Coming Soon!
The Project
A RPG-Rhythm game concept I’ve been working on. It follows the main character/player as they start a new coffee shop with Latin-inspired flavors after moving away from home. They must interact with members of the local community and win them over to keep their cafe afloat. Additionally, they must make different coffee recipes in time with Latin music. The narrative touches on Latinidad and overlapping identities.
The Process
Over the summer of 2025 I was inspired by DtMF by Bad Bunny to create a Latin inspired story. I then combined that with my love for coffee and tea, along with the insane amount of coffee I was consuming at the time to develop the concept of a game surrounding Latinidad and coffee. I then was exposed to the UNBEATABLE demo by D-CELL GAMES, which inspired me to take this concept further and make it an RPG-Rhythm game.
So far I’ve got a vision board of major components of the game (both narrative and mechanic) and how they work. Additionally, I created a sample dialogue tree featuring a major character to explore how meaningful dialogue can influence the story.
The first version of the dialogue tree