Tavern Talk

Devlog

• FREE Tavern Talk Short Story: A Study in Fairy Dust
  December 10, 2025 by Gentle Troll

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  #Visual Novel, #Short Story, #Crime, #Mystery, #Fantasy, #Tavern Talk

  Dear Innkeepers! We have just released a wonderful short story as a pay what you want PDF for you. It is set in the Tavern Talk universe, Asteria . If you're fans of Melina and Archibald, two of the b... Continue reading

  
• New demo to answer possible security issue with Unity
  October 09, 2025 by Gentle Troll

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  #Update demo, #Unity, #Mac

  You might have heard about the possible security issues with projects done with Unity. There is no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability, nor has there been any impact on end-users. But we... Continue reading

  
• Tavern Talk: Characters are several sprites in a trenchcoat
  September 30, 2025 by Gentle Troll

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  #Characters, #Tavern Talk, #Art

  Today, we reveal a small secret: The characters have layers (literally). We are not talking about the ordinary layers artists usually have to render more easily, but about how secretly all the charact... Continue reading

  
• Tavern Talk is coming to Itch & new extended demo
  September 11, 2025 by Gentle Troll

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  #demo, #Tavern Talk, #visual novel

  Dear Innkeepers! We are happy to announce that we plan to bring our visual novel Tavern Talk to Itch! As it will take some time to have a ready build we will release a new extended demo today: Tavern... Continue reading

  
• Gamescom exclusive demo - now available for everybody!
  May 14, 2024 by Gentle Troll

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  #Gamescom, #New Demo, #Demo, #Tavern Talk

  Hey there Travelers, Some of you know (maybe if you are part of our Discord ) that we had some Social Media Stretch Goals after our Kickstarter was finished. It was an alternative path where everybody... Continue reading

  
• New Demo Update
  February 06, 2024 by Gentle Troll

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  #demo, #bug fixing, #mac demo

  We have updated our demo - it's now available for Windows PC and Mac. And we fixed some bugs: - fixed issue with autoplay button - fixed permanent wing beat/rustling noise - fixed crash after day 1 -... Continue reading
• Branching Narrative in Tavern Talk
  January 17, 2024 by Gentle Troll

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  #branching narrative, #Dialog Flow, #Narrative Design

  This week we talk about the branching narrative in Tavern Talk. In our visual novel, we work with player choices that can influence the flow of the story. When the story is influenced by a choice, we... Continue reading

  
• Kickstarter preorder shop is open
  January 08, 2024 by Gentle Troll

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  #Kickstarter, #pre-order ​shop, #D&D, #DnD

  Our pre-order shop is ready and good to go! The preorder shop is for everybody who missed out on our Kickstarter campaign and wants a second chance to grab some goodies: https://tavern-talk.backerkit... Continue reading

  
• Cross-over between Tavern Talk and Monster Roadtrip
  December 11, 2023 by Gentle Troll

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  #Cross-over, #Monster Roadtrip, #Monster Prom

  We are super excited to reveal a wonderful cross-over between Tavern Talk and Monster Roadtrip! Polly and Scott will pay a visit to the Wayfarer's Inn at some point in the story and we are beyond happ... Continue reading

  
• Tavern Talk won 3rd place for the Colors Of Indie Award 2023
  December 01, 2023 by Gentle Troll

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  #Award, #Colors Of Indie

  We are immensely proud to have won 3rd place for the Colors Of Indie Award 2023! ❤️ Mooneye Studios nominated 25 beautiful indie games in total for the award. The 1st place goes to Polygon Treehou... Continue reading

  
• Collaboration with Quincy's Tavern
  November 24, 2023 by Gentle Troll

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  #Collaboration, #Quincy, #Minthie, #Quincy's Tavern

  Quincy and Minthie from the Lucky Gryphon are going to be a part of Tavern Talk! They will visit the Wayfarer's Inn to meet you, the Innkeeper. Which quest brings them there and what stories will they... Continue reading

  
• Tavern Talk characters are several sprites in a trenchcoat
  November 20, 2023 by Gentle Troll

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  #Art, #Layers, #Rendering, #Characters

  Today we reveal a small secret: the characters have layers (literally). We are not talking about the ordinary layers artists usually have to render more easily but about how secretly all the character... Continue reading

  
• Window Backgrounds in Tavern Talk
  November 06, 2023 by Gentle Troll

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  #Background, #Atmosphere

  This time, let’s talk about the tavern window backgrounds. Since the game focuses on the characters and the dialogue, background elements such as windows are not important when it comes to gameplay... Continue reading

  
• Narrative Designers create more than Dialog Flows in Tavern Talk
  November 03, 2023 by Gentle Troll

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  #Narrative Design, #Dialog Flow

  This time we would like to highlight how our narrative designers are able to do more than just write and connect dialog nodes. As for a narrative game like Tavern Talk with potentially major shifts in... Continue reading

  
• Mix as you like - Shader magic in Tavern Talk
  November 02, 2023 by Gentle Troll

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  #drink-mixing, #shader magic

  Today's entry is about our thoughts and initial approaches to the drink mixing minigame in Tavern Talk. As the innkeeper of a tavern, you mix various potions for the individual visitors to strengthen... Continue reading