Jason LefkowitzMay 18

I mentioned the other day this game I had been playing called Arcade Paradise. It was supposed to be a game about managing a video arcade in the '90s. But you didn't start out managing a video arcade; you started out running a laundromat, and had to earn enough money doing laundry to slowly convert it into an arcade. And I found the laundry stuff more engrossing than the arcade stuff. As a joke, I said they should have just made a laundromat game.

Anyhoo, it turns out that someone actually did make that game. And the two are similar enough mechanics-wise that now I'm wondering who ripped off whom

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3150440/Laundry_Store_Simulator/

Steamで40% OFF：Laundry Store Simulator

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Show threadJason LefkowitzMay 18
Initial reaction: Arcade Paradise is much more polished. But Laundry Store Simulator has ironing and folding minigames. So who can say which is better
Show threadJason LefkowitzMay 19
For some reason you wander around your laundromat in Laundry Store Simulator with both fists up, like it's the kind of laundromat where at any moment a bare-knuckle boxing match might break out
Show threadclichéd scurrying ratMay 19
@jalefkowit this is what i do all day at the yarn store
Show threadJason Lefkowitz
@hannah I hope at lunchtime you at least relax into a T-pose
May 19 at 3:27amWeb
Show threadclichéd scurrying ratMay 19
@jalefkowit i interact with a sandwich
Show threadCatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) May 19
@hannah @jalefkowit Sandwich chewing minigame 🥪
Show threadveeteeMay 20
@hannah Sandwich (press 🅰️ to interact)
@jalefkowit