Cafe of The Dead
UPDATE 1.1 OUT NOW!!!!!!!
p.s. You can lower or mute character text beeps with the "voice" volume slider in preferences and use SHIFT+A to disable the custom font!
A puzzle/ point and click/ zombie survival horror visual novel!!!!!
This visual novel is about going to a cafe with your friends until the friggin ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE HAPPENS!!!!
Traverse the skyscraper to call the helicopter!
Will you be able to survive? How many of your friends will make it out with you? And what will be left of them?
There are over 25,000 words and every character can live or die depending on your choices!! Navigate around rooms with it's point and click feature!! Keep a check on your sanity and friends or else something may happen...
YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING!!!!!!!
- ZOMBIES
- Every character being able to live or die!
- Evil corporations!@
- furries!!
- death!
- life!
- fully exporable rooms!!
- romance
- branching dialogue trees!!!
- character will remember that....
- questionable business ethics!
- toilet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- LOOOORRRRREEEEE!
- gay people!!11111
- scientific experiments gone horribly wrong ! 1!!
- furries 1!!!!
- mental illnesses ;(
- multiple endings!!!
- a really mean villain...
- and point and click puzzles!!!!!!
CREDITS:
Music, GUI, Play Testing, Coding, Writing Help, and Concept Art by Bored Bradley
Sprites, backgrounds, and writing by Dunce Cap
Point and Click Code Framework by Devil Spider
Snowfall Code by TofuRocks
SFX from OpenGameArt, Freesound, Youtube Audio Library, and Zapsplat
Font by Riciery Leal
Handwriting Font by Adderou
Trigger Warnings:
Zombies, Foul Language, Sexual Jokes, Haunting Imagery, Jump scares, Knives, Guns, Violence, Drug Abuse, Drug Overdose, Mental illness, Corpses and Suicide
Disclaimer:
Characters will perform rudimentary medical practices; It is highly suggested to NOT COPY these character's actions as they are not medical professionals. It also suggested to not follow any extreme actions demonstrated by some characters as they can give bad advice.
Download
Install instructions
unzip and run the cafe of the dead file!
Development log
- Art assets and music now public on github!8 days ago
- New 1.1 Update! Includes new puzzle and quality of life changes!18 days ago
- Hello everyone!!50 days ago
Comments
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I beat it! adorable ending!(true end)
I guess I'm homeless now?
DOG BOYFRIEND!
NOBOY'S DEAD!
I might be stupid but cannot for the life of me figure out the answers for the computer puzzle, it would be helpful if i could just get the answers, ive been at this for half an hour.
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widen moth future
Thank you! I kept thinking the first answer was widened lol, I guess that makes a bit more sense.
Hmm grammatically you are correct... Thanks for telling me this I'll fix this in a future update!
alright, although widen makes sense because of the days of the week letters thing.
I ACTUALLY NAMED MYSELF "COFFEE" AND ACTUALLY HAD A RESPONSE! YAY!
Also, I do just like the name Coffee, so, nyeh.
Any other names with responses?
Some Resident Evil, DDLC, and Silent Hill characters! Also some more but it's too long to list >w<
真希望有中文，我的英文不過關，不過劇情真的很棒
你好！我透過谷歌翻譯說話，因為我不懂中文。非常感謝您對遊戲的關注與好評！我很抱歉我對你們的語言一無所知。我希望有盡可能多的人玩它，但不幸的是這是不可能的。一個可能的解決方案是我透過谷歌翻譯運行所有遊戲文本，因為遊戲引擎使這很容易做到。但是，我不確定谷歌翻譯是最準確的工具......對於任何誤譯，我們深表歉意；這個程序很奇怪。
A visual novel with scripting this complicated must have taken so much time to QC. I am in awe and cringing a little bit in sympathy.
I got the true ending on my first time out with a minimum of save-scumming. I have not gotten the sole survivor ending but appreciate that it exists and might check it out later. I meant for this to be a longer comment because I feel like devs deserve long reviews but I'm finding myself incredibly wiped and my ADHD is not letting me do anything else until I finish this.
