Dev blog 09 | Jel's Cafe | The log book

Hey all! Heres this weeks development blog post! I'm still working hard on the game, planning new features and cleaning up some of the messier parts of it.

Download for the new update Version 0.01a can be found at the bottom of this blog!

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JEL'S CAFE PROGRESS

The log book:

The log book is a new feature that has been added to the game, it allows you to view a characters stats (Like their Friendship and Fullness levels) and also gives you to ability to "Ban" a character. Banning a character means they can no longer appear in your daily rotation, so if you only want to deal with specific characters you can now guarantee that they will appear in the day.

This feature has some restrictions attached to it. You cannot ban more than the minimum amount of seats that you have. For example if you have no seat upgrades you will need a minimum of 4 characters, if you have the first seat upgrade then this number will increase to 6.

You can also only ban a character and view their stats once you have met them for the first time. This feature might change later on, but for now it works like that.

The log book can be viewed at Home, before the first rush and at the end of the day. You cannot edit the log book during a rush or breaktime.

UI Updates:

I implemented the first bit of original art for this game, the Fullness and Friendship UIs are now much cleaner than their old placeholder counterparts. These UI graphics will likely be adjusted in the future, but for the time being they have a good use and makes progress a bit clearer.

Inventory System:

You can now view your inventory by pressing "X" during a rush or breaktime, this will allow you to see what food items or gift items you currently have. The UI is very basic and uses some placeholder images for the food and gifts.

Customizable Textboxes:

This feature is still very rough, but in the future you will be able to unlock different textbox UI's, similar to customizing it like in a DS Pokemon game for example, right now you can swap between the placeholder UI and the Drawing with Nat UI whilst at home. More of these will be added eventually as well as a means to unlock or purchase them from the store.

Bug Fixes:

Lastly some small bug fixes have been added:

- Fixed Character_05 not accepting Testfood03

- Fixed Jel-e ending her interactions after chatting to her during breaktime.

- Fixed the Save screen from appearing when loading a save file

Thats everything for now! The games update should be available now! Please share any feedback with me! Thank you

Save files from 0.00a transfered over to this new build will cause issues, please create a new save file.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE >>>> https://jeledraws.itch.io/jels-cafe/patreon-access <<<<