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Notes from the shop
Two people, one room, and 2,080 bottles that all have to go somewhere. This is where we write about the decisions behind that.
GuidesWhich Tidy-Up Games Use AI Art? A List
Librarian discloses AI-assisted assets. Sort Them Ducks is single-player. The whole shelving-sim field compared on art provenance and co-op, in one table.
Cozy GamesUpcoming Cozy Games 2026: Wishlist These
Twelve cozy games with real 2026 dates, read off Steam on 4 September: four have just landed, eight are still coming, plus prices and the three that slipped.
GuidesCozy Games, Defined: 4 Rules That Hold Up
"Cozy game" gets used for anything with soft colours. Four rules that actually separate a cozy game from a cute one, with examples that pass and fail.
StudioTwo people, one shop
Techplay is Dan Fury and Sunny, in Phuket. Here is what that actually means for a game with 2,080 physics objects in it.
ModdingEvery name is a text file
Rename all 260 potions, retitle all 26 shelves, translate the whole shop — and you never have to open the game to do it.
MultiplayerSun vs Moon: splitting the shop in half
Thirteen shelves and 1,040 slots each, two mirrored heaps, and a scoreboard that races inward from both sides.
The ShopA day in the shop lasts a day
The sun comes up at quarter past six, crosses three glass domes, and goes down again. None of it is on a loop.
DesignHow we wrote 260 potion names
Twenty-six shelves from Alpha to Omega, a gold Sun shelf, a silver Moon shelf, and 260 jokes that had to survive being read twice.
Nothing filed under that shelf on this page.