As a technical achievement this game is astonishing for a NaNoRenO release. The gameplay had some actual backbone to it compared to most VNs, too, which I appreciate. My favorite character by far was Tara because she's a girl but I liked Norman as well! The romance between him and MC is cute. My major qualm was that the script needed a bit of revision (‘your’ and ‘you're’ get mixed up several times, and some of the corporate apocalyptic logs are written in the same idiom the young characters speak in, which is incongruous), but it's a nice little game. Be proud!
Hello, thank you so much for commenting!! Congrats on the true ending! A new update fixing and adding some quality of life things, is coming out soon! Also, thanks for pointing out the "your" and "you're" issue, I just fixed all lines including them! Thank you so much for helping with our development! Welcome to the Norman fan club! Lol, he has a lot of fans... Tara was a fun character to write since she adds a lot of lore! Hmmm, what are some examples off the top of your head for the logs using "young" idiom? The main 4's ages range from 23 to 30, so that's a large gap. Once again, thank you for wishing us good fortune! We wish the same for you!
Re: the idioms, the one phrasing in one of the office logs that had struck me as particularly awkward was the line “They’re holding way too overkill of equipment for simple security so what are they here for? They seem particularly needed in the higher floors...”.
This sentence, as phrased, gets its meaning across and might even go unremarked upon as an off-the-cuff comment in a stream or a conversation at a bar, but it's actually extremely weird, uncommon and grammatically incorrect. The most egregious bit is ‘overkill’ being used as an adjective (‘way too overkill’ in the same way you might say ‘way too angry’). The word ‘overkill’ is actually an uncountable noun — you would never say “way too overkill”, and this speaks to my overall feelings about the way the dead characters articulate themselves in these logs; it's all very nondescript phrasing that an average civilian would use in a casual context, and not a clean-cut professional in upper management.
Like were it me expressing this sentiment (and mind you, I'm a military veteran but this would apply even if I were a normal office wageslave), I'd probably write the above sentence as something like “These guys are far too heavily-equipped to be normal security guards, so what are they even doing here? It seems they're being stationed in greater numbers on the upper levels...”. It's clearer, more specific. But that's just me.
I forgot to add, one thing I really liked about CotD is the UI design. The font choice really helps to make the action feel like it's being played on an old VHS tape and that really enhances the zombie movie feel of the VN.
Thanks again!
Thanks for the critique! You didn't have to do that! Bradley (1/2 of our duo) is a very talented artist who did the UI (you should TOTALLY PLAYED THEIR AWESOME AND EPIC GAMES!!!) And yes, in hindsight I should have paid more attention in english class and get an actual passing grade...(MY EDUCATION IS STRICTLY FOR GAY FURRY VNS PLEASE STOP BEING DISAPPOINTED IN ME MOM AND DAD!!!) I will focus on how people's tones comes across more in the future as this is the longest thing I have ever written before, so it's a new world for me. THANK YOU TO THE US ARMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This was a short but sweet experience. I really liked the artstyle and goofy antics the characters had and I was really bummed out that there wasn't much to the last fight and that we barely fought zombies. It's still a fun playthrough since it's not too short and not too long. Side note I like how the main villain is cartoonishly evil. Fav character definitely is Norman, and I got the true ending. Side note: I definitely cheated at the code bit.
HELLO THANKS FOR PLAYING AND COMMENTING! The fights are made easier depending on each character's motivation level from their respective hidden event (Norman has a separate romance stat that helps). I imagine that you REALLY helped everyone out you hypeman!!!!(hypewoman?)( hypeperson?). The main villain was SUPER fun to write for since everyone else is such a goody two shoes! Speaking of good two shoes.... WELCOME TO THE NORMAN FAN CLUB!!!!! All da other commenters seem to like Norman too!(his cult scares me...) Congrats on the true ending! And don't worry on the code puzzle! Play how you wanna play, games are about having FUN!!!!
Played throught the game, got "true end". Some things to point out, my first playthrough, breaking down the door, didnt break any weapons.
