We are thrilled to announce that the wait is finally over. The major free Winkeltje 1.1 update and paid
Cat Companion DLC is ready to be released on Windows PC and console editions. Let's have a look at what you can look forward to.
Cat Companion DLC
With the paid Cat Companion DLC, you will get a cat basket, food, and water to place in the shop as furniture. By interacting with the cat basket, you can customize your cat. The kitty will subject your shop to a thorough inspection, check that you are diligently keeping you shelves stocked, and make sure that the customers are not up to any funny business. To reward the cat, you can interact with it to pat it on the head.
Cat Companion DLC Steam page!
A cat companion has been requested for a long time, and by obtaining the Cat Companion DLC for only €2.99 (or your regional equivalent), you can show your support for the games that we enjoy making. There is a lot of free content for everyone to enjoy in this update, but if you are a shopkeeper that would like to get something unique and help out the developers, this DLC is for you.
This furry source of inspiration is exhausted from all the posing but happy she can has her hooman back and looks forward to the noms this DLC might afford her. ????
5 New structure sets
This update almost doubles the structure sets increasing it from 6 to 11. The structure sets you can look forward to decorating your shop with are inspired by rennaisance, romanesque, timber framing, colonial, and industrial architecural styles.
2 new furniture sets
By adding rounded and mediteranean furniture sets, you now have up to 8 furniture sets to customize your shop with.
3 New decorations
A much requested decoration is a bed and night stand to create a more homely space for the shopkeeper to relax in. In addition, there is now also a water pump decoration.
4 New seasonal music themes
With this update, there will now be 4 new seasonal music themes playing when you open the shop. This is in addition to the 4 seasonal music themes that play when the shop is closed.
New ledger menu
The frugal shopkeepers among you enjoy counting coins and making sure the numbers add up. To help you keep track of income and expenses, you can now open the ledger menu and see where the coins are coming from and may confront you on your spending habits.
New pricing menu
A sorely missed feature of Winkeltje 1.0 was the ability to set item prices. In this update, you can now set item prices up to 80% above or below the default sell price of an item. Lower prices will make customers more likely to buy the item while high prices will have the opposite effect.
Time of day preference
The new default time of day is now set to dawn. This makes the game look prettier overall. This is purely a cosmetic change and does not affect how much time you have to sell your goods. A full day and night cycle will still take place between opening and closing your shop. If you prefer a different default time of day, then you can customize this in the game settings.
Menu tips
A common piece of feedback we received on Winkeltje 1.0 was the lack of explanations. Our design philosophy is to teach the basics and let the player figure things out at their own pace. Some of the more important concepts of Winkeltje 1.0 were not that easy to figure out unfortunately. To alleviate this, we have added menu tips which will show up when you open a menu for the first time. You can press F1 on the keyboard or the Start button on a controller while in any menu to bring up the tips again.
Shop level cap increased to 50
The number of things that can be unlocked in this update has increased. This called for an increase in the shop level cap from 40 to 50. This change will result in less unlock spam and more unlock feel good moments. The unlock order has been redistributed to feel better and make more sense.
