It's 2026. Airfare for five now costs more than the house, so the family drives a dying 2009 minivan from Missouri to Oregon. A deadpan comedy roguelite where the sushi is from a gas station, the memorials are 1-star reviews, and the check engine light is a mood. You will not all make it.

<p class="bb_paragraph" >It's 2026. Five plane tickets cost more than a mortgage payment, so the family vote is unanimous and non-binding: you're driving. Two thousand miles from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, in a 2009 minivan with 190,000 miles and a check engine light that stopped being a warning and became a personality.</p><p class="bb_paragraph" >Gas Snacks &amp; Tears is a deadpan comedy roguelite — a love letter to the trail games you played on a beige computer in 1989, except this time it isn't dysentery that gets you. It's gas station sushi, glowing with possibility.</p><h2 class="bb_tag" >Manage six things, all of which only go down</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li><p class="bb_paragraph" ><strong>Gas</strong>, <strong>Cash</strong>, <strong>Snacks</strong>, <strong>Van Condition</strong>, <strong>Morale</strong>, and <strong>Phone Battery</strong>.</p></li><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >The van makes a new noise. You name it like a pet and keep driving.</p></li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >The family IS the difficulty setting</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Dad won't ask for directions — and that quietly closes off your options.</p></li><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Mom can coupon. The Teen runs on phone battery. The Kid steals snacks and asks &quot;are we there yet&quot; until it does measurable damage.</p></li><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Grandma keeps a hard-candy reserve and the constitution of a moth.</p></li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >Every stop is a small, informed bad decision</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Over 200 hand-written events, each a real trade-off: cash versus morale, time versus risk.</p></li><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Eat the four-hour-old buffet shrimp to save eight dollars, or don't. The buffet is informed consent.</p></li><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Outcomes are funny-bad, never unfair-bad.</p></li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >Every death earns one star</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Nobody dies of anything heroic. They die of gas station sushi, of a sugar reservoir the size of a toddler, of morale hitting zero somewhere outside Cheyenne.</p></li><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Each doomed run becomes a roadside memorial — a 1-star review — that shows up on the shoulder of the highway in your next run.</p></li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >Eight ways for it to end</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >The Perfect Vacation. We Made It... Barely. Portland, But At What Cost. The Van Outlived Us All. Plus a couple you have to earn the hard way.</p></li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >A different doomed road trip every time</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Roguelite runs of one to three hours. Pixel art and a CRT you can feel.</p></li><li><p class="bb_paragraph" >Unlock new families and worse vehicles by surviving — or, more often, by not.</p></li></ul><p class="bb_paragraph" >The sign at the Oregon border says &quot;Welcome to Oregon — Now Go Home.&quot; You've come too far to listen.</p>

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