Game Dev Tycoon creator Greenheart Games is hard at work on their sophomore project Tavern Keeper, the company announced today.

The game is "a fantasy tavern simulator" and has reached the Alpha stage of development, with a beta release planned in 2018, if all goes according to plan. As a more ambitious project than Game Dev Tycoon, the team has more work cut out for them than the last go round. A few details about the game:

In Tavern Keeper you manage a tavern, building, bartering, cooking and cleaning your way to success in a humorous fantasy world. Starting out with a shell of a tavern in the backwaters of the kingdom, you build rooms, place items, stock the larder and hire staff to satisfy the demands of the oddball locals and misfit heroes that stumble through your door. Run your business well and you’ll progress to larger taverns with more demanding patrons where you’ll need to expand your offerings to include new meals, drinks, rooms and services.

View a few early screenshots of the title below and be sure to visit the official website.