About This Game

It was supposed to be breakfast.

One slice of Toast, a little butter and a friendly face. Surely that is enough for a good morning.

Then you buy a second toaster.

The 08:17 Problem is a humorous idle clicker about a breakfast slowly getting out of hand. A cozy kitchen becomes an industry, then a bureaucracy, and eventually a problem for reality itself. Your Toast takes on new roles as your operation grows. Whether this was a good idea remains to be seen.

Small clicks. Big breakfast consequences.

Click by hand, build production facilities and combine upgrades with production milestones. Catch a golden Toast, spot a rare visitor or make the most of a butterstorm to send your numbers climbing. Breakfast missions give you extra goals while your facilities keep working.

A kitchen with a life of its own

Steaming machinery, animated pixel artwork and a Toast with changing roles and reactions accompany your progress. Little visitors, absurd messages and unexpected events appear between purchases. At first, your breakfast is adorable. Later, you may want insurance.

Breakfast, again

Start a new breakfast and bring Breakfast Wisdom with you. It automatically strengthens production as you build a fresh operation. Your achievements and all-time progress stay with you.

On the menu

• 17 eras, from harmless breakfast to well beyond sensible Toast production.
  
• 102 production tiers and 121 upgrades to discover and combine.
  
• 104 in-game achievements, including hidden breakfast secrets.
  
• Golden Toasts, butterstorms, breakfast missions and rare visitors.
  
• Animated pixel artwork, changing Toast characters and sound feedback for clicks and purchases.
  
• Active clicking or relaxed growth; up to eight hours of offline production at half output.
  
• English and German text, adjustable audio and reduced effects.

It is 08:17. Breakfast has only just begun.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

As a solo developer, I'm more of a programmer than an artist, so I used AI to create visual assets and help with translations. I designed and programmed the game, its mechanics and progression from scratch. The AI-generated artwork was reviewed and adjusted to fit the game's style.