Four Cents
Ever since the minimum wage went up, management has been cutting back on staffing. Now, you are the only remaining barista at a large chain coffee shop. Better hop to it, it's rush hour and those customers aren't going to serve themselves!
Controls
WASD - move to another station
Mouse - click to select an option
Stations
Cash - Take orders here, this is where every order starts
Cups - Select a size, you must do this before adding ingredients
Coffee - Add coffee or espresso. If you've already added milk you can use the steamer here.
Tea - Select a style of tea
Fridge - Select one of four milk-like mixins.
Syrup - Select any of
Extras - Add whipped cream or ice
Serve - Let the customer get their grubby paws on your masterpiece
Controls
WASD - move to another station
Mouse - click to select an option
Stations
Cash - Take orders here, this is where every order starts
Cups - Select a size, you must do this before adding ingredients
Coffee - Add coffee or espresso. If you've already added milk you can use the steamer here.
Tea - Select a style of tea
Fridge - Select one of four milk-like mixins.
Syrup - Select any of
Extras - Add whipped cream or ice
Serve - Let the customer get their grubby paws on your masterpiece
Comments45
I only wish that the learning curve was not so steep. It's quite a jump from 2 ingredients (cup, coffee) to ... I don't even know.
@jag I try to play everyone who comment's games anyway, but I took a sneak peek at yours and omg it looks cute! It's going right to the top of my list!
@stalemeat The developer high score isn't great, so I'd wager we're both horrible baristas :sweat_smile: Thanks for playing!
@mrbamboo Thank you, and thanks for playing!
@t90 The learning curve is designed so the training wheels come off at high speed lol. The system behind generating the customer orders is not very advanced. We manually softball a few simple orders and then all bets are off. I'd love to have a more gradual learning curve but I'm afraid there just wasn't time to fine-tune it. Anyhow, thanks for playing, I really appreciate your feedback :smile:
@okshirl Thanks for your feedback! Your comment really made me think about how the UI could be cleaned up - it really dominates the screen to the detriment of the look of the game. Thanks for playing!
@rowen After they got rid of the other baristas, corporate started looking for ways to minimize the kitchen footprint. Thanks for playing!
at first, i was wandering around, thinking the mouse-control is broken because every button was unclickable.
until i noticed that i have to start with the "take order" button :D
@yoko-san It seems like a few people have had that issue with taking orders. We definitely should have thought more about that, them's the breaks. Thanks for playing!
@bredera Chaos is exactly what we were going for, so I'm glad we hit the mark. Thanks for playing!
I love the graphics here, the barista looks real adorable. Everything has such a pretty palette. I like that there are a lot of options for the drinks! The controls took a little bit of getting used to, but it worked out for me in the end. My favorite was probably steaming the milk, I think that this little detail adds to the gameplay experience.
I can't forget to mention the grumble mumbling sounds when my customer's are angry, it was real funny hearing that. Along with just the way they talk, it's hilarious to me!
The three of you did great, congratulations on such a cool submission. Well done! ( •̀ ω •́ )✧
@eugenik You are most welcome, thanks for playing!
Would be more intuitive to see the orders after you've taken the order. Was a little confused at first why I couldn't start making their orders right away
@braiizen Thanks for your feedback! A few people have noted the same issue with taking the orders being confusing. We definitely need to consider how to improve that. Thanks for playing!
How could we have forgotten to put chocolate syrup in our game!
here's my high score so far :)
almost enough to buy a coffee in california :sunglasses: :sob:
Thanks for playing!
Nice job!
Really solid submission, I loved playing through it! :laughing:
@shimmerscale We've been hearing a lot that the way the player takes orders is unintuitive. We're planning some change to the UI to help steer them in the right direction, and those are some great tips we can follow. Thanks for playing!
@strong99 I wouldn't feel too bad, I can't make over $0.80 myself. Thanks for playing!
@chase-of-bass Thank you so much for your feedback! And thanks for playing too!
@durkagames That's a good idea, it'd be nice to have some kind of scoring separate from the sheer number of customers served. After all, not all of their drinks are equal in complexity. Thanks for playing!
@coatline Thanks for playing, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@sephowepho I'm kicking myself a bit because a lives counter was in the works. Unfortunately we ran out of time before the jam's deadline. Rest assured though, we have a couple of other things we wanted to include too, so you might see something in a future update. Thanks for playing!
@twowolf Holy crap, I can't imagine getting $10. You must have coffee shop experience, very well done! :grin:
Unfortunately, there is no way to clear your cup other than to serve it to a customer. It's quite unforgiving, but maybe including a trash bin or sink would make the player's life easier :thinking: Thanks for playing!
Only issue I had was that I found it very hard to read the text on the orders in the web version, not sure if this was intended
@mikkyti Thanks for playing! We enjoy the colours too :blush:
@goateejoe I don't know if it's just because I hate myself, but I love me a stressful game. Thanks for playing!
@xcarl This is an interesting idea to see what's in the cup. On the one hand, I'd like to know myself too, because that's definitely an ease of access thing. Thanks for playing, you've given me something to think about!
@rosymaple I also have a hard time reading the orders, I'm going to squint myself into blindness if I'm not careful. We're planning some UI reworks, and I'm looking to see if I can get the text bigger so I can play my own game :stuck_out_tongue: Thanks for playing!