Null Kitchen Exception

Null Kitchen Exception is a first-person narrative game that combines everyday shop management with psychological horror in a seven-day loop. You work at a takeaway shop, completing orders for money, but you can never reach the eighth day. To break the cycle, you must repair your unraveling routine or become part of it.

The seven-day cycle

Each day, you complete orders to earn money. On a normal day, finishing every order advances you to the next day. On an anomaly day, continuing to fill orders resets the cycle to day one; leaving the shop immediately lets you move on and may lead to key items. Different days can bring different bugs, which you identify through changes in visuals, sounds and behavior, some more subtle than others. If you reach day seven without enough money to pay rent, the cycle resets.

Endings and exploration

The game has seven endings: one normal ending (NE), one true ending (TE) and five bad endings (BE). Correctly identifying anomalies and paying the rent leads to the normal ending. Collecting all key items while surviving opens a new possibility on day eight, while being consumed by bugs leads to different bad endings.

Glitches as mechanics

The game turns familiar glitches—including missing textures, soft-body explosions and Error models—into things you can sense and escape. Its structure combines loop-based memory with exploration driven by items, using light interactions and a narrative-focused atmosphere. The playtime can be short or extended through deeper immersion. Some genuine bugs may also be present and can trigger hidden achievements.