Right, so the cheat chest in the corner of the pub has 2500 gold and 100 beers. That's the first thing I notice, not the pixel art or the top down RPG look. Grondes inherits this dusty pub from her grandpa and immediately decides nah, we're making it a brothel. The opening scene sets that expectation quick, her standing there with big plans and zero workers. You got arrow keys, Z to accept, X to cancel, the usual. Press Esc when you're doing nothing to open the menu, which took me too long to figure out because I kept clicking everywhere like an idiot.

The management loop is simple. Clients show up between 7 and 20 in game time, you