Take It Easy Street | Minami Lane (Cozy Street Builder Game - Demo)

Minami Lane is a gorgeous cozy little game about building a street and making people happy, which I think sounds all very wonderful.
Guided by our hat-wearing tanuki friend (who I refer to as a racoon initially, sorry tanuki friend!) we take on our first mission, which is to turn a drab street into a nice one! Each day we can build one new building, such as a house, a park or even a ramen shop! Each building adds something new to the street. Homes mean there are more people, the parks add beauty and the shops bring in the money we need to build more things.
The appearance of each building can be configured a little and the products that the shops sell are also configurable! Want more noodles in your ramen? Go for it! Want less egg but more shrimp? Sure thing!
On the second mission there are more new buildings, such as a bookshop, and the requirements to complete the level are a little different.
Also on each level we can see what the people on the street are thinking, which can help us plan the next day's setup, and we have to pick up litter and remember to find our tanuki friend who is hiding somewhere! Oh and there are cats to pet.
NOTE: This is the demo version of the game.
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Minami Lane is a small, wholesome management game set on a Japanese-inspired street. Create and manage your own street, make sure everyone is happy, and watch the villagers live their lives!
Build your street
Build homes to add villagers to your street, then improve their happiness by beautifying every inch and building a variety of shops & attractions! These include ramen shops, boba cafes, bookstores and more, each with unique inventories and effects.
Manage your shops
Attract customers with everything from floral bouquets to karaoke! Shops you create will need your careful guidance to offer the right products at the right prices. Lead them to success and make your neighborhood thrive.
Watch your villagers live their lives
Once you start the day, you'll get to see each villager react to your street and offer helpful feedback on how to improve! Memorize their preferences and refine your street the following day.
Reach your objectives
Complete missions to unlock new levels with more buildings, villager types, and other surprises.
What Minami Lane offers:
2-4 hours of play time
Create and customize your own adorable street
Manage shops by adjusting their inventory, recipes, and prices
Play strategically to complete each level's mission objectives
Keep the streets clean by picking up trash
Tanukis and cats!
What Minami Lane does not offer:
Hardcore strategy
Multiplayer
Tons of missions
Ongoing content updates after release
In Minami Lane's missions, you'll need to strategically plan each day and use random events to your advantage to complete multiple objectives.
The sandbox mode focuses on creativity and relaxation, allowing you to immerse yourself in the peaceful, cozy world without the stress of objectives.
Minami Lane is the collaborative effort of Dorian (Doot) and Doriane (Blibloop). Doot, a former data scientist turned game developer, brings light strategy and management gameplay, while Blibloop breathes life into the isometric world with her Studio Ghibli-inspired, hand-drawn designs. We really hope you will enjoy this tiny game we made with love 💕
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Channel graphics designed by Penge in The Geek Cupboard.
Additional audio:
Music to Delight Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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[@DrakeFeatherwing]

You're helping a Tanuki. AKA a raccoon dog. Japanese folklore.

[@Raxapheon]

yeah it is a tanuki but without the huge testicles!!

[@astrokits]

You don't know boba ???? You seem like the perfect bubble tea guy!!!!

[@marchernandez4596]

It's not such a big thing in most of Europe.

[@Brainreaver79]

and tbf,.. ive heard seen and drank bubble tea.. but i never heard it being called boba before. i had to google what they meant by that

[@fransmith3255]

We say "Use your noodle!" in Australia, or my grandparents did and my parents do. But it probably came from my grandparents, who came from England after the WWII. Haha! I was excitedly shouting at the screen, "Cat, cat, CAT!!" and you missed it!! 😂 It was a lovely stripy ginger cat and he walked about quite a bit while you were watching the people's reaction to the shop... 😍 LOL! Maths with Penge... 2 out of 3, means for every 3 people in total, 2 have to be young. 🤣 What a lovely game. 😀

[@craino308]

I was shouting "less noodle, more pork"!!!!

[@Nosilahow]

Hi kinda new to the channel but loving it

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Hello! Welcome! Here, have some tea ☕ 💖

[@persimmonguitar]

It was so frustrating watching this and have you refuse to adjust your recipes because you didn't agree with their feedback 😂

[@2CraftySeniors]

(It's Ebba with her tea again 😊) 2 out of 3 youth villagers means that 2/3 of your total villagers need to be young. So, for say, 12 total villagers in your street, 8 of them need to be young; for 15 total villagers, 10 of them would need to be young... etc.

