Is it possible to play this solo?

[SoullessGinger]

As with most games when you first start out you can do anything solo... How is it after that, will I have to have other people to play with to advance?

[HughManatee]

I can't say for stir fry because the grind for unlocking that is just absurd.

But for every other recipe, I franchised them all in solo play without using seeds, and I never entered any run with extra appliances. Salad was the hardest one.

[NoThisIsPatrick]

I've played mostly solo and I believe it is actually easier than playing with a large group. You get less customers and a small bonus in gold every day. Being solo, you need to be strategic in walking distance, number of tasks, and what you spend your gold on.

I select cards that reduces the number of customers when available. And I find that salad and pizza is the easiest.

[Siamese55]

I've played solo the entire time, so yes, but being completely transparent I think it is much more fun as a team. It just isn't the same energy/motivation, but it certainly is doable.

[Jeck]

Solo is easier if you're good with multi-tasking. But if you like to focus specific tasks, playing in a group might be easier.

[JediMage]

While it is possible to solo this playing as group is much more fun and chaotic )

[God of Snacks]

Yeah solo is doable, much more fun with friends (at least for people who have friends)

[LucidCypher]

So far, I've gotten to overtime day 28 playing solo, so absolutely! Also, if a day doesn't go right for you, or you accidentally trap yourself or something unfortunate, you can go to the menu and quit or alt-f4 midday to start the day over if that's more fun for you. (There will be a floppy disk off to the right in the lobby to restore your run.) The developer is very active and seems very nice, and there's new stuff coming soon too! I highly recommend it!

[Asakura Shinichi]

Originally posted by HellsGreatestWarrior:

As with most games when you first start out you can do anything solo... How is it after that, will I have to have other people to play with to advance?

After a few hours spend in the game and learning the recipes, and overall how cards, themes and appliences work, its quite doable, be it full automation, only some automation or none automation at all. The thing you have to understand the most too succeed is that automation works good only with less dishes and side dishes as such its rather neccessary as the customer numbers will go high quite fast, on the other hand if you dont automate you should try to stick to cards that lower the customer count. Also worth noticing some cards may sound not too goo, but they are very good ideas for some recipes. As an example All you can eat is overall good, Leisurely Eating on the other hand most of the time will become a problem instead helping out. So its kinda like most roguelites, understanding game mechanics and understanding when something can and cant be used is key.

I would recommend you do solo runs without aiming for automation, try to get used to playing aiming to get more dishes instead, the obvious point is less customers, but some ppl forget its also a way to increase the money you get each day which lets you buy what you want and make a lot of re rolls fishing for the appliences you need the most. As an example i have a tier 3 exclusive steak house with 3 types of steaks, 2 sauces and carrot soup and ppl ordering twice so basically i stay on quite low customer counts for a lot of days, and later i have enough upgraded appliences to manage the higher counts even without automation.

Also a good advice, which ppl seem to forget, each day is longer, in terms of how much it last in real time minutes, as such, if you keep the customer count lower, you will have quite long days with not much customers to swamp you.

[LucidCypher]

I make an effort to never have to leave the kitchen. If you put tables in front of the windows, you can serve them through there. Putting a table in front of a door will also turn that into a window. Also, customers will pick up their own food off conveyor belts if it's the correct recipe. Nothing complicated; just put one right next to their table. Simple cloth tables are also a total game winner imo. One dish per table makes it so much faster. The only issue there can be that customers take longer to think and order, so later in the game, if customers get stuck waiting, they'll build up, and you'll lose that way. Simple cloth tables work best in larger maps that can also accommodate many coffee tables

[Asakura Shinichi]

Originally posted by BEEEEEEEES:

I make an effort to never have to leave the kitchen. If you put tables in front of the windows, you can serve them through there. Putting a table in front of a door will also turn that into a window. Also, customers will pick up their own food off conveyor belts if it's the correct recipe. Nothing complicated; just put one right next to their table. Simple cloth tables are also a total game winner imo. One dish per table makes it so much faster. The only issue there can be that customers take longer to think and order, so later in the game, if customers get stuck waiting, they'll build up, and you'll lose that way. Simple cloth tables work best in larger maps that can also accommodate many coffee tables

Do this exactly the other way, bigger locales, since they give you more counters and starting tables, which makes you save a few bucks on having to buy tables earlier. Usually get tray as well so i can run around and carry more in one go.

[LucidCypher]

lmao

[Neato Burrito]

It can be overwhelming when you start out but it gets easier as you learn. Before I could barely get to overtime, and now I'm able to get to OT 20+ with 18 simultaneous dishes. I suck at video games, so if I can do it, anyone can do it.