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Cooking

31 Oct, 2024

Greetings, fellow Vampires!

Come in, come in! Step into the kitchen - watch your step, the gnomes are particularly lively today. Here, you’ll whip up dishes for guests and villagers using only the finest ingredients: Troll Snot Oil, Rat Broth, and, for a real touch of the exotic… weird ones, like tomatoes and such... And if you’re feeling experimental, you might just toss in some herbs or a dash of poison to give those dishes a little extra kick. Who knows what delightful (or dreadful) effects await those brave enough to order them!

What took us so long? Ah, apologies. As much as we'd love to drop updates faster than a garlic clove clears the Vampiric Council, we sometimes get buried (alive!) under a pile of coding, testing, and tweaking. But fear not, as we're getting closer to the finish line, we’ll be posting more and more updates along the way! Today we'll delve in our cooking system - one of the biggest systems in the entire game!

First, let’s address the bat in the room...When is it coming out? While we can’t share all the juicy details just yet, we’re hoping to unveil some big news in the next few months. To set your expectation, the game won't be launching next week or this year - we’re deep into development making more progress each day. But more clarity as to the release window with a roadmap is probably coming within a month or two.

Quick clarification before we delve into this update: Bloody Hell Hotel has a bunch of systems that work together like a well-oiled (or well-blooded?) machine. Our last update was all about the Blacksmithing System, but this time we’re dishing up the Cooking System, which is even bigger in scope. So how are these systems connected to the hotel management aspect of the game? Here’s the scoop:

Crafting weapons and exploring dungeons let you gather resources for hotel upgrades - and sometimes, yes, you’ll even come across some “exotic” cooking ingredients (say hello to the Werewolf Tooth Broth).
By farming (another big system to be unveiled soon) and cooking for guests and villagers, you can increase customer satisfaction, which allows your hotel to grow and prosper.
Even though these systems are all intertwined, Bloody Hell Hotel is a sandbox sim, so you’re free to go off the rails if you want. Want to ignore the hotel and just craft weapons and slay monsters in dungeons? Go ahead! Prefer a peaceful life of farming and cooking for villagers without all the fighting? Totally valid. There’s no wrong way to play, even if you skip some systems entirely.
Finally, these updates are meant to give you a taste of how big each system is. The game itself won’t feel overwhelming though. You’ll be introduced to each game mechanic gradually, from cooking and farming to blacksmithing, monster-slaying, and managing your hotel.

A few fast facts about cooking in Bloody Hell Hotel:

As a vampire, expect all interactable objects to feel super responsive, fast, snappy, and just a little… supernatural. With the power of telekinesis, you can toss ingredients and tools around effortlessly.
You can open and close the kitchen whenever you like, so no pressure to cook for guests on demand. If room service isn’t your style, no worries - the vast majority of guests won’t even notice. And later on, you’ll be able to pass off room service duties to a hired chef from the Vampiric Council.
You can accept or reject room service orders from most guests. Orders from Snobs and Royalty have to be accepted, but there's no rush with delivering them super fast. Food can be delivered to a room anytime while the guest is still in the hotel. The only exception? Guests with the “Impatient” trait. If you keep them waiting, expect some dramatic (and mildly amusing) outrage.
Occasionally, rival chefs from other hotels will challenge you to a cooking duel. You can accept or decline, but be warned: these are timed, and they’ll push your kitchen skills to the limit! These challenges are completely optional though.

This door leads to the underground farm. It's a shortcut that can be unlocked later in the game.

This is no ordinary kitchen. It’s inhabited by three friendly (and occasionally mischievous) gnomes: Puffle, Waffle, and Draftle.

They’re always eager to lend a hand - just as long as you treat them well (sort of) and don’t work them too hard. But push them too far, and you might find yourself in the middle of some unexpected chaos in the kitchen!

The gnomes have a special role in your kitchen: they’re experts at crafting complex ingredients, like chocolate milk, turn herbs into teas, hops into beer....you get the idea. They rely on raw materials you can either farm or find in the dungeons. Just bring them the ingredients and assign tasks. Early on, they won't know how to make super complex stuff, but as they level up, they’ll master even more complex ingredients, allowing you to tackle increasingly intricate recipes!

