I wouldn't say I'm a hardcore gamer but I'm not a casual gamer as well. I bought the game in the morning and played non-stop literally and finished it a little after dinner, without speed running and taking some time to customize my cafe. As a long time fan of the Sims franchise I love customization elements.

One thing I wished was that instead of finding blue prints the cafe made money, points, token of some sort to unlock cafe items. In a way I find that more rewarding than finding them out in the wild, perhaps they could have made some items purchased and some found. I do like some sort of grind but too much e.g. GTA online. Gives players some sort of flexing power to show for their grind playing the game. In addition, I had also hoped that some of the customizations would have some effect on gameplay for instance the more expensive furniture could give bonuses or buffs. The money earned could be spent on cosmetics or other things like food and supplies. It would give the game more replay value. Parties would also have been better if we could do the setup ourselves and also an auto function for casual players.

The world is great in terms of scenery, but the world itself feels empty without the ability to interact with anything. It would have been nice to be able to interact with at least some NPCs or merchant NPCs to spend money on potions.

What pushed me to really finish the game quickly was how the objectives kept popping up that a rift has opened. I cannot stand those things in games, so when I see an objective I would rush to complete it. I would have rather took my time max bonding with the critters I have before saving the next but in doing that the objective list kept piling up so I couldn't have that.

Critters also had little effect on gameplay besides the cosmetics. During service they don't do anything other than being present and that was sort of a let down. I wished that critters could follow your avatar and had some interactions with the world like maybe reacting to the world or NPCs in some ways.

To date I have played the game for 13 hours, these are just some of my honest opinions. I don't mean to put anyone down or badmouth the developers. I understand that this game was probably aimed at the casual gamers but I the the potential in what it could have been.

The game initially gave me a feeling of whimsy and wonder taking me back to feeling like Peter Pan as he grew up and went back to neverland not wanting to grow up and I love it. But I was a bit disappointed at the end. I had wished for more replay value, even without objectives at least give us the ability to sandbox. I hope to see improvements in updates to make the game feel refreshed and take me back to that initial feeling.

Its Date Night with 5 People 3 Critters!

Design wise its mostly personal preference how you want it to look. The most important tip is to not obstruct yourself to your patrons. That means leaving ample room to run around and easily access all areas. This may include not putting tables close up to sofas and what not. As you can see in the video the most efficient way I have found is to simply seat everyone on sofas directly in front of the work stations that way I can get up to 9 patrons in one service.

Bonus tips in case you don't already know
1. You can layer carpets upon carpets making one huge covering as much as you want!
IMPORTANT: Do your carpets before placing furniture.
(Beware clipping with some carpets, you'll figure it out)
2. You can use boxes to make a sort of bar counters
3. You can stack boxes on top of each other.

Welcome to Midnight Cafe! A modern upscale up and coming hotspot in Gold Leaf Isle! At the entrance you are greeted with Neon fixtures and fresh roses. The seating arrangements is a bar style setup where patrons can mingle, also there are gaming tables to cater to eager patrons (wink wink). On the upper deck is a more chill and classy area with a cozy fireplace and elegant sofas where patrons can relax after extensive gaming and also a small pet area, sort of a pet hotel for in house as well as guest critters. We hope to see you soon!

I guess they didn't really want cake?

This is my favourite big beautiful critter! you rescue him from the rift at Emerald Bay's lighthouse relatively early in the game. I think he is the largest critter? (I could be wrong) but look at his little legs and innocent face! How could you not love this adorable lug!

Here is me saving Whiskerfluff!

When you rescue a critter, he starts coming towards you then as both of you face the portal you look at each other. For me the cutest moment is when the critter looks at you (With what I'm guessing is a shocked expression as its eyes goes full white) right before you laugh at it and enter the portal together into the FREE WORLD!!!

I used a simple tactic, simply arranging the sofas to face the workstations as close as possible with no obstructions. I managed to bump the number of customers up to 9!

Sharing some of the blueprints I found in Emerald bay. Good Hunting!

Blueprint #1
Starting off from the start location just go left straight up the stairs which lead to the train. There you will find the blueprint for the windmill (Habitat unlock)

Blueprint #2

South of the duck pond you will see a sign to the duck pond, from that spot just head to the right along the road and you will come upon the blueprint for the Ice cream truck (Habitat unlock)

Blueprint #3

To the left of the duck pond you will see another sign for the duck pond, from there head north up along the road and you will find the blueprint for flowers (Habitat unlock)

Blueprint #4

At the harbor go up north along the road, you will see a path to the right and find the blueprint for a backpack (Cosmetic unlock)

Blueprint #5

Back at the harbor on the north side you will see a pier, go to the end of the pier and you will find a blueprint for the ferris wheel (Habitat unlock)