Ember Lodge
Grill · Serve · Keep Them Happy
The game loads when you press play.
- Free
- No ads
- No account needed
- No install — plays in your browser
About the game
Run the grill at a mountain lodge: cook steaks, serve hungry guests before their patience runs out, and clear the plates.
A hungry crowd has walked in out of the cold and you are the only cook. Tap a grill and the cook lays a steak on it; she stays to plate it unless you send her somewhere else — then tap it again before it burns. The plate slides down that counter to the guest waiting there. Every guest has a patience ring: feed the right lane before it empties, and a quick plate earns a tip. A guest who has eaten leaves a dirty plate, and nobody sits at a dirty seat, so keep the counters clear. A plate sent down an empty lane smashes and rattles everyone waiting, so aim before you tap. As the night goes on the lodge fills with hungrier guests, and some want two steaks. Spend the coins you earn on Fast Feet, Bigger Steaks and Hot Grill: every level costs more than the last, and there is always another. Three walkouts and the lodge closes. Watch the whole room, stand at the fire with the cook, or look straight down — switch views any time. Build your own room in the Lodge Editor: open or close counters, give a counter one seat or two, and set how many strikes you get. Plays entirely offline with no network access of any kind, in eleven languages, by touch or game controller.
How to play
- Guests wait at the counters. Serve the right lane before the patience ring runs out — a quick plate earns a tip.
- A guest leaves a dirty plate. Tap the plate to clear the seat — nobody sits at a dirty seat.
- A plate sent down an empty lane smashes: it dirties the seat and rattles everyone waiting. Aim before you tap.
- Spend coins on Fast Feet, Bigger Steaks and Hot Grill — each level costs more than the last.
- Every walkout costs a strike. Lose all your strikes and the lodge closes.
Controls
| Touch | Tap a grill and the cook lays a steak on it. She stays to plate it unless you send her elsewhere — then tap it again before it burns. |
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| Mouse | Click a grill to send the cook over, and click a dirty plate to clear the seat. |
| Keyboard | Up and Down arrows pick a lane, Space or Enter fires a steak there, C clears that lane's dirty plate, P pauses and Esc goes back. |
| Gamepad | Left stick / D-pad up-down: pick a lane. A or RT: fire a steak on that grill. B: clear that lane's dirty plate. Bumpers: jump to the first or last lane. LT: slow, precise lane picking. Y: reset the lane cursor. Start or X: quit to the menu. |
