It’s that time of year again - we’ve finally completed our entire 2024 update schedule! And it’s time to look at what we’ve accomplished together this year.
My aim as Head Developer going into 2024 was to do something different. I wanted to challenge myself and my team to do things that haven’t been done before in other games. I wanted to grow our community to new levels and do things that are unconventional in the space of roleplay restaurant/cafe games. I think it’s fair to say that we’ve achieved that this year.
We shipped over 30 major content updates this year - let’s dive into what we achieved…
Innovation Makes Kohaú
Innovation has always been the sole factor that sets Kohaú apart from other groups, and we’re glad to have delivered several features this year which pushed the boundaries:
Table NPCs
One of the updates we’re most proud of this year is the addition of Table NPCs. This feature has been on our to-do list for over two years so we were determined to get it right this year. This feature made our staff experience more interesting and engaging, especially with the addition of multi-NPC parties, and we’re excited to keep improving the system with different types of NPCs in future!
Dishes Live Event
We wanted to bring our community together more than ever before this year, and we’ve ran several community events to do that. Our first community event this year, the dishes event, was a huge success. Our chefs made over 175,000 dishes in only 4 days and constantly exceeded the limits on our other events this year too.
We are so glad that our community enjoyed participating in this event as much as we enjoyed creating it! In 2025, we’ll be running many more live events for you yo participate in, each with cool, limited-time rewards.
Journal
The journal was one of the features that couldn’t have come to our minds at a better time. The journal implemented so many of our most frequent suggestions in a way that we had never thought about before. A way to view your statistics, a way to view every item in the game, and a way to express yourself freely in-game, all in one place!
We still find it really interesting to read everyone’s journals and find out more about them, and we hope you do too! Next year, you can expect more updates to the journal, including added customization options.
Your Voice Is Important
Something we’ve always focused on is putting our community first. We love implementing suggestions from our community members and aim for at least 50% of our updates every year to be community suggestions. Here’s some of our favorite things that YOU suggested, and we delivered, this year!
Sushi Roll Merchant
This is probably our favorite update of 2024. Ever since we added secret recipes, people have asked for a way to unlock ones that are now unobtainable. We wanted to bring back older secret recipes in a way that made sense, and respected the original owners. The sushi merchant comes to town around once a month and allows people to buy unobtainable recipes and cosmetic items that are high in demand. Save up your sushi rolls!
Secret Recipe Menu
One of the biggest perks of having secret recipes is bragging rights - but you can’t brag if no one knows which recipes you have unlocked! Upon popular request, we implemented a secret recipe menu which can be handed to customers to tell them what secret recipes you have unlocked. This makes the serving experience more personal and we loved the suggestion.
Improved Moderation
An unfortunate issue that our chefs have to deal with every day is people breaking the rules. This year, we heard your complaints about how hard it can be to contact a moderator to deal with people who are causing disruptions to the gameplay experience in Kohaú.
We implemented a “call a mod” system where chefs can call for moderators to deal with rule-breakers. The response time through this new system is on average around 1 minute (FAST!). We’re continuing to expand and improve our moderation systems, and you can refer to our update roadmap for more information on what we’re doing next.
New Chef Titles
We were amazed by the number of chefs who managed to reach our previous highest chef title: Godly Chef. We heard your suggestions for more higher-level chef titles and implemented 3 brand new titles, two of which coming with exclusive secret recipe rewards. We still can’t believe the number of Supreme, Mythical and Divine Chefs that have earned their title this year - that’s some true dedication and your work does not go unnoticed!
Free Menu Items
Whilst secret recipes are good, sometimes it’s nice to switch up the default menu too. This year we added four new foods, all with new and unique cooking processes. The Crab Rangoon, Katsu Curry, Purin and Latte Art were some of our most requested dishes of all time, and we’re glad we were able to bring them to the game this year.
Other Community Suggestions
We implemented over 50 community suggestions this year, with over half of those coming in our September Suggestions Update! This update included a ton of new suggestions such as:
- More points for serving table NPCs
- Gifting boosts
- Removing the boost particle
- Lower sushi roll tipping cooldowns
- Major lag improvements & better low graphics setting
- Ordering cooking UI alphabetically
- Adding a fourth takeout NPC lane
- New music
- Receipt command (!givereceipt)
Seasonal Updates
Our seasonal updates are always popular with our community, so we tried to give as many fun seasonal updates as possible this year. Here are some of our favorites:
Valentine’s Update
We implemented a Valentine’s-themed update in February 2024, which came with a new recipe (Strawberry Cheesecake) and a card-sending system which allowed people to send wholesome messages to friends. We’re glad people enjoyed this feature.
April Fools Update
Couldn’t forget about this one - we really had to showcase how big the foreheads of some of our staff can get…
Halloween Event
Our Halloween event this year really adhered to our aim to do something different this year. We weren’t sure how a longer-term event would be received in the community, but people loved it! We were really glad to see so many people working together to figure out the clues and complete the Halloween update. We were also astonished at how quickly the community goals were reached - you guys really wanted that secret recipe! We hope to do some more similar updates in future.
Christmas Event
After the positive reaction to the Halloween update, we wanted to continue the story. This time, Santa’s sleigh has crashed into the volcano and his elves are running wild around Kohaú. Talk to Santa and his elves to figure out what happened to his sleigh, and complete their quests to save Christmas! We hope this event is as fun as the Halloween one!
Developer’s Favorites
We’d like to thank you for allowing us to have a productive year and supporting the updates we’ve done. Here are our top two achievements this year which deserve the biggest thanks.