Puffle fancies himself a bit of an alchemist. Slay a dragon in the dungeons, bring him the blood, and he’ll whip up a batch of Dragon’s Blood Tabasco in no time. From broths and sauces to oils, vinegars, teas, and even a few “special” potions and poisons, Puffle’s your go-to for all things concocted.
Waffle is all about baking. Need to restock flour, yeast, or other essential baking ingredients? Waffle’s got you covered, lending his expertise in all things baked and delicious.
Draftle is... well, enthusiastically into his own products. A bit wobbly, perhaps, but that doesn’t stop him from restocking your beer and wine supplies. If there’s a chill in the air and your guests are craving warm spiced wine with a touch of orange and cinnamon, Draftle’s the gnome for the job - if he’s awake, that is.

You’ll start with basic recipes, but as you level up your cooking skills, you can add more extravagant dishes to the room service menu. And if you’re comfortable in the kitchen, you won’t need to follow each recipe to the letter. There’s plenty of room for creativity: try adding a special ingredient, like a spice or sauce, and see what happens. Some guests might even commend your culinary adventurousness (others… well, they might just raise an eyebrow).

You also don’t have to fulfill orders in the usual way. For example, if a guest orders tea, you’re free to serve whatever blend feels right in the moment. If a guest is tipsy and you’d like to “cleanse” their blood before a little midnight snack, you can prepare a special tea just for that. And if you’re dealing with an “Insomniac” guest who orders coffee, you can secretly serve decaf (which is one of the upgrades for your coffee machine). This will help lull them into a peaceful slumber.

So, what culinary creations await in your gnome-infested vampire kitchen? You’ll be able to create everything from sandwiches, burgers, salads, and soups to heartier meals like meats with sides (we’ll call them “entrees” to be fancy), as well as breads, pastries, cakes, and a variety of drinks.

And of course, the fun doesn’t stop there. You can enhance dishes with special ingredients like potions and poisons - each with its own effect. From easing guests’ anxieties to revealing their secrets, and even weakening a Vampire Hunter in disguise, your culinary skills wield real power. This cooking system is rich, complex, and packed with surprises, with plenty of dark delights waiting to be uncovered. Cooking is a good source of extra revenue and a clever way to influence guest behavior, adding an intriguing twist to how they act during their stay.

A huge thank you to all of you for your patience and excitement. Someone said, "let them cook," and, trust us, we've been hard at work stirring up all sorts of wild stuff in the shadows! More to come soon!

Wishing you all a fang-tastic Halloween!

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When?

when is this going to see the light of day? ;) I'd pay $40 USD Early access. bugs and all. I just wanna play this. how many years has it been?

Rex Basilisk

18 Oct, 2024 @ 6:03am

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Blacksmithing

23 Mar, 2024

Greetings, fellow Vampires!

In today's update, we're going to talk about one of the main systems in the game. In Bloody Hell Hotel, you'll get to make your own weapons from scratch and take them for a spin in the procedurally generated, monster-infested dungeons to gather resources for your hotel upgrades. Since the announcement, we've increased the scope of the system quite a bit. Here's a little sneak peek of what awaits you.

Your blacksmithing workshop is conveniently tucked away in the caves beneath the hotel. It's a pretty cozy place, especially after you've put some work into renovating it (there are plenty of upgrades to unlock).

The process begins with smelting ores into ingots. You can buy ores in the nearby village or find them in the dungeons. Some ores are incredibly rare and mysterious, hidden in the deepest parts of the dungeons. Getting your hands on them won't be easy, as these areas are crawling with dangerous foes. Here's our current line-up:

