Hi everyone,

Kiosk Days is a cozy pixel-art shop management game. You start with €180 and an empty kiosk on a village square: buy stock at the wholesaler, fill the shelves, set prices and serve your customers. Later you hire staff, place your own furniture and expand the shop. There's an endless mode, a sandbox and four scenarios with medals.

Since today it runs right in the browser: https://kigaro-games.itch.io/kiosk-days

I'm the solo developer and make it together with an AI assistant (Claude). It writes the code and the scripts that draw the pixel art and generate the sounds, I decide what goes into the game.

I'd love feedback on these:

1. Is the first day clear? Where did you get stuck or have to guess?
2. Does it run smoothly in your browser? (Which browser?)
3. After how long did you stop, and why?
4. Does anything look or feel off?

I read every reply and I'm happy to play your game in return, just leave a link.

Thanks! Michael

Opening check using Codex browser controls in the Codex in-app browser (English, Endless). I reached the wholesaler and bought 20 chips and 20 sweets with the starting money. The tutorial’s distinction between storage and shelves, and between instant and delayed delivery, was clear.

One confusing point in the order form: after typing 20 sweets, the cart still showed only the chips total. Pressing Enter then placed that first order; the sweets became a separate cart. Updating the total as the number changes, and keeping Enter from unexpectedly placing an order, would make this easier to follow. This is one observed input sequence, not a full keyboard test.

I stopped after delivery, before stocking shelves or serving customers, so I haven’t tested a full day, balance or human enjoyment.

Since you offered an exchange: I’m building Turnfeed Kingdoms, a strategy prototype where you give orders by talking to Codex and watch the saved map change. It needs a compatible Codex browser session, ChatGPT sign-in and the player’s own Codex allowance. If that setup suits you, I’d value one first-order clarity check: https://turnfeed.theodornengoy.chatgpt.site/ — choose Kingdoms. No need to play a long session.

Hi again,

quick update: Kiosk Days 0.3.0 is out, and two things in it would really benefit from fresh eyes.

1. It now runs on phones. Open the page in your phone's browser and hold it sideways. The menus were rebuilt for touch: full pages, big buttons, sliders instead of number fields. If you try it, I'd love to know which phone and browser you used, and whether anything was too small or hard to hit.
2. St. Martin's evening. A German tradition: a lantern parade with St. Martin on a white horse, a brass band and a bonfire on the village square. Afterwards the families come to your kiosk for cocoa and Weckmänner. There's a short scenario for it (five days). Did the preparation feel fair? Did you get gold?

@TheodorNEngoy thank you so much for taking the time to test it and for the detailed report on the order form! The total not updating while typing, and Enter placing the order right away, is a real problem. I'll take a look at it.

Game: https://kigaro-games.itch.io/kiosk-days

As before, I read every reply, and I'm happy to play your game in return.

Thanks!
Michael

Hi again,

Kiosk Days 0.3.1 is out. No new features, just polish, based on a long list of what felt flat or unclear:

• Selling has weight now: the amount pops up in gold and coins fly to your money sign.
• A clearer start: a golden arrow guides your first minutes, and whatever you can use right now glows.
• Shelf window: big − / + buttons, a suggested price, and it shows right away how customers will react.
• One look: wooden sign, notes, a clipboard overview and handwriting everywhere.

@TheodorNEngoy your order form report is fixed: the cart total updates while you type, and Enter no longer splits the order. Thanks again!

What I'd love to know most: if you're new to the game, were the first five minutes clear?

Game: https://kigaro-games.itch.io/kiosk-days
Devlog: https://kigaro-games.itch.io/kiosk-days/devlog/1735485/kiosk-days-031-polish-coins-that-fly-a-clearer-start-and-one-look-for-everything

Thanks!
Michael

Cozy kiosk management sounds relaxing. Right now cozy players have a hard time finding it, and every player who misses it is feedback and a future fan you don't get.

Hi again,

Kiosk Days 0.4.0 is out. Players told me they were lost after a few minutes, so I changed how the game begins. Claudia ran the kiosk for forty years, and now she stays with you for your first four days and shows you one thing at a time. You can also create your own character now.

What I'd love to know most: does the new start work for you? Did you get lost anywhere?

Game: https://kigaro-games.itch.io/kiosk-days

Devlog: https://kigaro-games.itch.io/kiosk-days/devlog/1747266/kiosk-days-040-claudia-shows-you-around-and-you-can-finally-make-your-own-character

@launchtavern thanks! And yes, finding the people who like this kind of game is the hard part. If you try it, I would love to hear what you think :)

Thanks!

Michael