← Range ArcadeWORLD Nº 018 · SOUP BEFORE THE RAIN
☕ almanac caféTHE WEATHER WRITES THE ORDERS

TEN WAVES. ONE ALMANAC. ORDERS YOU CAN SEE COMING.

Read the sky.
Pour the right thing.

Every customer is one hour of the almanac. Rain wants soup, cloud wants cocoa,
wind wants tea, clear skies want lemonade. The strip shows what is coming.

THE CAFÉWAVE 0 / 10
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The next eight hours
are on the strip.

Tap a drink to start it brewing; drag a ready one to the customer who wants it.
Scones need no brewing. Three angry customers in a wave closes the café.

$0 · SERVED 0TAP A DRINK TO BREW · DRAG A READY ONE TO A CUSTOMERRAIN AT FOUR

Almanac(14).at(hour): cloud, rain and wind are three cells of rule 30's edge, and they repeat every 64 hours.

ANOTHER STARTING HOUR

Words pick where in the almanac your shift begins.

CAFÉ NOTES

The orders are the weather.

Each customer is one hour of the almanac. If it is raining they want soup; cloudy, cocoa; windy, tea; clear, lemonade. Bigger orders add a scone or a second cup.

Drinks take time: tap a shelf item to start it brewing, then drag a ready one onto the customer. Up to three of each can be brewing or ready. The strip above the queue shows the next eight hours, so brew ahead.

A whole order pays, with a tip if they were still calm. Three customers walking out in one wave closes the café; ten waves, or a hundred dollars, and you have made it. Breaks are for restocking.

THE SHIFT IS OVER

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Every order,
every wave.

A LITTLE CAFÉ FOR A FRIEND

Come to the café with me.