It's that time of the month again!

To showcase the new and improved equipment systems in the game, this update has been named Julienne

Here's an overview..

Reputation is back!
Reputation is a resource gained by preparing jobs that is used to increase your rank as a chef. Every time you rank up, you'll receive a delivery as a reward. This is the new way to find equipment for your kitchen

Equipment abilities rework
Equipment items now appear around your kitchen in the work phase, rather than a bar on the side. Many of the abilities have been updated, and new equipment items have been added (with plenty more to come). Equipment systems have been ripped out and completely rewritten under the hood, which has created a lot of opportunities for me to add cool abilities that simply were not possible with the previous iteration

Tokens have values
Tokens are no longer only equal to 1, they have a value determined by their source. For example, all knives now create a token of their associated value, rather than altering dice directly

Improved the heat UI
No longer tucked at the bottom of the screen, half invisible. Heat will also show a preview based on the jobs you have ready

New abilities for early game items
Tomato, Cabbage, Spinach, Bacon, Paprika and Garlic have all been updated. Other ingredients are scheduled for changes in the future

New Injured status
Currently only applying to one piece of equipment but with plenty more sources to come, chef can now become injured resulting in a face being unusable for the rest of the day

Random UI Tweaks and new SFX
I've been altering and tidying up all sorts of bits and pieces, as well as adding a couple of sfx here or there

The demo is now live, if you encounter any bugs please report them in the Discord[discord.gg]

Hey everyone!

Lots of new stuff in this demo, including plenty of bugs for you to find and report 😎

The most important part of this update is the ability to combine ingredients, which will serve as the mechanic for accessing higher level ingredients while you play

I'm going to spend the next 2 weeks polishing the whole game and adding a bunch of different bells and whistles so the game is ready to be featured in the Steam Deckbuilding Fest

Here's the changelog:

12/03/2024 - Garlic Update - 0.7.6.0

Features:
* New game menu with kitchen selector
* New tutorial, can be accessed from kitchen selector
* Added a 'combine' mechanic that gives a delivery when combining two of the same ingredient
* Added an end of week farmers market
* Improved grid clarity
* Shop can be refreshed

Content:
* 19 new ingredients across levels 4, 5 and 6

Bug fixes:
* Events don't replay on save and load
* Shop remembers what items you had for sale
* Made job card update when their slotted dice update
* Solved a soft lock in the tutorial
* Prevented rolling dice at the end of the day appearing later