Copper Ore: Ideal for beginners, offering basic durability and sharpness, but limited in combat effectiveness.
Tin Ore: A reliable choice, with improved durability and a sharper edge, suitable for standard combat needs.
Iron Ore: Offers a longer-lasting sharp edge than iron, making it a solid choice for more durable weapons.
Gold Ore: While not the strongest for combat, gold ore adds a touch of luxury and significantly increases a weapon’s value. Ideal for ornamental weapons or enhancing other ores to create visually stunning and more valuable blades.
Eclipse Iron Ore: A balanced metal for both durability and magical enhancement, perfect for versatile and enchanted weapons.
Shadowstone Ore: Ideal for stealth-focused weapons, allowing for blades that excel in sneak attacks and subtle magic.
Fiery Vein Ore: This fiery ore allows for crafting weapons imbued with fire enchantments, enhancing their damage and special attack capabilities with searing effects.
Frostvein Ore: Adds frost effects to weapons, enhancing their durability, special attacks, and compatibility with ice enchantments.
Blood Ember Ore: Infused with vampiric magic, it's ideal for crafting weapons that drain life from enemies, combining strength with dark enchantments.
Soulgem Ore: Rare and powerful, this ore enables the creation of weapons that can trap the souls of defeated enemies, enhancing their abilities and making them fearsome in battle.
Black Diamond: The rarest and most formidable mineral, perfect for forging near-indestructible weapons that excel in damage and harness dark magic enchantments.

Smelting ores in Bloody Hell Hotel isn't as simple as pushing a button—this is a simulation game, after all. You'll get the chance to mix ores together to create unique metals with different properties. This process requires not just experimentation but also careful management of the furnace's temperature.

* A big thank you to @Brock Stones in the comments below who pointed up an oversight on our part: Iron is a stronger metal than Tin. The descriptions and the order of the list has now been corrected. It's thanks to the community like this we're able to make a better game.

Now that you've smelted a handful of ores into various ingots, it's time to choose your weapon's design from the blueprint desk.

Blueprints, unlocked as the game progresses, let you craft increasingly superior blades, including daggers, short swords, and long swords. The choice of metal is yours. A blueprint allows you to turn ingots into a billet, but that's just the start. Crafting it into a finished weapon demands careful planning, skill, and strategic thinking. You'll need to manage the forge, work the anvil, perform quenching and sharpening, and choose the guard, handle, and pommel. Each step affects various parameters of the blade.

Every interactive component in the system, including anvil, bellows, grindstone, and quenching tank, can be upgraded – and the forge is no exception.

Upgrading the forge unlocks the use of new fuels and improves temperature control.

There are multiple kinds of fuel that you'll be able to use in the forge. Each type of fuel has unique properties affecting how different metals heat up. For instance, charcoal heats up quickly but burns out fast. It’s ideal for simple metals like copper and iron but less effective for the advanced metals you'll unlock later in the game. Our current fuel lineup includes:

Charcoal - A basic fuel that heats up quickly but burns out fast, great for simple metals but less effective for more complex ones.
Coal - More durable than charcoal, it provides a steady heat, suitable for a wider range of metals, balancing longevity with efficiency.
Eclipse Coal - A mystical coal that lasts longer and heats metals more evenly, ideal for intermediate metalworking.
Dreamsmoke Coal - Infused with enigmatic properties, it heats metals faster and is perfect for advanced metals.
Soulspark Coal - Rare and powerful, this coal supercharges the forge, heating the toughest metals efficiently with a spark of ancient magic.
Inferno Coal - The ultimate fuel, harnessing hellfire itself, it heats any metal to perfection and sustains incredibly high temperatures, embodying the pinnacle of vampiric forging power.

As you upgrade your forge, controlling the temperature will become easier, particularly with more advanced fuels and metals. Achieving even heat distribution across the blade when heating the billet is key.

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The bellows in our blacksmithing system play a crucial role in the art of weapon forging. With multiple upgrade options, they allow for precise control over how quickly the billet heats in the forge. The bellows enable you to adjust the heating speed of individual billet segments in real time, which is essential for the anvil work that follows. Here are just a few of available upgrades:

Each upgrade varies in air consumption. If the air supply is fully depleted, you'll face a cooldown period while the air replenishes in the bellows bag. It's best to avoid reaching this cooldown, as it temporarily stops you from controlling the heat distribution across the billet segments.

