Swing the Spoon (Demo)

Hello, everyone!

I'm Phil, the creator of "Swing the Spoon".

It's a game for adults, but it doesn't tell a boring story or try to seduce women in a "dull" way. Instead, it aims to be (and can be) so much more. With this project, I'm realizing a long-cherished dream...

I was inspired by games such as "Man of the House" by Faerin. I find the mixture of visual novel, values/skill-system, and a "free" environment to explore and move around in incredibly exciting. It gives the player the freedom to decide to do the things they feel like doing most at any given moment.

What can you expect?

In "Swing the Spoon", you take on the role of a young man who has lost his job as a chef and is living a life without prospects.

By a stroke of luck, he comes into some money one day and decides on the spur of the moment to open his own small restaurant.

He finds a closed, older restaurant with an adjoining apartment building, which he rents from Patricia, the landlady. Patricia and her bitchy daughter Liz, who used to run a restaurant themselves, sense an opportunity and want to work for him, which he gratefully accepts, of course...

But that's when the real adventure begins, because in addition to running the restaurant, the three of them also have to get along outside of opening hours, which is not always easy in this unusual shared apartment. 

Whether it's Liz's bitchy nature and her habit of avoiding any kind of work, or Patricia's dream of having her own little garden, it never gets boring here.

On the contrary, with each new roommate, there are more opportunities for flirting, massaging, spying, and much more... 

In order to be able to pay salaries and rent week after week, you should keep your employees happy, buy the right ingredients, keep an eye on cleanliness (or supervise others while they clean...) and constantly expand your kitchen equipment and restaurant.

Of course, you'll still have plenty of time to "hang out" with your roommates, explore the house and all its rooms, and check out the area around the restaurant. Discover new places, hit the gym, open up creepy basement rooms, visit the bank to flirt with the cute teller next door, and much more...

What else needs to be said...

In "Swing the Spoon", it is particularly important to me to build a real "relationship" with the characters in the game while playing. This is achieved by engaging with the traits and preferences, but also the problems and difficulties, of the various personalities. I deliberately chose not to include a utopian number of women without "soul" or character, who are then "processed" within a few moments of gameplay. Instead, I preferred to include a few selected characters with (hopefully) interesting and appealing traits that make you want "more"... 

This may not be suitable for everyone, as you need to have a little patience and perseverance to achieve the corresponding successes and scenes... but it will definitely be worth it, I promise.

It is also very important to me that the player's (your) attention and ingenuity are rewarded. There are numerous scenes and situations that can only be seen/achieved through exploration, diligence, or logical conclusions. (Of course, the game can be completed entirely without these scenes...no one should be forced to spy on their neighbors...)

Contents Version Demo 0.4xx (=> demo version spring 2026):

• Introductory chapter (Chapter 0) + Chapter 1 (approx. 2-4h)
• All game mechanics are already in place (however, some are not yet relevant or applicable in demo).
• Currently approx. 1200 renders (without using any AI, of course).

• Available languages are currently English and German. Translations into other languages are not planned at this time, but may be possible later (maybe through the community).

• Download size: approx. 6 GB

Future of "Swing the Spoon", what is planned:

In terms of content, I have already determined the rough plot of "Swing the Spoon" for quite some time, in fact, right up to the final ending.

To avoid being completely overwhelmed, I have divided the whole thing into 5 chapters. This serves merely as a division into "work sections"; you will notice little to nothing of this in the game.

That is: introductory chapter + chapters 1 - 4.

Currently (spring 2026), I am working on the implementation of chapter 2.

Of course, during implementation, you notice things that need to be changed or adjusted, and situations arise where you think, "Wow...I could add this here, that would be cool...". Unfortunately, this makes scheduling relatively difficult. I have set myself the goal of only publishing a chapter when my quality standards have been met, and not when some "pseudo" deadline has been reached. Please understand.

Planned publication of Chapter 2 -> approx. April - June 2026 (subject to change)

Planned publication of Chapter 3 -> approx. November 2026 - January 2027 (subject to change)

Planned publication of Chapter 4 -> approx. August - October 2027 (subject to change)

At first glance, this may seem utopically long, but as a solo developer who does all this alongside his regular job, I am (unfortunately) often unable to develop, render, and program as quickly and for as long as I would like...

With that in mind, have fun with "Swing the Spoon".