This is a submission to Brackeys Game Jam 2026.2

This isn't a usual Cafe...

(Epilepsy Warning, Flashing Lights)

Play as a Milk Monster in the Monster World serving local customers daily while finding and eliminating humans disguising themselves as Monsters before they eliminate you! Can you make it all the way to Day 10?


HOW TO PLAY

Asking Customer Orders:

  • When a Customer comes in and sits down, hover your mouse over them and press Q to ask for their order. 
  • Pressing Q again has a small conversation with them.

Using Info Book, Cook Book and Tablet:

  • Use your three items: your Info Book to spot humans, your Cook Book to make meals for Locals, and your Tablet to remember orders (as well as access Controls and Settings!) 
  • Press 1 2 and 3 to change item and press R to open it. Press A and D to change pages in the Info and Cook Book while the book is open. 
  • Press R again to close the Book, and press 'PLAY' to close the Tablet.

Ingredients and Tools:

  • Grab your ingredients (Stichberries, Eyeballs, Chili, Blood and Fish!) As well as a trusty bowl to serve up stews and meals for Locals! Click on the storage container to get the item. Use your mouse to drag the items around. 
  • Use tools like the Coffee Machine or Chopping board to make even more complex meals like Pastries! Place the item on the tool (Chopping Board, Sink, Mixer etc.) and press X to use it while hovering your mouse over it.
  • Orders other than Drinks and Stews do not need to be in a bowl.
  • Hold a bowl in front of you and press E to cry Milk into it, Getting the Milk item.

Serving Customers:

  • To serve customers place their order by their torso and hold Q while hovering your mouse to touch both. Make sure that is the only order next to them, other items on them will make them refuse it!

Killing Humans:

  • To kill a human, Hold Space before clicking on the shotgun to equip it. Once held, you can let go of Space but need to keep on holding the mouse down. 
  • Once you hover your mouse over the target, press X to shoot!

Power:

  • Click on the Power Switch to turn it on and off again.


All the Locals!

All Locals (20)

  • 20 Unique Locals to discover! Each with a unique personality and meal preference!
  • Over 70 Unique food to make with a simple cooking system.
  • Cute 24 Colour Palate used.


NOTICE: This game is buggy. All major bugs have now been fixed. Please inform me of any new bugs.
NOTICE 2: Controls are quite hard to learn unfortunately.

Most Music Gotten from Pixabay listed:

The Colour Palate for the Game:

More information
Updated 1 day ago
Published 3 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows
AuthorKhaki
GenreInteractive Fiction
Tagscafe, Characters, Singleplayer
ContentNo generative AI was used

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a-normal-cafe.exe 150 MB

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