Run Britain's famous pasty shop in the new and improved free Greggs Simulator

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When I think of quintessentially British games, a few highlights come to mind. Fable's fairytale world of stocky goblins and poverty-stricken orphans with Victorian-era voices is definitely very British, as is Banjo-Kazooie’s dry wit and sarcasm. A decent bucket of contenders, but the crown has to go to the Greggs Simulator, a free shop sim that tasks you with managing a Greggs pasty shop that's a staple of every UK high street.

The Greggs Simulator was made by a developer called _gav on TIC-80, who first uploaded the shop sim in 2021. Over the weekend, they took to Twitter to say, “Big news everyone: I’ve managed to fix my world famous #TIC80 Greggs Simulator.” You can play it here.

The Greggs Simulator places you as the sole worker in the pixelated pasty shop as you run from one side of the building to the other, serving customers and prepping food. You’ll retrieve uncooked savoury goods (cheese n’ onion bakes, sausage rolls, etc) and sweet treats (yum yums and eclairs) from the fridge. You'll then need to place them into the oven to cook, and serve customers, all of whom want a different combo of items.

It captures some of the frantic kitchen runnings of Overcooked as items can burn in the oven, and a revolving door of impatient Brits stacks up pretty quickly. At first, stocking the display with endless amounts of food makes you feel like a damn responsible adult, prepared for a flurry of customers. That inventory moves fast, however, and you’re soon stomping back into the kitchen to prepare more.

Big news everyone: I've managed to fix my world famous #TIC80 Greggs Simulator.https://t.co/i2YnhUNznR pic.twitter.com/Mc70F6rES3

There’s some fun jokes in here. For example, the description for the cheese and onion