Shoppe Keep

Arvydas Žemaitis Developer

Excalibur Publisher

2016-05-20 Release

Indie RPG Simulation SingleplayerTags

Game News Posts: 46

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

Mixed (1998 reviews)

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Shoppe Keep Linux 32 Bit [1.25 G]
Shoppe Keep Linux 64 Bit [1.25 G]

Update Now live - Helper Bots, Mirrors and Sex Changes

Good day merchants! A new shoppe Keep update has just gone live which includes a variety of fixes, some new features and a smashing new mirror in the player house to totally check yourself out.
First, the helper bots have received a massive upgrade to make them 300% more helpful. No longer should they refuse to acknowledge your orders or refuse to stock items. A gobliness engineer has been spending the last couple of weeks tinkering with the brain of these mechanical minions to make sure that they are an optimized object picking, thieve zapping restocking machine. They will now pick up five items at a time and when restocking they will no longer only stock the top item in their inventory, they will now cycle through items in their inventory to check if there is a space for it. Check them out in action below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5HAiY9KLHI The Helper bot no longer requires fuel, oh no! Due to recent labor laws, these machines now are entitled to a minimum hourly wage. Depending on the job they are set, they will be paid a standard hourly rate which will be deducted from your finances. Thankfully, you can check your outgoings and incomings in the gold per minute section of the order scrolls stat area. Are you struggling to answer the all-important question “Who am I?” well, look no further than your own player house and use the mirror to get a good look at yourself.Strut your stuff, pull some poses and look dapper!
Feel like this external vessel is not a true representation of your inner self, well simply go to the options menu and you will be able to change that too! Introducing the Female Shoppe Keeper!
It is normally quite dangerous to go outside at night. The town can be quite vicious after hours so it’s best not to keep your shoppe door open during these times. But I understand, you want to visit your house and chill after a long day at work. Thankfully in the back room there is a trap door that will take you straight to your house. You can avoid all sorts of nasty creatures that scour the town at night.

The next few updates will include a bit of new customer interaction logic, crafting overhaul and more! A new hotfix is to go live very soon that fixes an issue for players who like to close menus with the Escape key. A full changelog for this update can be found below:

Changelog 18/03/2016

Player has received a unique Shop Keeper skin and can now choose to play as a Female Shop Keeper
When holding an item you can now press ‘5’ to inspect it
Helper Bots received an upgrade to their outdated MK II control module forged by some old farts back in the day into an awesome MK III by a goblin engineer the shopkeeper commissioned earlier
Helper Bots pick up a max of 5 items at a time to bring back to the Bot dock
Helper Bots loop through all items so they won’t just only try to stock the first item in their inventory
If a Helper Bot’s dock is destroyed all items in it will be transferred to the shopkeeper
When landing, the Bots will correctly rotate to face the Bot docks’ facing direction
You can interact with the Bot only when he is not flying
Helper Bots will drain gold every minute depending on what they are doing, the gold drain is added up every minute to the statistics window together with Gold per minute gain
Fuel has been removed from the order list and its recipe removed as well, any leftover fuel should be dropped into the grinder for a bonus bone material (Just because Arvydas is nice)
New helper bot texture to commemorate new AI and to help him be more visible in the background
Performance upgrades to customer and bot logic
Code for personal chest has been rewritten and should perform better
New Tier 3 Rogue set, these items can only be found…
Phaseable door added to the player house
Beautiful mirror added to the player house
New Grill Model
New Grinder Texture
Trying to move further than the skill window scrolls will loop you back to the other side
Barbarians will dress up a bit in winter
Painting in the back room randomly changes on startup
All the rest of achievement trophies added to the personal house
Unique trash and boss loot from all Champion adventures
More filtering for the ever-growing item list, filter by either type or tier / engineering / farming or mix them together!
Secret useless feature added
1 new recipe
Pants/belts/boots and shoulders added to tiered armor sets for mages
New Seasonal potions
Trap doors added to the personal house and back room for easy access between the town/personal house/back room no matter if the doors are closed or open
Player starts in his personal house now
Future Broom unique sounds
Loads of new item/object placement and retract sounds added
Added information when placing furniture that tells you what it can hold
Icons will now be displayed when scrolling through items in your inventory to show which object can display them
New plate models
The current day and season are now displayed on the Quest board in the back room
When grinding objects, the grinding output is displayed in the middle of the screen
Save file screenshot modification
Refreshed main menu
Slight UI updates to the Main Menu and skill pane
Pathing fixed on the trees outside
Buttons to load different shop saves and browse customers
Shop save file displayed in shop menu
Tells you that you can open the shop with ‘E’ when looking at the door
kPoint gain option is now in the My Shoppe Panel
“Are you sure?” check added to resetting progress option
“Shop has been saved” text is more visible
Various bug fixes

