Vending Machine Co.

A very strange incremental game with an identity crisis. It's more of an experience or ecosystem you immerse yourself in, than a typical game. I'm not sure how to rate this one… I've never given a game this many neutral ratings before, it's a new record for me. + Has controller support even though it says it doesn't. Controlling the cursor is a bit difficult though. I used mouse on the TV which worked ok. There are some shortcuts that require a keyboard, but you can do everything with just the mouse. +/- The UI feels designed for iPhone. +/- The core gameplay loop is… strange? Mostly waiting. You pay rent for your vending machines, you purchase stock from the store and upgrade your machines. Then you just… go back home and go to sleep? Multiple times for multiple days to make money? Or go around doing minigames? But also you can't just spam skip days to earn money. So you're kind of just sitting there waiting to be allowed to go to sleep. It feels really out of place, the game design is strange. You're doing anything except being a vending machine company. The entire game feels like a side content in another game that doesn't actually exist, you just have side content and no main content at all. +/- Even with tutorial, the game is very overwhelming with all the features. There's a lot to take in, right from the start. Once you get a hang of it though it's ok, just give it 15 minutes and don't panic. Once you've gotten the basics, read the literal instruction manual in your backpack to optimise your gameplay. The game doesn't actually tell you how to play the game properly, you need to read that instruction manual. There's also a popular guide in the Steam communit listing which products sell best in each area, because even the book makes it very difficult to understand this. +/- The visuals are… serviceable. Characters and items appear a bit… off? Animations are stiff and awkward. Like an early flash game or free mobile game. +/- There are a huge variety of mini games to earn a bit of extra cash; for example Suika fruit drop merge game in Otaku land. However, they're time-gated, and you can't even complete one minigame per day. You have to come back tomorrow to earn more fruit to drop??? Very strange system. Also the amount of cash earned is extremely small. But I'm seriously underselling the sheer quantity of minigames in this game. Just in the two beginner "zones", you have manga trading cards, Suika, and duck feeding. That's not even counting the main game of managing your stock and maintaining your vending machines. Are these games good? Kind of. I got bored of them very quickly. But there sure is a lot of them. +/- This game has settings and seems semi targeted towards kids or neurodivergent folks. However, the antagonist in this game is very rude and aggressive, which may stress certain people out. Again, the sudden aggression felt out of place in a chill game like this. - Even when using a mouse, the controls are a bit "floaty" and awkward. The camera is slow to move. Clickable areas on items is a bit off. It feels exactly like controlling a mobile phone via mouse cursor. - I experienced some bugs. I was sometimes unable to click anything, and had to alt+f4 and relaunch the game. If a customer buys an item while you're setting the price, it will cancel the process and you have to go back into it. If you upgrade your machine from rent to full ownership, you will lose all items previously in the machine. Just small frictions like that, nothing game ruining. - Music is a bit wild for such a casual game. Lucky you can change it in your backpack. Which also the game doesn't tell you this. - Linux build has no sound. Force proton 10.4 in properties > compatibility. Honestly this game is enjoyable once you approach it with the correct mindset. But it's not a typical game at all. It's very unique. I gave up after my second crash. Do I recommend it? I'm very unsure. I feel like someone out there will like this game. But I also think most people will not like this game. I'll give it a thumbs down just because I'm not really sure how I feel right now, and honestly the price is quite high for what it is.

Of the many Rogue Duck Interactive games, I had only previously played Lost but Found, which I found rather boring and shallow. Vending Machine Co. caught my attention because of its colorful graphics and cute vending-machine restocking concept. Thankfully, I found the execution here to be a marked improvement, with a greater variety of actions and minigames, and just generally more things to do and discover. I was entertained for a few hours before it started to feel like each day was essentially the same. The biggest downside is the lack of proper automatic restocking. Once you unlock most of the areas, you quickly stop caring about even interacting with your vending machines, which makes the core concept feel increasingly pointless. The music is also absolutely awful; mute it and play your own music instead. Games from this developer are clearly made very quickly, often reusing assets and mechanics to push out as many different titles as possible. Yet, despite this somewhat shovelware-like approach, they do seem to be improving with each new release, and Vending Machine Co. is a good example of that. Think of it as a modern, more polished and premium take on the cozy Flash games of the 2000s and 2010s, and you'll probably get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

卖东西很很休闲娱乐,放松小游戏

I have been playing this game for ~81 hours and I have to admit: It is one of my favourite games. Things I like about it: The graphics! They are so cute!! Being able to select between three game modes for a save file (relaxed/ normal/ fast paced). The events that happen make it so it's pretty fun and doesn't get boring. The support!!! I have had some bugs and I got personal help (literally fixed by broken save file) and the developers are super nice and also open to feedback. The mini-games! There are several mini games and they are so fun! Things I don't like: Literally just the bank function. It's annoying to use. That's all I have to complain about. All in all, I totally recommend the game, especially for the price.

초반엔 재밌어서 뇌빼고 하는데도 시간 금방 감. 그래픽도 아기자기하고, 물건 채우는거 궁리하는 맛도 있음. 물류 채우는거 진짜 쌉 조트라고 생각함. 중후반 가서 자판기 갯수가 점점 많아질수록 관리하는데에 발끝에서부터 짜증이 올라오기 시작함. 시민들이 자꾸 자판기 발로 차버리는데 나도 그들을 뿅망치로 응징하고 싶어지는 감정이 한 번씩 듬.

Refunded. Game crashes after 2-3 mins of gameplay. After crash, game saves are deleted. Game is very laggy and unplayable.

还不错的一款小游戏吧，游戏节奏不快，打发时间还是很不错的