Project Introduction

Tavern Talk is a 2D barkeeper talking simulator in a high fantasy setting.
Play the tavern owner, the most beloved NPC of every RPG ever made. Listen to stories of boasting glory and utter failure. Pick up rumors, gather quests, for your guests to embark on. Make sure they come back alive by mixing them the right potions. Uncover the truth about an old evil that threatens the land. Will you pull your strings and save the day?

- Turnover: Instead of a classic heroe, you play everyone's favorite NPC – the tavern owner!
- Find Your Family: The Wayfarer's Inn is a safe haven to a colorful cast of characters inspired by popular tropes from fantasy TTRPGs like Dungeons & Dragons. Get to know their unique personalities, quirks and flaws, and help them find a place that feels like home. Dive into the cozy tavern atmosphere of the first Talking Simulator in a high fantasy setting.
- Pull the Strings of Fate: Forget about ordinary drinks! Mix "Innkeeper Specials" - potions with a dash of magic that boost the adventurers' abilities. Choose from a growing assemblage of recipes to prepare drinks for your patrons — but beware, your choice will alter their fate and the path their quests will take.
- Connect the Dots: Soon, you realize everything is intertwined and uncover the secrets of an old evil looming over the star-freckled sky. Piece together the fragments in your little study and reveal the darkness that is about to threaten the whole of Asteria. Experience a thrilling tale of good and evil and determine its outcome through your decisions. Can you save the world?
- Be Cherished: As adventurers come back from their mighty quests, they will bring back trinkets of appreciation that decorate your tavern. Your individual choices shape the cozy interior of your inn.
- Enjoy great visuals: vivid characters with comic book influences allow for strong, emotional expressions.
- Atmospheric original soundtrack inspired by Celtic folk music submerges players into the typical warm and hospitable tavern atmosphere.

About Developer

I'm the Executive Producer for Tavern Talk, and together with our CEO, I'm responsible for Business Development and Managment for our game studio.

Gentle Troll Entertainment GmbH is a small indie studio that was founded in 2014 by Michel Wacker. We are very experienced Unity developers with a Serious Games background. We have shipped more than 20 educational award-winning games of various genres that were developed for PC, web, and mobile in collaboration with high-profile industry clients. Now, we want to develop games for the entertainment market, starting with Tavern Talk which will be self-published. We want to make games with a deeper meaning and a strong focus on the great variety of characters and their stories that show our diverse world.