Yatai Master

Yatai Master

Fukuoka Street Food

Neko Ramen · Fukuoka

Explore the quiet complexities of running a yatai. As night falls, manage your limited ingredients and imperfect equipment, balancing the demands of hungry patrons with the soul of a small, mobile kitchen.

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The Neko Ramen yatai at night, among cherry blossoms
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Life at the stall

You're Taro, and you run Neko Ramen, the yatai you inherited from your father in Fukuoka. A yatai is a small Japanese street food stall: a kitchen on wheels, a counter and a few stools.

Cook every dish by hand

Take orders at the counter, then boil, grill, fry, steam and chop each ingredient. Take it out in time, or it burns.

Shop at the markets

Four kinds of markets, each with its own stalls, prices and quality. New stalls open as the days go by.

Learn from the vendors

Talk to the people who sell you ingredients. Some will share a trick that makes your dishes better.

Get to know your regulars

Forty customers, each with their own stories, tastes and favorite food. Remembering them is part of the job.

Set the mood

Tune the radio and the TV. When a customer's favorite station is on, they feel at home.

A year at the stall

The newspaper brings festivals, price changes and alerts. The campaign runs for 365 nights.

Screenshots

The counter

The front of the yatai, where the owner spends most of the night serving customers.
The front of the yatai, where the owner spends most of the night serving customers.

The kitchen

Yatai kitchens are usually small, but they have all the essentials to cook delicious dishes.
Yatai kitchens are usually small, but they have all the essentials to cook delicious dishes.

Dishes

The range of dishes served at a yatai is quite diverse. A yatai master knows every variation.
The range of dishes served at a yatai is quite diverse. A yatai master knows every variation.

Markets

Markets provide the ingredients for the wide variety of dishes a street food stall serves.
Markets provide the ingredients for the wide variety of dishes a street food stall serves.

The newspaper

Each day the newspaper brings one story: a market opening, a festival or a change in prices.
Each day the newspaper brings one story: a market opening, a festival or a change in prices.

Devlog

Notes from the making of the game.

Evening editionFree at the counterThe Yatai DevlogFukuokaNotes from the making of the game13 editions
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More Than Just Cooking

Ingredient quality, cooking mechanics, customer stories, and the long road to finishing Yatai Master.

07

Progress in dialogue writing

A quick update on the progress of developing dialogue for my game, highlighting the challenges faced and how Alexander M. Freed's guide has been instrumental in structuring the conversations.

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