Hotfix #3

**Hi everyone, ** We’ve just rolled out another update with balance changes, new features, and a range of fixes to improve overall gameplay experience.

This update focuses on progression tuning, economy adjustments, and improving clarity for players — especially those new to the game.

Balance & Gameplay Changes • Adjusted experience gain, pricing multipliers, and tips → You now earn more EXP, but slightly less money from basic dishes → Maximum tip amount has been reduced

• Updated delivery system → Short delivery: £25, ~10s → Long delivery: £5, 5–7 minutes

• Increased the number of herb leaves → Dishes using herbs are now cheaper and better balanced

• In-game time updated → 1 in-game hour now lasts 4 minutes • Updated daily customer flow

Features & Improvements

• Added helper ping system with hints to guide new players

Static pings:

• Start of day: clock (open phase), day menu

• Open restaurant: assembly station

• End of day: kitchen progression board, exit door, recipe book

Contextual pings: • When all customers leave → appears on the clock • When an order is ready for pickup → appears on exit door • Improved ping visuals: → Static pings are subtle and persistent → Contextual pings are animated and more noticeable

Session Code • Session key is now hidden in pause menu • Added ability to copy session key using a controller • Improved button color states (selected / non-interactive)

Fixes & Technical Changes

• Disabled texture streaming for textures below 512x512

• Set higher priority for remaining textures to prevent low-quality assets on ultra settings

• Fixed issue where loading a save overwrote historical dish ratings

• Fixed saving of daily EXP changes, and quest progress (now properly reset each day)

• Updated how dish prices are calculated (tips calculation remains unchanged)

• Fixed issue where customers didn’t react after receiving food via the ordering app

• Fixed rare case of getting stuck on the Intel logo during startup

• Added bunch of minor networking improvements

More smaller fixes and improvements are included in this update. Thanks for your continued support and feedback - it really helps us shape the game!

More updates coming soon. Big Cheese Studio