Hey, Tea Makers,

We have another big update for you to mark the beginning of August!

This update includes some much needed bug-fixes for the most common issues we’ve seen reported. Thanks again to everyone for helping us out by reporting those bugs! As a reminder, if you are experiencing a bug, you can report it in-game by either pressing the F2 key or the drop-down button in the top right corner of the screen.

Our Discord also have a bug channel for more in-depth one-on-one support! In particular, if there is a bug that you’ve already reported a while back but is still happening, there is a chance that this is a bug that we’ve had difficulty reproducing. If you’re able to hop into our Discord to help us track down and squash these pesky recurring bugs, we’d love to have you!

In addition to bug fixes, today’s update includes some improvements to Tea Making that we think will help everyone understand and enjoy our core gameplay mechanic even more. We’ve also done some revamping of our NPC schedules, to allow more opportunities to interact with the residents of Pekoe in a larger variety of locales, and more shopping!

We’re still working hard on getting even more improvements and bug fixes out to you as soon as possible, but we’re also finalizing our roadmap of even bigger updates, which will include major new gameplay mechanics and systems. Everyone at Kitten Cup Studio is so excited to keep adding more to Pekoe for you all to enjoy.

Until next time, here are more details on what’s included in this update!

Improvements

Details

UI

• Tea Making UI - Container Info Bubble
  
  • “Drink Info Bubble” is now “Container Info Bubble”, shows information about ingredient containers as well as cups, teapots, and kettles
    
  • Container Info Bubble stays on screen if mouse is left hovering over container (makes it easier to keep track of temperature and steep time!)
    
  • Container Info Bubble UI improved with new icons and shows Brew Temperature (temperature at which tea first begins steeping) in addition to Current Temperature
    
  • Container Info Bubble now includes information about all ingredients in teaware, not just removable ingredients
    
  • Discard Button added to remove ingredients
    
  • Fixed bug where Blooming Tea flower particles were showing as individual ingredients
    
  
  
• Invalid Ingredient Popup (similar to Container Info Bubble) added, shows when attempting to add an invalid ingredient to a container, with more information about why ingredient is invalid
  
• New icons for exiting locations
  
• New icons to indicate shop items that are out of stock
  
• Tea Order Card updated to include Customer’s name and minor UI improvements
  
• Flavor attributes and Rarity information added to Ingredient Details in Shop Menu
  
• Rarity information added to Ingredient Details in Ingredient Selection Menu
  

NPCs - Schedules and Locations

• Resident schedules adjusted for more shop hours and opportunities to interact
  
• Added more variety in spawning locations (Residents appear in bedrooms, NPCs appear in spawn locations outside of building in Interior view)
  
• Temporarily removed Tea Time from Taffy’s schedule until tea making at his table has been refined
  
• Added more randomly-generated NPC names
  
• New particle effects when friendship points are increased/decreased
  

Text Settings

• Added option to disable typewriter effect
  
• Added option to disable text animations
  

Audio

• Resident Minis use personalized sound effects instead of generic barks
  

Teaware

• Removed lid from Modern Teacup
  

Bugs

Details

• Fixed bug where Customers disappeared after entering Inventory Menu or Ingredient/Teaware Selection Menu during tea making
  
• Prevented other cats from spawning in Shopkeeper locations
  
• Fixed bug where Kettle becomes unclickable after resetting incorrectly (hovering over heater)
  
• Fixed bug where drink had incorrect or non-existent steep time
  
• Fixed bug where drink had incorrect or non-existent brew temperature
  
• Fixed bug where game stalls upon exiting Decorating tutorial
  
• Fixed broken liquid in Smooth Yunomi cup
  
• Fixed shelf colors in Teaware Selection Menu - Teaset Panel
  

As a reminder, please make sure to restart Steam to receive the update.

For more information about our progress, please check out our Known Bugs & Issues page and our full Patch History.