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Hey guys, happy 2026. I hope you all had a great New Year!

It's been a while since my last dev log, and while I did take a decent break over Christmas, work on the update has been progressing nicely. At the time of the last dev log I was just at the point of editing the script. Well I'm happy to report that it is now fully complete and, as predicted, it is the longest ever update by a good 10-20%.

With the writing section of developing the update out of the way, the next phase is ...

Christmas 2025

Merry Christmas guys!

Thanks for all of your support in 2025, I hope you have a happy Christmas and New Year, then an amazing 2026!

- Cosy Creator

Dev Log 66

Hey guys, it's time for the final dev log of 2025, though it'll only be a short one!

The last couple of weeks have been productive as ever. I've finally finished the writing for 0.14 - it's taken me a little longer than usual for a few reasons, but I'm very happy with it! It's the longest update by a pretty wide margin, currently sitting at around 40,000 words (for context, the last couple of updates have been just over 30k, and the ones before that were even shorter ).

I'm curren...

Dev Log 65

Hey guys, time for a super short dev log!

I don't have much to report this time as I've mostly just been writing the next update since the last dev log. It's not quite done yet, though I am nearing the end now, so I should be onto the rendering by the next dev log.

I am, however, far enough in to give you my usual very brief early teaser: this one is gonna be a monumental update! I haven't done one quite like this before, so I'm very excited for it - there's a lot happening story ...

Dev Log 64

Hey guys, it's dev log time again!

As always after an update, I want to start with a warm welcome and thanks to all of the new people that have joined with the release of version 0.13. Thank you for your support! I do one of these dev logs every other Sunday, so you'll be hearing from me semi-regularly if you stick around.

Speaking of the update, how was it? I hope you all enjoyed it!

I don't have a tonne to report in this dev log, though of course work on the next release (...

0.13 Early Access Release

Dev Log 63

Hey guys!

I'm happy to announce that this will be the final dev log 0.13 cycle, as development for the update is now nearing completion. Unfortunately it won't quite be as soon as I had hoped: the new method of animation I've mentioned before has been taking tons more time than I originally anticipated, though I'll give a bit more information about that later.

For now, the usual progress report: This has probably been the most productive couple of weeks I've ever had (mostly due t...

Dev Log 62

Hey guys, it's time for another dev log, and I have a bit more to say than in the last one!

First, I'm happy to report that I've had a very productive couple of weeks! Since the last dev log I've completed another 200 renders, bringing the current total up to roughly 1500 now. However, the lion's share of my time has been spent on animation.

The new animation method I mentioned a while ago is taking more time than I expected, which is partly why I ended up pushing my target releas...

Dev Log 61 - Micro Edition

Hey guys, it's dev log time again!

This one truly will be a tiny dev log, as there is literally nothing interesting to say! Not a bad thing, I suppose, as it means nothing's gone wrong: rendering is proceeding as planned, and that's all I've done in the last couple of weeks, though that doesn't make for interesting reading here.

To make up for that, I've included a custom render set that someone commissioned a while ago. It's a little old at this point, so the graphics are slightl...

Dev Log 60

Hey guys, it's mini-dev-log time again!

As predicted in the previous one, rendering progress was a little slower over these last couple of weeks, with 160ish new renders completed. Much of my time was devoted instead to working on new maps, characters, and outfits, all of which take much longer than you might imagine to put together!

Fortunately, that marks the end of the map creation work for this update. Though there is still a lot more character and outfit creation left to do f...

Dev Log 59

Hey guys!

I'm not even sure it's worth calling this one a dev log, more just checking in, as the last couple of weeks have been spent working on renders with nothing particularly interesting going on. I've knocked out another 270ish, bringing the total completed for 0.13 so far to just over 900. I imagine that's slightly under halfway, though, as long-time followers might remember, I have a tendency to underestimate the final render count.

The next couple of weeks will probably se...

Dev Log 58

Hey guys, it's that time again!

I imagine many of you have already heard, as it's been all over the internet, but it's been a rough couple of weeks for adult game development! For those of you that haven't: a combination of activists and payment processors have been working together to purge adult games from itch.io and Steam, and have, unfortunately, had a certain measure of success.

For the rest of this post I'm going to focus on itch.io, as that's the main distribution platform...

Dev Log 57

Hey guys, it's time for a short dev log!

I'm happy to report that the last couple of weeks have been productive as usual! Of course, the lion's share of my time has been taken up with rendering the update, and I'm really starting to love some of the new quality of life features available with the newer software I spoke about upgrading to last month. It really is making the inconvenience of upgrading worth it in the end.

In addition to that, I've also been learning a new animation ...

Dev Log 56

Hey guys, it's dev log time again!

As usual at this point in the cycle, I'm gonna be spending all of my time rendering for the next couple of months, so there won't be much to report. I'll keep checking in here as usual, though!

