Half-dead, but still open.
You run a grimy wasteland saloon and junk stall where ghouls are just customers with eccentric tastes. The heart of the game is managing the venue: craft the menu, serve and seat patrons, set prices, haggle, keep the floor clean, juggle power and supplies, and decide what to invest in next. Your daytime choices shape who shows up tomorrow - and what stalks around after closing.
Core:Â
Customers first: The ghouls are your regulars - take orders, serve grotesquely delightful drinks, haggle with difficult customers, handle brawls, comp tabs, and keep patrons happy.
Craft-to-sell loop: Turn “acquired” remains into slime and parts and unlock new stock.
Pricing & haggling: Margin matters. Price for profit, cut deals at the stall, and haggle to secure rare ingredients and blueprints.
Cleanliness & satisfaction: If you don’t mop, sanitize, and dispose of… leftovers… customer satisfaction drops, and word-of-mouth tanks. A spotless bar brings better patrons and better prices.
After hours: When the shutters slam, night becomes a short, focused survival phase where your systems get stress-tested. You outsmart prowling factions with traps, weapons and barricades. Protect the venue, staff, and stock so the bar can open the next day.
The corpse supply chain
Bodies fuel business. Process cadavers into slime (power & reagent) and salvage parts. Use outputs to power the grid and craft sellable goods - from pickled knuckles to phosphorescent cordials. Clean, safe handling earns cash; sloppy handling invites trouble.
Key features
Management is the key: Serve, craft, price, clean, and expand a ghoul-friendly saloon with a fully connected economy.
Make it, then sell it: Turn risky “ingredients” into profitable items that affect your business.
Cleanliness matters (even to ghouls): Mess left after night hurts the next day’s satisfaction; good hygiene unlocks better clientele and events.
Smart defenses: Bait, guns, and traps let you direct threats while keeping stock intact.
Factions react to you: What you do during the day, shapes who prowls at night and what tactics they bring.
Solo or co-op: Staff the place alone or split daytime roles and nighttime lanes with friends - management and defense both benefit from teamwork.
Dark humor & slapstick disasters: Preventable “incidents,” and ghastly gastronomy - played with a sardonic tone.
Keep the generator and cold storage running.
Protect the saloon interior (bar, kitchen, stockroom) from contamination,fire and enemies.