Verified
Getting our group verified is one of our most proud achievements this year. As the second industry roleplay group to get verified through play-time hours (first one being Washiez), we can’t thank you enough for the support you’ve given us to get there. Whilst a blue tick on a screen may seem insignificant to you, it isn’t just something that only we as developers should consider as a success.
You all played a part in supporting the group to get it verified, and for that, we (you and I) got the checkmark. The checkmark you see whenever you visit the Kohaú group page is your checkmark as much as it is ours - it’s the symbol to remind us that when we work together, we can achieve great things. We’re super grateful for your continued support.
Deluxe Subscription
We have been blown away by the support on the subscriptions we started offering in March of this year. Since they released, we’ve gained over 300 Deluxe subscribers, and we’re grateful for every single one of them. Your trust in us to put money towards the work we do is something we recognize every day, and we constantly work to deliver the best perks to our paid subscribers. We appreciate every single person who supports the game and are blown away that so many people want to support us with our future goals.
As part of our Deluxe Subscription, you also have the opportunity to suggest unique secret recipes and cosmetics for Deluxe members. Here’s some of the Deluxe items we added this year:
- Black Sesame Cheesecake (suggested by Chaysea)
- Hocus Pocus Drink (suggested by paxundae)
- Korean Corn Dogs (suggested by fxllenmercy)
- Wagyu Beef (suggested by dkterm)
- Cannon Ball Trick (suggested by Reispers)
- Sakura Lychee (suggested by suuperache)
- Croffles (suggested by ShibaPillow)
- Gingerbread Getaway Trick (suggested by dktermisawesome)
- Omurice (suggested by archcities)
Here's some words from our current Deluxe subscribers about the subscription!
From JohnPorkMewsInOhio:
I’ve been subscribed to Deluxe since its release and have found it worth the price ever since. Even as an executive, I still enjoy the biweekly items suggested and voted on by Deluxe members, as well as numerous other perks like weekly Robux giveaways, sneak peeks, voting on sushi merchant items, suggesting themes or items for chef benefits, and more. If you’re dedicated to Kohaú and can afford it, I highly recommend purchasing Deluxe!
From Reispers:
Being new to Deluxe (2 months so far), I’ve found it worth every penny. The exclusive items add an amazing touch to my chef journey. On top of that, the engagement and ability to join discussions for future updates + have a voice in them is something I deeply appreciate in communities. The developers work hard to bring our ideas to life and it is so appreciated. I love being a part in discussions for communities I care about so this is perfect!
From: fxllenmercy
Deluxe is absolutely wonderful. It gives you a chance to view items before it’s release and decide on secret recipes with your own ideas! I’ve been a subscriber for half a year now and I absolutely enjoy it! It was definetly worth purchasing!
From: Bluejaycolector
I absolutely love seeing all of us deluxe members collaborate together to bring amazing items to the spotlight. With the help of the developers of Kohau, they can truly bring our suggestions and ideas to the game! The amount of effort and detail brought to the deluxe items is outstanding. Being a subscriber since July, I feel as if this purchase was exceeding my expectations. All of the perks you can earn by subscribing is worth it.
From: paxundae
I love Deluxe as we get the chance to communicate with the developers of the game and suggest cosmetics as well! I have learned a lot from watching development streams in the past few months I have had Deluxe. One of my items made it into the game that I suggested which was the Hocus Pocus Drink! Thanks to Owen, Julia, and the development team for all of their hard work to make these deluxe items come to light!
From faeleria:
ive been a deluxe subscriber for 10 months and it’s definitely worth every penny. especially as an executive, it brings me even more stuff to look forward to when the new items are released for us! one other thing i love about being a deluxe subscriber is how we can all discuss and be really creative with what items we want and how we can all do this rather than being given something with no discussion or prior notice. i really love how some other subscribers even draw out images, simple animations, etc so we can all see the visual of the new potential items/tricks. ive also won a few of the robux giveaways by being a deluxe subscriber and its just very exciting. my favourite items so far are definitely the sakura lychee and the floral bloom uniform because its pretty and pink![]()
i cannot wait to see more in 2025!!!
From: 45ove
I’ve only been a deluxe member for a few months and I don’t regret it. It’s so fun joining development streams and being able to ask questions, vote on new items, and suggest updates for the game. The Kohaú dev team is amazing they really care about the game and the community. It’s no surprise they’re the best in the cafe genre. I enjoy playing the game and look forward to future updates! What I like the most is how the dev team listens to player feedback and makes adjustments based on it. They’re always working on improving the game, and it’s exciting to see new changes. I’m sure Kohaú will keep getting better and better.
From: suuperache
I’ve been a deluxe since the start and it’s worth even penny. I loved seeing us deluxe members collaborate on many recipes or items in game. It’s so worth it and you can meet new friends by showing ideas!! It’s a really good thing to buy monthly.
And That’s A Wrap…
Did someone say… WRAPPED? Let’s look at the numbers!
What’s Next?
Looking back, we’re super impressed with the updates we released this year and everything we were able to achieve together. As always, our community is the reason why we keep pushing for new updates, and we’re determined to keep providing the best content for you. The motivation you give us is the reason why we’re able to deliver so consistently, and we thank you for supporting us as we continue to push the limits of the restaurant roleplay genre.
We’ve loved working on the game this much in 2024, and we’re excited to keep bringing new cool stuff in 2025. So, what’s something to look forward to? There’s a lot to come, but dare I say… maybe it’s time for a change of scenery…
From everyone at Kohaú, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We hope you’ve enjoyed playing Kohaú as much as we’ve loved updating it!
~ @ScriptedJulia (Chairwoman)
~ @timmycakeman (Chairman)
~ @LegendOJ1 (Chairman & Head Developer)