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ODEN

ODEN: Divine Destiny in a Steaming Bowl - Serve Japanese soul food with mystical powers at your midnight oden cart. Choose the perfect ingredients to heal broken lives in this heartwarming journey.

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Lobstudio, OCTO
Publisher
Lobstudio, OCTO
Release
February 27, 2025
1 year and 156 days ago
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Positive13 reviews100.0%

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About the Game

"ODEN" - The Only Hope For Some
Night falls, and troubled souls seek comfort at a small oden cart.
Marriages on the brink, careers at crossroads, writers facing impossible deadlines...
As these customers share their stories, you'll discover how the perfect oden ingredient might just change their fate forever.

What Makes This Game Special

  • Perfect for busy players:
    Complete a heartwarming story in just 1-2 hours!
  • Stories that hit close to home:
    Meet characters facing real-life challenges that reflect our modern world.
  • Your choices matter:
    The single ingredient you choose can send a customer's life in an entirely new direction.
  • A feast for the senses:
    Mouth-watering oden illustrations and cozy orchestral music create the perfect late-night oden cart atmosphere.

Gameplay

  • Welcome customers carrying the weight of their problems
  • Listen as conversations unfold between Tencho (the manager), ODEN (the deity), and your visitors
  • Choose the perfect ingredient to help solve their troubles—daikon radish might work wonders, but bananas? Who knows!
  • Discover how your choice affected their future
Can you and ODEN save everyone who visits your oden cart?
Or will some customers leave with their problems unsolved, leading to a different ending altogether?

What's Oden, Anyway?

Oden is a comforting Japanese hotpot dish perfect for cold nights—eggs, daikon radish, konjac, and fishcakes all simmered in a rich, savory broth.
And ODEN? That's our game's oden deity (no relation to Norse mythology!)—a spiritual guide with a passion for solving problems through food.
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