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Concept art: the club's dance floor, a crowd and the bar glowing amber

The game

One club. One night. Something under the salt.

Nachtclub is a single-player club-management game about the night shift. You run the bar on the beat of a DJ set, fetch kegs from a cellar that goes further down than it should, and follow the sound down to the salt mine.

Play the jam buildSee how a night goes

The jam build

A night, start to finish.

About eight to ten minutes, one continuous flow from the street to the salt mine and back to dawn. This is the playable slice we submitted to Deep Jam II.

  1. Concept art: the club's red brick front at night with a queue at the door
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    The queue

    Rain on brick, a magenta sign, a doorman who nods. It's the third night in a row and your inner voice already knows the script: “Third night. Same rain. Same queue. My club.”

  2. Concept art: the club interior with the bar on the left and a crowd on the dance floor
    02

    The bar rush

    Doors open and the floor fills. Orders float above heads. Work the stations, time the pour, serve before patience runs out. When the drop hits, everyone dances and you finally breathe.

  3. Concept art: a brick cellar with stacked kegs, a ladder and a warm lamp
    03

    The cellar

    A keg dies and Jule sends you downstairs with a lantern. Behind you the hatch slams. Past the kegs, a locked iron door, and behind it your own music, slowed down.

  4. Concept art: a mine tunnel with rails, salt crystals and lamps
    04

    The salt mine

    The tunnel goes further than the building should allow. The lamps you pass go out one by one. At the end, a ring of salt and something standing in it.

  5. Concept art: a salt cave with a ring of crystals and a tall shadow
    05

    Dawn

    Whatever happened down there, the hatch opens. The club is empty: “There you are! We closed an hour ago. Long night?” “Longer than she knows.”

Images are AI-assisted concept art that guides the in-engine look. See both side by side.

The bar

Four stations, one pair of hands.

Every station is a tiny timing game, a bit like pulling a pint: hold, then let go in the right band. Orders appear above customers, and the colour of their patience tells you who is about to leave.

  • Station 1Medium

    Beer

    Hold at the tap until the glass is full. Let go early and it's flat, late and it's foam.

  • Station 2Instant

    Shots

    Straight from the shelf. The fastest order on the board, and the cheapest.

  • Station 3Quick

    Ice

    Hold, then let go on the green. The first step of every cocktail.

  • Station 4Slow

    Cocktail

    Ice first, then mix. The slowest order and the best price. Over-shake it and you pour it out.

Spill a drink and the floor remembers. Serve fast and the tips climb. And when the keg runs out, you carry a new one up from the cellar, or send it up on the service lift, because your hands are full and the ladder isn't.

The set decides when the rush comes

Honest scope

What's in the build, and what isn't yet.

Playable today

  • Street, club, cellar, salt mine and dawn in one flow
  • Four bar stations with patience, tips and spills
  • Keg carrying and the service lift
  • Rotating isometric camera, clean or pixel view
  • Autosave and Continue

Coming with the full game

  • The town by day: people, favours and information that change the next night
  • More nights, more regulars and new rules each time
  • Original soundtrack and finished sets
  • Full gamepad support
  • More languages

Direction, not a promise. See the devlog for what is in progress.

Controls

Keyboard, one hand on E.

WASD
Walk
Hold E
Work a station
E
Serve · talk · use
Q
Pour it out
Z / X
Rotate the camera
C
Camera distance

Gamepad support is a goal for the full game.

Ready for the night shift?

Ten minutes. Headphones help.

Play Nachtclub