We all love food, and patrons in Tavern Keeper love eating! For Steam Cooking Fest, we cooked up a new Inside the Tavern dev blog about how you can create different delicious meals to cater to your patrons' preferences. Let’s get to it: [h3][b]Where the magic happens [/b][/h3] Here’s the kitchen - you can already smell the lovely scent of… a warm rat skewer?! Eww! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44541225/0c23837e6f9dbba0056027f1bf3f31030d4885f7.png[/img] In Tavern Keeper, the kitchen is one of the first new services you unlock after you earn your tavern’s first star. You start with a simple grill to prepare skewers, and as you keep earning more stars, new options become available, such as a soup pot, a bread oven, and more. [h3][b]Swamp rats? Dragon Booger? Bog water!? [/b][/h3] Of course, to cook you need ingredients! As the Tavern Keeper, you have a variety of meats, vegetables, and, erm… other things... you can buy to design your meals. Mix and match them in recipes to get different flavor profiles which can impact patron enjoyment. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44541225/6cf41d3e561fcbbdaa46f2599cd3877644a8deb0.jpg[/img] As your tavern gets ever more prestigious, you have to buy better ingredients for your recipes. After all, you wouldn’t serve a Swamp Rat and Bog Water soup to a noblewoman, right? [h3][b]The menu is yours [/b][/h3] Build kitchen ✅ Buy ingredients ✅ Now let’s get to the recipes! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44541225/50478970a2228aa11127d149be6173795b4a3092.jpg[/img] Different kinds of recipes become available as you expand and build out your kitchen. For example, once you place a soup pot you can make Morsel Soup, which needs a type of liquid (like water), a kind of morsel (choose from several types of meat or vegetarian alternatives), and can even include additional (optional) vegetables. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44541225/eadd6b195e29aa2c3e8348a811c715090d964607.gif[/img] After crafting the recipe to fulfill your patrons’ desires, you just need to price it, and ta-da! Now you’re well on your way to your next tavern star. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44541225/bfb07d911ee1c53ad22e33fde598e5042673385e.png[/img] Tavern Keeper has a demo available right now to get a taste of the game! While it doesn't feature the kitchen, you can learn the ropes so you're well prepared when the game comes out. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2833530/Tavern_Keeper__Demo/ In the meantime, here’s a little spoiler of a new animation we’ve been working on - what do you think this meal is made of? 👀 [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44541225/9aa94c82b3a75f23c0beadf0efb3935887976d2e.gif[/img] Until next time! Patty, Social Media Manager @ Greenheart Games 💚