Oct 1, 2024Indie Highlight
The developers over at Sunny Lab have recently launched their Kickstarter campaign for their upcoming game The Witch’s Bakery. In this charming 2D adventure RPG, you play as an adorably joyful witch named Lunne. She has just opened her very own bakery in Paris. Lunne also possesses a very special, very specific talent, too. She can see into people’s hearts and heal emotions using her magic. So, get ready for a magical adventure full of baked goods, magic, and a heartfelt story!
Your days in The Witch’s Bakery are split into three phases. You’ll start each day managing your bakery and serving customers. In the evening, explore the beautiful city of Paris. Discover what secrets The City of Light (and Love!) has to offer, but also get to know other characters. Delve into their troubled hearts to help them out. To do this, Lunne enters their Heart Palace to guide the locked away emotions back to the heart. Inside each Heart Palace, you’ll uncover each person’s deepest personal struggles. You’ll even collect the necessary ingredients to make tasty breads to heal them!
At night, once your bakery is closed and you’ve explored the alluring city, take time to practice your magic. There’s always room for improvement. You also can spend time decorating your bakery to make it the coziest, most welcoming shop around. Or just take time to hang out in your atelier. Each day brings you the chance to earn money, solve deep, emotional problems, and get to know a varied cast of characters. So, what will you accomplish in The Witch’s Bakery?
You can find The Witch’s Bakery listed on Steam now, but you can also head over to their Kickstarter campaign to help support this gorgeous cozy game. There are a ton of fun stretch goals for backing the project like expanded romance storylines, new recipes, expanded maps, and more bakery decor. Plus, you can unlock fun rewards depending on the backer tier you support. There are things like beta access, digital artbooks, stickers, the chance to have your loved one’s name placed on a monument in game, and more!
It’s expected to release on Steam and Nintendo Switch next year!
Sep 12, 2024Snack Size News
Play as a young chef in the beautifully designed Chef RPG by developer World 2 Studio. In this exciting cooking journey, you’re in charge of reviving Le Sequoia. It was once a famous restaurant that drew visitors from around the world, but has fallen into disrepair. Even the beautiful seaside town of Whiteash Harbor has seen better days. It used to be a popular tourist town, and now you’ll help it return to popularity through your culinary efforts.
Step into a fantastically designed world and take on this challenge. Explore the area around the town to hunt animals for ingredients, and cultivate a garden to harvest other ingredients. Even go to the local shops to buy ingredients. Cook a variety of delicious dishes in Chef RPG to attract different tourists. Also befriend the locals, a cast of unique people, to not only enrich your life, but to create a network through which to grow your business. The more people who know and enjoy your food, the better! Your reputation can’t ride on your cooking skills alone, though. Be sure to decorate the restaurant and give it an inviting atmosphere. And when you’re not busy with reviving the restaurant, explore the gorgeous town to see what all it has to offer!
Chef RPG is finally releasing on Steam after years of painstaking development. Grab a copy now and begin your exciting cooking adventure!
Sep 11, 2024Mobile Game
Spread joy around the world through cooking in BTS Cooking On for mobile. Play as a beginner chef who has a passion for sharing food with others. You take over your sick grandmother’s restaurant and experience your first chance of running one! Embark on an exciting adventure full of tasty dishes, decorating, and collecting in this vibrant, up-beat new game.
Run your restaurant and upgrade it as you play. Cook a variety of foods like tteokbokki, hamburgers, pizza, and more. Travel to different cities like Seoul, New York, and Bali to meet a diverse cast of customers. Help that cute couple have the best first date or make the family on a picnic happy, and all through your tasty dishes! But there’s even minigames to play in BTS Cooking On, like puzzles and the lucky wheel. And of course experience some BTS fun by collecting in-game photo cards and playing music. Plus, you can participate in the TinyTAN Festival Makeover where you can also hear BTS songs!
BTS Cooking On is on both Android and iPhone!
Aug 1, 2024Indie Highlight
For those who enjoy games like Overcooked and PlateUp!, Hellspresso should be next on your radar! Developed by Eliary Games, this fast-paced cooking game will have you managing your restaurant while also planning and developing it. You play as a ghost chef who’s just trying to make a living in the afterlife. Each day you’ll craft your own menu and race against the clock to serve an ever growing customer base full of hungry guests. Start with a small, cozy restaurant and build it into something great as you increase your reputation to become the best chef in hell!
Run around taking orders, chopping up ingredients, cooking tasty meals, and serving dishes to customers before their patience runs out. There’s a lot to do to make sure things go smoothly, but you’ll have to balance duties with the personalities of your customers. Some are super impatient and unwilling to tip, while others will be the opposite. Serving them quickly is key to succeeding. Sometimes you even need to switch to your secret kitchen in Hellspresso to fulfill orders containing venomous mushrooms and magic plants. Or transform steak into rotten meat, sprinkle glowing eyes on donuts, or brew magic potions. And when you’re ready to make some upgrades, steal the souls of unsuspecting customers as they nap. Then, improve your skills and your restaurant!
Hellspresso is set to release on Steam in November of this year. Add it to your Wishlist to be notified of its release, and check out the demo in the meantime!
I’d also suggest Bone’s Cafe if you enjoy a darker, but still cozy game.
Jul 31, 2024Reviews
Thank you to Broccoli Games for a copy of this lovely game!
Coffee Caravan by developer Broccoli Games is a wholesome and cozy cafe management game. Think PlateUp!, but with a pastel color palette, you only serve variations of coffee, and there are difficulty levels that affect the whole game. Start your coffee-making adventure with the smallest trailer and basic equipment. Serve a variety of different customers in order to earn money. And experience an enjoyable, but sometimes challenging cozy game with a roguelite element!