Also, very curious why you pick up more bullets then you can seem to use.
P.S. It really really hurt to get the secret endings. It was for science, to get those endings but It really hurt.
All in all, great game, thank you!
Edit, I tried pushing it to see how far you can take it, wow, there are ALOT of branching dialouges for certain things actually, its difficult to manage the prerequisites (dont want to give away too much without spoiler tags)
Edit2: I JUST REALISED THE SPLASH SCREENS ARE DIFFERENT, you cant hide that dont kill me jacob.
Hello and THANK YOU for playing!!!!
A new update will come out soon to patch that door bug. Thank you for pointing that out! I'm thinking about removing the bullets in the lab for sure, that was for a scrapped sequence involving zombies in the lab that had to but cut due to time constraints. Yes, a lot of pain was endured for those deaths.... there is also a VERY secret ending I don't think ANYONE has gotten yet involving Norman... There are so many branching dialogues, I'm pretty sure NO ONE has 100% it yet!
Oh....it took a few playthroughs but I think I might have found some stuff, who'd have known it was so hard to "shove" somebody ;). and it really hurt, so sad being called a freak by the sweetest cinnamon roll.
WOW! Congrats on finding that! This officially makes you the first person to accomplish that! I planned an update to hint this route, since NO ONE found it before!
I really enjoy this VN! got the true ending on first round, and the "Hail" was good too! would love to see more of this story & characters in the future! ^^
Congrats on getting the true ending and thank you! (But did you get the "secret character"?) Maybe if people like COTD enough, the characters will reappear again!
Yep, got them ^^
i really liked this, and i'm normally not the type to enjoy visual novels. the gameplay was engaging and i liked how focused-in the small cast of characters was. i will be watching your career with great interest
Omg thank you so much! Yeah, I tried adding elements that would let people unfamiliar with VNs be engaged, since I know it's not everyone's cup of tea. Glad to see it worked :)
pretty good game, figuring out the password was a little rough since the instructions were misleading (each letter needing to be spaced out was a lie), but overall good story w/ a nice true ending.
Hello, and thank you for enjoying the game! I am very sorry to hear you were disappointed by the password puzzle.
I left multiple puzzle answers so it would be dynamic, and players weren't meant to guess only one true, correct password.
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The notification said, "Use the keyboard to type, make sure each word is spaced from one another and entered in the order they are read". Was there any point where it was said to space out each letter? I'm truly asking because your critiques are important to any future updates!
Some other correct passwords would have been:
okay so i might've lowkey misread the hint 😭
its ok! the puzzle was pretty confusing!
HERES A RANDOM IMAGE I HAVE DOWNLOADED TO CATCH YOUR ATTENTION
i made an account just to rate this game,premote your other game and the newgrounds ver. for this game
YO CHAT THIS GAME IS ON NEWGROUNDS SAME NAME. IF YOU LIKE THIS GAME YOU GUYS SHOULD GO CHECK OUT VIGILANTE IN JUSTICE. ITS A GAME SIMULAR IN ARTSTYLE TO THIS ONE, IT CURRENTLY HAS ONE CHAPTER. AND IT ALSO IS ON NEWGROUNDS GO CHECK IT OUT HERES THE LINK TO THE GAME: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/968932
DUNCE IS A REALLY GOOD GAME CREATOR YOU SHOULD SUPPORT HIM ANY WAY YOU GUYS CAN.
(ima play bradleys games in 22 hours. when its 2am for me. and not 4am.at time of editing this.)
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! B0red Bradley is also an excellent game creator and you should all check out and support his games too!! I could not have made this game without Bradley!!
I suck at puzzle games but the stories cool. I'll finish this game later
Glad to hear! Don't worry, the puzzles in this aren't too hard; it's more so about investigation. If you're having trouble, the game will help you out!
Just finished it and got the true end. Good game man!
Awesome dude so glad to hear that! Thank you for playing and commenting I appreciate it!
Thank you so much and awesome video!! Hope you liked playing!