Comments on: Recettear: Decorating y’r Itemme Shoppe.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:10:07 +0000

Wow. This game is pretty great Tipa. :/ I have to say, fantastic job on the translation. They don’t make games like this anymore. “…oh, but I don’t wanna be a sailor! What am I gonna do?…” Hehe. Recette is so cute. :/

And yea, it’s a bit difficult at first, but what a nice change from the ez-breezy-to-sell-to-as-many-consumers-as-possible philosophy that pumps out trash after trash the industry seems to have permeated the industry over the last few years. This is the best $20 I’ve spent on a video game in a looooong time. :)

By: Counting Costs: Recettear and Keflings « Tish Tosh Tesh

Counting Costs: Recettear and Keflings « Tish Tosh Tesh — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:13:56 +0000

[...] a lot of fun. That I can play it from a USB thumb drive is icing on the cake (yay for Impulse). As Tipa notes, it’s well worth the $20. (There’s a demo, but as fun as it is, it just scratches the [...]

By: Tipa

Tipa — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:25:43 +0000

REALLY GOOD ADVICE! I’ve been doing this lately, it has helped a lot! I didn’t know about the chain bonuses, but they can be substantial.

By: Mordiceius

Mordiceius — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:15:09 +0000

The most important thing about selling is not price gouging but instead trying to hit the sweet spot for your customers. Sure, you can sell things for 130% but customers won’t be faithful. The more you sell stuff at 105%, the more faithful the customers become and the larger amounts of money they are willing to spend.

Plus, at 105%, you are more likely to get chain bonuses, getting your shop leveled up faster and opening up better items to buy from the guild house.

By: Tipa

Tipa — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:08:24 +0000

Yup, dungeon crawling with a hired adventurer is an important part of the game. You can also travel to various places in town, though they aren’t locations you can explore.

By: rob

rob — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:00:09 +0000

I have been eyeballing this game, but I thought it was just about running the shop. I had no idea you ever left it. Guess I should try the demo. :)

By: Bhagpuss

Bhagpuss — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:33:39 +0000

I like Recettear in theory, but in practice I found it much too difficult. I played the demo twice and at the end of the week I had made less than 20% of the required payment both times. When I went in the dungeon I was dead in seconds.

I’d much rather read you writing about than play it.

By: user@example.com

user@example.com — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:14:34 +0000

If you don’t desperately need money, sell everything at 105-110% or so. The chain effect on the bonus xp you get from selling things on the first time is far more valuable than getting an extra 10% mark-up on a cheap item.

Also, you still make money selling at 100%.

Capitalism, ho!

By: Tipa

Tipa — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:43:01 +0000

Try the demo!

By: Longasc

Longasc — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:24:13 +0000

I don’t see the appeal of this game.