Cheeky Pint

How it works

Controls

• Walk: arrow keys or WASD, with Shift to hurry. On touch, drag on the pub.
• Tap or click a guest to walk over. Tap the floor to walk there.
• Talk to the nearest guest: Enter or E, or the Talk button.
• Next or previous guest in the list: ] and [. Close the card: Esc.
• Pause: P or Space. Camera: C.
• These keys work when the pub view has focus, which shows as a gold line around it. Tab to it, or click it. Buttons, the price slider and other controls keep their usual keys.

What moves what

• Price. People read the board outside and compare it with what they'd call fair. A deal is struck when the order is taken, so changing the price never rewrites a pint already ordered. Someone in the queue can walk out if the price rises past their limit.
• Staff. Each one serves one person at a time and clears empties when nobody's waiting. Wages run every second.
• Posters. €22 now, more people at the board after 10 seconds, for 55 seconds. They can't be doubled up.
• Furniture. Three seats each time, a better room, and people call a pint worth more. Paid now and kept for the run.
• Mood. A number from these factors and nothing else: price, room and seat, service, how busy it is, friends, and whether you came over. The card shows the sum.
• Invitations. Someone enjoying their pint may text friends, who are due a set time later. If those friends find no seat, or the price puts them off, the person who asked feels it.
• Having a word. Once per guest, standing near them: +7 mood and 8 more seconds of patience.

The books

Rent €5.40/min, each member of staff €8.40/min, stock €1.65 a pint. Net profit is cash minus the €180 you started with. Score is net profit + pints sold + happiness percent, and stays on this device. Time freezes when you pause or leave the page, and you resume when ready.

A Funfair prototype. The guests, their friends and the money are all invented. No payments, prizes or accounts, and no messages go to anyone. This game has no sound.