Dead Plate for Windows

Dead Plate is a 2D role-playing game that combines elements of visual novels, horror, and point-and-click mechanics within a restaurant management setting. You assume the role of Rody, a waiter in a 1960s French bistro, and navigate challenging gameplay focused on generating revenue over the course of one week. 

Dead Plate offers over 70 computer graphics (CGs) and eight maps that represent the game environment. Dialogue content exceeds 8,000 words, enabling narrative progression. The game includes multiple endings, branching based on your choices and strategies. Gameplay integrates time management, resource allocation, and story-driven decision-making within a single interface.

Serving up horror

Dead Plate’s game environment is constructed with detailed maps and visual elements to depict a 1960s French bistro. You can navigate the bistro through point-and-click interactions, accessing multiple locations within the restaurant. The CGs provide visual feedback for story events and interactions. Environmental elements, including tables, kitchens, and customer areas, can be selected for specific actions. It tracks spatial navigation and event triggers to progress the game narrative. 

The software incorporates text-based story progression through a visual novel system. Dialogue sequences exceed 8,000 words and are displayed in sequential text boxes with character identifiers. Your selections influence branching paths, which determine narrative outcomes. Multiple endings are programmed into the system. Text input and decision options are seamlessly integrated with the system. Story triggers occur when characters interact with environmental or game objects.

It combines restaurant management mechanics with timed objectives. You monitor in-game time to manage workflow and maximize revenue within a one-week simulation. It calculates monetary outcomes based on task completion, customer service, and efficiency in assigned actions. Resource management includes item usage, table assignment, and staff activity. The game integrates event-based triggers, including narrative and horror elements, to influence the environment dynamically. However, it could encounter minor graphical inconsistencies.

The final plate

Dead Plate integrates visual novel storytelling, horror elements, and restaurant management into a single 2D role-playing platform. Core capabilities include interactive maps, over 70 CGs, timed task management, and branching dialogue that produces multiple endings. The software stores and tracks your choices to generate different narrative outcomes. However, it could encounter minor graphical inconsistencies. The game merges environmental interaction, narrative branching, and resource tracking in one interface.

• Minor bug fixes in character and object interactions