Coffee Noir

Mechanics

The game is a rather unusual combination of a management game in which we spend a lot of time managing the business, and a visual novel detective adventure. In first section we are responsible for every smallest aspect of our work, from assigning responsibilities to acquiring new contractors, to sales, taking care of finances and planning the marketing campaign. The developers took care of this part of the game by employing professional economists.

The second section is a retrofuturistic visual novel, so we look at atmospheric illustrations and feature scenes, talk to characters and listen to dialogues, gradually discovering fragments of greater intrigue.

Technical aspects

The devs were inspired by classic American comics and detective films. It is from these works that inspiration was taken in terms of the interior design of buildings, the dress of the characters and the small elements that create the noir atmosphere. The graphics presented in Coffee Noir is two-dimensional and kept in a comic book convention. The game is fully sounded - the characters' voice is provided by professional voice actors.