History VideoGame / CafeVenusFlytrap

''[[https://circus-rat-games.itch.io/cafe-venus-flytrap Cafe "Venus Flytrap"]]'' was created by Circus Rat Games as an entry for its "Sweet to Sour" game jam.

* ButThouMust: No matter what food you decide to order, the frogs will still end up drugging you, leading to the second act of the game.

** If you do, you stab the chef as he advances on you, causing him to collapse to the floor. You call an ambulance instead of finishing him off, showing you show mercy even when he doesn't deserve it.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Instead of immediately calling the police, the fly instead calls the ambulance to tend to [[spoiler: the chef stating that unlike him, he was not a murderer. The chef frog is taken aback by this]].

* BigBad: [[spoiler:While the frogs don't seem to have a real leader among them, the chef frog comes the closest to this trope since he is directly responsible for preparing the meals for Harvest Day and decides to give the titular fly a chance to run to prolong his terror]].
* ButThouMust: No matter what food you decide to order, [[spoiler:the frogs will still end up drugging you, leading to the second act of the game]].

** [[spoiler:The chef frog speaks in a gentlemanly fashion, polite and pleasant, even as he gleefully confesses to killing and turning countless sentient insects and animals into food.]]
** [[spoiler:This also applies to the other frogs, who all pretend to be extremely nice when doing their job and interacting with customers.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:The chef frog casually mentions how frogs eat their own children if they are hungry enough.]]
* ManEatingPlant: The fly is told that the Venus flytraps around the cafe emit a sweet-smelling nectar which brings flies into the store. [[spoiler: In truth, the plants are meant to trap flies and the frogs would retrieve them before they are digested.]]
* MultipleEndings: There are two endings, both of which depend on if [[spoiler:you grab the knife from the kitchen before fleeing for the front door]].
** [[spoiler:If you do, you stab the chef as he advances on you, causing him to collapse to the floor. You call an ambulance instead of finishing him off, showing you show mercy even when he doesn't deserve it]].
** [[spoiler:If you don't, the chef says he's unlocked a few more doors in the cafe and gives you a head start, implying he's going to chase and eventually kill you]].
* SapientEatSapient: [[spoiler: The frogs are revealed to eat just about anything sapient: flies; mice; even their own kind if they were hungry enough.]]
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:The chef frog is a low-functioning one: he enjoys what he does and takes his time prolonging the main fly's suffering]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The other four frogs disappear completely in the second half of the game and their fate in each ending is never shown.]]

* MultipleEndings:
** There are two endings, both of which depend on if [[spoiler:you grab the knife from the kitchen before fleeing for the front door]].
*** [[spoiler:If you do, you stab the chef as he advances on you, causing him to collapse to the floor. You call an ambulance instead of finishing him off, showing you show mercy even when he doesn't deserve it]].
*** [[spoiler:If you don't, the chef says he's unlocked a few more doors in the cafe and gives you a head start, implying he's going to chase and eventually kill you]].

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:The chef frog speaks in a gentlemanly fashion, polite and pleasant, even as he gleefully confesses to killing and turning countless sentient insects and animals into food.]]

* MultipleEndings: There are two endings, both of which depend on if [[spoiler:you grab the knife from the kitchen before fleeing for the front door]].
** [[spoiler:If you do, you stab the chef as he advances on you, causing him to collapse to the floor. You call an ambulance instead of finishing him off, showing you show mercy even when he doesn't deserve it]].
** [[spoiler:If you don't, the chef says he's unlocked a few more doors in the cafe and gives you a head start, implying he's going to chase and eventually kill you]].

* BigBad: [[spoiler: The chef frog is responsible for preparing the meals for Harvest Day and decides to give the titular fly a chance to run to prolong his terror]].
* ButThouMust: No matter what food you decide to order, [[spoiler: the frogs will still end up drugging you, leading to the second act of the game]].

* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:The chef frog is a low-functioning one: he enjoys what he does and takes his time prolonging the main fly's suffering]].

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: The chef frog speaks in a gentlemanly fashion, polite and pleasant, even as he gleefully confesses to killing and turning countless sentient insects and animals into food.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: The chef frog casually mentions how frogs eat their own children if they are hungry enough.]]

* MultipleEndings: There are two endings, both of which depend on if [[spoiler: you grab the knife from the kitchen before fleeing for the front door]].
** [[spoiler: If you do, you stab the chef as he advances on you, causing him to collapse to the floor. You call an ambulance instead of finishing him off, showing you show mercy even when he doesn't deserve it]].
** [[spoiler: If you don't, the chef says he's unlocked a few more doors in the cafe and gives you a head start, implying he's going to chase and eventually kill you]].
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler: The chef frog is a low-functioning one: he enjoys what he does and takes his time prolonging the main fly's suffering]].

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: The chef frog speaks in a gentlemanly fashion polite and pleasant, even as he gleefully confesses to killing and turning countless sentient insects and animals into food.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: The chef frog speaks in a gentlemanly fashion but it does nothing to hide the monster he is.]]

* BigBad: The chef frog is responsible for preparing the meals for Harvest Day and decides to give the titular fly a chance to run to prolong his terror.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Instead of immediately calling the police, the fly instead calls the ambulance to tend to the chef stating that unlike him, he was not a murderer. The chef frog is taken aback by this.
* FauxAffablyEvil: The chef frog speaks in a gentlemanly fashion but it does nothing to hide the monster he is.
* ImAHumanitarian: The chef frog casually mentions how frogs eat their own children if they are hungry enough.
* ManEatingPlant: The fly is told that the Venus flytraps around the cafe emit a sweet-smelling nectar which brings flies into the store. In truth, the plants are meant to trap flies and the frogs would retrieve them before they are digested.
* TheSociopath: The chef frog is a low-functioning one: he enjoys what he does and takes his time prolonging the main fly's suffering.

You play as a fly with a love for sweets and writing novels when one day, you are drawn to a sweet-smelling cafe. Despite some ominous elements to the restaurant such as the Venus flytraps, the fly is nevertheless fascinated by the food. But when he wakes up after hours, he learns the awful truth.

''[["Cafe Venus Flytrap]]"'' was created by Circus Rat Games as an entry for its "Sweet to Sour" game jam.