History VideoGame / CoffeeTalk

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:Neil reveals he knows that The Barista is able to engage in SaveScumming to improve his friends' lives, because that's their species' power.]]

* MissionPackSequel: Episode 2 adds two new characters, two new ingredients, 25 new recipes, and new story threads, while the gameplay remains the same. This is because it was originally going to be DLC, but it became so big, the devs decided to make it a full-fledged sequel instead.

The game released on January 29, 2020 for the [[https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/coffee-talk-switch/ Nintendo Switch,]] UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and Xbox One, with PC versions available through [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/914800/Coffee_Talk/ Steam]], [[https://www.gog.com/game/coffee_talk GOG]], [[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/coffee-talk/9n17cm38wnn8 Windows 10]] and [[https://togeproductions.itch.io/coffee-talk Itch.io.]] It also has a demo available on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/914800/Coffee_Talk/ Steam]] and [[https://www.gog.com/game/coffee_talk GOG]].

* RelationshipValues: Meeting each character adds them to your friend list on the social network site ''Tomodachill''. The more you interact with each character by getting their orders right, the more information appears on their profile. Getting their orders wrong will likewise make them hide their profile info from you, but they stop doing this in Episode 2.

** ''Episide 2'' has achievements for completing characters' ''normal'' story arcs, which is separate from completing their ''good'' arcs; this entails screwing up on an order or two but otherwise being a good barista for said characters.

* EdibleThemeNaming: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahlúa Lua]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baileys_Irish_Cream Baileys]], the two characters in a StarCrossedLovers storyline, are named after two different kinds of liquor (that also happen to sometimes be served in coffee-based drinks). When Baileys tells Freya the story of he and Lua met, he comes up with the fake names of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognac Cognac]]" and "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosé Rose]]" for the other two people involved in the tale.

** In modern times, aliens seem to have it worst, as any extraterrestials who are found out by officials are immediately extradited due to being potentially threatening unknowns that are not accounted for by any current laws. Aliens visiting Earth usually need to disguise or go into hiding in order to avoid agents on the lookout for them.

** At one point Jorji describes one of your drinks as "[[spoiler:out of this world.]]"

* ThankingTheViewer: The credits thanks the player at the end of the game for playing it.

The year is 2020, the city is Seattle. [[GreatOffscreenWar The great war]] is almost nothing but a distant memory, and [[FantasyKitchenSink each of the different races]] coexist among one another in [[FantasticRacism relative]] peace. On a certain street corner stands a certain coffee shop that only opens when the sun goes down- the titular Coffee Talk. You are the owner and lone barista of that shop, and your job is to serve a hot drink and lend a listening ear to each of the customers who visit.

* DoWellButNotPerfect: In Challenge Mode, when a customer orders a drink of a certain flavor, they will sometimes specify whether they want no flavor, less of it, or extra. However, if they ''don't'' specify, they want the flavor with 4-5 parts -- not too much and not too little, so over- or under-doing it will count as an incorrect order.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can deliberately serve the wrong drinks to your customers, and in Episode 2, there's an achievement for making Riona walk out on you for not getting her orders right too many times.

* DonutMessWithACop: In Episode 2, Officer Dooley drops by the café with some donut crumbs and filling spilled all over him. He denies having donuts before his visit, but Detective [=McQueen=] points out that [[ImplausibleDeniability he's still holding the receipt from the donut shop.]]

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*** The fourth stinger: [[spoiler:[[AuthorAvatar Fahmi]] himself drops by along with Freya, the latter who introduces him to the Barista as her friend who'll be moving in with her to the writer's residency. Freya then excuses herself to prepare for the trip, while Fahmi reunites with his cat Tofu, the white cat that has been occasionally visiting the café. Fahmi then orders his favorite drink, Green Tea Latte, and tells the Barista that Freya will show him around Seattle the next day before they settle at the writer's residency the day after. The Barista wishes him and Tofu the best of luck on their journey.]]

* GameGourmet: You can make and serve [[https://gameplay.tips/guides/6467-coffee-talk.html all sorts of drinks]] besides coffee and tea.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: In Episode 1, the first sign that Hendry's anxiety over the manager his daughter Rachel currently works with might be more than fatherly paranoia is when an argument between them reveals that said manager's full name is '''Mo'''rris '''Lester'''.

* CrossoverCameo: In Episode 2, on day 10 Jorji's old police friends show up to help him on a ghost case. Said friends just so happen to be [[spoiler: Detective Francis [=McQueen=] and Officer Dooley from VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective games.]]

* CrossoverCameo: In Episode 2, on day 10 Jorji's old police friends show up to help him on a ghost case. Said friends just so happen to be [[spoiler: Detective Francis McQueen and Officer Dooley from VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective games.]]

* * TheCameo: In Episode 2 on day 10 the Jorji's old police friends show up to help him on a ghost case. Said friends just so happen to be [[spoiler: Detective Francis McQueen and Officer Dooley from VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective games.]]

* TheCameo: In Episode 2 on day 10 the Jorji's old friends show up to help him on a ghost case. Said friends just so happen to be [[spoiler: Detective Francis McQueen and Officer Dooley from VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective games.]]

* AnyoneRememberPogs: In Episode 2, Lucas gives you his contact card and a fidget spinner with his number on it, and he requests you to give either of them to Riona on her next visit. You can give the fidget spinner to [[spoiler:Rachel]] instead on her first visit, but she'll remark that it's "so 2017" and return it to you. [[spoiler:Giving it to Gala, on the other hand, will have him use it to entertain the hospital kids, but they'll think that it's passé.]]

** Episode 2 has multiple stingers, which change depending on how many endings you've seen: