Quantum Coffee Conundrum - Director's Cut
A science fiction comedy visual novel: follow two space miners as they spiral through the bureaucratic gears of a caffeine-fueled corporate time loop nightmare.
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9 itemsAbout the Game
Two space miners get trapped inside a corporate time loop nightmare.
Coffee gets brewed.
Hilarity ensues.
Inspirations
Quantum Coffee Conundrum is a kinetic visual novel focused on immersive sound and atmosphere, set up like a stage play, offering a dark comedy and reverent pastiche to the Golden Age of Philosophical Science Fiction, in an attempt to blend the industrial cynicism of Harlan Ellison to the Absurdist conflict of Albert Camus and the reality-warping paranoia of Philip K. Dick.
Other direct inspirations involve the body of work of Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse Five), Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quixote), Arturo Pérez-Reverte (The Club Dumas), and more. Think of Brazil by filmmaker Terry Gilliam mixed with the Waiting for Godot Absurdist play by Samuel Beckett.
Synopsis
During a mundane asteroid mining job, two space miners get trapped inside a corporate time loop nightmare.
Their only way out is to argue and bicker to stay sane, all the while drinking a copious amount of coffee.
Set on a grimy corporate mining ship, QCC is a reinterpretation of the time loop genre featuring gallows humor, existential dread, a broad look into Absurdist philosophy and the rise of AI in our current times.
The story and banter follow a meta narrative where characters eventually attempt to reclaim authorship over the narrator to break free out of their fate which was sealed the moment the game started.
Features
NEW: Both Prologue & Epilogue are now fully voice acted!
Starring: Dexter Manning & Xeraphina
25,000-word script
Average reading time: 2h+
A reinterpretation of the Science Fiction time loop concept
Contains over 180 combined unique backgrounds and sound assets
BONUS: A 5,000-word exclusive "Omake" episode
BONUS: This Steam release contains an Extended Director's Cut Epilogue
Mouse Wheel Down can be used to scroll through text instead of Left Click.
Notice for Content Creators
Quantum Coffee Conundrum features a curated soundtrack including licensed royalty-free music. Please be aware that one or more music tracks may trigger automated "Copyright Claims" (ad revenue sharing) on platforms like YouTube. These are not Copyright Strikes, but if you wish to avoid claims entirely, we recommend adjusting the music and sound volume in the settings menu during your broadcast.
ADDENDUM
Due to litigation and outstanding audit discrepancies, all external gratification dopamine-inducing notifications have been decommissioned and deemed as Non-Essential Interferences.
Let it be known:
Meaning and silliness are inseparable survival mechanisms: the absurd is survivable, but only together.
