Convenient Chaos Needs You..(And an Update)!

I’ve been a bit more frequent on my Twitter updates, so I figured it would be a decent idea to post a little more what Convenient Chaos is all about.  In Convenient Chaos, your Xbox Live Avatar plays the role of a small convenience store clerk,  who must contend with everything from building/merchandising your store to running after shoplifters.  The main goal in the game is to achieve the highest sales, while always beating your level “Budgets”. However, be sure to keep the money flowing in by keeping the shelves stocked, fixing broken equipment and most important cashing your customer out.  Customers wont wait around long, before they discard their purchase entirely and leave your store.

The player has the ultimate control on how his/her store will look.  The player will be able to place retail fixtures in their store, each generating different revenues.  Currently there are four different styles of fixtures:

Retail Fixture
These fixtures are your plain  shelving units, which are able to hold a hefty amount of goods and available with different product layouts.  These fixtures do not break.

Machine Fixture
From drink coolers to ice cream freezers these are a real bonus to your bottom line and hold a standard amount of goods.  These fixtures can possibly break.

Impulse
Impulse goods are those last minute “I gotta have’!” that you see around stores and checkouts across the world.  Customers who didn’t intend to purchase this item may be attracted to the fixture and pick up one of the goods contained within.  These are not big money makers, but it all adds up!

Promotional
You may only place one promotional fixture in your store at any given time.  Promotional fixtures will generate high-revenue to key customers interested in the goods contained, and will also create an “Impulse” effect on other shoppers who didn’t intend to come to purchase the goods the fixture holds.

Now after making all the tough decisions on placing fixtures, keep ‘em stocked, running after those shoplifters, and remembering to cash that those customers out…. Easy Right?

I’ll have a video up soon of some initial game play… Actually here’s an idea for a video, and chance to get some ‘cred etched into 1′s and 0′s (maybe some other goodies).  I am looking for the most obscure/weirdest/funniest product or display you have come across in a convenience store. The chosen entry will be the “inspiration” for an in-game fixture.  Follow me on Twitter and send me an direct message of what you have seen, or a picture…  lets have some fun and see what comes of it, as I’m sure there are some interesting things out in the wild…