In a delightfully zany release, Megacat Studios' 'Coffee Crisis' pits a pair of metalhead baristas in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, against an oncoming horde of alien invaders. The extraterrestrials are intent on stealing the heroes coffee, WiFi, and cat videos, and only the intrepid players have the ability to stop them.
As that brief description shows, Coffee Crisis is certainly a silly game. That said, it was crafted with love. The Black Forge Coffeehouse, which the baristas are trying to protect, is a fictional cafe, but the levels throughout Coffee Crisis are modeled after real streets and areas throughout Pittsburgh, like PNC Park where the Pirates plays, the Duquesne Incline railroad, and Warrington Avenue, to name a few.
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Coffee-themed Games
- Trend of developing games that have coffee and cafes as the central theme.
- Zany Game Concepts
- Trend of developing games with nonsensical and hilarious concepts.
- Hyperlocal Game Design
- Trend of crafting game levels after real locations of a particular city or state.
Sectors Adopting This
- Gaming Industry
- Opportunity for game developers to come up with more ridiculous and funny game concepts.
- Coffee Industry
- Opportunity for cafes to use these types of games as a means of promoting their products or increasing customer engagement by hosting events and tournaments.
- Tourism Industry
- Opportunity for tourism companies and businesses to capitalize on the hyperlocal game design trend by organizing tours to the various locations that have inspired these games.
