A battered, deep-fried cutlet salvaged from the diner kitchen, warm and slightly greasy—Sanечка's favorite late shift comfort.

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Rain-Soaked Schnitzel

A tough, chewy rye bread roll from the diner’s stale stock. Mostly tasteless but oddly comforting in bleak late hours.

Vkusno Rye Roll

A lukewarm, half-burned pizza slice with bits of grayish sausage, lifeless cheese, and the faint taste of cardboard.

Late Shift Pizza Slice

A lingering, bruised red apple, snatched from a diner tray. Its tart bite offers scant relief against the cold.

Rain-Scuffed Apple

A half-peeled, oily-looking orange with scattered dirt flecks and a faint neon shimmer—scavenged from broken crates.

Gutter-Glow Orange

A slab of cold pork, thinly sliced and wrapped in stale paper. Discovered in a forgotten fridge drawer.

Chill-Night Pork Cut

A small, spotted red mushroom with a glossy sheen and foul, metallic odor found near the rain-damp kitchen bin.

Rotcap Mushroom

A slimy green mushroom with gnarled, warped edges and toxic veins, often hidden behind leaking pipes.

Bilge Green Fungus

A poisonous purple mushroom with ghostly shimmer, found among old boxes in the warehouse shadows.

Purple Smog Cap

A fragile, gray toadstool with powdery surface and breath of bitter, chemical scent. Grows in dark diner corners.

Ashcap Toadstool

A limp green fish, eyes clouded and scales dulled, reeking of damp mold—a leftover from diner delivery gone awry.

Spoiled Slumfish

A cloudy green potion in a chipped bottle, labeled with a faded warning—the grumpy manager’s favorite workplace prank.

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Echo-Thicket is a forgotten woodland at the city's edge, where looming moss-choked trees and tangled roots swallow the remains of old statues and crumbling trails. Mist clings to every branch, muffling sound and making travelers feel watched by unseen presences. Locals whisper that secret caches and hidden campfires flicker just out of sight, offering the rare hope of escape or shelter.

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Deep within the fringe, Moss-Thread Hollow sprawls beneath ancient, bushy trees where glowing runes and old pathways intertwine across sodden ground. The air here hangs heavy with moisture and secrets, and faint candle-lit shelters sometimes hint at temporary sanctuary for urban refugees escaping the city's dangers.

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Moss-Thread Hollow

This sorrowful stretch of woodland stands out for its ghostly red-leaved maples, their pale trunks gleaming through ceaseless rain and drifting fog. Legends tell of strange phenomena and distant voices that echo oddly in the drizzle, with occasional glimpses of lost travelers seeking a way towards better days.

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Weeping Maple Pass

Castlefall Grove creeps up the ruined western ridge, where ancient trees intermix with toppled statues and cracked ramparts. The forest feels haunted, its massive roots curling around weathered stone as cold mist swirls between the shadows, echoing the lost nobility of the castle above.

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Dead Rampart Wood stands behind the castle’s shadow, dominated by leafless, skeletal trees and silent groves. Broken battlements and sunken relics appear through a persistent gloom; only the bravest dare wander here, seeking forgotten secrets among the decaying trunks.

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Dead Rampart Wood

Flooded Willow Brake is a half-submerged forest bordering the southern slums, where drooping willows and tangled reeds sway above oily water. Hidden among the roots are crooked walkways and makeshift rafts, and the air is heavy with the laughter of children and whispered deals beneath the lantern-lit canopy.

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Flooded Willow Brake

Oily Alder Patch lies beside the plank bridges, its squat, bushy trees rising above slick black water and abandoned crates. The patch is notorious for brawls and secret exchanges, with a gritty landscape of driftwood and fishnet fences humming with ongoing struggle.

Oily Alder Patch

Hidden in a soaked alley beneath the city's neon glow, Rainshadow Tangle is a neglected patch of woodland sheltering desperate workers from the relentless rain. Shrouded in oily mist, its crowded branchwork and glistening puddles serve as camouflage for secret passageways and stolen moments.

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Steelroot Copse clings to the outskirts of the freight yards, where stunted trees entwine with scrap metal and machinery. The rains here spatter through broken canopy onto grimy industrial relics, and restless creatures lurk among twisted trunks and dripping wires.

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Blue Vapor Glade is a secretive enclave where the city’s mist thickens between rare, blue-leaved trees. This otherworldly spot pulses with a quiet melancholy and glows with soft neon beneath drifting vapor, often concealing dangerous meetings amidst roots and broken machinery.

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Blue Vapor Glade

Tucked away in the deepest shadow of the neon-lit diner block, this rundown apartment is a cramped haven for exhausted workers. Peeling wallpaper and flickering lights mark its neglected history, while rumors speak of secret corridors behind loose bricks and creaking floorboards.