This charming game puts you in charge of running your very own, albeit tiny, coffee shop. You start your journey with the smallest trailer possible and with the basic necessities like coffee beans, a grinder, coffee pot, sink, and cups. As you complete levels in Coffee Caravan and earn money, you’ll be able to access the shop to buy upgrades to your equipment, new equipment and helpful items like counters, and add more coffee recipes to your list. If you successfully complete a whole run from start to end, you’ll receive a larger trailer, too! Plus, there are decorations you can buy that offer useful buffs and you have control over how your kitchen, seating area, and decor is set up. So, organize the kitchen to best suit you, and serve some coffee!
I love everything about Coffee Caravan. No, seriously. The start menu is relaxing and easy to navigate. The background music is chill, but upbeat. I enjoy the pastel aesthetic and the faceless character design adds a charm to the game. Being able to select recipes, organize my space, and decorate is a lot of fun too. The choice of easy, normal, and hard difficulties is perfect for different days. Some days I want the easy game, some days I prefer the challenge of hard difficulty. So, I have a save slot for each one!
What I’d never thought I needed was a roguelite element to my cozy games, but I love how it plays out in this one. No game will play the same as your roadmap will be different each time. And how you choose to play one map may differ from how you play others. The unique way Coffee Caravan lays out level choices adds freshness, too. You can choose from a laid-back level, or maybe visit the shop. Unless you prefer the challenge of a more hectic day, then choose that one and then hop on over to a bonus stage that might reward you with a new item, extra money, or even be a chance at another shopping spree at the shop. Or you’ll earn new customers or conditions to play through.
Overall, it’s a great little single player game. Play on whichever setting you prefer, and experience an ever-changing game with fascinating roguelite features. There’s also tea service you can unlock, and coming with the free summer update is ice cream! It’s a perfectly cozy game, or make it as challenging as you want, if you prefer that. Coffee Caravan really aims to provide a varied gameplay experience and they achieve that! I can’t recommend this game enough to the casual gamers out there.
I give it:
You can find Coffee Caravan on Steam now!
If you’re looking for more reviews, check out the one on Rusty’s Retirement, Minami Lane, and Times & Galaxy for a few different game ideas!
Jul 17, 2024Indie Highlight
KitchenCraft: Cooking Business by LoudKeysGames is a cozy and casual cooking game for Android phones. In this game, you run a restaurant, including the cooking. Take orders from your guests as they decide on which tasty meals they want to eat. Then, head to the kitchen where you’ll cook up over 40 different recipes using over 60 different ingredients. Make use of 10+ kitchen tools like blenders, waffle irons, meat grinders, and the stove top to whip up some delicious meals.
Of course, you need to supply your kitchen with ingredients before you can cook anything. Spend time at the grocery store buying the needed ingredients for each of your recipes. Then, engage in a realistic cooking experience in the kitchen by boiling rice, frying fish, and much more. You can run the restaurant all on your own or even hire staff to help you out, too. Plus, there’s tons of interior upgrades and decorations for the dining area so you can make it comfortable and welcoming to customers. Work hard and you’ll become a profitable restaurant!
You can find KitchenCraft: Cooking Business on Google Play now!
If you prefer cutesy little fashion game for mobile phones, checkout Tiny Boutique!
Jul 3, 2024Snack Size News
Grab three of your friends and dive into an exciting co-op cooking and restaurant management experience in Biotech Gameworks’ Kebab Chefs – Restaurant Simulator! In this fun simulation game, you are in charge of a whole restaurant and everything that involves running a successful one. Design, cook, and serve customers to rise to the number one kebab shop spot!
Grab the eye of potential customers with inviting designs and interesting decor. Customize the outside sign board to suit your restaurant’s style while also attracting new patrons. Use decorations, wallpapers, dining tables, and kitchen appliances to set the mood inside your eatery. Go for a traditionally cozy feel or a modern sleek design, or whatever else you like!
Learn to cook numerous tasty dishes in Kebab Chefs, too. Variety is the spice of life, after all, and your diners will enjoy the options. So, learn how to make soups, appetizers, main courses, and deserts from all over the world. Then decide on the menu you think will best suit your customer base. Cook each dish to absolute perfection in order to earn the highest possible income. Work together with your friends to better achieve this goal, too! And when your day is over, head to the pub to chill with your friends to chat, listen to music, and play games to unwind after all your hard work running a restaurant.
You can find Kebab Chefs on Steam now!
Fruitbus and Yum Yum Cookstar are both really cute casual cooking games!
May 1, 2024Indie Highlight
Coffee Caravan by Broccoli Games promises an engaging coffee shop management experience. Become a barista in your very own tiny coffee shop on wheels. Immerse yourself in 3D, pastel-colored environments as you design your shop, brew up tasty coffee recipes, and serve your customers. Plus, explore the world through a road-trip type adventure, where no two journeys are the same!
Start the game in a small caravan where you hand-place your equipment to ensure the perfect set-up for you. You also get to choose your coffee recipes for the day in Coffee Caravan, which allows you to cater to your customer’s tastes! Use that money to buy new, more efficient appliances to make your business run smoother and faster. You can even buy decorations like trees, lampposts, flowers, and more to beautify your seating area. There are also different coffee recipes you can buy and experiment with to create the cozy coffee empire you always wanted!
The most exciting thing about Coffee Caravan now is that Broccoli Games announced that the game will release May 20th! That’s just a few weeks away. Then you get to experience the cozy wholesomeness of running your own tiny coffee shop. Until then, add the game to your Steam Wishlist and check out the demo, which has quite a few levels for you to play!