[@ben21nz]

Math with Penge

[@jaynadeleyland-kelly9646]

Boba is bubble tea it originated in Taiwan

[@aizukiwiart]

Re the “why less noodles?” around 16~17min, this is probably because Japan counts noodles in servings! So “1 noodle” is 1 full serving in your bowl.

[@DeniseRafih]

This game looks lovely!! I feel like it has a good balance between cozyness and challenge.

[@aclevercat83]

"Use your noodle" is definitely something I've heard before(I'm in Atlantic Canada), but it's uncommon. Mostly from older people. Haha

[@aizukiwiart]

The animal is a tanuki, a Japanese raccoon dog! Fun trivia; You often see statues of them outside of shops here for good luck because they are depicted with a massive set of…ahem…male assets 🤣 the word for “golden ball” and “testicles” is spelt differently but sounds the same in Japanese (Kintama), so the idea is that the large assets will bring fortune to your business 🤣

[@DanksterPaws]

GIRL U NEED TO TRY BOBA RIGHT NOW IF YOU HAVENT

[@williammolloy5911]

The Racon Dog with the lovely hat is Japanese, a "Tanuki". Japanese version of a Garden Gnome.

[@jocadieux670]

2 out of 3 young villagers means for every 3 villagers you have, 2 of them should be young. So if you have 15 villagers, 10 should be young.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Indeed, I think I work that out by the end of the video! Took me a while to get it though. Numbers are never my strong point!

[@PurrfectlyMediocre]

This was such a charming little game. I'm downloading the demo right now to give it a try for myself. Though I also love a good tea, I've never tried Boba. I'm not a fan of tapioca, so I'm afraid the it would probably not appeal to me. I'm in the Northern US and I have heard "use your noodle" many times over the years, but I don't hear it much these days.

[@gratitudeattitude4054]

Hey I just wanted to say I love your watching your videos!! Also you seen the new demo for a city building game called Synergy? it looks interesting!

[@DanksterPaws]

This reminds me of those “tycoon” flash games which is basically this concept

[@ancaryvan4811]

You don't know 2 of 3 young people means 2/3 of population be younger generation? 😮. You shouldn't add AND upgrade anther senior mansion which adding more difficulty to yourself 🤣.

[@benv2315]

When this game comes out please do more and play it fully loved it

[@casperthesociallyawkwardgh6811]

I'm team less noodle, more pork. I like ramen but I find it very hard to finish a full bowl of noodles in shop sizes because it's like 3 whole cups worth of noodles. I can easily finish all the toppings and soup, but I almost never can finish all the noodles cause there is just too many. It doesn't help that I get gluten free noodles due to allergies so they are a bit more dense.

[@lavafoxx]

i live in the pacific north west of the USA, and i've heard "use your noodle" more than a few times here.

[@aclevercat83]

Adults don't enjoy comics? You've wounded me deeply 😢😉

[@arenkai]

Game made in 6 months by 2 people + a composer for the music.

[@PaulDozierZZoMBiE13]

I know I've heard the phrase "Use your noodle" before, but I've been a bit of an Anglophile ever since high school. Watching BBC shows since the first time I saw Monty Python and Fawlty Towers. So I genuinely don't know if I've heard it outside of that BBC context or not despite having heard it for decades.

[@Mirkwood42]

That was a cute game. 😊❤

[@TheGeekCupboard]

It really was! Very adorable, laid back and just overall lovely.

[@Lledra]

What a wonderful little game!

[@wwlaos]

Game: has customization options Penge: *happy Penge noises* We use our noodles in America, as well, though it's not a very common phrase these days.

[@jean-pierreherman3380]

No decoration for the cats ? Boooo game 😂

[@Lils_haha]

Second time watching your channel and loving the content! I've never seen or heard of someone thar doesn't know what boba is 😅

[@LambastMercy]

Is there a tea & cake shop? Please let there be a tea & cake shop. Love me a tearoom.

[@davidraynorsnow]

Im british ,53 an never heard use your noodle lol

[@AndreySi-e4x]

Thank you for the interesting and funny video!

[@2CraftySeniors]

(It's Ebba with her tea again 😊) Oh yes... "Use your noodle" (either preceded or followed by "for goodness sake!"). Very popular phrase used by my mother (in Canada) as I was growing up. We could tell she was "a bit miffed" when she brought that one out.🙃 I tended to use "God gave you a brain... use it!" instead... once I'd grown up and left home. 🤣

[@JoAnalogue]

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