A field guide to Donut Place

THE CLIENT'S OWN WORDS

Donut Place does not ship a manual, so its vocabulary has to be collected from the screen. This page lists the terms we have actually seen printed, in the order a new player meets them.

TESTED every term below was read off the client on 2026-11-05
IN-GAME PROGRESS, NO SEAT!, TRASH, HR — quoted exactly as printed
OFFICIAL ONLY the portal page uses its own words: tycoon, management, collect
NEEDS CHECK terms for staff, dough, and a day end — we have not met them yet

A shop corner with an HR sign above a small room, a green bin labelled TRASH, and a floating price tag reading 120. — **What this shows** three of the words this page defines, standing in the same frame: HR, TRASH and a price tag. **Captured** 2026-11-05 **Client** web build 2026-11-05 Planche 1

On the floor

Term	What the client shows	What we take it to mean
`PROGRESS`	a bar at the top centre with a percentage	the game's own measure of how far along the shop is
`NO SEAT!`	a speech bubble over a waiting customer	every chair is taken and they are still queuing
`TRASH`	a green bin inside the shop	somewhere to put rubbish, which a shop sim usually charges you for leaving around
`HR`	a sign over a small room	the place a hire happens; its tag read 120

Money

The top right corner holds a banknote icon and a figure — 400 when the shop opens. It is not a score: it rises when customers pay and falls when you buy something. We have not seen a second currency, a bank screen, or a loan.

Words we have not met

The portal describes the game as a tycoon and a management game, which implies staff wages, a day cycle and probably a stock system. None of those words have appeared on screen in our session yet, so this glossary does not define them. When they do appear, they will be quoted with the date.

Last checked against the client: 2026-11-05 · client web build 2026-11-05