Hi everyone,
I have some great news to share with you! We've made solid progress on the project. Most of the core gameplay loop is now in place and just needs some fine-tuning. Scenes like the game over and milking segments will be expanded over time.
A huge batch of new animations has been added to the on-screen Lacto avatar. She now reacts much more responsively to what's happening in the game and to the player, making the experience feel more alive and dynamic.
The first ...
2025-07-02 23:05:08 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
It’s been a while since my last update. In December and January, we took a break because it felt like we had hit a point similar to burnout. The game was always on our minds, but finding the motivation to work on it became difficult. However, in February, I started working on it again and made some great progress, introducing new ideas to existing rooms and adding variations to different situations that might occur.
At the same time, I want to make the playthroug...
2025-03-06 02:54:33 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
Thank you so much for all your feedback, ideas, and wishes! For those who didn’t know, I’ve been under the weather for a while due to illness, but I’m feeling much better now.
During this time, I continued working on Cowtastic Cafe. I’ve provided nearly all the voice lines to our voice artist, and we’ve successfully recorded everything in English. This wouldn’t have been possible without your generous donations—thank you! I’m curren...
2024-10-21 08:18:35 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
I hope you're all doing well and having a great time. I wanted to share some updates on our projects.
Cowtastic Cafe Translation: I've been working hard on the Cowtastic Cafe game translation, which required significant code rewriting to fit the new structure. I've also added around 400 new dialogue lines to provide more variation during gameplay. My goal is to make our barista more responsive to what's happening on the screen.
P...
2024-07-17 06:05:43 +0000 UTC
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Dear Community,
As we consider the future development of the tower within our game, I'm eager to gather your input on the preferred gameplay experience. Please choose the option that aligns best with your gameplay preferences.
Maybe you have other cool ideas for what should be included in the tower. Feel free to share them with me in the comments. Thank you for your input!
2024-05-16 17:59:52 +0000 UTC
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I'm happy to announce that Cowtastic Cafe is now open source! This means that everyone in our wonderful community can now dive in, tweak, and enhance the game to make it even more cow-tastic!
As part of this transition, I've removed any copyrighted content that I previously purchased, including music, UI images, some sounds, and the post-processing package "feel". These elements will need to be replaced. However, if any of you talented folks want to contribute new open-source content, I...
2024-05-16 17:30:32 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone,
I am delighted by the overwhelming support and kind words I've received from all of you regarding the content and games we create. Your encouragement fuels my motivation, and I'm committed to engaging with you on Discord to discuss ideas and incorporate your feedback into our projects.
Currently, I've begun working on the next levels and refining the mechanics for the Lacto game. This process involves learning new techniques and workflows to enhance the gameplay, visu...
2024-03-16 13:40:41 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
Exciting news! I've collaborated with a skilled and experienced 3D artist to bring Barbra to life in three dimensions. I'm thrilled to share that the 3D model is now available in a printable file, allowing you to have your very own Barbra standing beside you, ready to entertain with her witty jokes.
I've attached the files to this post, and I hope you enjoy having Barbra as much as I do. Feel free to let your imagination run wild as she keeps you company.
The...
2024-02-06 20:49:38 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
I hope you've all transitioned well into the new year and are in good health. I wanted to share some updates regarding the progress of our Lacto game project. The development team has been hard at work, and I'm thrilled to announce that the new tutorial room is nearing completion. However, we're currently focused on reworking the inventory and its saving system to ensure flawless functionality.
During the development of this new area, several unexpected issues have...
2024-01-04 22:27:47 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
I wanted to take a moment to provide you with an update on the progress of the Lacto game that our Team Unity has been diligently working on. It's been quite a journey, albeit one filled with its own set of challenges and bugs that have made the process more demanding than anticipated.
Yesterday was a particularly tough day as I found myself entangled in a lengthy battle with issues surrounding the Dialog System and the Unity New Input System. However, despite thes...
2023-11-14 12:24:28 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
I want to begin this post with a heartfelt apology for the prolonged silence and the lack of updates here. Unfortunately, real-life circumstances have taken their toll on me, both physically and emotionally. I truly appreciate your understanding and continued support during this challenging time.
However, there is some good news to share amidst these difficulties. The Lacto Project is still very much alive and kicking, thanks to all of us. We ha...
2023-10-31 15:45:10 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
I am thrilled to share some exciting updates about the progress of our game! The main menu functionality is now up and running smoothly, thanks to the implementation of the Unity UI Toolkit. While it was quite a learning curve and there were numerous new concepts to grasp, I'm pleased to say that I've managed to master most of it. Although there might be some re-arranging and the need for new sprites later on, the core functionality and fundamentals are complete...
2023-07-29 10:12:52 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
I hope this post finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to address the reduced number of posts on this Patreon page recently. Some of you might be wondering why there haven't been as many updates.
The reason for this is due to the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) rules that were in effect until July 2023. To comply with Patreon's guidelines and avoid potential issues, I had to make the decision to remove most of the previous posts on this page. It was a necessary cleanup ...
2023-07-29 09:59:47 +0000 UTC
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After the successful release of Cowtastic Cafe on https://noa3.itch.io/cowtastic and receiving great feedback, I plan to focus on minor bug-fixing updates in the near future. However, I have decided to shift my attention back to the old main project, Lacto Escape. We had already made significant progress on it, including the creation of a prototype with the first 10 floors designed, which closely resemble the base game.
2023-06-26 06:32:41 +0000 UTC
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Exciting news, Cowtastic Patrons!
