# Lazy Susan: Spin the Chef

> A roguelike deckbuilder at a sinister rotating dinner table. Serve peppers, spin the lazy susan, and send the Chef's own Ghost Pepper back to him.

Lazy Susan: Spin the Chef is a single-player roguelike deckbuilder by Brighteng, a solo studio. Every dish you and the guests serve rides one shared lazy susan (a rotating tray with four plates). You play cards to serve dishes and to decide how far the tray turns, so hot peppers land on your rivals and soup lands on you. The Chef serves Ghost Peppers timed to reach you; the trick of the game is turning the table so his own pepper lands on him.

## Facts
- Genre: roguelike deckbuilder, card game, strategy
- Players: single player
- Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam Deck; mouse, keyboard, gamepad and touch
- Languages: English, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Spanish
- Content: 120 cards, 66 relics, 26 events, 16 side guests, 5 bosses, 3 acts, 3 setups, 10 Stars of difficulty per setup
- A full run: 3 acts on generated maps, about 14 tables, each act ending at a boss
- Planned iPhone and iPad price: US$4.99, paid upfront. Release date to be announced.
- Developer and publisher: Brighteng (contact@brighteng.org)
- AI disclosure: the art was made with AI image tools (OpenAI) and selected, edited and composed by Brighteng; the game was developed with AI assistance (Claude and OpenAI); music and sound effects are made by code; nothing is generated during play

## How a turn works
1. Play cards: dishes go on empty plates with a power and a number of turns; spin cards change how far the tray turns (for example Back Spin: "Turn back 1"; Brake: "Stop the tray"; Big Spin: "Turn 2 steps"; Send It Back: "Move a Chef-made dish to the opposite plate.").
2. End the turn: the tray turns one step unless a card changed it, the guests react to the dishes that stop in front of them, every dish counts down a turn, and each dish at zero lands on the seat it faces.
3. A forecast shows where every dish will land, and the turn after the card you are about to play.

## Setups
- Return to Sender: Turn the Chef's own dishes back on him. Starts with Chef's Receipt (The first Chef-made dish that lands on a side guest each turn deals +2.)
- Slow Cooker: Keep dishes moving. Serve them when they're worth it. Starts with Low Flame (Your dishes are served with +1 turn. Dishes that travel without landing gain +1 power, up to 3 times.)
- Leftovers: Eat first, then cook something hot. Starts with Lunch Box (When a Soup lands on you, you're Fed. When you spend Fed, the Chef takes 2.)

## Guests
- Glutton: Eats any Soup that stops in front of him.
- Gremlin: Seasons any dish that stops in front of him: +2.
- Taster: Takes a taste of any dish that arrives in front of him: it is served 1 turn sooner.
- Grandma: Fusses over any dish that stops in front of her: Soups heal +2, Peppers lose 1 power (never below 1).
- The Sommelier: Pours wine on any dish that arrives in front of him: it is served 1 turn later.
- The Busboy: Rushes any dish that stops in front of him to the next plate, if it's empty.
- The Critic: Any dish that stops in front of him loses 1 power (never below 1).
- The Hoarder: Pockets any dish that stops in front of him with 3 or more turns left.

## Bosses
- The Head Chef
- The Health Inspector
- The Night Chef
- The Star Critic
- Susan, the Owner

## Pages
- [Home](https://lazysusan.brighteng.org/): overview, a playable turn, setups, cast, screenshots, FAQ
- [简体中文](https://lazysusan.brighteng.org/zh/): the home page in 简体中文
- [Deutsch](https://lazysusan.brighteng.org/de/): the home page in Deutsch
- [Français](https://lazysusan.brighteng.org/fr/): the home page in Français
- [Español](https://lazysusan.brighteng.org/es/): the home page in Español
- [Press kit](https://lazysusan.brighteng.org/press/): fact sheet, description, logo and screenshots
- [Privacy](https://lazysusan.brighteng.org/privacy/): the game has no analytics; website analytics and hosting are described separately