汤屋不催人 (The Bathhouse That Won't Rush You) — Interactive Cozy Match-3 Game
Play 汤屋不催人 (The Bathhouse That Won't Rush You), a cozy browser match-3 set in the hot-spring village of 苔径温泉乡. You are A-Yao, the young keeper of the old Cedar Bathhouse on a snowy night: swap adjacent seasonal tokens — roasted chestnuts, ginkgo leaves, dried persimmons, violets, fireflies and snow — to clear three or more and turn each set into warmth for whichever guest is waiting. Seven guests take turns with one small wish each, from nine-year-old Lizi's plate of roasted chestnuts to Xiaoman's pack of sun-dried persimmons and Granny Tangpo's closing night. There is no timer and no penalty: an invalid swap costs nothing and the board reshuffles itself when it runs out of moves. Runs in your browser, no download.
Final Product: 汤屋不催人 — The Bathhouse That Won't Rush You
Cover
The 16:9 key-art cover: a snowy night inside the old cedar bathhouse — A-Yao at the counter with Granny Tangpo, Xiaoman and Lizi, and the six seasonal tokens floating above like warm sparks. Soft-edge flat-gouache style, no text.
Gameplay
Live gameplay, night 1: Lizi waits by the pool with her wish — “a plate of roasted chestnuts, the fresh-from-the-oven kind.” Swap adjacent seasonal tokens to clear them and fill her plate (6/8 shown) before the night runs out of moves.
Gameplay
Live gameplay, next guest: Xiaoman the postman rides in frozen from the mail route — “a pack of Granny Tangpo's sun-dried persimmons.” Each night is a fresh board, a fresh wish and a fresh target counter.
Gameplay
Live gameplay, night cleared: “Lizi 心满意足 — Lizi is satisfied.” Her plate is full, the bathhouse earned 1260 warmth, and the next guest is already lifting the door curtain.
A quiet, unhurried snow-night match-3 set in 苔径温泉乡 (Moss-Path Hot-Spring Village) — you are the new keeper of the Cedar Bathhouse, and the room is never empty. Every guest arrives with one small wish, and every wish is something the village really grows: chestnuts, ginkgo, persimmons, violets, fireflies and snow.
汤屋不催人 (The Bathhouse That Won't Rush You) is a playable, browser-based match-3 with no timer and no punishment. The village's unwritten rule is that the bathhouse never hurries anyone, and the game keeps that promise: swap adjacent seasonal tokens, line up three or more, and each cleared set turns into a little warmth for a guest. Guests take turns — Lizi the nine-year-old wants roasted chestnuts, Xiaoman the postman wants sun-dried persimmons, and Granny Tangpo closes the run with a night that asks for three things at once.
The night is measured in 夜色 (moves) and the bathhouse in 汤花 (warmth/score). Finish a guest's wish before the moves run out and they leave satisfied; run out and nothing is lost — “the guest pulls on their coat and comes back tomorrow night.” Seven nights, roughly ten to fifteen minutes, then stay for one more.
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Game Features
- Live LLM Game Design — the whole bathhouse was directed by AI as it was built: the world's one-line seed “一个休闲解压治愈的世界” became 苔径温泉乡, its four characters, three locations and one event, and then the seven-night match-3 loop, the six seasonal tokens and the guest wishes — designed and coded live until the game ran in the browser (deepseek-v4-flash real-time build). From one sentence to a finished cozy puzzle.
- Seven Guest Nights, One at a Time — seven levels, each a new guest lifting the door curtain with a new wish: match Lizi's chestnuts, Xiaoman's persimmons and more, and close the run on Granny Tangpo's night, which asks for three kinds of token at once. Every level's goal, move count and score target is data-driven, so the difficulty curve stays gentle.
- Six Seasonal Tokens — the board is filled with the village's four seasons: a glossy roasted chestnut, a fan-shaped golden ginkgo leaf, a sugared dried persimmon, a purple violet blossom, a glowing firefly and a six-point snowflake. Their hues are pulled apart on purpose so a glance is enough to read the board.
- A “No Rush” Rule Set — no countdown timer, no penalty. An invalid swap simply wobbles and snaps back and costs no 夜色, and when the board runs out of possible moves it quietly reshuffles itself. Even losing night keeps its soft line: “the guest pulls on their coat and comes back tomorrow.”