Each upgrade of the bellows comes with multiple nozzles, adding an extra layer of sophistication. These nozzles, with their varying air consumption, enable precise heating of specific billet sections or broader areas as needed. Some even come with a cooling function, cleverly designed to slow down the temperature rise in targeted parts of the billet.

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This detailed control is crucial for even heat distribution, preparing you perfectly for the next key step: shaping the uniformly heated billet on the anvil.

Anvil work is a crucial step in forging a blade. After heating the billet in the forge, it often emerges with various deformations. This is where the anvil comes into play. You'll need to meticulously inspect the misshapen billet and skillfully reshape it on the anvil using a hammer. There are two key modes of operation on the anvil:

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This stage is all about correcting bends and other deformations. It’s a delicate balance - each hammer strike, regardless of its strength, uses up some of the heat in the billet, reducing its malleability. If you're too gentle and repeatedly hit the same spot lightly, that area may become too cold, making further shaping difficult and risking damage to the blade. Conversely, striking too hard could also damage a segment that needed a lighter touch for realignment.

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Refinement: In this phase, you'll lightly tap the billet to give it more definition and harden it. Each tap still draws a small amount of heat from the billet. A mini-game adds an extra layer of challenge, especially for more advanced blueprints.

When you begin the game, you'll start with just a basic hammer. As you progress, you'll unlock a variety of more advanced hammers, each uniquely suited for shaping increasingly uncommon metals. These hammers vary significantly in their attributes: they consume differing amounts of heat depending on the chosen metal, cause varying degrees of damage if the billet is struck incorrectly, and some excel in alignment while others are better suited for refinement. Below is our current lineup:

Once the billet has been meticulously shaped and refined on the anvil, the next crucial step is quenching. Initially, your workshop will be equipped with a basic quenching barrel filled with water, essential for cooling the billet and hardening the metal.

As you progress in the game, you’ll unlock a variety of quenching tanks filled with different oils and special liquids. These advanced quenching options not only cool and harden the metal but also allow you to imbue the billet with unique perks, tailoring the final properties of your blade to suit various combat styles and preferences. This step adds another layer of depth and strategy to the weapon crafting process.

Almost at the finish line! After quenching the billet, the next step is to bring it to the grindstone for sharpening. This stage requires a steady hand and careful attention: you must continuously spin the wheel while evenly pressing each side of the blade against it. But beware, the friction from sharpening can cause the wheel to overheat, potentially limiting the maximum sharpness your blade can achieve. This delicate process demands both skill and patience.

Moreover, different metals have varying susceptibilities to friction damage, necessitating upgrades to your grindstone - yes, everything has plenty of upgrades :)

While this is not a complete overview of the blacksmithing system, it gives you a taste of what we're cooking up in our game forge. More updates are on the way, so keep your eyes peeled. We realize you're eager to dive in and are anxiously awaiting a release date. We're itching to announce the release window, but we're not quite there yet. We're trying to make a very special game, and making something special really does take time. Your patience means a lot to us as we're trying to make the game bloody awesome. Stay tuned for more updates (we'll try to post updates more often).

You can see behind-the-scenes screenshots of the making of Bloody Hell Hotel on our Discord server[discordapp.com].
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Fangs

31 Oct, 2023

Greetings, fellow Vampires!

In today's Halloween update, let's sink our teeth into the blood-sucking mechanic & fang customization. Since we announced the game, we've been revamping (pun intended :)) numerous game mechanics - one of them is blood extraction!

Gone are the days of simply pressing a button to get your nightly nourishment. Now, you've got to master the art of drawing out just the right amount of blood without letting your victim kick the bucket too soon. Drinking blood from a dead victim will slap you with some nasty debuffs. And watch out for those feisty victims! They'll put up a fight, and if they wriggle free, they won't hesitate to tip off the Vampire Hunters. The challenge ramps up based on who you're feasting on. For instance, those high-brow snobs and royalty? They've got extra health and tend to struggle harder to free themselves. But fret not! With the new fang customization, you can tailor your bite for every occasion!

You can customize both lower and upper fangs as you please to make blood extraction easier by visiting your local dentist at the Vampiric Council.

