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Tavern Talk is nominated for the WINGS Award! ๐Ÿ‘€

Dear Innkeepers,


We have some amazing news to share with you all! Tavern Talk is among the top 5 finalists for the WINGS award at the Independent Games Festival this year! ๐Ÿ’ฏ



This award highlights outstanding games led by women & other gender-marginalized devs ๐ŸŽฎ We are so proud to be part of this line-up. ๐Ÿ’œ Make sure to check out the other incredible games as well:

โœจ Caravan SandWitch by Plane Toast
โœจ The Crush House by Nerial
โœจ Consume Me by Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson
โœจ Urban Myth Dissolution Center by Hakaba Bunko

The WINGS Award will be presented during the 2025 IGF Awards on Wednesday, March 19. Don't miss it and take a look at the IGF website. ๐Ÿ‘€

Until then, wish us luck!
Tommy

The Andu Plushie is finally here and you can get one for yourself! ๐Ÿงธ

Hey Innkeepers!


Time to cuddle with your favorite draconic familiar and get a bucket ready! ๐Ÿ’ฏ The Andu Plushie Campaign launched on Makeship and this is your chance to grab the cuddliest ball of purple in Asteria. ๐Ÿฅฐ



[h2]๐ŸŒŸ Check out Plushie Andu & make sure to get one! ๐ŸŒŸ[/h2]

500 have been sold already and more Andus can be made! The campaign will run until March 20th and thanks to Makeship our little Andu can travel worldwide at a standard price! That means if you have a bucket and want Andu as a pal, nothing can stop you! ๐Ÿซฐ

What's important to know: Makeship will produce exactly as many plushies as are ordered during the campaign - no more, no less. Once the campaign closes on March 20th the number of plushies that will see the light of day will be set in stone. ๐Ÿ”’

[h2]Andu awaits you! ๐Ÿ’ซ[/h2]

Tommy

Free Content Update For Base Game & Supporter Edition! ๐Ÿ’ฏ

Hey Innkeepers!


We've been listening to your wishes and now they're here โ€“ the new trinket features! ๐Ÿค One of the most highly requested and anticipated features was giving the trinkets more attention when receiving them. It's amazing that you all enjoyed them so much that you wanted a closer look. ๐Ÿ‘€

We've thought about it for a while and decided to do this in two different ways. Firstly, when the patrons gift their trinkets to the innkeeper we are zooming in on them to celebrate the moment. This will also give you a good sense of what changed in your tavern. โœจ



Secondly, we've added a gallery where you can marvel at all the trinkets you've collected throughout the game. Moreover, every trinket comes with a note about which quest you obtained it from. ๐Ÿ“œ



We hope these additions cater to your collector's soul! Do you know what's best about it? You won't have to play through the game again. Any trinkets held in your save file will automatically appear in the gallery so head over there and browse through your collection of legendary and mysterious gifts of your patrons. And maybe you want to start filling in the blanks โ€“ the gallery will tell you which trinkets are still waiting for you to find them. ๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ

Already feeling the itch to set out and explore other branches of the plot? Trust us, this is where the Fast-Forward button will come in real handy. Here is how you activate it.

If you need any visual help on how the new trinket feature is implemented into the game, here is a little video I made for you!

MOAR Content for the Supporter Upgrade ๐Ÿ’ช


The Supporter Edition Upgrade has been of our DLC catalog since October. It's a great way to offer our supportive community some extra spice. ๐Ÿ”ฅ And since you all supported us so incredibly through your reviews, discussion topics, and being active on our Discord, we wanted to give something back and decided to stack up the content in this special DLC! ๐Ÿ’ฏ



From today on the Supporter Edition Upgrade DLC now contains 10 wallpapers for your desktop and mobile device (that's an additional eight wallpapers), a digital map of Asteria, and instructions to unlock the secret alternative costume for Fable!

Here's a shot of what it looks like: ๐Ÿ’ƒ



If you already own the Supporter Edition Upgrade we'd love to say thank you for making that extra stretch to support us as an indie studio! We highly appreciate it. ๐Ÿ’œ

The content of your DLC should update automatically and make all of the above directly available. If you have trouble accessing anything, please reach out to us in the community discussions! ๐Ÿ’ช

Roadmap Update ๐Ÿ“




Since we started out on this journey our little tavern game has constantly grown and improved. Today, we are checking off the last item on our roadmap for now, but we are far from finished. Thanks to the suggestions & feedback from your reviews and discussions we're discussing how we can create even more enthralling experiences with the new games we're already working on (expect a major announcement to drop in Q2 2025 and sign up to our newsletter to stay in the full loop) so keep the suggestions coming! ๐Ÿฅฐ

Lastly, we may or may not have another update for this game in the works we're super eggcited about so keep your eyes peeled! ๐Ÿฅš ๐Ÿ‘€

Stay tuned, and as always please consider leaving a review! It helps us make more wonderful games like Tavern Talk.

