Bar Tender

Tender:
n. One who tends to another’s needs.
adj. Gentle, compassionate, and warm.

Bar Tender is a cozy cafe/bar sim that combines the gratification of a “what drink are you” personality quiz, the leisure and focus offered by our lo-fi queen, and the joy of listening to someone enthusiastically info-dump about their special interest.

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This single path demo was created a week after IGA’s level 1 Visual Novel (cohort 18) bootcamp. 

Thanks to:

• IGA staff and mods (and members) in the discord for being so helpful and awesome literally 24/7, and the bootcamp’s guest experts: 
  • Dylan Cragle (battle tactics for Unity and Ink), Kristi Eckert and Nicky Silber (Narrative Design), Ryan Grady (VisDev), Courtney Manbeck (Game Design), and Tim Wood (jobhunt wisdom). Joseph Hartman and Rowen Roerig (dope TAs).
• My confused but willing coworkers who continue to suggest ideas for routes, questions, and drinks.
• That one bartender who looked at me funny and said I’d ordered an “old person’s drink” (Tom Collins).

• Research:
  • Everything You Need to Know About Shaking Cocktails | VinePair
  • Tom Collins Recipe (nytimes.com)
  • https://klaudiabronowicka.com/blog/making-a-visual-novel-with-unity-1/
  • https://youtu.be/nUNHJMdDuXE?si=aBLx6IYEalBaAMwB  
• Assets:
  • Music: https://www.steven-obrien.net/ (Fine Connoisseur, Rinse, Calm Latin, Morning Stroll)
  • BG images: 
    • screenshots of housing builds in FFXIV
    • Visual Novel Background Pack #01 | Western style stairs by NingNing (itch.io)
    • Downtown Visual Novel Backgrounds by Spiral Atlas (itch.io) 

MORE ROUTES COMING SOON (?) Please feel free to leave ideas below (drinks, paths, personality questions, etc.!) Suggestions for fixing the jank are always welcome!