- Guests, Wishes & Warmth — every guest appears as a painted bust with a spoken request — “want to eat a plate of roasted chestnuts, the fresh-from-the-oven kind” — and a target counter over the board (0/8, then 8/8). Each cleared set adds 汤花 (warmth) to the night, tracked under the board beside the lamp that shows how much 夜色 is left.
- Browser Play & One More Night — runs entirely in your browser, no download, no install. The bathhouse opens on a title card, plays through seven nights with cascades and combos, and after the last guest the keeper can simply stay open for one more night and start again.
Character Sprites
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A-Yao — the young keeper who came home from the city to run the Cedar Bathhouse, in her worn apron over a cream cardigan (transparent PNG, background removed with BiRefNet).
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Granny Tangpo — the eighty-two-year-old former keeper, white bun and dark blue quilted jacket, who has sat by the boiler for fifty years (transparent PNG, BiRefNet cutout).
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Xiaoman — the village postmaster and grocer who rides the mail route through every season, worn canvas satchel over a grey knit vest (transparent PNG, BiRefNet cutout).
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Lizi — the nine-year-old from next door with a chestnut in one pocket and a ginkgo leaf in the other, who knows every secret in the village (transparent PNG, BiRefNet cutout).
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The roasted chestnut token — warm dark-brown shell, a golden crack showing soft flesh. The tile Lizi asks for every single night (transparent in-game sprite).
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The ginkgo token — a fan-shaped golden leaf with pale veins, the colour of the village in autumn (transparent in-game sprite).
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The dried persimmon token — soft flat orange-red with a sugary bloom and a star-shaped calyx, the thing Xiaoman rides in for (transparent in-game sprite).
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The violet token — a purple five-petal spring blossom, the flower Granny Tangpo packs into the bathing bundles (transparent in-game sprite).
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The firefly token — a bright warm yellow-green light with a soft halo, the summer evening caught in a jar (transparent in-game sprite).
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The snow token — a delicate six-point snowflake in icy blue-white, the first snow of the year over the cedar roof (transparent in-game sprite).
Production Process Breakdown
Stage 1: World Buildingdeepseek-v4-flash
AI received the world's one-line seed — “一个休闲解压治愈的世界” (a casual, stress-relieving, healing world) — and built 苔径温泉乡: the overview and prologue, the core conflict of the Qinghe Tourism survey team coming up the mountain, the “Soft Flat Color” (柔和扁平水粉) visual style, and eight atoms — four characters (A-Yao, Granny Tangpo, Xiaoman, Lizi), three locations (the Cedar Bathhouse, the Tang River & Stone-Bridge Street, the Mist-View Pool) and one event, the survey team's arrival.
AI received the world's one-line seed — “一个休闲解压治愈的世界” (a casual, stress-relieving, healing world) — and built 苔径温泉乡: the overview and prologue, the core conflict of the Qinghe Tourism survey team coming up the mountain, the “Soft Flat Color” (柔和扁平水粉) visual style, and eight atoms — four characters (A-Yao, Granny Tangpo, Xiaoman, Lizi), three locations (the Cedar Bathhouse, the Tang River & Stone-Bridge Street, the Mist-View Pool) and one event, the survey team's arrival.
Stage 2: Game & Level Designdeepseek-v4-flash
The AI then designed the game on top of that canon and kept the bathhouse's own rule intact: the player is A-Yao by the pool, guests bring small seasonal wishes, and the board is the drawer of seasonal things at her side. It wrote the seven nights, the six-token set, the goal/move/score data for each level, the soft fail text and the “no timer, no penalty, auto-reshuffle” rule set.
The AI then designed the game on top of that canon and kept the bathhouse's own rule intact: the player is A-Yao by the pool, guests bring small seasonal wishes, and the board is the drawer of seasonal things at her side. It wrote the seven nights, the six-token set, the goal/move/score data for each level, the soft fail text and the “no timer, no penalty, auto-reshuffle” rule set.
