SEASONAL DRINKS SUBMISSION Employees of a restaurant, club, or bar that serves drinks can submit new drinks for consideration for seasonal specials. These drinks are not a fixed part of the menu, but rather are assigned to months of the year. Using the @submit-drink command, you can submit a drink for the staff team to review.
There is a two drink maximum per month for seasonal drinks per establishment. Seasonal drinks can run across multiple months, but there should not be more than two at any one time.
Seasonal drinks that have been set in the past can be removed from the menu to make room for a new seasonal drink at staff discretion.
Drinks should respect the theme of the establishment and should contain ingredients that are appropriate to the location. If possible, you should attempt to capture the establishment's unique theme in your drink submissions. For example, a Japanese cocktail would be best served in Little Kyoto while Latin-themed beverages might be better for San Mayo. Drinks containing an expensive import ingredient should likely be served topside.
If the establishment is leased by a Player Character that your character works for, your character must seek permission ICly from them before submitting a drink.
Currently non-alcoholic drinks cannot be submitted through the @submit-drink command. If you have a non-alcoholic drink to submit, you will need to submit a service request to a builder, as the class and properties are different from an alcoholic drink and a builder needs to set each property manually.
CREATING A DRINK Typing '@submit-drink [bar]' will bring up the list of messages that need to be prepared for a drink submission. It will be easier for you to prepare this list in advance.
The 'help substitutions' and 'help pronouns' files will prepare you for the pronouns and substitutions that will be used in the messages. You should always use pronouns in messages that display to multiple players.
The verbs in messages that reflect to the whole room can be contained within % to accurately reflect both first and third person messages. ie: %N % will show as 'You drink.' or 'Bob drinks' based on 1st or 3rd person perspective.
DRINK MESSAGES DESCRIPTION -> The description of the drink when it is looked at VALUE -> The chyen value of the drink (5-500c) NAME -> The name of the drink, all lowercase USE_MSG -> The message that will display to the room when a person drinks. ie: '%N % a sip from %p %t, the hot pink hue from the grenadine lending it a pimpalicious coloring.' CONSUME_MSG -> The message that will display to the room when a person finishes the last sip of their drink and the drink disappears. ie:'%N % down the last of %p %t. %N % the cherry into %p mouth and % the stem out a moment later.' TASTE_MSG -> The taste of the drink displayed to the person drinking. 'The sweetness of chocolate-covered cherries and anise mingle on your taste buds before coming in with the burn of cinnamon in a creamy concoction with a deep flavor profile.' PREPARE_MSG -> The first person message for preparing the drink (what the bartender will see when crafting it. ie: 'You set out a plastic pink die and a shaker filled with ice. Pouring in equal parts Galliano, creme de cacao, and soyamilk, you shake it with a stylized flair before straining it out into the clear plastic die. You then pour in a bit of cherry ebola cola. Finishing the %t off with a splash of grenadine and a maraschino cherry, which you use to stir it all up.' OPREPARE_MSG -> The third person message that will display to everyone besides the drink maker. ie. '%N sets out a plastic pink die and a shaker filled with ice. Pouring in equal parts Galliano, creme de cacao, and soyamilk, %s shakes it with a stylized flair before straining it out into the clear plastic die. %S then pours in a bit of cherry ebola cola. Finishing the %t off with a splash of grenadine and a maraschino cherry, which %s uses to stir it all up.' SEASONAL INFO -> Enter a note on if this is a seasonal drink, and what months it should be for, or if it is a permanent drink.
SEE ALSO help substitutions help pronouns *Last Updated: 12/18/25 by SpecterGM*