[ 2016-03-18 14:05:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

***With the exciting announcement that Shoppe Keep has now moved from Early Access to full release comes further good news! Only today developer Strangefire has declared a number of significant game play enhancements and new and expansive content. We will continue with our planned seasonal updates, but the really exciting news is about the new Street Market and the Inn!
If you haven’t played Shoppe Keep yet, why not join nearly 100,000 gamers who are already enjoying this unique business management game, and create your own fantasy retail consortium! ***

The skill is to shrewdly set the price of each item and watch the money roll in - too expensive and you will find your stock shrinking as stealing increases. Deal with thieves quickly with a swing of your sword or a zap from a lightning spell!
Price your wares competitively and adventurers will travel from miles around to your one-stop shop to spend their gold.

Four memorable characters will visit your store, including a hardened warrior, magical mage, sneaky rogue and wise druid. Each of these character types will seek to purchase items relating to their skill set - a warrior will be hard pressed to take a flimsy magical robe into close quarter’s battle!

You have a daring clientele to add pressure to your role as a shop keeper. After beating up goblins and even battling the great ol’ Dragonclaw they can be a little aggresive. This might mean your displays can be spoilt and tables and shelves damaged. They are not too careful about bringing in dirt from the street either!

However help is at hand! As the owner of the store you’ll be armed with awesome tools for combating these issues. The broom will sweep away dirt brought in from your customers and the hammer will repair furniture damaged by these extraordinary visitors. A few sweeps and a couple of swings means your shop will be in tip top shape. Expand your empire and you can employ an army of “Helper Bots” – the latest in imaginary technology.

Set your prices too high and your customers may think twice about investing their hard won (or stolen) gold in your shop. They’ll throw the dice and attempt to steal it right under your nose! A quick swing of the sword or a zap of a magic spell can make quick work of these thieves. But be cautious not to hit any innocent bystanders or you’ll suffer the monetary penalty of paying a high fee!

And let’s not forget the Barbarians, they live on the outskirts of the city, regularly invading the town, and if your shop is popular enough will cause as much damage and destruction as possible. They will even fight you directly if you try to stop them. Eliminate a few dozen barbarians and they’ll invite a much larger friend to come and visit you.

It’s tough running a shop, as there are often not enough hours in the day to go out and procure new items. Thankfully, you can employ a champion that can be unlocked in the skill tree. Select a class, equip them with your finest armour and weapons, and send them out to bring back new wares. Some of these items can be sold, some are junk and others can be crafted into more powerful gear.
Your champion will need to gain experience. The first time out they may fall in battle, and whilst they will not return with any new goods, the experience will have taught them valuable skills that will improve their chances next time.

“Helper Bots” are your robotic staff team. The MK III was created by a Gobliness engineer to increase the artificial intelligence of this mechanical chap. Originally, these bots would break down and refuse to acknowledge orders. However a few bugs have been ironed out and the MK III is the latest in robotic technology.
The helper bot has three duties; zapping thieves who attempt to steal from your shop, picking up items that customers may have thrown to the floor, and restocking items back on the shelves. You can purchase several helper bots to help run your shop, and to help automate the process of running your shop.

FEATURES

Manage your own shoppe, from ordering stock, setting prices and placing stock for sale
Design your own shoppe layout by ordering tables, shelves and weapon racks
Unlock new abilities and perks in the skill menu, including gardening, alchemy, the grinder and higher tier stock
Use the helper bot to collect items thrown by customers, zap thieves and restock items
Create a champion, select its class and send them out on adventures
Arm yourself with a sword and magic spells to defend your shoppe from cheeky thieves and destructive barbarians
Maintain your shoppe using the hammer to repair furniture and the broom to sweep away dirt (And corpses)
Cycles through 4 seasons, with each season featuring a most wanted item. Frost Resists potions sell best in Winter etc.

Over the next few weeks the new content we mentioned at the beginning of this announcement will be added. You will be able to expand your business to include the selling potential in the local street market. The street market employs a vicious guard to protect market sellers stock – put your most expensive stock for sale here to ensure it will never be stolen! Also to be added is the new local Inn. All shoppers need a place to relax and refresh so why not include the Inn as an extra arm to your business. Your customers can sit and enjoy a drink and some food whilst you sit back and watch the profits roll in. And enjoy a drink yourself too!

MINIMAL SETUPProcessor: Intel Core i3 or equivalentMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Dedicated graphics card with 512MB memory
Storage: 500 MB available space

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