Ale Abbey

Ale Abbey

Retcon Rob 13 Oct, 2024 @ 12:31pm
nice game!
Just finished the demo and this is a good game!

feedback:
1) Currently, we have to open the map and select a town to see if there is any ale for sale there. Idea: put an indicator on the HUD showing how much ale is left to sell and for how much money.

2) Currently, when we want to fulfill a contract, we have to store the ale in the cellar first, then click sell, then select the contract to ship it. Idea: once the ale has been brewed and we click the mug, let us ship it directly from that screen instead of having to store it first.

3) I don't know if this is a limitation of the demo or if I couldn't find it, but: I was not able to hire a second researcher. When I went to build another escoriate desk thing, it said 'no available positions' - I didn't see a way to alleviate that.

4) Controller support for the steam deck. This game seems like it would work well on the small screen and not drain the battery.

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Gullinbursti 14 Oct, 2024 @ 12:52am 
Hey Johnny!
Thank you so much for trying Ale Abbey!

1) Opening the map and checking a town out gives you a general idea of what beers that town is interested in buying. It also shares some trend stats to help make educated guesses and plan future production. I think that the best solution to what you're asking would be Cellars full of Barrels filled to the brim with beer you can sell at a moment's notice. Barrels offer an amazing level of control over your production!

2) On fulfilling contracts, as soon as a brew is ready - given that the brew satisfies the conditions of the Ale Order - you can click through the mug, open the map, and long press on the contract as it appears on the map next to the town that put the order up. I know it's easy to miss, we might be considering changes.

3) Ah! Yes. That's a very conscious choice from our side. Every room can only have one piece of its key equipment built-in (for example the Laboratorium has the Escritoire, the Brewery has the Stove and the Fermentor, etc.), with the rest of the furniture chosen for the room supporting that (with bonuses etc.). This means that you can only have one Escritoire per Laboratorium, and hence one researcher per Laboratorium. Building an extra room of the same type would allow you to have a second Brewer, Researcher, etc. In the demo, we have disabled building a second room of the same type, as we found it might confuse the players.

4) It's not suuuuuch a far-fetched idea ;)
Phthorgwurt 25 Oct, 2024 @ 9:42pm 
I was going crazy trying to figure out how to ship and collect on a contract. It did not occur to me that I needed to LONG press. A better tutorial would help.
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