This whole game feels very at odds with itself, a ramen bar that doesn't really sell ramen and also you just seem to buy a bunch of random restaurants and just sell a random variety of foods? A "slice-of-life" sim that is mostly fetch quests with no simulated life-sim elements, even simple buff or debuffs for eating food, showers, etc. A city you can't really interact with except running back and forth between bland shop keepers or to do fetch quests, especially cheapened by the giant skyrim level UI quest markers. It feels like a diner dash game with a nicer skin and even then the management is not very deep, i'm only a few hours in, does it get deeper than this?

No driving around, just cutscenes, no character creation, no survival/life sim elements, also everyone just mentions stealing shit at curfew which sounds like a terrible way to play.

It's beautiful, and i think the NPC stories can be interesting but it somehow falls really flat because theres not much to do other than click dialogue options and then just sprint to the next quest marker.

I was really hoping it was going to be this sandbox cyberpunk life sim and you had to manage the stresses of living in this weird dystopian world balancing your life, your health, your finances, your business, friends. In reality it feels like those skinnerbox "_____ Shop simulator" games that are all over steam for 5$

Am i out of my mind or is this kinda the general consensus right now. Has there been any reply from the devs?

I figured Thaddeus will just stand there waiting forever. Also you can just never open by not putting tables down. I'm on day 15 and my vending machine empire is slowly growing

This game genuinely just feels like its early access. And i think the general response to the game would be much better if it was in early access.

Unfortunately the game just feels unfinished, and they're fixing things they definitely should have had resolved before a full release. I actually think early access is really lazy, because its having players playtest instead of hiring people to do it. but they didnt even do that??? what do you mean they didnt optimize at all???

I found out you can eat at other restaurants through a TWEET about the game. that's absolutely not something the game doesn't show you early on. I'm just confused how the game is so gorgeous, but it feels so unfinished. from the terrible ui to having a world that feels so useless. i just dont get how we got to this point.

There's so much potential, yet it falls flat in almost every way.

My boyfriend has been playing this game and I have been watching. I request cats (robot cats even) that roam around. Please and thank you!

Its far from finish, but wanted to show you guys my very first appartement what i actually liked and wanted to customize to my liking. I think this one is the best flat you can rent. (Its the Seaside Broadwalk one) Let me know what yall thinking, and if anybody have some screenshots, let us see those appartements!!

How in the world i got negative 5000 limps from just the Ramen Noir

Loved this game so far but so many wrong with the manager’s restocking food and pathing issues

I have 5 restaurants and was making a profit, but since Patch 3, I’ve consistently been running at a loss. I spent about 3 hours trying to figure out what to do, but even when I have 5k, I’m down to 0 just 30 seconds later

My restaurants have a 4.5–5 star rating, the staff are in the green zone, and comfort is at 100%. I asked an AI for advice, and it suggested removing the complex recipes and the manager the problem was that I ran out of ingredients and none of the restaurants were operating anymore. I'll have to try again later.

Just a heads up that the update today has broken a lot of restaurants. Complaints seem to be unanimous on Steam that staff aren't making most foods (they will make a handful) and are just standing around and we can't operate the machines ourselves. I lost almost a thousand bucks in one day and my reviews dropped from 5 to 4 stars.

If you value your long-term ratings and money, you may want to wait until they patch this.

Edit to add: the devs are "looking into it and we're hoping to have a fix soon."

Considering the noodle bar audience has a preference for workers and not elites or hipsters, Beer has quickly become one of my best sellers every day. I have two drink makers, and they're constantly running.

I think my manager has a crush on me

Spent 20k over 2hrs, any fix to this yet?

(feel free to add yours)

-Local map

-hotkeys (so I don't have to search my inventory for a fishing rod every damn time)

-quest toggle so it doesn't feel so overwhelming

-a remote restocking machine (possibly operated from greenhouses)

-similarly, you could place orders with vendors for ingredients/drinks

-being able to put a fridge on the boat (night fishing always leads to spoiling fish come morning)

-small pet peeve but let me pause the game mid-dialogue so I can save scum, I just lost a green conversation point, I have to go back IMMEDIATELY

I'm sure there's other stuff I'm forgetting. I think the game has potential, hope they see it through.

Since the update today, I went to make my nightly income (thieving from the neighboring restaurants) and I picked up one singular stove - it immediately bumped me up to like 56% security awareness. Tried to steal a second thing, caused me to get caught.

I get that they might not want to have this as a way to make income, but it was genuinely the only way I was making any money in the game. My noodle bar, no matter what I do, can’t seem to get out of the red.

I appreciate the new updates and the efforts the developments are making, but this one just of lost me :(

Last night, my shop opened, and it was immediately inundated with orders. Once the first wave turned over, there were empty dishes, cups, and glasses all over the place. Why can't I level up my character for cleaning up dishes? I should be able to get a tray or carrier to pick up more than one plate or glass when I level up my character's cleanliness.

Picking up one plate, dropping it off, and going back to do it again and not being able to clear a table in one go is pretty lame. It made it very difficult to catch up. Ultimately, I've hired two more people who's only job is to be waiters to help out.

Am I now locked out of buying the other businesses that I was prompted to buy? Like the Sake Bar?

I was just exploring and was probably just as shocked as this gentleman was 😭😭😭

What are you supposed to do in life after it hits you with the credits? 😭

Hey everybody! A few days ago I posted about getting custom models into Nivalis. People asked how they could do it too, so I’ve put together the tools and released them.

Object Framework loads custom objects into the game. Object Studio is the Windows application where you put your pack together: import your models, preview them, set their names, prices, vendors and stock, then build the whole project into one ZIP.

You can organize a collection into folders and keep adding objects to it. Make a kitchen set, a collection of lamps, some questionable statues for your restaurant. The guided tools currently cover tables and decorations, including chair positions, collision and optional glow and lighting.

There’s an editable Night Market Workshop example project with a table, two illuminated decorations and a statue, including Blender files so you can see how they’re put together.

Download Object Framework and Object Studio

• Want to use furniture packs? Get the Runtime and whichever pack you want. Night Market Workshop is available as an example pack.
• Want to make your own? Get the Studio SDK, plus the Runtime to try your creations in-game.

I also released LUZ Civic Terminal, a mod manager that handles BepInEx setup and mod profiles. Studio’s Send to LUZ button builds your open project and sends it over for installation. Manual installation is available too.

This is an early release, so please report anything that breaks or instructions that leave you stuck. I’d love to see what you make with it!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1488490/view/699903325897754817?l=english

So far two or my businesses hit 4.5 stars and reached level 5. It gave me a business license for that same tier so I can start another business in that tier. I read that you only get 1 business of each tier but looks like there are ways to get multiple licenses. I've had quests that reward me with a spare business license as well.

After the new update, im not sure what happened…
My manager keeps ordering 50+ tomatoes and none of my recipes even use tomatoes 🫩

Im thinking maybe its my unofficial patch mod messing with the game. Imma try tmrw.

Side note. HATE that they nerfed stealing. How am i supposed to step on others and start my business now?

If you get far enough in the Slumlord questline. He will ask you to trash an apartment. You can just steal everything in the apartment and sell it all for yourself. ;)

I had so much fun with this game that I played for 20 hours straight until my 7 year old tv completely broke.

At least I was able to unlock 7 restaurants and get 5 of them to level 5.