The game is dynamically developing, usually with updates added every month. If someone likes Combination of Stardev Valley, GraveyardKeeper or Overcook, I recommend checking it out.
Gather, farm or buy your ingredients, prep the food for your guests, brew a range of beverages, and -- when you're ready -- flip the sign to "open".
Serving your guests, cleaning the tables and floors, and ejecting customers who have decided to loudly share their opinion (at others) will keep you busy all evening long until you put up last call.
The vibes are very similar to Stardew Valley, but with no deadlines or quests. Relaxing grind.
Strongly recommend. Zero stress. No deadlines. Hope it stays that way.
I estimate 20 hours of content, 40 hours of entertainment. Not much replayability for me. Totally worth it.
Pros:
Delightful gather ingredients -> bartender gameplay loop. The gameplay loop *works*.
The guests are always different, I have not spotted a repeat or a duplicate yet. The guests laugh, chat, eat, and accidentally drop dishes for you to clean up. Despite being 2D sprites, the loving attention to detail on the sprites and animations bring character to the guests. The bar comes to life when the candles are lit, the guests are chatting with their table-neighbors, the fire blazes in the hearth, you're serving up a Porter you brewed yesterday (straight off the tap), and a guest exclaims how the world needs more places just like your tavern.
Chill, simple soundtrack that delightfully complements the game.
Subtle touches show polish, like guests having appropriate dish sprites at the table (rather than a generic one), and guests ordering a different item if you have just run out.
Sticks firmly with the medieval theme.
Cons:
Ordering from the mailbox sometimes does nothing or forgets my order. Recommend ordering one thing at a time. (or that's just me being distracted.)
No quests or story yet. As such, farm, grill, brew, expand the tavern, and unlock recipes and buffs is basically the only gameplay so far. But done well.
Eventually end up with a surplus of gold that I haven't found an outlet for.
Dunno how to rename my tavern from default.
First, I must say, devs, you did a great job! I bought the game some 3 years ago and played it the last time 2 years ago. And it has improved so much while keeping the core the same.
I really liked the idea of being a tavern keeper. Making the meals and drinks, and then keeping the tavern running.
I also love the combo meals/drinks. There are so many possible meal combinations, and it's really fun making something unique.
I only just started a new save (I did check my 2yo save though), and it seems that the production chains have greatly improved. With fishing and husbandry, you can truly go from the raw material to the grand meal.
Overall, if you loved Graveyard Keeper or Stardew Valley, you'll probably love this game too!
This is a farming/crafting type of game similar to Stardew Valley, but you don't just sell your stuff - you serve your delicious creations in your very own Tavern. The atmosphere is absolutely charming - you can feel that this game was made with love and care.
The main gameplay loop is relaxing and addicting, I can play this game for hours and still want to keep playing just one more day. Unfortunately the experience is soured, when you come across another dead end or placeholder to an unfinished system. There are so many of them, that I dont see how the final release will be anytime soon.
I'd love to give this game 5/5 as it'd deserve, but sadly with the many half baked systems/placeholders, wacky balancing and still incomplete content I can't rate it better than 4/5.
"But it is still EA!" - yeah, for almost 5 years. This is not a valid excuse anymore. FINISH THE GAME, PLEASE!
I really hope this gem will be finished and polished one day, but I wont hold my breath.
Is this game worth your time and monex? Yes, absolutely! But it could be so much better ...
first i was little overwhelmed because of the lot of options. but if you follow the tutorial everything is going to be clear. if you like stardew fallew then this is the game for you