Food in the wok. People to meet around town.
Chinese street food × A dash of roguelite × Your own little stall
Life can be a hot mess.
Dinner still deserves better.
Set up a street-food stall and dish out something hot and delicious.
Don’t forget to take a wander around town, too.
There’s business to do, surprises to stumble into, and a bunch of people who are trouble—but never boring.
So, what’s cooking at the stall?
Gameplay footage · Work in progress; visuals are not finalNeed a hand? Or a foot?
Hands only, please. Food hygiene.
Take orders, prep, cook, serve, collect the cash. The customers keep coming, so don’t even think about resting that spatula. Can’t keep up? Happens to everyone. A few more rounds at the wok and you’ll get the hang of it.
Quick hands. Tasty food.
What’s on the menu today?
Besides surprises.
Grab a lucky charm and get your fortune told before heading out. Will business be good today? Easy now—let’s see what fate’s got cooking. Different choices, different surprises. Take them as they come. Life in Chancheng was never much good at following orders.
Your fortune says: open up shop. The rest is up to you.
Beyond the stall,
a wonderfully odd city awaits.
Meet a few oddballs, have a wander, get roped into the city’s own festivals, and stumble into the sort of trouble you can’t decide whether to laugh or grumble about.
Someone you meet, something that happens, a curious little find—any of them might inspire your next dish.
Nobody here has it all figured out, and life has a habit of boiling over. Whatever happens, though, everyone eventually pulls up a chair, has a good grumble, and digs in.
Another day. Another little mishap. Business as usual.
Screenshots from a game in development
Somewhere in the daily scramble,
find your own little spark.
It doesn’t have to be some grand answer.
Maybe it’s a meal you’re craving, someone you’d like to see again,
or one small thing you can’t wait to get back to tomorrow.