Teamwork when playing with friends

The four roles in a co-op cooking game

The role picked in the waiting room only tells the group who does what; the game never locks a job to a role. Each player’s role shows on their card so everyone can see it.

• Fry: drop in the pieces waiting orders need, flip when the bottom is golden, set the heat, toss burnt pieces.
• Bag: bag golden pieces, pick the right sauce, drop spare pieces.
• Drinks: make kumquat tea, milk tea and more. A finished drink goes into the maker’s bag, so the drinks player usually serves the orders with a drink.
• Serve: read the order, gather exactly those pieces in your own bag and tap the customer before their patience runs out.

Splitting the work for 2, 3 or 4 players

However you split it, a piece you take out always goes into your own bag. So whoever serves an order should take its pieces out themselves instead of waiting for someone else.

• 2 players: one Fries (and keeps the heat), the other Bags and Serves. The fryer reads the orders to drop the right pieces; the server takes out what they need.
• 3 players: Fry; Bag + serve orders without a drink; Drinks + serve orders with a drink.
• 4 players: Fry, Drinks, and two Servers splitting the stools — one takes the left two, the other the right two. Each server takes pieces into their own bag.

Sharing the wok, heat and drink station

• Wok: whoever taps a golden piece first gets it in their bag. If two players tap together, the second gets nothing — agree who takes which spots.
• Heat: there is one heat setting for the whole wok; the last change wins. Leave the heat to the Fry player.
• Drink station: one drink at a time. It goes into the bag of whoever started it; while a drink is waiting, no new one can start.
• Stock: everyone uses the owner’s stock. When a dish runs out, the whole room sees the “sold out” alert.

Rush hour with a full stall

Customers come faster in a crowded room: each extra player in the room when the day opens adds about 45%, so four players serve about 2.3 times the customers of a solo day. A player who joins mid-day does not bring extra customers. The rush still peaks around 19:00.

Before 19:00 the Fry player should keep a few pieces of the best sellers in the wok; servers go for customers with a red patience bar first. A wrong order costs patience, so check the sauce before you tap.

The Cá Viên Chiên tip share at closing time

The day’s tips are divided by the number of players still in the room at closing (the owner counts); each guest gets that share in their own stall, while the owner’s stall keeps all the sales and all the tips.

Example: three players, 12,000đ in tips for the day. Each guest gets 4,000đ in their own stall, and the owner’s stall gets the full sales plus the 12,000đ in tips, as on a solo day.

A player who leaves before closing gets no tips for that day; a player who joins mid-day still gets a full equal share. Serve fast while customers still have patience — happy customers tip more, and everyone gains.

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