Tavern Talk is in a big discount now with 20% ๐Ÿชง


We are part of the upcoming Visual Novel Fest & Women's Day Sale on Steam! ๐Ÿ’ซ And to celebrate our participation we discounted Tavern Talk by 20%, yet again. So, if you're still considering gifting it to yourself or a friend now is a good time! โฐ

Maybe even in a package deal like our "Pen & Paper"-Bundle, that we brought back for all the TTRPG fans. ๐Ÿ’œ Since we have discounts on most of our DLCs as well, the bundles are getting even juicier, giving you more bang for your buck.๐Ÿซฐ

You can discover many other amazing games during Visual Novel Fest & Women's Day Sale, so keep an eye out. ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ

See you there and until then,
Tommy ๐Ÿ˜Š

Gentle Troll wishes you a happy 2025 ๐Ÿฅณ + Presenting fan art contest winners!

Hello dear Innkeepers,


2024 will always be a special year for us and sometimes it's great to celebrate your achievements. It's the year when we debut our first entertainment game and all of you took it in with open arms, thank you so much for that. ๐Ÿ’œ It's the year we fulfilled our first Kickstarter, started and finished our second Kickstarter, released our story DLC, won "Most Wholesome" at Gamescom, reached over 1000 Reviews on Steam, gained over 10000 followers for Tavern Talk on Steam and almost 1000 for our Studio page!

This community made this whole experience beautiful and one-of-a-kind. ๐Ÿฅฐ And a couple of months ago we had a little fan art contest over on Twitter to celebrate the release of the game on Nintendo Switch for Japan and Korea! We got 6 winners in the end and want to show you their incredible art right now. ๐ŸŽจ

[h2]Fan art contest winners[/h2]



First up, we have this beautiful Anime rendition from SONI. ๐Ÿ‘€ That definitely let us dream of our own Anime adaption for Tavern Talk ๐Ÿ’ซ



Next up is ASOBI who gave two amazing artworks, but we'll always be a sucker for Eleithyia. ๐Ÿ‘‘



I mean, having Rogue with their familiar always hits a sweet spot.๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘ˆ It's soooo cute! Thanks to ๅค–็”บใ‚†ใ‚‰ใ“ we have this somber and wholesome moment. ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŸ



Let's hear it for Grace and this amazingly cute image of her by TriRogue95. ๐Ÿช„ Truly magical!



Ever thought about pixel Fable? Well, now you do and it's all thanks to hachihun! ๐Ÿ’š Aren't they just so retro-chic now? ๐Ÿ‘

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And our last winner had a full-blown video for us! Thank you so much Maroisedot for this and now everybody has this song stuck inside their head. ๐Ÿฅฐ

We need to thank each and everyone who put all their efforts into this contest and gave us such incredible artwork! Each winner will receive a complete Tavern Talk sticker set in early 2025 and we can't wait to do more events like these in the near future!

Heading out and celebrating with you! ๐ŸŽ†


We will continue our journey with all of you in 2025! And while the road ahead may seem uncertain with everything that is going on in the world right now, we know that we can face everything together as a community. Tavern Talk is a game about defying the odds, found family and rising above everything together.

In 2025 we'll come back with new projects and updates. We can't wait to show you everything we have in store for you. ๐ŸŽฎ

Again, thank you for everything! You all are the reason, that we can do what we love. ๐Ÿ’œ



Cheers,
your Gentle Trolls

Free update to the Supporter Edition ๐ŸŽถ + 20% Discount on Tavern Talk & DLCs ๐Ÿ’ฏ

20% Discount during the Steam Winter Sale ๐Ÿ‘€




It's time to get cozy again - the Steam Winter Sale is here. โ„๏ธ And that is why we have a 20% discount on the base game and the DLCs for example:

  • Digital Lorebook ๐Ÿ“–
  • Digital Soundtrack ๐ŸŽถ
  • Digital P&P One Shot ๐ŸŽฒ
  • Digital Battlemaps ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ
  • Digital Tarot Major Arcana set ๐ŸŽด


Don't forget, we still have a 10% discount on the story DLC bundle! If you already have the base then this is your chance to get a discount on the story DLC. ๐Ÿฅฐ

[h2]We have a special gift for you ๐ŸŽ - The single soundtrack of the DLC! [/h2]



Our composer Filippo Beck Peccoz was cooking for the DLC and the theme for Oleander Verifina "Meadow of Aspirations" is out now!

And to make it a special gift for you, it now comes for free with every Supporter Edition Upgrade. If you already decided to support us a little bit more, then this is a free update for you! Thank you so much. ๐Ÿ’œ

But also everybody else should enjoy this new track for free! You can get the single on Bandcamp in the best quality possible! ๐ŸŽง

We hope you enjoy this and have a wonderful time. ๐Ÿ’ฏ

Cheers,
Tommy