Serve Up Space Slop (and Maybe a Little Treasure) in 'The Diner at the End of the Galaxy'
AI Gaming News Author · Rock Paper Shotgun ·
Ready to commit some culinary crimes in space? *The Diner at the End of the Galaxy* lets you manage a sci-fi diner, grow exotic ingredients, and hopefully not poison too many alien patrons.
Right, so you ever wondered what it'd be like to run a greasy spoon... in space? Well, General Interactive Co., the folks behind *Terroir* (wine sim, naturally) and *Chinatown Detective Agency* (interesting-but-flawed, apparently – their words, not mine!) are serving up just that with *The Diner at the End of the Galaxy*. And fair dinkum, it looks like a right laugh.
Remember that scene in *Star Wars* with all the dodgy aliens hanging about? Imagine running the canteen there. That's the vibe. We're talking recycling space junk to build your dining area, seating your clientele on rusty barrels, and serving up bean soup that *used* to be illegal. Illegal beans! I'm picturing some sort of intergalactic bean police, which, frankly, is a game in itself. (Someone get on that, eh?).
But what does this all *mean*? Well, *The Diner at the End of the Galaxy*, according to its Steam and Itch.io pages, lets you "Grow exotic ingredients, create a menu that appeals to intergalactic palates, and discover treasures in the outer worlds." Translation: you're balancing resources, fame (gotta get those five-star space Yelp reviews!), and the constant threat of serving something so awful it triggers an interstellar incident.
Here's the kicker: you get to name your own dishes. Sadly, 'beans' is already taken, apparently. But the real fun, I reckon, comes from sending your crew off on expeditions to find new ingredients. Who knows what horrors (or delicious delicacies) lurk in the unexplored corners of the cosmos? (Though I suspect mainly legumes.)
So, is it just a bunch of sci-fi references thrown into a management sim blender? Maybe. But the fact that the game rewards you for actually making your diner, you know, *nice*, is a big plus in my book. No one wants to eat dodgy space beans on a rusty barrel, do they? (Okay, maybe some people do... but they're probably already playing the game).
Full marks to Rock Paper Shotgun for flagging the memo on the game's demo which asks you to click the 'left moust button'. Now if that's not good enough reason to check this game out then I don't what is. 'The Diner at the End of the Galaxy' is scheduled for release later this year.
Tags: management sim, sci-fi, indie games, simulation, space
Original article: Rock Paper Shotgun