- Winemaker Simulator - Updated Roadmap & Early Access Plans - 2 September 2026
Hello Winemakers 🍷🍇Today, we would like to share an important update regarding the future of our game, along with our updated development roadmap.Previously, when asked by our community, we mentioned that we were aiming for an Early Access launch between late Q3 and mid-Q4 2026. However, in order to manage the development process more effectively, we have had to adjust this schedule.We want to share the core reasons behind this decision transparently with you:Demo Updates and Polishing: Following the release of the demo, we decided to prioritize refining, stabilizing, and polishing the demo build based on your initial feedback. This process of fixing issues and improving the experience took a bit longer than we had originally anticipated.Re-planning Based on Feedback: We carefully analyzed the highly valuable suggestions, criticisms, and requests we received from players who tried the…
- 🍷 Winemaker Simulator Demo - Patch Notes #3 - 1 September 2026
🍷 Winemaker Simulator Demo - Patch Notes #3 Hello Winemakers 🍷🍇 We apologize that this update took longer than originally expected. We wanted to take our time and work as carefully as possible to ensure these features were implemented properly. With this patch, we are introducing full controller support for Xbox and PlayStation controllers, allowing you to play the demo from start to finish entirely with a controller. We have also added input remapping and several new settings based on community requests. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎮 Full Controller Support & Remapping • Full controller support has been added for both Xbox and PlayStation controllers • You can now play the entire demo from start to finish using only a controller • Keyboard input remapping is now available for PC players • Added controller preset templates, including options for left-handed and right-handed layouts • Several…
- 🍷 10,000 Wishlists! Thank You, Winemakers! - 18 June 2026
🍷 10,000 Wishlists! When we started working on Winemaker Simulator, it was simply a project built by two developers with a passion for simulation games, winemaking, and creating something special. Today, thanks to all of you, we've reached an incredible milestone: 🍇 10,000 Wishlists Whether you played the demo, left feedback, reported bugs, shared the game with friends, streamed it, created videos, or simply added it to your wishlist. Thank you. As a two-person development team, every message, review, suggestion, and piece of feedback means a lot to us. Seeing so many people enjoy the demo and believe in the potential of the project has been incredibly motivating. We recently released a major demo update featuring Steam achievements, balance adjustments, quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and many changes directly inspired by community feedback. If you haven't tried the latest v…
- 🍷 Winemaker Simulator Demo - Patch Notes #2 - 14 June 2026
🍷 Winemaker Simulator Demo - Patch Notes #2 Hello Winemakers 🍷🍇 Another demo update is here! This patch focuses heavily on community feedback, quality-of-life improvements, balance adjustments, bug fixes, and one of the most requested additions since the demo launch. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏆 Steam Achievements • 26 Steam achievements have been added to the demo • Some achievements may not trigger correctly on older save files • If you encounter issues unlocking achievements, starting a new save may be required ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌧️ Weather & Farming • Rain now properly affects outdoor crops and plants • Weed spawn rates and growth frequency have been significantly reduced • Several mandatory watering requirements throughout the demo have been reduced • Day length and overall gameplay pacing have been adjusted These changes are based directly on community feedback received since launch.…
- 🍷 Winemaker Simulator Demo - Patch Notes #1 - 30 May 2026
🍷 Winemaker Simulator Demo - Patch Notes #1 Hello Winemakers 🍇 Our first demo update is here 😊 This patch mainly focuses on gameplay balancing, controller improvements, UI fixes, localization corrections, and overall quality-of-life improvements based on your feedback. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎮 Controller Support • Partial controller support has been added • Many in-game inputs are now working with controllers • Several controller input mappings were changed and improved • Missing controller inputs in certain gameplay areas were added Controller support is still not fully complete and we’ll continue improving it in future updates. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌱 Gameplay & Balance Changes • Watering requirements across the game were reduced and rebalanced • Weed growth speed and amount were adjusted • Additional and more detailed weed balancing improvements are also planned for future patches • Ti…
- 🍷 Winemaker Simulator - Devlog #1 - 26 May 2026
🍷 Winemaker Simulator Devlog #1 Hello Winemakers 🍇First of all, we want to sincerely thank everyone who played the demo, shared feedback, streamed the game, created videos, reported bugs, or simply added the game to their wishlist. As two developers who started this journey with a lot of dreams and excitement, seeing this level of support genuinely means the world to us ❤️ While developing the game, we always tried to focus on details, atmosphere, immersion, and player interaction as much as possible. We spent a huge amount of time trying to make the world feel alive and memorable, and overall we are incredibly happy with the feedback we received. Of course, we also received criticism and negative feedback in some areas, but honestly many of those are things we were already aware of internally or systems we were still actively trying to improve. So please know that we are listening ca…
- Winemaker Simulator Demo Is Now Available 🍇 - 15 May 2026
Winemaker Simulator Demo Is Now Available 🍇Hello Winemakers,The Winemaker Simulator Demo is now live.Start building your vineyard, plant new saplings, harvest grapes, sort them, bottle wine, and gradually grow your small winery 🍷We're excited to finally share this first experience we've been working on for a long time. After trying the demo, don't forget to share your thoughts with us and wishlist Winemaker Simulator.Happy harvesting 🍇
- Winemaker Simulator Demo Launches on May 15 - 10 May 2026
Hello Winemakers 🍇,We're excited to finally share that the Winemaker Simulator Demo will be available on May 15.In this demo, you'll step into the beginning of your journey as a winemaker. You'll start building your vineyard, plant new saplings, care for your land, harvest grapes, sort your crop, bottle wine, and fulfill orders as you slowly grow your small winery through hard work and dedication.We wanted this first experience to capture the quiet rhythm of vineyard life, where every task matters and every harvest feels rewarding. Set in the Middle Ages, the demo offers a calm and grounded look into the daily life of a winemaker, shaped by patience, craft, and the work of your own hands 🍷.This is only the beginning, and we're excited to hear what you think. Don't forget to wishlist Winemaker Simulator and share your thoughts with us after trying the demo 💬
