{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ac951606b59e1604d733f1c0","clusterId":"c_3fef5a07e98dd6807deadb86","slug":"living-on-plain-pasta-launches-on-steam-for-pc-at-200-yen","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Living on Plain Pasta Launches on Steam for PC at 200 Yen","summary":"Granité Works released the short adventure game Living on Plain Pasta on PC via Steam on September 10. Players choose two ingredients from three or four options to cook for a drunken senpai whose life is falling apart, and the senpai's reactions change with each dish. The game drew attention on X as a \"trashy Coffee Talk.\" It costs 200 yen, with a 40% discount to 120 yen until September 25.","whyItMatters":"The release tests whether a viral development concept can carry a one-hour game at a budget price, with the store page noting generative AI was used in parts of graphics, music, and scenario production before developer editing and supervision.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe game is built around limitation rather than mastery: you pick two ingredients from three or four, and the senpai\u0026#39;s responses shift with whatever you make. There is no right or wrong answer, and the store page says what matters is not making delicious food but eating together with your senpai. After the meal, the two of you can go out into the midnight city, including a late-night Don Quijote, convenience stores, arcades, and the sea.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGranité Works describes its motto as providing a fresh game experience in a small volume. Average playtime is about one hour, or roughly three hours if you collect events and endings. Pixel art covers the lived-in room, the late-night city, and the summer atmosphere, and choices feed into the relationship and the ending.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The 200 yen price and the 120 yen launch discount put Living on Plain Pasta in the same bracket as the games it is being compared to, not above them.","twitterPost":"Living on Plain Pasta prices itself at 200 yen, matching the short-form niche it is being grouped into.","threadsPost":"Living on Plain Pasta is priced at 200 yen, down to 120 yen through September 25. That low entry point keeps the comparison to Coffee Talk literal: both games ask players to serve someone in crisis and read the reaction, not to build a restaurant.","newsletterBlurb":"Granité Works released Living on Plain Pasta on PC via Steam on September 10. The short adventure has players choose two ingredients from three or four to cook for a drunken senpai, whose reactions and conversations change with each dish. It is 200 yen, discounted to 120 yen until September 25, and the Steam page states generative AI was used in parts of graphics, music, and scenario production.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/10/172079.html\",\"title\":\"Short ADV 'Living on Plain Pasta,' Described as a \\\"Trashy 'Coffee Talk',\\\" Launches on Steam! Experience a Summer of Serving Improvised, Absurd Dishes to a Drunk Loser Senpai\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4696,"outputTokens":691,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789037968,"createdAt":"2026-09-10T10:54:24.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T10:58:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T10:58:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_3fef5a07e98dd6807deadb86","canonicalTitle":"“カスの『コーヒートーク』”な短編ADV『Living on Plain Pasta』Steam配信開始！酒カス先輩にありあわせトンデモ料理を振る舞う一夏を味わおう","representativeArticleId":"a_73a718475069f45976afc7f5","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Living on Plain Pasta\",\"Coffee Talk\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-10T10:00:04.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-10T10:00:04.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T10:58:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/10/172079.html","title":"“カスの『コーヒートーク』”な短編ADV『Living on Plain Pasta』Steam配信開始！酒カス先輩にありあわせトンデモ料理を振る舞う一夏を味わおう"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Living on Plain Pasta","Coffee Talk"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}