So, the last couple of weeks have been busy as ever. I mentioned in the previous dev log that I was struggling to get all my rendering mods updated and working together, and was contemplating sticking with the old setup if it all turned into a big ordeal. ...

Dev Log 55

Hey guys, how are you all doing?

It's dev log time again, and I've had an intense couple of weeks of development, working on three separate projects at once...

0.12.1

I mentioned last time that I was working on a minor update to version 0.12 with some technical improvements/fixes. Well, it's now finished and released. I've updated all of the links on the 0.12 post if you want to download it, although there isn't any new content, so there's probably not much point if you've...

Dev Log 54

Hey guys, it's dev log time again!

I want to start by saying welcome to all of the new supporters that have joined since the release of version 0.12 a couple of weeks ago - the reception for this one has been really positive, so thank you all! I make these dev logs every couple of weeks, so if you stick around between updates you'll get used to hearing from me!

Now, onto the dev log:

It's been a busy couple of weeks for me, as usual. Of course, work on version 0.13 is alrea...

0.12 Early Access Release

Hey guys!

0.12 Is now complete and ready to play!

The update contains an additional 31,000 words, 2250 renders, and 44 videos, covering days 27 (Thursday) and 28 (Friday). This one mostly focuses on character progression with the love interests, and has some really great scenes!

Beyond that, the update contains a few minor tweaks and improvements, including the new day/month system I mentioned in a dev log a while ago. Basically, what was Day 1 before, is now September 1st n...

Dev Log 53

Hey guys, welcome to the final dev log before the release of version 0.12!

I've had a very productive couple of weeks, completing a further 400 renders, which brings the total so far up to around 2,000. Meaning this update has already smashed the old record of 1900, and there's a good 200ish yet to go!

I mentioned a few dev logs ago that I'd finished the animation for the update... Well, it turns out that I'd completely forgotten about a rather long animated scene later in the upd...

Dev Log 52

Hey guys, welcome to another dev log.

Once again, I'm happy to report that this will be a rather short one, simply because I'm rendering and everything is going well - meaning there isn't much more to say.

I've completed another 370 renders over the last couple of weeks since the last dev log, which brings the total up to 1570. That means we're finally, slowly, closing in on the release of 0.12, and at this point I think I'm close enough to give a target release date - 24th of May...

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Dev Log 49

Hey guys, it’s dev log time again!

This’ll be another hyper short one, and unfortunately I can’t even add a preview image this time, as my internet has been down for the last few hours and I’m posting from my phone.

Once again, I’m happy to report that development has been going well over the last couple of weeks. I’ve completed another 300 renders, bringing the total so far up to around 650. I’ve also spent a lot of time recently working on the new outfits for next ...

Dev Log 48

Hey guys, it's dev log time, but this one really will be super short!

The last couple of weeks have been busy as usual; I've completed another 250 renders, and done the map creation for the first of the two new locations I need for this update.

And that really is all there is to report - the rendering process is long and boring!

I will, however, add a tentative release date now I'm a good way into the dev process for this one. Barring any problems with fixing the still outs...

Dev Log 47

Spoiler warning! - This dev log contains a follow up discussion to the spoiler content in the last one.

Hey guys, welcome the first of the short dev logs as I wade through the rendering for 0.12.

I've had another good burst of production over the last couple of weeks: The script is now complete, coming in at 31,000 words, which puts it just a little bit short of the record holding 0.10. The script has also finished going through the proofreading process, and...

Dev Log 46

Hey guys! Welcome to dev log 46.

Quick warning, the later parts of this dev-log contain some spoilers regarding the time-scale of the story in its entirety, so if you want to avoid that, I recommend not going past the first few paragraphs, and perhaps avoiding the comments below the post!

Now, on to the dev log:

It's been a busy couple of weeks of development, and I'm happy to report that it was much more productive than last time! I've written another 20,000 words for 0.12,...

Dev Log 45

Hey guys, welcome to dev log 45!

I'm not quite sure what to include in this one - usually I like to be pretty positive, and list all of the things I've achieved in the last couple of weeks working towards the next update. But this has been the most frustrating couple of weeks of development I've had in the 2 years since I started Cosy Cafe!

My aim, as you know, was to get most of 0.12 written by the time of this dev log. Unfortunately I've spent most of the last couple of weeks ne...

Dev Log 44

Hey guys, welcome to the first dev log of 2025! I hope you all had a happy Christmas/New Year?

This also marks the 2 year anniversary of the release of Cosy Cafe 0.1. For me, it feels like it's gone by in a flash, and the success of the game has truly exceeded my wildest dreams many times over. I'm so happy that so many of you enjoy my work, and I hope to continue earning your support and improving over the year to come!

So, on to the regular dev log:

As with every update a...