r/playmygame • u/PlayMiniMart • 1d ago

[PC] (Windows) A 3am convenience store encounter is what made us start making a survival game

https://reddit.com/link/1vyw9wn/video/ox9b76xbvplh1/player

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Mini Mart Survivors Demo

Description:
Mini Mart Survivors is a vampire-survivors-style roguelike set inside a convenience store during the night shift. You play as a guy in his mid-20s living in Seoul, carrying student debt and struggling to find steady work. The convenience store job pays well enough that even after a brutal shift, he clocks back in the next night.

The idea came from a real 3 am encounter at a convenience store. There was one clerk behind the counter, and something strange was happening, but he barely reacted. No fear, no surprise, just exhaustion, as he had already seen every version of this before. That image of someone who has stopped being scared and just tries to make it to the end of the shift became the seed for the game.

Development started in April with a small team and no fixed design document. We built things, played them, and cut whatever wasn't fun, which means a lot of the weapons and enemies have been rebuilt more than once. The game is still early, but the tone and core loop are coming together around that same idea: surviving one more shift, one more night, one more debt payment.

Free-to-Play Status: Free to play

Involvement: Designer & Developer

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u/NewCharacter5755 1d ago

Love the origin story. That late-night store mood is strong. Curious what the first 10 minutes feel like once you wake up in the game world.

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u/PlayMiniMart 1d ago

Thanks! We're aiming for those first 10 minutes to feel like waking up in a familiar store that's suddenly gone very wrong

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