Mark your calendars for the Cowtastic Cafe 1.1.0.0 release on June 23rd at 4pm UTC+2 CEST! Be among the first to enjoy the new and improved version of our game.
After the release, you can access the game for free on our itch.io page. Your continued support means the world to us, and we're thrilled to share this experience with you.
Thank you for being part of our journey. Let's make the Cowtastic Cafe 1.1.0.0 release unforgettable!
See...
2023-06-19 04:18:53 +0000 UTC
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I wanted to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude for your incredible support as a current or past donator. Your generosity has been instrumental in bringing our game to life, and I cannot thank you enough.
As a token of our appreciation, we're thrilled to offer our patrons exclusive early access to the game release! You'll be among the first to test it out. If you encounter any bugs or have suggestions, please let us know on our Discord server (Pr...
2023-06-14 19:36:19 +0000 UTC
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You may be wondering about what we're currently working on and what to expect in the next update and full release of the game. Recently, we started implementing a feature called Achievements, which will add some additional development time but greatly increases replayability. It serves as a fine alternative to a lengthy development process for a 'Story Mode'.
Initially, we had planned for a small update to fix the major issues, but then we ended up adding feature after feature and bundl...
2023-05-31 17:33:37 +0000 UTC
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Hi, thank you to all our supporters once again. Today, I would like to share some pictures of the early development and idea collection process.
The beginning of the development process involved learning new techniques and mechanics from Unity to make the Lacto Escape game better. At that time, Cookie Clicker and the Barista meme were popular, so we thought, "Why not combine the two?". So we discussed ways to achieve something fun and then remembered a game called "Your Own (Living) Cow...
2023-04-27 13:55:38 +0000 UTC
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The update is taking longer than anticipated as it is larger than expected. However, the good news is that a trial will be provided to all Patreon donators to gather feedback on what still needs to be improved. If there are no major issues, the game will be moved to a released state and work on it will be postponed. Unfortunately, the translation is causing some issues with the fonts and sentence structure. It is functional for languages that use a normal Latin font, but it breaks the game wh...
2023-04-13 13:46:27 +0000 UTC
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Like I mentioned in a previous post, I work with the artist on Dakimakura designs and production for Lacto and Barbara. The first samples arrived today and they are already pretty good. We didn't expect the sides to be cut off so much to stitch them together, and the colors don't match exactly what we targeted, but we're moving in the right direction and we know what needs to be changed. Currently, the size is 160x50 cm, but we can try out other formats to capture the spirit of her design.
2023-03-21 09:13:53 +0000 UTC
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Hi there, I'm sure you're excited for the update! It has some drastic changes and additions in the background, and will extend the game in many ways. The hardest part now is the much-wished-for translation. The next version will, for the moment, only contain the static UI stuff, but over time it will become more complete, and you will be able to understand in your language what the game wants from you.
Thank you for your patience!
2023-03-14 10:52:52 +0000 UTC
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Hi Folks, i wanted to let you know that the next update to the Cowtastic game is a bit delayed because real live strikes again. it will atleast take one more week to release this to the public. The new mechanics need more time to be tested for bugs and we looking forward to extend the allready existing stuff.
I cant tell you everything for the update now but you can probably allready see a change on the picture.
Have fun and a great time!
2023-02-19 20:21:46 +0000 UTC
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I spoke with Nuanshan and requested drawings that can be used for dakimakuras of our beloved heroes, Lacto and Barbara. Here's a little sketch as a preview of what you can expect.
Stay tuned for more!
2023-02-10 14:23:24 +0000 UTC
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the news is sadly allready 2 days old but i wanted to write here down too as news.
In the moment we working hard an bugfixes and problems wich the people have, like that the game dont run on some Mac and Android Devices.
On the other side there are some improvments and little QoL planned and allready on the way with the next update, i hope you like it.
Regarding donations, every penny we collect will go to the further development of the games. Currently i Planed to h...
2023-02-09 02:17:04 +0000 UTC
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After a bit of delay we've finally gotten the next beta ready for those interested in giving it a try.
Notable Changes:
- Changed the Breast Milk drink ingredient to be a more clear game mechanic. Breast Milk now appears in the customer's orders if they are in the right mood for it.
- Rebalanced game progression, tried making unlocking ingredients more important.
- Rewrote several lines of the tutorial to better explain game mechanics.
- A...
2023-02-05 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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if you realy canot wait until the game is fully Free for Public you can Support the projects with 3$ and get acces to the Cowtastic Game how it currently is.
Except bugs and changing Gameplay over time. There is currently no Additional reward planed for bakers.
2022-12-28 21:07:31 +0000 UTC
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In the moment we are still working hard on the game. Here is a picture of from the animator to give the eyes and behaivor some small changes in Future.
Planed to work on is a Softlock for the game to be not playable after restarting the round. Then the people Increassed Flustered level after milking will change the recipt to fit the needed Breastmilk, to satisfy them.
The current last point is for me on this workcycle to change the flustered system to give it again more randomness a...
2022-12-28 21:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Because of the side project Cowtastic Cafe, we are currently pretty slow on the development on game, I hope you can still be patient and look here from Time to Time for updates.
On the attachment you can get an idea how fluid the animations will be and how the quality can be.
2022-12-27 08:56:52 +0000 UTC
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We worked these days to setup the Itch.io Page for the game and it should be mostly funktional now. currently the private beta 3 is running but only accessably for selected users because we working hard on the balancing. Stay Tuned!
2022-12-22 19:05:51 +0000 UTC
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