Mini Mart.

How to play Mini Mart

1. Press Play, then Open the shop. Day 1 is a short lesson: tap the tomato garden, then the tomato display, then the till. The shop clock starts after your first sale.
2. Tap or click any station to walk there. The keeper works automatically on arrival: a source fills the basket, a display takes matching produce and the till serves the neighbor at the front of the line.
3. Plan ahead by tapping up to four stops in a row; numbered markers show the route. With more stops planned, the keeper takes only what a display needs and leaves room for the next product.
4. The product bar is a shortcut: a product you are carrying goes to its display, otherwise the keeper fetches more and then stocks it. The till button walks to the counter and shows how many neighbors are waiting.
5. Watch the bubbles. A product icon shows what a neighbor wants, a red mark means their display is empty, and a face shows their mood in line. Serve them before the ring runs out.
6. At closing time no one new comes in, and you serve whoever is still inside. The results show stars, sales, tips, bonuses, happy neighbors and your best combo. Spend coins in Upgrades between days.

Make your move

About Mini Mart

Mini Mart is a cozy time management game about running a small open-air corner shop for one full year. You are the keeper in the straw hat. Work stations line the walls: a tomato garden, a bread oven and a flower bench to begin with, and later a lemon press, a pumpkin patch and a knitting basket. Wooden displays stand in the middle of the floor and the till waits by the door. Neighbors walk in, take real stock from the displays and queue to pay. Your job is to keep the displays full and the line moving before closing time.

The Market Year is the heart of the game: forty days in four seasons of ten. Each day has three coin goals. The first star opens the next day, and three stars reward a near-perfect shift. Every goal was calibrated by playing the day with a simple planner, so the first star is always reachable without upgrades and three stars are reachable with the modest upgrades a player would own by then. Coins you earn count even on a day that falls short, so trying again is never wasted.

Neighbors are more than numbers. A ring around each thought bubble shows patience. Waiting at an empty display or in a long line drains it, and an upset neighbor walks out and puts their basket back. Happy neighbors tip, and quick checkouts in a row build a combo bonus. Families buy two or three items, commuters are in a hurry but tip well, grandparents walk slowly and tip the most, food critics pay a forty dollar bonus for a happy review, and caterers buy five or six of one product at once.

Sixteen named regulars shop here, each with a look of their own and a favorite product. Every happy visit adds loyalty: bronze at three visits, silver at eight and gold at fifteen, and each heart adds ten percent to their tips. From day twelve a price board lets you set every product to Bargain, Fair or Premium before opening. Premium earns more per sale, but fewer neighbors want it and they wait less, so pricing a slow product high and a fast one low is a real decision.

Upgrades cover the keeper (a bigger basket, comfy shoes, quick hands), the shop (deeper displays, faster refills, a swifter register), a cozy corner (potted plants, a shop radio, a queue bench and string lanterns that each show up in the shop) and staff: a stocker who restocks the emptiest display and a cashier who works the till. Beside the Market Year there is a three-minute Rush hour with a fixed setup, a Daily market that is the same seeded shop for everyone on a date with a streak, and the endless Open shop with no clock.

The shop is an original real-time 3D diorama built from simple shapes, with a striped awning, a tiled floor, seasonal trees and weather, items that arc from station to basket to display, and coins that bounce at the till. It loads only after you press Play. It plays in portrait or landscape on phones, adapts its graphics to the device and keeps a steady frame rate. Sounds and the seasonal shop tune are synthesized in the browser. Progress stays in this browser, and a backup code in Settings lets you copy it somewhere safe.

A little help for your next high score

• Stock before the rush: a full display keeps neighbors browsing instead of waiting.
• Plan two products in one trip. With four stops queued, the keeper splits the basket between displays.
• Serve the line before the rings turn red. A neighbor who walks out costs the sale, the tip and your combo.
• Flowers and scarves refill slowly. Pick them early and consider a Premium price so fewer neighbors ask for them.
• A bigger basket and a swifter register are the best first upgrades; hire the stocker once three products are open.
• Critics want two different items. Keep both displays stocked on critic days and meet them at the till while they are still smiling.

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