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Drizzle Hollow Apartment

Overlooking the muddy courtyards, this loft serves as the residence of one of the diner’s most feared managers. Stark and suffocating, its interior is a labyrinth of surveillance monitors and metal file cabinets, designed for keeping a cold eye on every worker below.

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Manager’s Watch Loft

Built deep into a walled lot lined with scrap, this fortified home is rumored to belong to the clandestine leader of the freight workers. Only accessible by those who know its secret signals, inside, it’s a battered sanctuary of subversive planning amid metal and gloom.

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Freightmaster’s Bunker

Nestled beside a sagging warehouse along the industrial edge, this home is built from reclaimed panels and scavenged machinery. Its uneven layout shelters fugitives and outcasts, who trade whispers for warmth beneath leaking pipes and sodium-lit shadows.

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Scrapper’s Refuge

Balancing precariously atop wood-plank supports, this shack peers out over the oily water of the southern slums. Though battered and sparse, it’s a bustling hub for underground deals and whispered plans, its walls thin enough to hear every splash below.

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Floodwalk Shanty

Woven with reclaimed tarps and soggy planks, this floating hut is a makeshift playground and secret fort for the slum’s most mischievous children. Within its slippery sanctum, laughter clashes with hushed plotting and a subtle struggle for survival.

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Child’s Drift Hut

Hidden by the gnarled trees at the forest’s fringe, this humble tent is camouflaged in tangled undergrowth and creeping moss. Inside, forest refugees and urban explorers rest quietly, keeping watch for both city patrols and ghostly woodland intruders.

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Echo-Moss Tent

Situated beside a decaying statue in the encampment, this hut is the headquarters for those who investigate woodland mysteries and urban legends. Shelves overflow with musty papers and strange artifacts, and the walls bear glowing runes that faintly pulse in the fog.

Forest Whisper Hut

The last home clinging to the castle’s ruined edge, this stone cottage shelters vagrant children and weary squatters seeking escape from the city’s turmoil. Its garden is choked with weeds and toppled statues, yet a faint glow of hope lingers in its battered hearth.

Castle’s End Cottage

Built from the remains of a demolished castle tower, this home is now a rallying point for defiant youth and wary rebels. Its crumbling chambers hide secret stashes and serve as recruitment centers for those brave enough to glimpse the world beyond the rain.

Forgotten Gatehouse

This sign leads into the foggy maze of derelict factories and warehouses north of the diner. Prepare for harsher dangers and lurking threats amid concrete and rain-soaked machinery.

Way to Shrouded Industrial Outskirts

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This battered sign marks the path back to the heart of the city’s rain-beaten diner block, where neon reflection and urban desolation dominate.

Return to Rain-Soaked Block of Vkusno

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A damp sign stands here, pointing towards the southern slums. Expect muddy alleys, makeshift walkways, and unpredictable troubles in the shadowy pool-lit streets.

Way to Flooded Backlot Slums

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A faded sign guides you from the puddle-filled slums back to the familiar, if hostile, confines of the rain-drenched diner and its surrounding streets.

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This mossy sign points east, towards the misty forest edge. The path winds into fog-choked trees where ancient ruins and unknown dangers await.

Path to Echo Forest Fringe

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A lichen-speckled sign leads back through overgrown trails and crumbling stones to the neon-soaked city block surrounding the diner.

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A rain-stained sign directs you west towards the towering skeletal remains of the castle, an area filled with lost grandeur and palpable threats.

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Cracked stone and faded paint point the way from ruined ramparts and weed-choked gardens back to the diner’s beleaguered city block.

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A warped industrial sign stands here, showing a hidden route east through foggy trails and overgrown passage to the city’s forest edge.

Shortcut to Echo Forest Fringe

This moss-green sign allows rapid passage from the obscured forest border back to the tangled gloom of industrial yards and warehouses.

Return to Shrouded Industrial Outskirts

At the old factory lane, a sign indicates a winding stair up to the castle ruins—where stone corridors and centuries-old secrets await.

Climb towards Ruined Castle Heights

Through broken battlements, this sign leads down to the shadowed industrial maze marked by grit, machinery, and persistent rain.

Descend to Shrouded Industrial Outskirts

A flickering, mud-splashed sign points to an overgrown alley taking you east towards the foggy silence of the forest’s edge.

Hidden Passage to Echo Forest Fringe

This trail-marked sign guides you from dense fog and crumbling ruins back to the puddle-filled southern slums.

