Factsheet 📌
Developer:
Whales And Games
Release Date:
March 2019
Platforms:
Itch.io
Newgrounds
Game Jolt
Website:
whalesandgames.com/games/whipped-and-steamy
Description 📜
Whipped and Steamy – Cosplay Café is a single-player management and visual-novel game set in a universe where adult media and content has become the main source of entertainment! The player takes the point-of-view of Caffie, a university student looking to cover her student debts by accepting the role of manager at the Whipped and Steamy Café, a café catered for cosplayers, mostly those with a wild and adventurous side, who take the role of their characters to a notoriously serious level.
As the manager of the café, the player has to make management choices, such as picking the menu and decorations of the day, which in turn affect how different groups of players are interested in the café and how willing they are to consume and gives tips for the service. Keeping a good sales momentum is keen to allow the player to continue unlocking more items and allowing them to achieve other in-game goals.
At the end of each day, the player is given the chance to meet-up with a Special Customer, characters with unique personalities and backstories who they take their characters surprisingly seriously. All of them have their own relationship branches, giving player more insight into the media they’re inspired on and the reasons why they've connected as a cosplayer with the characters. Completing a relationship rewards the player with a nice surprise and reward!
Content Warning:
Whipped and Steamy – Cosplay Café contains content that is not appropriate for all ages and is not suggested for viewing at work. While the game contains no explicit imagery (explicit sex or genitalia), it still contains writing that could be considered explicit and suggestive imagery.
Game Pitch 📢
Come and relax with a hot and steamy coffee! In a town where adult entertainment is the new best thing, the Whipped and Steamy Café is the best fun for all cosplayers with a wild and adventurous side! No shirts, no shoes, no shame and only the best service!
But this café needs an extra pair of hands to stay steamy. Fortunately, our brand new hire Caffie just got the job! With a stoic demeanor and an utter lack of interest for the job, she'll have to manage the plans and decorations of the everyday, and meet up with the clientele. And, who knows? Maybe even make some unlikely friends...
Enough about that. Fire up for an experience that only a cosplay café can provide! Here's hoping your time at the café is just like we like our coffee: Hot, steamy, and with skimpy clothing!
Features 🎯
- A segmented visual novel with business and management simulation elements!
- Select the coffee of the day, the snacks, and the decoration to appeal to different groups of cosplayers! Plan to increase group interest, tips, and come up with your own strategies!
- Try to juggle between keeping them all happy, or see if appealing to some is more profitable!
- 6 cosplayers to meet! Try to appeal to their sense of decoration and you might see them more than a few times. And maybe even see more of them, if you know what we mean. 😉
Videos 🎥
Gameplay Video (YouTube)
Images 📸
Logo & Icon 🏷️
Awards & Recognition 🏆
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Concept and Gameplay Game Jam GOTY 2019 by Game Curator
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- Sebastian Standke – Game Curator - 3rd January, 2020 - "
#Spotlight Award by A Ludoteca and Associação de Produtores de Videojogos
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- LoadingZone – Lisboa Games Week - 24th November, 2019 - "
IndieX Selection Finalist
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- IndieX – Moche XL Games World - 14th November, 2019 - "
1st Place in Overall, Gameplay, Harmony, Aesthetic and Audio
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- Strawberry Jam 3 - 1st March, 2019
Selected Articles 📝
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Building a management simulation game in the often short timeframe of a jam is one difficult thing to achieve, but to feature gorgeous character art and to implement an important message in there feels nearly impossible to me. Thankfully, the developers of “Cosplay Café” disabused me in this matter. As the new employee Caffie, it's our job to adorn the establishment and to choose the best treats for the different types of cosplay loving costumers. Making a nice profit is not the only goal of the game, though, as we can dive into the background stories of some guests. Then we will learn that desires as well as fetishes might be a crucial part of someone's personality, but that we shouldn't judge by them alone.
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- Sebastian Standke, Game Curator
Monetization Permission 💲
Whales And Games allows for the contents of Whipped and Steamy – Cosplay Café to be published through video broadcasting services for any commercial or non-commercial purposes. Monetization of videos created containing assets from Whipped and Steamy – Cosplay Café is legally & explicitly allowed by Whales And Games. This permission can be found in writing at https://press.whalesandgames.com/sheet.php?p=whipped_and_steamy_-_cosplay_caf%C3%A9.
Additional Links ⛓️
Whales And Games Discord Server
The Whales And Games Discord brings all of our games community together in a single place where we are active at.
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About Whales And Games 🐳
Boilerplate
We are Whales And Games, an indie studio creating positive, polished games brimming with whalistic personality! Since our beginnings, we've aimed to differentiate our projects through mould-breaking experiences that we can easily expand on with fresh content, while focusing on character development and adding value to the core experience!
By approaching game development as creatives, we're constantly expanding our ever-growing game repertoire by experimenting with new ideas!
We're currently working on Townseek, an exploration trading-game, as our debut commercial title! Simultaneously, we continue participating in game jams, connecting with indie communities, and shaping the future of Whales And Games!
More information
More information on Whales And Games, our logo & relevant media are available here.
Whipped and Steamy – Cosplay Café Credits 🐋
Jorge Carvalho (JorgeGameDev)
Programmer and Back-End Architecture
José Sánchez (MoskiDraws)
Artist and Graphic Designer
Robin Couwenberg (Robinaite)
Music Composer and Sound Design
Henry Smith (PonchoGuy)
Support and Editor
presskit() by Rami Ismail (Vlambeer) - also thanks to these fine folks