Steam Deck actually suggested that as well!

Another suggestion that is coming from the community, is that the black spaces that appear when playing with a wide screen are taking away from the immersion. This is why we want to implement some decorations on the side to make it more coherent to the visual style!

These are some of the Quality of life updates we are aiming for in October, so stay tuned for that!

The last page, is the November updates and here comes the big deal! 💯

Not only do we want to highlight the Trinkets better upon reception, but we also want to add more Lore in the journal! Giving you even more to sink your teeth in during the time in the Wayfarer's Inn.

Last but not least, yes, we are actually working on a Story based DLC for Tavern Talk! 🔥 While we can't tell you what is about just yet, we can tell you some benchmarks!
The Story will be about 2-3 hours long, it will introduce a new character to the world of Tavern Talk, a new drink for you to mix and a new background will be added to the scenery!

As soon as we can, we'll give you more on that! We are looking forward to expand the world of Asteria and can't wait to give you more.



Not to long ago we crossed the 1.000 reviews on Steam benchmark! Thank you all for taking the time and writing a review, We highly appreciate it and read through everything. Some of our changes are based on reviews. So, if you haven't yet please consider writing one!


Cheers,
Tommy