▼ Not recommended
2 hrs
I would not recommend this game; it is NOT in early access and STILL has game breaking bugs.
I enjoyed this game at first, but then it started to get pretty repetitive. I continued to play because the story was ok, but then there was a game breaking bug that halted my progress. In level with the drones that spy on you, I saved, quit the game, and the next time the game started, the spy bar kept filling up without any drones around, so I couldn't complete the level. This is made worse by the fact that there is only an autosave slot and a regular slot, so I had no clean / earlier saves to work with.
▲ Recommended
3 hrs
8/10. Fun game.
It's a fun passtime game. The story is cute and kind of funny. However, it's missing 2 stars because I did not like the fact that you can't move around the furniture and decors once you've placed it down. Also the last level, the sound is buggy. Even though I've lowered it to almost nothing, whenever I clicked on the buttons, there's a loud pinging noise.
▲ Recommended
18 hrs
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OVERALL RATING 9/10 | MY TAGS: Management/Tycoon/Simulation/
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REVIEW
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I loved this game! I really enjoy the gameplay of it, it's not like a regular tycoon game on a phone or android where you just tap for coins; theres recipes, goals, different coffee shop levels, and the best part is that it's in alpha stage, once it releases I expect there to be more levels, more recipes, and better 2D placement. The only concern I had was, that on the mall stage it wouldn't let me progress to the next shop, the progression bar would go up, and the robot you'd click was not there, almost as it wasn't even there. I spent about 1-2 hours on that shop just to have to restart. Other than that, this game is fun to play if you have nothing to do, or just want a new variety of gaming.
MY VIEW
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Well. It's pretty obvious you can see that I played this game a LOT heh, I literally stopped playing rocket league/cs:go to finish all the levels, it was quite amusing. Out of my 15 games on steam I'd consider this as a top 3-4. If you are bored out of your mind, and you already completed the game; go for all the achievements / create new store designs and share them with the community.
SUGGESTIONS
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#1. Firstly, i'd like to point out that once you complete all 4-6 shops the game obviously ends, so what now? I'd reccomend a multiplayer one versus one, such as the last shop where you have a coffee shop and another player has a coffee shop next to you.
#2. Honostly, we "all" wanted this: Avatar Customization; customize your avatar's gender, hair, clothes etc. #2.5. Make hidden avatar items, such as sunglasses that you'd have to get by completing a certain level, or placing this amount of furniture or getting all the recipes etc.
#3. "Could use some work": Firstly, it doesn't make sense why there isn't a janitor in this game, the mall janitor employee on it's description says it would clean up trash for you, however there is no trash in that level; make janitors/cleaners able to be in your coffee shop for levels 2+.
#4. Bathrooms. You could use some bathrooms for customers, like there bladder would be full from coffee (not my favorite suggestion).
#5. More save slots; Personally, I want to have a save slot for each level so I can go back there etc. i'd reccomend doing 5-10 save slots for the game; not just 1 autosave and save file.
BUGS
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Personally, the game is only $5.00, so it's pretty cheap for some people. However there's always this one thing that you would hate about the game: Bugs.
There's not that many bugs in this game, however i'll tell you some bugs i've encountered.
#1. Pretty common: Game/Character freezing. Personally, I haven't encountered this however I have had 3-5 game freezes that come back after about 10-20 seconds. This is why you have to save every 5-15 minutes!
#2. Pretty uncommon: Mall Level; robot freezing-progression bar going up. Basically, your about to complete the mall level, well you can't because the "sue" bar is at 100%? So where the heck is the robot? If you can't see with your bare eyes try spam-clicking behind chalk boards, LED Advertisement screens etc. they can be hidden behind those. However, i've encountered this problem 4 times, for some reason on my last attempt I did not hire ANY employees, and the game went great; no bugs on that level. If your still having this issue, try cheatcode "IDDQD" on the main menu to skip over to the next level.
#3. Pretty rare: Cutscene freezing; for example: i've had my cutscene freeze on the last level ending, had to restart and it still wouldn't work. I used the cheatcode "IDDQD" to skip over to the "Finale" to overcome my bug.
#4. Extremely Rare: Screen fading to black on "sea" level not fading back. I've encountered this ONCE. Basically, the screen fades to black when you completed the level however nothing happens, I waited about 2-5 minutes but nothing happened. I had a save at the end so luckily I didn't need to use a cheat code or restart.
#5. Mixed: Music bugging out, personally this bug is at no way affecting gameplay however it'd be nice if the developer(s) fixed this issue.
CHEAT CODES
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#1. "IDDQD" - Level Select
#2. "TCL" - Toggle Clipping
#3. "LargeBoomHypothesis" - Hit TV Sitcom Mode (not really sure what this does)
#4. "DLC" - DLC Mode
#5. "ABACABB" - Paintball Mode (turns trash into paint, however you can't pick it up nor does the "health grade" go down/up, but there is a goal you need to achieve "Pick up 75 pieces of trash" to progress to the next level, currently this makes it unable for you to progress to the next level, so i'd reccomend not using this until you have gotten all the achievements you wanted.
#6. "UUDDLRLRBA" - Unlock all Recipe Hints (you get all the recipes unlocked, you don't need to pay $35 to unlock one. however, you DO need to make the recipes (sadly).)
#7. "CashForBeans" - (Infinite Cash).
Special Thanks to @Ricethin [Developer] for replying on a post with these cheat codes! Post: http://steamcommunity.com/app/549240/discussions/0/1368380934281246414/
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