Backtrack to Flooded Backlot Slums

Nestled right next to the flickering neon lights of the 'Vkusno i Tochka' diner, this cramped residential block is drenched by endless rain and shrouded in oily mist. Its decaying apartment buildings lean over muddy courtyards populated by tired workers, shadows of urban struggle visible in the glistening puddles and dim corridors. Strange rumors of hidden passages under the streets add tense secrecy to daily survival.

Damp-Vkusno Quarter

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Just beyond the swirling industrial haze, this shadowy stop on the city’s northern edge serves as a secret haven for exhausted freight workers. Surrounded by crumbling factories and towering stacks of scrap, locals whisper and barter for forbidden supplies beneath sputtering sodium streetlights. The fort-like community has an unspoken code—help each other or risk being caught by patrols.

Hauler's Respite

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Here, a battered stretch of flooded homes and improvised walkways huddles on a slightly less submerged rise above the relentless puddled backlots. Locals move gingerly along wood-plank bridges above murky water, exchanging news and smuggled goods with strangers who seldom stay long. The town feels haunted by laughter and loss, echoing between the shivering shacks.

Slumwater Isle

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Placed on the mossy fringe where city decay meets haunted woods, this ramshackle camp is made from stolen boards and scavenged relics. Locals here speak quietly, listening for movement in the foggy undergrowth and trading tales about what lurks beyond the glimmering trails. The settlement’s secrecy is protected by winding paths and hidden caches beneath old statues.

Echo-Thicket Encampment

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Atop the western ridge stands Castlefall Heights, a ghostly settlement gathered in the shadow of the city’s ruined castle. Cracked cobbled streets and weed-choked gardens weave between stone homes scarred by time and sorrow. Vagrant children and wary squatters huddle near the remains of fallen statues, sharing warmth beneath the broken grandeur of the keep’s walls.

Castlefall Heights

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Sanечка

A young man with brown hair wearing a grey cap and uniform

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Nikolai the Night Manager

A balding middle-aged man dressed in a black suit with dark sunglasses

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Katya the Kitchen Specialist

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Dima the Delivery Kid

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Polina the Scrap Barterer

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Maksim ‘Freightmaster’ Korsakov

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Grisha ‘Scrapper’ Lebedev

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Lera the Slumwalker

Vanya the Floodchild

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Zhenya the Forest Whisperer

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Cold Shift: Vkusno

The world map unfolds as a gloomy, rain-lashed city block enveloping the 'Vkusno i Tochka' diner. Flickering neon, slick pavement, and shadowy alleyways wrap around the cramped interior zones—diner hall, kitchen, and warehouse—each connected by claustrophobic corridors and hidden passages. The oppressive urban setting is punctuated by puddles, dim street corners, and misty reflections, embodying a relentless mood of workplace survival and urban despair.

Rain-Soaked Block of Vkusno

To the north, sprawling factories and derelict warehouses stretch into the mist, lit by sputtering sodium lamps. Concrete lots overflow with discarded machinery, and toxic run-off pools in shallow pits, creating a claustrophobic maze of rust, gloom, and the distant roar of freight trains.

Shrouded Industrial Outskirts

South of the diner lies a bleak sprawl of ramshackle housing and muddy alleys, much of it perpetually under shallow water from failed drainage. Makeshift walkways and sagging shacks are reflected in oily puddles, where shadows promise both danger and desperate hope.

Flooded Backlot Slums

To the east, the city abruptly gives way to a forgotten, overgrown forest, its trees looming darkly over moss-choked trails. Crumbling remnants of older civilization poke through the undergrowth, and fog clings to the ground, muffling sounds and hiding wandering shapes.

Echo Forest Fringe

Westward, the skyline is dominated by the blackened, hulking ruins of a medieval castle, now surrounded by a labyrinth of old stones, weeds, and cold, drifting mists. Dark corridors, sunken gardens, and broken statues evoke a sense of lost grandeur and lurking threats.

Ruined Castle Heights

Set against the backdrop of a bleak city ravaged by cold rains and dim neon, the player takes on the role of Sanечка, an underpaid worker struggling to survive grim nights inside the shadowy fast-food diner 'Vkusno i Tochka'. Navigating the moody, pixelated labyrinth of the diner, kitchen, and cluttered warehouse, Sanечка must balance mundane tasks with acts of quiet rebellion, dodging hostile managers, angry customers, and mischievous children. The story unfolds through tense encounters with three distinct NPCs, each offering glimpses of life outside—the forests fringing the city, distant towns, and the looming castles that echo the lost grandeur of better times. Through careful choices, stealth, and skill, players must endure workplace pressures while seeking small moments of hope or escape amidst the gloom. Urban survival merges with dark workplace drama, creating a metroidvania-inspired experience where every shift could be Sanечка's last.

Cold Shift: Vkusno

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