HOW TO PLAY

1. You start with $50. Visit the BULK MARKET each morning to stock up.

2. 31 unique customers walk into your cursed café in a random order. Each one appears once.

3. Read the order. Pick a base. Add ingredients from your inventory.

4. Hit SERVE — outcome appears as a newspaper. Earnings refill your wallet.

5. The INSPECTOR visits during the run. If your record looks too grim, you'll hear about it.

Lose conditions:
· Kill all 31 customers → arrested.
· Send all 31 to hospital → café shuttered.
· Run out of money with an empty pantry → bankrupt.

Win condition: serve all 31 without triggering a lose state. The Inspector files the final report.

This is a satirical fictional simulation. All characters, chemicals, and consequences are absurdist comedy. Do not attempt anything depicted here in reality. Drink real coffee responsibly.

CREDITS

A GAME BY
HAPPYSTONER5420 GAMES
DESIGN · WRITING · CHAOS
HAPPYSTONER5420
PROCEDURAL SVG ARTWORK
THE BARISTA OF THE DAMNED
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
THE DAILY CAFFEINE COURIER
HEALTH INSPECTOR
DEPT. OF GRIM PAPERWORK
SPECIAL THANKS
EVERY POOR SOUL WHO ORDERED A LATTE
DISCLAIMER
100% fictional dark comedy. Do not attempt any of this in real life. This game is a joke.
DAY 1
CASH $500
CART $0

BULK MARKET

Open 4am – 6am. Cash only. No questions.

DAY 1
SERVED 0 / 31
CASH $0
HOSPITAL 0
DEAD 0
CUSTOMER
ORDERS:
YOUR BREW
Empty cup. Pick a base to begin.
PANTRY (your inventory)
CHAT
😐 Neutral
😐 Neutral
Hey there. What's up?
THE DAILY CAFFEINE COURIER
MORNING EDITION VOL. CDXX · NO. 5420 25¢

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Story text...

EARNINGS$0
OUTCOME
CITY HEALTH INSPECTOR

A KNOCK AT THE DOOR

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Served:0
Hospitalized:0
Deceased:0
Verdict:

GAME OVER

THE CAFÉ HAS CLOSED
...
SERVED0
HOSPITALIZED0
DECEASED0
FINAL CASH$0

EXIT GAME?

All progress will be lost. There is no save file. There never was.

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