Stage 3: Art & Tile Generationgpt-image-2
Every visible asset was generated in the world's Soft Flat Color style: the wide bathhouse-on-a-snowy-night background used as the darkened board backdrop, the three guest bust portraits, and the six seasonal tile icons (roasted chestnut, ginkgo leaf, dried persimmon, violet, firefly, snowflake), each engineered so its hue reads apart from the others at a glance.
Every visible asset was generated in the world's Soft Flat Color style: the wide bathhouse-on-a-snowy-night background used as the darkened board backdrop, the three guest bust portraits, and the six seasonal tile icons (roasted chestnut, ginkgo leaf, dried persimmon, violet, firefly, snowflake), each engineered so its hue reads apart from the others at a glance.
Stage 4: Transparent Cutoutsbirefnet-general
The four character portraits were cut from their painted backgrounds to clean transparent PNGs with BiRefNet, so they sit crisply in the guest banner and the sprite gallery with no visible matte edge.
The four character portraits were cut from their painted backgrounds to clean transparent PNGs with BiRefNet, so they sit crisply in the guest banner and the sprite gallery with no visible matte edge.
Stage 5: Build, QA & One-Click Publishdeepseek-v4-flash
The match-3 engine was coded live — swap, match-three-or-more, cascade, refill, a no-valid-move reshuffle and a guest-by-guest level loop — then exercised end to end across the nights and published with one click as a shareable browser game.
The match-3 engine was coded live — swap, match-three-or-more, cascade, refill, a no-valid-move reshuffle and a guest-by-guest level loop — then exercised end to end across the nights and published with one click as a shareable browser game.
Scene Backgrounds
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The Cedar Bathhouse on a snowy winter night — the actual in-game background: dark cedar beams, two amber paper lanterns, drifting steam, a frosted window and a half-open door onto a deep-blue snow, with the lower half kept dark and calm so the board reads on top of it.
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The Cedar Bathhouse (杉木汤屋) — the oldest bathhouse in the village, built closest to the spring eye, its cedar beams soaked in steam for a hundred years.
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The Tang River & Stone-Bridge Street (汤川与石桥街) — the spring-fed stream through the village, three stone bridges, and the busiest lane in Mòs-Path with its wooden shops and old signboards.
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The Mist-View Pool (雾见渊) — the untended source pool up in the cedar forest, where the water rises warm out of the mountain and looks different in every season.
Real Generation Prompts
Cover Key-Art Prompt (16:9)gpt-image-2
"16:9 cinematic key-art game cover for the cozy match-3 game “汤屋不催人” … Soft-edge flat gouache illustration, rounded simplified shapes, matte flat local color blocks, shallow soft shadows, no line-art outlines; muted gentle palette of coral, warm gray, dusty blue and cream white; warm, calm, unhurried mood. Scene: the warm dim interior of an old cedar-wood hot-spring bathhouse on a snowy winter night … At the centre, the young keeper A-Yao … Around her the bathhouse guests … Floating gently above the board like warm sparks: the six seasonal tokens of the game — a glossy roasted chestnut, a golden ginkgo leaf, a dried persimmon, a purple violet flower, a glowing firefly light, and a delicate snowflake. No text, no letters, no captions, no watermark, no logo, no border."
"16:9 cinematic key-art game cover for the cozy match-3 game “汤屋不催人” … Soft-edge flat gouache illustration, rounded simplified shapes, matte flat local color blocks, shallow soft shadows, no line-art outlines; muted gentle palette of coral, warm gray, dusty blue and cream white; warm, calm, unhurried mood. Scene: the warm dim interior of an old cedar-wood hot-spring bathhouse on a snowy winter night … At the centre, the young keeper A-Yao … Around her the bathhouse guests … Floating gently above the board like warm sparks: the six seasonal tokens of the game — a glossy roasted chestnut, a golden ginkgo leaf, a dried persimmon, a purple violet flower, a glowing firefly light, and a delicate snowflake. No text, no letters, no captions, no watermark, no logo, no border."
Bathhouse Night Background Promptgpt-image-2
"Wide interior scene of an old cedar-wood hot spring bathhouse on a snowy winter night, 16:9 wide game background. Warm dim quiet room: dark cedar beams and worn wooden walls, two amber paper lanterns glowing softly, gentle steam drifting, a wooden-framed frosted window and half-open door showing deep blue night with white snow falling outside, corner hint of a steaming stone pool with a wooden ladle and small stacked wooden buckets. Empty room, no people, low contrast, calm darker negative space in the center and lower half for a game board overlay … No text, no letters, no watermark."