These are your starter set, the trusty original fangs every vampire begins their Bloody Hell Hotel journey with.

These specialized fangs do more than just quench your immediate thirst. After a feed, they allow you to store a portion of the extracted blood in a handy potion bottle for future use. Whether you aim to restore your vampiric powers later or sell this precious bottled elixir to the Vampiric Council for a pretty penny, these fangs ensure you're always prepared.

Elevate your blood conservation game with these enhanced fangs. Meticulously crafted for optimal extraction, they allow you to bottle even larger quantities of blood from your victims. Most importantly, these fangs allow you to use the stored blood in alchemical mixtures. Every modern vampire's essential accessory.

These cleverly designed fangs are equipped to inject a soothing agent into your prey, diminishing their resistance and urge to flee. For more robust victims, however, this might not be enough to fully pacify them. The result is still a much smoother extraction experience.

Taking the art of sedation to unparalleled heights, these advanced fangs deliver a potent blend of agents. Their heightened potency ensures that even the toughest and most resilient guests are not only calmed but also momentarily dazed. This allows for extended feeding sessions with minimal risk of interruption.

A vampire's equivalent to a fine dining utensil! These golden fangs are expertly honed to allow for a generous blood flow without causing significant harm. They're the perfect balance between feeding efficiency and ensuring your victim's continued heartbeat.

Ever wanted a guarantee that your dinner won't pass out too soon? These upgraded fangs ensure that your victim stays alive for the whole meal, allowing you to take your time and extract every last drop without any unexpected 'goodbyes' (and debuffs). Complete control from start to finish!

These are your standard, everyday lower fangs. They might not boast any special abilities, but they're sturdy, reliable, and perfect for any vampire just starting their bloodsucking journey in Bloody Hell Hotel. Sometimes, basic is all you need!

Slightly longer than your basic set, these fangs provide a better grip on your victim, ensuring not a single drop of blood goes to waste. More grip, more sip!

With their decorative design, these fangs aren't just pretty to look at. They let you sample the quality of blood without consuming it. Notice any sneaky debuffs? If the flavor doesn't suit your palate, you can always skip the drink and let your victim enjoy an eternal nap.

Boasting a jagged and intimidating appearance, these fangs aren't winning any beauty contests. However, their multiple sharp edges ensure a strong grip on your prey. Once bitten, escape becomes nearly impossible for the strongest and most resilient victims. It comes at a cost though - they cause more damage than other fangs.

Spiral-patterned and utterly entrancing, the Hypnotic Fangs are more than just a fashion statement. With just one bite, they induce a temporary trance in the victim, causing a momentary delay in their urge to escape. This gives you a crucial head-start during the extraction, allowing for an initial uninterrupted drink.

These fangs introduce a paralyzing agent into the victim's blood, ensuring a completely immobilized feast. However, there's a catch: that paralyzing agent can be a tad too effective, risking a sudden heart stoppage in your victim. Always be on your toes and ready to pull back, unless you fancy some unplanned debuffs with your dinner! This unique concoction of blood can't be bottled or bartered using the Conserving Fangs;

These fangs act as nature's finest filter, ensuring you only get the crème de la crème of blood. Gone are the days of pesky debuffs from those overindulgent guests. Cheers to pure, untainted sustenance!

If you have ideas for specific fang upgrades, list them down below!

You can see behind-the-scenes screenshots of the making of Bloody Hell Hotel on our Discord server[discordapp.com]. But that's not all - you can also contribute ideas. If your idea ends up being used in the game, you'll receive an in-game credit and a copy of the game when it launches. The idea of Vampire Dentist & Fang Customization came from our community: it was first mentioned by @JTheStray and @Indrit - a big thank you to them.
Twitter - check out a cool video of these fangs!

Have a Fang-tastic Halloween! May your night be filled with bite-sized treats and not a single garlic trick!

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Any update on release

Have they put out any idea what year this will be coming out or should I give up on it? I've been so excited for it but losing hope of it ever being released :(

Harley

17 Nov, 2024 @ 6:22pm

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