Cozy Cargo

Combat isn't the only way to play a roguelike. Sometimes, the enemy is just a bad mood, and your best weapon is a carefully packed box of comforts.

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📦 What is Cozy Cargo?

Think Balatro meets Unpacking in a sunlit workshop.

Cozy Cargo is a spatial puzzle roguelike where every box you pack is a new brain-teaser. Drag, rotate, and fit cozy items into irregular cardboard boxes — but placement isn't just about geometry. It's about chemistry.

A Mug of Tea next to Wool Socks? Synergy bonus. A Scented Candle next to an Old Novel? That's a fire hazard — and a score penalty. Every item has tags like [Heat], [Soft], [Vintage], and [Fragile], and the way they interact with their neighbors is the heart of the puzzle.

Build your personal collection of 20 unique items over 14 days. Choose your clients. Push your luck. Pack the perfect box — or at least a pretty good one.

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✨ Features

• 🧮 Deep Synergy Engine: Items boost or penalize their neighbors based on tags. Flat bonuses, global multipliers, and spatial trade-offs — every cell matters.
• 🎫 Daily Ticket System: Pick your challenge each day — Easy, Normal, or VIP — each with unique grid shapes, score targets, and modifiers. VIP tickets are risky bets that might be impossible to beat. That's the point.
• 🛒 La Brocante: After each day, browse a small flea-market spread and draft a new item into your collection. Higher-risk tickets unlock more options.
• 📜 Daily Modifiers: Some days boost all [Heat] items by 50%. Others ban [Fragile] items entirely. Adapt your packing strategy or fail gracefully.
• 🎨 Cozy Craft: Cel-shaded 3D items, tag-colored outlines, golden-hour lighting, particle feedback, and ASMR audio — every placement feels like a tiny reward.
• 😌 Zero Frustration: No game over screen. Failing a box just ends your workday quietly. The depth is always there — you choose how deep to go.

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🧩 How to Play

• Drag items from your drawer into the cardboard box.
• Right-click (or press R) to rotate 90°.
• Hover over items to see their tags, synergy rules, and base score.
• Watch the receipt — your Comfort Score updates live. Base points, synergy bonuses, and multipliers are all broken down.
• Hit the target? Seal the box and move on to the next day!

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💌 Join the Workshop

Cozy Cargo is in active development by IWY Studio. This vertical slice represents our vision for the core loop — and we're building toward a full release.

Got feedback? Found a bug in the packing tape? Have an idea for a new item?

👾 Join the IWY Studio Discord
Share your best box layouts, suggest new items, and follow development!

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