Sticky
Business

Sticky Business (2023) is a cosy creative game about running a business selling stickers. Play is simply creating stickers by combining small designs such as plants or animals into a single image, then printing and packing them for customers. It's that simple but stands out for balancing the steady trickle of things to do with the calming fun of messing around with stickers.

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You play as the owner of a new small sticker business and must create unique, colourful and interesting pixel-art stickers for your customers. You do this by combining small elements with themes ranging from food and drink to smiley faces in any way you like. It's simple but you also have full control over the layers and orientation of each element.

You start with a handful of designs and work to grow your business through personalised orders for your customers. Some customers have particular themes they want - such as music, pride, or spooky elements. Get this right and you make them happy. You can even complete your packages with sweets and other goodies to add a special gift for your loyal customers. As your business grows, you can use your profits to buy more designs and colours or even unlock holographic effects and packaging styles. With practice, you can perfect using the rotation, mirroring and layering tools to make intricate designs and execute your creative vision.

The result is an invitation to be creative in a low-stress and relaxing environment. The range of elements to use in your designs is expansive and inclusive, contributing to the cute and warm-hearted aesthetic present throughout.

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Our examiner, Jake Kendall, first checked Sticky Business 7 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 7 weeks ago.