Nine years in the past I heard the hosts of videogame podcast Daft Souls describe an ideal recreation that did not exist, a administration RPG that was a sort of Stardew Valley however for eating places the place you’d rent workers and prepare dinner meals and select the furnishings and possibly romance somebody on the facet. It’s taken nearly a decade however that idle dream of a recreation is about to be made actual.
Saltstone Studio is the staff behind it, a gaggle of builders beforehand liable for crusing survival choose-em-up The Pale Beyond. Their subsequent recreation The Hearth & Harbour will put you answerable for the Silver Spoon, an eatery within the fictional metropolis of Lewthport, which is impressed by the builders’ dwelling of Belfast. War’s looming over Lewthport, offering a backdrop of social upheaval to the story of a community-minded restaurant proprietor.
Customizing the menu and decor of The Silver Spoon might see it become a classy gourmet spot catering to the wealthy, an award-winning bistro, or an honest fry-up eatery stocked with working stiffs. When the doors open it becomes a turn-based tactics game of seating and eating, getting orders in and food out in a timely fashion to keep both customers and staff happy.
The RPG side will see you walking the streets of Lewthport to find ingredients and suppliers, make friends, and maybe find love. Sounds like it’s got it all? What it doesn’t have is a release date, though you can wishlist The Hearth & Harbour right now on Steam.