Now Serving

Welcome to Now Serving Made for Brackeys Game Jam 2026.1 Thank you for playing! If the experience stayed with you, even quietly, please consider leaving a rating and a few words of feedback. Every vote helps small jam teams like ours keep creating strange, meaningful things.Full gameplay video: Voting If you liked our game, please rate it in the jam categories: Enjoyment • Gameplay • Innovation • Theme • Visuals • Audio Your support truly means a lot to us! Thank you for taking the time to play. Theme Created for Brackeys Game Jam 2026.1 Theme: Strange Places Developed by: D3kryption and L0g1cF@11acy A.K.A. D3F@11acy-in-KRYPT Games, Inc. Story You arrive at a strange waiting room where numbers are called and doors open for others. Time seems to move strangely here. People seem strangely familiar. Some are afraid to be called. Some have already accepted it. As the rooms change and reality softens, you begin to understand that waiting is not only about leaving... ...but about who you choose to remain for. NOW SERVING is a short atmospheric journey about presence, compassion, and the quiet space between holding on and letting go Gameplay Genre: Atmospheric Narrative/Walking Experience Perspective: First-Person Core Loop: Explore shifting waiting roomsObserve subtle environmental and character changesMake quiet, meaningful choices through simple interactionsExperience one of two reflective endings shaped by your actions Built in Unreal Engine 5.6 during a 1-week game jam, this project focuses on creative interpretation of the theme, strong atmosphere, and emotionally meaningful player moments rather than complex mechanics. Development Notes Created in 7 days for the Brackeys community. This upload represents the original jam build. Post-jam updates may happen in the future, but the jam version will always remain available to preserve the original experience. Controls Keyboard & Mouse Move: WASD Look Around: Mouse Interact / Confirm: E Quit: EscSwim Up: SpaceSwim Down: Ctrl Controller (Xbox / PlayStation Compatible) Move: Left Stick Look Around: Right Stick Interact / Confirm: South Button (A on Xbox / Cross on PlayStation) Quit: Start / OptionsSwim Up: Right Shoulder ButtonSwim Down: Left Shoulder Button Accessibility & Simplicity NOW SERVING is designed to be slow, readable, and easy to play. No time pressure No complex inputs No fail states Interactions appear only when needed Take your time. Nothing here is in a hurry. Credits Design, Writing, Art, Chaos: L0g1cF@11acy Programming, Systems, Debug Wizardry: D3kryption Engine: Unreal Engine 5.6 Audio: Reaper, Freesounds by artists SergeQuadrado, Timbre, JohaJoha_tpm, soundstack Assets: Character Creator, iClone, Photoshop, Narrative Tools, Inc., Reallusion, Async Loading Screen Download Click Download Now to enter the waiting room. Comments We would love to hear: Your favorite moment Bugs you encountered What you felt while playing Even a single sentence helps us grow.