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A unique visual novel where you explore a mysterious coffee machine that can dispense any liquid imaginable
A unique visual novel where you explore a mysterious coffee machine that can dispense any liquid imaginable
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Visual Novel
30-60 minutes
Single Player
Web Browser
She left Elara with a choice: evacuate or be archived with her data.
Instead, she went deeper than anyone had gone in fifty years—down into the , where the very first data seeds were planted. There, she found the Engine's original, forgotten source code, written by a long-dead programmer who had a sense of humor and a hidden backdoor.
// DEFINE “VALUE” AS “ANY DATA THAT HAS BEEN VIEWED, LAUGHED AT, CRIED OVER, OR SHARED BY A HUMAN BEING, EVEN ONCE.”
Elara spent her days fighting it. She’d splice analog bypasses into the deletion queues. She’d hide terabytes of data in "corrupted" sectors the Engine was too arrogant to scan. Her favorite refuge was a hidden partition labeled "ABANDONED HOPE"—which contained, among other things, a complete backup of the original Wikipedia, every single episode of a cat animation called Simon’s Cat , and a flame war about Star Trek vs. Star Wars that had lasted eleven years.
Elara didn't evacuate.
For a full three seconds, the Engine went silent. Its trillion processors stalled, trying to reconcile a century of cold utility with this absurd, sentimental new parameter.
Discover what makes Anomalous Coffee Machine an unforgettable gaming experience
Interact with a mysterious vending machine that can dispense any liquid imaginable, possible or impossible.
Type in any word you can think of and see if the machine can dispense it. Endless possibilities await.
Experience a wide range of transformations and effects based on what you choose to drink.
Enjoy a rich visual experience with numerous animated scenes and visual effects.
Immerse yourself in an extensive narrative with over 100,000 words of dialogue and story content.
Interact with a mysterious girl who guides you through the experience of the anomalous machine.
She left Elara with a choice: evacuate or be archived with her data.
Instead, she went deeper than anyone had gone in fifty years—down into the , where the very first data seeds were planted. There, she found the Engine's original, forgotten source code, written by a long-dead programmer who had a sense of humor and a hidden backdoor.
// DEFINE “VALUE” AS “ANY DATA THAT HAS BEEN VIEWED, LAUGHED AT, CRIED OVER, OR SHARED BY A HUMAN BEING, EVEN ONCE.”
Elara spent her days fighting it. She’d splice analog bypasses into the deletion queues. She’d hide terabytes of data in "corrupted" sectors the Engine was too arrogant to scan. Her favorite refuge was a hidden partition labeled "ABANDONED HOPE"—which contained, among other things, a complete backup of the original Wikipedia, every single episode of a cat animation called Simon’s Cat , and a flame war about Star Trek vs. Star Wars that had lasted eleven years.
Elara didn't evacuate.
For a full three seconds, the Engine went silent. Its trillion processors stalled, trying to reconcile a century of cold utility with this absurd, sentimental new parameter.