"Wide interior scene of an old cedar-wood hot spring bathhouse on a snowy winter night, 16:9 wide game background. Warm dim quiet room: dark cedar beams and worn wooden walls, two amber paper lanterns glowing softly, gentle steam drifting, a wooden-framed frosted window and half-open door showing deep blue night with white snow falling outside, corner hint of a steaming stone pool with a wooden ladle and small stacked wooden buckets. Empty room, no people, low contrast, calm darker negative space in the center and lower half for a game board overlay … No text, no letters, no watermark."
Guest Bust Portrait Promptgpt-image-2
"Head-and-shoulders bust portrait of the elderly bathhouse grandmother from the reference image: hair completely white in a neat low bun, deeply kind wrinkled face, soft smile, dark blue quilted cotton jacket over cream undershirt with a faded gray apron, holding a woven palm-leaf fan in one hand, centered, facing slightly toward viewer. Plain solid flat warm cream background, single figure … No text, no letters, no watermark."
"Head-and-shoulders bust portrait of the elderly bathhouse grandmother from the reference image: hair completely white in a neat low bun, deeply kind wrinkled face, soft smile, dark blue quilted cotton jacket over cream undershirt with a faded gray apron, holding a woven palm-leaf fan in one hand, centered, facing slightly toward viewer. Plain solid flat warm cream background, single figure … No text, no letters, no watermark."
Seasonal Tile Prompt — Roasted Chestnutgpt-image-2
"Single game tile icon of one plump roasted chestnut: glossy warm dark-brown shell with a small golden crack showing soft golden flesh, rounded shape with a small flat bottom, one object centered and large in frame, soft round shadow beneath. Soft-edge flat gouache illustration in the same gentle hand-painted cozy style as the reference, rounded simplified shapes, matte flat local color blocks, shallow soft shadows, muted warm palette of coral, warm gray, dusty blue and cream white. No text, no letters, no watermark. Plain solid flat warm cream background."
"Single game tile icon of one plump roasted chestnut: glossy warm dark-brown shell with a small golden crack showing soft golden flesh, rounded shape with a small flat bottom, one object centered and large in frame, soft round shadow beneath. Soft-edge flat gouache illustration in the same gentle hand-painted cozy style as the reference, rounded simplified shapes, matte flat local color blocks, shallow soft shadows, muted warm palette of coral, warm gray, dusty blue and cream white. No text, no letters, no watermark. Plain solid flat warm cream background."
Seasonal Tile Prompt — Fireflygpt-image-2
"Single game tile icon of ONE FIREFLY GLOWING IN THE DARK: the main visual is its abdomen shining as a bright luminous warm yellow-green lantern with a soft radiant glow halo around it, the tiny dark head and folded wings kept small and barely visible, three or four tiny floating glowing dots of light around it like drifting sparks, one object centered and large in frame … Plain solid flat warm cream background, no text, no letters, no watermark."
"Single game tile icon of ONE FIREFLY GLOWING IN THE DARK: the main visual is its abdomen shining as a bright luminous warm yellow-green lantern with a soft radiant glow halo around it, the tiny dark head and folded wings kept small and barely visible, three or four tiny floating glowing dots of light around it like drifting sparks, one object centered and large in frame … Plain solid flat warm cream background, no text, no letters, no watermark."
Sprite Cutout Passbirefnet-general
The four painted guest portraits were isolated from their flat cream backgrounds with BiRefNet, leaving clean transparent PNGs for the sprite gallery and the in-game guest banner — the same sprites you meet at the pool are the ones shown on this page.
The four painted guest portraits were isolated from their flat cream backgrounds with BiRefNet, leaving clean transparent PNGs for the sprite gallery and the in-game guest banner — the same sprites you meet at the pool are the ones shown on this page.
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World: 苔径温泉乡 (Moss-Path Hot-Spring Village) · Type: Interactive Cozy Match-3 Game · 8 world atoms (4 characters · 3 locations · 1 event) · 7 guest nights · 6 seasonal tiles · 1 cover · 3 gameplay captures · Share: Play →
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